Key details
- Current boat name
- Minden Rose 897
- Boat class
- 7660
- Sail number
- 897
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 4.27 / 14ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.52 / 5ft
- Leeward
- Centreboard
- Masts
- One
- Rig type
- Bermudian
- Propulsion
- Sail
Design and build
- Designer
- Holt J
- Design date
- 1949
- Date of build
- 1955
Current status
- Present use
- Swansea Museum
History
MINDEN ROSE, is a Jack Holt designed G.P. 14 class 14, Sail no. 897. The sail marking for the G P 14 is a black bell over the sail number. The bell insignia is linked with the Dovey Sailing Club in Aberdovey in Wales where the first G.P. 14's were based.
This Jack Holt design was one of the first plywood post war utility dinghies has been built in very large numbers.
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