Oxford 1829 Boat | National Historic Ships

Registration number 1846

Status Registered

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Henley-on-Thames

Vessel type Yacht - Racing

Current use Museum based

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Web address www.rrm.co.uk

Construction

Builder Davies & King, Stephen & Isaac, Oxford

Built in 1828

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 1

Propulsion Manpower

Primary engine type None

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

4.26 feet (1.30m)

Length: Overall

46.89 feet (14.30m)

History

The OXFORD 1829 BOAT is a racing eight rowing boat, built in 1828 by Stephen Davies & Isaac King of Oxford. The hull is clinker built of spruce on oak and ash frames. The boat took part in the first University Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge Universities, held in 1829 over a course in Henley-on-Thames. The Oxford crew borrowed it from Balliol College for the occasion. The vessel illustrates first steps in the evolution of boats designed for racing, being almost twice as long and half as wide as an equivalent sea-going boat of this era.

The boat is now part of the collection at the River and Rowing Museum, Henley.

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