1999 Herreshoff Half Rater - £15,000

Status : SOLD

Lying : Somerset - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

LOA : 7.32m (24ft 0in)
LWL : 4.88m (16ft 0in)
Beam : 1.37m (4ft 6in)
Draft : 0.91m (3ft 0in)
Keel : Fin

Construction

• Epoxy coated cedar strip-plank (Speedstrip) construction
• Yellow cedar decking with all bronze fittings
• Fin and bulb keel with a balanced rudder
• No survey available

Rigging & Sails

• Gaff rig
• Columbian pine mast/spars
• Standing/running rigging by Spencers
• Sail area approximately 178 sq ft
• Main (Banks)
• Jib (Banks
• Second main and jib (both by Ratsey and Lapthorne)

Mechanical & Electrical

• No engine

Equipment

• Bespoke trailer (new 2008)
• NASA echo sounder (2009)
• Anchor and chain

Remarks

Built by Seablade of Wadebridge to an original Herreshoff design of 1892, but using modern materials, this vessel has been named after the first owner of the original, Miss Winifred Sutton. She is as fast as she is elegant, and is a boat that will turn heads wherever she goes. She was the subject of a full report in the April 2000 edition of Classic Boat and the December/January 1999 edition of Traditional boats and Tall Ships. She was also featured at the 1999 Southampton Boat Show and has appeared on television. She is a truly superb vessel of a style and elegance not often seen these days.