Wooden Ships Comments on this Woodnutts Bermudan Cutter

Woodnutts bermudan cutter built by Woodnutt and Co. on the Isle of Wight in 1938, it is believed she was designed in house for the first owner.

Originally launched as a ketch, she was built as a solid and very comfortable cruising boat.  The design is very interesting and obviously takes its influence from several areas, not least we believe from the Colin Archer yachts of Norway as she has the same feel of weight, strength and robustness.

The present owners bought her in the early 1970’s and have cruised her extensively as a family.  The maintenance was handed over to a professional yard where she is lifted ashore every winter and stored in the shed with any necessary work carried out.

She had a new deck and coach roof put on around 2000, strengthening of the bottom end and fitting of a new interior in solid panelled hardwood.

Her interior space is massive and she feels like a much bigger boat below decks.  The cockpit has enough space for a very large family to sit in comfort and safety with high coamings all round and still with good visibility forward.  The original mizzen mast would have been just aft of the cockpit, forward of the rudder post.

This is a unique and special yacht which has been very well cared for in the long present ownership.  It is with great sadness that a new custodian is sought but she will make a fine ship for her proud new owner.

Length Over all                  48′

Length on Deck                 41′

Beam                                    11′

Draft                                      6′

Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Replica

Wooden Ships comments on this Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Replica For Sale

This 41′ gaff cutter was built for the current owners by RB Boatbuilding in Bristol, launched in 2017.  She is a replica of a circa 1906 Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter.

She was taken straight to France by her owners and has sailed along the French and Spanish coasts, mainly private sailing, but she has done a small amount of work for the emerging sail cargo industry.

Traditionally built hull and decks with a smart and very comfortable interior comprising a double aft cabin and 4 other single berths with 6’4” headroom in the saloon.

Nicely maintained sailing boat with a full cover over the boat each winter, this is a very recent vessel in good sound condition according to her 2021 survey report.

Length on Deck                 41’5”

Length Overall                   50’

Length Waterline             35’1”

Beam                                    12’4”

Draft                                      6’4”

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Construction

Planked in 1.75” (45mm) pine planking fastened with bronze screws to sawn oak frames.

Oak frames of 2.5” x 5” are constructed of grown sections of oak in futtocks, fastened into pairs with large copper rivets.

Sawn oak floors across the centreline with throat bolts through each floor.

External lead ballast keel of 3.5 tons fastened with galvanised steel bolts.  Internal ballast of lead and concrete of approximately 3 tons.

Solid Opepi straight laid deck screw fastened to the deck beams.  Seams are caulked and payed with Sikaflex or similar.  Seams recaulked and payed in November 2019.

Iroko coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.

Iroko butterfly skylight and forehatch.

Bulwarks all round set on oak stanchions mounted through the coverboard.  Oiled oak capping rail.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped hollow pine mast.

Varnished pine boom, gaff and bowsprit.

This is a pole mast with no fidded topmast.

Galvanised wire standing rigging to external galvanised chain plates.

Mainsail, topsail, staysail, jib and working jib all new in 2017 from Patrick Selman.

Traditional 3 strand running rigging with varnished ash blocks.

Machinery

Beta Marine 35hp diesel installed new in 2017.

Centreline 2 blade bronze propeller gives 5 knots cruising speed.

Plastic fuel tanks with total capacity of 120 litres.

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from a solar panel, engine alternator or a 220 volt charger.

1 manual and 2 auto electric bilge pumps

Accommodation

1 double berth and 4 singles berths in a very smart interior.  All berths a minimum of 6’5″ length.

6’7″ headroom in the saloon.  6’3″ headroom in the galley.

Steps down from the companionway with galley to port and chart desk to starboard.

Galley has a Neptune 4500 gas stove with oven and grill, porcelain sink with hot and cold pressurised water.  Large amount of storage space around the galley.

Chart desk faces outboard with a pull out seat and electronic navigation instruments under the side deck.

Starboard side entrance into the aft cabin with a large double berth to port.

Main saloon has a settee berth and pilot berth to starboard with a centreline dropleaf table.  Port side settee not used as a berth and a large storage space outboard under the deckhead.

Wood burning stove in aft corner of the saloon.

Port side doorway going into fore cabin with heads compartment to starboard

Heads has a manual Jabsco sea toilet with a black waste tank connected.  Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.

Fore cabin has two single berths to starboard and storage space to port.

Full specification and details available upon request

Wooden Ships Comments on this Buchanan East Anglian Sloop

Alan Buchanan East Anglian sloop, sail No. 386Y.

Built in 1962 by Dixon Kerly Ltd of Maldon, Essex.

The recent history of this boat is not well known but she has evidently been well loved over the years with an updated Selden rig and some brand new sails.  Given a recent refit including all external paint and varnish and a rebuilt cockpit, complete engine service, new batteries and new bilge pump.

It is clear that in the not too distant past she has had a lot of money spent on her with a new deck, toe rails and rubbing strake, plus a complete new Selden rig.

A comfortable and easy to handle cruising boat, perfect for single handed sailing or for a couple to explore.

Length on Deck                 27’8”

Length Waterline             21’

Beam                                    8’

Draft                                      4’6”

Thames Tonnage             7TM

Construction

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

Sawn oak floors across the centreline with bronze throat bolts

Cast iron ballast keel with galvanised keel bolts.

Marine plywood deck, sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth and finished in non-slip deck paint.  Deck paint new in December 2021.

Iroko toe rail all round finished in Danish oil.

Iroko coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.

Deep self draining cockpit with a new cockpit sole in 2021.  Iroko coamings slant out for a comfortable seating position.  Scrubbed teak cockpit thwarts with lockers beneath.

Rig

Fractional Bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped Selden alloy mast.

Slab reefing Selden alloy boom with a Bamar vang.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.

Single spreaders with jumper struts.

Mainsail and 2 headsails.  Both headsails have never been used and are still in the bag.

Pair of cockpit sheet winches.  Mast reefing winch.

Machinery

Yanmar 2GM20 twin cylinder marine diesel.  Full service in November 2021.

Centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.

Stainless steel fuel tank of approximately 50 litres in starboard side cockpit locker.  Recently cleaned and a new inspection hatch fitted.

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator.  Batteries new in 2021.

Accommodation

4 berths including an aft quarter berth, 2 saloon settee berths and a pipe cot in the forepeak.

Steps down over the engine box with galley to port and quarter berth to starboard.

Galley has a Techimpex 2 burner gimballed gas stove with oven and grill.  Single stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water.

Half height bulkheads separate off the main saloon.  Settee berth either side with a centreline dropleaf mahogany saloon table.  Painted cabin sole boards.  Shelf either side under the deckhead.

Centreline passageway going forward into the forepeak.  Manual sea toilet, newly installed, to starboard and pipecot berth to port.  Forehatch above.

Equipment

Steering compass

Simrad Combi log and sounder

Simrad IS12 compass

Simrad IS12 wind indicator

Garmin GPS128

JCR 1000 radar

Simrad RD68 DSC VHF

Mainsail

2  x headsails, brand new

1 x headsail, older but serviceable

Barlow 26 non-self tailing cockpit sheet winches

1 x Harken 8 non-self tailing mast reefing winch

3 x clutches on the mast

CQR anchor with chain

Gas bottle

Techimpex galley stove

Bunk and berth cushions

Saloon table

Rule auto electric bilge pump

Fire extinguisher

Fire blanket

New Rule electric bilge pump

Beaching legs

Various fenders

Mooring warps

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 Junk rig Loch Fyne skiff 

Built by the current owner and launched in 2005 after a 3 year build, her lines are that of a Loch Fyne skiff and were taken from an article in The Boatman magazine about the original Loch Fyne skiffs and the work they did.  She has spent a couple of years with a different owner who sadly passed away so the boat has been bought back by the original owner to ensure she is not abandoned.

With this inspiration the owner built a very tough and capable boat, conventionally planked with huge sawn frames.   He opted for a junk rig, designed by the Norwegian Victor Winterthun, well known for his expertise on this type of rig.  The result is a very fast, powerful and extremely unusual boat.

Her decks are wide and clutter free and the rig makes her easy to handle.  She has been cruised and raced extensively around the Baltic coasts of Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Poland, proving herself as a fast and capable yacht.  The interior is currently in a semi state of repair as the current owner removed most of what was there, re-designed it for an open plan layout and was half way through replacing it.  Sadly the owner has passed away and the boat must be sold as she is.

The previous owner who designed and built the boat works very close to her current location and will be able to assist a new owner in preparing the boat for the season and giving them some support and answering any questions that may arise.

Length on Deck                 37’3″

Length Waterline             34’7″

Beam                                    11’6″

Draft                                      6’1″

Construction

Carvel Larch planking,  40mm/1 ½” thickness.  Seams are splined.

Laminated pine frames, spaced at 50cm/20”, size 100x100mm/4”x4”.  Fastened with stainless steel screws.

Laminated oak wooden floors.

Lead external ballast keel of 2 tons.  Lead internal ballast of 1.5tons.

Galvanised steel keel bolts, last drawn 2005.

Larch on plywood deck, painted.

Self draining cockpit with tiller steering.

Painted oak and larch coachroof coamings, larch on ply coachroof deck.

Rig  

Single mast junk rig, designed by Victor Winterthun, a Norwegian junk rig expert.

Solid wooden keel stepped varnished mast. It is 14 metres long and weighs 300kg.

Alloy boom and aluminium yard to save weight.

No standing rigging.

1 self tailing Lewmar cockpit winch and 3 non self tailing Anderson winches.

Sails

Mainsail by Tuchwerkstatt – 85sqm – 2 yrs old – good condition.  It has 8 cambered panels between rigid aluminium battens.

Gennaker by SailSelect – 80sqm – 6 yrs old – very good (hardly used)

Machinery

Volvo Penta MD19 75hp from 1968.  Volvo Penta gearbox with single lever controls. Electric start.

3 blade folding prop on the centreline.

Cruising speed 6 kts, max 7 kts.  Fuel consumption 5 litres/hour

Tanks

Fuel:  Stainless steel 100 litres, below the cockpit.

Water: 150 litres in a plastic tank.

Batteries

4 batteries with 12v electrics.  Installed shore power system with battery charging.

Bilge pumps:  1 x manual, 2 x electric.

Accommodation

A good amount of internal volume with standing headroom throughout with an open plan layout.

Much of the original interior was removed and re-designed.  The installation of the new interior is partly completed.

Steps down over the engine box with a quarter berth to port

Much of the middle of the boat is empty apart from a chart desk and drawers to port.

Bulkhead at forward end of saloon with an oval hole in it for access to the berth.  Large double V berth up forward, a very private berth/cabin.

Galley and heads areas removed.

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 Holman and Pye Motor Sailer

Designed by David Cooper of Holman and Pye, built by Whisstocks of Woodbridge in 1964.

The current owners purchased the boat in the spring of 2021 and have had a superb season sailing in the Solent and local area.  The owners have decided they wish to carry on sailing and go further afield so wish to purchase a yacht with more space and faster passage making capabilities, hence she is now back on the market.

She underwent a major refit in 2013 with the previous owner which included a new Beta engine, complete new wiring, all new galley equipment and an upgrade of her systems and equipment.  She has been sailed extensively around the south coast, West Country and Northern Brittany and has been a very comfortable home from home for the owners.

It is believed in a previous ownership she undertook a trip to Norway and Jan Mayen which proves she is more than just a coastal cruising yacht.  Her shallow draft of only 3′ however allows her to access waters not available to larger yachts.

The rig is small for her size, but this makes it easy and safe to handle.  She is not a performance boat and relies on her engine, especially in lighter airs, but she is comfortable and safe, ideal for a cruising couple not looking to break speed records but to simply enjoy being afloat in comfort.

She has hot water, refrigerator, shore power and cabin heating to make life very comfortable while afloat.  The cockpit is very large, perfect for sunny summer days, but with a very effective canvas cover it can be used as an extension to the living space even in the rain.

A delightful yacht in superb condition with a well documented recent refit history.  Full out of water survey in February 2021, after which a number of jobs were completed to bring her up to a very good standard.  This coming winter she will undergo a thorough cosmetic refit of the topsides and varnish work.

Length on Deck                 29′

Length Overall                   29′

Length Waterline             25′

Beam                                    9’6″

Draft                                      3′

Construction

Planked in Iroko all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.  Iroko keel and stem.

Mix of sawn oak and galvanised strap floors across the centreline.

External 0.5 ton cast iron ballast keel fastened with iron keel bolts.  Additional 0.5 ton of internal lead trimming ballast.

Sheathed plywood deck, finished in cream deck paint with a varnished iroko toe rail all round.  New stainless stanchions and guard wires in 2017.

Varnished iroko caomings  with sheathed plywood coachroof deck.

Deep self draining cockpit with varnished iroko coamings and thwarts and a laid teak sole.

Watertight hatch in the sole to access storage space beneath.

Wheel steering on cables at forward end of cockpit.  New cables 2021.

Copies of some of her original plans and photos of her in build at Whisstocks will come with the boat.

Rig

Gunter rigged fractional sloop on a deck stepped varnished spruce mast in a galvanised tabernacle.

Varnished spruce boom and gunter yard.

Stainless steel standing rigging with bronze rigging screws to internal galvanised chain plates.

Running backstays on tackles.

Pair of Lewmar non Self tailing cockpit sheet winches and another similar pair of mast winches.

Running rigging in classic braid all new in last 3 years.

Roller furling headsail on Schaffer furling system, installed new in 2013.

Mainsail and jib by Kemp Sails and in good condition.  Jib from 2013.

Machinery

Beta Marine 43hp 4cyl diesel installed new in 2013.  Shaft, stern tube and propeller all new in 2013.  Engine located amidships under galley joinery.

Engine fully serviced in 2021 with some new hoses.

Centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 5 knots cruising speed, 7 knots max.

2 plastic fuel tanks with total capacity of 158 litres.  Twin Racor filters.

Water tanks under saloon sole.

Calorifier on the engine for domestic hot water.

3 x 12 volt batteries for engine starting and domestics.  New batteries in March 2021.

Charged from engine alternator or through a Merlin 40 amp 240 volt charger with installed shore power system.  Boat completely re-wired with Blue Sea panel.

1 electric and 1 manual bilge pump.

Accommodation

Spacious cabin layout offers  4 berths including a double forward and 6’3″ headroom in the saloon and galley.

She has a lot of internal volume for a boat of her length and is very comfortable for time aboard with 2 people.

Starboard offset door into the saloon from the cockpit with a settee berth to starboard and U-shaped settee to port around a varnished dropleaf iroko centreline table.

Large windows offer plenty of light and visibility to the outside.

Steps down into the galley which is amidships to port.

Nelson 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill, twin stainless sinks with hot and cold pressurised water and a Penguin Marine 40 litre top loading 12 volt fridge.  Good storage space in and around the galley.

Gas system renewed in 2019.

Taylors cabin heater opposite the galley.

Centreline passage going forward with heads to port and hanging locker to starboard.  Jabsco manual sea toilet discharges directly overboard.

Forecabin with double V-berth, storage beneath and chain locker under at forward end.

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 the Laurent Giles 38

Built in 1981 by an experienced Cornish boat builder to a Laurent Giles design.  20 examples have been built in GRP to great acclaim and as the forerunner to the Bowman 40, and were known as superb offshore boats, fast, capable and much admired.

Built of top quality materials and incredibly strong, she appears to be in excellent structural condition and would be the boat of choice for anyone looking to sail shorthanded in comfort and safety or to cruise with a family.  Thorough refit in September 2017 and again in 2020/2021 including stripping and re-painting the underwater hull, new topside paint, complete engine service, rig check, new running rigging, mostly new seacocks, new B&G nav instruments and replacement of large areas of port side deck and toe rails.

Cruised extensively by previous owners around the Mediterranean for 17 years, she has proven herself as a comfortable, capable and tough yacht.  Very nicely appointed interior with 5 berths including a double forward, she has masses of storage capability below decks and full headroom throughout.  Large chart desk and a well appointed galley.

This really is a very special yacht and has the feel of a proper boat when aboard her.  With a very full inventory, good sails and most of the equipment required for offshore cruising she is ready to sail away on her next adventure.  Detailed list of recent works available.

Length on Deck                                 38′

Length Overall                                   39’4″

Length Waterline                             29’10”

Beam                                                    11’2″

Draft                                                      5’6″

Displacement                                    12 tons

Construction

Built of 30mm strip plank edge glued Iroko with resorcinol glue and through fastened with silicone bronze nails.

Steamed oak timbers at 8″ centres all copper rivet fastened

Massive beam shelf and stringers give enormous rigidity.

Very large section grown oak floors with large bronze throat bolts

External lead ballast keel of approximately 5 tons with bronze keel bolts

Deck is 2 layers of 10mm Brunzeel plywood sheathed externally and finished with Treadmaster patches

Large area of port side deck and some smaller patches on starboard side deck were professionally replaced in 2021 with new marine plywood.  New iroko toe rails fittedon port side.

Solid Iroko coachroof coamings, varnish finish externally

Underwater hull taken back to bare wood in 2018 and coated with primer and Jotun antifoul.

All seacocks serviced or replaced as necessary, 5 new seacocks in total.

Antifoul and paint work all new in August 2021.  Re-painted topsides, deck, cockpit and coachroof paint and varnish.

Rig

Bermudan cutter rig on a deck stepped alloy mast

Alloy slab reefing boom and alloy spinnaker pole

Stainless steel standing rigging to external chain plates.  Rig professionally checked and repaired as necessary in 2017 and certificate issued.

Large sail wardrobe including storm and down wind sails.  All sails valeted and serviced as necessary in September 2017.

Running rigging 90% replaced in September 2017.

Two pairs of Andersen Sheet winches in the cockpit.

4 winches at the mast for halyards and reefing lines.

ProFurl roller furling headsail.  Inner forestay for storm jib.

Machinery

Volvo MD17C 3cyl 36hp fresh water cooled marine diesel.  Major professional service in September 2017 including compression test, new oils, belts and filters.  Found to be in extremely good condition with little signs of wear.  Engine seacock recently replaced.  Last service 2020, the engine has run faultlessly for the owner throughout his ownership.

Single lever control with centreline shaft and a Brunton varifold propeller, recently serviced and anode replaced.

Engine driven Jabsco bilge pump.

200 litre stainless fuel tank.

2 x 120ah batteries charged from engine alternator.  Both batteries new in July 2021.

Mains Sterling charger and Rutland 913 wind indicator plus solar panels

230 litres of water in 4 tanks.

Accommodation

5 berths in total.  Quarter berth, 2 saloon settee berths and a double in the forward cabin.

Nicely finished and spacious cabin with white painted panels and varnished Iroko trim.

Galley in aft port corner with Taylors 043 gas stove, stainless sink and ample storage.

Large chart desk to starboard with drawers beneath and quarter berth aft of it.

Centreline dropleaf table with port and starboard settee berths.  Large storage lockers behind the berths and shelves above.

Reflex diesel cabin heater  on the forward bulkhead.

Starboard doorway going forward with heads compartment to port and large hanging locker to starboard.  Heads has a Jabsco manual sea toilet and hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.  New blackwater tank professionally fitted in 2019.

Forward cabin with two singles that can be converted to a double berth.  Storage space below the bunks.

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.

McGruer 8m Cruiser Racer 

Wooden Ships Comments

Designed and built by McGruer & Co. Ltd in 1965 as an 8 meter Cruiser/Racer (8m CR) to the International C/R 8m rule, incorporating all the elegance and performance of an 8m racing yacht with the comfort of a cruising boat.  Originally built to Lloyds 100A1 standard.  A very fine yacht for competitive modern racing in classic regattas.

Bought by the current owner in 2013 as a project, she was put into Mylor Yacht Harbour, Falmouth in 2015 where a major restoration was carried out over 3 years which included hull repairs, new decks, complete new rig and all new systems.  A full list of the work done is available on request.

In 2016 she was exhibited by Mylor at the London Boatshow as a showcase of their excellent work and has since only been sailed in the local area around Falmouth, racing in a few regattas where she has been a real stand out yacht.

This yacht is a clever mix of the old and the new, an elegant cruiser racer with McGruer pedigree, fitted with modern equipment and conveniences to make her easier to handle, more comfortable and ultimately a faster boat.  Her total professional restoration has left her in fine condition for the next owner to take on and enjoy without the slightest worry of having to undertake any major work in the coming years.

Length on Deck                 41’11”

Length Waterline             27’4”

Beam                                    9’9”

Draft                                      6’2”

Thames Tonnage            12TM

Construction

Planked in mahogany with splined seams and finished in Awlgrip AllWood varnish.

Sawn frames with bronze screw fastenings, interspersed with steamed oak timbers fastened with copper rivets.

Galvanised strap floors bolted to the steamed timbers with bronze bolts.  All re-galvanised in 2015.  On the larger sawn frames are glavanised plate steel floors side bolted to the frames.

External lead ballast keel with bronze keel bolts.  All bolts new between 2015 and 2018.

Galvanised ring frame in way of the mast.

Yacht laid teak deck, glued to a marine plywood subdeck and seams payed with Sikaflex.  Varnished teak cover board and toe rail all round with stainless stanchions, guard wires, pulpit and small quarter push pits.

Coachroof is unmistakably McGruer and has a raised doghouse aft.  Varnished mahogany coamings with chromed bronze windows and a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.

Varnished teak handrails and dorade boxes with period chromed bronze cowlings.

Modern Lewmar deck hatches fitted on the coachroof, foredeck and aft deck.

Self draining cockpit with low varnished mahogany coamings all round and scrubbed teak thwarts.  Port side thwart lifts for access to a cockpit locker.  Laid teak cockpit sole in panels that lift out.

Cockpit is divided in half by the main sheet track with only the helms person sitting aft.

Wheel steering with a large stainless wheel on a pedestal with Jeffa rack and pinion connection to the rudder stock.

Rig

New rig professionally designed and fitted during the refit with all new spars, rigging and sails.

Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy mast.

New twin spreader mast in 2016 by Sparcraft, set in a shoe on the coachroof and supported below by a steel compression post.

Slab reefing alloy boom by Sparcraft, 2016, with a performance vang.

Stainless steel standing rigging all new in 2017 to internal stainless chain plates.

Profurl headsail furling system.

Running rigging all new in 2018.

Harken mainsheet traveller across the cockpit, new 2019.

All running rigging led aft to the cockpit through clutches on the coachroof deck and a single Anderson non-self tailing winch each side.

4 x Anderson self tailing cockpit sheet winches set on varnished blocks outboard of the cockpit coamings.

Sails were all new in 2017 from Sanders Sails in Falmouth, they include mainsail, genoa, code zero and 2 x asymmetric spinnakers.

Machinery

Yanmar 3cyl 30hp diesel installed new in 2005 but with very light use.

Engine removed, professionally checked and re-installed in 2017.

Stainless steel shaft with an Aquadrive to a 3 blade feathering Darglow propeller.  Gives 6 knots cruising speed.

Stainless steel fuel tank, new 2015.  Racor fuel filters.

Completely re-wired in 2015 with all new panels and parts.

1 x Odyssey AGM domestic battery and a single start battery.  Both charged from engine alternator or 240 volt charger when connected to shore power.

Installed shore power system with ring main.

Stainless steel water tank new in 2015.

Accommodation

5 berths including a port quarter berth, 2 saloon settee berths and 2 singles in the fore cabin.

Very smart interior finished in matt varnish, well appointed with all modern conveniences but retaining the charm and feel of the original boat.

Steps down over the engine box with a small seat to starboard, a great place to sit while on passage or on a wet day.

Port side quarter berth goes back under the cockpit thwarts, a good sea berth.

Another step down with the galley to port and chart desk to starboard.

Chart desk is compact with multiple drawers below and the smart DC distribution panel outboard.  Tall hanging locker alongside the chart desk with the chart plotter on top, making it visible from the cockpit and from down below.

Galley has a gimballed Dometic Moonlight 3 burner gas stove with oven and grill.  Original single stainless sink with hot and cold pressurised water.  There is a small work top forward of the oven and storage space around the galley.

Main saloon has a settee berth either side with smart new blue upholstery.  Seat backs drop down to gain access to storage lockers behind.  Dropleaf varnished teak saloon table is slightly offset to starboard.  Varnished teak saloon sole.

Port side passage going forward with heads compartment to starboard.

Heads has a Dometic sea toilet with electric flush and macerator.  Discharges either overboard or into a black water tank which can be pumped out or emptied overboard when at sea.  Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.

Forecabin has a large single berth either side with a small central seat under the forehatch.  Forward end of the berths boxed over to give storage space above for extra sails.

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.

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Wooden Ships Comments on this Norman Dallimore centreboard sloop

Designed by Norman Dallimore and built by Kings of Burnham in 1938, a combination that produced some exceptionally fine pre-war yachts of which this is no exception.  The first owner had won a medal in the 1924 Olympic games on the Fife Emily, this little Dallimore was a retirement present to himself.

Designed as a comfortable day sailer but with accommodation for 2, the cockpit can comfortably accommodate 4 people while sailing without tripping over each other, while under sail she is a well balanced and nicely behaved yacht.

She has a fully documented history and was sold by Wooden Ships to the last 3 owners.  The current owner has previously worked as a professional shipwright and has carried out a good deal of very good quality work in the last 2 years.  This has included checking keel bolts, replacing fastenings, replacing cracked frames and repairing the mast, as well as the usual paint and varnish and full engine service.

Her looks make her stand out in any crowd, typical of many of Dallimore’s boats, and with good sailing performance and ease of handling, she is a boat that will appeal to many sailors.  She is light enough to be towed on the road making her a versatile and potentially cheap to run classic yacht with all the pedigree and provenance anyone could wish for.

Now in very smart and sound condition, sailed regularly in the last 2 seasons.

Length on Deck                 24’6″

Beam                                    6’9″

Draft                                      3′ / 4’6″

Thames Tonnage             4TM

Construction

Carvel planked in mahogany all copper clench fastened to steam bent Canadian Rock Elm timbers.

12 frames either replaced or repaired in 2020 using oak.

Garboards refastened with bronze screws in 2020.  Hood ends refastened 2021.

Oak back bone with an external lead ballast keel of 750kg fastened with bronze keel bolts.  2 keel bolts removed and checked in 2020.

Ballast keel slotted to take the bronze centreboard plate.  Centreboard operated with a winding mechanism mounted inside a varnished teak box in the cockpit with a stainless steel wire.  Centreplate removed in 2020 for checking.

Grown oak floors across the centreline with bronze throat bolts.

New deck laid in 1996 with 2 overlapping layers of Cedar planking, sheathed externally with epoxy glass cloth.  Nicely proportioned varnished mahogany tow rail and rubbing strake mounted on a small vanrished mahogany coverboard round the deck edge.

Varnished teak cockpit and coachroof coamings with opening bronze portholes.

Sheathed plywood coachroof deck with a large sliding varnished teak hatch allowing easy access into the cabin.

Deep spacious cockpit with varnished teak lockers and thwarts.  Scrubbed teak sole boards.  Bench seat either side with a bridge deck at the forward end which lifts to access the engine.  Shelves under the side decks with fiddle rails.

Rig

Fractional bermudan sloop rig on a varnished keel stepped varnished spruce mast.  Single spreaders and jumper struts.  Bottom 5’ of the mast replaced with Sitka spruce in 2020.

Varnished spruce, bumpkin and roller reefing boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging new in 2003 to internal bronze chain plates, new in 1996.

Running and standing rigging all checked and replaced as necessary in 2020.

Standing backstay to the bumpkin with running backstays tensioned by the cockpit winches.  Forestay to the stem head with hanked on headsail.

280sqft of sail with a mainsail and jib by Sanders Sails, 2001.

Sail cover and cockpit cover in blue canvas.

Pair of bottom action chromed sheet winches on the cockpit coamings.

Machinery

Yanmar 1GM10 9hp diesel.  Removed and fully serviced in 2021.

Single lever controls to a centreline 2 blade bronze propeller.  Stainless shaft fitted new with the engine.

Copper fuel tank under the port side deck, removed and refitted when engine installed.

Single 12 volt battery charged from the engine alternator.

Accommodation

Simple but surprisingly spacious interior with 2 good length berths  and sitting headroom under the coachroof.

The inside of the hull was stripped and painted in 2020, with all new gloss paint on the deck head making the cabin extremely smart, crisp and clean.

Net shelving either side under the side deck.

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 Miller Fifer Ketch

Designed and built in 1979 by Millers of St Monance.

The yard built both fishing boats and yachts, mostly to in-house designs by James Miller.  They ranged in size from 26’ upwards, this being one of the largest of the class.  The miller Fifers were built on fishing boat scantlings with heavy frames and planking making them robust and capable boats.

This yacht was one of the last built at the yard and is a fine big volume yacht.  She has a nice looking hull a surprisingly tall rig.  Inside and outside helm positions allow for great flexibility, the crew being able to shelter in the wheelhouse during inclement weather, or enjoy the fresh air and helm from the deck.  She has a large modern Perkins diesel installed new in 2006. This is a very easily handled boat that could be single handed.

The accommodation and interior space of this yacht is quite unusual, she has 3 separate sleeping cabins, each with 2 berths which is hardly ever found in a yacht of this length.  The wheelhouse has a comfortable deck saloon with good visibility and space.

She is a highly versatile yacht, capable of long distance cruising or simply to be used as a country cottage afloat.  Given a major overhaul since 2018 she is now in good shape and ready for the next owners.  Full details of all work done in recent years available.

Survey carried out on October 2021, copy available for potential purchasers.

Length on deck                                 43’

Length Waterline                             40’

Beam                                                    12’3”

Draft                                                      5’9”

Displacement                                    16 tons

Construction

Carvel planked in 1 3/8” mahogany planking above the waterline iroko below.  Sheathed with cascover below the waterline from new.

Fastened with galvanised boat nails to massive sawn oak frames of approximately 6” square in futtocks.  Frames rise to about 9” moulded depth in the bilge.  Approximately 12” centres.

Sawn oak floors across the centreline side fastened through the frames.

External lead ballast keel.  Galvanised keel bolts, 4 drawn in 2020 and inspected, found to be in good order.

Yacht laid teak deck joggled to a mahogany king plank and screwed to a plywood subdeck, seams payed with butyl rubber.  Varnished mahogany cover boards.  Foredeck is raised with a step at the forward end of the wheelhouse.

Varnished mahogany wheelhouse, built new in 2013 with a sheathed plywood roof.

Aft coachroof over the aft cabin with mahogany coamings.  Coachroof deck and deck beams all new in 2019.

Inside and outside helm positions with Mathway rod steering system.

Rig

Bermudan ketch rig on deck stepped varnished spruce masts.  Both masts have been stripped and re-varnished in 2018 and 2020.

Varnished spruce slab reefing booms.

Stainless steel standing rigging, all new in 2018, to internal chain plates.

Schaeffer 2100 roller furling headsail system.

Mainsail, mizzen and headsail in white terylene, recently serviced and cleaned.  Asymmetric spinnaker with snuffer.

Pair of bronze Lewmar 24 2-speed top action winches on the main mast tabernacle.

Pair of bronze Lewmar 2-speed top action winches on the mizzen mast tabernacle.

Pair of bronze Lewmar 44 self tailing winches on the corners of the aft coachroof.

Machinery

Perkins Sabre M130C 115hp 6cyl diesel installed new in 2006.  Professionally serviced and maintained.

Walk in engine room with lots of space and good all round access to the machinery.

Centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.

2 steel fuel tanks in the engine space with a total capacity of 300 gallons (1350 litres).  Recently accessed and cleaned in 2018.  Racor fuel filter.

Steel water tank of 200 gallons in the engine space.

6 x 12 volt 110ah batteries for engine starting and domestics.  The engine start and domestics are on 24 volt systems.  Batteries charged from the 60amp engine alternator.

16amp Victron 240 volt battery charger runs off shore power.  Charger has a Bluetooth app for analysis of battery charging and condition.

Accommodation

6 berths in 3 sleeping cabins.

All new upholstery throughout.

Starboard side steps into the wheelhouse.  Table to port with L-shaped seating around it.

Helm position to port.

Starboard side steps down into the galley.  L-shaped galley to starboard with a single stainless sink with pressurised hot and cold water.  Work surface with varnished teak cupboards below.  Varnished teak locker on the bulkhead.  2 burner gas stove with oven and grill on the port side, set on gimbals.

Port side of the galley is a twin guest cabin with a single berth below and pipecot above.

Moving forward with heads compartment to starboard and centreline door into the fore cabin.

Heads compartment has a Blakes Lavac sea toilet which discharges either overboard or into a new black waste tank under the cabin sole.  Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.  Shower with full standing headroom, teak grating below, waste pumped overboard.

Forecabin has twin V-berths with storage below and a hanging locker.  Anchor locker in the bows.

Aft cabin access though a hatch on the aft coachroof with a ladder down.  2 single berths with full standing headroom.  Heads compartment has a Blakes Lavac sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.  Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.

Access to engine room through forward bulkhead of aft cabin.

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 Sandbanks Yacht Co. Bermudan Sloop

Built by the Sand banks Motor Co. in 1939.  It is understood she was designed by Eric H. French but it is also thought Fred Parker was involved in this design.

She was built for Arthur Strohmenger, inventor of ARC welding who then sold her to Lord Lyle of Westbourne in 1947 who used her in the Solent, before she was bought by Californian yacht broker Augustus J Newman.  She eventually came to Dartmouth in 1972 where she has been based ever since.

Bought by the current owner as a project boat to use in his retirement, however other projects have taken priority so she was never completed.  The boat has been sat ashore for a few years and is in need of some significant repairs including new fore and aft decks.  She appears to have a very good rig and engine.

This is very much a project but for the right person would be a worthwhile task and she would be a lovely boat once completed.  She shallow draft and easily handled rig make her ideal for coastal exploration, enabling her to explore upstream where deeper boats cannot go.

Length on Deck                 30’3”

Length Waterline             28’

Beam                                    9’

Draft                                      4’

Thames Tonnage             9TM

Construction

Carvel planked in mahogany, caulked and payed.

Grown oak frames fastened with bronze screws.  4 steamed oak intermediate timbers fastened with copper nails and roves.

Large grown oak floors across the centreline with keel bolts passing through them

External lead ballast keel with bronze keel bolts.

Raised foredeck currently straight laid teak over plywood.  It is in very poor condition with a rotten subdeck and will need replacing.  The aft deck is of the same construction and in similar condition.

Large aft cockpit with teak coamings and teak thwarts.

Superstructure of varnished teak with glass windows either side.

Rig

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

Varnished wooden roller reefing boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging of unknown age but seemingly in good order.

Mainsail and headsail in tan, both in good condition.

Machinery

Volvo Penta 2003 30hp 3 cylinder diesel engine.  Installed approximately 1993.

Currently out of the boat and has been checked over by an engineer.

Centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 6 knots cruising speed.

30 litre GRP fuel tank in starboard locker.

Accommodation

Port side door into the wheelhouse.  Originally she had a helm position inside but this has been moved out into the cockpit.

Spacious saloon in the wheelhouse with galley to port.  The galley joinery is in poor condition and will need replacing.

Port side passage going forward with a heads compartment to starboard, Baby Blake sea toilet discharges directly overboard.

Forepeak is fitted with a plywood sole making a large double berth.  No upholstery.  Could be altered to suit a new owner with either a double or 2 large single berths and space between.

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.