Key details
- Current boat name
- Nora LR 59
- Boat class
- 7204
- Sail number
- LR 59
- Function
- Fishing and Hunting
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 9.45 / 31ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.8 / 9ft 2in
- Leeward
- Keel
- Masts
- 1
- Rig type
- Gaff Cutter
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Crossfield W
- Date of build
- 1912
- Place of build
- Arnside
Current status
- Present use
- Restoration
History
NORA was built in 1912 for Robert Wilson and named after his daughter. Continued on the Fishing Register as LR 59 at Morecombe until wrecked in storm of 1976. Much original material retained in restoation. Fished for shrimp amd flat fish from Morecambe from 1912 to 1976. Fitted with first auxilliary engine between 1922 and 1925. Subsequently re-engined as motor tralwer. Now undergoing rebuild. November 2007