Key details
- Current boat name
- Rapparee K 376
- Boat class
- 7259
- Sail number
- 376
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.27 / 14ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.54 / 5ft 1in
- Leeward
- Centreboard
- Masts
- 1 Wood
- Rig type
- Bermudian Sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail
Design and build
- Designer
- Holt & Coppock
- Date of build
- 1953
- Place of build
- Nottingham
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/MMM
History
Was built in 1953 by Wyche & Coppock of Nottingham and is an early example of a clinker built Merlin Rocket class dinghy. RAPPAREE raced for a number of years with the Liverpool Sailing Club and was acquired by the Merseyside Maritime Museum in 1979. November 2007