Key details
- Current boat name
- Lottie Blossom
- Boat class
- 7126
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 8.4 / 27ft 7in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.3 / 7ft 8in
- Leeward
- Keel - long
- Masts
- One Wood
- Rig type
- Bermudan Cutter
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Hillyard
- Date of build
- 1951
- Place of build
- Littlehampton, Sussex
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
LOTTIE BLOSSOM was purchased by Arthur Ransome in 1952 but he sold her after only eight months to Sir William Mallinson wh re-named her RAGGED ROBBIN III. 'Among her other owners was the author Anthony Rushworth-Lund who describes her in his book 'By Way of the Golden Isles'.(The name LOTTIE BLOSSOM was used again by Ransome for his next boat which was a Hillyard 5 !/2 tonner). - see article in Classic Boat 2004 December page 48. January 2011 (Picture courtesy of Classic Boat)