Key details
- Current boat name
- Rose of Arden
- Boat class
- 7431
- Number
- 182288
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 9.14 / 30ft
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.59 / 8ft 6in
- Leeward
- Keel - long
- Masts
- 1 Wood
- Rig type
- Bermudan Sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
Design and build
- Designer
- Harrison Butler T
- Design date
- 1939
- Date of build
- 1939
- Place of build
- Woodbridge, Suffolk
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
Built by Whisstock of Woodbridge, Suffolk in 1939 to a design of Dr T Harrison Butler. ROSE OF ARDEN was the first of four vessels built to the same design, all involving the 'metacentric shelf formula' which was much favoured by the Doctor. Another of the group, WATERMAIDEN, still survives having made many crossings of the Atlantic. Aug2013 GH