A Morgan Giles designed sloop she is quite a remarkable vessel. Built to an F C Morgan Giles design by Cardnell Brothers, Maylandsea, Essex in 1947, she was bought by Captain Robert Franks in 1961 when Dartmouth became her home port.
She was cruised extensively by the Franks family, and believed to have voyaged some 75,000 miles, visiting Brittany, Spain, Ireland, the Baltic and Norway, Gibraltar, the Mediterranean and in 1974 sailed the Atlantic circuit.
After over 60 years in the same ownership MATAWA changed hands in 2021.
