Registration number 1648
Status Registered
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CAYENNE - underway. Port bow looking aft.
CAYENNE - on her sea trials in 1938. Starboard side.

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Ipswich
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Miller, James N & Son Ltd, St Monans
Built in 1938
Hull material Wood
Rig Gaff Cutter
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Sail
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
10.30 feet (3.14m)
Depth
6.98 feet (2.13m)
Length: Overall
43.97 feet (13.41m)

History

CAYENNE is a Bermudan cutter, built by James Miller at St. Monans, Fife, in 1938 and designed by Robert Clark. Her hull is carvel built with mahogany planking, oak frames and elm ribs. Her superstructure and decks are made of teak. She has a counter stern and a moderate spoon bow and has been Cascover sheathed below the waterline. Mechanical propulsion is by a Perkins 4.108. She offers accommodation for six people, with standing headroom throughout. She was named CAYENNE by her first owner, Dr. Pepper, and has been used full-time since her launch. Voyages, travelling over fifty thousand miles, have included a three month trip to the Azores collecting plants for Kew Gardens; a two year voyage round Africa in commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the first European rounding Southern Africa; a one year expedition to the Caribbean for the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage, and a visit to Edinburgh to celebrate her own sixtieth birthday.

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Key dates

  • 1938

    Built by J Miller of St Monans
  • 1987

    Major refit financed by Prince Charles
  • 1998

    Major refit including installation of Perkins 4.108 engine
  • 2006

    New owner started restoration  in Ipswich Haven
  • 2013

    Vessel moved to Wigston Leicestershire and is now on land to be further restored

Sources

Yachtsman's Annual CAYENNE: another interesting Clark design (1938)

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