We all know that Errol had the two Siroccos of which the later Sirocco is really the 'Karenita' who is alive and well and the Zaca, but apparently so I heard, that he had a big range of boats, anything from 30' up.
There was for instance the 'BARBARY' a 16 ton ketch and here are pictures of her – a nice little Beauty – and then read all about her in the link below!
It looks like most of his boat stood for something good, either before him or after him and for a good and famous cause! His choices of boats were great ones as he was! And more important, they are still cruising on his beloved oceans and he is on them having a hell of a time!
Your and my job is now is to find the other boats Errol owned in his life, there supposed to be about 20 of them, large and small, so we have our job cut out and for something worthwhile and meaningful as we try to trace his life!
Please keep searching and add them to his collection on this Blog! It would be great if all our Blog members would participate! I know we have Master Sleuths amongst us! I would love to hear from all of you and after this task I have a wonderful prize for you it will tickle you pink!
Have fun!
Tina
— Tina
Anonymous
March 15, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Tina, what a task!! Very nice, but it'll need time. You say 20 boats??????? Where did you get that number? Wow!!! I know I read something recently and I will try to remember when and where. I wonder what Errol did with the Barbary – he had the Sirocco already at that time, didn't he? Anyway, I will start reading soon, I hope… Take care!
Inga
March 15, 2011 at 4:58 pm
I just couldn't resist… love your tasks, Tina. There's a little find so far, not much, and it's not even mine, but Tom McNulty's. Apparently, Errol wanted to buy a yacht named Aafje, but didn't in the end:
books.google.de/books?id=SMb1DpW1_YgC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA67&dq=errol+flynn+owned+boat&source=bl&ots=Ldnc4EyFwd&sig=jUyOmnxsjj11Fn8ClLIXSXViqsc&hl=de&ei=oJV_TfTLMsXIsgb505j8Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB8Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=errol%20flynn%20owned%20boat&f=false…
McNulty also mentions other boats Errol owned, very interesting.
Here's a small note about it in an old paper: fultonhistory.com…
If only I could remember where I read this other news item…
Tina
March 15, 2011 at 6:48 pm
Hi Inga;
I would need to look up in my books where this statement of his 20 or so boats were made and I will when I have some time. Patricia is also talking of a 35' boat they had in Jamaica, most likely when the Zaca was in France or Spain. Apparently Errol had motor boats, longboats and smaller sailing boats. I would say that he had the Sirocco at the time, but as he traveled a lot he maybe wanted a boat in just about every Port in order not to miss going out on the ocean.
Anyway I thought it would be fun to investigate. I also have another boat he owned which I will post shortly.
All the best to you – Super Sleuth!
Tina
Tina
March 15, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Hi Inga;
I have Tom's book, but it was not there where I read that he had about 20 boats and I also know about the intended purchase of the “AAFJE”, but I don't know why he did not purchase her.
Aafje is Dutch and means something like “Ave – elf”, maybe somebody who speaks Dutch could shed some light on it, but as Errol did not own her it is not important.
Keep searching baby and so will I.
Inga
March 15, 2011 at 8:29 pm
I found one, I found one!!! And some beautiful pix of Navy Island!!! It's only a longboat, but it has his name on it…
Inga
March 15, 2011 at 8:45 pm
And here's the next one… The Cheerio II. Tina, I love you!!!! Here's more about her reconstruction. More info about a model of the ship (bit confusing), about the ship today and where it is moored. You can find more, even videos, via a google search. Beautiful baby!
Inga
March 15, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Not sure about this one… the schooner he bought in New Guinea might have been called “Sepik Spirit“? But this is very bizarre… not sure at all. Scroll down to date 03-11-2002. Interesting blog besides. Enough for today… I hope my post about the Cheerio II will turn up, it has not so far. Would be a shame if it was lost in the aether!
Tina
March 16, 2011 at 12:44 am
Hi Inga;
This schooner you found is his very first boat he purchased her in Kavieng and christened her “The Maski”. His partner in the boat purchase was Simpson “Dusty” Miller (a Shakespearean actor from England) and he was the first actor Errol ever met in those days. I think the year would be about 1928 – just a deduction of mine.
To find a picture of The Maski would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Now the Cherrio II is the other boat I have found too of which I have a picture.
Keep looking – great work! I hope we will get some help from our other members.
Inga
March 16, 2011 at 7:49 am
I hope so, too, Tina. Wasn't it the Maski with which he undertook the sailing trip with his friends covered in “Beam Ends”? If so, then there are photos of how she looked back then, in several books, but I think she does not exist anymore today… However, it sounded as if there was still another boat, this one named “Sepik Spirit”… but maybe that's just one which takes people on a cruise following the footsteps of Errol. Very confusing.
Jan
March 16, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Hi Tina,
I am actually Dutch but I had to do some research on the name “Aafje”, according to my source it means “The Good One”.
I had no idea Errol owned so many yachts and pleasure boats in his time. That guy we like so much really used his time well, two lives in one. Apparently he was an insomnic. Living day and nigth more or less.
Surely he lived up to his statement in his younger days still trying to find out what life what was all about: “I like to be a colourful fragment in a drab world”. In any case, he gives me a lot of pleasure watching him on screen in some of his films. Unfortunately, like many others in his trade, he became a victim of his own fame. Perhaps that goes with the territory of being catapulted to stardom by Warners by being in the right place, at the right time, in the right business and having all the other factors (like ample talent, guts, bravado, looks, athletic built etc.) that tick all the boxes to become a superstar and screen legend.
Good on him, he won't be easily forgotten our hero. He will live on.
Tina
March 16, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Hi Inga;
Let's keep hoping!
The boat in Beam Ends was his first Sirocco, which he supposedly won in a card game, but it is said, true or not, that his mother gave him the money to purchase her. It is also said that he won the Barbary in a card game. I wonder what is what in those stories.
Here is his first Sirocco, which you also find in postings of his boats “Ships & the Sea.”
The “Sepik Spirit” i think is just a tour boat today.
Enjoy!
Anonymous
March 16, 2011 at 2:56 pm
Yes, you are right – his legacy will always remain as he already entered into the realm of THE LEGENDS IN HISTORY.
Tom
March 17, 2011 at 1:24 am
I hope Mike Mazzone has read these posts. Years ago Mike researched this topic and wrote an article for THE ADVENTURERS, the newsletter of the first Errol Flynn fan club. This was about 1980. I have a copy somewhere in my files. Any work I published owes a debt of gratitude to those that went before me, and now additional research by passionate people such as you – yes YOU! – will be a goldmine for the researchers of the future. Very well done Inga and Tina!
David
March 17, 2011 at 7:42 am
I heartily agree! This is a tough subject to tackle and this is wonderful work being done! We may gave to take up the subjects of his planes and cars, too, one day! But all in good time!
Tina
March 17, 2011 at 6:14 pm
Hi Tom;
Thank you so much for your kind words, they are very appreciated.
I sincerely hope you could find you records and post them here.
Is this first fan club still around? I am always trying to find new information and so does Inga – Master Sleuth – and Kathleen – Sherlook! The aim is to make this Blog the best information center of Errol Flynn!
We are looking forward to your files from 1980 after all that was just yesterday – right?
All the best to you and Jan!
Tina
Tina
March 17, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Hi David;
Thank you very much, your agreement is very appreciated!
By the way, I have this on my agenda and will call it “Errol's Transportation Devices” or something like that. Maybe our members can start preparing their input for this very vast subject – ha-ha-ha!
It should be great fun for all Errol's fans!
Take care,
Tina
Inga
March 17, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Thanks so much Tom, David, Tina! Can you see me blush? Erm… no, really, without your amazing pre-work, Tom, and without your great blog, David, and without your encouragement, Tina, all this would not be possible. It's funny that I was also thinking of Errol's cars in connection with this topic, particularly of his green cadillac as this turned up recently in my reading about “Captain Fabian”… So, Tina, I have three cars in my mind… :-) Sure you have more, so let's see. – And, Tom, I had the same questions about the fan club as Tina, would be great if you could post an answer somehow…
Tina
March 17, 2011 at 7:25 pm
Hi Inga;
Hold off a minute – we have not heard from all the other members, who I am sure have a boat or two of Errol stashed away on their computer.
Are we done? No way! We only have seven boats so far there is still a long way to get close to twenty.
I am glad you have three cars, I have some, hopefully they are not the same! Planes that will be tough as there seam to be only one to my knowledge and I am sure we all have the same one.
But, if you want to start his transportation post now – I am ready. Do we toss a coin for who starts this new post – age or beauty? Ha-ha-ha!
Anonymous
March 17, 2011 at 7:40 pm
You sure did Inga! I had it too and it is from John Teitloff who took the pic on Navy Island you find it in his posts. I wonder what happened to John?
Here is his picture!
Inga
March 17, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Tina, the coin goes for your beautiful age. I didn't mean to start it now, we can well wait, that's fine. Try to finish one subject before opening the next one.
Tina
March 17, 2011 at 8:08 pm
Hi Inga;
That is the boat I had too and as I promised I had another one in the sac!
The Cheerio II – a fine boat and here she is in all her glory and still active sailing!
She sure is a beauty!
Tina
March 17, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Hi Inga!
Is the blog a little crazy today or maybe it's my connection, but i have to repeat posts as they disappear or come in on the wrong place as did with my posting of Errol's Longboat which should be here, but went all the way down to the bottom. What ever it is “We shall overcome!”
All the best to you!
Tina
Tina
March 17, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Inga, you sure make me laugh and brighten my days!
“Beautiful Age” very well put, can you hear my bones creaking like a boat in the harbor when a strong wind blows and she pulls on the mooring lines and the furling is clicking on the mast.
We will start it soon as you know what I have on my plate!
All the best to you!
Tina
Anonymous
March 18, 2011 at 12:19 am
Robert Matzen founded that club and disbanded it in the early 80s. As far as I'm concerned he owns the copyright on all of those great newsletters he put out so it's not my place to infringe on that. But trust me they were great and that was before computers!
Rachel
March 18, 2011 at 12:43 am
Oh wow — thanks for the info, Tom! Well if Robert Matzen made those newsletters for The Adventurers club then I've no doubt they were great. :-)
Hey, Inga — maybe we'll have to ask Robert Matzen about them — post an inquiry on his E&O blog. :-)
Inga
March 18, 2011 at 9:43 am
Tina, maybe your posts got caught in the new anti-spam-system. When they don't turn up immediately, they probably were held back, you just have to wait then until David “approves” of them. – As for your bones – at least you can hear them creak, which is a beautiful sign that your hearing is quite good and you are still alive. :-)
Inga
March 18, 2011 at 11:58 am
Yes, Rachel, good idea – and maybe we should also make our fellow readers aware once more that Robert Matzen has got a great blog going where you get lots of info about Errol…
Rachel
March 18, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Yes, we encourage more of our fellow Flynn fans to post comments on Robert Matzen's wonderful “Errol & Olivia” blog. :-)
Tina
March 18, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Hi Tom;
Do you think we could approach Robert Matzen to publish his work here on the Blog? I am sure his newsletters would be of great value and enhance our Blog further of pertinent information on Errol.
Your thoughts and help in this quest would be ever so appreciated.
Take care,
Tina
Tina
March 18, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Hi Inga;
I don't think that is the problem, because when that happens it gives a message to the fact that approval by the administrator is required.
Furthermore, I have noticed that the red “Reply” is now also missing on Rachel's post and on mine to Tom. Something is cooking, I am sure David will fix it!
Like I said before you always make me laugh heartily and now with your “bone” remark. Joke – my daughter insist that I suffer from “selective hearing” – ha-ha-ha!
Take care,
Tina
Tina
March 18, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Hi Rachel;
You are right – his site is great! When I bought my book from him he autographed it for me, which was a very nice gesture of him.
Btw, you never answered me what pictures you like to see?
It is very good to see you active on the Blog!
Take care,
Tina
Inga
March 18, 2011 at 5:36 pm
Selective hearing is not always a bad thing *lol*
Rachel
March 18, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Hi Tina!
Whatever pictures you want to post is fine with me. :-)
Tina
March 18, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Hi Rachel;
I thought I should send them to you, I must have misunderstood.
I do post regularly pictures and will do so in the future. I have posted a lot to the Blog! If you go to the side menu of this page you will find my picture postings under Author Errol Flynn, Ships & the Sea, under Photos you find a sub-menu and there I posted all his movies, co-stars, Friends & Family – all his children etc.etc.etc.
I have collected about 50 magazines cover pages depicting Errol on the front page, which I will post under “Errol Front Page Magazines.” I just was delayed with this task due to my husbands health.
Anyway have look of what is there what I mentioned above. I also made You Tube videos about him go to You Tube and see them if you like. Just type Bariebel into the You Tube search line and they are all there 10 of them. I am working – time permitting – on two more.
Take care,
Tina
Tom
March 19, 2011 at 1:13 am
I think he's on facebook. Send him a note. It doesn't hurt to try!
Robzak
March 19, 2011 at 1:17 am
Oh, with Matzen, there a definite chance it could hurt. And hurt bad.
Tina
March 19, 2011 at 1:38 am
Hi Tom;
Thank you for your reply we will try to reach Robert somehow – Facebook or his website. I think I also have his e-mail – have to have a look.
I could not reply to your post as there is no “REPLY” link. There are several posts in this part where the “Reply” link is missing.
Thanks and take care,
Tina
Inga
March 19, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Ah, Tina, that's what this category is for. More than 50 mag covers – wow! Looking forward to your posts there. I will contribute some French ones… Might as well do this now when I have some time. Whooh… new task, new horizons. Take care!
Inga
November 16, 2011 at 5:25 pm
I don't think we have had this boat before… I found one named Tonga, first on ebay, then I googled it and came up with this. You must go to page 11, where you find the article. I wonder if Errol had two boats in the 1950s?? Besides the Zaca? This is really strange…
Tina
November 16, 2011 at 8:42 pm
Hi Inga;
I just visited the blog as I have a little time and your post about the “Tonga” steered in me a little recollection and I thought to look at the many documentations I have collected over the years and one forgets what is in it. I went through my archive and lo and behold I found this article. Of course if Errol really ever owned the boat is anybodies guesswork.
Kathy Lee – as stated in your article maybe used Errol's name for advertising purposes – but it is all the everlasting but…or if…..yet it could be true.
My article is from the “Sunday Herald”, December 11, 1960 – Bridgeport, Connecticut. Your article is out of “The Evening Independence” St. Petersburg, Florida from Thursday, January 31, 1980.
As the two articles are 20 years apart – maybe it is Errol's boat after all ???
As always Great sleuthing! I wonder if we could find a good picture of the Tonga!
Hi Inga;
I just visited the blog as I have a little time and your post about the “Tonga” steered in me a little recollection and I thought to look at the many documentations I have collected over the years and one forgets what is in it. I went through my archive and lo and behold I found this article. Of course if Errol really ever owned the boat is anybodies guesswork.
Kathy Lee – as stated in your article maybe used Errol's name for advertising purposes – but it is all the everlasting but…or if…..yet it could be true.
My article is from the “Sunday Herald”, December 11, 1960 – Bridgeport, Connecticut. Your article is out of “The Evening Independence” St. Petersburg, Florida from Thursday, January 31, 1980.
As the two articles are 20 years apart – maybe it is Errol's boat after all ???
on Page 49
news.google.com…
Tina
November 16, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Sorry the post came out double – just one of those things!
Inga
November 17, 2011 at 10:20 am
Wow, Tina, that's most interesting! I wonder if they mixed up the Zaca and the Tonga, but this cannot be as the Zaca was left rotting for so many years? But it's hard to imagine that there were two boats in the 50s, it would have been mentioned before somewhere???
There is a picture for sale on ebay right now, that's what made me go looking. Just go there and enter “Errol Flynn Tonga” and it should pop up.
Thanks for the additional info, now we just need to find out where the boat is today.
Take care!