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Belmore was one of the few yachts to conform to both the RORC and the American CCA rulebooks. She raced in the 1958 Bermuda Race.
November 2006 – being restored at Kemp’s Quay on the Itchen River. Drawings etc. in Appendix to later editions of Illingworth’s book ‘Offshore’/’Further Offshore’.
A narrative of her participation in the 1960 Bermuda and Transatlantic Races was written by Erroll Bruce, her skipper: ‘When the Crew Matter Most’.
Information courtesy of James Steele
Designer: | John Illingworth |
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Rig: | Bermudan Sloop |
Year Built: | 1958 |
Built By: | Aeromarine of Emsworth |
LOA m / ft: | 11m / 36'4" |
LOD m / ft: | 11m / 36'4" |
LWL m / ft: | 8.1m / 26'6" |
Beam m / ft: | 2.9m / 9'6" |
Draft m / ft: | 1.82m / 6' |
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Construction: | Carvel hull, larch & mahogany planks on rock elm frames; ply deck. |
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