Vessel Profile

Avocet (II)

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Story

This yacht, sail was built in 1962 by Kungsars Yacht Co..

Owners & Masters

In 2012-2025 she was owned by Gordon Clements, Victoria BC Canada.

Name Significance

The four species of avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'.

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