Specifications:
LOA: 41′ 7″ / 12.7m * Beam: 7′ 10″ / 2.4m * Draft: 5′ 1″ / 1.55m * Hull Number: 570 / Designer: William Fife III / Built by: Abo Båtvarf / Year Built: 1909
Construction – Built in 1909 in Finland, at the Abo Batvarf , yard number 570, a semi-composite vessel, with alternating steel and elm frames with mahogany planking.
2011 Revised Specs – Fairlie Restorations
Frames: There are 20 pairs of steel angle frames – 45x45x4 mild steel.
Floors: There are three types of floors:
14x strap floors, 360mm long arms 35x16mm of parallel section
5x plate floors in 3mm MS
9x web floors in 3mm MS
The Raffle – In 1909, William Fife designed a first rule 8mR racing yacht for Mr Soderman who later vanished in India. The yacht was eventually finished in Finland at the Abo Batvarf yard in 1910. Later that same year the Nyland’s Yacht Club decided to raffle off the 41′ 7″ William Fife III designed yacht, and the “Lucky Girl” who won the raffle was three year old Lucy Tallberg.
Ownership – In late May of 1910 Lucy’s father, Gunnar Tallberg took possession of the vessel, which was later filed in the 1911 Lloyd’s Register of Yachts.
1912 Summer Olympics – Gunnar and Bertil Tallberg entered Lucky Girl in the 1912 Summer Olympic events in Nynäshamn, Sweden from 20-22 July. Forty one sailors, on 8 boats, from 5 nations entered the best of two races. Scoring was by points, with seven points given to first place in each race, three points to second place, and one point to third place. The two main races for each class were held on 20 and 21 July, with the race-off of ties occurring on 22 July. The yachts sailed one lap of a triangular course, 15.5 nautical miles. Both 8 metres Sans Atout and Lucky Girl were tied for second pace with 3 points, and conducted a sail-off to determine the winner for silver and bronze medals. Sans Atout won the sail-off with a winning margin of 2:26:44, taking home the Silver, with “Lucky Girl” winning the Bronze medal.