"WHITE HEATHER" - 115' "Camper & Nicholssons" Classic Yacht



Classic Sailing Ketch. Classed by Netherland Antilles Shipping Commercial Certificate. Built by Camper & Nicholsons, Gosport, UK in 1952.
LOA 115', 35 meters, Beam 20', 6.10 meters, Draft 13', 3.85 meters. 10 guests in 5 cabins. 4 Crew. Location: Italy


    


Racing: "Wlesheda" left against "White Heather". Sail area: 402 m2 upwind and 750 m2 downwind.



Fuul details, specifications and many pictures (word file). LINK


    

Presented by Mike Rich & Hugo Hein

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Nav. station in dog house                Stairs to salon and bar                    Salon

 

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

TYPE: 35m Classic Sailing Ketch
BUILDER: Camper & Nicholsons, Gosport, UK
DESIGNER: In-house Camper & Nicholsons
L.O.A.: 35m / 115”
L.W.L.: 22m / 72”
BEAM: 6.1m / 20”
DRAFT: 3.85m / 13”
DISPLACEMENT: 150 tonnes
BALLAST: 41 tonnes
UPWIND SAIL AREA: 402m2
DOWNWIND SAIL AREA: 750m2
FLAG: Netherlands Antilles
NET TONNAGE: 27
GROSS TONNAGE: 91
CLASSIFICATION: Netherlands Antilles Shipping Inspectorate Commercial
Registration for all operating areas, originally built to Lloyd’s Register scantlings, 100 A-1.

Construction:
The hull is of 2 1/16” Burmese teak planking on 4½” x 3” x 7/16” sections steel frames.
Keel, stem and aft deadwood Mahogany. The masts are made of Oregon Pine (new 1996).

     

Owners cabin and bath room.




 

White Heather is built and designed by the famous Camper and Nicholson shipyard in Gosport, United Kingdom.
Launched in 1952, she sailed under the name of Aries with her first owner, the tobacco tycoon R.J. Reynolds.

Designed for long North Atlantic and Arctic cruising, Aries was given her extremely seaworthy structure and volumous hull form,
which gives her interior space and comforts that are normally not found in many (racing) classics of this size, giving White Heather
an exclusive elegance of style, solidity and reliability.

In 1959 Aries was donated to the American Geographic Society and served as an oceanographic research vessel. The history in the
late 1960’s and 70’s is clouded in mystery. Under her new name, White Heather was restored in the early 80’s in Halifax, Canada,
by Canadese dentist Dr. Jene Jensen who fitted a new interior and a bermudian rig.

After several years of chartering in North America, White Heather came to Europe after having been dismasted in 1989 in a Caribbean
hurricane. There she was partially restored in the early 90’s but financial problems of the owner at the time forced the work to be stopped
and the boat to be put up for auction.

This is where the yacht was bought. During 1996/97 White Heather was restored in The Netherlands under supervision of her new
owner and given a new rig and partially new interior, new electrical systems, sails etc.

Since Spring 1997 the yacht has been used for charter operation with charter activities (€32 500 / week) increasing to up to 25 weeks
 per annum in the past few years of operation.

The first two Winters were spend in the Eastern Caribbean and the San Blas Islands, Panama and Costa Rica respectively.
After that, White Heather remained in the Mediterranean all year round, with Cannes as her home port in Winter. The reason for this
being to significantly extend the Summer season (late April to early November) and enable quiet maintenance in Winter.

All this has guaranteed a profitable organisation while ensuring an optimum condition of the vessel.