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Description: | Scale:1:12. A contemporary half block model of a 6 Metre racing yacht circa 1928. The hull is carved from a solid block of wood(?) and is painted a green colour below the waterline with white topsides above to the level of the gunwale. It has a very pronounced sheer with a curved bow running smoothly aft to the ballast keel. The sternpost is raked aft and is fitted with a half elliptical-shaped rudder, above which is a long, narrow and tapering counter stern. The deck is fitted with a single stump mast, rigged with a boom, and an open cockpit, all of which are finished a natural wood lightly stained and varnished. The whole model is mounted on a rectangular-shaped mahogany backboard with a moulded edge on which is inscribed " Model of 6 metre yacht built by Whites Sou'ton Yacht Building & Engineering Co Ltd 1928" and "Dimensions LOA 37' 9" LWL 22' 3" Beam 6' 8" Draught 5' 1"
This object was sighted as being on display during the Collections Inventory Project (2001-2005); It will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated.
CA: BAC
caption: Yacht
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Greenwich Ship models : their purpose and development from 1650 to the present : illustrated from the ship model collection of the National Maritime Museum Whites Sou'ton Yacht Building & Engineering Co. Ltd blocks models (representations) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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