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Claud Worth designed this yacht for himself and she now lies in the Channel Islands.

Written about in Claud Worth's book "Yacht Navigation and Voyaging" - Chapter XXXII

'Suspect that it is the same "Tern IV" that was sold by the Square Rig Shipping Co in Charleston (Cornwall) several years ago(2010)'.

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Name:	Tern IV
Class:	Yawl
Designer(s):	Claud Worth
Type of Boat:	Gaff Yawl
Year Built:	1924
Built by:	Philip & Sons, Dartmouth, England
LOA m / ft:	18.9m / 62'
LOD m / ft:	/
LWL m / ft:	14.9m / 49'
Beam m / ft:	4.1m / 13'5"
Draft m / ft:	2.4m / 8'
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Construction:	An oak keel, elm garboards, planking is of 1 3/4" teak. Oak frames. The boom 'was' 38 foot long. External ballast: 13 tons of lead. Internal ballast: 5 tons.
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