Registration number 759
Status Archived
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Leila - starboard side
Leila - port quarter
Leila - port bow
Leila - parts
Leila - interior port hole and hatch
Leila - hatch
Leila - cockpit and wheel
Leila - name plate
Leila on deck
Leila - plaque
Leila - Autumn
Leila's launch
Leila's launch
Leila's launch
Leila's launch
Leila's launch
Leila - Autumn
Leila - during move from yard at Southwold end of Feb 2013
Leila - following move from Southwold end of Feb 2013

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Southwold
Archive reason More information required
Current use Unknown
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes
Web address www.leila2c.org

Construction

Builder Wilkinson, F, Charlton
Built in 1892
Rig Gaff Cutter
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Sail
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
9.70 feet (2.96m)
Depth
8.00 feet (2.44m)
Length: Overall
40.00 feet (12.20m)

History

A cutter rigged leisure craft built in 1892 by F Wilkinson for a businessman who sailed with the Royal Temple Yacht Club at Ramsgate.  A rare example of a Victorian racing cutter, she won the Round Britain race in 1904.

Found rotting on a Suffolk river in the 2000s, LEILA was restored by the Leila Sailing Trust of Lowestoft and operated as a sail training vessel.  She also took part in Tall Ships races and events.  After they went out of business in 2019, the boat was passed to her current owner and has been under restoration since then.  LEILA is (or will be) part of the Maybe Sailing fleet together with the gaff ketch Maybe and the three-masted schooner Blue Clipper.  Once restored, she will operate as a sail training boat for children and young adults once again. 

We are lacking information on this vessel. If you have any information on this vessel, past or present, please contact us. 

Grants

  • 2013

    A sustainability grant of £1000 for remedial work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships UK
  • March 2013

    The Leila Sailing Trust in Suffolk are completing the five-year restoration. Awards for All, part of the Big Lottery, granted almost £10K for safety gear needed for vessel's Category 2 MCA coding The Heritage Lottery Fund have also contribut
  • 2010

    A Sustainability Grant of £1,500 for hull materials was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships
  • 2009-10

    The Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £54,600 for restoration work
  • 2009

    A Sustainability Grant of £200 for the set up of a charitable organisation and a Grant of £2,000 for vessel maintenance were made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

Sources

Harbour Marine Services - The yard that John built
Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive, 1993
Classic Boat: Re-launch for 1892 gaff cutter Leila, August 2012

Own this vessel?

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