In trying to assess and value Hilda, we got in touch with knowledgeable experts at the
International 14 organisation. The general consensus was that she was a great
example of a very early National 14 and had significant historical value. No-one was able to put a financial value
to her unfortunately.
In crude terms, a conservative estimate of her scrap and
parts value is in the region of £1000. This accounts for her solid bronze
centreboard; copper ballast tanks; new, unused spruce mast and original, and no
longer manufactured, centre winch. There’s also the nicely crafted rudder and
sundries such as the rollocks.
Whether her value as a whole,
with all the specially crafted fittings, and nearly a century of history within
her timbers, should be less than her scrap value, remains to be seen.
