The father of Horace Pitcher’s wife Mary worked as an editor for the local newspaper Dilliway and wrote the following article after the christening of Phynella on the 10th of July 1937:
A New Yacht
“Eleven tons Bermudian cutter yacht Phynella.”
Carrying a string of racing colours and the R.B.Y.C. vice-commodore’s flag, and with a bouquet of flowers on her bow, she slid gracefully down the slipways after she had been christened by Mrs. F.B. Pitchers, mother of the owners. There is a novel mast stepping on the cabin top, so constructed that all weight and thrust of the spar comes on the keel.
Accommodation from forward to aft is as follows: Fore peak for light gear, chain, etc.; galley, with pantry sink draining to sea through sea cock, and gas cooker, special construction to carry mast, arched and forming a decorative and useful nest of cupboards and drawers for crockery, glass and cutlery; saloon with 6 ft. ins settee and berth with V springs; then two 6 ft. 3 ins sleeping berths with chart tables overlap, which at night fold up to the ship’s side. There is a movable partition between these berths and the saloon, so that for day sailing the whole of the space below is one large cabin.