Key details
- Current boat name
- Silver Witch
- Boat class
- 7286
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.86 / 29ft 1in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.68 / 8ft 10in
- Leeward
- Keel - long
- Masts
- 1 small
- Propulsion
- Engine
Design and build
- Designer
- John Bain
- Design date
- 1930
- Date of build
- 1935
- Place of build
- Rosneath
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
SILVER WITCH is a twin screw Silverette built by J A Silver in 1935 as HELEN. Her name was changed C 1962. Bills of sale available from 1966 when she was moored in Eastbourne. In 2001 SILVER WITCH changed hands and was moved up to Yorkshire on the river system. The present owners purchased her in 2015 and have used her from Goole and York on the rivers Ouse, Aire and Calder, moving back to Goole in 2017.