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Restored Victorian gentleman’s racing cutter Leila emerges into the light!

  The Victorian gentleman’s racing cutter Leila currently undergoing restoration at Southwold Harbour is out of the shed after three hard years of repair work – and is within weeks of being launched. Congratulations fellas! Read an earlier post Leila here, and the restoration weblog here. Leila needs more financial help to get her rig sorted … Continue reading “Restored Victorian gentleman’s racing cutter Leila emerges into the light!”

Victorian racing cutter Leila in the shed

A kind invitation from Rob Bull of the Leila Trust took us to see Leila in the shed at Southwold where Rob and his colleagues are restoring the old boat to sailing order.* She’s certainly impressive as she towers over visitors with that 8ft keel – the photo at the top of this post tells … Continue reading “Victorian racing cutter Leila in the shed”

The effort to take Victorian racing cutter Leila back to sea needs money and help

[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Leila needs more repair work than expected A group caring for a rare National Historic Ships Register-listed 42ft Victorian racing cutter at Southwold are urgently appealing for more manpower and financial help. Leila was built at Charlton, London in 1892. She’s a striking and unusual yacht: above the waterline she looks very much like … Continue reading “The effort to take Victorian racing cutter Leila back to sea needs money and help”