Sailing yachts
Laurent Giles Peter Duck Ketch
(REF: 34078)£2500
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Laurent Giles Peter Duck Ketch
Laurent Giles Peter Duck built by Porter and Haylett in 1961. The Peter Duck is well known for its connection to Arthur Ransome, the very first one being designed for the writer by Laurent Giles just after the war. In 1961 the design was revived, altered a little and a total of 38 boats were built up until 1970 by Porter and Haylett Ltd of Wroxham.
The Peter Duck was a very popular design and has been a proven and loved coastal cruising boat for many years.
The easily handled ketch rig has a manageable sail area for hassle free cruising. The cockpit is large and comfortable and the interior is cavernous for a boat of her length, with excellent headroom and 4 good berths.
Her draft at only 3’ allows access to many areas off limits to larger yachts, and although it is a not a performance sailing yacht, the Peter Duck is an excellent affordable classic yacht for family coastal cruising.
This boat has been ashore for a number of years after the death of her late owner. She is now being sold by the family at this very attractive price simply to get the boat into new ownership where she can be properly cared for. After a professional inspection, it appears the hull is generally in good condition and her fairly recent teak over plywood deck is in an excellent state. She has a nearly new Beta 28 diesel installed and ready to go. The hull has dried out and she will need wetting and taking up before launch, but the extent of the drying does appear to be terminal in any way.
This is a good sound basis for a handy new owner to get themselves an excellent little cruising boat for a very sensible price.
Length on deck 28’6″
Length waterline 25′
Beam 9′
Draft 4’3″
Thames Tonnage 8TM
Construction
Hull
Planked in 1” iroko fastened with copper rivets to steam bent oak timbers.
External iron ballast keel of 2.4 tons fastened with steel keel bolts.
Floors across the centreline are sawn timber in the midships and galvanised straps back aft.
Decks and Cockpit
Straight laid teak deck over a marine plywood subdeck.
Self draining cockpit with deep lockers beneath the thwarts either side.
Superstructure
Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.
Raised doghouse aft in the normal Peter Duck manner giving excellent headroom below decks.
Large bronze framed windows in the coamings.
Rig
Spars
Bermudan ketch rig on deck stepped wooden masts and spars.
Standing and Running Rigging
Stainless steel standing rigging from 2006.
Furlex headsail furling system.
Sails
Mainsail, mizzen and headsail.
Winches
Pair of Lewmar non-ST cockpit sheet winches.
Machinery
Engine
Yanmar 3gm30 24hp 3cyl diesel engine. Fresh water cooled with a heat exchanger.
Single lever controls to a fixed 3 blade centreline propeller.
Calorifier for domestic hot water connected to the engine.
Tanks
105 litre Vetus plastic water tank.
100 litre steel diesel tank.
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
4 brths including 2 x saloon settee berths and 2 single berths in the forepeak.
6’2” headroom in the saloon.
General Description
Starboard side offset companion doors into the main cabin below the doghouse.
Galley space to starboard with a hand basin to port and a fold up work surface against the forward bulkhead.
Keyhole bulkhead into the main saloon with a port and starboard settee berth. Varnished mahogany dropleaf saloon table.
Smart upholstery with good storage under the side decks and below the settees.
Centreline door and passageway going forward with heads compartment to starboard. Cast iron sold fuel cabin heater to starboard.
Forepeak has 2 single berths with excellent storage space beneath. Forehatch above and chain locker in the bows below the berths.
Galley
Galley space has work top area suitable for a stove but none is fitted.
Stainless sink to port with hot and cold pressurised water.
Heads
Jabsco manual sea toilet discharges directly overboard.
Equipment
Steering compass
Tiller pilot
Navman Multi 3100 log and sounder
Navman VHF7100 DSC VHF
Clock and barometer
Masts and rigging
Mainsail
Mizzen
Headsail
Furlex headsail furler
Cockpit cover
Bunk and berth cushions
Davey Hot Pot cast iron cabin stove
Jabsco manual sea toilet
CQR anchor with chain
Simpson Lawrence manual windlass
Calorifier hot water tank
Manual bilge pump
2 x gas bottles
Auto electric bilge pump
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