Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Iris Mary CK105"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Colne Smack and Barge Match Race, Brightlingsea, GB,
09/2006
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Douarnenez 2024,
07/2024
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Douarnenez 2024,
07/2024
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Iris Mary CK105 |
| Registered port: | Plymouth |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Oyster Smack |
| Year built: | 1912 |
| Yard: | Aldous Brothers, Brightlingsea, Essex, GBR |
| Overall length: | 19.20 m |
| Length (hull): | 13.40 m |
| Breadth: | 3.60 m |
| Draught: | 1.60 m |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Engine: | keine / none |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 29 Nov 2024
- built in 1912 at the Aldous Shipyard, Brightlingsea/GBR as a fishing smack for the east coast of England for first owner Joe Francis, used for oyster dredging probably until around 1984.
- purchased by a shipwright in 1994, start of a 10-year restoration and overhaul, during which she received a new deck, several planks and frames were replaced, new rigging was installed, diesel engine was removed.
- used for leisure and regatta sailing until 2017 from Brightlingsea/GBR.
- after change of ownership new home on the coast of Cornwall, used for leisure sailing, including trips to the Channel Islands and France or the Isles of Scilly.
- further sale in the early 2020s.