Key details
- Current boat name
- La Poupee No 6
- Boat class
- 7334
- Sail number
- 6
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.88 / 16ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.83 / 6ft
- Leeward
- Centreboard
- Masts
- 1 Wood
- Rig type
- Lug Sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail
Design and build
- Designer
- Latta A
- Date of build
- 1903
- Place of build
- Hoylake
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/MMM
History
This Opera class dinghy was built (builder unknown) in 1903 for Messrs. Dempster and Chadwick of the Hoylake Sailing Club on the Wirral. LA POUPEE was the sixth in the fleet and was purchased by the Merseyside Maritime Museum in 1989. November 2007