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Registration number
2418
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Dartmouth
Vessel type
Yawl
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Web address
www.saunterer.co.uk
Construction
Builder
Sibbick, Charles & Co, Cowes
Built in
1900
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Bermudan
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Sail
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
10.25 feet
(3.13m)
Depth
6.60 feet
(2.01m)
Length: Overall
47.00 feet
(14.34m)
History
SAUNTERER is a yacht of timber carvel construction rigged as a yawl. She has a Beta diesel engine and was built by Charles Sibbick of Cowes in 1900. She was commissioned in 1899 and completed in 1900 for Mr J Simpson who had her own racing flag. Then, she was sold to Captain L.E.G. Oates of Antarctic fame. After his death in 1912, SAUNTERER passed to Thomas Belt, a proprietor of a rope and canvas business in Bigg Market. She was later sold to three Army or RAF personnel between the wars and her first engine was fitted. The Sutherland family bought her in 1961, owning her until 2008 when the current owners purchased her. She was used in the 1970s as a charter vessel. SAUNTERER has undergone various re-fits, although most of the planking, frames, deck, keel and some interior remain original.
Update: October 2022: Vessel for sale.
Sources
Classic Boat: Classic Boat Restoration of the Year Awards, January 2012
Classic Boat: First Sea Lord welcomes Saunterer into Royal Navy, May 2011
Classic Boat: Captain Oates' Saunterer returns to help heroes, July 2012
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