Key details
- Current boat name
- WUMPUS
- Boat class
- Hillyard 32ft 9ton Bermudan rigged yacht
- Sail number
- Hull No. 307366
- Number
- SSR311364
- Function
- Sports and Leisure
- Type
- Yacht
Dimensions and specifications
- Length (m / ft)
- 9.7 / 31' 10"
- Beam (m / ft)
- 2.6 / 8' 6.5"
- Draft (m / ft)
- 1.3 / 4' 3"
- Construction
- Carvel
- Material
- Wood
- Masts
- One, Douglas Fir
- Rig type
- Bermudian rigged sloop
- Propulsion
- Sail/engine
- Engine details
- Perkins 4.108
Design and build
- Designer
- David Hillyard, Littlehampton
- Design date
- 1965
- Date of build
- 1965
- Place of build
- Littlehampton, Sussex, UK
Current status
- Home port
- Beaulieu River
- Present condition
- Generally good condition with ongoing programme of minor works commensurate of a wooden boat.
- Present use
- Limited sea use in Solent area.
History
Wumpus remains basically as she left the yard but has benefited from major works to deck, cabins and cockpit area from 2013 to 2017. Work carried out by Shipwright Nick Gates of Emsworth. Since 2017 an ongoing programme of works has been carried out.
Not much is known of her early history but under previous owners she was based in Jersey and made a number of trips to France, Gibraltar and the Med as well as a voyage across the Atlantic.