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There are currently 19 names in this directory beginning with the letter L.
La Morena
La Morena - was built in Germany as Roxane III for Swedish engineer, Frithiof Dahl. He was a building contractor, at that time responsible for the building of Ragnar Östberg’s famous City hall in Stockholm. - Sail Number: 95, S-10 - Vessel Type: SK 95 (bermuda (3/4) - LOA: 64′ 6″ / 19.67m - LOD: 64′ 6″ / 19.67m - LWL: 45′ 11″ / 14.00m - Beam 9′ 9″ / 2.96m - Draft 7 10″ / 2.40m - Displacement: 10,500 kg - Ballast: 4,500 kg) - Hull material: Wood - Year Built: 1922 - Original name: Roxane III - Current Owner: Private - Designer: Gustaf Estlander - Built by: Pabst-Werft, Berlin Yard - Website: www.lamorena.se - Flag: Sweden - Location: Duvnäs Bay

La Reine
La Reine - A classic John Alden design, loosely based on the Canadian bluenose schooners that had once fished the Grand Banks. Originally christened La Reine, she measured 78 feet on deck, 96 feet overall, if you counted her long bowsprit and boomkin, and had been built in 1932 at the famous Hodgdon Brothers yard in East Boothbay, Maine. - Sail Number: 141 - Type: Two-masted gaff-schooner - LOA: 90’0″ / 27.43m - LOD: 75’9″ / 23.08m - LWL: 59’0″ / 17.98m - Beam: 18’2″ / 5.53m - Draft: 10’3″ / 3.12m - Displacement: 159,500 lbs / 72,348kg - Original Owner: Carlisle V. Watson, Portland, Maine - Year Launched: 1931 - Designed by: John G. Alden - Alden Design No. 498 - Deck Layout: After Cockpit - Built by: Hodgdon Brothers, East Boothbay, Maine - Hull Material: Wood - Former Name(s): La Reine, Capella, Innisfail, Constellation, Tahina - ON: 230718 - Status: Destroyed 1992 (Ran aground Rio Odiel, southern Spain)

Lacerta
Lacerta - The Concordia Company commissioned 103 Concordia yawls between 1938 and 1966, of which number 44 Lacerta was originally named Shadow. - Sail Number: 244 - Type: Concordia yawl - ex: Shadow; Nike - LOA: 39’10” / 12.14m - LOD: 39’10” / 12.14m - LWL: 29’0″ / 8.83m- Beam: 10’0″ / 3.04m - Draft: 5’8″ / 1.72m - Displacement: 20,000 lbs - Sail Area: 860 sq ft / 79.89 sq.m.) - Original Owner: Sydney Robert - Original Home Port: - Current Owner: Mark Walter & Janet Norman - Current Home Port: Annapolis, MD - Year Launched: 1956 - Designed by: Concordia, #44 - Built by: Abeking & Rasmussen, Lemwerder, Germany, #5105 - Hull Material: Wood

Lady Van
Lady Van - built in 1928 at Vancouver Drydock, measured just shy of 39 feet overall, with a waterline length of 22.9 feet and a beam of 7.4 feet. She was pet project of a yard more accustomed to building tugboats and barges. But in her first year of competition, she shaved Sir Tom‘s lead down to seconds. In Lady Van’s second season, she won the Lipton Cup for Vancouver at last, with Jack Cribb at the helm. After that, the white hulled sloop was purchased by Royal Vancouver Yacht Club member Eric Hamber who campaigned her to frequent victories in local and PIYA races with a variety of crews and skippers. Significantly, Lady Van won the Lipton Cup again in 1934, 1937 (with a woman at the helm, Dorothy Wylie), 1938, 1939 and 1940. - Sail Number: R7 - Type: R-Class - LOA: 38.95′ / 11.87m - LOD: 38.95′ / 11.87m - LWL: 22.86′ / 6.96m - Beam: 7.10′ / 2.16m - Draft: 5.41′ / 1.65m - Displacement: 8,455 - Sail Area: - Hull material: Wood - Designer: Camper & Nicholson - Built by: Vancouver Dry Dock - Year Built: 1927 - Current Name: Lady Van - Original Owner: Syndicate of Vancouver Yachtsmen - Owners Website: https://www.ladyvan.com/ - FLAG: Canada - Location: Vancouver BC

Landfall
Landfall - Built in 1935, is the first Sparkman and Stephens yacht built outside of the USA. S&S was then at the beginning of what was to become the most famous yacht design firm in the world. Olin Stephens, just 25 at the time, was extremely surprised to find his first overseas commission came, not from Europe, but from Tasmania. - S&S "Landfall” - LOA: 44’0” / 13.41m - LWL: 32’9" / 10.02m - Beam: 9’9" / 3.01m - Draft: 6’6" / 2.01m - Design Number: 54 - Rig: Bermudan Sloop - Displacement: 24,000 lbs - Sail Area: 859 sq ft - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Built By: Percy Coverdale at Battery Point - Original Owner: - Current Owner: - Designed: 1935

Landfall - Herreshoff
Landfall - Designed by L.F. Herreshoff and built by Abeking & Rasmussen for Paul Hammond in 1931 as a racing boat. Notable alteration for rating purposes was the cutting off the graceful stern by 5-feet, leaving Landfall with a transom hung rudder, with a 5-foot long tiller. - LOA: 71’1″ / 21.66m - LWL: 59’11″ / 18.26m - Beam: 18’0″ / 5.48m - Draft: 10’10” / 3.30m - Hull Number: - Designer: L.F. Herreshoff - Original Owner: Paul Hammond - Current Owner: - Year Built: 1931 - Built By: Abeking & Rasmussen - Hull Material: Steel-Framed Composite Construction - Gross Displacement: - Sail Number: - Sail Area: 3,004

Latifa
Latifa - In 1935 William Fife III, aged 78, designed one of his most admired ocean racing yachts, Latifa. She was one of his all-time favourites and, when he died in 1944, his sisters had a gilded model made of her. To this day the model sits on top of the spire of Fairlie Parish Church. - LOA: 70′ 0″ * LOD: 70′ 0″ * LWL: 52′ 6″ * Beam: 15′ 4″ * Draft: 10′ 5″ * Ballast: * Displacement: 43 tons * Sail Area: 2,195 sq ft * Yard Number: 808 * Hull material: Steel * Rig: Bermudan Yawl * Designer: William Fife III * Type: * Built by: William Fife & Son, Fairlie, Scotland * Year Built: 1936 * Restored By: Beconcini Yard * Current Name: Latifa * Original Owner: Michael Mason * Current Owner: 1976 – Mario Pirri * Sail Number: 121

Leader
Leader - Leader was one of the largest of the Brixham sailing trawlers, known, despite their Ketch rigs, as the ‘Big Sloops’. - Sail Number: - Vessel Type: Gaff Rigged Ketch (Class B) - LOA: 100’0″ / 30.50mm - LOD: 80’0″ / 24.40mm - LWL: 68’3″ / 20.80m - Beam: 19’4″ / 5.90m - Draft: 9’10” / 3.00m - Displacement: 110 tons / 100 tonnes - Ballast: 16.5 tons / 15 tonnes - Sail Area: 2390 sq ft / 222 sq m - Original Name: - Original Owner: - Designed by: - Launched: 1892 - Built by: W. A. Gibbs’ yard, Galmpton, River Dart, Devon - Hull Material: Wood - Flag: Brixham, United Kingdom

Leonore
Leonore - was one of two Anker & Jensen Q-boats delivered to Marblehead in 1925, the other being “Sally XIII” for Lawrence Percival. - LOA: 49 ′ 10″ / 14.96m – LOD: 00′ 0″ – LWL: 32′ 6″ / 9.90m – Beam: 9′ 4″ / 2.86m – Draft: 6′ 7″ / 2.04m – Ballast: – Displacement: 26,513(?) – Sail Area: – Yard Number: 285 – Hull Material: Wood – Rig: Bermudian sloop – Class: Q Class (Universal Class Rule) – Designer: Johan Anker – Built by: Anker & Jensen Shipyard, Asker Norway – Year Built: 1925 – Restored By: Dennis Conner – Current Name: Leonore – Original Owner: Robert Amory – Current Owner: Brad Swain – Sail Number: Q5

Lightning Class (Hull Number 66)
Lightning Class 66 - John and George Barnes, owners of the Skaneateles Boats Company, had met naval architects Rod and Olin Stephens, of Sparkman and Stephens, and discussed the idea of a completely new boat. This boat would be 19′ long, providing room for a family; it would incorporate the hard chine of the Comet, allowing simplified construction; and it would provide the high performance required of a one-design class racer. - Type: Lightning - LOA: 19″0″ / 5.79m - LWL: 16’0″ / 4.87m - Beam: 6’6″ / 1.98m - Draft: 4’11” / 1.49m - Current Owner: Kevin Raymond - Home Port: - Year Launched: 1938 - Design Number: Design 265 - Hull Number: 66 - Hull Material: wood - Displacement: 700 lbs - Ballast: - Sail Area: 177 - Ship Plan Location: Lightning Class Association

Linnet
Linnet - Type: New York 30 - William Cannell Boatbuilding notes “When the NYYC 30 LINNET was built, Mr. Herreshoff re-designed the NYYC 30 spars to be hollow. For this, he increased the diameter slightly and changed the material of the mast and boom to (Sitka) spruce.” - LOA: 43′ 6″ / 13,20m - LWL: 30′ 0″ / 9,42m - Beam: 8′ 7″ / 2,67m, - Draft: 6′ 3″ / 1,92m - Displacement: 8 Tons - Hull Number: 636 - Rig: Cutter - Sail Area: 105 m² - Designer: NG Herreshoff - Built by: Herreshoff Boatyard - Original Owner: Amos Tuck French - Current Owner: Patrizio Bertelli - Year Built: 1905

Lionheart
Lionheart - Hoek Design comments – The first fruits of our lengthy research into the J-class, Lionheart was unveiled in early 2010. In 2011 she became the first Hoek-designed J to hit the race course, starting with the Superyacht Cup in Palma. Lionheart benefits from ideas developed for other large classic yachts, including the privacy concept with an aft owner’s cabin, deckhouse and cockpit. - Sail Number: J/H1 - Vessel Type: J-Class - LOA: 142′5″ / 43.40m - LOD: 142′5″ / 43.40m - LWL: 87’0″ / 26.52m - Beam: 21′6″ / 6.55m - Draft: 15′0″ / 4.57m - Displacement: 182 ton - Ballast: 71 tons - Sail Area: upwind 975 m2 / downwind 1500 m2 - Original Name: Lionheart - Year Launched: 2010 - Designed by: Hoek Design Naval Architects B.V. - Built by: Freddie Bloemsma / Claassen Jachtbouw - Hull Material: Alustar Aluminum - Yacht Club: - Location: Marine Traffic - Flag: Netherlands (NL)

Lions Whelp
Lions Whelp - was finished by a member of one of New England’s most knowledgeable yachting families. Absolutely no expense was spared in her construction and all work was done to the highest standard possible. Every single construction detail and material was chosen to insure the long term durability of the yacht. - Sail Number: - Vessel Type: Staysail Schooner - LOA: 74′ ‘0″ / 22.55m - LOD: 64’9″ / 19.73m - LWL: 46’0″ / 14.02m - Beam: 15’4″ / 4.67m - Draft: 8’6″ / 2.59m - Displacement: 42 tons - Sail Area: 2,400 sq ft / 222.96m² - Original Name: Lion’s Whelp - Original Owner: Abbott and Phineas Sprague, Jr - Current Owner: Phineas Sprague, Jr - Year Launched: 2003 - Designed by: Niels Helleberg – John Alden (1982) - Built by: Hull C&D Boat Works Finished Portland Yacht Services - Hull Material: Strip planked /cold molded - Bridge Clearance: 74’0″ / 22.55m - Homeport: Portland, Maine

Little Haste
Little Haste - Type: Knockabout Massachusetts Bay Cabin Class - Extreme example of the 21′ water-line Knockabout with a ballasted centerboard. 21′ restricted class sloop Little Haste, designed by W. S. Burgess as a rule beater. - LOA: 39′ 10″ / 11.91m - LWL: 21′ 0″ / 6.40m - Beam: 10′ 6″ / 3.23m - Draft: 3′ 6″ / 1.09m - Design Number: - Rig: Sloop - Displacement: - Sail Area: 950 sq ft - Designer: W. Starling Burgess - Built By: D. Fenton, Manchester, MA - Original Owner: Thornton K. Lothrop, Jr, Boston MA - Current Owner: - Launched: 1902

Love and War
Love and War - Love & War is the 41-year-old classic Oregon and Maple wooden boat that has won the Hobart three times; 1974, 1978, 2006 and won the 20 Year Veteran Division of the 50th anniversary race in 1994. She was the second of five yachts owned and raced to Hobart by Peter Kurts, but Love & War held a special place in his heart and she has now passed to his son, Simon, who allowed Peter’s long time navigator to take the boat in the Hobart Race in 2006 – the rest is history. As in 2009 when they finished 24th overall “when we got becalmed in light air in Bass Strait”. She last went to Hobart in 2012 where she finished 15th overall and second in IRC Division 4. Simon Kurts will again skipper the yacht, with May aboard as navigator to sail his 41st Hobart race and Simon’s 23 year-old son Phillip. Heavy breeze on the nose is the preferred option for this boat. - Sail Number: 294 - Type: S&S 47 - LOA: 46’8” / 14.22m - LOD: 46’8” / 14.22m - LWL: 35’11” / 10.95m - Beam: 13’5” / 4.09m - Draft: 7’5” / 2.26m - Designer: Sparkman & Stephens - Original Owner: Peter Kurts - Current Owner: Simon Kurts (son) - Year Built: 1973 - Built by: Cec Quilkey - Hull material: Cold moulded timber - Sail Area: - Displacement: 14586kg - Engine: - Flag: Australia - Club: CYCA


Lucie
Lucie - The last six meter designed by Clinton Crane, and arguably his best. Lucie was built to the second iteration of the International 6 Metre Rule. She was built in Henry B. Nevin’s yard on City Island in New York in 1931, for the noted sportsman Briggs Cunningham, and named after his first wife, Lynn (Lucie) Bedford Cunningham Warren. - Length LOA: 37′ - Length on waterline: 23′ - Beam: 6′ - Draft: 5′ 6″ - Displacement: 8,300 Lbs.

Lucky Girl
Lucky Girl - 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. 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. - Sail Number: H/1 - Vessel Type: First Rule IRC 8mR - LOA: 41′ 7″ / 12.7m - LOD: - LWL: 26′ 6″ / 8.08m - Beam: 7′ 10″ / 2.4m - Draft: 5′ 1″ / 1.55m - Displacement: 6 tons - Hull number: 570 - Hull Material: mahogany planking / steel frames - Sail Area: 1,076 ft² / 100 m² - Built By: Abo Båtvarf, Finland - Designed by: William Fife III - Launched: 1909 - Engine: - Sail & Deck Plan: Yacht Luck Girl - Flag: - Location: Lake Constance

Lulworth
Lulworth - Type: British Big Class - LOA: 151′ 11″ / 46.3m - LOD: 121′ 0″ / 36.87m - LWL: 94′ 0″ / 28.64m - Beam: 21′ 8″ / 6.6m - Draft: 18′ 1″ / 5.5m - Designer: Herbert William White - Original Owner: Richard Lee - Year Built: 1920 - Built By: White Brothers - Hull Material: Composite (mahogany on steel) - Gross Displacement: 188 tons - Mainsail Area: 5,005.2 sq ft / 465 m2 - Marconi Topsail: 1,431.6 sq ft / 133 m2 - Jib: 748.1 sq ft / 69.5 m2 - Herbert William White designed the Lulworth in 1920, was built by the White Brothers’ Yard for Richard H. Lee, who wanted a racing boat to compete in the premier yachting league in Europe: the British “Big Class”.

Lynx
Lynx - Lynx is an interpretation of an actual privateer named Lynx built by Thomas Kemp in 1812 in Fell’s Point, Maryland. She was among the first ships to defend American freedom by evading the British naval fleet then blockading American ports and serving in the important privateering efforts. - Type: Top Sail Schooner (Training vessel) - LOA: 122’0″ / 37.00m - LOD: 76’0″ / 23.00m - - LWL: 72’0″ / 22.00m - Beam: 23’0″ / 7.00m - Draft: 8’6″ / 2.59m - Displacement: 98.6 long tons (100 t) - Sail Area: 4,669 sq ft / 433.8 m2) - Current Owner: Lynx Educational Foundation, Newmarket, NH 03857 US - Home Port: Winter St. Petersburg, Florida / Summer: Nantucket, MA - Year Launched: 28 July 2001 - Designed by: Melbourne Smith - Built by: Rockport Marine, Rockport, Maine - Hull Material: Wood - Coast Guard Certification: Passenger Vessel (Subchapter T)


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