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Registration number
3534
Status
Registered
paula.palmer
Previous names
- Harbinger
Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Dover
Vessel type
Nobby
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Info required
Yes
Construction
Builder
Neakle & Watterson, Peel, Isle of Man
Built in
1900
Hull material
Wood
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
11.50 feet
(3.51m)
Depth
5.50 feet
(1.68m)
Air Draft
40.00 feet
(12.19m)
Length: Overall
50.00 feet
(15.24m)
Tonnage: Gross
13.50
History
HARBINGER is believed to be one of 4 extant Manx Nobbies and as such was built before 1917. Edgar March's 1949 book 'Sailing Drifters' says that the last Manx Nobby built on the Isle of Man was launched in 1917 and she was bigger than HARBINGER. He suggests also that very few boats were built after 1900 (less than 20), so it's likely that HARBINGER is one of these.
At some point she had an engine added. There are signs that as built she was a 2-masted lugger, converted later to a gaff cutter. Major restoration work was carried out between about 1975 and 1985
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