An individually handmade small glass sailing boat with a delicate midnight-blue pattern flowing through softly luminous yellow glass.
Irregular trails of tiny dark markings rise through the sail like droplets of sea spray caught in moonlight. The pattern varies in density and movement across each boat, giving every sail its own individual character while allowing the two to coordinate beautifully.
Two Moonlit Seas boats are currently available and are shown together in the photographs. This listing is for one complete sailing boat, priced individually.
Choose a single boat as a small piece of contemporary glass art, purchase both to create a coordinating pair, or combine it with other individual boats from the Regatta Collection to build your own personal fleet.
As each sail is individually handmade, the precise arrangement of the midnight-blue markings will vary. If you purchase one boat, one of the two shown will be selected for you.
Approximate overall height: 12 cm
Each fused-glass sail rests on its own handmade clear-glass base, shaped to suggest a boat’s hull and finished with a polished chrome fitting.
Designed and handmade by Jan Simpson in her West Sussex studio.
THE STORY BEHIND THE REGATTA COLLECTION
The Regatta Collection grew from a lifetime spent around sailboats and the sea. Some of my earliest and strongest memories are connected with water, and sailing has remained a thread running through my life.
More recently, watching the racing from Felpham Beach and returning to New Zealand brought many of those memories back to the surface. While in Auckland during the Covid period, I was fortunate to attend the 36th America’s Cup. We travelled out by boat to the very edge of the racecourse, close enough to experience the extraordinary scale, speed and movement of the yachts as they passed. It was an unforgettable reminder of the power and elegance of a sail carried by the wind.
These glass boats are not intended as precise models. They are small responses to remembered sails, racing boats, shifting horizons and light moving across open water.
Each boat carries a fragment of those experiences: New Zealand waters, sailing in Hong Kong, the racing off Felpham and the enduring feeling of being at home near the sea.
DISPLAY AND CONSTRUCTION
The fused-glass sail rests on its own handmade clear-glass base, shaped to suggest a boat’s hull and finished with a polished chrome fitting.
Display it individually on a shelf, mantelpiece or windowsill, or place it alongside other boats from the collection to create your own regatta. Near natural light, the subtle tonal variations and striations within the blue glass become more visible.
The glass sail measures approximately 12 cm high.
As every component is individually handmade, measurements, colour distribution and markings may vary slightly from the photographs.
The sail separates from its stand for secure, compact delivery and is easily reassembled on arrival.
Designed and handmade by Jan Simpson in her West Sussex studio.
