Key details
- Current boat name
- Jeanette
- Boat class
- 6871
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.53 / 28ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.51 / 8ft 3in
- Leeward
- Keel
- Masts
- one
- Rig type
- Bermudan sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Kenneth M Gibbs
- Design date
- 1944
- Date of build
- 1947
- Place of build
- Lymington
Current status
- Present use
- Restored 2013/4
History
This design was the winner in the1944 design competition in the Yachtsman magazine. Believed to be one of only 3 built. GH