Registration number 2299
Status Registered
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Falmouth
Vessel type Cutter
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Berthon Boat Co Ltd, Lymington
Built in 1935
Hull material Wood
Rig Bermudan Cutter
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 1
Propulsion Sail
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Inboard diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
9.50 feet (2.90m)
Depth
5.90 feet (1.80m)
Length: Overall
36.75 feet (11.21m)

History

HEATHER is a Bermudan cutter designed by H G May and built by the Berthon Boat Co. of Lymington in 1935. She is carvel built of pitch pine on oak. Her present engine is an inboard diesel by Nannidiesel model 4150HE. She had a major refit between 1994/6.

Key dates

  • 1935

    Built by the Berthon Boat Company in Lymington as a leisure craft

  • 1950

    Bought by new owner

  • 1994-96

    She had a major re-fit, including a new engine, a Nannidiesel model 450he.

  • 2013

    She was bought by her present owner

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk

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