Leda

Leda was launched October 12, 1949 in Auckland, New Zealand.  Since 1990 she has had a home in Juneau, Alaska, USA.  This site is an effort to tell her story.

Leda’s Particulars:

  • LOA:  53′-10″
  • LWL:  35′ 
  • Beam:  11′- 2″
  • Draught:  7′- 6″
  • Displacement:  29,000 lbs.
  • Outside Ballast:  13,000 lbs.
  • Sail area as designed:  750 sq. ft.
  • Sail area currently:  1148 sq. ft. (Main plus roller furling Genoa), 160 sq. ft. Stays’l, 1419 sq. ft. Asymmetrical Spinnaker

She is presently owned by Russ Senkovich and Ginny Conrad.

Leda ready for launch at Birkenhead Wharf, October 1949