Vivid

Current boat name

Vivid

Boat class

6863

Function

Fishing and Hunting

Type

Length (m / ft)

7.32 / 24ft

Beam (m / ft)

2.74 / 9ft

Leeward

Keel

Masts

1 Wood

Rig type

Gaff Cutter

Propulsion

Sail

Date of build

1860

Place of build

Gravesend

Built on the beach at Gravesend in 1860 as the VIVID. For further details see NRHV DNMC's Vref 1504 VIVID, built at Gravesend, Kent, in 1860. previous names include VIVIDA. LOA 24ft, MB 9ft, Dr 2ft 9in. Hull is clinker built with bluffish bow and plumb straight stem. has transom stern. Has one timber mast rigged as a cutter with gaff sails and bawley type sails on the boom. Curretn engine is a 2cy Volvo diesel, 10 bhp. VIVID was built on the beach at Gravesend in 1860. She was a small working boat used in the Medway and Thames for fishing and shrimping. The catch was boiled on board in large coppers which is the acepted origin of the name 'bawley'. No record survive of Victorian owners, but she does appear in 2 or 3 books. The earliest photo is of her being sculled into Gravesend basin in 1901 by her then owner Mr. Richie. Present condition is very good. All in working order. Substantially rebuilt in the 1960s by Peter Brooks. September 2010. SIGNIFICANCE: marks the transition between the Peter boats to the larger working boats of later 19th century. One other similar hull known. Source: Present Owner 1998