Sailing yachts
Buchanan Gaff Yawl
(REF: 17954)£SOLD
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Buchanan Gaff Yawl
Designed by Alan Buchanan and built by the first owner with help of professional shipwrights at Gweek Quay, Cornwall in 1974.
An unusual design for Buchanan with a fiddle headed clipper bow, short counter stern and gaff yawl rig, she has a very distinguishable profile. She has a generous beam for her length giving decent volume below decks.
An interesting boat with recent survey, good equipment and full sail wardrobe.
Length on Deck 32’
Length Waterline 22’
Beam 9’
Draft 4’6”
Thames Tonnage 9TM
Construction
Planked in 1.25” pitch pine all fastened with copper rivets to steam bent oak timbers of 1.5” x 1.25”.
Galvanised steel strap floors across the centreline, with new floor bolts in 2011.
External iron ballast keel with bronze keel bolts. All keel bolts new in 2011.
Swept teak deck laid over a marine plywood subdeck. With a varnished mahogany toe rail.
Long coachroof in painted elm coamings with 3 bronze port holes per side. Sheathed plywood coachroof deck.
Self draining cockpit with tiller steering. Cockpit coamings raked out slightly for compfort. Thwarts and bridge deck a continuation of the main deck.
Rig
Gaff yawl rig on wooden masts made from Western Hemlock. Other spars are made from Oregon pine.
Gaff rigged mainsail and bermudan mizzen .
Keel stepped main mast and deck stepped mizzen.
Stainless steel standing rigging, new in 2011, to internal galvanised rigging screws.
Sails include mainsail mizzen, topsail, staysail, jib, mizzen staysail and spinnaker.
Machinery
Yanmar 3GM30 24hp 3cyl fresh water cooled diesel installed reconditioned in 2010.
Single lever controls to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 7 knots at 2200rpm.
3 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator, or through the shore power system with a Victron Power battery charger. NASA battery monitor.
40 litre stainless steel fuel tank.
100 litre fresh water tank.
Accommodation
5 berths including a double V-berth in the bow, 2 saloon settee berths and a quarter berth.
Steps down over the engine box with galley to port and chart desk to starboard. Chart desk faces outboard and lifts to access batteries.
Galley has a single stainless sink with cold running water, and a Plastimo Neptune 2 burner stove with oven and grill.
Half height bulkheads with vertical grab rails separate off the main saloon. 2 full length settee berths either side with a dropleaf saloon table on the centreline. Hot Pot cast iron solid fuel stove at the forward end. Lockers either side under the side decks.
Port side door going forward with the heads to starboard behind the bulkhead. Electric sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.
Large double berth in the forepeak.
Equipment
Plastimo Steering Compass
Nasa Clipper Depth Sounder
Icom DSC VHF
Autohelm Tiller Pilot
Barracuda Seiwa Chartplotter (C Map)
Fenders
Warps
Boathook
Dodgers (If Stanchions are fitted)
Electronic Windlass
CQR Anchor & 50M Chain
Electronic Bilge Pump
Fire Extinguishers
Pilot Gas Alarm
Radar Reflector
4 Man Liferaft (Requires Service)
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