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Registration number
2870
Status
Registered
a12admin
Previous names
- Topaz
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Rochester
Vessel type
Broads Sailing Cruiser
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Newson, F
Built in
1964
Hull material
Wood
Rig
None
Number of decks
1
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Length: Overall
42.00 feet
(12.80m)
Breadth: Beam
10.75 feet
(3.28m)
Air Draft
1.50 feet
(0.46m)
Tonnage: Gross
7.00
History
SPRUCEGOOSE is a carvel built wooden Broads sailing vessel with a Ford Inboard Diesel engine and served as a Norfolk Broads hire boat from 1964 to mid 80's. Carvel mahogany topsides, single plank diagonal Pitch pine bottom which is an unusual method of construction. Last of four built by the well know Broads boat builder F. Newson during in the sixties before the decline of wooden boat industry on the Broads, in particular Lowestoft.
She was bought by her present owner in 1994 and is based in Port Medway, Rochester where she is undergoing restoration.
Update, April 2024: Vessel for sale.
We are lacking information on this vessel, if you have any details please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk.
Key dates
-
1964
Built by F Newson at Oulton Broad
-
1964/1980s
In use as a Norfolk Broads hire boat
-
1994
Bought by current owner
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