Key details
- Current boat name
- Carina
- Boat class
- 6835
- Sail number
- 5
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.08 / 26ft 6in
- Leeward
- Centreboard
- Masts
- One
- Rig type
- Bermudan Sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail
Design and build
- Designer
- Burgoine A
- Design date
- 1902
- Date of build
- 1902
- Place of build
- Kingston-on-Thames
Current status
- Present use
- Offered to Museum
History
CARINA was designed and built by Burgoine at Kingston on Thames in 1902. Her first owner W H Wheeler, later Commodore of Thames Sailing Club, was called by the great Linton Hope 'the king of boat sailors'. CARINA won the Queen's Cup (at Bourne End Week) in 1902 and 1968. She won the Connaught Cup in 1903 and 1904. Post-WW II she was a regular winner but was laid up in recent years. She has been rebuilt by the Ossie Stewart-led Caprice syndicate and returned to the water in the 2003 Bourne End Week, winning both the Scxamp Cup and Thames Champions Cup on handicap