Key details

Current boat name
Heritage
Boat class
7567
Function
Research/experimental
Type
Open boat

Dimensions and specifications

Masts
2
Rig type
Main Mast Dipping lug, Mizzen sprit sail
Propulsion
Sail/engine

Design and build

Designer
From plans drawn by Philip Oake
Design date
1938
Date of build
2018
Place of build
Milford Haven/Pembroke Dock

Current status

Present use
under construction

History

The hull was built by a consortium of the Milford Haven Port Authority and Pembrokeshire College, known locally as MITEC. The incomplete hull was transferred to the workshops of the West Wales Maritime Heritage Society in the autumn of 2017. She was built using the plans drawn up by Philip Oake of the Lugger Sea Horse in Tenby in the1930's. She is being completed by shipwrights in the societies boatyard Hancock's Yard ,Front Street Pembroke Dock. Hull length 24 feet x 8 feet beam x 3feet draught. With bowsprit and bumpkin extended she will exceed 35 feet in length