Wooden Ships Comments on this Holman 26

Holman 26 built by Uphams of Brixham in 1963.  Kim Holman was one of the best know English yacht designers from the period with many fine yachts of all sizes to his name.  His 26 footer was a stock design to appeal to a wide market and it proved very successful.  These boats are easily handled but have good headroom and 4 berths, one of the best small cruising yachts available.

This yacht has had some major work in the last 2 years including new standing rigging, a rebuilt engine and new keel bolts as well as various plank repairs and a general paint up.  She is not immaculate but is a solid little cruising boat, with all the important parts refitted, that could be sailed and enjoyed this summer.

Length on Deck               26′

Beam                                 7’6″

Draft                                  4’2″

Thames Tonnage            6TM

Construction

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

Sawn oak floors across the centreline with galvanised throat bolts through the keel.

External iron ballast keel of 1.5 tons with new mild steel keel bolts fitted in 2020.

Marine plywood decks, finished in non-slip deck paint.  Mahogany toe rails all round.  Alloy cleats fore and aft.

Stainless steel stemhead fitting.  Pulpit, pushpit and stanchions of stainless steel.

Mahogany coachroof coamings, painted externally and varnished internally.  Raised dog house aft to increase headroom below.  Varnished mahogany handrails.  Mahogany forehatch set in the coachroof deck.

Non self-draining cockpit with full length thwart either side.  Lifting sole giving access to hull beneath.  Cockpit lockers under each thwart.

Rig

Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped Proctor anodised alloy mast.

Alloy slab reefing boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.  Standing rigging all new in 2019.

Twin lower shrouds, single cap shroud and single standing backstay.  Forestay with Furlex roller furling headsail system.  Lower bearings renewed on furling drum in 2020

Halyards and topping lift renewed in 2019.

Halyard falls go to mast winches.

Pair of Lewmar bronze bottom action cockpit sheet winches

Mainsail, genoa in tan terylene.  Cruising chute with snuffer.  Mainsail cover.

Machinery

Yanmar 1GM 9hp single cylinder diesel.

Major overhaul in 2020 including reconditioned cylinder head with new exhaust valve, new big end and small end bearings, new piston rings, new injector and new oil pipes.  Sea water pump totally rebuilt and engine spray painted.

Single lever control to a centreline fixed 2 blade bronze propeller, gives approximately 5 knots cruising speed

25 litre plastic fuel tank in starboard cockpit locker

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator.  86ah domestic battery and 75ah engine start battery.

1 Whale manual and 1 auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation

4 single berths with a traditional layout.

Steps down over the engine box with chart desk to starboard and galley to port.   Chart desk faces outboard with instruments set in a panel above.

Galley has a Plastimo Neptune 4500 2 burner stove with grill.  Manually pumped fresh water into a removable plastic sink.  Storage space outboard under the deck head.

Half height bulkheads with hand holds separate off the main saloon.  Saloon settee berth either side with a trotter box either side at the aft end.  Storage space behind and below the settees.

Centreline doorway going forward with a hanging locker to port and heads compartment to starboard.  Fore and aft doors open alternately to make the whole passageway into the heads compartment.  Jabsco manual sea toilet discharges directly overboard.

Forecabin has twin V-berths with storage beneath and an anchor locker between.

Equipment

Sestrel steering compass

Simrad tiller pilot

Binoculars

Raymarine DSC VHF

MLR GPS

Clipper Duet sounder and log

Clock and baromoter

Emergency tiller

1kg Fire Extinguisher

2kg Fire Extinguisher

Gas alarm

Carbon monoxide alarm

Whale manual bilge pump

Auto electric bilge pump

Mainsail

Genoa

Cruising Chute and snuffer

CQR anchor with chain

Spare Diesel Can

4 Fenders

4 Mooring Lines

Ensign

Cockpit Cushions

Bunk and berth cushions

Stereo and speakers

Oil cabin lamp

Plastimo Netpune 4500 2 burner gas stove

Kettle

Frying Pan

Washing up bowl

Jabsco manual sea toilet

Fold up wooden saloon table

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 34′ Swedish Sloop

Built in Sweden in 1938, she was the result of a design competition for the Royal Swedish Yacht Club which aimed to stimulate innovation and design amongst the younger naval architects in Sweden.  The winning designers name was Syersen.  After being built, the yacht was given away in the yacht clubs raffle the following year and was won by a Scottish sailor who brought the yacht home to Scotland before the start of WWII.  She has spent her entire life in Scotland and is a well known yacht, sailing the west coast for more than 30 years with the current owners.

A very elegant and fast yacht but of a sensible and manageable size that does not need a large crew.

Maintained to a good standard and recently launched after a spring refit.

Length  on Deck                                34’3”

Length Waterline             24’

Beam                                    7’3”

Draft                                      5’3”

Thames Tonnage             7TM

Displacement                    5.6 tons

Sail Area                               414sqft

Construction

Carvel planked in mahogany, riveted to galvanised angle frames with 2 steamed intermediate oak timbers.  The galvanised frames are riveted with steel rivets, the copper frames are copper riveted.

Mix of sawn timber and galvanised plate floors.  The metal plate floors are rivetted to the galvanised frames.

Oak stem, keel and stern post.

External lead ballast keel of 2.25 tons with bronze keel bolts.

New deck and deck structure laid in 2000.  Marine plywood deck, epoxy sheathed, laid over spruce deck beams and carlins.  Deck is finished externally in Treadmaster non-slip sheeting for a low maintenance deck.

Varnished mahogany toe rails all round.  Robust galvanised stemhead fitting.  Stainless stanchions and guard wires.

Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with an epoxy sheathed plywood coachroof deck.  Varnished mahogany sliding companion hatch.

Varnished mahogany forehatch with a Lewmar hatch.  This increases headroom in the forepeak and provides good light and ventilation.

Self draining well type cockpit with seating at deck level.  Tiller steering with a mahogany rudder and bronze hangings.

Rig

Bermudan cutter rig on a keel stepped alloy mast.

Alloy slab reefing boom.  Mainsheet on a 6:1 purchase makes off at the forward end of the cockpit with a jamming cleat.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal galvanised chain plates.

Double spreader rig with twin lower shrouds, single intermediate and single cap shroud.  Single standing backstay.

Inner and outer forestays with stainless bars below decks transferring the rig loads onto the centreline of the hull.

Pair of Andersen 12 self tailing single speed primary cockpit sheet winches.

Pair of single speed Tuff-Fitting secondary sheet winches.

Pair of Tuff-Fitting single speed mast winches.

Mainsail, staysail and yankee in white Dacron.  Gennaker for off wind sailing.

Machinery

Volvo Penta MD2002 18hp twin cylinder raw water cooled diesel engine.  Serviced in 2021.

Mechanical gearbox with single lever control and Aqua-Drive coupling to an offset 2 blade folding bronze propeller.  Gives 5.5 knots cruising speed.

Plastic 50 litre fuel tank.

Separate domestic and engine start batteries charged from the engine alternator.

Accommodation

4 berths including 2 single settee berths in the saloon and 2 pipecot berths in the forepeak.

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

Galley has a Plastimo Neptune 2 burner gas cooker with oven and grill set on gimbals.  Single stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water.

Chart desk faces outboard and lifts to access a chart storage area.

Half height bulkheads separate off the main saloon with a single settee berth either side.  Large trotter boxes to increase berth length, aft end on starboard side and forward end on port side.  Varnished mahogany sole boards.  Shelves outboard under the deckhead, varnished mahogany seat backs with storage behind.

Saloon table folds up against the forward bulkhead when not in use.

Starboard side passageway going forward with a hanging locker outboard.

Forepeak has 2 pipecot berths that fold up against the hull when not in use.  Anchor locker in the bows.

Simpson Lawrence vacuum sea toilet is mounted to port and discharges directly overboard.

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 William Atkin Bermudan Cutter

Built in 1981 by R. Fung Co. Ltd of Hong Kong, a yard known for producing robust and capable wooden boats.  The design is one of William Atkins who took inspiration from the famous Colin Archer yachts of Norway with a canoe stern, long keel and very generous beam.  Atkin is famous for a number of his designs, not least that of the ‘Eric’ class, the design of Robin Know-Johnstons Suhali.

This boat spent her early years in Asia, winning the San Fernando race from Hong Kong to the Philippines at one stage.  She was sailed back to the UK, arriving here in 2005.  The current owner bought her in 2009 when he had the coachroof professionally replaced

VAT was paid upon arrival in the UK and all paper work is with the boat.

Being built in Asia, the timber used in her construction is first class.  All teak hull planking with tropical hardwood used for keel, frames and floors.  The quality of this timber is evident now, some 30 years later when it is extremely good condition.

The internal volume of this yacht is vast for a boat of only 32’ length on deck, her generous beam allowing for a large saloon and a great feeling of space.  Her design and robust construction make her well suited to blue water cruising, and with a Bermudan cutter rig she is easily handled, even when single handing.  She would make an excellent live aboard cruising yacht for exploring the far corners of the world on a budget but still in safety and comfort.

Length on Deck                 32’

Beam                                    11’

Draft                                      5’6”

Construction

Planked in 1” teak, screw fastened to sawn hardwood frames.  The frames are approximately 2”x3” and are doubled up in futtocks with galvanised futtock bolts.  These bolts are not showing signs of decay.

Sawn wooden floors across the centreline with throat bolts through the hog and side fastened through the frames with galvanised bolts.  Many of these boats appear to have been replaced since her build.

External iron ballast keel with stainless keel bolts.  1 bolt drawn approximately 10 years ago.

Epoxy sheathed plywood deck on closely spaced deck beams, fastened to a heavy beamshelf of 3 laminations.  Deck is finished in cream deck paint with a high toe rail all round and varnished capping.  Stainless stanchions and guard wires.

Coachroof new in 2009 with varnished mahogany coamings and bronze portholes.  Sheathed plywood coachroof deck on oak deckbeams.  Varnished grab rails on the coachroof deck.  Varnished forehatch.

Self draining well type cockpit made of marine plywood and sheathed internally and with a grating on the sole.

Tiller steering with a large rudder hung on the stern post.

Rig

Bermudan cutter rig on a keel stepped varnished spruce mast.  Varnished wooden slab reefing boom.  All stainless mast fittings.

Stainless steel standing rigging to external stainless steel chain plates.  Single spreaders with one lower shroud, a cap shroud and an intermediate shroud.

Twin standing backstays to a bumpkin.  Inner forestay to the stemhead with a boomed staysail.  Outerforestay to the bowsprit with a hanked jib.  The wooden bowsprit has a teak decking built on top with a stainless pulpit around to enable crew to stow the jib in safety.  Bronze anchor rollers set either side of the bowsprit.

Mainsail sheets to a track on the bridge deck.  Boomed staysail has a track on the coachroof with a jamming cleat.  Jib sheets run aft to the cockpit.

Pair of bronze Anatal W40 self tailing cockpit sheet winches.

Pair of bronze Antal W16 non self tailing halyard winches on the mast.

Mainsail, genoa, jib and staysail.

Machinery

Yanmar 3HM35F 3cyl 32hp diesel installed new in 1992.  Fresh water cooled.

Mechanical gearbox with a stainless shaft to a centreline 4 blade bronze propeller gives 7 knots.

2 x 100 litre stainless fuel tanks either side of the engine with a Racor fuel filter.

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator.

Whale manual bilge pump and auto electric bilge pump

Accommodation

6 berths made of 2 doubles and 2 singles.  Fixed double berth ion the saloon to starboard.  Dinette seating to port which converts to a double.  Forecabin with twin V-berths that can convert to a double.

Steps down into the cabin with galley to port and chart desk to starboard.

Galley has a Plastimo Neptune 2500 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill, set on gimbals.  Single stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water.

Chart desk faces outboard with chart storage space under the desk.  Book shelf outboard and electronic navigation instruments above.

Half height bulkheads with vertical grab rails separate off the main saloon.  Large double berth to port of 6’ length.  To  port is a dinette seating area with a varnished table and comfortable seating for 4 people.  Storage lockers outboard under the side decks. 6’ headroom in the saloon.

Starboard side passage going forward with hanging lockers and storage space to starboard, heads compartment to port.

Heads has a manual Jabsco sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.  Stainless hand basin with manually pumped fresh water.

Forward cabin with twin V-berths of 6’6” length.  Infill piece to create another double berth.  Storage space below the berths.

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 Falmouth Pilot 9 ton Ketch

Designed by Rodney Warrington-Smythe who, with his brother Nigel owned the Falmouth Boat Construction Co, Falmouth in the 1960s. Two sizes of Falmouth Pilots were built, the small 6 tonner and the larger 9 tonner like this yacht.  Only some 6 examples were built of the larger 9 tonners, being more expensive yachts. This one was built for the author Nigel Tangye in 1964 and he recorded her in several books.

Bought by the current owners in 2006, she was sailed for several seasons before undergoing a thorough professional refit in 2010 which included a new deck and new rigging.  This refit was recorded in detail and all photos and records can be made available for a new owner.

The Falmouth Pilot offers a lot of volume for the length, an easily handled rig and a large cockpit suitable for sociable sailing days.  Her shallow draft is a bonus for many, allowing access to waters out of bounds to deeper draft yachts.  This draft does not take away from her sea keeping abilities and she is a very capable design.

This yacht has been well cared for and is presented in smart cosmetic condition.

Lifted ashore in June 2021 for survey, report available to perspective purchasers.

Length on Deck                 30’

Length Overall                   30’2″

Length Waterline             24’

Beam                                    9’6”

Draft                                      4’6”

Thames Tonnage             9TM

Construction

Carvel planked in pitch pine, all copper fastened to sawn oak frames with 3 steamed intermediate timbers.  Hood ends and garboard screws replaced in 2010 with 2.5” bronze screws.

Floors are formed with galvanised steel gusset plates across the bilge between the sawn frames, side bolted through the frames and with throat bolts through the keel.

Cast iron ballast keel with galvanised keel bolts, all new in 2005.

Transom hung rudder with varnished tiller.

Yacht laid teak deck, epoxy glued to a plywood subdeck, laid new in 2010.  3” toe rail all round with a varnished teak capping rail.  Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit guard wires and stanchions.  New oak Sampson post.

Bronze mooring cleats and fairleads.

Slightly raised doghouse aft to increase headroom below.  Marine plywood coachroof coamings veneered in varnished teak.  Sheathed plywood coachroof decks finished in gloss white.  Chromed bronze portholes and window frames.

Canvas sprayhood on stainless steel frame.

Varnished teak forehatch and grab rails on the coachroof.  Dorade vents on teak boxes.

Self draining cockpit with teak sole gratings and laid teak thwarts.

Thwarts lift to give access to lockers either side and aft.  High varnished teak coamings all round.  Bridge deck at the forward end.  Varnished teak companion doors with chromed bronze fittings.

Rig

Bermudan cutter rig on deck stepped hollow varnished spruce masts.

Mainmast is stepped in a galvanised shoe on the coachroof, mizzen mast stepped on cockpit sole with substantial support below.

In 2010 the masts were split and re-glued.  Varnished in 2018.

Varnished wooden slab reefing main boom, new in 2010, with stainless steel fittings.  Alloy slab reefing mizzen boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging, new in 2010, to external galvanised steel chain plates.

Mizzen sheets to a stainless horse on the aft deck with a 3:1 pulley and jammer cleat.  Mainsail sheets to a track on the coachroof in front of the sliding hatch.

Furlex 200S roller furling genoa system installed new in 2010.

Pair of Lewmar non-self tailing 2 speed cockpit sheet winches.  Pair of halyard winches on the main mast.

Mainsail, mizzen, No.1 and No.2 genoa by Lucas sails from 1985.  Working jib 1991, Cruising chute 1992 and storm jib 1991.

Machinery

BMC 1800 4cyl diesel, reconditioned in 2006.  Fresh water cooled.  Engine serviced in 2021.

Mechanical gearbox to a centreline 3 blade bronze propeller.  Water lubricated stern gland.

38 gallons of diesel in a stainless steel tank on port side of the engine.  Tank new in 2010.

3 x 12 volt batteries for domestics and engine starting.  Charging from 70 amp engine alternator or through installed shore power system with a sterling Power 240v 30 amp charger.

New customised electrical distribution panel and engine control panel.

Accommodation

4 berths including a double in fore cabin.  6’ headroom in the galley, 5’8” in the saloon.

White painted coamings and bulkheads with varnished trim.  Original chromed fittings throughout.

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

Galley has a Plastimo 2 burner gimballed gas stove.  Twin stainless steel sinks with manually pumped fresh water.  Various storage shelves and lockers giving ample space.  Pilot gas alarm.

Chart desk faces aft with a comfortable set and a lifting desk.  Instrumentation outboard.

Half height bulkheads separate off the main saloon with a settee berth either side,  trotter box at aft end on starboard side and forward end on port side.  Berths are 6’4” and 5’11” in length respectively.  Very smart off-white upholstery new in 2010.  Storage shelves each side above and below the settees.

Varnished teal drop leaf centreline saloon table.

Centreline door going forward with the heads compartment to starboard and hanging locker and storage space to port.

Heads compartment has a Jabsco manual sea toilet which discharges directly overboard with easily access sea cocks.  Stainless hand basin with manually pumped fresh water.  Passageway doors close in such a ways as to make the whole passageway into a large heads compartment.

Door into fore cabin with 2 single berths that have a centreline infill to create a double.  Bunk lengths are 6’9”.  Headroom in fore cabin is 5’10”

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 Sole Bay 35

Designed by J. Francis Jones and built by Armstrongs of Scarborough in 1965.  The design of this hull was used for the Guernsey pilot boat, proving the capability and seaworthiness of this hull.

Long keel with a transom stern and high bows, she is not a high performance sailing yacht but is supremely comfortable and safe in adverse weather, an ideal blue water sailing yacht that will look after the crew in any conditions.  The size of the boat and rig mean she can be easily sailed singlehanded, and with inside and outside helm positions she is a very versatile yacht.

Professionally maintained in current ownership and kept up to a very good standard.

Her modern Iveco 90hp diesel gives reliable power, with her feathering 4 blade propeller she makes 7.5knots cruising speed at only 1gallon/hour consumption making for economic cruising.

Aft cabin with 2 berths and heads compartment, 2 saloon settee berths and potential for another single berth in the forecabin.

A nice looking yacht, ideal cruising boat with a good inventory of equipment and ready to go

Length on Deck                 35’

Beam                                    10’

Draft                                      4’9”

Displacement                    10.5 tons

Construction

Carvel planked in 1” larch and mahogany, copper fastened to closely spaced steam bent oak timbers.  Larch below the waterline, mahogany above.

Bronze strap floors across the centreline aft of the engine, these were all new in present ownership.  There are a couple of original galvanised strap floors at the aft end with new galavnised bolts.

External cast iron ballast keel of 3.2 tons fastened with 11 galvanised keel bolts of 1” diameter.

Marine plywood deck sheathed in epoxy glass cloth and finished in grey deck paint.  High painted toe rail all round with a varnished mahogany capping rail.  Deck all new in current ownership.

Marine plywood coamings with a mahogany veneer inside and out on both fore and aft coachroof and the wheelhouse.  Coamings finished in International Woodskin.  Aluminium framed windows in the wheelhouse and round bronze portholes in the coamings.  Sheathed plywood coachroof decks with varnished mahogany hand rails on laminated deck beams.

Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and stanchions.  Bronze cleats and farileads.

Varnished mahogany forehatch and skylight on the coachroof.

Transom hung rudder with hydraulic steering.  Stainless steel davits over the transom.

Inside and outside helm position with Morse engine controls at each helm station.

Rig

Ketch rig with a gaff mainsail and Bermudan mizzen makes for easy handling with good off wind performance.

Both masts are varnished pine round section stepped in galvanised tabernacles on deck.  Varnished booms and gaff yard.

Galvanised wire standing rigging to external galvanised chain plates on the main mast.

Running backstays to mainmast on 2:1 tackles.

Stainless steel standing rigging on the mizzen to chain plates on outside of coamings and wheelhouse roof enabling unimpeded access around the aft deck.

Main halyard falls come to a pin rail on the shrouds.  Mainsheet to a track on the wheelhouse roof.  Mizzen mainsheet to aft deck.

Headsail hanks on to forestay.

Sails include gaff mainsail, topsail, Bermudan mizzen, mizzen staysail, 2 x genoas, jib and cruising chute.

Machinery

Iveco Aifo 4.5l 90hp 4cyl diesel.  Maintained annually and professionally repaired if ever required

PRM500 gearbox with single lever controls to a centreline 4 blade feathering MaxProp, installed in 2015.

7.5 knots cruising speed at 1 gallon/hour.  9 knots max speed.

2 x 12 volt 90ah batteries for engine starting.  Single 12 volt 120ah domestic battery.  Charged from engine alternator or through installed shore power system and a smart charger.  1kw inverter for 240v power when at sea.

80 gallons of diesel in 2 separate stainless steel fuel tanks.

80 gallons of water in 2 separate stainless steel fuel tanks.

Calorifier connected to the engine producing hot water.

Accommodation

4 berths in 2 separate cabins with possibility of another single berth if required.

6’5” headroom in the saloon.  6’2” headroom in the wheelhouse.  6’1” headroom in the aft cabin.  6’2” headroom under hatch in forward cabin.

Centreline steps down from wheelhouse into aft cabin which has a large single berth either side and a heads compartment forward to port.  Storage lockers on the centreline at aft end of cabin.

Blakes Lavac sea toilet discharges directly overboard.  Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water

Wheelhouse with 6’2”  headroom.  Starboard side bench seat that could be a berth if required.

Steps down into main saloon with galley port and starboard.  Gimballed Taylors paraffin stove with oven.  Galley sink located on port side opposite the stove with hot and cold pressurised water.

Half height bulkheads separate off the cabin from main saloon.

Solid fuel cabin stove on starboard side.

Saloon settee berth either side with a centreline dropleaf varnished mahogany table.

Centreline door into the forepeak.  Chemical toilet on the centreline with a hand basin to port.  Large sail to starboard and anchor locker forward.  Enough space here to fit another berth if required.

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 Itchen Ferry Gaff Cutter

Built in 1898 by Hayles on the Isle of Wight on lines of the Itchen Ferry but as a gentlemans yacht.

Discovered as a derelict wreck in the late 1980’s, a complete professional rebuild commenced that eventually saw the boat re-launched in 2003.  The hull and decks were rebuilt from the bottom and she is now in superb structural condition.  Purchased a few years ago by the current professional shipwright owner who has improved the boat immensely and brought her up to a very high standard of finish inside and out.

The rig required attention and she has had a new set of sails, new running and standing rigging plus various alterations to improve the overall condition and performance of the rig.

There is little to do apart from continued work on the cosmetics as would be expected on any boat of this type.

The interior offers a surprising amount of space for a boat of only 22′ in length with 3 good sized berths, heads and a galley.  The cockpit has space for 3 comfortably while sailing and is deep enough to feel safe and secure.

A beautifully presented and very pretty gaff cutter with a well documented history in superb condition inside and out. 2020 survey report available.  Lots of history and documentation going back to 1914 with logs from various cruises.

Back on the market after only 1 season due to family circumstances.

Length on Deck                 22’6″

Length Overall                   30′

Length Waterline             21′

Beam                                    8’6″

Draft                                      4’6″

Construction

Carvel planked in Larch above and Elm below the waterline, all bronze screw fastened to sawn oak frames.

Topsides are splined for a fair finish.

Grown oak floors across the centreline on every other frame, fastened with bronze screws and bronze throat bolts.

External lead ballast keel held with bronze keel bolts, new when launched in 2003.  Internal ballast in the form of lead ingots, recently re-cast so it stows more neatly and securely.

Semi-swept laid Douglas Fir deck glued with epoxy over a marine plywood subdeck and seams paid with Sikalfex.  Varnished Teak coverboards and toe rail with varnished Iroko rubbing strakes.

New bronze fairleads bow and stern with a bronze mushroom vent on the foredeck.

Nicely proportioned coachroof with curved forward corners.  Varnished teak coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.  New varnished teak sliding entrance hatch and delightful varnished teak butterfly skylight and new varnished teak grab rails.

Cockpit with varnished teak coamings and curved aft corners.  Thwarts either side that hinge up to access lockers below.

Transom hung rudder, recently overhauled with a new stainless cap.  Varnished wooden tiller.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on a solid varnished wooden keel stepped mast.

Varnished wooden boom, gaff and bowsprit .

Satin finish stainless steel standing rigging, new in 2018 by Lee Rogers of Dartmouth with hand spliced and leathered eyes.  Pair of shrouds each side to the hounds onto external galvanised chain plates.  Newly fitted cap shrouds over a set of galvanised spreaders to external bronze chain plates.  All bronze bottle screws.

Running backstays in Dyneema on 3:1 tackles.

Running rigging all new in 2018.

New suit of sails in white terylene by Paul Martin of Faversham including mainsail, main topsail, staysail and jib. Topsail in a green terylene.  Older and larger white main topsail.

Second mainsail and staysail, as new condition, by James Lawrence.

Mainsail fastened to the mast with new wooden mast hoops.

Jib and staysail on Wickham Martin bronze furling gear.

New teak boom crutch with bronze deck cleats fitted.  Mainsail sheets to a galvanised horse on the aft deck.

Machinery

Beta Marine 13.5hp 2 cylinder diesel installed and first commissioned in 2003.

Located under the cockpit sole with good access.

Single lever controls and centreline shaft to a fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.

45 litre plastic fuel tank under aft deck with filters.

Single 12 volt battery for engine starting and domestics, charged from the engine alternator.  Battery new in 2018.

Accommodation

Surprisingly spacious accommodation for a boat of this length due to the generous beam.  Hull recently painted throughout the saloon and forepeak.

3 berths including 2 settee berths and a single in the forepeak.

Steps down into the main cabin.  Galley area either side with a Plastimo 2 burner gas stove with grill to port and a stainless sink to starboard.  Manual bronze water pump from a nylon water tank under the starboard berth.  Good storage lockers.

Main saloon with a settee berth either side and plenty of light from the skylight above.

New scrubbed teak cabin sole boards.

Port side door into the forepeak with a single berth to port and heads to starboard.

Heads is  a Jabsco manual sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.  Sitting headroom here under the foredeck.

Equipment

Sestrel bulkhead steering compass

Echo sounder

VHF radio

Clock and barometer

Manual bilge pump

Auto electric bilge pump

CQR anchor

Fishermans anchor

38m of galvanised chain

Warps

Fenders

New cockpit cover

New skylight and forehatch cover.

Plastimo gas stove

Stainless sink with bronze manual pump

Bunk and berth cushions

Jabsco manual sea toilet

2 x mainsails, 2 x staysails, 1 jib, 1 small topsail and 1 large topsail

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 Itchen Ferry Gaff Cutter Yacht

Itchen Ferry built as a yacht by Berthon of Lymington in 1926.  It was quite common for private individuals to commission a new yacht based on the proven design of local working boats.

She underwent a major professional rebuild in the 1990’s which included many new frames and planks, a complete new deck, rig and interior.  Since that time she has evidently been very well maintained and updated as necessary including a new engine in 2009.  The last survey from 2013 is available, since which time no expense has been spared on her maintenance.

Her dimensions show she has a very generous beam at over 9’ for a 25’ yacht, this helps open up the interior volume but also gives her a healthy waterline length, meaning she is no slouch in favourable conditions, regularly clocking 7 knots if allowed.  Her Thames Tonnage of 7TM shows just how voluminous she is for a boat of her length.

She has been cruised by the current owners mainly in the Solent, easily sailed by a husband and wife crew and welcomed at all the traditional yachting events.

This is an exceptionally nice yacht, superbly well maintained and with a great history and pedigree.

Mooring for the 2022 season already paid and available to a purchaser if required.

Length on Deck                 25’

Length Overall                   34’

Length Waterline             24’

Beam                                    9’2”

Draft                                      4’2”

Thames Tonnage             7TM

Wooden Ships Comments on this Laurent Giles Wanderer

Laurent Giles Wanderer design built by the International Boatbuilding Training College, Lowestoft, in 1985.  She was built for a chap at the college by the students, supervised by the professional on site shipwrights.  It is clear from some of the detail the students were testing out many of their new found skills with some intricate finishing touches not normally seen on a yacht of this type.

Bought by the present owner shortly after the build and kept on the south coast with summer cruising around the English Channel.  In recent years she has been slightly neglected and is in need of a new owner to take her on and carry out the various repair jobs required.  A full list of the work needed is available on request.  The hull is basically sound and in very good order, she is mainly suffering from fresh water damage around the top and a lack of maintenance in the last few years.

5 berths with full standing headroom throughout, a proper cockpit and an easily handled rig.  The Wanderer is known for being a sea kindly, safe and very capable boat, it is not often one comes on the market and they tend to be very sought after.

Although in need of some refit work, the boat is sensibly priced and well worth the effort as she will be a superb, very safe and easily handled cruising yacht once finished.

Length on Deck                 29’10”

Beam                                    9’4″

Draft                                      5’4″

Construction

Carvel planked in iroko, copper fastened to laminated and steam bent oak timbers.  Close spacing of the timbers.

Heavy grown oak floors across the centreline throughout the saloon, interspersed with galvanised strap floors with tangs to pick up the keel bolts.  Galvanised strap floors continue into the fore and aft ends of the hull.  Strap floors have corrosion in places but are otherwise sound.

Cast iron ballast keel with galvanised keel bolts.  Not drawn since new.

Solid yacht laid teak deck, caulked and payed with Sikaflex.  Fastened with bronze screws to the deck beams.

High toe rail all round with a teak capping rail, fixed to extensions of the oak frames protruding through the cover boards.

Mahogany coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.  Several corner posts on the coachroof have suffered from water ingress, one has been replaced and one removed.

Scrubbed teak sliding companion hatch.

Self draining cockpit with scrubbed teak thwarts and sole grating.

Tiller steering on a transom hung rudder.

Rig

Masthead bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy Proctor mast.

Alloy slab reefing boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless steel chain plates. Standing rigging new approximately 10 years ago.

Heavily but simply rigged.  Split standing backstay.

Headsail hanks to forestay.

Pair of Barlow 20 non self tailing cockpit sheet winches.  Pair of Barlow mast winches.

Mainsail by Gowen in good condition

Genoa by Kemp in excellent condition

No.1 jib by Gowen in good condition

Storm jib by Gowen in excellent condition.

Machinery

Volvo Penta MD11D 25hp 2cyl diesel.  Raw water cooled.

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

Plastic fuel tank of approximately 50 litres in port cockpit locker.

2 x 12 volt batteries charged by engine alternator.

2 manual bilge pumps

Accommodation

5 berths including 2 saloon settee berths, pilot berth and 2 single berths in the forecabin.

6′ headroom throughout.

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

Chart desk faces outboard with cupboards and drawers below.

Galley has a single sink with manually pumped fresh water and a Taylors 2 burner paraffin stove with oven.

Keyhole style bulkhead with vertical grab rails separates off the main saloon with 2 saloon settee berths and a pilot berth to port.

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

Heads has a Blakes Lavac sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.  Stainless hand basin with manually pumped fresh water.

Forecabin with 2 V-berths and full standing headroom.  Ladder to forehatch above.  Anchor locker below the berths with storage lockers below at the aft end.

Equipment

Sestrel steering compass

Lifebuoy

45lb CQR anchor

Anchor chain

Simpson Lawrence single speed manual anchor windlass

Mainsail

Genoa

No1. jib

Storm jib

Running and standing rigging

4 x Barlow winches

Various warps and fenders

Alloy beaching legs

Bunk and Berth cushions

Taylors galley stove

Full 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 Royal Mersey Restricted Class Gaff Cutter

Royal Mersey Restricted Class gaff cutter, built in 1913 by Samuel Bond and Sons on the Wirral to a design by G.H. Wilmer.

Bought by the current owner in 2001 in a very poor state, she was given to David Moss Boatbuilders in Fleetwood for a complete rebuild which commenced in 2005.  The work involved replacement of the keel and keel bolts, new oak floors, many new frames and a complete new deck structure.  The rig, interior and systems were all new.

Fitted with 3 single berths, a heads and galley, she offers comfortable accommodation even though the headroom and space is not huge.

Since the rebuild she has been kept in lovely condition and updated as required with new standing rigging in 2016 and regular paint and varnish to keep her looking smart and tidy.

A delightful looking boat in superb condition with a very good pedigree and history.

2019 survey available.

Length on Deck                 25’6”

Length Overall                   32’

Length Waterline             23’5”

Beam                                    8’1”

Draft                                      4’1”

Displacement                    5 tons

Construction

Carvel planked in 1” pitch pine fastened with copper rivets to steam bent oak timbers of 1.5” square at 7” centres.

Oak floors across the centreline.  Keel and stem in oak.  The floors in way of the mast have longer arms in order to spread the load of the mast.  Mast step in iroko laid on top of the floors.

External iron ballast keel of 2.25 tons fastened with galvanised steel keel bolts, all new in 2010.

100lb of internal lead ballast

Epoxy sheathed plywood deck on douglas fir deck beams and beamshelf, all new in the rebuild.  Varnished iroko toe rails and rubbing strakes.

Bronze deck fittings including fairleads and cleats.

Coachroof with curved iroko coamings and an epoxy sheathed coachroof deck of plywood over T&G pine. Bronze portlights and varnished iroko handrails on the coachroof.

Non self draining cockpit with varnished iroko coamings.  Varnished iroko thwart either side with lifting lids giving access to cockpit lockers.  Varnished sliding entrance hatch and washboards.

Transom hung rudder with varnished tiller.

Rig

The complete rig was new in 2010.

Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped Douglas Fir mast.

Pitch Pine boom, sitka spruce bowsprit and a hollow gaff of sitka spruce.

Stainless steel standing rigging, all new in 2016.  Stainless rigging screws to external stainless chain plates.

Running backstays on 4:1 tackles with Tufnell blocks.

Double tailed mainsheet to a galvanised horse on the aft deck with Tufnell blocks.

Staysail and jib both on Wickham Martin furling systems.

Mainsail with slab reefing

All sails new at the time of the rebuild by Fleetwood Trawlers but first used in 2010, all in good condition.  Mainsail, staysail, jib and storm jib.

Machinery

Perkins Perama M30 3cyl 28hp diesel, new in 1998.

Tecnodrive TMC 40P gearbox, new in 2019.

Stainless shaft to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller giving 5 knots cruising speed, 6.5 knots max.  Fuel consumption of 2 litres/hour.

42 litre plastic Vetus fuel tank in starboard cockpit locker.  10 litre spare fuel can.

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator or through the shore power system.  Installed shore power system with a CTEK Marine battery charger.

1 manual bilge pump and 2 electric bilge pumps.

Accommodation

3 single berths with 5’ headroom in the saloon.

Steps down over the engine box.  Chart table to starboard and galley area to port.

Chart table is fixed with a storage space beneath.  Electrical switch panel under the deck head.

Galley has a single burner Dometic Origo spirit stove and a plastic bowl used as a sink.

Saloon has a settee berth either side.

Port side door through the forward bulkhead.  Single berth to starboard and a heads on the centreline.

Heads is a Baby Blake sea toilet, totally reconditioned, that discharges directly overboard.

Equipment

Sowester Bosun steering compass

NASA Marine sounder

NASA Marine Log

ICOM M321 DSC VHF

Cobra handheld VHF

Clock and barometer

2 x lifejackets

Life buoy

Horse shoe lifebuoy with light and throwing line

4 safety harnesses with cockpt clips

Jackstays

Sea anchor

40lbs Danforth anchor.

30lbs Fishermans anchor

8m of 3/8” chain and 100m of 14mm warp on each anchor

Warps

Fenders

Inflatable dinghy

Boom tent

Cabin Tilly lamp

Bunk and berth cushions

Dometic Origo single burner spirit stove

Baby Blake sea toilet

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 Plymouth Hooker Gaff Cutter

Built in Looe in 1896 as a Plymouth Hooker, she was a long line fishing boat with the number PH339.  She was originally a half deck boat and would have fished the coastal waters around Plymouth.

Having been crushed by a ferry in the 1970’s, she underwent an extensive rebuild.  After this she was bought by John Raymond-Barker of RB Boatbuilding in Bristol.  He changed much of the planking and then sailed her across the Atlantic and back.

Bought by the present owner in 2005, she was in a bad state and soon after the purchase the boat was given to Ashley Butler of Butler and Co for a comprehensive refit which was undertaken in 2006.  A new lead keel was fitted with new floors, keel bolts and a greenheart keelson.  A number of frames were replaced as well as a complete new deck structure and new rig.  The interior was fitted in 2007 after the bulk of the main refit had been completed.  The work included a new coachroof, full width to create a raised deck in the middle of the yacht.  This increases the interior volume enormously without detracting from the outward appearance of the yacht.

A lovely looking working boat in good sound condition with a well documented refit history.  She has been lived aboard by the present owner and cruised extensively around the south coast, Channel Islands and France.  She is a nice size of boat, easily handled but not cramped below decks and with good headroom.

Length on Deck               31’

Length Overall                 44’

Length Waterline            30’

Beam                                 9’

Draft                                  5’

Construction

Carvel planked in 1.75” larch, fastened with bronze ring-nails to sawn and grown oak frames.

Frames are 2”x3” at 14” centres.  Some frames replaced in the refit

Grown oak floors across the centreline, bolted through the frames with bonze bolts.

External lead ballast keel of 1 ton with bronze keel bolts.  Floors, keel and bolts all new in the 2006 refit.

1.5 tons of internal lead pigs.

Internal keelson fitted new in the refit using Greenheart.  Keel bolts pass through the floors and the keelson to sandwich the whole centreline structure.

The complete deck structure and coachroof was new in the 2006 refit.

Straight laid deck in 1.75” Iroko, bronze screw fastened.  Cotton caulked seams payed with Jeffries No.2  in the traditional manner.  Laid on oak deck beams and an oak beamshelf with grown oak lodging knees, all copper rivet fastened.  All new in the refit.

Full width coachroof with iroko coamings and straight laid iroko coachroof  deck.  The coachroof deck is at the same level as the top of the bulwark, giving a lot of volume below decks without detracting from the outward appearance.  Bronze portholes and deck lights from Davey.

High bulwark all round on oak stanchions mounted through the cover board and side bolted to the frames.  Iroko bulwark planking with a gold cove line and iroko capping rail, all varnished.

Large companion hatch on the coachroof, made in varnished iroko, with a curved sliding hatch.  The forward part of the hatch can be lifted off to allow lots of light and air into the cabin.

Tiller steering on a transom hung rudder, all new in 2006.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped solid wooden pole mast, new in 2006.

Solid wooden bowsprit, boom and gaff yard.  Galvanised mast fittings and goose neck.

Galvanised wire standing rigging, new in 2006, parcelled and served, with dead eyes and lanyards to external galvanised chain plates.

Bowsprit can be completely run in very easily to reduce the overall length to 31’.  Half way position where bowsprit can be fixed to set a smaller jib in stronger winds.

Running backstays on tackles.

Pair of non-self tailing Tufnell sheet winches on the coachroof deck.

Running rigging in English Braids 3 strand rope, 2006-2011.  Blocks by Colin Frake with bronze sheaves.

Mainsail, staysail, No.1 jib and No.2 jib.  All in used condition.

Machinery

Volvo Penta D1-30F 3cyl 30hp marine diesel, installed new in 2012.  Less than 100hrs since new.

Mechanical gearbox with stainless shaft to a centreline Darglow feathering 3 blade bronze propeller, new 2010.  Gives 5 knots cruising speed at 3 litres/hour.  7 knots max.  Stern gear new in 2006.

50 litre stainless steel fuel tank aft of the engine.

2 x 12 volt batteries under the chart desk.  Charged from the engine alternator or through a Studer 240v charger.  Installed shore power system.

1 manual and 1 auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation

Largely open plan interior with new joinery in 2006-2007 using oak T&G, iroko and cats-paw oak locker doors. The interior has been designed to be quite removeable to get access to the hull and to ensure good airflow.

4 berths including a large double forward and 2 full-length singles in the saloon.

Headroom in the saloon of 1.8m.

Companion steps down into the saloon.  Engine box aft of the steps and fullsize chart table to port.  Flat space over the fuel tank aft of the engine, the boat is completely open back to the transom, with removeable shelving and storage.

Starboard side opposite the chart desk is the heads, a simple bucket with an iroko lid.

Single saloon settee berth either side.  Teak saloon table on a fold out leg so can be pushed back out of the way.

L-shaped galley forward port side of saloon.  Built in 2006 from solid iroko.  Porcelain sink with manually pumped fresh water, electric filtered freshwater and a bronze seawater tap.  Eno 2 burner gimballed gas stove with oven and grill.  Oven needs refurbishment.  Gas bottles stow on deck.  Solid wooden chopping board pulls out like a drawer. There are also 3 hinged dropdown wooden drawers under the deckhead, for galley storage and other sundries, utilising maximal space.

Flexible water tanks under settee berths.

Starboard side forward of the settee berth is a solid fuel Colin Frake Faversham stove, small wood/coal storage area and a waterpoof radio and CD player with speakers. Gimballed brass oil-lamps.

Starboard side passage through the forward bulkhead into the forward cabin which contains a large full width double berth (not V-shaped) with fiddled shelves around the bunk.  Large storage space below and to the port side of the berth with book-matched catspaw oak doors.  Forward hatch above the bunk for light and air. Anchor locker in the bows.

Equipment

Bronze steering compass

Raymarine sounder and log

Raymarine Ray54E DSC VHF

Garmin GPS Map 276C

2 x 12 volt plugs

Barometer

Fishermans anchor with chain

Manual windlass

ENO gas galley stove, needs refurbishment

Bunk and berth cushions

Gimballed oil lamp

Faversham cast iron cabin stove

2 x 12 volt batteries

Shore power system with RCD switch

Studer 240v charger

Hatch covers

Whale Gusher 30 manual bilge pump

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.