Registration number 1410
Status National Historic Fleet
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Concord - port side view, sailing
PENELEE - underway. Starboard quarter looking forward.
PENELEE - moored. Starboard side.
PENELEE - moored, aerial view showing deck arrangement.
Concord - bow view
Concord - port side view, sailing
Photo Competition 2023 - Concord of Mersea - OGA East Coast Race by Sandy Miller

Previous names

  • 1937 - 1952 Concord
  • 1952 - 1977 Mersea Concorde
  • 1977 - 2009 Penelee

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Fowey
Current use Commercial Activity
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes
Web address http://www.jamesboyd.co.uk/concord/

Construction

Builder King & Sons, H, Pinmill
Built in 1937
Hull material Wood
Rig Gaff Yawl
Number of decks 1
Number of masts 2
Propulsion Sail
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
9.70 feet (2.96m)
Depth
6.00 feet (1.83m)
Length: Overall
53.97 feet (16.46m)

History

The gaff yawl CONCORD was built by H King & Sons at Pin Mill in 1937 to a design by Sydney Bellchambers.  She was built for Archie White and cruised extensively in the Low Countries. She was the textbook yacht used for Pitman's book of yacht sailing, written by the owner in 1953.

She was sold to R Denholm of Denholm Shipping Line in 1959. A private owner bought her in 1977 and has since cruised extensively in Ireland, Norway, France, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean, Cyprus and Istanbul. The current engine is a Lister STW2 diesel, 2 cylinder, 20bhp made in 1985.

Although this vessel is on the National Historic Fleet, we are currently lacking information on this particular vessel. If you have any information on this vessel past or present, please contact us.

 

 

 

Key dates

  • 1937 Built by H King & Sons at Pin Mill as a gaff yawl to a design by Sydney Bellchambers for Archie White
  • 1937-1952 Cruised extensively in the Low Countries
  • 1952 Name changed to MERSEA CONCORDE
  • 1953 Used as the textbook yacht for Pitman's book of yacht sailing, written by the owner.
  • 1959 Sold to R Denholm of Denholm Shipping Line
  • 1977 Sold to David MacDonald Smith and re-named PENELEE
  • 1977-2007 Cruised extensively in Ireland, Norway, France, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean, Cyprus and Istanbul with a Lister STW2 diesel, 2 cylinder, 20bhp made in 1985
  • 2007 Sold to James Boyd
  • 2009 Moved to Bodinnick for restoration to original 1937 condition and re-named CONCORD

Grants

  • January 2011

    A Sustainability Award of ú1000 towards the mainsail and mizzen was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

  • June 2009

    A sustainablity award of ú2000 for restoration work was made from the Strategic Development Fund of National Historic Ships

Sources

The Clyde to the Golden Horn
Smith, Martin, Classic Boat: Notes from a bygone era, Feburary 2010
Classic Boat: Concord's musical cruise, Edition 273, February 2011

Own this vessel?

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