Vesper

Designer/Owner: R. W. Gibson ~ Builder: J. Henry Rushton

Vesper competed in races in 1886 against visiting British canoeists W. Baden-Powell and Walter Stewart. Flatter bottomed than her contemporaries, the 'Vesper' would be stiffer and easier handling. View the lines, specs and offsets for the 'Vesper' in the collection of lines drawings for various decked sailing canoes accessible from the main history archives page. Also see the 'Notus', Gibson's follow-up design for 1887.