Key details
- Current boat name
- Mayblossom
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 5.89 / 19ft 4in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.13 / 7ft
Design and build
- Designer
- Leather John
- Design date
- 1958
- Date of build
- 1973
- Place of build
- Althorn, Suffolk
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
Built for Mr A Marshall by the Pattern Brothers of Althorne Suffolk and sailed to Dartmouth by him singlehanded. Bought by her present owner in 2007, MAYBLOSSOM was kept for the first season on the Exe, then moved to Weir Quay on the River Tamar. Now kept at Brixham, Devon.
MAYBLOSSOM is on the Old Gaffers Association Register and regularly takes part in the Brixham Heritage Regatta (second class 4, 2013), the SW OGA Start Bay Rally and Plymouth Classics. She has also appeared at Fowey Classic Regatta, Dartmouth Regatta and Dittisham Regatta.
Equipped for coastal cruising MAYBLOSSOM’s area is the south coast of Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. She is able to take the ground and regularly visits the upper reaches of the Dart, Exe, Tamar and Lyner. Owner GH Jan 2014