Registration number 579
Status Archived
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Largs
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Fife, William & Son, Fairlie
Built in 1923
Hull material Wood
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Sail
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
17.48 feet (5.33m)
Breadth: Beam
17.48 feet (5.33m)
Depth
10.16 feet (3.10m)
Length: Overall
82.30 feet (25.10m)
Tonnage: Gross
43.00

History

Built; 1923, Fife, Fairlie. Designer; W & R B Fife. LOA; 82.3ft/25.2m. LWL; 60ft/18.3m. MB; 17.6ft/5.4m. Depth Max; 10.3ft/3.1m. Source; Wood's International Yacht Register 1993. KENTRA, official number 147859, yacht, LOA 20.87 m, depth 3.04 m, beam 5.33 m, 37.50 tons reg, 43.04 tons gross. Built 1923 by William Fife & Sons. Yanmar diesel, 95 kw Source: Register of Shipping and Seaman Built 1923 by W. Fife and Son of Fairlie, a ketch rigged sailing yacht. She has a Yanmar diesel engine , 95kw.

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Sources

Classic Boat: 'Copper Bottom Takes Shape', March 2015
Classic Boat: 'Copper Bottom Takes Shape', 2015
Woods International Yacht Register 1993, P R Magazine
Classic Boat: Fife is at the helm, September 1998
Classic Boat: The Fifes of Fairlie, September 1999
Classic Boat: Paid to win: Fife's yacht masters, September 1998
Classic Boat: Kentra, September 1995    
Classic Boat: At Close Quarters - William Fife: mostly moorhens, September 1995

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