Laurent Giles Dyarchy Gaff Cutter

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Built in 1996 by the current family owners, professional shipwrights and highly experienced in the boat trade having project managed and built numerous ocean going racing yachts, including Maxi and Americas Cup yachts.

This Laurent Giles design is known as the Dyarchy after the first boat built to these lines based on the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter.  This is a stretched version of the original Dyarchy drawn up by Laurent Giles and Partners for the current owner creating a very fast, spacious and low maintenance classic yacht.

This yacht was designed and built from the outset to be a tough, low maintenance and capable cruising boat, her construction makes her incredibly spacious due to not having large frames inside the hull, strong and durable.  With a thick strip plank hull, sheathed inside and out with epoxy glass cloth from new, the quality of the build is second to none.  The scantlings of the construction, rig and fittings make her a very robust, tough and capable yacht that could sail anywhere in the world.

She has cruised extensively around the Bristol Channel, Ireland, Scilly Isles and English Channel.  She has also taken part in plenty of classic race events with notable success including:

-Won the Cock of the Bristol Channel race twice

-Line honours in the Pilot Cutter Falmouth to Fastnet Rock Race

-Winner of Falmouth Classics large gaffers class 6 times and best dressed vessel

-Winner of Pilot Cutter review 2024

Whether it is family cruising and some regatta racing, or a full blown expedition adventure to a far flung corner of the world, this is a yacht which can do it all with ease.  Her incredible strength and quality of build means she will take her crew anywhere in the world and will require minimal maintenance over the coming years.  The modern wood epoxy hull construction has distinct benefits that will appeal to the modern classic yacht owner but with very traditional rig and looks.

Length on Deck                          54’

Length Waterline                       46’

Length Overall                           66’

Beam                                            13’6”

Draft                                             8’5”

Tonnage                                       30 tons

Working sail area                      196 m²