Specifications

 

SPECIFICATIONS:
 

Designed and built by William Fife III

Year Built:  1929

LOA:    47' 

Waterline:  30' 6"

Beam: 8'8" 

J: 14' 9"

Displacement:  Rated Lloyds @ 9 tons

Hull:  Original tight seamed mahogany, carvel planked. 

Interior:  Original varnished hull, minimal accommodations per class rule

Frames: 
   100% Original:  Rock Elm bent frames

     95% Original:   Sawn Oak 

       5%  Of sawn frames replaced with Locust

Frames are laid out in series on about seven inch centers.  Every third fame is a larger, grown, sawn oak frame with two rock elm frames between.  

 (%s are approximate, see photos and details in blog)

Modern aluminum mast:  

     Excellent condition

     Measured to rule. 

     Stainless rigging

     Imron coating over epoxy primer

Traditional Wood mast (no longer in service):  

     Excellent condition

     Oregon Pine

     Hollow

     Short of the rule by a few inches  

     Custom fittings, all chromed bronze 

Deck:  

    Cold molded in cedar for strength
    Underside of deck is beveled cedar sprung in same
     dimensions as original. 
 
Beams: 
    Original beams are spruce 
    Beams replaced from back of cockpit to front of cabin
    in spruce and Oregon Pine.  (Oregon Pine replaces the  
    original Larch beams)  
        
Cabin:
    Cold molded for strength in cedar and mahogany

Winches:

   Main:  3 speed Lewmar

   Main sheet: 2 speed Barlow

   Trimming: 2 speed Barlow

   Running backs:  2 speed Anderson self tailing

All details of her restoration are outlined in the this blog.