Key details
- Current boat name
- Canoe
- Boat class
- 7429
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
Design and build
- Date of build
- 1865
- Place of build
- Lambeth
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/R&RM
History
This is the original Rob Roy canoe built in 1865 by Thames boatbuilders Searle & Sons of Lambeth for John MacGregor’s tour of Europe, subject of the bestselling book 'A Thousand Miles in a Rob Roy Canoe'. It is clinker built with an oak hull and cedar deck. June 2010