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Wooden Ships Comments on this Maurice Griffiths Good Hope ketch

Good Hope ketch designed by Maurice Griffiths and built by Whisstocks of Woodbridge in 1968.

This is the first boat built, named Good Hope and designed to be a comfortable and spacious cruising yacht that is easy to handle and safe.  She features a manageable ketch rig, sheltered helm position under the wheelhouse, centre cockpit with an aft cabin and spacious living accommodation.  7 berths including a large double.

She has been in the present ownership since 1996 and used for sailing around the West Country and English channel, frequently single handed proving how easy she is to sail.

She had a new Volvo 55hp diesel fitted in 2006 which has been well maintained and cared for.

A fantastic live aboard cruising yacht with plenty of space at a sensible price.

Length on Deck                 38’6″

Length Waterline            30’5″

Beam                                    11′

Draft                                      4.3″

Thames Tonnage             16TM

Construction

Planked in iroko copper fastened to Canadian Rock Elm steamed timbers.

Underwater hull sheathed in Cascover from new.

External iron ballast keel with steel keel bolts.

Galvanised steel strap floors across the centreline with ferrous bolts.

Marine plywood deck, GRP sheathed externally and finished in non slip deck paint.

Step in the deck with a raised aft deck to increase volume in aft cabin.. Very high tow rail from step running forward with galvanised stanchions.

Iroko coachroof coamings, painted externally with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck

Varnished iroko wheelhouse, open backed with a canvas cover.

Wheel steering with cables.  Also a tiller on the aft deck.

Rig

Bermudan ketch rig on deck stepped alloy masts and alloy slab reefing booms.

Standing rigging a mix of stainless steel and galvanised, approximately 20 years old.  Stainless rigging screws to internal galvanised chain plates

Cutter headed with hanked on staysail to the inner forestay with a staysail boom.  Jib on a Profurl roller furling system.

Mizzen, mainsail, staysail, jib, mizzen staysail and cruising chute.

Pair of self tailing bronze sheet winches in the cockpit.  3 mast winches.

Machinery

Volvo Penta D2 55-C 4cyl 55hp diesel installed new in 2006.

AquaDrive coupling and stainless shaft to a centreline 3 blade feathering Kiwiprop propeller gives 5.5 knots cruising speed, 7.5 knots max.  Fuel consumption of 2 litres/hour.

Painted steel fuel tanks outboard of the engine.

3 x 12 volt batteries for engine starting and domestics.  Charged from engine alternator or battery charger through 240 volt shore power system.

Accommodation

7 berths in total, double in the aft cabin, 2 saloon settee berths and a pilot berth plus 2 single berths in forward cabin.

Starboard side entrance to the aft cabin from the cockpit.  Large double berth to port.  Starboard side set up for storage plus a large 12 volt cool box/fridge.

Cockpit is totally enclosed when canvas back is set up giving a sheltered and dry space.

Engine under cockpit sole.

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

Chart desk faces outboard with a drawer and storage locker beneath

Galley is U-shaped with a higher level work surface on the centreline and vertical grab rail.  Nelson 2 burner gimballed gas stove with oven and grill.  Single sink with manually pumped fresh water.  Huge amount of storage space above and below the galley.

Main saloon separated off by half height bulkheads with vertical grab rails.

Large centreline dropleaf table with port and starboard settee berths.  Starboard side there s a pilot berth under the deckhead.

Diesel fired cabin heater mounted on the sole on the forward bulkhead.

Gimballed paraffin lamps on the coamings.

Port side door going forward with heads compartment to port.

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

Forward cabin has 2 V-berths.  Good headroom with forehatch over.  Storage space below the berths.

Chain locker right in the bows.

Full specification and details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Norman Dallimore Gaff Cutter

Designed by Norman Dallimore and built by W. King and Sons of Burnham -on-Crouch in 1924.

Taken on by the present professional shipwright owner in a poor state in 2015 and given a thorough refit which included a new stem, new keel bolts, new ring frame, new rig, sails and engine.  In 2018 a counter stern was added transforming her into an elegant and eye catching yacht.  It looks as if she has always had a counter and the way in which this has been done is excellent.

She has a most unusual yet original sliding teak dog house which can be pulled back over the cockpit for shelter but pushed right forward out of the way when sailing.  It has of course been completely rebuilt and looks like new but is exactly to the original design and is a very unique and interesting feature.

She has been sailed extensively with cruises around Brittany and the Scillies as well as racing in the 2018 Falmouth Classics where she won her class for 30′-40′ gaffers.

The interior fit out has been finished extremely well, keeping as much of the original pitch pine joinery as possible and complimenting it with new joinery in varnished oak.

This is a very elegant and nicely restored classic yacht with good pedigree in very sound condition.

Length on deck                 33’6″

Length Overall                   42′

Beam                                    8’1″

Draft                                      5’6″

Thames Tonnage             6TM

Construction

Carvel planked in 1″ Pitch Pine fastened with clenched copper nails to steamed Canadian Rock Elm timbers at 5″ centres.  New laminated stem fitted in the rebuild.

Counter stern added during the rebuild using larch planking with 12″ staggered scarphs.

Laminated oak floors across the centreline.  All but 2 replaced in the rebuild.

External iron ballast keel of approximately 3 tons fastened with iron keel bolts.  Bolts all new in 2015.

3/4 ton of internal lead trimming ballast.

Large laminated oak ring frame in way of the mast to spread the loads of the rig.

Straight laid 1.25″ Douglas fir deck on oak deck beams, sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth.  Varnished teak toe rail and rubbing strake all round.  There is a small step in the deck aft of amidships giving slightly raised topsides forward, increasing the internal volume.

Varnished teak butterfly skylight just aft of the mast.

Very deep cockpit with varnished teak coamings.  She has a most interesting sliding dog house, newly built in varnished teak but to the original design which slides on bronze runners.  This comes aft to cover the majority of the cockpit, but when sailing can be pushed right forward o give on open and more spacious cockpit.  Conventional sliding varnished teak companion hatch.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped hollow Douglas Fir mast, new in 2015.

Varnished Douglas Fir boom, gaff and bowsprit, all new in 2015.

Stainless steel standing rigging to external bronze chain plates.  Rigging new in 2015.

Running back stays on tackles, split into 3 parts to support the mast in multiple places.

Mainsail, topsail, 2 x jibs, staysail and storm jib.  All in good order.

Pair of Barlow non self tailing bronze cockpit sheet winches. 

Machinery

Bukh DV24 2cyl 24hp marine diesel.

Mechanical gearbox with twin lever bronze controls to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 4.5 knots cruising speed.

Shaft, prop and stern tube new in 2015.

50 litre plastic Vetus fuel tank in port cockpit locker.

2 x 12 volt batteries under chart desk seat, charged from the engine alternator and a solar panel.

1 manual and 1 auto electric bilge pump

Accommodation

The rebuild kept as much of the original interior as possible, most of it being Pitch Pine that has now been stripped and oiled.  All new joinery is in varnished oak.

2 berths with 5’8″ headroom in the saloon.

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

Chart desk is new in oak, forward facing with lifting lids fore and aft.  Vertical grab post by the chart desk.

Galley has a mix of old and new joinery all very nicely put together.  Plastimo Neptune 2 burner gimballed gas stove with oven and grill.  Flat work space forward of this with a bronze pattern pump for fresh water.  Numerous storage drawers, lockers and shelves around the galley.

Port and starboard settee berths with skylight over.  Starboard side has all new oak joinery with shelf space and lockers in the seat backs.  All new upholstery in 2020.

Forward bulkhead and joinery all original in pitch pine.  Cast iron solid fuel cabin stove to starboard against the bulkhead.

Doorway to port into the forepeak with the heads and stowage.  Large cargo net to port for stowing sails and equipment.

Jabsco sea toilet discharges directly overboard.  Copper hand basin with manually pumped fresh water.

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 Warrington-Smythe Bermudan Cutter

Believed to have been designed by Warrington Smythe, she was built by the Ponsharden Shipyard in the 1930’s.  In long present ownership she has been cruised and raced around the Solent and west to Weymouth, proving to be a fast, easily handled and quite capable boat.

2018 refit when all seacocks and skin fittings were replaced and the boat given a cosmetic overhaul.

An enormously fun, pretty yet easy to maintain boat in nice condition and ready to sail.  2011 and 2018 surveys available.

Length on Deck                 18′

Length Overall                   25′

Beam                                    6’6″

Draft                                      4’2″

Construction

Carvel planked in 7/8″ pitch pine on grown oak frames with steamed intermediate timbers.  Bronze screw fastened into the sawn frames and copper rivets in the steamed timbers.

Iron strap floors across the sawn frames.

External ballast keel of 1 ton with bronze keel bolts.

Original solid laid teak deck now covered with Treadmaster non slip coating.  Varnished teak toe rail and rubbing strake.

Varnished teak coamings on the well proportioned coachroof with 2 bronze portholes each side and plywood coachroof deck.

Deep cockpit with thwarts either side that fold up to give more space, tiller steering with transom hung rudder.

Rig

Fractional Bermudan cutter rig on a deck stepped solid spruce mast, new in 2002.  Mast is in a galvanised tabernacle.

Slab reefing varnished spruce boom with stainless steel gooseneck fitting.  Varnished bowsprit.

Stainless steel standing rigging with twin lowers, single cap shroud, running back stays and an adjustable standing backstay to a new alloy bumpkin.

Mainsail, jib and staysail in cream terylene by Quay Sails of Poole.  Also has a spinnaker, cruising chute, storm trysail and mainsail cover.

Machinery

Dolphin 12hp 2 stroke petrol engine with a centrifugal clutch and direct drive.  Engine has been well maintained with a top end rebuild recently.

Stainless steel shaft with 2 blade bronze propeller.

2 x 12 volt batteries.

Accommodation

Small but very useable cabin space with a full length 6′ settee berth to starboard and an area to port which has been designed as a chart desk and galley.

Forward of this is a 6′ pipe cot to port with enough room forward for stowage of warps, fenders, sails etc.

Inventory

Log

Echo sounder

VHF

Grid Compass

Navigation Lights

6 Fenders

Mooring Warps

Anchor, chain and warp

2 Fire extinguishers

Detachable ventilator

Radar reflector

Bilge pumps – 1 x automatic and 1 x hand pump

2 Solar panels

Frame work for winter cover

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 30sqm Windfall Yacht

Designed and built by Abeking and Rasmussen in 1937, this 30sqm yacht was one of the naval training vessels that formed part of the fleet of  Windfall Yachts.  Until the end of The Second World War these yachts were used by the Luftwaffe and Kreigsmarine for training their officers, particularly navigation officers, until they were taken as spoils of war in 1945 and used for a similar role by the British military.

This boat has been in private ownership since 1950, racing on the south coast around the Solent and Poole.  After falling into disrepair, she was given and extensive rebuild in 2009 at the Clare Lallows boatyard in Cowes where all necessary repairs to hull and decks were done and a newly designed rig fitted.  Since then she has raced successfully in many classic events, proving to be a fast and easily handled yacht with superb lines.

The current owner has overhauled the machinery and spent a lot of time improving the cosmetics and finish of the yacht so she is now in sparkling condition.

She has a current IRC certificate.  2018 survey available.

Length on Deck                 32′

Length Waterline            21′

Beam                                    7′

Draft                                      4′

Thames Tonnage             7TM

Construction

Planked in mahogany copper fastened to oak frames

Iron external ballast keel.  Keel bolts new in 2009.

Sheathed marine plywood deck with a varnished mahogany coverboard and toe rail.

Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with chromed bronze portholes and a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.

Self draining cockpit with scrubbed teak thwarts and varnished mahogany coamings.

Tiller steering with varnished mahogany tiller and wooden rudder.

Rig

Fractional bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped painted alloy mast.

The current rig was designed in conjunction with Corby Yachts and is optimised for IRC racing.

Slab reefing alloy boom and alloy spinnaker pole.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.  Rigging new in 2009.

Harken roller furling headsail system.

Adjustable backstay on 6:1 purchase.

Well thought out and installed rig with modern blocks and fittings, mostly Harken.

Running rigging led aft along the coachroof through Spinlock organisers and clutches.

Pair of Harken 32 ST winches on the cabin top.  Pair of Harken ST sheet winches on the cockpit coamings.

Dimension-polyant laminated mainsail and jib, both new in 2009.

Spinnaker and asymmetric from 2009.  Fractional spinnaker and older Dacron mainsail.

Machinery

Lombardini 13hp 2cyl diesel installed on the centreline with a Volvo hydraulic drive to a port side offset propeller.

Engine newly installed in 2009, recently overhauled hydraulic system with new pipes.

2 blade folding propeller, gives 6 knots cruising speed.

Plastic Tek Tank diesel tank aft.

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from engine alternator.

Accommodation

4 berths with comfortable sitting headroom.

Steps down over the engine box with a quarter berth either side.

Matching piece of joinery each side with flat work top space.  Drawer storage beneath.  12 volt switch panel to port along with VHF and stereo.

Settee either side with sitting headroom.

Double v-berth forward.

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 Buchanan Viking Class

The Buchanan Viking class was another successful design from Alan Buchanan, one of the most highly regarded naval architects the UK has seen.  The Viking was designed as a fast cruising yacht with shallow draft making her ideal for the East coast of the UK which was Buchanan’s stomping ground.  To enable her to stand up to her canvas with her draft of only 4’10”, she has a healthy ballast ratio with a 2.18 tonne external ballast keel, and a most remarkable hull shape midships with a big belly and a sharp turn to the bilge giving her the distinctive brandy glass shape.  This not only gives the hull tremendous buoyancy making her a stiff boat in a breeze, but also gives the saloon a vast amount more space than a comparable yacht of her era, when aboard it is hard to believe she is only 31’ on deck.

She has the typical sheer line of a Buchanan yacht rising sweetly at bow and stern, and a marked tumblehome on the transom all which makes the Viking a very pretty  yacht.  Built by Johnson and Jago of Southend-on-Sea in 1967 to Lloyds100A1 and kept in class until 1978.

This is a well travelled example of the class having sailed to the Caribbean and back in a previous ownership where she competed in the Antigua Classics Regatta on two occasions.  In recent years she has benefitted from a complete new rig and sails and a lot of professional routine maintenance.  Used by the current owner for an extended trip around Ireland, she has been a very reliable and comfortable cruising boat.

The Viking is a very pretty and hugely capable yacht offering a lot more than her 31’ would suggest, with good performance, beautiful lines and good manners at sea.

Length on Deck                 31’

Length Waterline             24’

Beam                                    9’

Draft                                      4’10”

Thames Tonnage             9TM

Construction

Hull

Planked in mahogany all copper rivet fastened to closely spaced steam bent oak timbers.  Splined above the waterline and payed with red lead below.

Galvanised iron strap floors with galvanise floor bolts.  External iron ballast keel of 2.18 tonnes fixed with 30mm stainless steel keel bolts.  Several keel bolts drawn in 2011 and found to be in excellent condition.

Transom hung rudder on new bronze hangings

2019 transom repaired with some new ends of the planks and the hull completely stripped to bare wood and re-painted.

Decks and cockpit

Marine plywood deck screwed and glued to the deck beams, sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth and finished with cream deck paint.  Deck structure sits on a conventional beamshelf with a strengthening clamp in way of the mast.  Galvanised hanging knees and lodging knees for added strength.

Varnished teak upstanding toe rail on the outer edge of the deck, otherwise she has flush and wide decks making movement around the boat an easy task.  Stanchions mounted in bronze bases bolted through the deck slightly inboard of the toe rail.

Spacious self draining cockpit with a removable sole hatch to gain access to the stern gland.  Port and aft thwarts open into large lockers.  Bridge deck to the companion hatch for access below decks.  Full set of cockpit cushions with waterproof covering.  Canvas spray hood on a stainless frame gives good shelter in the cockpit.

Superstructure

Low profile coachroof with varnished teak coamings and a nicely radiused coachroof deck giving ample headroom below.  Some of the Viking class yachts have a raised doghouse aft which rather spoils the line of the deck, however this one was built with a flush coachroof giving her a far prettier outline

Varnished teak handrails on the coachroof deck with dorade boxes for ventilation.  Hatch forward of the mast giving access below.  Organisers on the coachroof deck lead the halyard and reefing line falls aft to jammers and a halyard winch either side of the companion hatch.

Rig

Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped wooden mast.  In 2014 the entire rig was replaced with a new built spruce mast from Collars, new running and standing rigging and new sails from Westaway Sails in cream Dacron.  The new rig has been properly set up and tested and is now in sail away order.

Varnished wooden mast and slab reefing boom with all colour coded reefing pennants led back to the cockpit.

Single spreader mast with a single cap shroud and twin lower shrouds.  Twin standing back stays.  Roller furling headsail with a removable inner forestay to take storm headsails.  Stainless steel rigging screws to internal galvanised chainpates.

Winches

2 x Lewmar 40 ST cockpit sheet winches

Single Lewmar mast winch

Single Lewmar reefing winch on aft end of coachroof deck

Sails

Mainsail

Genoa

No.3 Genoa (hanked)

Spinnaker

Storm jib

Machinery

Engine

New engine due to be fitted September 2020.  Details to follow.

Batteries

70ah gel dedicated engine start battery

2 x 110ah domestic batteries

Both banks charged via the engine alternator and with the 20w solar panel, new in 2014.

Tanks

8 gallon fuel tank gives 100 Nm range at 5.5 knots.  Spare fuel cans carried on board.

50l flexible water tank underneath the cabin sole.  Manual pumps to the heads and galley sinks.

Accommodation

Berths

5 berths including a large quarter berth, 2 very wide saloon settee berths and twin V berths forward which convert to a double.

Saloon

Spacious saloon due to the shape of the hull and the generous beam meaning the settee berths are slightly further outboard than they would be in other boats of her ilk.  This gives a wider cabin sole and generally more space in which to move around.

Saloon settee berths having split folding back rests allowing the backs to be pushed up out of the way making the berth much wider and comfortable for sleeping.  Large amounts of storage space beneath the berths.

Varnished mahogany drop leaf saloon table with fiddles.  Very adequate shelf space around the saloon with lots of locker storage.

All interior lighting has been converted to LED bulbs which vastly reduces the draw on the batteries.

Heads

Heads compartment forward of the saloon to starboard.  Blakes Lavac sea toilet with bulkhead mounted pump.  Hand basin pulls out from under the deck head and drains into the bowl, hand pumped cold water supply to the basin.  All heads seals new in 2011.

Opposite the heads compartment behind the concitina doors  is a hanging locker and more shelving.

Galley

Galley is in the aft port corner of the saloon.  Single stainless sink with hand pumped water.  Plastimo 2 burner gas stove with grill, gimball mounted with an easily accessed gas isolator tap, stove new in 2014, all gas pipes and taps new March 2014.  65l chest fridge mounted under the bridge deck, runs off a 12 volt compressor which was recently replaced.  Ample storage lockers in and around the galley.

Equipment

Bulkhead mounted steering compass

Raymarine log and sounder

Tacktick wind indicator

Raymarine ST4000 tiller pilot

Raymarine ST4000 instrument control

Cobra chart plotter

Windpilot self steering gear

Lowrance VHF DSC with AIS receiver

Link 2 AIS transponder

Furuno Navtex receiver

Iridium satellite phone aerial

Stereo with CD and AM/FM radio.

All over winter cover in two pieces goes around the mast and down to the waterline

Sprayhood 2018

Full cockpit cover 2018

Mainsail cover

Fair weather day covers

Wooden and alloy spinnaker pole

Fixed bimini frame with canvas cover.

1 Whale manual and 2 electric bilge pumps.

Jackstays

Twin horse shoe life buoys

2 x spare tillers

Personal safety lines

25lb CQR

60m of chain

Fishermans kedge with warp and chain

Cockpit table

Swim ladder

Fenders

Warps

2 x 20l diesel jerry cans

Wooden Ships Comments on this Buchanan Bermudan Cutter

Designed by Alan Buchanan and built by Kings of Burnham in 1963 for Bernard Hayman, previous editor of Yachting World.  She is an exceptional sea boat with good windward performance and designed to take whatever the seas may throw at her.

Hayman was an exceptional sailor and together with his yacht was the first western sailor to enter Russia post WWII.

He wrote extensively about his sailing exploits and the benefits of a well designed yacht for proper sailing where he was a strong advocate of employing new technology such as roller furling and self tailing winches to aid the lone sailor.

This yacht is not a typical Buchanan with long overhangs and the sweeping sheer, she instead has a relatively high freeboard making her spacious below decks with a transom hung rudder.  Her virtues become apparent at sea where every part of her has been cleverly designed to make a superb sea boat.  The way she sails, the strength of the build, the layout below, the available storage and plenty of hand holds are all indications of what this yacht was designed originally designed for and is capable of.  She may not be festooned with double berths but she will look after her crew in any weather and will behave exactly as a proper yacht should.

Fitted with a new engine in 2016, new mainsail in 2018 and updated cosmetics and paint work, she is in excellent condition and ready to sail.  2021 survey report.

Length overall                   32’2”

Length Waterline             24’

Beam                                    9’

Draft                                      6’

Thames Tonnage

Construction

Hull

Planked in ¾” Iroko fastened with copper nails and roves to Canadian Rock Elm steamed timbers.

A mixture of grown oak and galvanised strap floors.

External 2.2 ton lead ballast keel with bronze keel bolts.

Topsides professionally repainted last winter.

Decks and cockpit

The deck has a noticeable radius to improve headroom below.  Constructed of a double layer of marine plywood screwed and glued to the deck beams and finished with deck paint.  Large section beamshelf with galvanised hanging knees.  Decks stripped and repainted last winter.

Large dorade vents just forward of the coachroof which can be removed and blanked off in heavy weather.  The dorades were rebuilt last winter.  Varnished teak forehatch

Varnished teak toerail set slightly inboard of the deck edge.  Stainless steel guard wires and stanchions mounted flush to the deck.

Self draining cockpit with a bridge deck.  The thwarts are effectively at deck level with the varnished coamings fastened directly to the deck.  Tiller steering to a transom hung rudder.  Canvas sprayhood for shelter.

Superstructure

Coachroof aft of the mast made of varnished mahogany coamings with bronze portlights.  Coachroof deck is painted marine plywood.  Varnished teak handrails on the coachroof deck with a raised garage to accommodate the sliding hatch.

Rig 

Masthead Bermudan cutter rig on a keel stepped alloy mast with an alloy slab reefing boom.  Pair of alloy spinnaker poles.

Hayman spent much time planning the rigging and wrote extensively on the subject of having a versatile and easily managed rig for short handed sailing.  His opinion was that this yachts rig is the ideal set up for a short handed sailor, offering several very efficient sail combinations to suit wind strength.  He was absolutely of the mind that a heavily reefed large genoa on a roller reefing system was not a suitable sail for upwind sailing in heavy weather and that reducing the height aspect of the rig by setting sails from other forestays was a far preferable option.

Close coupled inner and outer forestay, both with roller furling.  No.1 Profurl new in 2007.  A third inner stay to the spreaders allows a heavy weather staysail to be set on hanks.

Stainless steel standing rigging new 2005 with bronze rigging screws to stainless steel chain plates.

Twin standing back stays, single cap shroud and a single aft raking lower.  The forward lower shroud is replaced by the inner forestay which fastens to the same part of the mast.

Sails 

Fully battened mainsail new in 2018 from Owen Sails

No.1 genoa 2011 in excellent condition

No.2 Genoa 2012 in excellent condition

Storm Jib  and trysail original but in good condition

Trysail original but good

Genneker new 2011 in excellent condition on Facnor furler.

Winches

Pair of Lewmar ST sheet winches on the cockpit coamings.

3 x mast winches for halyards and reefing pennants.

Machinery

Engine

Volvo Penta D1-20 19hp 3cyl diesel fitted new in 2016.

Single lever control with a stainless shaft to a Feather Stream folding propeller.

Calorifier run off the engine for hot water.

Tanks

70l stainless steel fuel tank located at the aft end of the boat.

70l flexible water tank in the bilge.

Batteries

2 x 12volt batteries charged from the engine alternator.

Accommodation

Berths

4 berths with 2 quarter berths and 2 pilot berths.

Saloon

This boat was designed for long distance cruising and that is evident from her layout and design features.  The berths are all excellent sea berths, the storage areas are plentiful and secure, handholds are numerous and priority has been given to a full size chart table.

Steps down into the saloon with a massive 6’7” of headroom.  An easily accessed quarter berth either side, forward of this is the galley port and chart table to starboard.  The interior finish is simple yet smart with painted bulkheads and varnished trim.

The settees are relatively small as they do not double up as berths.  Pilot berths behind these are full length, deep and safe with large front accessed storage lockers beneath.  Centreline table hinged off the mast folds away when not in use.

Alaska oil fired cabin heater on the forward bulkhead.

Passageway offset to starboard into the forecabin with the heads and storage.

Galley

2 burner gimballed gas stove with oven and grill.  Single stainless sink gravity drains overboard.

Large amount of storage and locker space in and around the galley.

Heads

Jabsco sea toilet centrally mounted facing aft in the forecabin.  Fitted new last winter.

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 Laurent Giles Lymington L Class

The Lymington L Class was designed by Laurent Giles and was the fore runner to the Vertue which is easy to see by looking at her lines.  This yacht was built by Elkins of Christchurch in 1933.  She was the 2nd L Class to be built out of 18 in total, commissioned by Colonel Bland-Strang.

The boat had a major refit in Cornwall in 2003 for a previous owner and was purchased by the current owner in 2008.  Since then she has been professionally maintained each year and improvements made to her rig and equipment.  She appears to be a smart and well cared yacht with lovely lines and nice pedigree.  Since 2008 she has been day sailed in the Solent on a regular basis.

A very pretty, well equipped and nicely presented yacht that is ready to go sailing.  The owner has a large road trailer which can take the boat and could be available to a purchaser if desired.

Length on deck                 23’3″

Length Waterline             19’6″

Beam                                    6’10”

Draft                                      3’8″

Thames Tonnage             4TM

Construction

Planked in 3/4″ Oregon pine fastened to steam bent oak timbers.  Every 5th or 6th frame is a large sawn oak frame, also copper rivet fastened.

External lead ballast keel fastened with bronze keel bolts.  Grown oak floors across the centreline with the keel passing through the floors.

Deck is made from straight laid T&G pine, overlaid with 6mm marine plywood and sheathed externally.  Finished in cream deck paint.

Varnished mahogany rubbing strake.  Varnished mahogany toe rail mounted on the stanchion bases above the deck.

Coachroof stops short of the mast with varnished mahogany coamings and bronze portholes.  Epoxy sheathed plywood coachroof deck.

Non self draining cockpit with varnished mahogany coamings and scrubbed teak thwarts.  Transom hung rudder with tiller steering.

Rig

Fractional bermudan sloop rig  on a keel stepped varnished wooden mast.

Varnished pine slab reefing boom.  Stack pack system and lazy jacks fitted.

Stainless steel standing rigging, new in 2003, to external bronze chain plates

Split standing backstay to the mast head,  Running backstays on Highfield levers to the top spreaders to support the forestay.

Forestay with a continuous line roller furling system for the headsail.

Pair of Gibb 7STA self tailing cockpit sheet winches.  Single Tuffnel winch on the coachroof for the main halyard which runs aft to the cockpit.

Mainsail sheets to a bronze horse across the aft of the cockpit.

Mainsail and headsail by Collins in 2003 in very good condition.  Older headsail and spinnaker.

Machinery

Yanmar 1GM10 9hp single cylinder diesel fitted new in 2003.

Single lever controls to an offset furling 2 blade bronze propeller.  4 knots cruising speed, 5.5 knots max.

10 litre Copper fuel tank under the aft deck.

2 x 12 volt batteries for engine starting and domestics.  Charged from engine alternator or 240 volt charger.

Shore power system with charger.

1 manual and 1 auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation

Simple cabin arrangement with 2 berths and sitting headroom.

Steps down with the galley to port and chart area to starboard.

Galley has a Plastimo Neptne 2000 twin burner gas stove with grill.  Gas bottle in a drained locker under the aft deck.  Work top over stove folds forward to make a useful work top while cooking.  Storage below the stove and under the deckhead.

Varnished mahogany chart desk with fiddle rail.  Switch board under the deck head.

Single settee berth either side with smart upholstery.  Shelves either side under the deckhead.

Jabsco manual sea toilet is in a box between the berths.  The top of the box doubles as a saloon table.

The hull is open into the forepeak which is used for storage .  Forehatch above for light and ventilation.

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 Morgan Giles Bermudan Cutter

Designed by Morgan Giles and built by Morgan Giles and May Ltd of Hythe, Southampton in 1914.

Bought by the present owner in 2017 and totally refurbished over a 20 month period. Now a very smart yacht which attracts a lot of attention.

The hull was stripped to bare, a small number of planks replaced and 3 frames, otherwise the hull was found to be sound.  Cockpit totally rebuilt, interior refitted, engine rebuilt, all new systems and wiring.  The rigging and sails are all new, she has been put back to the original rig design of a bermudan cutter with a fixed bowsprit.

2019 survey available, currently afloat in commission and being used on a regular basis.

Length on Deck                 30′

Length Overall                   36′

Length Waterline             23’6″

Beam                                    8′

Draft                                      4’6″

Thames Tonnage             6TM

Construction

Planked in 3/4″ Pitch Pine copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers .

Grown oak floors across the centreline.  Galvanised strap floors through the midships, all cleaned and painted in the refit.

External iron ballast keel with iron keel bolts.

Original laid pine was cleaned of the old canvas sheathing and a new yacht laid teak deck glued over the top using Sikaflex and screws.  Varnished mahogany king plank.  Varnished mahogany toe rails with guard rails on bronze stanchions.

Mainly bronze deck fittings and features.

Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings.  Cockpit coamings replaced in the refit.  Epoxy sheathed plywood deck.

Non self draining cockpit, totally rebuilt in the refit.  New Sapele coamings with all new thwarts and framing.  Sole boards in scrubbed teak, thwarts in varnished pitch pine.  Neat locker fronts to lockers under the side decks.

Tiller steering with new stainless steel rudder stock.

Rig

Bermudan cutter rig on a  keel stepped varnished pine mast.

Varnished slab reefing boom, new bronze fittings and bronze goose neck fitting.

Stainless steel standing rigging new in 2019, to bronze external chain plates.

Twin spreaders with a single standing back stay plus running back stays on tackles.

Jib to bowsprit end on a Wickham Martin bronze furling system, staysail hanks to inner forestay.

Pair of bronze Lewmar 40 non self tailing cockpit sheet winches.  Single mast winch.

Running rigging falls the base of the mast.  Most ropes are classic braid style.

New sails in 2019 by Sanders Sails.  Mainsail, staysail and yankee all in excellent condition.

New mainsail cover and coachroof cover made by Sanders Sails in 2019.

Machinery

Beta Marine 3cyl 20hp diesel thoroughly refurbished in the refit.

Engine refurbished with new starter motor, alternator, thorough service and new control cables.

Centreline shaft to a feathering 3 blade Darglow Featherstream propeller gives 5 knots cruising speed.

50 litre plastic fuel tank in cockpit locker, new in the refit with all new pipe work and filters.

2 x 12 volt 110ah batteries under companionway steps, charged from engine alternator.  Boat completely re-wired.

1 manual and 2 auto electric bilge pumps.

Accommodation

Simple yet smart clean and crisp accommodation.  2 settee berths in the saloon a large double V-berth forward.

Steps down into the saloon with galley to port.  Galley has a 2 burner  gas stove with combined sink and glass lids that drop down to cover them.  Pumped fresh water from a 40 litre plastic tank in the port cockpit locker.  Sink drains into a jerry can that is then emptied over the side.

12 volt fridge set into the forward starboard bulkhead.

Switch panel, VHF and storage shelves on aft bulkhead starboard side.

Full length settee berth either side with new upholstery.  Centreline varnished mahogany dropleaf table.  Painted sole boards.

Standing headroom under the elegant varnished butterfly skylight

Bulkhead at forward end of the salon is all new in varnished T&G Sapele.

Starboard side door going forward with the heads to port.  Heads is a Jabsco  Deluxe electric flush heads which discharges directly overboard.  Brass hand basin with manually pumped fresh water.

Forepeak has a large double V-berth with new mattress and upholstery.  Forehatch above.

Full specification and details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

Wooden Ships Comments on this Sparkman and Stephens Finisterre Yawl

Built in 1960 by the Wing on Shing Shipyard in Hong Kong to the Sparkman and Stephens Finisterre design.  She was built for Group Captain Ingle of the Royal Cruising Club and was shipped straight back to England after her launch.

Built from well seasoned high quality teak, this is a hull that will last a lifetime.

In 1981 she returned to the Royal Cruising Club and has been with the current owners ever since, wearing the Commodore’s broad pennant for a spell. She has been cruised by the family and by other friends around northern Europe and the north Atlantic between Iceland, Portugal and the Azores.  She has also been cruised by many young people and, exceptionally, has won the RCC Cadet trophy five times. In recent years she has been based on the West coast of Scotland and is a well known boat on that coast and around the Shetlands.

The Finisterre is a well known design, easy on the eye with good performance and comfortable at sea.  The owners have often sailed her twohanded, the split rig making her an easily handled and manoeuvrable yacht in all conditions.

This is a yacht that has been sailed many thousands of miles in the current ownership and has recently sailed south from Scotland.

November 2020 survey available.

Length on Deck                              40′

Length Overall                               39’6″

Length Waterline                          27’6″

Beam                                               11’4″

Draft                                                4′ plate up.

Thames Tonnage                           14TM

Construction

Carvel planked in teak fastened with copper and bronze to Yacal hardwood steamed frames.

External lead ballast keel fastened with mild steel keel bolts, last drawn in 2002.  Some stainless steel keel bolts aft fitted in plastic sleeves.

Centreplate made from Lignum Vitae lifts into a galvanised centreplate box.  Raised with a manual winch in the saloon.

Mix of sawn timber floors and galvanised straps.

Yacht laid teak deck screwed and glued over a marine plywood subdeck.  Deck re-fastened and re-payed in 1994.

Varnished teak coachroof coamings with a painted plywood coachroof deck

Self draining cockpit with scrubbed teak thwarts and sole.  Wheel steering by a varnished teak spoked wheel with a brass Whitlock pedestal with rod and gear connections to the quadrant.

2 varnished teak gas bottle lockers either side at aft of cockpit.

Rig

Bermudan yawl rig on deck stepped hollow varnished wooden masts.

Mainmast new in 1999 made from Douglas Fir.

Slab reefing varnished wooden booms.

Stainless steel standing rigging, mainmast rigging new in 2016, to internal bronze and stainless chain plates.

3 mast winches and 2 pairs of cockpit sheet winches.

Primary sheet winches are electric Andersen 46 which have aided the current owners with handling the yacht.

Schaeffer 2100 roller furling system on the headsail, fitted in 1999.

Mainsail and yankee new in 2015 from Saunders Sails.  Mizzen new in 2014 from Saunders Sails.  Numerous other sails including spinnaker, mizzen staysail and storm sails.

Machinery

Mercedes-Benz OM636 42hp 4cyl marine diesel installed new in 1970.

Meadows gearbox to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 5 knots cruising speed, 7 knots max.  Shaft-Lok shaft brake fitted in 2015.

40 gallon stainless steel fuel tank port side under the galley.

37 gallons of fresh water in 2 stainless tanks under starboard settee.

dedicated engine start battery plus 2 x 12volt domestic batteries.  Dedicated battery forward for anchor windlass and dedicated battery aft for electric sheet winches.  All charged from engine alternator.

Installed shore power system with 240 volt ring main.

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

Accommodation

5 berths including 2 comfortable singles in the forward cabin, saloon settee berth, pilot berth and a starboard side quarter berth.

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

Galley has a gimballed Neptune 4500 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill.  Single stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water.  Good storage space around the galley, the engine box lid serves as a work surface.

Chart desk folds down over the quarter berth with instruments outboard under the deckhead.

Access door by the quarter berth into the cavernous starboard side cockpit locker from which easy access is found to the engine and steering gear.

Main saloon has a fold out varnished teak saloon table slightly offset to port with U-shaped seating on the port side.  Starboard side is a small settee and a pilot berth under the deckhead.

Dickenson solid fuel cabin heater on forward bulkhead.  Hanging oil lamps.

Starboard side door going forward with he heads compartment to port.  Simpson Lawrence Kentigern sea toilet discharges directly overboard.  Stainless hand basin with manually pumped fresh water.  To starboard is a hanging locker with shelves outboard.

Forward cabin has two very comfortable single berths with drawer storage beneath and a cavernous locker between the berths.  Forehatch above with 6’+ headroom.  Forepeak with anchor chain locker and stowage space.

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 Morgan Giles sloop

Designed and built by Morgan Giles of Teignmouth in 1958, she was the result of a commission from the then Lord Devonport for a capable offshore racing yacht, a role which she proved more than capable of fulfilling. Using modern construction principles she was something of a benchmark design in the 1950’s and although a one-off design many of the elements found their way into subsequent designs.

Now in only her third ownership, she was found by the current owners following an extended lay-up and in need of some TLC in 2000.  As a professional shipwright the current owner embarked upon a four year restoration of the boat which saw her stripped back to a bare hull and deck structure before being completely rebuilt.   Since being relaunched she has completed more than 8000 miles of cruising exploring waters from La Rochelle to the Pentland Firth.

This is a very manageable yet capable cruising yacht in superb condition, ready to go sailing this summer.  With a detailed refit history any new owner will be confident of the quality of boat they are taking on.  She has just been launched after a thorough cosmetic refit and is in very smart condition.

Length on Deck                 34’6″

Beam                                    8’8″

Draft                                      6′

Displacement                    8.31 tons

Thames Tonnage             10TM

Construction

Planked in mahogany all copper fastened to oak frames.  She is planked tight seamed with a glue joint between the seams from new, a modern method in her day with no caulking used.  Hull finished with epoxy primer and Awlgrip topcoat.

External lead ballast keel with bronze keel bolts.

Yacht laid teak deck glued to a marine plywood sub deck.  Deck new in the refit.

Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with bronze windows and portholes.  Sheathed plywood coachroof deck. with a raised doghouse aft.  Varnished hatches and handrails.

Self draining cockpit with scrubbed teak cockpit thwarts giving access to deep lockers.

Tiller steering with varnished wooden tiller

Rig

Masthead bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped Proctor alloy mast.  Alloy slab reefing boom and alloy spinnaker pole.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.

Running rigging recently replaced.  Main halyard, kicker and reefing lines led back to the cockpit.

Profurl roller reefing headsail system.

Extensive sail wardrobe with 2005 main and genoa.

2 pairs of cockpit sheet winches plus halyard winches on the coachroof deck and mast winches.

Machinery

Volvo Penta MD2030 29hp marine diesel fitted new in 2004.

Single lever controls to a centreline 3 blade feathering Darglow propeller.

2 plastic fuel tanks, total of 120l diesel.

Single engine start battery and 2 x 108ah domestic batteries.  Charged from engine alternator or through 240v charger and installed shore power system.

Engine and all systems were replaced during the refit and are in excellent condition

Accommodation

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

Galley has a Taylors paraffin stove with oven, single stainless sink with pressurised hot and cold water plus ample storage.

Forward facing chart desk with a comfortable seat and a locker behind.  All switches and nav instruments are close at hand.

Half height bulkheads with vertical hand rails separate off the main saloon.  Settee berth either side with lockers and shelves behind.

Centreline door going forward through a bulkhead.  Heads compartment goes the full width of the boat using the two doors to separate it off.  Manual sea toilet to port which discharges directly overboard and a hand basin to starboard with hot and cold water.

Forward into the fore cabin with a double V-berth and the chain locker forward.

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.