Tall Ship Phoenix For Sale

Wooden Ships comments on this square-rigged tall ship for sale

The Phoenix is a 111ft square-rigged tall ship built by Hjorne and Jakobsen of Frederikshavn, Denmark, in 1929 as a Baltic Trader.  Instead of working the traditional trading routes, she set off as an evangelical mission schooner which she did for 20 years until she was used for cargo for many years.

Video of The Phoenix Tall Ship under full sail

Tall Ship

She was first converted in 1974 before being bought by Square Sail in 1988.  She had a lot of work done at that time and was converted to her current configuration to be used in film work.  She has appeared in many feature films and television dramas, giving her a fine reputation as an adaptable and effective filming platform.  Filming she has worked on recently includes In the Heart of the Sea, Poldark, Taboo and Frontier.

Because Phoenix has been a commercial boat for many years, she has been subject to regular and well-documented refit work with large amounts of replacement planking, re-fastening and other work as required, all of which have been documented and are available for inspection.

She is licensed under the MCA Category 2 for 60 miles from a safe haven for 12 persons.  The commercial licence was renewed in 2021.

She is an unusual vessel, the likes of which rarely come on the market.  Her rig is not just for show; she is a very capable sea-going sailing boat that does not need a huge crew to handle her and could be sailed anywhere in the world for new owners or for future film work if desired.  Her appearance can be easily altered to adapt to her many different roles, something which has been proven many times before.

Tall Ship details

Length on Deck                 78’ (24m)

Length Overall                   111’ (34m)

Beam                                    22’7” (6.9m)

Draft                                      8’6” (2.6m)

Air Draft                               81’ (24.7m)

Sail Area                               372sqm

Since the lifting of Covid restrictions, the boat has been very active with filming work, moving to various locations around the UK from one job to the next, proving to be an excellent filming platform.  Below are details of her film work to show what Phoenix is capable of.

Film History and current work:

In 1991 The Phoenix was converted into the C15th Caravel Santa Maria for the Ridley Scott film 1492 Conquest of Paradise.  By 1996 she had been converted into a Two Masted C18th Brig, and as this rig, she starred in the following:

Horn Blower series

Captain Sabretooth

Voyage of Discovery

Moll Flanders

Frenchman’s Creek

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Since 2017:

In the Heart of the Sea

Poldark – all series

Taboo

Frontier

Recent Documentaries include Enslaved 2021, The Boats That Built Britain, available now on youtube, and History Hit 2021

In April 2022, the vessel completed filming on her third series of Outlander in Scotland.  She recently teamed up again with Ridley Scott for his latest film, soon to be released. In March, she also featured in Great Expectations with the BBC on the River Beaulieu.  In this 2022 season, The Phoenix will be appearing at maritime festivals in UK and Ireland and is a favoured vessel for sail training excursions in the UK and Europe. Film projects in the pipeline include The Phoenix featuring as ‘The Beagle’ made famous by Captain Fitzroy and Charles Darwin’s voyage to the southern ocean.

Wooden Ships comments on this Max Oertz Bermudan Cutter

44′ bermudan cutter for sale designed by Max Oertz and built by Hans Heidtmann, Hamburg in 1925.

Max Oertz was the Kaisers naval architect and was responsible for the Kaisers own yachts, Meteor IV and Meteor V, as well as numerous 10m rule yachts and his big schooner Germania.

This design was very advanced for her time and an unusual design but proved to be fast and sea-worthy, winning the North Sea Race and the Kieler Woche in the late 1920s.  She later moved to the UK and was in the ownership of the Blewitt family for many years (Mary Blewitt of RORC fame) and later owned by Maurice Laing, who operated her as a sail training vessel in Scottish waters.

After a complete rebuild in the mid 1990s, she was purchased by the current owners in 2007, who have continued to update and maintain the boat to a very high level.  A full list of recent works is available upon request but includes a new engine, new teak deck, new sails, new ballast keel and keel bolts and an updated interior.

Since 2007 she has been raced regularly in classic sailing regattas proving to be a fast, comfortable boat and a real head turner.  Her large sail area and long waterline length make her a fast boat but still easily handled and suitable for family cruising.

A superb sailing yacht with a fully documented history, well maintained and up to date, ready for the season.

Length on Deck                 44’

Length Waterline             39’1”

Beam                                    10’6”

Draft                                      6’9”

Displacement                    15.09 tons

Thames Tonnage             19TM

Refit work in present ownership since 2007

2007

New Lombardini 60hp engine

Fuel tank removed, cleaned  and overhauled

2008

Teak Deck recaulked with Sikaflex

New port & starboard portholes forecastle

2009

New stainless steel sink & taps

New teak veneers and joinery in galley

Wemo 40 litre coolbox

New ENO Gascogne 2 burner and oven galley stove

2011

2 additional new Dorade boxes

6 stainless steel Andersen cockpit winches fitted

2012

Internal lead ballast removed

New upholstery for bunk mattresses

2013

New lead keel cast and fitted with stainless steel new keel bolts

Deadwood and 2 bottom planks renewed in oak

New caulking as necessary

Classic Sestrel Moore Compass restored

New asymmetric spinnaker

2014

New marine PC, screen, navigation software

New Philippi AC Switchboard

New sole boards in all cabins and saloon in A grade Java teak glued to ply, including hatches to all bilge compartments

New sprayhood

2015

New mainsail sheet and Barton blocks

New sail and hatch covers

New sails (mainsail, genoa, staysail)

2017

New Harken mast rail and cars for mainsail

New Safeguard life raft

Water tank gauges replaced

2018

New Johnson bilge pumps

All navigation lights replaced with LED units

2019

New with marine plywood subdeck overlaid with teak

New coaming aft end of cockpit

New Raymarine AIS Transponder

New Fusion audio set

Lazy jacks fitted for mainsail

2020

Replacement of steering cables

New planks under waterline port side

New lockers in skippers’ cabin

Water pressure system replaced

Fuel tank gauges replaced

All internal light bulbs replaced by LED units

2021

New upholstery in saloon

Wooden Ships Comments

Classic Folkboat design built by Berthon in Lymington in 1960.  Bought by the present owner as a project with a major refit undertaken in recent years.  This included new keel bolts, engine and rigging, a refit of the interior, rebuilt cockpit and new decks.

A nice tidy boat with 2 berths, heads and galley.  Sitting on a double axle road trailer that is available by separate negotiation.  Trailer available for a buyer to use for delivery.

Length                 25’

Beam                  7’2”

Draft                   3’10”

Construction

Planked in mahogany all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Sawn oak floors across the centreline with steel keel bolts passing through them.

External iron ballast keel with new mild steel keel bolts.

Marine plywood deck sheathed in epoxy glass cloth.  Mahogany toe rail all round and a mahogany rubbing strake.

Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck on laminated deck beams.  Varnished grab rails and forehatch on the coachroof.

Non self draining cockpit with a thwart either side and painted plywood sole.  Thwarts lift up to access lockers beneath with large lazarette locker under the aft deck.

Transom hung rudder.

Rig

Fractional Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped varnished wooden mast.

Standard Folkboat rig set up for a deck stepped version with a pair of shrouds to the jumper struts, a pair of lower shrouds, single forestay, split standing backstay and uppers over jumper struts to support the mast head.

Varnished wooden roller reefing boom, converted to slab reefing.

Stainless steel standing rigging to external stainless chain plates, all new in the recent refit.

Roller furling headsail system.

Pair of Gibb self tailing cockpit sheet winches and a Tuffnel mast winch.

Mainsail, 2 headsails and a spinnaker in reasonable condition.

Machinery

Yanmar 1GM10 single cylinder diesel installed new in the recent refit.

Stainless shaft to a centreline fixed 2 blade bronze propeller.

Stainless fuel tank.

Single 12 volt battery charged from the engine alternator.

1 manual and 1 auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation

Cosy accommodation common to a Folkboat with 2 single berths, heads, galley and sitting headroom.

Step down from the companion hatch with the galley to port.  Varnished work surface that hinges up to access the cooker below.  Optimus 2 burner paraffin stove with built in tank set on gimbals.

Opposite the galley is a small seat, behind which is a a shelf with the 12 volt distribution panel.

Small bulkheads either side separate off the main saloon area with a single settee berth either side.  Each berth has a trotter box at either end for added length.

Bulkhead with centreline varnished doors into the forepeak with the heads and storage space.

Heads is a Baby Blake sea toilet that discharges directly overboard, located on the centreline facing aft.

Equipment

Sestrel steering compass

Standard Horizon CP180i chart plotter

Hand held VHF

Simrad sounder

Clock and barometer

Radio CD player

Manual bilge pump

Auto electric bilge pump

Bunk and berth cushions

2 x gimballed oil cabin lamps

Curtains

Optimus 2 burner paraffin stove

Mainsail

Jib

Genoa

Spinnaker

Cockpit cover

Trailer by separate negotiation

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.

Westcountry Trading Ketch Bessie Ellen For Sale

Wooden Ships Comments on this traditional wooden tall ship For Sale

A tall ship for sale, Bessie Ellen, is a 118ft gaff ketch built in 1904 by W.S Kelly of Plymouth as a trading ketch, one of many similar vessels plying their trade around the coast of the UK and Ireland.

The current owner refitted her as a charter vessel, retaining as much of her original charm as possible. She has operated successfully around the UK, northern Europe and the Canary Islands for many years.  This is an active vessel with an excellent reputation and has an income potential with current activities upwards of £250,000 per year.

Bessie Ellen has a traditional feel but is equipped with modern electrical, mechanical and domestic systems making her a warm, safe and comfortable sailing yacht to be aboard even in cold northern climates.

She has a large saloon, historically her cargo hold, with 12 single berths for guests and lots of seating.  Forward is a crew cabin with separate heads; aft is the owner/skipper’s cabin.  The commercial-grade galley is fully equipped for charter sailing.

She is virtually unique due to her certification level, which would be very difficult to obtain if starting afresh with another vessel.  Her certification includes:

• MCA Category 0 for 12 passengers plus 6 crew
• Class VI passenger licence for 60 day passengers
• Cargo licence for 50 tons of cargo.

Bessie Ellen is registered under 24m so can be captained with an RYA Yachtmaster commercial licence making her an easy boat to crew.

The vessel is fully equipped with all the necessary safety, navigation and general equipment for her certified level of commercial operation.

Constantly maintained by a professional group of experienced craftsmen, this vessel must be one of the best examples of a traditional wooden sailing ship afloat and is in first-class condition ready for commercial sailing.  Her MCA commercial licence is fully up to date with all necessary gear and equipment.

Charter vessel for sale

She has a very well booked charter season for 2024 and a schedule coming out soon for 2025.  The current owner will continue to market, operate and maintain the vessel until she sells.  If desired, a new owner could take on the vessel and business to include all the current bookings.  Details of her income potential are available upon request, however a quick study of her sailing itinerary will show income potential upward of £250,000 per year.

Read about our trip from Tenerife to Lisbon on Bessie Ellen.

Full specifications, previous MCA surveys and inventory lists available on request.

A unique opportunity to purchase a very special traditional sailing vessel with numerous potential commercial opportunities and is certified to the highest of standards.

Length Overall                   118′ / 36m

Length on Deck                 84′ / 25.6m

Registered Length            74’6″ / 22.7m

Beam                                    20’4″ / 6.2m

Draft                                      7’10” / 2.4m

Air Draft                               79′ / 24m

Sail Area                               330sqm

The Bessie Ellen – 1904 West Country Trading Ketch

Wooden Ships Comments on this Alan Buchanan Viking Class Sloop

Built by the current owner for himself and launched in 1983.  The owner is a time served shipwright and completed the boat to a very good standard.

In the early 1980’s when the idea of building a yacht had surfaced, the owner remembered the line plans of a Buchanan yacht in one of the magazines.  After visiting Buchanan himself and discussing his needs, they settled on the plans of the Viking Class.  The boat was built in a purpose made dry shed on the banks of Pill Creek near Bristol, a village steeped in boating history and closely connected to the Pilot Cutters.  She has been berthed in Pill creek since her launch, cruised from here around the Bristol Channel, south Wales and West Country.

The Viking was a successful design for Buchanan and proved to be a fast and easily handled cruising boat.  The relatively shallow draft of 4’7” means she can access areas deeper boats cannot and with a ballast ratio of 43% she is a very stiff and weatherly boat.

A well maintained and solid cruising boat, built and sailed by the current professional shipwright owner.

Length on Deck                 30’10”

Length Waterline             24’1”

Beam                                    9’

Draft                                      4’7”

Displacement                    5.75 tons

Thames tonnage              9TM

Construction

Carvel planked in Scottish larch with nearly all full length planks.  Copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.  Seams caulked and payed with white lead.  Iroko transom.

Fabricated stainless steel strap floors fastened with silicone bronze bolts.

External cast iron ballast keel fastened with stainless bolts.  2 bolts drawn in 2005 and found to be in perfect condition.

The deck was constructed of yacht laid iroko planking over a marine plywood subdeck.  In 1995 the deck was sheathed in epoxy glass cloth and finished with 2 pack paint with non-slip patches.

The hull is strengthened with a clamp beneath the beamshelf running from the forecabin to the bridge deck, helping to spread the loads of the rig and the beaching legs when they are in use.

Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with aluminium framed windows and toughened glass.

Sheathed plywood coachroof deck on laminated deck beams.  Finished externally in 2 pack paint and non-slip Treadmaster patches.

Self draining cockpit with laid iroko thwarts.  Lifting locker lids into port cockpit locker and aft lazarette.

Companion hatch has Perspex washboards with a heavy duty aluminium framed sliding hatch kept in place with heavy dog catches.

Transom hung rudder on stainless pintles with a varnished oak tiller.

Rig

Mast head Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped mast.

The mast is of hollow laminated construction in Sitka spruce, glued with SP epoxy and finished with 2 pack varnish.  Stepped in a stainless steel tabernacle supported below decks with 4 compression posts.  Mast stripped and re-varnished in 2017.

Varnished wooden slab reefing boom with custom stainless steel gooseneck fitting.

Stainless steel standing rigging over a single set of spreaders.  Rigging new in 2009.  Internal stainless chain plates come right down the hull to the bilge stringer, spreading the loads of the rig.

Pair of lower shrouds and a single cap shroud either side.  Twin standing back stays to stainless steel quarter plates on the transom.

Furlex roller furling headsail system.

Mainsail, furling genoa, spinnaker, cruising chute, storm jib and tri-sail.

2 x Lewmar 30 Self tailing primary cockpit sheet winches.  2 x Barlow self tailing bronze secondary cockpit sheet winches.

2 x Barlow 20 mast halyard winches and a Gibb reefing winch on the boom.

Machinery

Beta Marine BD1005 28hp 3cyl diesel installed new in 2005.

PRM gearbox to a fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.  R&D coupling with a Volvo Penta stern gland seal.  Stern gear all new in 2005.

Approximately 25 gallon aluminium fuel tank located under the cockpit sole. Water separator filter with glass sight bowl.

2 x 12 volt batteries of 100ah each charged from the engine alternator.  Located beneath the quarter berth.

Stainless steel fresh water tank under the saloon cabin sole with approximately 40 gallons capacity.

Accommodation

5 berths including a quarter berth, 2 saloon settee berths and 2 single berths in the forepeak.

Steps down over the engine box into the main cabin with a quarter berth to starboard and galley to port.

The quarter berth is full length.  Fold at chart desk at the forward end of the berth.

Galley has a Nelson gimballed 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill.  Single stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water and a manual pump out.  Good storage lockers around the galley.  Gas locker in the lazarette drains overboard as per regulations.

Half height bulkheads separate off the main saloon with vertical grab rails.

Saloon has a settee berth either side with a dropleaf varnished mahogany table and varnished sole boards.  Storage space beneath the settees, outboard of the settee backs and under the deckhead in various lockers.

Central passageway going forward with double folding varnished woden doors into the heads compartment.

Jabsco manual sea toilet to starboard discharges directly overboard.  Stainless steel hand basin to port with manually pumped fresh water and locker beneath.

Double varnished wooden doors into the forepeak with 2 single berths and forehatch above.  Anchor locker in the bows.

Equipment

2 x Plastimo steering compasses

VDO depth, log and wind instruments (masthead unit for wind not working)

Simrad DSC VHF

Furuno GP31 GPS

Autohelm 2000 tiller pilot

Clock and barometer

LED masthead tri-colour nav light, port, starboard, stern and steaming lights

Electric auto bilge pump

Henderson manual bilge pump

2 x horse shoe life buoys with lights

5 x inflatable life jackets

Throwing line

Strop with tackle to assist with MOB

Rope boarding ladder

Hand held search light

Firdel Blipper radar reflector

Spare tiller

Jackstays

Avon Rover inflatable dinghy with oars

Gas alarm/sensor

2 x mast mounted deck lights

Beta Marine BD1005 28hp diesel engine with PRM gearbox (2005)

2 x 12 volt 100 ah batteries

Battery level indicator

Simpson Lawrence Hy-speed manual windlass

35lb CQR anchor

Approx. 250’ of 5/16” anchor chain

2 x Fishermans kedge anchors

Bunk and berth cushions

Nelson 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill

Galley equipment and utensils

Saloon table

Curtains

Jabsco sea toilet

Mainsail with slab reefing by Sanders Sails

Furling genoa by Sanders Sails

Furling Genoa by Bristol Sails

Spinnaker by Jeckells

Crusing chute with snuffer by Jeckells

Tri-sail and storm jib by Jeckells

Mainsail cover

Furlex roller furling headsail system

Alloy spinnaker pole

2 x Lewmar 30 self tailing cockpit sheet winches

2 x Barlow self tailing bronze cockpit sheet winches.

2 x Barlow 20 mast halyard winches

Gibb reefing winch on the boom

Winch handles and holders

Cockpit cover

Sprayhood

Beaching legs

Warps

Fenders

2 x gas bottles

2 xboat hooks

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.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Laurent Giles Vertue V40

The Vertue is one the most iconic British yacht designs of all time, examples of which have voyaged the world and proved themselves as incredible sea boats with capabilities far beyond their size.  This particular boat, Laurent Giles Vertue V40, is a very nice example, that has benefited from a regime of continuous maintenance and light use.

Designed by Laurent Giles and built by Stebbings of Burnham on Crouch in 1951.  She was built for the Festival of Britain exhibition in 1951 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Britain) as an example of top class British boat building and craftsmanship, there are black and white photos of her being exhibited with her original varnished hull.  She was named ‘Festival Vertue’ when launched.

After this she remained in the same family for over  50 years, based in Essex, where she was very well maintained and had a major professional refit in 2005.  She then moved to Devon where she is now based and has been kept up to a very good standard by her diligent owner with professional help where required.  She has had only 3 fastidious owners since 1951

This is the short doghouse model giving a slightly larger cockpit and a bridge deck, ideal for weekend and day sailing.  The interior offers 2 comfortable berths and 6′ headroom plus a heads and galley, everything you need for local cruising and long weekends aboard.

Annual refits have been carried out each year for the current owner by a professional shipwright keeping her in good overall order. (Schedule is available)

Benefitting from a Nov 2022 Survey, the Surveyor concluded “Virtue Fidelis was generally found to be in very good order, particularly in view of the fact that the vessel is more than 70 years old.” and valued her at the current marketing price of £22,000

This is a very smart example of the Vertue in ready to go condition with a nice pedigree and history.

November 2022 survey available.

Length on Deck                 25’3″

Length Overall                   27′

Beam                                    7’2″

Draft                                      4’6″

Thames Tonnage             5TM

Refit during September to November 2022 as follows:

1. Unstep mast and all rigging and standing rigging.
2. Refit anti chafe covers to spreaders
3. Rig Report carried out by Lee Rogers Rigging – See separate Report
4. Complete mast refit back to bare wood with 9 coats of protection, re-painted steelwork as required.
5. New wiring and fixings for mast head light and VHF ariel fitted.
6. Bumpkin rigging shackles upgraded to load tested SS Shackles.
7. A total of 11No Keel Bolts drawn and inspected.
8. 3 No small Bronze false keel bolts checked in perfect condition – refitted in false keel.
9. 8 No new EN8 (High Tensile strength Medium Carbon) Steel Spun Galvanised Ballast keel bolts machined and re-refitted with Linseed Oil/Red Led powder mix with Caulking and Sika at top and bottom of each keel
10. Hull refurbished as required with small, localised repairs refit with graving pieces, plugs, red lead putty. Sacrificial timber keel forward of iron ballast keel re-bedded screwed and plugged.
11. Repair to one area of underside of false keel using elm pieces.
12. Hull – 2 coats of Sea Jet Primer No 15 and 2 coats of Sea Jet Anitfoul No 33 Applied
13. Sea Cocks all checked and working.
14. Mast base timber plate refurbished, primed and painted.
15. Bumkin timber refurbished 6 coats of Epifanes
16. New anode fitted plus new aft inboard anode support pad replaced.
17. Deck repainted with Hempel Grip deck paint.
18. Bulwark and covering Boards repainted with 2 coats Hempel white satin topcoat.
19. Coach Roof, Coamings, Hatches, Handrails and Bulwark capping all varnished.
20. Interior – Underside of T&G decking repainted with 2 coats of Zinsser sealing/priming paint and 2 coats of Antimould Paint topcoat.
21. Independent professional survey carried out 7^th November 2022 – Available on request.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Laurent Giles Vertue II

Based on the famous Vertue design by Laurent Giles, this is the very first example of what was known as the Vertue II, the same lines but built using GRP, completed in 1979 and built to Lloyds 100A1 classification.  Shortly after completion, the boat was exhibited at the London Boat Show in 1979.  This is the first and and possibly the best GRP Vertue II, a superb and immensely capable short handed blue water cruising boat.

The most notable feature of this boat compared to other examples of the Vertue II is her interior.  Because she was due to be exhibited at the boat show, the yard put a lot of time and effort into building her interior using solid teak giving her a cozy and comfortable feeling comparable to some of her earlier wooden sister ships.  Later boats were not fitted out to this high standard due to the extortionate cost.

Sold into Swedish ownership in 2010 where she has been based ever since, cruising the archipelagos and coasts of the Baltic.  Last year she was sold, bought by an Australian for an intended long distance cruise and she had considerable investment with new gear and equipment in readiness for that trip.  Unfortunately plans have changed, the trip cancelled and the boat must be sold once again.

The boat had been totally prepared for this voyage and is a fully equipped, turn key blue water cruising boat in ready to go condition.  Recent updates include:

2021 survey

New Liferaft

New AIS

New roller furling headsail system

New batteries

New EPIRB and PLB

She has been well maintained and continually upgraded over the years.  She is well set up for single handed sailing, easily handled by one person and capable of offshore cruising in rough weather if required, the Vertue has often been referred to as the ‘greatest offshore cruiser’.

Length on Deck                 25’8″

Length Waterline             21’6″

Beam                                    7’10”

Draft                                      4’5″

Displacement                    4,100kg/9000lbs

Ballast                                   2000kg/4400lbs

Construction

GRP moulded hull, heavily laid and built to Lloyds 100A1.

2 ton external iron ballast keel.

GRP moulded decks and coachroof finished in blue non slip coating.  Scrubbed teak hand rails on the coachroof deck.

Lewmar hatch forward of the mast

Moulded self draining cockpit with a scrubbed teak capping rail and Treadmaster non slip mat on the thwarts.  Sprayhood with a zipped back to shelter the cockpit.

Tiller steering with a transom hung wooden rudder, rebuilt in 2016.  Stainless steel pintles and gudgeons.  Aries wind vane steering fitted.

Rig

Masthead bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy mast.  Mast steps fitted.

New Selden single line slab reefing boom in 2016.  Stack pack system fitted on lazy jacks.

The mast and rigging is over spec for a boat of her size making everything very strong.

Twin lower shrouds and a single cap shroud to internal stainless steel chain plates.

ProFurl C290 roller furling genoa system, new in 2022.  Split standing backstay.  Inner forestay for storm jib.

Fully battened mainsail with lazy jacks and stack pack system.  Genoa by Hood in good condition.  Second genoa, storm jib, working jib and spinnaker.

Lewmar 16 primary cockpit sheet winches and a pair of Lewmar non-self tailing secondary sheet winches.

Lewmar 16 self tailing winch on coachroof for running rigging which is led through jamming clutches.

Machinery

Yanmar 2GM20 16hp twin cylinder diesel.  Complete and thorough service in 2022.  Full set of spares and tools aboard.

Stainless steel shaft with an Aqua-Drive coupling to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.  5 knots cruising speed.

17 gallons of diesel in an incorporated tank under the engine built into the keel.

20 gallons of water in a plastic tank under the saloon sole.

2 x AGM domestic batteries and 1 x engine start battery, all new in 2022.

Small inverter for 240 volt, new in 2022.

Accommodation

3 berths plus an extra berth in the fore peak currently used for storage.  6’2″ headroom throughout the saloon.

The interior of this very first example of the Vertue II was finished in solid teak panelling all done to a very high standard and gives her a cosy comfortable feel in the cabin similar to that of her earlier wooden counterparts.

Steps down from the cockpit with a quarter berth to starboard and galley to port.

Galley has an Origo twin burner meths stove on gimbals.  Stainless sink with manually pumped fresh and salt water.  Various lockers, cubby holes and storage shelves around the galley give plenty of stowage space.

Half height bulkheads with the recognisable curved top found in Vertues separate off the main saloon.  Settee berth either side with trotter box forward.  Lockers behind under the deck head and storage beneath the seats as well.

Teak shelf and storage lockers at the forward end of the saloon either side, each with a brass oil lamp on gimbals.

Custom made stainless steel solid fuel cabin heater mounts on the bulkhead.

Centreline door into the forepeak with a heads to starboard and the 4th berth/storage are to starboard.

Heads is a Blakes manual sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.

Equipment

Aries Lift up wind vane self steering

Autohelm ST 4000 tiller pilot with fixed mounted display/control unit in cockpit.

Yeoman Navigator Pro

GPS

VHF

Navtex

AIS EM-track B400 class B (AIS sender and receiver) with its own chart display

Binoculars

3 anchors plus chain.

Simpson Lawrence anchor windlass type S-L Hyspeed Double Action Lever Windlass.

Lazizas Coastal valise life raft, new 2022

EPIRB, new 2022

Personal locator Beacon, new 2022

Life jacket, new 2022

2 x life line terthers

Jackstays

Fire blanket in the galley

MOB ladder

Life buoy

Spare tiller

Fog horn

Manual bilge pump

Auto electric bilge pump

Radar reflector

Bunk and berth cushions

Full galley equipment

Paraffin cabin lamps

2 burner Origo spirit stove

Boat hook

Deck brush

Bimini sun awning

Warps

Fenders

Custom made stainless steel solid fuel stove cabin heater.

Sprayhood with zipped on back

Engine spares

Tool kit

Mainsail, fully battened

Spinnaker

Storm jib

Working jib

Genoa

Mainsail stack pack system with lazy jacks

2 x Lewmar self tailing cockpit sheet winches

2 x non-self tailing cockpit sheet winches

Mast steps

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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.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Lug Rigged Hillyard Ketch

Originally a 4 ton Hillyard, built by Hillyards of Littlehampton in 1937.  Refitted and altered by a well know West Country boat builder and traditional ship owner in his retirement.  He added a larger coachroof for added headroom and converted her from a transom into a Colin Archer style canoe stern with a rudder hung on the stern post.  He also fitted a new 2 mast lug rig.

This is a highly unusual and unique little boat that is certainly eye catching and a bit special.  Her rig is fascinating because the booms are fixed to the mast, so that the whole mast rotates in a bearing when altering the sheets.

This is something a little different with a good amount of internal space but still a small enough yacht to keep running costs and handling issues to a minimum.

Length on Deck                 25’

Length Overall                   31’

Beam                                    8’6”

Draft                                      4’

Construction

Carvel planked in mahogany all copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Groan oak floors across the centreline with the keel bolts through the floors.

External iron ballast keel with steel keel bolts.  History of the bolts is unknown.

Epoxy sheathed marine plywood decks finished in non-slip deck paint laid over a T&G sub deck.

High bulwark all round of marine plywood with an iroko capping.

Varnished teak coachroof coamings, raised by the previous owner to give more headroom below.

Cambered coachroof deck of sheathed marine plywood over T&G boards on oak deck beams.  Oak supporting knees on the coamings.  Bronze round portholes.

Rudder hung on the stern post similar to the Colin Archer boats.  Oak tiller but can also be steered with the fitted wheel that operates the tiller with rope pulleys.

Rig

Ketch rigged standing lug on keel stepped masts.

The booms are fixed to the masts with galvanised fittings so that the whole mast rotates in a simple bearing when sheeted in or out.

Spars re-varnished in 2021.

Galvanised wire standing rigging with spliced ends to dead eyes and lanyards.  External stainless steel chain plates.  Simply rigged with a single pair of shrouds either side.

Simple bowsprit runs through a gammon iron to the starboard side of the stem, the heel sitting against a heavy traditional set of bitts.

Cutter headed rig which sets a staysail and jib.

Mainsail, mizzen, staysail and jib all in excellent condition.

Machinery

Kubota 2cyl 10hp diesel, raw water cooled.

Mechanical gearbox, possibly from a Sabb diesel to a fixed 2 blade bronze propeller.

Plastic fuel tank of approximately 40 litres in the cockpit.

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator.

1 x manual bilge pump and 1 x auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation

3 berths including 2 saloon settee berths and a single in the fore peak.

5’9” headroom in the saloon.

Steps down from the companion hatch with a pull out 2 burner gas stove to port and stainless steel sink to starboard.  Manually pumped fresh water from a plastic water tank in the heads compartment.

A single berth either side in the saloon, staggered to allow space for the heads compartment on the port side.

Heads compartment is not currently fitted with a basin or sea toilet but there is space for one.

Forepeak with a single berth to port.

Equipment

NASA Target 2 sounder

Cobra DSC VHF

Manual bilge pump

Auto electric bilge pump

Fishermans anchor

Beaching legs

Mainsail

Mizzen

Staysail

Jib

Bunk and berth cushions

2 x 12 volt Numax batteries

2 burner gas stove

Copper kettle

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.

 Wooden Ships Comments on this Buchanan Cruiser Racer Sloop

Designed by Alan Buchanan and built by Priors of Burnham in 1959 to Lloyds 100A1 standard for competing in RORC Class II racing.

She proved to be a fast, successful yacht in her early years. She was featured in Yachting Monthly 1961.  The design is notable for the extra beam, much more than was usual at this period.  She has a large cock-pit with plenty space for the crew to work the yacht, wheel steering keeps the helmsman out of the way and her extra beam allows for wide clear side deck and plenty room around the mast.

She had a major refit by David Moss Boat Builder, Fleetwood in 2007-8 with full photographic record and continuous updating.  More recently she has had a new Beta Marine engine in 2018 which has hardly been used.

6 berths with 6’6” headroom, this is a very elegant and fast cruiser racer, ideal for classic regattas or just family cruising.

Bought by the present owner in 2021 after she had been laid up afloat for a couple of years.  The owner had planned to carry out the required refit but circumstances dictate he wishes to sell her again.

The yacht had a full out of water survey carried out by a competent wooden boat surveyor in September 2021.  This survey has highlighted exactly what is required to get the boat back into sailing trim and this work has been quantified by various boat yards with figures available to any prospective purchaser.

This is a very elegant yacht in need of a refit before the sailing season.  All the information is available to a prospective purchaser to make an informed decision about exactly what work is required and how much that will cost.

Length on deck                                 41’

Length Waterline                             28’

Beam                                                    11’

Draft                                                      6’

Thames Tonnage                             15TM

Construction

Planked in teak, copper fastened to closely spaced Canadian Rock Elm timbers of 2” x 1.5” at 7” centres.

Galvanised strap floors across the centreline, many have been removed and re-galvanised with new bolts around 2007.

External lead ballast keel with bonze keel bolts.

Yacht laid teak deck joggled to a king plank, secret nailed over a thin plywood subdeck.  Scrubbed teak deep toe rail and capping rail all round with recessed bronze fairleads fore and aft.

Varnished teak coamings with an elegant coachroof lifting a little to a raised doghouse aft.  Chromed bronze portholes and windows.  Varnished teak  sliding companion hatch, dorade boxes, hand rails and forehatch.

Very spacious and comfortable self draining cockpit with scrubbed teak thwarts and teak coamings.  Scrubbed teak sole boards lift for access to the hull below.  Deep locker each side.

Wheel steering on a Whitclock pedestal with a varnished teak wheel.  Emergency tiller installation.

Rig

Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped varnished wooden mast.

Roller reefing varnished wooden boom with chromed bronze reefing gear.

Stainless steel standing rigging, all new in 2008, to internal galvanised chain plates, new in 2007.

Single spreaders with twin lowers and a cap shroud, single standing backstay and Hood roller furling headsail system. Lazy inner forestay for storm sail.

Pair of Lewmar 55 self tailing primary cockpit sheet winches.  Barlow 26 non self tailing secondary cockpit sheet winches.  Top action bronze main sheet winch. Captive wire main halyard mast winch and a Lewmar 30 headsail halyard winch.

Mainsail, Hood genoa on furling gear, ghoster and storm jib new in 2005 .  Mainsail cover new in 2011.

Machinery

Beta Marine 38hp 4cyl diesel installed new in 2018.  As new condition with very few hours.

Centreline shaft to a 3 blade feathering Darglow propeller installed new in 2020.

40 gallon stainless steel fuel tank under the cockpit.

2 x 125ah Vetus Elecsol carbon fibre monobloc batteries, new in 2011.  Charging from engine alternator and shore power.

Calorifier off the engine for heating domestic water.  Also heated with a 240v immersion coil when connected to shore power.

Manual and auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation

6 berths including twin v-berths forward, 2 saloon settee berths and 2 saloon pilot berths.

6’6” headroom in the saloon.

Steps down over the engine box with the chart desk to port and galley to starboard.

Chart desk faces aft with a varnished teak thwart and lots of storage space.

Galley has a Flavell Wayferer 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill, set on gimbals.  Single deep stainless sink with original chromed bronze hand pump for fresh water.  Hot and cold pressurised water supply with mixer tap, hot water from a calorifier.  Storage space above and below the galley.

Half height bulkheads with vertical handrails separate off the main saloon.  Port and starboard saloon settee berth with a pilot berth behind each side.  Storage lockers under the pilot berths.  Centreline fold out saloon table.

Starboard side passageway going forward with heads compartment to port and hanging locker to starboard.

Heads compartment has a Baby Blake sea toilet, rebuilt in 2008, that discharges directly overboard.  Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.

Forward cabin with twin V-berths and full headroom, forehatch above. Anchor locker forward right in the bows.

Full specification and details available upon request

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.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Sparkman and Stephens teak sloop

Designed by Sparkman and Stephens, S&S drawing No.153 dated 9^th December 1936.

Built by AH King Slipways, Hong Kong in 1949. Supposedly built for Ambassador Carlos Romulo of the Philippines, a general, journalist, WWII resistance fighter and later a UN representative.  Brought to New York while Romulo was working for the UN, she came into the present family ownership in 1967, sailing out of Maine for many years before moving to the eastern Mediterranean in 1992 where she has remained ever since.

Her exact condition is not clear, but given the quality of her hull planking it is likely the hull can be restored.  Some work is certainly required around the stern post.

The interior is quite remarkable, completely original and untouched, she is a real time capsule and a very rare opportunity for someone looking to restore their own classic yacht.

The owner is anxious to find a suitable new custodian who is able to give the boat the sympathetic refit she deserves.

Length on Deck                 45’

Length Waterline             32’

Beam                                    10’6”

Draft                                      6’

Construction

Burma teak hull with a layer of diagonal planking overlaid with fore and aft planking.  All copper rivet fastened to steam bent timbers.

Lead ballast keel with bronze keel bolts.

Varnished teak toe rails, coamings and cockpit.

Laid deck covered in Dynal and painted with deck paint.

Rig

Fractionally rigged Bermudan cutter on a keel stepped Sitka spruce mast.  Slab or roller reefing wooden boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal chain plates.  Running rigging is complete.

Harken roller furling headsail system.

Sails include mainsail, 120% genoa, smaller genoa, storm jib and spinnaker.

Merriman bronze non-self tailing sheet winches.

Barient captive wire main halyard winch.

Machinery

Greyhound 40hp petrol engine to a 2 blade offset propeller.

Accommodation

6 berths including 2 single quarter berths, 2 settee berths, 1 pilot berth and a pipecot in the forepeak.

Teak and cane interior is entirely original and could be considered a ‘time capsule’.

All varnished teak joinery in its original form.

Steps down over the engine with a quarter berth either side.  Chart desk drops down over the port side quarter berth when required.

Main saloon with a settee berth either side and original joinery outboard.  Pilot berth to starboard.

Starboard side passage going forward with heads compartment to port.

Galley is forward of the mast as was common at the time this yacht was build.

Centreline door into the large forepeak with a pipecot berth and storage space.  This is where the paid hand would have lived with direct access to the galley.

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.