Owner
Michael Darkes
Club sail number
N14
Length and Beam
LOA: 18’ 9’’ LOD: 16’ 6’’ Beam: 5’ 6’’
Keel/Centreboard and draft
Centreboard 4′
Weight
560kg
Designer
Greg Dalrymple
Design
Tela
Builder
Salterns Boatbuilders
Build location and year
Old Bursledon, Hampshire. 2007
Cabin/Open etc
Open half deck
Rig
Gaff sloop
Sail area
150 ft2
Construction
GRP
Engine
Honda 4 stroke 2HP
DoT Registration
DV801
History
In 1911 a little three-quarter-decked gaffer called Tela was launched into the Bristol channel. A working boat used by commercial pilots. For the next fifty odd years, she worked and and raced out of Barry Island, South Wales. Then in 1980 with age catching up, her hull was used to make a mould and Tela was completely reborn.
