Sparkman & Stephens SPARKMAN & STEPHENS 41 FT IOR BERMUDAN SLOOP 1971/2008 1971 OPPOSITION (EX MORNING CLOUD II)

SPARKMAN & STEPHENS 41 FT IOR BERMUDAN SLOOP 1971/2008

This beautiful piece of mid-century, Sparkman & Stephens designed sailing hardware in all its glossy mahogany glory, OPPOSITION, formerly Ted Heath’s second MORNING CLOUD, is as fine and as famous an example as they come from an era when racing yachts - even those built to the then quite new IOR Rule - could still look beautiful to anyone’s eye. Eighteen years on from a major rebuild undertaken at her original builders, Clare Lallow, OPPOSITION still looks just out of restoration and comes available just when interest in boats of her era is on the rise. A new class for such yachts has been inaugurated by C.I.M. at the Mediterranean classic regattas. OPPOSITION is very carefully laid up indoors and is in antifoul and go condition.