Caprice (1903); Kelpie (1903)

Scale: no scale. Plan showing the measurements for 38ft Solent One Design yachts. Those listed are
No. 1. Caprice (1903), built by J. G. Fay, Southampton, for H. W. Jefferson and Major J. E. H. Balfour.
No. 6. Jean (1903), built by Forrestt & Sons, Wyvenhoe, for John Gretton, M. P.
No. 7. Heroine (1903), built by Forrestt & Sons, Wyvenhoe, for C. Rivett-Carnac.
No.8. Eilun (1903), built by Stone Brothers, Brightlingsea, for Captain The Honourable A. Grenville and B. Fitzgerald.
No. 5. Gracie (1903), built by Forrestt & Sons, Wyvenhoe, for Baron Herman von Eckardstein.

For those built by J G Fay, this relates to Caprice (1903) and, although not listed above, Kelpie (1903), both 48ft wooden cutter-rigged 38ft Solent One Design yachts. Caprice was jointly owned by H. W. Jefferson and Major J. E. H. Balfour and Kelpie by George Coats.

Object Details

ID: FAN0401
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Mylne, Alfred
Vessels: Caprice (1903); Kelpie (1903)
Date made: circa 1903
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, J G Fay Collection
Measurements: Overall: 305 mm x 210 mm
Parts: Box