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Wooden Ships Comments on this Holman 26 sloop

The Holman 26 was a popular cruiser racer, fast for a small boat, spacious and very capable at sea.  This boat was built in 1963 by Whisstock’s of Woodbridge, one of the top yards of the day.

She has been sailed regularly by the present owner, mainly used for evening and weekend racing and has been very successful in recent years.

Length on Deck                                26’1”

Beam                                                  7’6”

Draft                                                   4’2”

Thames Tonnage                             6TM

Construction

Hull

Planked in mahogany all copper fastened to oak timbers.

Solid oak floors with throat bolts through the back bone spaced every three timbers.

Iron external ballast keel with galvanised keel bolts.

The hull is in very tidy condition with no obvious areas of decay.

Decks and cockpit

Sheathed marine plywood sub deck laid on deck beams lodged into the beamshelf in the usual way.

Spacious cockpit, not self draining, with full length thwarts each side with lockers under.  The cockpit is surprisingly deep and safe for a boat of this size.

Superstructure

Varnished mahogany coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.  Varnished teak handrails and forehatch.  Bronze framed portholes in the coamings forward with one large window each side in the slightly raised aft doghouse.

Rig

Masthead bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy mast.  Slab reefing boom and roller reefing headsail.  Spinnaker pole stows against the mast.

Single spreader rig with twin lowers and a single cap shroud plus a single standing back stay to the transom.  All standing rigging in stainless steel.

Machinery

Engine

Sole marinised diesel based on a 2cyl Kubota engine.  Single lever control gearbox to centreline stainless shaft and a 3 blade bronze propellor

Batteries

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator

 Accommodation

Berths

4 berths total with 2 saloon settee berths and twin V berths forward.

Saloon

Full standing headroom in the saloon.  All original mahogany joinery with white painted bulkheads.  Comfortable settee berths with trotter boxes at the aft ends for extra length. Shelves and lockers behind the settees against the hull sides.

Heads

Heads compartment forward to starboard with a Jabsco sea toilet which pumps directly overboard.

Galley

Galley in aft port corner of the saloon with a Plastimo 2 burner gas stove and grill, set on gimbals on the work top.  Ample locker stowage for a small boat around the galley.  Single stainless steel sink with manually pumped fresh water.

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 Vashti

The Vashti class was one of Alan Buchanan’s most successful and well known designs with about half a dozen genuine Vashti yachts having been built following on the first boat called Vashti.  This yacht was built by Suttons of great Wakering in 1962.

Typical Buchanan elegance with a stunning sheer line turning up to a superb long counter.

The beauty of the Vashti is her size, making her an extremely capable sailing yacht while also being very manageable and easily sailed by two people.  Everything about the boat makes her an easy boat to manage with a very well balanced and light helm and a sail area of only 480sqft making each constituent part of the rig lightweight and easy to set and trim.  The boat can be sailed like a dinghy and the present owners have frequently tacked her upriver and on to her mooring without having to use the engine.

She has had a successful racing career including winning the Queens Cup in 1967.  This boat has been kept on the east coast and wintered in the same boat yard every year for the last 45 plus years, going ashore into the shed every winter which has kept her in superb condition.

Construction

Hull

Planked in Honduras mahogany all copper rivet fastened to steamed timbers, 1.25” x 1.75” at 6.5” centres.

Galvanised steel strap floors all removed from the boat and regalvanised.  New galvanised floor bolts in the winter of 2011/2012.

Galvanised steel ring frames fore and aft of the mast to strengthen the hull.

Decks and cockpit

Yacht laid teak deck over a plywood subdeck, all screwed and glued to pine deck beams.  The teak was replaced in 2002 and still looks like new.  Teak is epoxy bonded to the plywood and seams are payed with Sikaflex.  The whole deck has been treated with Coelan from new with added non slip granules.  All bronze cleats and fairleads.

Self draining cockpit with fixed teak thwarts and a centre compass binnacle.  Cockpit sole lifts to give access to stern gland.  Tiller steering on a stock which protrudes through at the aft end of the cockpit.  Centre line companionway with washboards and a sliding hatch accessed over a bridge deck.

Superstructure

Teak coamings on the coachroof and cockpit all finished in Coelan.  Sheathed plywood coachroof deck finished in deck paint.  Coachroof has a low profile through most of its length, stepping up slightly at the aft end into a small doghouse giving more headroom in the galley area.  There is a good camber to the coachroof deck which increases headroom below without ruining the outline of the yacht.  Teak handrails and hatches on the coachroof deck.  A new sprayhood from 2012 sits just forward of the companion hatch garage to shelter the cockpit.

Coamings have contemporary square portlights with chromed bronze window bezels.

Rig

Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped gold anodized aluminium spar with a square section aluminium slab reefing boom.

All new stainless steel standing rigging in 2014.  Stainless rigging screws to internal galvanised chainplates.  Roller reefing headsail.

Machinery

Engine

Yanmar 3GM 30 installed new in 1999.  Fresh water cooled with a heat exchanger.  Stainless shaft to a centreline 3 blade folding 16” Brunton bronze propeller.  Deep sea seal on the stern gland.

Batteries

2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the 55 amp engine alternator.

12 volt DC panel located behind the companion steps .

Tanks

Stainless steel fuel tank located under the cockpit sole with a filler in the starboard cockpit locker.  New 1999.

Accommodation

Berths

6 berths with 2 large quarter berths each 6’5” length, twin forepeak berths and two settee berths, all 6’2”.

Saloon

Double steps down over the engine box into the main saloon with chart desk to port and galley to starboard.  6’5” headroom under the doghouse around the galley.

6’ headroom under the beams with full length settee berths.  Centre line drop leaf table with scrubbed teak cabin sole boards.

Ample lockers around the saloon under the berths and beneath the deck head.  Taylors paraffin cabin heater on the forward bulkhead.

Heads

Heads compartment forward of the saloon to port.  Baby Blake sea toilet pumps directly overboard.  Stainless hand basin mounted above the heads which drains directly into the bowl.

Galley

Gimballed Taylors stove and oven with a single stainless sink which is pumped directly overboard.  Hand pumped fresh water from the tank.

Equipment

Sestral steering compass

2D forward facing sonar

TackTick log, sounder and wind indicator

Raymarine tiller pilot

Raymarine E7 chartplotter

VHF

Raymarine radar

Simpson Lawrence manual anchor winch

15kg Delta anchor

Ample amount of 10mm chain

Liferaft

Flares

Horse shoe life buoy

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 Fox 31 Bermudan Sloop

Built in 1972 by Fox’s yard of Ipswich, one of a small number of these yachts built.  Cold moulded hull which was the construction method of choice at the time for lightweight and fast yachts.  A spacious yacht for her length due to the generous beam, she would make an ideal fast cruising yacht for a couple and will be more than capable of making safe and fast blue water passages.  The present owner has been undertaking a refit over recent years which has included all new laminated floors to strengthen the backbone of the hull.  Although the interior was totally gutted, it is now  back in place.   The engine is a good modern unit which needs commissioning.

This is a great opportunity for someone to obtain a super little yacht at a very good price, and after some hard work the new owner will have themselves a first class boat with a lot of capability.

Construction

Hull

8 layers of multi directional 3mm mahogany laminations, all bonded together, most likely with a resorcinol glue.

New laminated Iroko floors across the centreline.  Stainless keel bolts into the lead fin keel.

Decks and cockpit

The deck is constructed using the same method as the hull and instead of having a separate coachroof with coamings the deck is simply curved to give the extra height.  This makes her extremely strong and great for offshore racing as she was intended with no superstructure to be damaged by large waves.

Large cockpit designed for a race crew but ideal for comfortable cruising.  Tiller steering onto the rudder stock right at the aft end with a wide cockpit sole and deep safe thwarts.

Rig

Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy mast.  All spars are present and serviceable, standing rigging needs replacing.

Large sail wardrobe of useable sails.

Machinery

Engine

Yanmar 3GM marine diesel which appears to be in very good condition.  Recent installation.  Stainless shaft to a 3 blade fixed bronze propeller.

15 gallon stainless steel fuel tank.

Accommodation

Berths

Twin V-berths up forward and 2 saloon settee berths plus a large quarter berth to starboard.

Saloon

Good headroom due to the curved coachroof.    Forward facing chart desk to starboard with the quarter berth behind.   Offset dropleaf saloon table with L-shaped seating to port.

Heads

Sea toilet in the heads compartment up forward to port.

Galley

Galley in aft port corner of saloon.

Large hanging wardrobe starboard.

Equipment

Steering compass

Tiller pilot

CQR anchor and chain

Fenders

Warps

Disclaimer:

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

Wooden Ships Comments on this Bermudan Ketch

This Bermudan Ketch yacht evolved from a design by Ian Nicholson of Alfred Mylne & Co.  He built St Mary for himself and developed it into this economical family cruiser.

Construction

Hull 

Mahogany planking on oak frames.

Decks and cockpit

Ply deck, sheathed and painted.  Pushpit, pulpit and guardrails.  Lofrans electric anchor windlass.   Cockpit drains into a sump and pumped out with an electric pump.

Superstructure

Aluminium cabin top, fully lined.  The advantage is that it is a lighter weight than timber and completely watertight.

Rig

Bermudan ketch

Alloy main and mizzen mast.  Stainless steel standing rigging.  Roller furling main and mizzen.  Self furling genoa.  Granny bars at mast.

Sails

Furling mainsail.  Furling genoa  + 2 other headsails.  Gennaker/cruising spinnaker.  Spinnaker.  Wheel steering port side.

Machinery

Engine

Watermota ‘Seawolf’  22hp diesel.  Shaft drive, 3 blade propeller.

2 x manual bilge pumps in cockpit.

Tanks

Fuel – 1 x stainless steel.  15 gals.

Water – 1 x plastic.  45 gals.

Accommodation

Berths – 5

From forward:  Forepeak with 2 pipecot berths, storage under.

Immediately aft on port side is the galley with worktop space, small SS sink and a gas cooker, 2 burners, grill and oven.

Heads opposite with Simpson Lawrence marine toilet, pull out SS sink and small vanity unit.

Large open saloon with settees port and starboard/single berths.  Drop leaf saloon table.

Lockers behind and underneath.

Engine box offset to port and used as a chart area.

Quarter berth aft starboard.

Equipment

Navigation

Depth Sounder

Log/speedometer

Ground tackle

45lb CQR anchor on 45 metres 3/8” chain

Kedge anchor on chain and rope.

Gear

Tender

2hp Yamaha outboard

Sprayhood

Cockpit cover

Mainsail cover

2 boarding ladders

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 Luke Powell Pilot cutter

In recent years, Luke Powell of Working Sail, has almost single-handedly created the reincarnation of the traditional pilot cutter. Hesper, the forth of eight of his boats is designed for speed, weatherliness and to be handled by a small crew.

Hesper was launched in 2004 for the present owners and is all bronze screw fastened with bronze keel bolts through a lead keel. The original brief was for a comfortable and spacious boat that could be cruised easily by two people but had the capability to carry more when required.  To this end the owners were keen to make the most of modern technologies to make life easier and safer onboard, including electrically powered primary sheet and anchor winches and a strong, dependable  autopilot as the third man. A couple are able to sail this boat very easily on their own, setting sail, taking in reefs and tacking upwind. One man can control the sheets of the mainsail and jib without moving from the helm by using the electric winches, whereas with a good breeze, simply sheeting hard in on the main is a job for two men on a more conventional vessel of this type.

In present ownership she has cruised from the Azores to the Arctic Circle, from the Baltic to Ireland and everywhere in between so any new owner can be well assured of the sailing qualities of this boat.

We are quite certain that this is one the most well presented and best equipped pilot cutters afloat in UK. She is quite simply a stunning yacht in immaculate and absolutely sound, turn-key condition, and probably one of the fastest and finest boats Luke has built!

Length on Deck                      44’

Beam                                       13’

Draft                                       7’6”

Engine                                     Perkins 68hp

Build date                               2004

Berths                                      6 + 2 settee berths.

Displacement                          20 tons

Construction

Hull

Newly painted and antifouled, carvel construction in 1 5/8” larch planking with 1 3/4” oak used in the top three hull strakes. Seven of the fourteen hull planks on either side run the entire length of the boat, as do all but one of the deck planks, giving immense strength.  Bronze screw fastened to large, closely spaced, grown oak frames.

Grown oak floors across the keel all bronze fastened.  Frame futtocks and knees copper riveted.

Opepe keel with external lead ballast keel of 4 tons fastened up through the floors with bronze keel bolts.  3 tons of internal lead ballast, securely fastened in the bilges.

Decks and cockpit

Straight laid solid Opepe deck, caulked and payed in the conventional manner using Sikaflex paying compound and bronze screw fastened to the deck beams.  Ample space on deck for working the ship with sensible positioning of the bitts to allow the bowsprit to be run in.  The cockpit is a self draining well in the aft deck from which there is a good view forward and has all the navigation instrument repeaters mounted at its forward end.

Bulwarks all round on oak stanchions mounted through the cover board with a heavy capping rail and cavels for mooring warps.  The bulwarks are high enough to give protection from the weather and a fantastic feeling of security when on deck while not being too restrictive.

Tiller steering to a large oak rudder post and keel hung rudder.  The autopilot uses a combination of B&G computer and Whitlock motor to drive the tiller when required.  This has proved to be a faultless and effective system that is able to cope with the power and weight of the boat in all conditions.

Superstructure

Small coachroof with white painted solid wood coamings with bronze opening portholes and a straight laid Opepe coachroof deck. Painted sliding hatch mounted on the coachroof for access below via the companionway.  Louvered washboard and a spare solid bad weather set. Forward of the coachroof is a painted opening skylight providing superb light and ventilation to the main saloon.  There is a conventional fore hatch up forward for access to the fore peak.

Rig

Completely refurbished this year, the powerful and impressive gaff cutter rig on a solid douglas fir keel stepped mast with a fidded top mast.  Douglas fir bowsprit, boom and gaff with leathered oak jaws.  The spars were originally varnished and have been painted in order to reduce maintenance.

The well maintained standing rigging is traditional galvanised wire, parcelled and served then painted with Stockholm tar and varnish.  The lower ends are seized around Lignum Vitae dead eyes with lanyards to external galvanised chainplates.  Running backstays on tackles.

All metal mast and deck fittings are in galvanised steel.

The mainsheet comes to a galvanised horse fixed to the horn timbers and the tail is taken to one of the electric sheet winches.

All running rigging in English Braids hemp coloured polyester 3 strand. Ash blocks throughout.

Sails

Complete new set of sails delivered to the boat in spring 2015 From James Lawrence sail makers in Brightlingsea.  A stunning sail wardrobe in crisp Clipper Canvas with hand stitched bolt ropes and cringles.  These new sails consist of main, topsail, staysail and jib.  She also carries an unused spitfire jib  and trysail supplied with the boat new 10 years ago, a genneker with snuffer, lug topsail with an 18’ carbon fibre yard, racing jib and staysail, yankee, working jib and staysail and storm staysail. Karver furling jib gear.

Winches

All winches are bronze Lewmar self tailing.

2 x Lewmar 58 electric primaries

2 x Lewmar 48 secondaries

2 x Lewmar 50 mast winches mounted on the boom for reefing.

Machinery

Engine

Perkins M65 4 cyl marine diesel with an output of 68hp.  Hurth gearbox with single lever control via an Aquadrive unit and thrust bearing to a centreline stainless steel shaft and a 3 blade bronze propeller set in a rudder aperture.  6 knots cruising speed, 7.5 knots max.

Generator

Whispergen silent running generator/heater installed in a sound proof locker in the heads compartment providing up to 85A battery charge and hot water for the central heating.

Watermaker

HP Ultracompact 30LPH

Batteries

2 x 12V 275ah deep cycle domestic batteries.

1 x 12V 105ah engine start battery.

1 x 12V 175ah electric winch battery.

Charging from three sources; shore power charging via a Victron Pheonix 1600W inverter/60A charger unit, when the main engine is running, a Lucas 90 amp alternator to charge the engine start battery and a Balmar 150A smart regulated alternator charging the domestic and winch battery banks. Battery crossover switches for all circuits.

The Whispergen continually monitors the domestic battery bank and automatically starts as required.

Ship supplied and shore supplied separate 240V circuits with power points throughout the boat.

All wiring in marine grade tinned copper cable.

Tanks

Stainless steel tanks located outboard either side of the engine with a total capacity of 550 litres.  A diesel polishing system to ensure the fuel in the tanks is absolutely clean before going to the engine.  Three  way valves allow which tank the diesel is pumped from and to giving total control of the fuel system.

Stainless steel water tanks either side in the saloon with a total capacity of approximately 300 litres.  12v electric and manual pumps mean there is a complete back up if any electrics fail.

Whale Gusher manual bilge pump and automatic electric bilge pump.

All the electric pumps on board have manual back ups

All seacocks are Blakes in cast bronze

Accommodation

Berths

6 berths plus the saloon settees.  All cushions and mattresses are made by NaturalMat specifically designed for the marine environment, being completely breathable and long lasting and covered in tan Clipper Canvas

Double quarter berth to starboard, pilot berth to port under the deck head, up forward is a small double to port and a single to starboard.

Saloon

Large and comfortable below with contrasting painted T&G bulkheads and varnished oak trim.  Hesper has just had a complete cosmetic refit down below and is now looking absolutely superb.  Masses of headroom even under the beams between the coachroof and skylight, the saloon has comfortable seating for 6 around the centreline varnished oak drop leaf table and lots of storage lockers, especially behind the uprights of the settee berths.  Taylors paraffin cabin heater mounted on the port bulkhead. Bronze electric light fittings and brass switches throughout.

Steps down over the sound insulated engine box from the companionway straight into the vary spacious and well laid out  galley area to port.  To starboard is a forward facing full sized chart desk with all the electronics and navigation instruments. Red LED night-time sailing interior lights. Generous shelving for books in the saloon and at the nav station.

Forward of the main saloon is a passageway to starboard of the mast with the wet locker to starboard and the heads to port.

Throughout the interior the sole boards are simple yet effective scrubbed larch boards.

There is a hot water central heating system installed, heated by the Whispergen which  heats the towel rail in the heads, a radiator in the wet locker and matrix heaters in the saloon and forepeak, ideal when on a long cruise in northern climates and for extending the cruising season when at home.

Huge lazarette aft to port for storage of all gear.

Heads

Separate heads compartment to port forward of the saloon with a Wilcox Crittenden Skipper II sea toilet with solid bronze working parts and a full sized porcelain bowl. Large stainless steel black water holding tank with manual discharge overboard and deck pumpout point. Stainless hand basin with a pull out mixer tap for the shower. Saltwater shower.  GRP shower tray which drains to a grey water sump tank and empties automatically overboard. Built in cupboard and shelving.

Galley

L-shape galley with double stainless sinks and a gimballed Taylors 30L stove with crash-bar. Top loading Waeco fridge/freezer and stainless steel worktops. Large cupboards under. The sinks have taps for pressurised hot and cold fresh water, sea water and filtered drinking water, all supplied by 12v electric pressure pumps or a foot pump located in the galley.  Hot water supplied from a calorifier heated by either the main engine, the generator or 240v electric. Large grey water tank with automatic discharge overboard and manual backup. Discreet and effective LED lighting

Good storage behind the galley under the deckhead plus lockers underneath and drawers and open shelving at hand.

Equipment

Ritchie Globemaster steering compass

B&G sounder

B&G log

B&G windspeed and direction

Icom M501 DSC VHF

Handheld VHF

B&G chart plotter

GeoNav 4C handheld GPS

Furuno A150 AIS

Furuno Navtex

JRC 1000 radar

B&G/Whitlock autopilot

SeeMe active radar reflector

AquaSignal navigation lights all with LED lamps

Liferaft

Lifebuoy and danbouy

EPIRB

Offshore Flare pack

50kg Bruce anchor, 50kg folding fisherman anchor, 15kg folding fisherman light kedge

60m of 13mm chain

Lewmar 3000 electric anchor windlass

Inflatable dinghy with outboard and oars

Fenders

Mooring warps

Mainsail cover

Skylight cover

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 Silvers Bermudan sloop

Designed by the famous John Bain as a prototype affordable auxiliary cruising yacht.  Heralded as the way forward in modern yachting she was featured in the June 1935 edition of The Motor Boat magazine.  She is a spacious yacht for her length with the high coachroof offering a lot of internal volume, and a fractional sloop rig making her easy to handle and giving good performance.

Built by the Silvers yard at Rosneath in 1935, she is typical of the high standards of craftsmanship seen there with good quality materials for the hull and decks.

A major refit in present ownership between 2005 and 2010  saw a lot of structural hull work carried out, new decks, new engine and new rig.  She is now in smart tidy condition and has been used regularly in recent years cruising around the south coast. She is fully maintained by the present owner and is ready to sail with a new owner.  New mast fitted 2018 with some rigging replaced at the same time.

Length on Deck                 22’6”

Beam                                    7’6”

Draft                                      4’

Displacement                    4 tonnes

Construction

Hull

Planked in Mahogany above the water line and pitch pine below, a common method of construction utilising the good durability properties of the pitch pine below the water.  Heavy sawn oak frames with 3 steamed intermediate timbers, copper rivet fastened to the steamed timbers.

A number of steamed timbers were replaced during the recent refit, as well as several lengths of the mahogany planking.

Heavy grown oak floors across the centreline in way of the sawn frames tie the hull together.

Decks and cockpit

The original deck of T&G pine overlaid with canvas has been updated with a marine plywood layer glued over the top of the T&G, then sheathed in epoxy glass cloth.

Laid with a mahogany coverboard on the outside edge of the deck with a small mahogany toe rail set slightly inboard.

Deep cockpit, not self draining, with varnished mahogany coamings.  Thwarts each side with tiller steering.

Superstructure

Coachroof with mahogany coamings and a sheathed marine plywood coachroof deck laid over T&G pine.  Opening round bronze portholes each side.

Varnished mahogany forehatch for access to the forepeak.

Rig

Fractional bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped varnished Oregon pine mast.  Long varnished roller reefing boom with main sheet to a bronze fitting on the aft deck.

Stainless steel standing rigging to external bronze chainplates.  Single lower shroud and single cap shroud with single swept back spreaders.  Running back stays on bronze Highfield levers.

Roller reefing fractional headsail to the stem head.  Twin standing forestays from the stem head to the mast head.

New sails in 2003 from White Sails, total sail area of 255sqft.

Machinery

Engine

Yanmar 1GM10 single cylinder marine diesel, purchased new in 1998 from Marine Power Bursledon but not installed until 2001, work done by Combes Marine Engineering.  Conventional gearbox with single lever controls to stainless steel shaft and 3 blade centreline bronze propeller.

The engine has had a top end overhaul with a new cylinder head fitted alongside the annual service in 2016.

Batteries

2 x 12v

Starting battery (new 2015) and second domestic and navigation supply (2014) connected to crossover charging system and maintaining power to engine systems.

Tanks

Single 5 gallon plastic fuel tank under the starboard cockpit thwart.

Accommodation

Berths

Two full length saloon settee berths plus one pipe-cot berth up forward on the port side.

Saloon

Ample sitting head room in the saloon, nice original joinery in tidy smart condition.

Electric switchboard in aft port corner. Folding mount for Garmin GPS Nav 451

Heads

Baby Blake sea toilet in a separate heads compartment on the port side at the forward end of the saloon.

Galley

Galley area on the starboard side at forward end of saloon with a 2 burner spirit stove.

Equipment

Wet Line inflatable dinghy

Bow anchor and 25m chain

Spare anchor

Mooring warps with tensioners

Garmin GPS Nav 451 (2011)

NASA Depth Sounder

Rule Electric bilge pump – automatic float switch

Portable bilge pump

6 Fenders

Boat hook

Full covers new 2014 – Flew Sails

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 Peter Duck ketch                                                       Devon                                     £4,500

The Peter Duck ketch is a sturdy yacht with a strong hint of the motor sailer, a competent and comfortable cruising yacht for 4.

The original Peter Duck was designed by Laurent Giles for Arthur Ransome, and subsequently altered to the present design with higher freeboard and more spacious forepeak cabin.

Some 40 were built by Proctor and Haylett in Wroxham, a testament to their popularity and competence and almost all of them are still sailing today.

These are stiff, dry boats with an easily handled rig and invariably a good powerful engine to get you home.

The cock-pit is deep and secure, the cabin is surprisingly spacious for her 29’ and they inspire a sense of confidence even in a blow.

We have an account of a passage by an acquaintance of ours in this Peter Duck in 1973 crossing the Med from Gibraltar to Palma which makes interesting reading. On the way they met up with the great Humphrey Barton sailing his Rose Rambler, also a Laurent Giles design of course, built in the same yard and at the same time as this Peter Duck. Humphrey Barton worked for Laurent Giles and amongst other exploits was largely responsible for establishing the reputation of the 25’ Vertue in V35 which he sailed across the Atlantic at a time when it was thought impossible for such a passage in a 25’ yacht.

The design of the Peter Duck is immediately recognisable as a Laurent Giles and has many of the features found to be so successful in such famous designs as the Vertue and the Rambler.

This Peter Duck has had a varied life following that ownership of 1973 and latterly was allowed to deteriorate, at least visually.  Found by the present owner 12 months ago, she turned out to be almost totally sound despite her appearance so he set about a refit.  Sadly “her indoors” has made him see sense and added to advice from his doctor he is obliged to reduce his fleet so the PD has to go.

He has removed all the paint to reveal the iroko hull in apparently perfect condition. Understandably without paint in a draughty shed the putty in a few of the seams has cracked. Although hair-line it would be sensible to rake out the few feet of seams affected and repay prior to painting.

Like most of the Peter Ducks, the underwater surface is cascover sheathed, a once popular process using a strong nylon cloth glued to the cleaned surface with a resorcinol glue. It should be considered as a modern version of copper sheathing providing total worm protection.  Much stronger than the now so popular epoxy glass sheathing because of the strength of the nylon – glass cloth has zero strength – it adds significantly to the strength of the hull particularly impact strength hitting floating debris.

A few of the floor bolt heads appear to be disturbed probably by rust so the cascover should be sliced in way and the bolts replaced. The cascover can be simply re-glued back in place.

The cascover on the underside of the rudder is badly scuffed by contact with the ground – probably she has been sitting on a beach at some time.

A small area of soft wood was found in the stbd  toe rail forward. Surgical repair is not justified and banging around risks disturbing other areas so the area was simply filled using a hard filler, ready to be painted..

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The rest of the boat appears to be good, the deck is good under her cover and the interior is as built and  useable with minimal work.

The wooden masts are painted and appear at least externally sound. The rigging should probably be replaced.

Sails not seen.

At the moment there is no engine installed but she is fitted for a  BMC 35hp or a Perkins, both suitable and both engines often installed in Peter Ducks but neither with any guarantee.

No doubt other areas will be found for improvement and this description is not comprehensive and should not be relied on for purchase. A full survey is always recommended prior to purchase. However she is a good boat, not so much a project but more of a refit, very much on the way back up, condition fully identifiable, clean and dry and a quality class boat to work on and requiring only average skills.

Construction

Hull

Iroko planking all copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Full length cast iron keel with galvanised keel bolts.

Transom hung iroko rudder with bronze pintles and gudgeons.

Decks and cockpit

Sheathed marine plywood screw fastened to oak deck beams.   Bulwark all round with an iroko varnished capping rail.

Rig

Ketch rig on wooden masts. Main mast stepped on deck. Mizzen stepped in the cock-pit.

Stainless steel rigging. Galvanised mast fittings.

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 Robert Clark Bermudan Sloop

Designed by Robert Clark

Built by Moody in 1958.

Reduced in price dramatically due to the owners circumstances, a bargain price for a true pedigree yacht. Contact us for details of work required.

This is a typical example of the new generation of post-war cruiser/racers. She was very successful in her early days and had a good racing career. She is a fast boat without being a handful and comfortable for 2 people to sail.

Her fractional rig is set up with running back-stays now on tackles and easily handled.

The cock-pit is a good size with a stout wooden arch across separating the helm from the crew and carrying 2 small bronze winches originally used for the back-stays. The main sheet and it’s winch are also mounted on this arch which despite it’s appearance of restricting the cock-pit has in practice proved to be very practical.

The slatted cock-pit seats drain so the crew does not sit in a pool of water and the cock-pit gives the feeling of sitting in the boat, not perched on top of it.

The coach-roof gives the crew some protection, movement along the side decks is easy with ample space and the new slab reefed boom and telescopic kicker have proved simple to operate making her a yacht that will sail herself when required.

Sold to the present owner by Wooden Ships in 1991 and underwent a major refit in Bristol. See below for details of the refit.

Length on deck                       37’6”

Lwl                                          27’

Beam                                       9’

Draft                                       6’

Tonnage                                  10TM

Construction:

Teak bottom planking, mahogany topsides planking

Substantial steam bent rock elm timbers all fastened with copper clenched nails. Various other fastenings bronze bolts and screws.

Galvanised strap floors on every timber with galvanised through bolts.

Lead keel secured with bronze bolts. 2 keels bolts drawn recently and found in perfect condition.

Marine ply deck sheathed in epoxy/glass. Teak capping to the toe rail. The deck is clear and uncluttered. Stainless steel pulpit, push-pit and tapered stanchions.

Full length coach-roof extending forward of the mast and raised to a dog-house aft. Varnished mahogany coamings. Fixed oval windows in bronze bezels. Roof in epoxy sheathed ply with teak grab rails each side. Fore hatch on the forward end.

Long deep cock-pit with varnished mahogany coamings capped with bronze strip.

Varnished slatted seats. Helmsman’s seat opens to a locker.

Self draining well with teak gratings. An interesting feature of the cock-pit is the rising well sides  to give a flat floor foot hold when heeled.

Wash-boards to the cabin entrance with sliding hatch in a garage, all in varnished mahogany.

Bronze and teak bar mooring cleat on the aft deck with a bronze mush-room vent to the lazarette and bronze fairleads on the rail.

Port and stbd bronze and teak bar mooring cleats on the fore deck with a 12v electric/manual windlass. Bronze single chain roller stem-head fitting also takes the fore stay.

Rig.

Fractional bermudan sloop on a Sparcraft Blue Water alloy mast stepped through the coach-roof onto the keel. Single spreaders with jumper struts above.

This mast was fitted new in previous ownership in 1991 with new rigging and sails and an alloy slab reefing boom with telescopic kicker. Renewed rigging again 2006.

Stainless steel standing rigging. Twin lowers and cap shrouds with open bodied stainless steel rigging screws to internal stainless chain plates. Twin standing back-stays to the quarters, single fore stay to the stem-head.

Chrome plated bronze track on the rail with twin cars.

Winches.

Pair of Lewmar 2-speed self-tailing winches on stainless steel pedestals on the coamings

Original bronze back-stay winches and main sheet winch on the arch.

3 chromed plated 2-speed inches on the mast with clutches above to take the halyards.

Sails.

Mainsail 3-reefs by Gowans 1991

Genoa by Gowans 1991.

Lots of older sails.

Engine.

Lister 30hp 3-cylinder diesel engine installed new in 1991. Fresh water cooled.

Hurth single lever controls gear-box.

Centre-line installation to centre-line prop with new shaft, 3-blade prop and stern tube.

Water-cooled stern gland.

Fuel:   2 x 10 gallons stainless steel tanks under the cock-pit side decks.

Electrics: 2 x 12v batteries with change-over switch.

Accommodation.  6 berths

V-berths in the fore cabin, fore hatch over.

Passage aft to stbd of the mast.  Hanging locker under the side deck to stbd.

Heads compartment to port with Lavac sea toilet.

Saloon cabin with port and stbd settee berths.

Pilot berths up behind the settees each side.

Vertical grab post in the middle of the saloon supports a double flap varnished mahogany table.

Large mahogany chart desk aft to port with chart drawers under. Modern electrical switch panel and book shelve above.

Galley to stbd with a gimballed Taylors paraffin 2-burner cooker in a recess. Alongside is the stainless steel sink with fresh and salt water faucets.

Foot pump to fresh water supply.

The sink and cooker are both enclosed with lift-off lids when not in use.

Engine box between with steps up to the cock-pit entrance.

Folding seat each side of the engine with stowage recess behind and down the tunnel aft under the cock-pit side decks.

Head-room:    6’6” midships, more aft under the dog-house, a little less in the fore cabin with 6’ under the fore hatch.

Fresh water. Approx 50 galls in 3 x copper tanks, one under the cabin sole and one under each settee berth.

Nice original varnished mahogany joinery.

Equipment.

Sestral Major steering compass in gimbals mounted on the entrance hatch garage.

Recent Echosounder

Recent Log

Autohelm 200 auto-pilot

VHF radio

Clock and barometer.

4 life jackets with harnesses

1 life buoys, one with light.

Fire extinguishers

On purchase in in 1991 refit the following work was done:

• Paint coatings under the water-line burnt off.
• 1 x 8’ shift of planking renewed in way of damage by galvanised floor bolts.
• 3 strap floors forward + breast hook + all other floors removed, regalvanised and replaced with new galvanised bolts.
• 80% of the underwater seams recaulked. All seams repayed.
• Rudder rebuilt
• New engine fitted
• Engine box step rebuilt to fit.

In his first few years of ownership the owner sailed to the Brest and Douarnenez regatters via the Scillies, since than has sailed extensively back to Brittany, and the West coast of Scotland, Isle of Skye and Ireland.

2000: All splines between the planks above the waterline routed out and renewed.

• Pym has now been laid up ashore for two years. During this time Pym has had a further refit. Mast out, Keel Step out.
• Garboards and stem thoroughly checked and repaired where necessary.
• Some planking renewed and plank edges made good.
• Several graving pieces fitted.
• All seams below the waterline completely raked out, seams recaulked and payed.

Sept/Oct 2014. Engine thoroughly serviced and in running order, and all systems checked.

Examination by a local boat builder in the summer of 2014 identified the following work:

Starboard Plank.

Inspection of galvanised plate floor and surrounding area, fitting a new hull plank section in way of damage, caulked, finished and primed. £650

Lazarette.

Removal and re-galvanising of two strap floors and two quarter knees and making good  the hull planking by way of all bolt holes. Refitting all with new fastenings and making good and re-sheathing the aft deck by way of a temporary access panel, all finished primed. £1200.

After so many years the owner now finds himself reluctantly obliged to accept that it is time to pass his much-loved yacht on to new owners who will take on a refit and recommission this fine yacht.

This is a great opportunity for someone with some skills and application to acquire a fine yacht at a reasonable cost.

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 replica Bristol Channel Pilot cutter 

The design for this yacht was inspired by the Bristol Channel pilot cutters Baroque and Cariad, not based solely on one particular vessel.  The owner, a highly experienced wooden boat surveyor, worked in conjunction with naval architect Ed Burnett to produce a vessel that had all the hallmarks of a pilot cutter and also displayed the same superb seakeeping and sailing qualities that make these boats so attractive to sailors these days.

Once both were happy with the design the owner commissioned Yashka Boats of Cochin in India to build the hull.  The reason for this was that the desired timber for constructing the hull could not be shipped out of India as a raw product, however once it had been used to manufacture an item, that item could be legally exported.  Therefore in order to make use of the incredibly durable and resilient Aini (Artocarpus Hursutas)also known as Indian Teak, the vessel would have to be built in India.

The yard set to work under the strict supervision of the owner who ensured every bit of timber used was of the highest quality and that the workmanship was to the highest standard, if he wasn’t happy with any part of construction it would come out and be done again.

Once the hull and decks were complete, the boat was shipped back to T.Nielsen & Co in England where the interior, systems and rig were fitted.  All the electrical, mechanical and gas systems have been installed to ISO/BS standards and the rig was put together by Nielsens to their high standards.

The result is a boat unlike any other in UK at this time.  The hull is built of materials that are simply not available in this country and we can be sure that with the combination of Aini timber and all copper and bronze fastenings this is a boat that will outlast most others.

Vessel is registered under Part 1 and is VAT paid in the EU with full evidence of this passed to a new owner.

The quality of materials and construction in this yacht cannot be over stressed.  There is nothing quite like her in UK and to build another boat of this quality would cost a vast amount more than the price of this yacht. 49′ replica Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter

Length on Deck                                                 49’

Length Waterline                                             42’

Beam                                                                    13’2”

Draft                                                                      7’10”

Construction

The construction is to very large scantlings making her a very strong vessel.

All non-ferrous fastenings.

Planked entirely of Anini, all copper rivet fastened to large section sawn Anini frames in futtocks.  All bronze futtock bolts.

Anini keel with grown floors and bronze floor bolts.

All internal ballast.

Straight laid solid Anini deck, screw fastened to the deck beams.

Rig 

Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped solid pine mast.  Varnished pine gaff, boom and bowsprit.

Norselay standing rigging to external galvanised chain plates.

Full suite of sails from 2009/2010

Single line furling jib.

Roller reefing boom

Machinery

Beta Marine 90hp 4cyl diesel installed new in 2009.

7 knots cruising speed.

Total of 510lt of fuel in two tanks.

Large battery capacity with installed shore power system.

Accommodation

9 berths in total with 2 separate double cabins, single quarter berth, two pilot berths and two saloon settee berths.

Full standing headroom throughout.

Large saloon with a centreline drop leaf table

Large heads compartment midships and a separate heads forward.

Galley starboard side midships with 3 burner Force 10 stove, hot and cold pressurised water and a 12v fridge.

Masses of storage space for bosuns stores and extra gear in the forepeak and lazarette.

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 Bristol channel pilot cutter

One of 18 surviving known Bristol channel Pilot Cutters, Baroque is one of the more well known boats because of the time she spent in the ownership of Bill Tilman, author, explorer and mountaineer, who used pilot cutters to take him to far flung parts of the world, otherwise inaccessible, so he could conquer mountains which had never been climbed before.

Baroque was built in 1902 by J. Hambly of Cardiff and worked as a pilot boat until 1922 when she was sold off.  In the 1930’s she was converted to a yacht and had a varied career of charter and also military service during WWII when she was sunk.

Eventually she was bought by Tilman and sailed on several expeditions to the frozen Arctic, exploring Greenland and Iceland, until he sold her off at the age of 80.

Baroque has been in the present Swedish ownership for many years, and after sailing the boat it was decided that she needed some major work and she was put ashore.  Work commenced on the hull and as had been expected, this became a major job, the end result being a virtually new hull.  The following is a list of all works completed:

1. All new hull planking in larch
2. 95% new framing in sawn oak
3. Complete re-fastening with galvanised boat nails
4. New keel, stem and stern posts, knees and deadwoods
5. New beamshelf, deck beams and straight laid deck in Douglas Fir.

Length on Deck                                 50’2”

Beam                                                    13’6”

Draft                                                      8’6”

Thames Tonnage                             32TM

Construction

Hull

The hull can now be considered totally rebuilt and after inspection it appears the work has been done to a high standard.  Traditionally planked in pine, all galvanised fastened to sawn oak frames bolted in pairs.  The construction of this boat, as with most of the pilot cutters, is massive, designed to cope with sailing in terrible sea conditions.

Double stringer spans nearly the length of the hull at the turn of the bilge. Grown oak floors across the centreline.

Deck

Straight laid pine deck screw fastened to new deck beams, caulked and payed in the traditional manor.  Deck beams laid on a new heavy beamshelf.

New low bulwarks with new stanchions through the coverboards.

Carlings have been fitted for two skylights forward of the main hatch, however the skylights have not yet been made.  The main companionway hatch and cockpit has been constructed and fitted.

Rig

Before the refit started the complete rig was removed from the boat and is currently being stored ashore waiting to go back in.  The rig is complete with spars (except for the bowsprit) standing rigging, all metal work, all running rigging as well as a lot of spare cordage and blocks.  There is no bowsprit with the existing rig.

Chainplates have been fitted to the hull ready for the stepping of the mast.

There is a full sail wardrobe of good quality useable sails with the boat, plus some older sails.

Machinery

A 40hp turbo charged 4cyl Volvo Penta diesel has been installed but has not yet been commissioned.  The engine beds and shaft are in place and the engine is in situ, however there are no electrical or fuel systems for the machinery.

This is a rare opportunity to purchase an original pilot cutter with a fantastic history, and because of the great work which has been done so far by the present owners, she now has a completely rebuilt hull and decks which is a very good basis for getting a pilot cutter in sea going condition.  The hard work has been done, the boat has been saved, now she needs a new custodian to finish her off and get her back on the water so she can go sailing for the next 110 years.

Equipment

Sails

Mainsail, almost new in very good condition

2 jibs, good condition

2 staysails, good condition

Yankee, good condition

Topsail, good condition

A few older heavy weight sails from the period Tilman owned the boat.

1 heavy CQR anchor

2 x Fishermans anchors

Long length of heavy weight chain

Manual anchor windlass

Taylors galley stove

Dickinson diesel cabin heater

Sea toilet (New)

The complete interior was removed for the boat prior to work commencing so everything from that time goes with the boat including some nice joinery and a lot of technical parts.

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.