vintage 1961 61ft Van lent "TIKY" (aka LENTEN ROSE & ALTO VOLANTE)

I have recently bought Tiky , a 61ft Van Lent built in 1961, and we are now embarking on a virtual rebuild of this very attractive vintage motoryacht in Majorca. I have her history back to the late 1980's, when she was owned by Lord Normanton and kept in the Med, but can find nothing on her before that, except that her first owner was a Mr Fishcher who kept her in Muiden in Holland.. she has a very distinctive flared bow and cruiser stern, and was built with an open helm and bridge-deck (but later had a pilothouse added.) Her photo is on the Feadship website for 1961 but unfortunately Feadship have little info on her. Does anyone know anything about her or her history?

Thanks..I have been trying to attach a pic but for soem reason cant..Ill try again

Tiky Alto

Incidentally, meant to add, Tiky's dimensions on the Feadship site are in fact incorrect...the plan shows 61ft and she was in fact built at almost 62ft,,,,just goes to show[..here is a pic of her as she is today

I did consider removing the P/H but even in the Med you need shelter - it's normally so hot that need shade or cold/wet, particularly at night on passage so I figured we'd need at least a bimini type top ,,,so might as well leav the P/H in place but maybe shorten it and open up the back like a 1950's Chris craft..as per this digital artiste's impression

Lucia is indeed a gem. Is she yours? Unless I am mistaken she was for sale a while back and I considered buying her, but she was out of my budget and I rather fancied an older "restoration" project. When I say, "restoration" I really mean "rebuild". Tiky had been very poorly maintained over many years and the last refit was in the mid 1980s. We have already installed bow thrusters, new stabilizers, new shafts, stripped out of the engine room ready for 2 "new" Gardners to replace the seized original MANs and then rewiring and replumbing. We are redesigning and building 2 new heads, altering the galley, replacing the aircon and all soft furnishings. And that's just the start! The hull was more or less OK other some doublers which I'll be replacing at phase 2 other than the bow which was very bad below the w/l in the way of the chain locker , and urgently needed to be entirley replaced