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Avel is a type of wind in Breton. She was commissioned in 1896 by Rene Calame, a rich frenchman and was designed for cruising! From 1927 she laid buried in the mud in a river in SE England. In 1990 Avel was bought by Maurizio Gucci who sent her to be restored, which was carried out by Harry Spencer and Clark Poston at Harry Spencer's Cowes yard. She was completed in 1994 and joined the owners other classic, the Nicholson designed three masted schooner, Creole. Avel is now raced regularly by the Gucci sisters in the Mediterranean classic regattas. |
| Name: | Avel (II) |
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| Designer(s): |
Charles Ernest Nicholson |
| Type of Boat: | Gaff Cutter |
| Year Built: | 1896 |
| Built by: | Camper & Nicholsons, Gosport |
| LOA m / ft: | 18.10m / 60' |
| LOD m / ft: | / 56' 9 |
| LWL m / ft: | 12.20m / o.40' |
| Beam m / ft: | 3.50m / o. 11' 5 |
| Draft m / ft: | 2.60m / o.8' 6 |
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| Sail Stats: | Sail area: 218 sq. m. |
| Construction: | 32mm thick teak planking above the waterline and pitch pine below, on oak frames. Elm keel. Oak beams set on oak or teak shelves and teak deck(new) Iroko tiller /rudder. Columbian pine for the mast/boom(Spencers). Bowsprit is now 8.50m long, though originally was a whole 1m longer! |
| Other: | Original tonnage: 28. Displacement: 15 tons |
