Description
Bettina may well have been the first Vertue to be built by the Cheoy Lee Shipyard, and it appears that she was shipped to England in 1953. This is a decade before the series of fifteen boats were imported by Denis Hoolahan. She is unusual in having a short doghouse, and even more unusual for having the longer, 6′ cockpit.
Bettina moored in Italy.
Bettina is a very early Cheoy Lee built Vertue.
Bettina racing in the Barcolana Classic off Trieste.
Specification
- Laurent Giles design No: 190 (Cheoy Lee Ship No 604)
- Builder: Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Kowloon, Hong Kong
- Launch Date: 1953
- Hull Material: Teak on Ipol
- Deck: Teak laid
- Engine: ?
- Ballast keel material: ?
- Doghouse: Short
- Cockpit: Long
- Berths: ?
- Rig: Mathead bermudan sloop
- Mast: Wooden
- Heads'ls: Genoa & Stays'ls
- Backstay arrangement: Twin to quarters and with runners.
- Home Port: Near Venice, Italy.
- Current Owner: Enea Riboldi
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- Other comments: Bettina is one of the 'Adriatic Fleet' of Vertues that sometimes gather to race in Trieste.