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Registration number
2029
Status
Registered
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Poole
Vessel type
Ketch
Current use
Ongoing conservation
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Crossfield Brothers, Conway
Built in
1914
Hull material
Wood
Rig
Gaff Ketch
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
2
Propulsion
Motor
Number of engines
1
Primary engine type
Inboard diesel
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.00 feet
(3.66m)
Depth
6.00 feet
(1.83m)
Length: Overall
42.00 feet
(12.81m)
History
Built in 1914 by Crossfields of Conwy, OLGA is a gaff ketch yacht of carvel construction, pitch pine on grown oak frames with an inboard diesel engine by Ford, model 4D 592E, installed in the 1960s. In her long life she has had just 6 owners and in 2008 her present owner started a third refit. For most of her life she has sailed in the Irish Sea area and was reputed to have been sailed to Canada and back by her first owners. She is a well found, safe and seakindly yacht which is much admired. Crossfields was once a famous boatbuilding family but built few yachts, giving OLGA a rarity value.
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