Lara is a 1929 Shermann Hoyt design built at the famous Nevins yard on City Island, New York. Lara sailed the East Coast of United States until late 1970’s, until sold to Toronto, Canada, where she actively raced at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. In 1993 Lara was acquired to Helsinki, Finland, where she continued to race. Lara has had extensive work done over the years, including a new deck and cockpit, renewal of the underwater planks and interior. In 2020 Lara had a 18hp Yanmar diesel engine installed to make manoevring to port and short-handed easier. The engine has been installed so that it is reasonably easy to remove, if required, though there has not been noticeable effect to speed.Lara has beautiful lines and is magically fast especially downwind and in light wind. Her hull is mahogany on oak frames with a teak deck. In the Worlds Lara races in the SIRA class, which is the largest sub-class. She has an aluminium mast and North Sales kevlar sails (incl. main, no 1, no 2 and no 3 and spinnakers). The running rigging and trims have been designed so that she is also easy to sail short-handed. The interior is stylish and has been fitted with four bunks, galley, chemical toilet and two portable mahogany caskets for cruising gear. During racing the caskets are left ashore making the cockpit spaceous for the crew.Lara is an absolute joy to sail. She is a fast racer, but also fun to cruise. Lara is located in Helsinki, Finland. For more information and photos: Puuvene 8mR LARA purjevene 1929 – Helsinki – NettivenePrice: 135.000EURContact: Julia Rajala-Lara (originally Muffet) was designed by a well-known America’s Cup helmsman Shermann Hoyt in 1929, and built at the Nevins on City Island, New York for Mr. Henry Plant. In the 1940’s she was acquired by Mr. Frederic E, Camp, who renamed her as Lara. She stayed in the family for over three decades until sold to the Kings Maritime Academy in the early 1970’s. Later on Lara found a new home at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club in Toronto, and actively raced among the Lake Ontario fleet.In 1993 Lara was aqcuired by the Rajala family to Helsinki, Finland, and continued to race her with a young family crew. Since then Lara has had extensive work done. Lara has also participated in many World Championships. In 2001 Lara transferred to the next generation, when Julia Rajala took over. Also her children have sailed on Lara since they were born. In Scandinavia most eights have traditionally been a family affair. Though primarily a racer, Lara has has been fitted with a 18hp diesel engine, four bunks, galley, toilet and two portable mahogany caskets for cruising gear, which makes her also suitable for cruising.This Sherman Hoyt design was built in City Island, New York City, in 1929 for Henry B. Plant, Esq. Launched as Muffet, she underwent several name changes before arriving at her present title with her purchase in 1948 by Seth Milliken, Jr. Prior to 1948, she had been converted to a cruiser; refitted, she went on to compete out of the New York Yacht Club. Donated to Queens College in New York in 1973, she was acquired by Ken Schwenker in 1974 and sailed to her present home port of Rochester, New York. Careful restoration, which approximated her original deckplan and maintained her original lines, progressed from 1978 to 1982. Her sail plan was revised by Gary Mull after the loss of her first spar in 1981, and she put the change to good use, winning the Centennial Cup in 1982.