The Register of Classic Yachts

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

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

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

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

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”.