Wooden Ships Comments on this Edgar Cove Cabin Cruiser
Classic cabin cruiser designed and built by Coves Boatyard in Salcombe for a local man in approximately 1972.
Designed for coastal and river exploration with a sheltered helm position and a small amount of accommodation forward with a couple of berths, heads and galley space.
More recently a canvas tent has been fitted that completely encloses the large aft cockpit making her a real all weather weekend boat. Capable of coastal passages, her shallow draft also allows river and creek exploration.
Professionally maintained for her current long term owners, she underwent a major professional refit between 2000 and 20003 which included much refastening of the hull with some new steamed timbers, complete new varnished sheer strake, deck, wheelhouse and cockpit. Since the refit she has been moored and used in Salcombe, wintered ashore in a barn every year and kept up to a very good standard.
Her Lister Petter engine was installed new in 2003 during the refit and has been professionally serviced and maintained ever since.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Philips 50 Motor Yacht
Philips 50 motor yacht designed and built for Sir George White Bt. by Philip and Sons Ltd of Dartmouth in 1963. Built to Lloyds 100A1 classification.
White Mouse II was the second of 6 boats built to this design, some differing slightly in their construction methods and deck layouts.
Purchased by the current owner in 2009, she was returned to her home port of Dartmouth where she has been based ever since. A series of significant refits have been undertaken, most recently by Silvers Marine in 2019/2020, along with more general and diligent annual maintenance by a team of skilled local tradespersons. This yacht has been exceptionally well cared for during the last 12 years and is now a shining example of British naval architecture and boat building from her period.
With 6 berths in 3 cabins, including 2 large doubles, plus 2 extra singles in the wheelhouse, she has a very spacious and comfortable interior. The current interior layout and joinery was fitted in the early 1990’s during a major refit by the previous owner and is a modern yet sympathetic upgrade from her original layout, much more suited to modern cruising and the way motor yachts are used today.
A very comfortable, elegant and sophisticated motor yacht in nice condition with a well documented history of maintenance and refit in recent years.
Condition surveys from 2017 and 2019 with full records of work done after those reports.
Link below to the full article on this yacht in Motorboat and Yachting Magazine:
Planked in mahogany with a layer of diagonal planking overlaid with a single skin of traditional fore and aft planking. Between the layers is Kalico and white lead as was common for this type of construction commonly used for RNLI lifeboats of this period.
Total hull thickness is 40mm, just over 1.5”.
The 2 skins are fastened through with copper rivets, stiffened by 2” x 2” steamed Canadian Rock Elm timbers at 12” centres.
Fore and aft stringers are fastened with large copper rivets for added stiffness.
Major hull refit in 2019 including complete strip back to bare wood and repair of hull planking in various places as required.
Semi swept solid teak deck with varnished teak cover boards. Secret nail fastened. Deck re-caulked and payed in 2010.
Low bulwark all round on wooden stanchions with a varnished teak capping rail.
Painted galvanised stanchions with varnished teak capping.
Original varnished teak skylight, hatch and deck boxes on the foredeck.
Chromed bronze fairleads and bollard cleats.
Varnished teak coachroof coamings and wheelhouse with chrome framed windows and portlights.
Varnished teak sliding doors either side of the wheelhouse
Fore and aft coackroof decks laid in scrubbed teak over a marine plywood subdeck.
Machinery
Twin Perkins 6.354 6cyl 105hp naturally aspirated diesel engines installed new in 1963.
Professionally maintained on a regular basis in present ownership.
Borg Warner Velvet Drive hydraulic gearboxes with stainless shafts to fixed 3 blade bronze propellers. 8 knots cruising speed
Hydraulic steering with twin bronze rudders.
2 x 12 volt battery bank for port engine 24 volt starting, 220ah.
4 x 12 volt batteries producing 24 volts for starboard engine starting and domestics, total 440ah
2 x 12 volt batteries producing 12 volts, total of 240ah
2 x 12 volt batteries for generator starting, total 170ah
Onan 14kva installed diesel generator with separate start batteries.
800 gallons of diesel in 2 steel tanks under the saloon sole. Fuel filtration systems with flow meters.
Pair of Vosper Thornycroft Naiad stabilisers.
400 gallons of fresh water in galvanised steel tanks.
Accommodation
8 berths in total including double owners cabin aft, double guest cabin forward, twin cabin and 2 singles in the wheelhouse.
Large wheelhouse with central helm seat. Large settee at aft end of wheelhouse with Pullman back to create 2 large single berths. Table can be fitted in place to give comfortable seating for 7/8 people.
Starboard side steps going aft with large owners cabin across the full breadth of the hull. Large double berth with vast storage space in lockers either side under side decks.
Ensuite heads compartment, shared with twin cabin, has a vacuum sea toilet which discharges directly overboard. Hand basin and full height shower with pressurised hot and cold water.
Twin guest cabin to port with 2 large single berths with comfortable custom made mattresses. Door giving access to en-suite heads compartment.
Starboard side steps down from wheelhouse into main saloon with comfortable L-shaped seating to port around a dropleaf saloon table. Great visibility and light from large saloon windows.
Joinery along starboard side with various storage lockers including elegant drinks cabinet.
Central steps down to the galley which is largely open to the saloon making for a sociable atmosphere.
Galley has a Zanussi 4 ring electric hob top with stainless fiddle rails. Panasonic inverter oven/microwave. Built in 24 volt Frigoboat fridge. Single deep stainless sink with pressurised hot and cold water. Large custom quartz worktop with vast amount of storage space in and around the galley.
Starboard side heads compartment with vacuum sea toilet that discharges directly overboard. Hand basin and full height shower with hot and cold pressurised water.
Centreline door into large forward cabin with a double berth and many storage lockers. Door into the shared heads compartment.
Full specification and details available upon request
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Ex RNLB Barnett Class, designed by James Barnett and built by Groves and Gutteridge of Cowes in 1956/57.
Sympathetically and carefully converted to provide comfortable accommodation making her a very capable, interesting and comfortable cruising motor yacht.
Serving with the RNLI from 1957 – 1986 in Weymouth and Galway Bay, she undertook nearly 400 service launches. She then went on to work for a contractor for Trinity House, servicing navigation marks in the Bristol Channel, before being sold into private ownership for conversion. She was rescued by the current owner lying on a beach in Lowestoft in 2002, no major alterations had been carried out and most of her original gear and equipment was still with the boat. There started a steady and sympathetic conversion to create a practical and comfortable modern motor cruising yacht without losing the patina and history of her past.
The aft cockpit had been opened up giving a comfortable seating area, joined to the newly converted saloon aft of the wheelhouse with a fitted galley, heads and large double berth. The wheelhouse remains largely original with her RNLI wheel and binnacle and access to the large engine room through a water tight door. The forward cabin with separate access through the forehatch has been converted to a large twin berth cabin with separate heads compartment.
On deck she retains all her original features and fittings, including the huge Fishermans anchors used to secure the lifeboat and veer down on a wreck on the rocks, although these are not used they are kept on deck for originality
Her original Gardner 6LW engines are in superb condition and offer very economical cruising.
This is not just an old lifeboat, this is a comfortable cruising motor yacht with a rich history and pedigree, capable of going anywhere and a yacht that will open up a whole new world to her next owners.
Current undercover berth in Dartmouth available on long term basis subject to negotiation with owner of berthing facility.
Length on Deck 52’
Length Overall 52
Length Waterline 49’6”
Beam 14’
Draft 4’6”
Construction
Double diagonal mahogany planking with a layer of Calico and white lead between. Copper rivet fastened through. Total hull thickness of 1”.
Steamed oak frames of 3” x 1.75” at 10” centres.
Galvanised strap floors across the centreline providing a large amount of stiffness to the hull.
External iron ballast with bronze keel bolts.
Large section beam shelf and bilge stringer. Galvanised hanging knee from the deck in way of every frame.
Deck made from double diagonal mahogany similar to the hull. Finished externally in Treadmaster non-slip deck sheeting.
Rivetted aluminium superstructure to original design, except for aft end which has been cut down to creat an aft cockpit. Decks are clear with wide side decks.
Wooden toe rail all round on galvanised supports. Galvanised stanchions with chain guard lines between.
Heavy duty cast bronze deck fittings including original bronze stemhead fitting.
Wheel steering with rod and gear connection to the rudder. Modern autopilot system.
Machinery
Twin Gardner 6LW 72hp 6 cylinder diesel engines installed new in 1957.
Gardner gearboxes with single lever Morse controls. Bronze shafts to fixed 3 blade bronze propellers set in tunnels to protect the propellers.
7 knots cruising speed, 9 knots max at 12 litres/hour. Safe working range of 600Nm
Total fuel capacity of 1100 litres in a stainless stank to port and plastic Tek Tank to starboard.
200 litres of fresh water in plastic tanks under the saloon.
4 x 12 volt domestic batteries under forecabin berth. 2 x 12 volt engine start batteries in the engine room.
Charged from engine alternators or through Stirling Power Pro Charge 50 amp 240 volt charger. Installed shore power system. Second stand by charger of 20 amps.
2500 watt petrol generator in the engine room.
2500w Stirling Power inverter running off domestic batteries.
Electric Side Power SP95Ti bow thrusters.
1 manual bilge pump and 2 engine driven bilge pumps.
Accommodation
4 berths including a large double in main saloon and 2 large single berths in forward cabin.
Forward cabin accessed via a riveted aluminium forehatch with steps down. Spacious cabin with a large single berth either side, storage beneath the berths.
Centerline doorway going forward into a large heads compartment with a Jabsco manual sea toilet which discharges directly overboard. Hand basin with manually pumped fresh water.
Side entrance doors into the wheelhouse with central helm position. Watertight door forward into the large engine space.
Centreline steps down aft into main saloon which was converted to current arrangement by the present owner.
Very large double berth, part of which converts into a settee, is set to port and goes in under the wheelhouse sole.
Galley aft port side with a Plastimo Neptune 2500 twin burner stove with oven and grill. Single stainless sink with hot and cold pressurised water plus good work space and storage beneath. Microwave and 12 volt fridge set into joinery on starboard side.
Large amounts of storage space in lockers and drawers around the saloon, cleverly thought out to gain the most from the space.
Steps down to a heads compartment on starboard side under the wheelhouse with a Blakes Lavac sea toilet and hand basin.
Steps and doors going aft out into the aft cockpit with good seating and a canvas cover for poor weather.
Full specification and details available upon request
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Designed by W.A. Souter and Son Ltd, built by Clare Lallow Ltd of Cowes and fitted out by Port Hamble Ltd in 1968.
She has been in the present ownership for over 40 years, bought in 1978, and has been a superb family boat, lived aboard for several months a year and cruised around the south coast and northern Europe.
With a very generous beam and high freeboard this boat has a cavernous interior offering 8 berths and 2 heads plus lovely outside space for use in nice weather.
In 2015 the boat was re-engined at great expense with twin Yanmar 315hp diesels meaning she is now a super reliable boat with quite economic power. The engines were fully serviced in October 2020.
She is a very original boat, her joinery is untouched since she left Port Hamble in 1968 and she has a comfortable and spacious feel to the interior.
A fine big boat, capable of 24 knots cruising speed, that will stand out from the crowd of plastic in the marina.
Length on Deck 39’
Beam 13’4”
Draft 3’
Thames Tonnage 23TM
Construction
Cold moulded diagonal Honduras mahogany, likely to be glued with resorcinol glue.
Sheathed externally from new with Cascover. Mahogany chine rails and spray rails screwed and glued over the Cascover.
Lattice of longitudinal and athwartship plywood members in the bilge, bonded together in the corners with glass fibre tape. This forms a very strong and rigid framework in the bilge providing stiffness for the hull as well as being strong mounts for the engines.
Marine plywood decks, sheathed in Glass fibre externally and finished in non-slip deck paint. Aft deck over aft cabin and cockpit sole in straight laid teak over plywood.
Coachroof coamings made from mahogany. Alloy framed windows with reinforced glass in the coamings and wheelhouse.
Self draining aft cockpit with doors from the aft cabin. Teak laid sole and varnished mahogany thwarts that have large lockers under.
Machinery
Twin Yanmar 315hp 6LPA-STP2 6cyl turbo charged marine diesels, installed new in 2015. These are 4.1 litre 24 valve engines based on a Toyota engine.
Cruising speed of 24 knots.
Full service including new cambelts in October 2020. Minimal running hours since installation.
Yanmar KMH-50A gearboxes with a 2.13:1 ratio. Stainless shafts to handed 4 blade bronze propellers, new in 2016. Shafts run through bronze P-brackets.
New stainless steel trim tabs fitted in 2015.
4 fuel tanks with link pipes. Aft tank under the aft deck is a 100 gallon plywood tank bonded into the hull and sheathed internally. This recently had a stainless inspection hatch installed and was totally cleaned and checked. Engine room has a new plastic tank to starboard and an original sheathed plywood tank to port plus a Stainless tank forward.
2 x 120ah AGM domestic batteries and 2 x 110ah lead acid engine start batteries. Both these banks are linked to provide 24 volt. Charged from engine alternators. C-tek 240 volt charger for use when on shore power.
Separate 12 volt battery for the anchor windlass located in chain locker forward.
Accommodation
8 berths including 3 doubles and 2 singles.
6’ headroom in the saloon. 6’8” headroom forward.
Joinery is mainly Sycamore and is all original.
Helm position on the bridge to port with a crew seat to starboard. Great visibility all round from this high vantage point.
Steps down from the bridge into the main saloon. Settee to starboard that folds out to a double berth. Saloon table to port with L-shaped seating around it giving comfortable space for 6 people to eat.
Step down going forward with galley to starboard. U-shaped galley for ease of use with a Thetford 2 burner gas stove with grill. Below is a Sanyo 240v microwave combi oven. Electrolux 24volt fridge with freezer compartment. Single stainless sink with hot and cold pressurised water. Ample work space and storage lockers.
Gas water heater above the galley supplying domestic hot water.
To port is a heads compartment with her original Baby Blake sea toilet in pink porcelain. Matching pink hand basin and formica. Shower with hot and cold pressurised water.
Heads can be accessed from the saloon or from the forward cabin making this an en-suite cabin.
Forward cabin has vast headroom with 2 single berths and anchor locker beyond.
Access to aft cabin via steps down on port side. Full width cabin with a large double berth each side.
Heads compartment to starboard, similar to forward compartment, with pink Baby Blake, hand basin and shower.
Doors out of the aft cabin into the cockpit.
Full specification and details available upon request
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Built as a private yacht in 1968 on the lines of a traditional fishing boat, commissioned by Frederick Parks of Baston Deepsea Fisheries. The hull and decks were built by the BIM Shipyard in Killybeg, County Donegap, she was then fitted out in Malahide with various cabins as seen today.
She has spent the last 20+ years working as a commercial dive charter vessel, offering residential diving holidays with comfortable accommodation with the ability to reach more inaccessible areas of coast and sea that smaller day boats access.
Although her commercial ticket has lapsed, she was coded to Category 2 for 10 passenegrs + 2 crew. The fundamentals of this are still in place and her licence could be reinstated relatively easily if a new owner so wished. This would require some new life saving equipment and updated engine room fire system. The fact she has been coded for the last 20 years means she has been regularly surveyed and kept up in good condition as required by the MCA.
With a total of 13 berths in 4 cabins, 3 heads compartments, large galley and comfortable deck saloon, she is an ideal platform for a commercial boat or a private expedition yacht for extended cruising in remote places. Twin Volvo Penta diesels give reliable and economic propulsion, with 240v power from inverters or the 18kva generator.
A fine big motor yacht in seemingly good structural condition with the potential to fulfil a multitude of roles in the future
Length on Deck 58’
Beam 18’
Draft 8’2”
Construction
Planked in larch on sawn oak frames, fastened with galvanised boat nails. Some fastenings withdrawn for survey inspection approximately 2011.
Oak floors across the centreline side fastened to the sawn frames. No external ballast keel.
Semi-swept solid laid 2.5” iroko foredeck, caulked and payed, with a bulwark all round on stanchions mounted through the coverboard.
Side and aft decks overlaid with marine plywood and sheathed in GRP, professionally done in 2016/2017. Bulwarks continue aft with a heavy capping rail plus a further guard rail above.
Wheelhouse made from marine plywood on a wooden frame. 5 wheelhouse windows replaced in 2018.
Machinery
Twin Volvo Penta D7AAT 6cyl 180hp turbo charged marine diesels. Engines fitted new in 2000. Approximately 10,000 hrs use.
Oils and filters changed every 350 hours. Valve clearances checked at approximately 9000 hrs.
Stainless shafts to handed 3 blade bronze propellers. Fuel consumption of 25 litres/hour at cruising speed of approximately 9 knots. Maximum speed of 10 knots.
3 separate painted steel fuel tanks with total capacity of 5500 Litres giving a range of approximately 1900Nm.
Single galvanised steel water tank of 4000 Litres.
Beta Marine 18Kva installed diesel generator, fitted new in 1996. Approximately 17,000 hrs. Serviced every 300 hrs. New heat exchanger in 2017. Injector pump rebuilt.
24 volt domestic systems from a bank of 8 x 125ah lead acid batteries.
2 x 12 volt starter batteries giving 12 volts for starter motors.
12 volt start battery for generator.
Batteries charged with a 100 amp transmotor on starboard engine. 24v alternator on each engine for starter batteries.
Victron 50 amp 240 volt battery charger powered by shore power or generator.
Diesel fired heating and hot water boiler, fitted new in 2019.
Accommodation
13 berths in total including 5 single berths in aft cabin, double cabin, twin cabin and 4 berth forward cabin.
Aft and double cabins are ensuite, plus a separate heads and shower forward.
All cabin spaces are centrally heated.
Large useable deck space above deck saloon with access via steps in the wheelhouse. Some sheltered seating with masses of storage space for toys and equipment.
Deck saloon with doors opening onto the aft deck. Saloon on two levels with 2 tables and settees giving comfprtable seating for up to 14 people.
Athwartships galley forward of the saloon. Gas galley stove with 4 burners and twin ovens. Fixed stove with high fiddle rails all round. Full height 240 volt fridge and ample storage space for a charter vessel of her size. Microwave oven plus a double deep fat fryer. Fully equipped galley. Chest freezer on upper deck.
Wheelhouse has a side entrance door each side with steps and hatch to upper deck at the aft end.
Steps down to the five berth aft cabin from the saloon. Comfrtable cabin with full headroom. En-suite heads compartment with an electric Lavac sea toilet, bath, shower and hand basin. Pressurised hot and cold water.
2 midships cabin, one double and one twin. Double cabin has an en-suites heads compartment with shower and electric Lavac heads.
Forward cabin with 4 single berths and storage space.
Forward heads compartment for communal use with electric Lavac heads, shower and hand basin.
Full specification and details available upon request
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These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Built in 1944 for the Admiralty by JJ Lawrence and Co Ltd of Lieth as MFV 625. Sold by the Admiralty into private ownership in 1967, after which she was converted to a yacht in 1974.
The ship served most of her time in the Mediterranean after being deployed to Algiers in 1944 for habrbour duties, servicing the larger warships while in port before heading to Malta. After the war she returned to Plymouth and was used as a training ship for the Sea Cadet Corps.
After being converted to her current configuration by a previous owner, she has been used as a cruising live aboard for which she has proved to be very comfortable. Regular and thorough maintenance has kept her in lovely condition. She is currently in commission and ready to go to sea.
2018 survey available.
Length Overall 49’9″
Beam 15’3″
Draft 6’1″
Displacement 26 tons
Construction
Planked in Larch fastened with iron nails to sawn Oak frames.
Straight laid Douglas Fir decks, caulked and payed with pitch in the traditional manner. Overlaid with bonded marine plywood which is sheathed externally with glass cloth. Heavy oak deck beams and supporting knees.
Bulwark all round on stanchions mounted through the coverboards with a varnished hardwood capping rail. Recently stripped and sanded then finished with Deks Olje D1.
Wheelhouse is constructed with a hardwood frame and marine plywood panels. Excellent all round visibility and a sliding door either side
No external ballast keel except for an external steel shoe. Internal lead trimming ballast.
Rig
Small bermudan ketch rig with steadying sail.
Varnished wooden masts and booms with stainless steel standing rigging to external chain plates. Masts stripped and varnished in 2015.
Tan terylene sails including mainsail, mizzen and jib.
Machinery
Foden FD6 MkI 120hp 2 stroke diesel installed in 1955. Mechanical 3:1 reduction gearbox with single lever controls to a fixed 3 blade bronze propeller. Engine and gearbox overhauled 2005.
Complete professional service and injector service in 2020.
5000 litres of diesel in 2 separate plastic fuel tanks in the engine room. The vessel currently has 4000 litres of diesel aboard.
454 litres of fresh water in 2 separate plastic water tanks.
Calorifier for hot water run from main engine or using 240v immersion.
12v and 24v systems with 13 new batteries in 4 banks. Charging from engine alternator or through 240v chargers.
5kva Onan generator in sound proof box. Fully integrated 240v shore power system.
Vetus electric bow thruster.
Wheel steering with cables and emergency tiller.
Diesel fired hot air cabin heating system.
Accommodation
5 berths in 3 separate sleeping cabins. Twin cabin forward, owners cabin aft with a double berth and single aft crew cabin.
Nicely finished in rich varnished mahogany.
Spacious and light wheelhouse with U-shaped seating around the aft end and a central table.
Steps down from the wheelhouse into the main saloon, door either side at base of steps into the aft quarter cabins. Dinette seating area to port with varnished mahogany saloon table. 2 person settee on the starboard side. 8′ headroom under the main coachroof.
Moving forward with the galley to port. 4 burner gas stove with oven and grill installed new in 2020, twin stainless sinks, microwave and LEC fridge. 6′ headroom in the galley.
Heads compartment to starboard opposite the galley with an electric Jabsco sea toilet, hand basin and small bath with shower. Pressurised hot and cold running water.
Forward into forecabin with twin V-berths.
Full specification and details available upon request
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Silvers Brown Owl Motor Yacht
Built in 1935 by James A. Silver of Rosneath to the John Bain Brown Owl design.
An all teak Silvers built motor yacht was the best money could buy at the time and John Bain is famous for his numerous designs of classic motor yachts. The Brown Owl typifies Bains design philosophy to create boats with elegance, charm and class while still having very comfortable accommodation and deck space.
Her history is well documented from her time serving with the Royal Navy in Scapa Flow during World War II, through several owners eventually ending up in Belgium before being bought by the current owner in1996. During their fastidious ownership, the current owners have maintained her to a very good standard, keeping faithful to the original John Bain concept and have cruised extensively around the south of England and northern France. She has been an excellent, reliable and very comfortable cruising yacht on which the family have spent many long and happy periods.
Upon purchasing the boat the current owners started a 5 year professional refit in Lowestoft with a team of skilled shipwrights, during which time the decks, hood ends and garboards were re-fastened, the stem replaced with associated stem knees and 3 planks in the bows, a complete re-wire and overhaul of all the machinery and systems.
The design incorporates a central wheelhouse on a raised deck which vastly increases the interior volume allowing for much more space in the saloon. This feature was a development and significant improvement on the first Brown Owl design. Her accommodation offers 6 comfortable berths in 4 separate sleeping cabins plus 2 heads.
A true pedigree motor with elegant lines, used each summer in this long ownership but now needing a thorough refit. Reduced dramatically in price due to the owners health situation and the need to sell the boat quickly before she deteriorates.
Built in Papendrecht, Holland in 1915 as a steam tug. Converted some years ago and refurbished by the current professional shipwright owner for use on the European canals. She has been an excellent cruising home for the couple who own her, providing comfortable accommodation on a very sturdy and capable vessel.
Her history has been well documented, built for a shipping company of the same name, Risico, she was one of 4 identical tugs towing oil barges around the canals and rivers of Holland. She worked as a tug boat until 1974 in Dutch waters although her original steam engine was replaced with diesel in the late 1940’s when she changed hands. She continued to work pulling general cargo barges until 1974 when she had her first light conversion and spent 10 years as a charter fishing vessel. After this she went into private ownership and has been a cherished and well maintained private yacht ever since.
Her lay out is largely as it would have been in her working days although the interior fit out and joinery has been designed for comfortable live aboard cruising.
Perfect boat for the canals with her shallow draft but equally capable of coastal cruising.
Length on Deck 52’
Beam 11’1”
Draft 4’6”
Construction
Riveted steel hull with iron frames. Hull finished in black tar in the traditional way.
Steel decks.
Steel bulwark all round with a hand railing
Steel coachroof with a varnished teak wheelhouse.
Machinery
Scania Vabis DSI 10 200hp 6cyl diesel installed in 1971
Hydraulic 3.3:1 gearbox to a centreline 4 blade fixed bronze propeller gives 8 knots cruising speed at 10 litres/hour. Comfortable low speed for canal work.
2 x 1000 litre steel fuel tanks.
300 litre steel water tank.
200ah of battery capacity with 12v, 24v and 230v systems aboard. Installed shore power system.
Accommodation
4 berths in 2 separate cabins. 6’6 headroom in wheelhouse and forward cabin.
Small dinette seating area in the wheelhouse for 2 people. Steps down going forward into main saloon.
Galley to starboard with heads compartment starboard side aft.
Heads has a manual sea toilet and hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.
Galley has a 3 burner gas hob with a single stainless sink. Ample storage below the galley.
Small seating are in the saloon to port.
Forward is a large double berth with a curtain for privacy.
Aft cabin access from a hatch in aft coachroof. Large double berth laid athwartships, can be converted in 2 settees if required.
Separate heads compartment in aft cabin with a manual sea toilet and hand basin.
Engine room is amidships, accessed from a hatch on deck.
Full specification and details available upon request
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Launched in 2014, she was built by a Dartmouth shipwright owner for his own use as a retirement hobby.
Inspiration for the design was taken from several places but the tight canoe stern and clinker planking are clearly a nod to the Scandinavian and Dutch boat builders so she very much has the look of a sturdy and capable coastal fishing boat. That feeling has been echoed with the design of the wheelhouse giving her a purposeful yet very attractive look. There is no doubt this boat will turn heads wherever she goes and look after her crew in comfort whatever the season.
Built with good materials, she has been well cared for by all her owners. The engine, systems and structure of the boat are all in very fine condition and she is ready to go off exploring right away.
The interior layout is perfect for a couple offering a very large double berth up forward, full headroom throughout, comfortable saloon and separate heads compartment. She would look perfect heading down the French canals or anchored in the Isles of Scilly.
2018 survey. Berth included with the sale in Portland Marina paid up until April 2022.
Length on Deck 27′
Beam 10′
Draft 3′
Construction
Clinker planked in good quality Scottish slow grown 7/8″ larch, all copper fastened to laminated 2″x2″ oak frames. Silicone bronze screws in hood ends and garboard planks.
9″x5″ sawn Opepe used for the keel, stem and stern post. 18mm bronze centreline bolts securing the structure.
Sawn Iroko floors across the centreline with bronze throat bolts through the keel.
No external ballast keel. 1/3 ton of lead ingots secured under the cabin sole.
Straight laid 14mm Alaskan Yellow Cedar deck epoxy glued over an 18mm marine plywood sub deck with varnished teak cover boards and toe rails. Stainless steel stanchions and guard rails all round.
Low coachroof with varnished teak faced marine plywood coamings rises at the aft end and joins the wheelhouse which has a varnished Iroko base and sheathed plywood upper sections.
Wheelhouse windows made of toughened glass with varnished wooden surrounds. Aluminium framed port lights in the coamings.
Wheelhouse roof and coachroof made using laminated Iroko deck beams with a sheathed marine plywood roof and finished in deck paint.
Cockpit at the aft end with a hatch into the lazarette. Full height door into the wheelhouse at the aft end.
Rig
Small bermudan steadying mizzen sail sets on a varnished wooden mizzen mast running up the back of the wheelhouse.
Stainless steel standing rigging with a sheet to the aft capping rail.
Machinery
Vetus 42hp marine diesel installed new in 2014. Low hours, full professional service this year.
6 knots cruising speed, 8 knots max.
Dry exhaust with a stack running up through the wheelhouse and out the roof.
Single lever controls to a fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.
Stainless steel blade rudder with a Vetus hydraulic steering ram.
3 x 12 volt heavy duty batteries for domestics and engine starting, charged from the engine alternator. New solar panel on wheelhouse roof for charging.
210 litre stainless steel fuel tank.
215 litre stainless steel fresh water tank under aft side decks with a second 25 litre tank forward.
Calorifier off the engine to provide hot water in the galley and heads.
Accommodation
One large double berth up forward and a single saloon settee berth with 6’6″ headroom in the saloon.
Very nicely fitted out interior with varnished teak trim and smart upholstery giving the cabin a very comfortable and cosy feel.
Port side steps into the cabin from the wheelhouse with a galley to port and heads compartment to starboard.
Galley has a Plastimo Neptune 2 burner gimballed gas stove with oven and grill, single stainless steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water plus lots of storage in and around the galley area. Space in the wheelhouse under the seat for a large fridge to be installed. Large gas bottle in a sealed draining locker in the wheelhouse.
Heads compartment has full standing headroom with a Jabsco manual sea toilet which discharges directly overboard. Allowance has been made for a black tank with the necessary plumbing, however the actual tank has not yet been installed. Hand basin with pressurised hot and cold water.
Saloon is very nice with a centreline dropleaf varnished teak table and a single settee berth on the starboard side. To port is a shorter settee.
Solid fuel cast iron cabin heater mounted on the bulkhead at the aft of the saloon. Skylight above for light and ventilation.
Port side doorway into the forward cabin with a large double V-berth filling the entire space. Steps up to the berth with a hanging locker and storage to starboard. Lewmar hatch above the forward berth.
Full specification and details available upon request
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
MFV built by Herd and Mackenzie of Buckie in 1960 as a Seine netter. Sold out of fishing and converted for charter work and sea angling.
More recently she came to Dartmouth and was sadly abandoned by her previous owners so she has been seized and is now the property of the harbour authority. She is being sold as is on the condition that a new owner moves the vessel to another location.
She cannot move under her own steam as the main engine is seized.
The exact condition of the hull is unknown but there is clear evidence of structural decay and problems that will need to be addressed.
This is not a project for the faint hearted or inexperienced but if a large MFV is being sought she could be returned to fine fettle once again with a major rebuild.
Length on Deck 73′
Beam 20′
Draft 10′
Construction
Traditional heavy construction of larch on oak frames, iron fastened.
Solid straight laid deck.
High bulwark all round on stanchions mounted through the cover board
Wheelhouse in steel with small coachroof of timber coamings.
Rig
Small gaff ketch rig, mainly just steadying sail, on solid wooden masts and spars.
Sais in heavy tan Duradon cloth.
Machinery
Gardner 8LXB 8 cylinder marine diesel.
Engine has apparently been flooded to the dipstick level and is currently seized.
Accommodation
Rudimentary accommodation has been fitted by a previous owner when she was converted for pleasure diving.
Large wheelhouse fitted out in T&G pine with a table and seating to port and a galley.
Space below could be converted to suit a new owner.
Reflex diesel cabin heater in the saloon space.
Full specification and details available upon request
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
After posting some teaser photos of Nell a little while ago, we have now formally put this fine yacht on the market. Nell is a G.L. Watson gaff cutter built on the Clyde in 1887 and completely rebuilt in Normandy, France between 2009 and 2017. This yacht is a totally unique piece of maritime history and is presented in superb condition. Her interior is her most remarkable feature and was designed by her first owner Robert Cowan Robertson. He was an artist based in Glasgow and his interior design was influenced by the fashions of the time with raised and fielded oak panelling, ionic pillasters and most notably stained glass sliding windows covering the portholes. The interior has been restored sympathetically and is largely original apart from some very small areas where damaged joinery needed replacing. The result is magnificent and sets this yacht apart as a unique piece of history. Full details and many photos available on our web site with the following link:woodenships.co.uk/sailing-yacht/g-l-watson-gaff-cutter/#classicboat #classicboatforsale #yachtforsale ... See MoreSee Less
