Olga | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2029

Status Registered

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Poole

Vessel type Ketch

Current use Ongoing conservation

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Crossfield Brothers, Conway

Built in 1914

Hull material Wood

Rig Gaff Ketch

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

12.00 feet (3.66m)

Depth

6.00 feet (1.83m)

Length: Overall

42.00 feet (12.81m)

History

Built in 1914 by Crossfields of Conwy, OLGA is a gaff ketch yacht of carvel construction, pitch pine on grown oak frames with an inboard diesel engine by Ford, model 4D 592E, installed in the 1960s. In her long life she has had just 6 owners and in 2008 her present owner started a third refit. For most of her life she has sailed in the Irish Sea area and was reputed to have been sailed to Canada and back by her first owners. She is a well found, safe and seakindly yacht which is much admired. Crossfields was once a famous boatbuilding family but built few yachts, giving OLGA a rarity value.