I'm looking for some information on a boat my father built many years ago which I have now inherited (along with a few other masterpieces he has built) . I believe it was built for Tea and Spices ship duties and is based on the Grand Banks Schooner design from the mid 1850's.
Dad hand built it from sketches he had given to him and I'm trying to track down some accurate historical information on the ship so any help or leads would be very much appreciated. I have also been told it competed in the "One Hundred Guinea Cup" (later know as the America's Cup) between the 1850's and 1880's but information is very sketchy so far.
These are some photographs I have taken that may help identify it if anyone happens to know about this particular ship.
Dad hand built it from sketches he had given to him and I'm trying to track down some accurate historical information on the ship so any help or leads would be very much appreciated. I have also been told it competed in the "One Hundred Guinea Cup" (later know as the America's Cup) between the 1850's and 1880's but information is very sketchy so far.
These are some photographs I have taken that may help identify it if anyone happens to know about this particular ship.