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Registration number
770
Status
National Historic Fleet
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Details
Function
Leisure Craft
Subfunction
Yacht
Location
Tollesbury
Vessel type
Pleasure Yacht
Current use
Private use
Available to hire
No
Available for excursions
No
Construction
Builder
Howard, John, Maldon
Built in
1878
Rig
Bermudan Cutter
Number of decks
1
Number of masts
1
Propulsion
Sail
Boiler type
None
Boilermaker
None
Dimensions
Breadth: Beam
12.33 feet
(3.76m)
Depth
4.49 feet
(1.37m)
Length: Overall
47.80 feet
(14.58m)
History
RIPPLE is a smack yacht built by John Howard at Maldon in 1878. She was owned by the same family for 80 years who used her for business and pleasure. Until 1952 when she had an engine fitted she was a sailing yacht only. From her original owners RIPPLE had several changes of ownership, on one occasion she was sold on condition that the new owner fully restored her but lack of finances and time precluded this happening. At some stage her full was coated in ferrocement. She is resting in a mud berth in Tollesbury in very poor condition.
Key dates
-
1878
Built by John Howard at Maldon
-
1952
Engine fitted
-
1958-2000
Several changes of ownership
-
2000
Sold to Phillip Dan
-
2006
Sold and based at Tollesbury pending restoration
Sources
Old Gaffer's Association Member's Handbook and Boat Archive, 1993
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