Key details
- Current boat name
- Coppelia
- Boat class
- 6975
- Sail number
- 695
- Number
- 184246
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
- Yacht
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 9.2 / 30ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.68 / 8
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
Design and build
- Designer
- J.E.H. Tew
- Design date
- 1948
- Date of build
- 1951
- Place of build
- Poole
Current status
- Present use
- Leisure
History
last known still afloat of her Class. First was Dancing Ledge, sunk during a RORC Race in July
1956, with the loss of three lives, including the owner Lt. Col. Barry O’Sullivan (see Adlard Coles “Heavy
Weather Sailing”). Designer Mr Tew was partner with Jack Laurent Giles and the boat is similar to the
Vertue. Mr Tew was husband of Helen Tew (see Transatlantic at Last, Seafarer Books, 2004) and son-in-law
of Comm. R. D. Graham (see “Rough Passage”, 1936). OC18