Sailing yachts
Ed Burnett Gaff Cutter
(REF: 34651)£100000
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Ed Burnett Gaff Cutter
Designed by Ed Burnett and built by MB Yachts, Dorset in 2001. Burnett & Irens design No.010.
She is the 3rd yacht built to this now legendary Burnett design, constructed by one of the best wood-epoxy boat builders in the UK, Martyn Brake. This design has been used for numerous long distance voyages, as well as classic regatta racing and family cruising showing off the clever blend of traditional lines, modern construction methods and design tweaks to create a yacht that performs perfectly in the modern world.
Inspired by the traditional working boats, her elegant lines were carefully crafted to create a boat that feels and sails like a larger yacht, with a large cockpit, good interior space an excellent performance.
Upgraded by her current owner with new Awlgrip paint systems, new sails and improved electrics. The boat is now absolutely ready for her new custodian to take the helm and either head off over the horizon or join the classic regatta circuit.
Length on Deck 30’ / 9.15m
Length Overall 38’1” / 11.6m
Length Waterline 26’10” / 8.18m
Beam 9’6” / 2.9m
Draft 5’6” / 1.67m
Displacement 7.89 tonnes
Construction
Hull
Douglas Fir strip plank hull all epoxy bonded. Hull epoxy sheathed externally with triaxial matt overlaid with twill. Finished externally in Awlgrip 2000 paint system, new in 2024.
3 x laminated Sapele ring frames with supporting knees to the deck beams.
External 3.5 ton lead ballast keel fastened with bronze keel bolts.
Various parts of the interior joinery built in marine plywood and bonded to the hull to increase the structural integrity of the hull structure.
In 2022 the hull was gently shotblasted below the waterline back to the sheathing, epoxy filled and faired then finished with 2 x International Gelshield and 6 x CopperCoat fr a low maintenance clean underwater hull.
Decks and Cockpit
Epoxy sheathed plywood decks on laminated Sapele deck beams. Decks finished in 2023 with Jotun 2 pack deck paint.
The underside of the deck plywood has been routed with grooves to give the effect of a laid deck.
Stainless stanchions and guard wires all round. Stanchions removed and rebedded in 2024.
Varnished mahogany to rail all round with bronze Panama eye fairleads let in. Bronze stemhead fitting with self-stowing anchor roller. Bronze mooring cleats.
Self draining cockpit with laid teak thwarts and sole. Varnished cockpit coamings and a varnished mahogany cockpit table.
Superstructure
Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.
Varnished mahogany skylight on the coachroof deck over the saloon. Scrubbed teak grab rails.
All deck varnish stripped to bare wood and replaced in 2022 with regular maintenance since that time.
Rig
Spars
Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped hollow Douglas Fir mast by Collars. Mast varnished in 2024 using 2 pack Allwood.
Boom, gaff and bowsprit in Douglas fir and finished with Allwood varnish in 2024.
Carbon fibre topsail yard. Alloy telescopic whisker pole.
Boom gallows on the aft deck to carry the boom, varnished mahogany support with bronze supports.
Standing and Running Rigging
Stainless steel standing rigging all removed and inspected in 2024.
Running rigging all new in 2022.
SailSpar furling systems on staysail and jib.
Running backstays in Dyneema with block and tackles to tension.
Varnished wooden blocks finished with Allwood 2 pack varnish in 2024.
All leather work in the rig and leather block covers replaced in 2024.
Bowsprit net strung between the whisker stays.
Sails
All new sails from Ratsey & Lapthorn in 2024 using Contender cream sail cloth.
Mainsail
Topsail
Staysail
Jib
Asymmetric spinnaker (2016)
Spitfire jib
Working topsail on carbon fibre yard (2024)
Winches
6 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST winches in the cockpit.
1 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST mast winch for reefing.
Machinery
Engine
Volvo Penta MD2030 29hp engine.
Halyard AquaDrive to a centreline 16” Darglow propeller. New cutlass bearing and propeller service in 2024.
6 knots cruising speed at 2.5 litres/hour.
Tanks
95 litre stainless steel fuel tank.
2 x 82 litre stainless steel fresh water tanks.
Batteries and Electrics
2 x 115ah gel domestic batteries (new 2022)
1 x 115ah engine start battery (new 2022)
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
4 x single berths including 2 quarter berths and 2 saloon settee berths.
Quarter berths – 6’6”
Saloon berths – 6’4”
Headroom 6’1” / 1.87m in the saloon.
General Description
Companion steps down over the engine box into the main cabin with a very spacious quarter berth either side stretching back aft under the cockpit thwarts.
Chart desk to port and galley to starboard. Half size admiralty chart desk faces outboard.
Half height painted white bulkheads with varnished wooden trim separate off the main saloon. Full length grab rail incorporated into the coamings.
Spacious saloon with a settee berth either side and a centreline dropleaf varnished teak saloon table. Exposed hull sides are as much an aesthetic feature as they are structural. Varnished pine saloon sole boards.
Taylors paraffin cabin heater on the forward bulkhead to starboard.
Pair of gimballed paraffin lamps on the forward bulkhead.
Centreline door into the forepeak which is given over to the heads compartment, wet locker and storage space. Large storage volume forward of the sea toilet with a half height bulkhead to keep gear in place at sea.
Galley
Force 10 gas stove with 2 burners, oven and grill. Gas locker in a vented and sealed locker aft.
12 volt fridge built into the joinery under the chart desk.
Stainless sink with manually pumped water from a bronze hand pump. Manual pump out for the sink.
Heads
Jabsco manual sea toilet in the forepeak discharges directly overboard.
Stainless hand basin with a manual bronze hand pump.
Forehatch above the heads for ventilation.
Equipment
Silva steering compass
Raymarine log and sounder with cockpit repeater
Raymarine DSC VHF
Garmin 7” touchscreen chart plotter (new 2022)
AIS Class A transceiver
Autohelm 2000 tiller pilot (2018)
Windpilot self steering system (new 2023)
35lb CQR anchor
40m galvanised chain
Simpson Lawrence Sea Tiger manual windlass + canvas cover
Mooring warps
Fenders
(all working sails new in 2024 using Contender cream sail cloth)
Mainsail
Topsail
Staysail
Jib
Asymmetric spinnaker (2016)
Spitfire jib
Working topsail on carbon fibre yard (2024)
Mainsail cover
Sailspar furlers on staysail and jib
6 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST winches in the cockpit
1 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST mast winch for reefing
Alloy whisker pole
Carbon fibre topsail yard
Manusal bilge pump
Auto electric bilge pump
Life raft
Horse shoe life buoy
Fire extinguishers
MOB Jonbuoy system
Life jackets
Bunk and berth cushions
Force 10 galley stove
Jabsco manual sea toilet
2 x paraffin cabin lamps
Taylors paraffin cabin heater
Varnished mahogany cockpit table
Winter cover
Cockpit cover
Skylight cover
Forehatch cover
Anchor windlass cover
Aluminium extendable beaching legs
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