Fife “Truant” Specifications: LOA: 41′ 9″ * LWL: 27′ 0″ * Beam: 7′ 7″ * Draft: 5′ 9″ * Hull Number: * Rig: * Designer: William Fife III * Built by: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland * Year Built: 1910 Historical: “Truant” was one of the most successful boats in her class, winning over …
Fife “Solway Maid” Specifications: LOA: 52′ 7″ LWL: 35′ 0″ Beam 10′ 9″ Draft 7′ 6″ Hull Number: 825 Rig: Bermudian Cutter Designer: William Fife III Built by: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland Year Built: 1938 Design influenced by the Metre Classes, built on spec 1938, sold in 1940, and laid up for the …
Type: 6 Metre Class Fife “Nada” Specifications: LOA: 37′ 0″ / 11.27m – LWL: 22′ 9″ / 6.97m – Beam: 7′ 0″ / 2.13 – Draft: 5′ 3″ / 1.61m – Hull Number: – Rig: Sloop – Designer: N.G. William Fife III – Built by: – Year Built: 1930 “NADA” has had an interesting life …
So it was that in 1937 a boat was launched into the sea from the Fife boatyard in Fairlie, a 22-metre yacht called Eilean, which in the Scottish means “little island”. The boat, design number 822, was conceived by the then eighty-year-old William Fife III, alongside his nephew Robert Balderton Fife who had only recently …
William Fife “Halloween” Specifications: LOA: 81′ 1″ / 24.7m – LOD: 71′ 2″ / 21.7m – LWL: 45′ 11″ / 14.0m – Beam: 14′ 9″ / 4.5m – Draft: 11′ 5″ / 3.5m – Original Rig: Bermudian Cutter – Hull Number: – Construction: Wood – Engines: 80hp – Cruising Speed: 8 knots – Fuel consumption: …