Registration number 1670
Status Registered
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Previous names

  • Seapecker
  • Suani

Details

Function Leisure Craft
Subfunction Tender
Location Laleham
Current use Private use
Available to hire No
Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Camper & Nicholsons Ltd, Gosport
Built in 1930
Hull material Wood
Rig None
Number of decks 1
Propulsion Motor
Number of engines 1
Primary engine type Diesel
Boiler type None
Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam
8.98 feet (2.74m)
Depth
2.98 feet (0.91m)
Length: Overall
49.97 feet (15.24m)

History

GELYCE was built by Camper & Nicolsons at Gosport in 1930, as the tender and yard launch to Sir Thomas Lipton's last challenger for the America's cup; the J-Class yacht SHAMROCK V. In 1946, she was bought by Hugh Goodson, who was an America's Cup contender himself.  GELYCE has now been cared for by the present owner for over twenty years.  Her hull is diagonally built, fastened with roves.  She has a pointed bow, with a plumb straight stem slanting five degrees away from the vertical and a transom stern.  Her current engine is an inboard Perkins diesel, model 5.6, with six cylinders and one hundred horsepower, made in 1945.  She is in original condition and is a particularly fast and elegant craft.

Update, May 2024: GELYCE has undergone a complete restoration by Classic Restoration Services, Windsor. She is under new ownership - if you are the current owner or know who they are, please get in touch. 

Key dates

  • 1930

    Built by Camper & Nicholson of Gosport as a tender for ‘Shamrock’, Sir Thomas Lipton’s challenger for the America’s Cup

  • 1946

    Sold to Hugh Goodson who was later a contender in the America’s Cup

  • 1980

    Sold to present owner

Sources

Classic Boat: Getting Afloat - Gelyce, pp106, January 2000 
Classic Boat: The Gold Standard, pp18-24, April 2018

Own this vessel?

If you are the owner of this vessel and would like to provide more details or updated information, please contact info@nationalhistoricships.org.uk