Rosheeba
(ex Bequila, Tiree III of Bosham, Noryema II)

An Invited Friend of The Harrison Butler Association
Built to an Alan Buchanan design in 1962

Rosheeba : Restoration Project
This substantial and capable yacht has had an eventful life, first as a racer, then a Sea School boat, a long distance cruising yacht and, most recently, as a boat in need of restoration. She's been renamed a bewildering number of times, but it would seem she's now once again known as Rosheeba, a name she first carried between 1965 and 1973. The owner history is taken from the official Lloyd's Registers and dose not quite match some of the 'chat' found on the internet. Here are the name change details up to 1980, also from Lloyd's: In 1962 RW Amey sold his 12 ton Alan Buchanan designed Noryema, and launched the 16 ton Noryema II, renamed Rosheeba by her second owner three years later in 1965. In 1973 she became Tiree III of Bosham, in 1979 Bequila.

Rosheeba in 2017 : A Restoration Project

Rosheeba Statistics
Built : 1962 by William King Ltd in Burnham-on-Crouch, England
LOA : 44' 10"
LWL : 30' 0"
Beam : 10' 6"
Draught : 6' 9"
Displacement : 16 ton TM
Lloyd's Register N° 303610
Signal Letters : MFAW
Sail N° 1813

Rosheeba Custodians & Home Ports 
Bernard C Robertson & John N Leach (1979-1980-?) Poole, England
RJ & NT Reynolds (1976-1978) Bosham, England
Tiree Yacht Charters (1973-1975) Hamble, England
RP West (1965-1972) Hamble, England
RW Amey (?-1963-1964) Buckler's Hard, England

Rosheeba Links
• Rosheeba on the Cruising Yacht Info website

Page last updated : October 2017

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