Key details
- Current boat name
- Dawn
- Boat class
- 7640
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 7.77 / 25ft 6in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 1.78 / 5ft 10in
- Leeward
- Keel
- Masts
- 1
- Rig type
- Bermudian Sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail
Design and build
- Date of build
- 1934
- Place of build
- Bowness-on-Windermere
Current status
- Present use
- Museum/LAT
History
DAWN was built in 1934 at Bowness-on-Windermere: this is a Windermere 17 ft class (17 ft waterline). Similar yachts are still raced by members of the Royal Windermere Yacht Club. April 2008