Fife “Nan of Fife” Specifications:
LOA: 81.85′ / 24.94m – LOD: 63.15′ / 19.24 – LWL: 44.19′ / 13.46m – Beam: 11.58′ / 3.52m – Draft: 8.53′ / 2.59m – Hull Number: – Rig: Gaff Cutter – Designer: William Fife III – Built by: William Fife & Son – Year Built: 1896
“Nan”, originally commissioned by Irishman Thomas Burrowes, is the oldest William Fife designed yacht still sailing. In 1998, Philippe Menhinck began the restoration, from original archives, of the boat his grandfather had owned from 1948 to 1952. Two years later the restoration was complete.