Registration number 1475
Status Registered
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Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Yacht
Location Chatham
Current use Ongoing conservation
Available to hire Yes
Available for excursions No
Info required Yes

Construction

Builder Cambridge, S J P, Calcutta
Built in 1948
Hull material Wood
Rig Gaff Cutter
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
9.25 feet (2.82m)
Depth
6.49 feet (1.98m)
Length: Overall
35.97 feet (10.97m)

History

This Frederick Shepherd designed yawl was built in Calcutta (now Kolkata), India, in 1948.  She was used by Sir Alec Rose in his single-handed circumnavigation of the world in 1967-68. The voyage started at Portsmouth on 16 July 1967 and involved stops at Melbourne and Bluff Harbour, New Zealand. It finished at Portsmouth on 4 July 1968. In 2007, LIVELY LADY started her second circumnavigation, organised by the Around & Around charity and partly crewed by young people, arriving back in Portsmouth in July 2008.  After her second around the world voyage, LIVELY LADY was completely refurbished, however in 2020 COVID hit and all activity ceased. As of 2023, the Around & Around team have been recruiting volunteers, overhauling the vessel, and training new skippers and crew to deliver a training programme. In August 2023, LIVELY LADY sailed the 160 nautical-mile journey from Portsmouth to Chatham, which will be her new home. LIVELY LADY will continue to be used by young people and the community along with preserving the historic significance of the vessel and legacy of Sir Alec Rose. 

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Grants

  • June 2024

    Around and Around - Lively Lady awarded £3,970.88 grant from Active Thames Fund.

Sources

Classic Boat: Lively Lady to go again, September 2004 
Sailing Today: Lively Lady back where she belongs, May 2011
Yachting Monthly: Lively Lady to make new Port Solent home, July 2011
Classic Boat: Lively Lady returns, September 2018
Classic Boat: Classic Boat 2019 Awards-The Nominees, February 2019
Classic Boat: Lively Lady's Second Life, May 2019

Own this vessel?

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