Key details
- Current boat name
- Sopranino
- Boat class
- 7330
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 5.98 / 19ft 8in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.01 / 6ft 7in
- Leeward
- 7
- Masts
- 1 Wood
- Rig type
- Bermudian Sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail
Design and build
- Designer
- Laurent Giles J
- Date of build
- 1950
- Place of build
- Thames
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/CBM
History
SOPRANINO was sailed by Colin Mudie and Patrick Ellam first to Spain and then to the U S A to prove that smallboats could sail across oceans. After nearly 50 years languishing unattended in Newport, Rhode Island, U S A, she was completely rebuilt by the Classsic Boat Museum