CAPELLA of BURNHAM was built in 1960 for E W Hawkins (Bill) of H&M Engineering, the hull was built by E W Sutton, Great Wakering to Lloyds 100A1 and finished at the H&M factory, all stainless steel fittings were produced in house for the owner of this firm to very high standards. Special winches were produced in bronze and finished in chrome. The owner had a special interest in the building process and this reflects in the materials which were used.
The Vashti Class yachts were Alan Buchanan’s favourite boats and he kept a photograph of CAPELLA on his desk, The racing successes in Europe, and winning the Sidney Hobart with these yachts did very well for his design office.
CAPELLA was built as a sister ship to Vashti and Fidelis, she was very successful in her first year of racing, beating all her sisters winning the Town cup in 1960 and voted Yachting Monthly boat of the year, featuring front page in November 1960. Over the years CAPELLA proved to be the fastest of the Vashti class boats, which was confirmed in recent classic races.
Bill Hawkins kept Capella until 1966 together with her bigger sister CAPELLA of KENT in Gillingham Marina, she was sold to R D McMeekin of Sevenoaks, who also kept her at Rochester on the Medway. In 1974 she was sold to R M Pryce of Beccles, Suffolk and again in 1977 to Eric Soyland of Hawaii who owned her through the 1980s.
V1173 – Capella
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Status schip
Toegelaten
Naam schip
Capella
Vksj nummer
V1175
Varend erfgoed
Ja
Type schip
Vashti-class
Bouwwijze
karveel, kopergelonken
Ontwerper
Alan Buchanan
Bouwer/werf
Suttons, Essex, UK
Bouwjaar
1960
Romp vorm
S-spant
Vorm van de kiel
doorgebouwd
Maximum diepgang
1.88 m
Vorm van de achtersteven
jachthek
Positie van het roer
doorgestoken, opgehangen aan kiel
Tuigvorm
torensloep
Lengte over alles
11.32 m
Lengte over stevens
11.32 m
Breedte op de huid
2.87 m
Materiaal romp
hout, teak op eiken spanten
Materiaal zeilen
dacron
Snit zeilen
recht
Materiaal opbouw
hout
Material mast
hout
Motor
binnenboord diesel
Schroef type
klapschroef
Waterverplaatsing
10000 kg
Waarvan ballast
3000 kg
Ballastmateriaal
lood
Ballastmateriaal
lood
kooktoestel
aanwezig
vaste_slaapplaatsen
aanwezig
Rating
1.027
Rating spi
1.279
Snit voordriehoek
recht
Voordriehoek materiaal
dacron
Grootzeil voorlijk
11.04 m
Grootzeil onderlijk
4.95 m
Grootzeil snit
recht
Grootzeil materiaal
dacron
Geschiedenis
Thuishaven
Scheveningen
Eigenaar
Niels Hoffmann
Eigenaar sinds
07/31/2021
Vorige eigenaren
E W Hawkins; R D McMeekin; Paul Harteveld