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Registration number
3808
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Falmouth
Vessel type
Yawl
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Forrestt & Sons Ltd, Wivenhoe
Built in
1896
Hull material
Steel
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
10.08 feet
(3.07m)
Depth
5.42 feet
(1.65m)
Length: Overall
49.00 feet
(14.94m)
Tonnage: Gross
16.00
History
CORYPHEE was built in 1986 by Forrestt & Sons Ltd of Wivenhoe for Scottish liberal politician and judge Lord Maclaren. Not much is known of her early history, with her being laid up in the Thames for the duration of both World Wars.
In the late 1960s, she was found by P Wilkinson laying in the Poole estuary as a sunken wreck in need of extensive repair. He restored CORYPHEE to a working condition and owned her for 40 years on the Solent.
In 2013, CORYPHEE was purchased by her current owner who sailed her to Cornwall. There, she spent 3 years ashore in Penryn undergoing a second rebuild, keeping as much original steel plating and traditional building methods as possible. She is back to working condition and can be seen sailing along the Cornish coast.
Key dates
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1896
Built by Forrestt & Sons Ltd of Wivenhoe
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1967
Sometime in the late 1960s, found by P Wilkinson as a sunken wreck by Poole, restored and based on the Solent
-
2013
Purchased by her current owner, who sailed her to Cornwall where she underwent a 3-year rebuilding project
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