Sailing yachts
Laurent Giles Peter Duck ketch
(REF: 18068)£SOLD
Full specification
Wooden ships comments on this Laurent Giles Peter Duck Ketch
The Peter Duck ketch is a sturdy yacht with a strong hint of the motor sailer. She is a very competent and comfortable cruising yacht. The original Peter Duck was designed by Laurent Giles for Arthur Ransome, and subsequently, with a higher freeboard and more spacious forepeak, some 30 were built by Proctor and Haylett in Wroxham, a testament to their popularity and competence.
They are stiff dry boats with an easily handled rig and invariably a good powerful engine to get you home.
The cock-pit is deep and secure, the cabin is spacious for her 29’ on deck and they inspire a sense of confidence even in a blow.
This boat has had a thorough refit this year by professional shipwrights and is now in very tidy and ready to sail condition. All bills, paperwork and photos associated with the work are available.
Construction
Hull
Iroko planking all copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Full length cast iron keel with galvanised keel bolts.
Transom hung iroko rudder with bronze pintles and gudgeons.
Decks and cockpit
Sheathed marine plywood screw fastened to oak deck beams. Bulwark all round with an iroko varnished capping rail. In the recent refit a couple of soft areas in the plywood deck were removed and new plywood scarphed in and sheathed over. The bulwark to deck joint, which is a common source of water ingress on these boats, has been carefully altered to solve the issues.
Galvanised pushpit and pulpit with galvanised stanchions all round. All of this has been removed and bedded down on new pads and sealant with new bolts.
Pair of galvanised admiralty style bollards on the foredeck either side of the manual anchor windlass. Stainless steel stem head fitting fitted recently with twin anchor chain rollers which carry the anchor away from the stem when lifting. Galvanised cleats on afterdeck.
A deep and safe self draining cockpit with Iroko coamings and teak sole grating.
Superstructure
Iroko coachroof coamings with a sheathed marine plywood cabin top. Large windows in the doghouse with 3 portholes each side in the coamings.
Varnished handrails on the coachroof, with a forehatch in front of the mast.
Rig
Bermudan ketch on solid pine varnished masts and booms. Mainmast deck stepped in a galvanised tabernacle, mizzen is stepped on the cockpit sole.
Standing rigging is 7mm stainless steel to galvanised rigging screws with internal galvanised chainplates.
Fractionally rigged headsail with Profurl roller reefing system.
2 x Harken 16” 2 speed self tailing cockpit winches.
Sails
All by Richardson Sailmakers, Hamble.
Mainsail
Roller furling genoa
Mizzen
Mizzen staysail
Spinnaker
Machinery
Engine
BMC Captain 32hp diesel. hydraulic gearbox with single lever controls to a centreline 3 blade bronze propeller.
The engine was completely rebuilt from the bottom up two years ago with the installation of a glow plug in the air intake to aid starting. This was a problem that these engines have always suffered, and the extra glow plug has resolved all the issues. The engine is clean and tidy, starts first time and runs smoothly.
Batteries
2 x 12v heavy duty batteries, 110ah each.
Tanks
Stainless steel diesel tank, 20 gallon capacity.
Bilge pumps
Henderson Mk5 manual bilge pump
Bronze hand pump below decks.
Accommodation
Berths 4
Large companionway over the bridge deck accessing the main cabin.
Galley to starboard with a Flavel Vanessa 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Single stainless steel sink gravity drains overboard. Hand pumped fresh water from the tanks. Salt water hand pump.
Chart table to port with nav equipment and switchboard. Chart drawer under with storage lockers below. Access to engine behind the companion steps.
Saloon with full standing headroom. Port and starboard settee berths with centreline drop leaf table. Plenty of storage lockers behind the settee’s.
Bulkhead with centreline double doors to the forepeak. Heads compartment to starboard with a Simpson Lawrence sea toilet and hand basin.
Double V berth in forepeak.
Equipment
Navigation
M Tech M500 VHF radio
Plastimo bulkhead steering compass
Navman Multi speed/depth
JVC car radio with CD player
Autohelm 2000 autopilot
Garmin GPS 120xl GPS unit
GarminGPS38 hand held
XM2000 hand held VHF
Galley
Crockery
Cutlery
Pans, kettle etc
Safety
2 dry powder fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
2 horseshoe lifebuoys/light
Lifejackets
Fender boarding ladder
Ground tackle
35lb CQR anchor.
60 metres 1/2” chain.
35lb fisherman anchor with chain and rope warp
Fenders and warps.
Gear
Blue acrylic sail covers and dodgers
Blue acrylic winter covers over mizzen and main booms
Pair of stout timber beaching legs
Tennamast galvanised steel cradle
New spare propeller (courtesy of Poole Propellers)
Tender
Avon Redcrest inflatable
Honda 4-stroke BF2D outboard
Disclaimer:
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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.
