Key details

Current boat name
Buttercup 313
Boat class
7629
Number
313
Function
Sports and Leisure
Type

Dimensions and specifications

Length (m / ft)
3.43 / 11ft 3in
Beam (m / ft)
1.4 / 4ft 9in
Leeward
Centreboard
Masts
One
Rig type
Una Gunter
Propulsion
Sail

Design and build

Designer
West Wight S C
Design date
1924
Date of build
1953
Place of build
Bembridge, I o W

Current status

Present use
Museum/CBM

History

The SCOW Class has various versions depending on where they were built, Bembridge, Yarmouth or Lymington, but all are 11ft3in long. Unusually, BUTTERCUP is a West Wight built by A A Coombes of Bembridge in 1953 GH Sep 2010