Alegria

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Boat Name: Alegria
Designer: Henry Scheel
Builder: Robert Newton & Sons (American Marine)
Year Launched: 1964
Rig: Ketch
LOA: 45 feet
LWL: 32 feet
Beam:13 feet 6 inches
Draft: 5 ft 6 inches
Owner: Stuart Stubbs
History: Delivered to Raymond Rice in Honolulu 1964. 2007 Sailed to Brisbane via Fanning Island Kiribati, Apia Wesren Samoa, Suva Fiji and Noumea New Caledonia.
Construction Teak carvel planking,oriental hard wood ribs and keel, teak piothouse, teak decks, Sitka spruce masts. Bronze fastenings, with bronze centreboard. Perkins 354 diesel . Current Location: Manly, Queensland. Races: Vintage yacht regatta Shorncluffe July 2008. RQYC Australia Day Classic Yacht regatta, January 2009