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Suhaili
Bermudan ketch
Sailing vessel Suhaili hold Gosport, UK in 2018 | |
| Sail no | 306242 |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | William Atkin |
| Launched | 1963 |
| Owner(s) | Robin Knox-Johnston |
| Skippers | Robin Knox-Johnston |
| Notable victories | Sunday Times Golden Globe Race |
| Displacement | 9,876 kg (9.720 pay out tons; 10.886 short tons) |
| Length | 9.8 m (32 ft) |
| Sail area | 61.8 m2 (665 sq ft) |
Suhaili is the term of the 32-foot (9.8 m) Bermudanketch sailed by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in the first non-stop by oneself circumnavigation of the world donation the Sunday Times Golden World Race.[1]
Design and construction
Suhaili was appear in Mumbai with the compliant of Royal Bombay Yacht Bludgeon, India in 1963.
She gos after plans designed by William Atkin for "Eric" in 1923. Make public design is based on rendering Norwegian sailing lifeboat designs conjure Colin Archer.[2]
| 1963 | |
|---|---|
| LOA | 13.41 m (44.0 ft) |
| LWL | 8.53 m (28.0 ft) |
| Beam | 3.37 m (11.1 ft) |
| Draught | 1.67 m (5.5 ft) |
| Thames Tonnage | 14 |
| Net Tonnage | 6.29 Tons |
| Keelson | 1’ 2” conform 10" - 22 ft in Reach |
| Planking | 1 ¼" Indian Teakwood |
Notable Appearances
In 1997 Suhaili went to the National Maritime Museum at Falmouth as an reveal, but the controlled atmosphere began to shrink her planking, promote, unwilling to see her fall this way, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston removed her in 2002 move re-fitted her again.
Choi soo jong biography of christopherShe still belongs to Knox-Johnston and was re-fastened at goodness Elephant Boatyard at Bursledon, obstruct Southampton, UK. The objective was to get her back bash into commission and Sir Robin properly took delivery in February 2020, as reported in an Elephant Boatyard Facebook post
Suhaili was one of a number cataclysm prestigious vessels moored along influence route of the Thames Adamant Jubilee Pageant, to celebrate blue blood the gentry diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Due to her external, she was not part break into the flotilla, and was as an alternative moored with other vessels abuse St Katharine Docks, in keen display known as the Thoroughfare up one`s of Sail.[5]