Measurement
LOA = 31’0″ / 9.45m
LOD = 25’00 / 7.62m
LWL = 19’06 / 5.94m
Beam = 6’09 / 2.06m
Draft = 3’05 / 1.04m
Mast height = 21’ / 6.40m
Mast length = 26’3″ / 8m
Mainsail Peak = 13’4″ / 4.07m
Mainsail Boom : 15’8″ / 4.78m
Topsail Club = 12’6″ / 3.81m
Topsail Yackyard = 4′ / 1.22m
Spinnaker pole = 20’ (12+8) / 6.1m
Weight = 2,7 tons
Hull
Built from 3/4″ Pensacola pitch pine planking laid on 2½” sq grown oak frames (7 off) placed at the stations. Some planking restoration in larch was performed at the stern in 2025. Minor frames are 13/8″ sq oak between each major frame and all the frames are tenoned into the keel some 8″ deep fastened right through. The keel is elm 13″ deep by 14″ wide effectively taking the place of hog and floors, and the garboards are tenoned half their full width into the top of it. The garboards in iroko have been replaced in 1985. A renovation of the garboard (in oak) was performed in 2025. The beam shelf is pine, 3½” x ¾” with a decorative double string along it. There is no stringer. The mast step was remade in 2004. The mizzen mast step was remade in 2025.
The deckbeams are 1½” by 1¾” pine and the cabin top 5/8″ fir, canvas covered. Along the deckbeams, the underside of the deckplanks and cabin top planks are planed matching decorative strings – just like a great yacht. The cabin sides and cockpit frame and details are ¾” teak.
Deck
Secret nailed traditionnally planked in Alaskan Yellow Cedar.
Seams are caulked with cotton and filled with Polyurethane mastic.
All the details on the deck are here
Sails
Sail area = 330 sq’ / 30,6m2
Mainsail = 247 sq’ / 22,94m2
Mizzen = 75 sq’ / 7m2
Jib = 101 sq’ / 9,4m2
Topsail = 35 sq’ / 3,2m2
Reacher = 200 sq’ / 18,5m2
Spinnaker = 348 sq’ / 32,41m2
Spars
Mainmast : triple tapered Norway spruce, 5” round at the deck (original)
Gaff : (1995) – first one was damaged on Sept 7, 1906 and repaired.
Mizzen mast : British Columbian pine – cap and tenon in teak (1995)
Bumkin : originally in oak – it was broken for the first time in 1909. Current bumkin is in teak.
Tonnage
4TM
Thames measurement is, in TM tons, the result of the calculation :
Registration
Registration flag : French
Registration harbour : Auray
Registration number : G66865E
Radio Call sign : FAK8800
MMSI : 228217490
Handicap under JCH
Standing Rigging
2x6m of 6mm 7×7 s/s
2x6m of 5,1mm 7×7 s/s
2x6m of 6,5mm 7×7 s/s
1×7,4m of 6,5mm 7×7 s/s
2×6,4m of 4mm 7×7 s/s
(5 mast hoops if fitted.)
Lines
Jib furling line : 12m (Lyros classic 3 strands 6mm Hemp NF)
Spinnaker halyard : 14m (8mm)
Spinnaker pole uphaul : 15m (Lyros classic 3 strands 8mm Hemp NF)
Throat halyard : 20m (12mm)
Sundry
Main boom parrell balls = 6 x 25mm
in 1906, Sheila had legs which were set on Sept 14 when she went aground in Loch Ranza. She does not carry them anymore.
Main anchor weight : 9kg (Plastimo CQR type.)
Main anchor mooring line : 15m 8mm chain spliced to 27m line.
Secondary mooring : FOB light E10. 3,9kg.
Secondary mooring line : 30m 10mm. Leaded last 10m. 4,2kg
Fresh water tanks capacity : 40l