Key details
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.63 / 28ft 4in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.9 / 9ft 6in
- Leeward
- Keel - long
- Masts
- 2 Wood
- Rig type
- Gaff Yawl
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Burt R S
- Date of build
- 1908
- Place of build
- Falmouth
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
Built as MELVILLE by R S Burt & Son 1908 in Falmouth and served as a quay punt for twenty years. She was re-named VERYAN and converted to a yacht by E Mason who sold her to H D Morris. He gifted her to his son, J H C Morris of Plymouth, who cruised her widely (see Royal Cruising Club reports of 1934,'35 and '36. By 1962 her home port was Oslo and in 1964 it was Bergen. By 1975 she was back in UK. Waters with a home port of the Clyde. In 1994/95 VERYAN underwent a restoration at the Gaffers and Luggers Yard at Mylor. She is currently located in the Penzance area. June 2010 (Picture courtesy of FQP Association/NMMC)