Description
Hippo was sailed many thousands of miles by Paul Dare before being based in the West Country. She is an interesting, very modern, example of a Vertue.
Specification
- Laurent Giles design No: Amended 718 drawings
- Builder: Paul Dare
- Launch Date: 1999
- Hull Material: Strip planked cedar and epoxy
- Deck: grp sheathed ply
- Engine: Beta Marine BZ482 13 hp diesel
- Ballast keel material: Lead encapsulated with grp sheathing
- Doghouse: None
- Cockpit: Short self draining
- Berths: Two
- Rig: Masthead bermudan sloop
- Mast: Metal with single pair of spreaders
- Heads'ls: Furling masthead genoa jib
- Backstay arrangement: Standing backstay no runners
- Home Port: River Tamar
- Current Owner: Jon Dunsdon
- Contact details:
- Email address: Hippo213@btinternet.com
- Other comments: Hippo is one of the last Vertues to be built.