Trinity Sailing Trust
Leader
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Leader is the largest, and oldest, of the four vessels. She was built in 1892 at A.W.Gibbs' yard at Galmpton. She fished in UK waters until 1907, when she was sold to Swedish owners. She operated on Sweden's west coast until 1970, when she became a sail training vessel for the Swedish Cruising Club.
In 1985, she moved to the west coast of Scotland, where as Lorne Leader she was used for sailing holidays and charter.
In 1996 she was brought home to South Devon, and operated from Dartmouth until 1999, when she became part of the Trinity fleet, and returned to Brixham.
Leader is rigged as she would have been when first built, as a gaff ketch. She is 80' long on deck, and 105' overall. She displaces about 110 tonnes in sailing trim. She has a beam of 19'6" and a draft of 10'. She carries as many as seven different sails: mainsail, mizzen, staysail, jib, flying jib, topsail and mizzen staysail.
Down below, she has been fitted out for her modern role. She has accommodation for twelve people plus five crew, a large saloon area, galley, two heads (toilets), two hot showers, workshop and a generator that supplies a ring main with 240v electricity. She has a well equipped navigation station with modern equipment including radar, GPS and DSC VHF Radio.
