In the 1930s, a fleet of Baltic square metre racing yachts was built in Germany to be used for sail training, mainly by members of the German armed forces. Sea Scamp. originally named Zeisig (which means siskin), was one of the five 50 square metres built for the Luftwaffe in 1936 by the premier boatyard - Abeking and Rasmussen.

In 1945, the British forces found some 200 yachts in German harbours, and took them as prizes of war. Called the "windfall" yachts, they were sailed to England and distributed to service units all over the world. Thousands of British servicemen were trained to sail in them.

Among the yachts thus 'liberated' by the British forces were Sea Scamp, and the ship owned by our sister organisation, Overlord.
 

Sea Scamp was used by the Royal Marines, Royal Navy, and Sea Cadets, until her purchase by the club in 1984.