Builder: Charles Lucas (Battery Point ,Tasmania)
Launched: 16 November 1911
Built for Mr Charles Shannon R.G.Y.C.
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Length overall: 32ft 8in
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L.w.l: 21ft
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Overhangs bow: 5ft 5in
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Overhangs stern: 6ft 3in
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Beam : 9ft 1 1/2in
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Draft :4ft 10in
Displacement :8000 lb
Ballast (Lead Keel) :3200 lb
Rig:
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Originally gaff sloop (mainsail 525 ft, jib 142 ft, total 667 ft)
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Converted to Bermudan ?
Known race history with Royal Geelong Yacht Club ,Corio Bay (1912-1953)
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Winner A Class Aggregate 1919,1920,1927,1930,1935 - Commodore J.F.S. (Ford) Shannon ,owner
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Winner A Class Aggregate 1946,1947 - Mr Harold Anderson ,owner
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Winner A Class Aggregate 1952,1953 - Mr Jack Fitzgerald ,owner
Whereabouts 1953-1985 unknown. Owned by K. Holder during the eighties, and Bob Major during the nineties. Bought by Martin Cox in 2000.Restored by Martin Cox (current owner) 2001-2003. Moored in and still sailing out of Sydney at present.
Gannet differs from the original design in having an offset companionway and a stepped profile to the cockpit sides. Her hull has not been lengthened.
If you can fill in any details, please
contact Martin Cox 
