Key details

Current boat name
Widgeon
Boat class
7012
Sail number
2
Function
Sports and Leisure
Type

Dimensions and specifications

Length (m / ft)
9.14 / 30ft
Beam (m / ft)
1.98 / 6ft 6in
Leeward
Keel
Masts
1 Wood
Rig type
Bermudian Sloop
Propulsion
Sail

Design and build

Designer
Laws G U
Date of build
1913
Place of build
Burnham on Crouch

Current status

Present use
Restoration

History

Designed by G U Laws and built by W King & Sons Burnham on Crouch. Owner F P Scott port Burnham on Crouch LYR 53 GH Points racers at Burnham, local class. Widgeon recently survived a major fire in her current loaction in the blackwater Marina, luckily or unluckily for the large 'Our Boy' she was only turned from white to black superficially. ECOD website