Built by Floatsjackson of Ipswich in 2014 to a designed by B.B Crowninshield from 1908 known as a Dark Harbor 17. This is an American one design for racing in sheltered coastal waters and typical of her period. A very beautiful, easy to sail and minimalist yacht that will turn heads wherever she goes, ideal for regatta campaigns or simply exploring local rivers and coasts.
Built using modern construction methods and materials which creates a very strong and lightweight hull, this is a great example of the shipwright skills that are still to be found in abundance across the country.
LOA 25′ 10″
LWL 17′ 6″
BEAM 6′ 3″
DRAFT 4′ 3″
SAIL AREA 311sqft
DISPLACEMENT 1500kg
Construction
Hull
West system cedar strip planking over 13 laminated mahogany ring frames. Laminated douglas fir longitudinal stringers. Sheathed in 600gram glass saturated in West System epoxy and finished in Awlgrip. Inside of the hull coated in thin epoxy and painted with varnish over the top.
Fin and Rudder
Laminated douglas fir fin sheathed in 600gram glass saturated with west system epoxy. Rudder blade is a solid ply lamination, profiled and sheathed in glass. Lead keel through bolted and bonded with Arbicol. All surfaces finished in Awlgrip products.
Deck
Laminated mahogany beams with marine plywood deck, sheathed in 600gram epoxy glass. Painted and grooved deck head to give the effect of a laid deck.
Mahogany toe rail all round with.
Bronze fittings on deck with a centreline aft fairlead and twin fairleads forward. Nice bronze cleats for mooring and running rigging. Bronze rimmed deck light set in the foredeck.
Coachroof and Cockpit
Solid African mahogany coachroof and cockpit coamings cut from a single board to ensure the grain matches both sides of the boat.
Coachroof deck has a distinct and very pretty camber with a centreline sliding hatch and a pair of hinged mahogany doors in the companionway.
Self draining cockpit with a laid Douglas fir sole. Rudder stock protrudes through the cockpit sole and has a hinged tiller to help moving around the boat.
Rig
High peaked gaff sloop rig on a keel stepped spruce mast. Varnished spruce boom, gaff and headsail boom. All spars by Collars with custom made bronze fittings.
Large mainsail with an overhanging boom and a single tail mainsheet to a bronze horse on the aft deck and a jammer on the centreline at the aft end of the cockpit. All halyards are led back form the mast to cleats on the coachroof deck.
Single cap shroud each side in stainless steel wire to internal bronze chainplates bolted through slightly oversize ring frames.
Forestay in stainless wir to the stem head with hanked on headsail. The headsail has a small varnished spruce boom to block and tackle sheet which makes it a self tacking headsail.
Running backstays onto 4:1 tackles.
Sails
All sails as new condition by One Sails
Equipment
Custom double axle Snipe trailer
Raymarine wireless log and sounder.
Torqueedo outboard motor
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.
Built by Mustang yachts in 1983 to a design by Steven Dalzell, a well known and successful designer. The first owner who commissioned the build sailed the boat for 29 years around northern Europe and down to the Mediterranean participating mainly cruising with family.
After many years of ownership the boat was sold in 2012 to the present owners who were planning on a 2 year cruise of the Atlantic. They set off on this voyage and took in Brazil, the Caribbean, Bermuda and the Azores. She performed marvelously on this trip, often clocking up over 160Nm/day almost effortlessly. Before this trip the present owners did a thorough refit including an engine overhaul, new electrics, new sails and installation of a stainless gantry over the stern to carry the wind generator, solar panels and other equipment. She is now fully kitted out for blue water cruising and is a very fast, capable and seaworthy boat with lots of space and a comfortable interior.
The strip plank construction offers a lightweight and strong method of construction, easy to repair if necessary and allows for maximum use of the interior space because of the lack of frames required. A major refit was carried out around 2008 when a new deck was fitted and new hull paint work carried out, since then various larger jobs have been attended to including all new standing rigging 5 years ago.
A stand out and eye catching yacht, ready to sail and proven over many thousands of miles.
Construction
Hull
Epoxy strip plank construction using red cedar strips sheathed inside and out with epoxy glass cloth. This is a conventionally built strip plank boat with recent surveys finding no cause for concern (last 2012).
Forward third of the hull has been sheathed with Kevlar for strength.
Laminated wooden floors and a laminated backbone.
External cast iron ballast keel with stainless steel keel bolts.
Skeg hung rudder with new bronze rudder bearings 2012.
Decks and cockpit
Yacht laid 12mm teak deck over a marine plywood subdeck and fiberglass epoxy. Varnished teak toe rail all round with freeing ports. New deck in 2008.
Deep and safe cockpit with a spray hood and bimini awning for shelter from the elements.
Whitlock Mamba wheel steering on a central pedestal with a compass binnacle and large electronic chartplotter.
Superstructure
Marine plywood coachroof coamings with teak veneer, all varnished. Epoxy sheathed plywood coachroof deck finished with non-slip deck paint. Varnished handrails on the coachroof with two big and two small aluminium framed hatches.
Rig
Bermudan cutter rig on a keel stepped alloy mast. Alloy slab reefing boom with a stack pack system. Twin alloy spinnaker poles stow on the coachroof.
Stainless steel standing rigging, 5 years old, to s/s rigging screws and s/s internal chainplates.
Single standing backstay with running backstays on tackles.
Roller furling jib and a hanked on self tacking staysail.
Winches
All Barlow self tailing winches.
5 mast winches for halyards and reefing lines.
6 cockpit winches per side, 8 in total for headsail and spinnaker sheets.
Sails
Full set of triradial-hydranet sails new in 2013 by Quantum Sails.
Mainsail
Yankee
Staysail
Older set of sails all still in good condition.
Mainsail
Staysail
Yankee
Genoa
Spinnaker with snuffer.
Machinery
Engine
Yanmar 3JHE 37hp marine diesel installed new in 1998. Yanmar hydraulic gearbox couple through flexible coupling with a stainless steel shaft to centreline 3 blade Maxprop. Volvo seal gland from 2012
5kts cruising at 1.7l/hour, 7kts max
1860 hours since new, engine refit in 2013 including new injectors and heat exchangers.
Batteries
Dedicated 90ah engine start battery.
4 x 100ah domestic batteries, new 2013
Charging from engine alternator or through 240v charger when connected to shore power. Also fitted new in 2012 is a 400W wind turbine and 3 x 100W solar panels.
800w 240 puresin volt inverter.
Complete re-wire of the boat in 2012 including new electronic nav equipment.
Tanks
1 x 95l and 1 x 150l diesel tanks, both stainless steel located in the aft, one port and one starboard
4 flexible water tanks made of Hypalon. Total capacity of 700l, located under the salon seats.
Accommodation
Berths
8 berths in 2 cabins plus the saloon.
Two quarter cabins with a double berth in the port side and two singles in the starboard side.
Forecabin with lots of storage and a workshop area.
Saloon
Large and spacious saloon because of the large beam, also the hull construction means there is a minimum space taken up by frames and hull structure. U-shaped settee berth to port which converts to a good size double. Centreline dropleaf mahogany table with skylight hatch above.
Single settee berth to starboard with a pilot berth behind.
Built in locker space around the saloon with two large shelves for book stowage on the port side.
All new upholstery 2012.
Heads
Baby Blake sea toilet in the heads compartment located to port forward of the saloon.
Basin and shower with hot and cold running water with an electric pressure pump, hot water from an engine heated calorifier.
Cabinet and dressing table to starboard opposite the heads.
Galley
U-shaped galley to port at the bottom of the companionway steps.
Taylors 4 burner gimballed gas stove with grill and oven positioned under the deckhead.
Deep top entry fridge forward of the stove with 2 independent 12v compressor.
Twin stainless steel sinks with hot and cold pressurised water and a manually operated salt water tap, essential for blue water sailing.
Chart desk
Located to starboard at the base of the companionway steps. Forward facing chart desk with a fixed top and two drawers beneath for charts.
Switch board, electronic instruments and engine control panel all located at the chart desk
Equipment
3 xSteering compass
B&G and a NASA sounder
B&G log
Standard Horizon DSC AIS VHF
Sony SSB receiver
Raymarine 418HD colour plotter, new 2013
Navman G-Pilot 3100 autopilot
Garmin stand alone GPS
Standard Horizon CP300 plotter at the chart table
Raymarine C120W plotter with radar display at helm
B&G wind indicator
WIFI amplifier + Router
NASA battery monitor
Shipmodul NMEA 0183 wifi Multiplexer to send ship’s data on tablets or computers
4 man Seago liferaft
5 inflatable lifejackets
Horse shoe lifebuoy
Flare pack
4 powder fire extinguishers
Rocna 25kg anchor
CQR 20kg anchor
100m of 10mm chain
30m of 10mm chain
Zodiac 285 hypalon dinghy, new 2012.
Yamaha 6hp 2ST outboard
Full winter cover, new 2012
Bimini cover
Sprayhood
Mooring warps
Fenders
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 Cheverton Crusader sloop MKIII
The Cheverton Crusader class was designed by David Cheverton in response to a request by a local Cowes dentist, David Ramsden who wanted a family cruising yacht that was larger than the little Caravel class. He wanted two separate cabin areas of the boat and an enclosed heads compartment in order to give his family a comfortable cruising yacht. The Crusader is exactly that, a comfortable boat capable of good passage times with a decent amount of internal space for extended periods aboard. The high coachroof gives good headroom throughout and all 4 berths are 6’ or more and a decent width.
The construction methods employed by David Cheverton meant his boats could be built on a small production line arrangement, reducing costs and speeding the time from order to delivery. Strip plank construction is a quick and easy way of building a boat and the advent of epoxy glues meant it was strong and reliable as well. Rather than sheathing the hulls as we do now, they were simply painted with a thin epoxy resin which soaked into the timber in order to protect it. The other bonus of this construction is the lack of frames required so there is more internal space for any given dimensions compared to a conventionally built boat, so although the beam of the Crusader is not huge, every inch of it used so the saloon feels very spacious and comfortable.
There were about 50 Crusaders built in total which makes her a very successful design and they have been proven over the years as super little cruising yachts. This boat was bought by the present owners in 1996 and underwent a major refit from 1997-1998 which included a new deck, new engine, new standing and running rigging and new electronic instruments.
Stem and keel laminated. Floors and deadwood solid African mahogany.
Cast iron ballast keel with galvanised keel bolts.
Decks and cockpit
Deck beams, coachroof beams and coamings solid African mahogany. Deck and coachroof 3/8” Marine ply, GRP sheathed. The deck was new in the ’98 refit. The design of the boat gives wide side decks for easy movement deck. Mostly galvanised deck fittings with s/s guard wires and stanchions.
The cockpit is 6ft long and relatively deep, giving comfort and safety with easy seating for 4/5 people.
Rig
Masthead sloop on a hollow spruce deck stepped mast with a solid spruce boom.
Standing rigging 1 x 19 6mm stainless steel, new in 1998. Internal galvanised steel chainplates have all been removed, cleaned and replaced with new bolts.
New halyards and other running rigging in 1998.
Sails
Mainsail – 168 sq ft.
Furling genoa – 248 sq ft.
Spinnaker
Main and genoa in as new condition.
Machinery
Engine
Beta Marine BZ482 13.5hp (1998)
Electric and manual bilge pumps.
Batteries
Single 120Ah 12 volt battery, new in 2012
Tanks
Diesel: 50 Litres
Water: 13 gallon tank.
Accommodation
Berths: 4
2 x 6’7” saloon berths. 2 x 6’ berths in forecabin. Plenty of storage below the forward berths.
Saloon
Stowage under the settee berths. Shelved lockers at the back of the berths.
Folding saloon table on a Lagun leg to allow flexibility of position.
Heads
Situated to stbd between the focsle and saloon. Jabsco toilet.
Hot and cold shower outlet.
Large hanging wardrobe port.
The compartment doors are arranged so that when not in use the WC and wardrobe can be shut off giving free passage through the vessel.
Galley
2 sideboards are built over the aftermost end of each settee berth, formica covered.
SS twin burner and grill, new 1998. SS basin stbd.
Hot and cold water is supplied by an electric pump from a 13 gal galvanised steel water tank.
Hot water calorifier from engine and shore power.
Equipment
Navigation
Silva compass
Icom M421 VHF/DSC
Nasa GPS repeater and Echo Sounder
Simrad TP10 tiller pilot
Hand held 12V spotlamp
Cockpit cushions
Radar Reflector
Coastal Flares in date for 2015
Mooring warps, fenders, boathooks, engine spares etc.
Ground tackle
25lb CQR anchor, new 1998
30m chain (8mm)
Electric windlass with remote control, new 2013.
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.
Built by the present shipwright owner purely for the sailing needs of him and his family, this is an immensely strong and capable yacht built to exacting standards by a highly skilled craftsman with an eye for detail. After looking for a new yacht the owners decided they could not find anything that suited their requirements so decided that building their own was the best way forward. They employed the services of David Alan-Williams, a naval architect, who penned their ideas into line drawings and specified the various technical details such as ballast keel weights and arrangement, chainplate positions and design, structural bulkheads and hull construction. The owner then built the boat at his yard in north Devon and has used her for family sailing ever since.
The construction of the hull is massive and unlike any other wood epoxy boat we have seen. There are none of the usual gaps and joints filled with epoxy as is so often found in this type of boat, the quality of finish in the hull and joinery is superb and she really is a boat that is ready to sail away.
Length on Deck 12.8m
LWL 12.0m
Beam 4.0m
Draft 2.0m
Construction
Hull
Immensely strong hull constructed using strip plank mahogany and cedar all epoxied glued. Once that had set multiple layers of diagonal and fore and aft hardwood were glued over the top and fastened with bronze gripfast nails. The entire hull was then sheathed with epoxy glass cloth inside and out creating a total thickness of over 30mm. The hull was faired and finished with a two pack paint system for minimal maintenance.
Laminated wooden floors span the bilge and were fitted prior to the inside of the hull being sheathed which helps put an enormous amount of rigidity into the structure.
There are no frames in the boat however the bulkheads are structural and as such are bonded to the hull. Because of the sheer thickness and strength of the hull there is no need for conventional frames to be fitted to this type of construction.
The keel is fabricated from stainless steel to create a hollow tank effectively which is mated up to the bottom of the hull. To the bottom of this is fastened the lead ballast with large galvanised bolts going right though from inside the hull to the bottom of the lead. The hollow tank acts as a high capacity fuel tank from which fuel is pumped up when needed to the day tank. Everything about this has been over engineered including the enormous keel bolts.
Tiller steering to a skeg hung rudder for strength with stainless steel hangings.
Decks and cockpit
Decks are marine plywood glued and screwed to pine deck beams and then sheathed in epoxy glass. Finished in two pack paint with non-slip pads. Decks are wide which makes movement up and down the boat very easy.
Lifting hatch in the foredeck for access to a large storage area for ropes and fenders, the bulkhead between this compartment and the rest of the accommodation is watertight and structural creating a crash bulkhead which is a comforting addition for any ocean sailor. Aft of this is S/L manual windlass and a Lewmar forehatch to the forecabin.
Deep self draining cockpit with large lockers beneath the thwarts both sides. Scubbed teak cockpit sole grating and thwart tops. Very sheltered cockpit especially with the spray hood up, large enough for a family to sit around but small enough to span with your legs while the boat is heeling at sea.
There is a gentle hint of varnished teak to the decks and cockpit which is enough to make her standout and remind people she is a wooden yacht, but not too much so as to become a laborious task during spring refit.
Superstructure
Coachroof coamings and deck are made from marine plywood, sheathed in epoxy glass and finished with two pack paint. Varnished teak hand rails on the coachroof deck and a rubbing band around the top of the coamings gives a nicely balanced contrast.
3 portholes per side all of toughened glass with heavy chromed bronze bezels, all cast by the owner specifically for this boat.
Rig
Bermudian cutter masthead rig on a keel stepped alloy mast. Alloy slab reefing boom.
Stainless steel standing rigging fitted to the boat when built. Stainless steel rigging screws with norseman terminals to stainless steel internal chainplates. This is an immensely strong rig, again it is over engineered with larger than required standing rigging for added peace of mind.
3 mast winches and 4 cockpit winches, all self-tailing Lewmar.
Sails.
Mainsail fully battened Diamond Sails 37.25sqm 1994 Good condition
Hanked staysail Diamond Sails 20sqm 1994 Good condition
Machinery
Engine
Lister PHW 40hp 4 cyl diesel, 1994. Hurth manual gearbox with single lever controls. Stainless shaft to a centreline 3 blade propeller. Gives cruising speed of 6kts at 3 litres/hr, max 7.5kts.
Engine regularly serviced and maintained.
Batteries
12v electrical system with two domestic batteries and a dedicated engine start battery. Charging from engine alternator or shore power via a charger unit.
Tanks
2 fuel tanks with a total capacity of 100 gallons. Day tank beneath the cockpit sole and a large tank within the keel as described above.
Water tank is s/s with a capacity of 160 gallons
Accommodation
The interior has been finished to a very high standard using light coloured timber including pine and ash to give the boat a feeling of space and comfort. There is none of the normal oppressive darkness often found when dark mahogany is used. The standard of finish with the joinery is top class and a joy to see.
Berths
4 berths in the saloon and the forward double cabin. Fore cabin is a very comfortable and spacious area with access from the port side of the saloon. Large double to port with lockers to starboard and a dressing table area at the forward end.
Saloon
Centreline drop leaf table aft of the mast with U-shaped settee to port and a single settee berth to starboard. Ample space for movement fore and aft through the boat.
Chart table is in the aft starboard corner. You are seated at the chart desk facing aft with all the electronic equipment, switch board and book shelves within easy reaching distance.
Diesel cabin heater.
Heads
Lavac sea toilet aft stbd.
Galley
Port side aft. Gimballed Neptune 2 burner gas cooker with oven and grill. S/S double sink drains directly overboard. Pressurised hot and cold running water, calorifier heated from the engine provides the hot water. Plenty of locker storage space in and around the galley.
The galley is a U shape with a large work surface area on the centreline. Beneath this is the engine in an insulated box. This clever use of space allows easy access all around the engine and gearbox and provides valuable work space for the galley
Equipment
Navigation
Silva cockpit compass
Brookes & Gatehouse sounder
Raymarine log
VHF/DSC radio
Furuno radar
Aries windvane
Philips GPS
Yeoman chart plotter
Navtex
Safety Equipment
Viking 4 man liferaft. Serviced March ‘14
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Danbuoy
2 Fire extinguishers
Ground tackle
45lb CQR anchor
40m 10mm chain
60m 12mm warp
Manual windlass
Gear
8’ Avon inflatable
2hp Yamaha outboard, 20 yrs old.
Spray hood on SS frame
8 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 Colin Archer Gaff cutter
An impressive and strong Colin archer gaff cutter type yacht built in Hardanger, Norway in 1979. Very capable cruising yacht which has been proven with the present owners who have sailed northern Europe, Scandinavia and a long voyage through Suez to the Red Sea. 7 berths including a totally separate owners cabin aft make this a comfortable boat to be aboard. She is very well equipped and currently cruising around Norway so will be handed over in sailing condition and ready to go.
Construction
Hull
2” thick oak planking on oak frames, all bronze screw fastened. Grown oak floors through fastened with bronze bolts.
2 ton iron ballast keel fastened with stainless steel keel bolts, last drawn 2003.
Decks and cockpit
Solid teak deck straight laid and screw fastened to the deck beams. Caulked and payed with butyl rubber compound.
Low bulwark all round on stanchions mounted through the varnished coverboard in the normal fashion. Single plank bulwark with varnished teak capping rail. The capping rail curves down and finishes short of the stem as is usual with Colin archer type boats. Bronze guard rail stanchions held are mounted through the capping rail. Large Sampson post solidly mounted through the cover board forward of the bulwark either side as main bow mooring bollards.
Single Sampson post on the centreline takes the heel of the bowsprit. Bronze gammon iron with incorporated chain rollers.
Self draining cockpit which is extremely well sheltered by the dog house. Hydraulic wheel steering with emergency tiller steering.
Superstructure
Low coachroof over the saloon with a large dog house aft giving shelter to the cockpit and providing full headroom below.
Coachroof coamings of varnished mahogany with bronze portholes. Tongue and groove laid coachroof decks.
Rig
Gaff cutter rig on keel stepped solid Oregon pine pole mast, new 2004. Varnished wooden gaff, boom and bowsprit.
Mainsail (50m2), small furling jib 17m2), jib (15m2), staysail and storm jib (7m2). All 16 year old Elvstrom sails in good condition.
Watson furling jib (28m2), new 12 years ago.
Machinery
Engine
Sabb 110hp 6 cyl diesel. 1979. Borg Warner hydraulic gearbox with twin lever controls. Centreline stainless steel shaft to 3 blade variable pitch propellor.
Cruising speed 6kts at approximately 7 litres/hour, max 8 kts. Approx. 4000-4500 hrs running time.
Batteries
2 domestic batteries with a total of 450ah.
1 start x 120ah.
Charged from engine alternator or through a charger when connected to shore power.
Tanks
Fuel: 2 tanks below cockpit, total 700 litres.
Water: S/S tank, 275 litres.
Accommodation
The interior joinery is made with solid oak which gives a light and comfortable feel to the accommodation.
Berths
7 berths including a double in the saloon and a separate cabin aft.
Saloon
Companion steps down into the saloon from the cockpit. Large single quarter berth to starboard and entrance to owners cabin on the port side.
Owners cabin is a completely separate cabin with two single berths one above the other and a hand basin with pressurised hot and cold running water.
Chart table to starboard forward of the quarter berth faces outboard. Galley is to starboard under the deck head forward of the chart table.
Saloon seating to port amidships with a large drop leaf table surrounded by a U-shaped settee. The table drops down to form a comfortable double berth.
Heads is forward of the saloon. V-berths in the forepeak.
Heads
Heads is located forward of the saloon and has a Portapotti toilet with a hand basin.
Ressurised water system with hot water from an engine heated calorifier. Grey water drains into holding tank and is pumped overboard with an electric pump
Galley
2 burner gimballed gas cooker with grill and oven. Stainless sink drains to the grey water tank and has pressurised hot and cold water. Top access fridge in the galley work surface.
Equipment
Navigation
Compass + Hand-held compass
Echo sounder
SSB. VHF. Navtex.
Simrad radar
Auto pilot
Wind vane
GPS
EPIRB
Safety
6 man liferaft, serviced 2012.
7 adult, 3 child lifejackets
2 lifebuoys
Danbuoy
2 Fire extinguishers
Ground tackle
2 anchors (1 a Bruce).
80m chain
Electric windlass
Gear
10’ Zodiac inflatable
Honda 2.8hp, 10yrs old
Mooring warps
Fenders
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 Gaff Cutter, Ex Mevagissey lugger
Built in Porthleven in 1920 by local yard Gilbert and Oliver as a fishing vessel, she was commissioned by the Brown Brothers and fished out of Mevagissey until 1965. She was used as a pilchard driver and had been one of the biggest fishing boats in Mevagissey for a long time.
Bought by the present owner in 1994 who undertook a major rebuild between 1995 – 1997 which included replacement of a lot of planking and some frames, new deck, new doghouse, new engine and systems and a new interior. Naval Architect Oliver Van Meer was employed to oversee the project and he came up with the plans to add the dog house and also drew the new gaff cutter rig. This was designed to make light work of short handed sailing with the boat and although not totally traditional it is extremely effective.
The rig was added in 2004 and for the last 10 years she has been cruised extensively around the southern North Sea and UK, being tested on several occasions in severe weather.
The deck and superstructure configuration is not to a traditional design however it does help create a very comfortable and practical yacht giving a lot more space below than is normally found in converted fishing boats of this type and she now has a cockpit rather than standing on the open deck as is normal. The sheathed plywood construction makes for a low maintenance and totally watertight structure which can only be a positive feature.
Construction:
Oak, iroko and larch planking on oak frames. Watertight bulkheads. 6 tons lead ballast.
Deck and cockpit
Marine plywood screwed and glued to solid deck beams and finished with epoxy sheathing.
High bulwark all round on stanchions with a scrubbed teak capping rail. Manual windlass mounted on the deck forward just aft of the heavy bitts holding the heel of the bowsprit.
Self draining cockpit with a deep well right at the aft end. Hydraulic wheel steering to a transom hung oak rudder with emergency tiller steering. Bronze compass binnacle mounted on the wheel pedestal with deep lockers under the thwarts either side.
Doghouse
Marine plywood on a hardwood frame, all epoxy sheathed. Double glazed windows all round.
Rig
Gaff cutter rig designed by Oliver Van Meer.High aspect gaff with hollow glued spars to make handling of the rig much easier and lighter.
Galvanised wire standing rigging, parcelled and served in the traditional manner to dead eyes and lanyards. External iron chainplates, all removed and refastened.
Pin rails for running rigging. Self tailing winches and jammer cleats mounted on the capping rail take much of the hard work out of handling the rig with jib and staysail sheets led back to these. Running backstays on 4:1 block and tackles, with all halyard falls coming to pinrails on the bulwark in way of the shrouds.
Roller furling jib and a hanked on boomed staysail making handling the headsails an easy task.
Main is set on mast hoops with stretchers on the halyard falls to aid setting the main.
ZF Hurth hydraulic gearbox with an Aquadrive coupling to stainless steel centreline shaft. 20” fully feathering Maxprop. Engine compartment is under the floor of the doghouse which can all be lifted to give good access.
Tanks
Fuel – 1 x 650 ltrs, 1 x 450 ltrs with double independent water separator systems.
Waste – 320 litre waste tank.
Water – 600 ltrs in Stainless steel tank. Pressure pump and foot pump. Pressure fed engine powered calorifier for hot water to shower and galley.
Batteries
12v system and 230v AC through inverter/charger combi unit.
120 amp alternator on engine.
All batteries are Gel type with 1 dedicated engine starter and 2 x 220ah domestic batteries.
Accommodation
Interior has been completely re-designed and rebuilt to make the most of the space offered in the hull. The addition of the dog house is not particularly traditional but does hugely increase the space in the boat and makes her much lighter and easier to move around in. The joinery has been finished with white panels and oak trim which helps with the feeling of space and light.
6/8 berth accommodation. Doghouse with 2 sofas, each 1.3m length. Aft cabin with double berth.
Saloon with U shaped settee and table which converts to a double berth. Forward cabin with twin V-berths.
Chain locker forward with storage.
Galley
Located to starboard as you descend from the dog house in to the main cabin. Force 10 3 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Large freezer/fridge cooled by Danforth compressor. Single S/S sink. Ample locker storage around the galley.
Heads
Baby Blake. 320L waste tank with deck suction outlet.
Saloon
Comfortable seating area around the drop leaf table that can be converted to a good double berth. Dickinson diesel cabin heater.
Inventory:
Ground tackle
20kg Bruce anchor
50mx 13mm chain
Simpson Lawrence anchor winch
Navigation
Antenna system: RR Electronic Hawai 3G, configured for GSM and Navtex
Garmin GPS 152 [standby]
Sailor RT144 VHF
Raymarine ST290 speed/depth/watertemp
Raymarine E120 chartplotter/radar/GPS
Raymarine SX-10 core pack with gyro and fluxgate
Raymarine ST7002 Autopilot + S100 wireless remote
Sestrel Compass with internal electric[dimmable] and oil lighting
Wind meter [on sound, no moving parts, integrated in plotter]
Top three color sailing/anchor/strobe light OGM LED [US Coast Guard approved]
Navigation traditional and steam lights brass LED converted
Safety
RFD Seasava 6 man liferaft in hard container
Gear
Inflatable dinghy
4hp 4 stroke outboard
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Wooden ships comments on this Harrison Butler z4 Tonner
One of some 52 Harrison Butler Z4 tonners built by Lockharts of Brentwood, Essex before the War, this one launched in May 1938.
Planked in 13/16ths pitch-pine all copper fastened to steam bent American elm timbers and 6” centres.
Close inspection revealed that most of the steamed timbers through the midships section and some aft are twin laminations indicating they have probably been replaced at some time in the past. Several are showing signs of cracking at the turn of the bilge so all through the midships section behind the settee berths they have been sistered in the 1998 refit (see page 3), a neat job.
A pair of angle iron frames in way of the mast are cleverly set off the planking to avoid future problems.
Oak back-bone with long iron ballast keel. Phosphor bronze bolts all replaced in 2005.
Several ferrous strap floors are fitted on pads laid on the inside face of the planking, not on the timbers as is usual. Reportedly new s/s bolts in the floor arms in the 1998 refit.
Deck
Original canvas covered pine deck as was traditional in those days, replaced with ply deck and sheathed with epoxy glass in 1998 refit. Teak toe rails.
Varnished teak fore hatch.
Regalvanised stemhead fitting with stbd side chain roller.
Varnished teak coach-roof with 2 bronze opening ports each side, teak grab rails.
Varnished teak sliding hatch and twin doors to the cabin entrance.
Varnished teak T&G cock-pit bulkhead. Engine control panel in the bulkhead to stbd of the entrance door. Little bronze framed opening window in the port side bulkhead to match.
Deep, very safe little cock-pit in teak with scrubbed seat locker lids each side, access to stowage and 6 gall stainless steel fuel tank under aft deck. Stowage under the side decks.
Manual bilge pump under the stbd side deck.
Scrubbed teak triangular sole board lifts to access the shaft and stern bilge.
Pin rail across the after cock-pit coaming with pegs to hold the tiller – a simple form of auto-pilot.
Rig
3/4 bermudian sloop rig on varnished pine mast with single spreaders and jumpers over, set in recently galvanised steel tabernacle just fwd of the coach-roof.
Galvanised rigging wire replaced around 2000, twin lowers and cap shrouds to distinctive external chain plate bracket, all regalvanised in the last few years.
Single standing masthead back-stay to galvanised bumpkin, twin chains down to the hull. The A-frame steel bumpkin forms part of the galvanised sheet horse over the tiller.
Running back-stays on bronze levers.
Rectangular section slab reef boom sheets to the horse on the aft deck over the tiller with modern tufnol blocks.
Pair of tufnol cock-pit sheet winches.
Sails
Mainsail 190sq’
Recent genoa 70sq’ by Scanes of Topsham on Hood 705 Seafurl roller gear.
Spinnaker with pole
Several older sails.
Machinery
Yanmar 1GM 10hp 1-cyl diesel engine installed new in 2000 with new shaft and bearing to new 2004 port off-set 2-blade folding prop, gives her 5knts.
This engine was overhauled for the present owner in spring 2014 by Devon yard which included head off, new piston rings, new head and sump gasket etc.
6 gall stainless steel fuel tank.
2 x 12v batteries under stbd settee berth with change-over switch.
Accommodation
2 berths. Generous settee berths each side with good sitting head-room open right up to the stem. Sea toilet under mahogany joinery fwd between seats.
Lots of stowage space forward.
2 pairs of steel compression post mast supports forward at the fore end of the coach-roof.
2-burner gas cooker on surface to stbd aft, locker to port aft. Stainless steel sink in the teak work surface with hand pump from new stainless steel water tank under the port settee berth.
Engine under step between with 2 doors and sliding hatch to the cock-pit.
Bosun compass.
Cobra VHF DSC radio.
Nasa sounder
Plough anchor with 50 meters 5/8” chain.
Beaching legs.
Warps and fenders.
Cock-pit cover and boom cover, both new 2006.
Major refit in 1998 including replacing coach-roof deck, sheathing it and the main deck, replacing the rudder, re-galvanising all ferrous deck fittings, re-wiring, and doubling cracked timbers each side around the turn of the bilge adding to the strength of this robust little yacht.
Further refit in 2005 when the keel bolts were replaced and again earlier this year in present ownership.
Enthusiastically cruised in past ownership from her Cornish mooring, crossing easily to France even in heavy weather. Some years ago she won her class in the |Round the Island Race when she was based in Lymington.
An honest little boat and a sound example of this very pretty design, still the ideal mini cruising yacht she was designed to be.
Zenocrate was built in Brentford, London, by A Lockhart Ltd and was launched in May 1938. The first owner was R G Collingwood, Professor of Philosophy at Oxford.
Collingwood and his 3 sisters had grown up in the Lake District, on the banks of Coniston. His father – an artist, historian and expert on the Icelandic sagas – was an associate of John Ruskin, who lived close by.
In 1896 Arthur Ransome became acquainted with the family. He learned to sail on their boat ‘Swallow’. It was this friendship with R G Collingwood and his three sisters, and in due course with the next generation also, that provided the basis for Ransome’s books about ‘Swallows and Amazons’. This series has provided several generations of readers with the inspiration to go sailing. Anyone who reads these books is reading – in effect – about the first owner of Zenocrate, as a child sailing on Coniston.
It was during the later part of his life that Collingwood owned Zenocrate. He suffered a stroke in February 1938 and he feared that this might be succeeded by others (as indeed proved the case). He hoped that the pleasure and relaxation he would gain by sailing Zenocrate would delay this.
There is also perhaps a clue here for the choice of the name Zenocrate. Zenocrate was the wife of Tamerlane, the 14th Century conqueror of Central Asia and India, immortalised in Christopher Marlowe’s play. She died young and in Marlow’s play there is a very moving lament over her short life. It seems possible that Collingwood, in choosing such a name, was all too conscious of the likely brevity of his own remaining years.
Note:
The present owner has copies of the relevant folios of the Registry of British Ships, showing the succession of owners from the start. There is also a pdf from the recent new edition of Collingwood’s Autobiography, which refers to the purchase and early voyages of Zenocrate
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Peter Brett is best known nowadays as the designer of the famous Rival range of yachts.
The Dee 25 Class was one of his early successes and subsequently evolved into the Rival 31.
He designed the first boat, Fair Rover for himself, the design was featured in Yachting World magazine in 1951 and she proved very successful in his local Irish Seas races.
10 more Dee 25s followed.
No 2 Rondinella is a name many people will know, winning the Cowes Dinard Race in 1959 and the only boat in Class 111 to finish the 1965 Channel Race – see Adlard Coles, Heavy Weather Sailing.
All the Dee 25s were built by Allansons of Freckleton on the Lancashire coast and the class that followed was named after the River Dee at Freckleton.
Such was the success of Fair Rover, the yard went on to build another 9 boats to the same design.
The design had some interesting features. The Dee 25 has not excessive draft with a long keel for good stability limited over-hangs and a generous beam for the period. It is said that the drying mud berth mooring near where he lived on the Dee Estuary was an influential factor in the design.
The interior rigid ply bulkheads are an integral part of the design and contribute to her strength. She stands up well to her rig and is remarkably fast.
This yacht is in expert and experienced ownership, professionally maintained. She is only for sale because the owner needs a smaller yacht as he ages quicker than the boat, hence the very reasonable price for such a lovely yacht.”
Construction
Planked in pitch-pine all copper fastened to 1 ½” x 1” steamed oak timbers at 8” centres.
The hull has a very fine varnish finish with a white cove line to emphasise the attractive sheer and a transom-hung rudder.
The inside face of the hull is also varnished allowing total inspection.
2 cracked timbers under the engine doubled
5 steam bent timbers in way of the quarter berth found cracked at the tuck, all replaced with laminated timbers to avoid recurrence..
6 through stem bolts replaced.
Ballast. Long external iron ballast keel with iron keel bolts.
Massive oak floors across the centre-line eliminate any too-common strap floor problems.
Deck. Teak laid deck over a ply sub deck. Varnished cover-boards and toe rails, varnished teak king plank and varnished margin boards around the coach-roof.
This is a particularly clean, clear and spacious deck, wide side decks due to the generous beam.
S/s sampson post on the fore deck which doubles a forward vent.
Single stemhead chain roller.
2010 Deck seams repayed
The coach-roof is built in varnished mahogany faced marine ply coamings for extra strength with a varnished mahogany margin board around at deck level, stepped up to a dog-house aft, Painted ply roof with varnished mahogany deck edging, fixed windows and varnished grab rails each side. Varnished fore hatch on the fore end of the coach-roof with vent.
The cock-pit has deep coamings sloped slightly outwards for extra comfort with nicely rounded corner mouldings to meet the dog-house. One really feels one is sitting in this boat, safe and sheltered and not perched on the top. The cock-pit coamings and the cabin bulkhead are painted white on the inside faces with varnished cappings.
Varnished seat lockers each side, teak gratings in the self-draining well. Above seat level step to the cabin entrance keeps the water out.
Varnished mahogany sliding hatch and wash-boards to the cabin entrance. The wash-boards stow neatly under the entrance step.
Stainless steel pulpit and stanchions with twin guard wires.
New guard wires in present ownership.
Rig.
¾ Bermudian sloop rig on original alluminium mast, stepped on the coach-roof in an interesting varnished tabernacle.
Single spreaders with jumper struts above.
New 2011 stainless steel rigging with twin lowers, single stemhead fore stay, single standing back-stay to the masthead and runners on levers to the jumper struts.
S/s rigging screws to internal s/s chain plates.
New 2011 aluminium boom with tackle kicker. Internal reefing pennants on jammers.
Single-tailed mainsheet to a substantial s/s horse across the after deck.
Genoa tracks on the toe rails.
Winches.
Pair of Lewmar 40ST self tail, 2-speed on the cock-pit coamings
Pair of bronze Lewmar 40 top-action 2-speed on the cock-pit coaming.
Pair of Lewmar 16 ST self tail on the mast.
Single Lewmar 7 top-action 2-speed on the mast, armed with clip on rubber self tail cap for reefing.
Sails
Mainsail with 2 deep slab reefs. 314sq’ Arun Sails 2011
Working Jib 180sq’ Arun Sails 2011
No 2 jib 150sq’ Collins 2005
No 3 jib 100sq’ Collins 2005
Storm jib. 50sq’ Arun Sails 2011
Machinery.
Volvo 2-cyl 18hp naturally aspirated, salt water cooled diesel engine. Centre-line installatioin to conventional shaft drive.
New cutlass bearing, new shaft, new engine mounts
2 x 12v batteries secured under the quarter berth. Switch board on the bulkhead to starboard of the entrance incorporating ex-Spitfire switches.
One battery is 5 years old, the other is 18 months
2011 New battery management system
Tanks
Fuel 9 galls diesel in one steel tank under the after deck.
Water Estimated 15 galls in 2 tanks under the saloon cabin sole.
A 3rd tank under the sole is currently disconnected.
Manual pump at the galley sink, drains overboard.
Accommodation 5 berths
V-berths in the fore peak. Simple mahogany joinery forming 2 berths, exposed hull sides. Forward ply bulkhead with oval opening to stow small items. Stowage under the berths.
Chain locker between under varnished surface.
Large bosun’s locker in the after starboard corner.
Sea toilet in the after port corner, bulkheaded off from the forepeak berths.
Standing space with varnished hardwood sole boards between heads and locker with head-room under the fore hatch above.
Centre-line bulkhead doorway to the saloon cabin. The bulkhead takes the compression forces under the mast with two vertical hardwood posts forming the doorway.
Saloon cabin with port and starboard settee berths. The starboard settee pulls out 4” inches to give 17” when used as a berth.
Stowage under and behind each side.
New Taylor’s stainless steel cabin heater on the forward bulkhead to starboard.
Shelves on the forward bulkhead to port.
Fold-up varnished drop-leaf mahogany table.
Smart upholstery in piped water-proof vinyl with buttoned back rests.
Varnished coamings, white painted deckhead and bulkheads, varnished cabin sole
A unique feature of the Dee 25 is the keyhole bulkhead dividing the saloon cabin from the galley and chart desk.
Galley in the after port corner with a unit against the after bulkhead incorporating a stainless steel sink and deep surface loaded locker all finished in clean white formica.
Gimballed trays suspended between the unit and the keyhole bulkhead carries an Origo single burner meths cooker, simple and very adequate.
Partitioned lockers under the side deck behind with ready use jars for tea, coffee sugar etc.
Quarter berth to starboard, well open into the cabin to allow easy access.
2 drawers below all in nice quality mahogany joinery.
A loose board sits in the quarter berth as a very satisfactory chart desk mattress.
Nav instruments etc on the bulkhead above.
Steps to the cock-pit between galley and quarter berth lift clear to access the front of the engine.
Varnished cabin sole in separate lift-up panels with non-slip Trackmark surface to access tanks in the bilge.
Head-room: Dog-house entrance 6’
Saloon midships 5’6”
Under fore hatch 5’6”
Bunk lengths Quarter berth 6’10” x 2’6”
Saloon port 6’2” x 20”
Saloon stbd 6’ x 20”
Fore peak port 6’1”
Fore peak stbd 5’9”
Inventory.
Navigation
Sestral Grid Compass
Raymarine chart plotter
Raymarine echo sounder
Sailor VHF radio
Autohelm 2000 auto-pilot on the tiller.
Ground tackle
35lb Manson anchor
30fthms 3/8” chain
Simpson Lawrence Hi-speed manual windlass new 2010
Deck gear.
Mooring warps
Fenders
Manual bilge pump in cock-pit locker
Cock-pit cushions
Safety jack-stays on the side decks.
Legs
Cock-pit tent
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These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Wooden Ships Comments on this west country Bermudan sloop
A relatively rare A. H Watty designed boat, a typical West Country design. She has cruised extensively over the years in the West country and cross-channel. In 1987 she was the overall winner of the Helford – L’Aberwrach race, out of 63 starters. She is an excellent sea boat, and spacious for her length. The present owner has owned her for 17 yrs and in that time has replaced the garboards, steamed in new frames and re-caulked her completely. The keel bolts have been replaced, standing rigging renewed and the decks sheathed.
Construction
Hull
Pitch pine carvel planking on alternate sawn and steamed oak frames. Copper fastened. Galvanised iron keel bolts, last drawn 2002. Iron external ballast keel + iron internal ballast.
Decks and cockpit
Pine deck, ply sheathed and painted. Self draining cockpit. Tiller steering. Galvanised deck and stemhead fittings.
340 sq ft sail. Battened mainsail. Jib. Made by Penrose. Approx. 20yrs old. Serviceable.
Machinery
Engine
Yanmar GM 10hp diesel. Single lever controls. 3 blade propeller on centreline.
Batteries
12v electrics. 1 battery.
Tanks
Accommodation
Berths 3 berths
5’3” headroom in saloon. Standing in doghouse.
Saloon
2 berths, convert to double. Pipe cot forward.
Heads
Baby Blake
Galley
Gimballed gas cooker
SS sink, drains overboard
Equipment
1 fire extinguisher
Fishermans and Kedge anchor
Beaching Legs.
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 Loch Fyne Skiff type fishing vessel
Built as a fishing boat by Nobles of Fraserburgh, Scotland in 1926 and fished out of ports around the east and west coasts of Scotland, eventually finishing her career in Killala, Ireland. Now converted to a private yacht she needs a new owner to finish off the work. This is an interesting boat with lines of a Loch Fyne skiff which will always attract attention wherever she goes.
Construction
Hull
1 ½” larch planking on sawn oak frames, 3”x 4”, 9” spacing. Galvanised iron fastenings. Long keel.
Grown oak floors with 4+ tons internal ballast. High tensile steel keel bolts, last checked 1990.
Decks and cockpit
Larch on ply deck, varnished. Self draining cockpit. Bridge deck.
Wheel steering on geared cables. Bronze and galvanised steel deck fittings.
Superstructure
Coachroof deck larch on ply.
Rig
Gaff Cutter rig on a keel stepped solid varnished mast, 2005. Solid wood varnished boom, gaff and bowsprit.
Ford D series 72hp, 4 cyl. 1976. Rebuilt ’86. Borg Warner gearbox. Single lever controls. Centreline installation. 3 blade propeller. Speed cruising 4.5 kts, 7kts max.
Batteries
8 x tractor batteries. 12v and 24v. Wired for 240v.
Tanks
Diesel: 80 galls in 2 galvanised steel tanks.
Accommodation
Berths
8 berths including a separate aft cabin with 2 singles that convert to a double.
Saloon
Chart table port. Galley stbd with gimballed gas cooker, SS sink, gravity draining to waste tank.
Seating and table to port, converts to double berth. Woodburning stove (Godin).
Marine heads to stbd, manually pumped to SS waste tank.
Forward cabin with table and bench seats. Single berths port and stbd. Forward of table can be made in to a double berth.
Equipment
Navigation
Compass
Nasa sounder
Nasa Log
VHF
GPS
Chart Plotter
Ground tackle
1 Fishermans anchor
1 Plough anchor – 45lb
Manual windlass
200’ 13mm chain
Warp
Safety
Lifejackets
Fire extinguishers
Gear
8’ inflatable tender
8hp outboard, 15yrs old.
Beaching legs.
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.
