Key details
- Current boat name
- Vertue XXXV
- Boat class
- 7607
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 7.69 / 25ft 3in
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.19 / 7ft 2in
- Leeward
- Keel
- Masts
- 1 Wood
- Rig type
- Bermudian Sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail
Design and build
- Designer
- Laurent Giles J
- Date of build
- 1950
- Place of build
- Christchurch, Hants
Current status
- Present use
- Sailing
History
Built by Elkins of Christchurch, Hants., to the design of Jack Laurent Giles.VERTUE XXXV was sailed by Barton and O'Riorden to New York in 1950 and remained in the USA until 1997.She was owned by Lambert Knight who kept her at Vinyard Haven, Mass. and is recorded in Lloyd's Register of American Yachts in 1956, 1967 and 1973. In 1997 she was shipped back to Italy and used in the Med. She may still be abroad: present owner and location unknown. More research reqiured GH May 2013
Possibly the most successful and popular 5 ton cruising and racing yacht ever designed. December 2010 - see article in Classic Boat 2001 page 56 (Archive includes info from Italy in 2006)