Strange “Shelia” Specifications: LOA: 31’0″ / 9.44m * LOD: 25’00 / 7.62m * LWL: 19’06 / 5.97m * Beam: 6’09 / 2.10m * Draft: 3’05 / 1.06m * Ballast: * Displacement: 4 TM * Sail Area: 330sq’ * Yard Number: * Hull material: Planked in full length ¾” Pensacola pitch-pine fastened with copper nails and …
Born July 29th in Gravesend, Kent, England, along a Thames estuary, was an accomplished yacht designer, sailor, author, and artist, having taught as an art instructor at the Scarborough School of Art. While most designers of this era were building large luxurious yachts with paid crews, Albert Strange designed small cruising yachts, through an artistic …