Key details
- Current boat name
- Dorothea
- Boat class
- 7049
- Number
- 136652
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
- Yacht
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.31 / 27ft 3in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.64 / 8ft 8in
- Leeward
- Keel - long
- Masts
- 2 Wood
- Rig type
- Cutter Yawl
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Thomas W E
- Date of build
- 1909
- Place of build
- Falmouth
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
Built as a yacht by W E Thomas of Falmouth in 1909. Originally rigged as a yawl she was converted as a cutter in 1930. Her original engine was a Bergius paraffin 2 cylinder.Owner in 1953 was H V G Tredgold and port London LYR 53 GH DOROTHEA may have been the vessel described by Harrison Butler in discussion of hull shape in Yachting Monthly (date?)..Recently restored. June 2010 (Picture courtesy of FQP Association/NMMC)