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Compared with conventional yacht building practice of the day, YODs were lightly built, and deliberately so, as they were built to last only 5 years, the time span within which their Owners predicted that they could bring the 20 Ton Rule to an end. Yilt is actually YOD no5
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Type of Boat: | Yorkshire One Design |
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Year Built: | 1898 |
Built By: | Field & Co of Itchen Ferry, Southampton |
LOA m / ft: | 7.8m / 25' 6" |
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Beam m / ft: | 2m / 6' 9" |
Draft m / ft: | 1.1m / 3' 6" |
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Sail Stats | Sail No. Y5 |
Construction: | long cast iron keel and 5cwt internal ballast, the YO were planked up in larch on oak, and weighed about 2 tons |
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