Heather | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2299

Status Registered

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Falmouth

Vessel type Cutter

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder Berthon Boat Co Ltd, Lymington

Built in 1935

Hull material Wood

Rig Bermudan Cutter

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 1

Propulsion Sail

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

9.50 feet (2.90m)

Depth

5.90 feet (1.80m)

Length: Overall

36.75 feet (11.21m)

History

HEATHER is a Bermudan cutter designed by H G May and built by the Berthon Boat Co. of Lymington in 1935. She is carvel built of pitch pine on oak. Her present engine is an inboard diesel by Nannidiesel model 4150HE. She had a major refit between 1994/6.

Key dates

1935
Built by the Berthon Boat Company in Lymington as a leisure craft
1950
Bought by new owner
1994-96
She had a major re-fit, including a new engine, a Nannidiesel model 450he.
2013
She was bought by her present owner