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NIMBLE
Type/Class Sail > West Channel Class (2.5t & 5t+)
Designer: F. C. Morgan Giles
Builder: Morgan Giles Ltd
Year: 1948
Ship statusRegistered
Yard Number610
Original Sail NumberH8
Home PortAshore in Devon while undergoing restoration
Known History
NIMBLE is one of three of this class designed and built by Morgan Giles in 1948.
NIMBLE is basically a scaled down version of the West Channel class, referred to by the Morgan Giles yard as 'Quay Punts'.
This West of England 2.5 ton sloop was lovingly restored in 2003.
The owner of Nimble has now restored her and she is back in the water on the River Yealm.
ConstructionSilver Spruce on Canadian Rock elm, Mahogany transom, Elm deadwoods, Oak stem, stern & keelson.
LOA6.1m (20ft)
LWL4.88m (16ft)
Beam1.62m (5ft 3ins)
Draft 1.04m (3ft 4ins)
Displacement2.5t
OwnerDuncan Macpherson
