Tramp of Airlie was born in 1976, commissioned by Torquato Gennari as project number 2222 C2 from the New York-based Sparkman Stephens studio, one of three boats designed as contenders for the Italian team in the 1977 Admiral’s Cup. However, it did not pass the selection phases, thus remaining excluded from that year’s Admiral’s Cup. Like its sisters, Prospect of Whitby IV and Dorothea, it is a classic IOR S design from the late ’70s.

Built in aluminum by Officina Meccanica Navale in Pesaro, it features a particularly generous maximum beam in relation to its overall length (13.5 x 3.7 m), with still pronounced overhangs and a stern still tending towards ‘classic’, typical of the studio’s designs from that period. In its stern lines, in particular, it is reminiscent of the slightly earlier Swan 47 (1975), which was just slightly larger but also designed by Sparkman Stephens. As for the sail plan, Tramp of Airlie features the classic masthead rig with overlapping genoa typical of the early IOR, while looking at the deck plan, the flush profile is among the most evident, with only the winch mounts and fairleads emerging from an otherwise immaculate deck. All running rigging is led back to the two cockpits, including the mainsheet traveler, which is positioned between the helm cockpit and the central cockpit.

Today, after changing hands several times and being internally equipped to meet (minimal) cruising needs, it sails and races in British waters, still competing in both offshore circuits and RORC events and/or those dedicated to Classic boats.