The Leon, built in 1880...
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Selecting Leon

Little Leon is based on the Leon, an 1880, Norwegian-built brigantine. The photo of the Leon (abover left) appears in "Plank-on-Frame Models" by Harold Underhill (Brown, Son and Ferguson, Glasgow, 1968)

Scaling the Model

Little Leon is not an accurate model – she has been simplified to make construction easy, and modified to make sailing at the smaller scale comfortable.

Visually - she'll look like Leon!

At the same time, when she is finished, Little Leon should give the right visual impression when sailing.