Timballo

National 18 sailing dinghy, called 'Timballo'. The vessel is a clinker-built, bermudian-rigged, day sailing and racing boat with a side, fore and aft decking. This particular boat is mahogany planking of rock elm frames with pine decks. The mast and boom are pine and the standard rigging is stainless steel. The sails are cotton by Ratsey and Lapthorn of 1938: there is a mainsail, jib and spinnaker. The centre plate is iron and the rudder mahogany, with three tillers of different lengths.

Object Details

ID: BAE0025
Type: Racing Dinghy; National 18 Class
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Anderson, Rigden and Perkins Ltd; Fox, Uffa Lapthorn & Ratsey
Vessels: Timballo 1939
Date made: 1939
People: Richardson, Percy; Parham, Frank Sampson, Commander Thomas Stephen
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 1020 mm x 5530 mm x 1915 mm x 800 lb
Parts: Timballo
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