Ribble Rose

Current boat name

Ribble Rose

Function

Sports and Leisure

Type

Length (m / ft)

6.4 / 21ft

Beam (m / ft)

1.82 / 6ft

Leeward

Keel - long

Propulsion

Sail/engine

Designer

not known

Design date

not known

Date of build

not known

Place of build

not known

Ribble Rose was purchased about 25 years ago by an elderly gentleman.He could only tell me that he found her in a creek on the North West coast of Cumbria in a delapidated state.He liked her lines made enquiries and purchased her.He then transported her to Essex to do a rebuild on her.Unfortunately before he finished he had a heart attack so she was laid up in a barn. 'I bought her off ebay last August.She looks like a small Nobby but isn`t,has a rounded counter stern and a central propeller.I think she is about 21 ft long excluding her bow sprit, with a beam of 6ft and a long cast keel.She has a small deck forward of the mast.I have no more information on the boat and can`t find anyone who can tell me what she is but looks to have been made by a craftsman.' Owner. It is hoped that by putting RIBBLE ROSE on the Register somebody may remember her and be able to supply more details. NRJ July 2012 I have put together an album on my boat Ribble Rose with a picture of a yacht at Arnside in Cumbria sent in 1918 which shows a white yacht in the background which looks the same as my boat. https://flic.kr/s/aHsjCanBh1 P,S. I hope I`ve sent this to the right person if not please can you forward it on. The sails a have a good bit of history as well but don`t look original to the boat but must have been some of the first man made fabric sails made.See right up on the picture of sail manufacturer C.Neilson and Son. Owner Sept 16