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Wooden Ships Comments on this Ed Burnett gaff cutter

Designed by Ed Burnett and  built at Hegarty’s for an original owner who spared no expense in the build.    The present owner has maintained her to a high standard,  undertaking any little jobs needed and keeping her in immaculate cosmetic condition, but unfortunately for family  reasons he needs to move up to a larger boat.    She had a refit  January – March this year and has been cruised West Cork to Galway since then.  There are daily flights from London to Co Kerry, where the owner can meet prospective clients.

There is probably no better small gaffer available, she is elegant and eye catching with all the benefits of a relatively newly built boat.

Construction

Hull    

Carvel planked in good quality straight grained Russian larch on steamed oak timbers with some heavier laminated frames in way of the mast.  All copper rivet fastened.

1.2 ton lead keel.

Grown oak floors throughout with stainless steel straps in way of the mast for added strength.

Very fair topsides finished in cream with a varnished teak rubbing strake to accentuate the sheer line.

Decks and cockpit   

Laid solid teak deck, treated with teak oil.   Screw fastened to the deck beams.  Seams are caulked and payed with butyl rubber.  Deck is stepped up to the height of the capping rail over the main cabin to increase headroom without affecting the aesthetic line of the sheer.

Tiller steering on a transom hung rudder.

Spacious cockpit with curved teak coamings and deep thwarts all round.  Cockpit lockers port and starboard and in the aft.

Varnished teak coachroof coamings with a  teak laid top coachroof deck.  Very elegant varnished teak sliding companionway hatch with a combined skylight at the forward end.  There is a forehatch giving access to the forepeak which is for storage only.

Rig    Gaff Cutter

Keel stepped solid Douglas Fir mast, with a solid wooden boom, gaff and bowsprit.

Stainless steel standing rigging,  9 yrs old, to  s/s rigging screws.   External bronze chain plates.  Single shroud each side making a very easy rig.

Twin backstays on Highfield levers.

Wykham Martin roller furling gear for both jib and staysail

2 Murray bronze cockpit winches, self tailing.

Sails.

By Fastnet Sails.  398 sq ft.   9 yrs old.   Very good condition.

Machinery

Engine   

Beta 20hp 3 cyl  2005.   PRM gearbox.  Single lever controls.   3 blade bronze feathering J prop, centreline installed.

Cruising speed 5 kts, max 6.5 kts.  Fuel consumption 2 litres/hr.   Serviced this season,  shaft drawn,  cutlass bearing replaced.

Batteries    

12v system.   2 batteries in cockpit locker charged  from engine alternator.

Tanks          

25litres diesel  in SS fuel tank in lazarette.

Accommodation

Berths     

2/3.  Extra cockpit berths with cover in place.

Saloon     

2 settee berths, leather upholstery.  5 ft headroom.   Gas cooker.   Faversham solid fuel stove.

There is a bulkhead at the forward end of the main cabin splitting the forepeak off from the rest of the boat.  This is a large cabin for a boat of this size because of the beam and headroom.

Equipment

Navigation

Cockpit compass

Echopilot sounder

Nasa log

Auto pilot

Raymarine tiller pilot

Ground tackle

25lb CQR anchor.

8 meters chain

30 meters warp

Gear

1 fire extinguisher

Cockpit cover

Heavy winter cover

Heavy yard trailer

6 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 Penzance Dandy lugger

One of the most eye catching yachts in the UK without a doubt, these working boats were designed purely for fishing, but obviously with a keen eye on the aesthetics as well.  Completely rebuilt in previous ownership she is now a sound and ready boat, finished as she should be in a very traditional way with not a speck or varnish to be seen, instead using oils and Stockholm tar.  She has a very handy rig with the gaff main making her an easy boat to sail, and the coachroof gives good standing headroom below decks in the saloon area.  A real gem of a boat, lusted after by many everywhere she goes.

Construction

Hull    Iroko planking on heavy sawn oak frames.  Grown oak floors.  Internal lead ballast.  The hull was largely rebuilt by a previous owner in a job that was completed in 1988.  This included all new planking, galvanised dump nail fastenings and many new frames as required.

Decks and cockpit  Straight laid quarter sawn pine decks screw fasted to solid oak deck beams.  Decks caulked and payed with pitch.  Flush deck with a central hatch over the saloon to increase headroom.   Forehatch and aft hatch for access into either end of the boat.  Bulwarks all round with a heavy capping rail

Superstructure   Central low profile hatch with Iroko coamings and a straight laid pine coachroof deck on oak deck beams.  Bronze portholes in the coamings with an offset sliding entrance hatch to starboard.

Rig  

Known as a ‘Dandy’ rig with a gaff main and lug mizzen, this was common to the Cornish fishing boats.

Sails:  Dacron:   Main, mizzen, heavy jib & staysail,  medium jib & staysail.

Terylene balloon/ghoster jib and main topsail.

All approx. 15yrs old,  good condition.

Machinery

Engine   Ford 4.2D marinised diesel on flexible mounts.  These engines are known to be reliable units and parts are plentiful and cheap.  It’s aesthetic appearance is not first class, but it is the internals that matter and this has been a reliable engine for the present owner.

Port offset stainless steel shaft from a hydraulic Borg Warner gearbox with single lever controls.  3 blade feathering bronze propeller.

Batteries   Seperate domestic and start batteries, securely mounted on the starboard side in the engine space.  Charged via the engine alternator.

Tanks   2 stainless steel tanks located in the aft with a plastic day tank, double water separator filters with a change over valve.   2 x 200L, 1 x 100L.

2 water tanks under the saloon seating, approx. 25 gals each.

Accommodation

Berths  5 berths in 2 doubles and a single passageway berth.

Saloon   spacious saloon with good headroom.  Steps down through the hatch in the aft starboard corner.  Large chart desk to starboard with all navigation equipment.  Galley in aft port corner.  Centreline dropleaf saloon table with settee’s either side, ample sitting headroom under the side decks when sitting at the table.  There is plenty of space to move around the boat and ample lockers and storage areas.

Heads   Jabsco sea toilet in the forepeak, pumps directly overboard.  Small hand basin with hand pumped fresh water.

Galley   Taylors 2 burner paraffin stove with oven and grill, gimballed and facing athwartships.  Single stainless steel sink with hand pumped fresh water.

Equipment

Navigation

Furuno chart plotter/radar with charts UK to Gibraltar.

DSC VHF

AIS Radar

Navtex

Paper charts UK to Gib.

Safety

Two lifebuoys and lights

First aid kit

Fire extinguishers x 2 – type ABC

Fire blanket

Flares – out of date

Jackstays

Lifejackets

Harnesses

Horn

Radar reflector

Day shapes

Eight person life raft – service date 01/2015

1 manual bilge pump

1 electric bilge pump

Ground Tackle

30kg Bruce with galvanised chain.

2 x Fishermans

CQR

Danforth

Extra warp and chain.

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 International One Design

Typical International One Design construction, planked in pine fastened to laminated frames with 2 steam bent intermediates. Laminated timbers.

Double skinned solid mahogany deck, epoxy sheathed and painted.  Varnished king plank and cover boards.

Varnished mahogany coamings to the small coach-roof extended aft to form the cock-pit coamings.

Much work done in present ownership including complete re-fastening of the underwater hull, along with any necessary repairs to hull and frames.

Raced regularly in Cornwall, this IOD is ready to sail.

Contact us for fuller specification and detailed history of the class.  Survey available

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 9 Ton Falmouth Pilot Bermudan sloop

The 9 ton Falmouth Pilot was designed by Warrington Smythe.   A well built and robust yacht,  long keeled with a transom hung rudder.

Construction

Hull    Built to Lloyds 100A1.    Pitch pine on oak, copper fastened.

Decks and cockpit  Sheathed marine ply.   Self draining cockpit.

Superstructure   Coamings teak-faced marine ply.    Coachroof deck sheathed marine ply.

Rig  

Masthead Bermudan sloop on a deck-stepped wooden mast, new 2004.   Varnished boom.  Slab and roller reefing.  Aluminium spinnaker pole.

Stainless steel standing rigging, new 2004.   New backstay 2005.

Winches:  Lewmar 32 self-tailing.  2 x cockpit, 1 mast, 1 slab reefing.

Sails: 

Mainsail                          Hood                    2003         Good condition

Genoa                                 “                         2002                     “

Spinnaker                                                      1966

Spare mainsails and genoas

New reefing system 2013.

Machinery

Engine  

Beta 38 4 cyl installed new in 2006.  Centreline installation.  6kts cruising,  7 kts max.

Batteries  

2 x 12v under cockpit sole

Tanks      

Stainless steel  fuel tank,  35 galls.

Stainless steel water tank, 35 gals.

Accommodation

Berths  4/5.   2 saloon berths.  2 in forecabin + 1 pipecot.

Headroom  6’ main cabin.   5’8” Forward cabin.   6’4” in Galley/chart area.

Saloon   Upholstery new 2000.

Heads   Jabsco sea toilet

Galley   Gimballed Plastimo gas cooker.   SS sink.

Equipment

Navigation

Garmin GPS

Hydrosteer windvane

Autohelm tiller pilot

Safety

4 man liferaft

Horseshoe lifebuoy/light

Ground Tackle

2 x 35lb CQR anchors

Manual Lofrans windlass

Extras

Beaching legs

Sprayhood

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 Double Chine Bermudan sloop

A one-off Bermudan sloop, built by the present owner’s father to Lloyd’s 100A1 specification.  Always well maintained, with a thorough refit carried out in 2008.

Construction

Double chine hull,  ¾” Thames Marine Ply on laminated mahogany frames.  Silicon bronze fastened.  Lead fin keel approx. 1.5 tons, stainless steel keelbolts, inspected 2013.

Deck is 10mm teak on ply.   Coachroof epoxy painted Thames marine ply coamings and epoxy sheathed top.   Self draining cockpit,  teak cockpit grating.  Wheel steering.

Bronze deck fittings.   Stainless steel stemhead fitting.

Rig

Bermudan sloop.   Deck-stepped alloy mast and alloy boom.    SS standing rigging, renewed 2008.    SS chainplates and rigging screws.   Terylene running rigging 2009.    2 mast winches, 4 cockpit winches (Lewmar).  Slab reefing on mainsail.

Sails

Made by Jeckells.         Mainsail                           4 yrs                          Good condition

Furling genoa                  4 yrs                          Good condition

Storm jib                         30yrs                          Fair

Cruising chute                30yrs                         Good

Machinery

Yanmar 2GM 15hp diesel.   New 2008.   2 cylinder.  Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger.   Centreline installed, shaft drive to 3 blade prop.  Single lever control gearbox.  Electric start.   Cruising speed 5 kts,  Max 6 kts.    25 litre SS fuel tank under companionway steps.        Oil pressure and temperature gauges, rev counter, audible alarms.      Alternator charging to   3 x 12v batteries (2009/13)  under companionway and quarter berths.  Split charger.

Accommodation

The accommodation offers up to six berths in two cabins. Fore cabin with V berths with stowage under. Opening hatch to foredeck. Heads compartment to port with Jabsco sea toilet with holding tank (2009). Stowage. Opening port. Waeco refrigerator opposite to starboard with stowage and opening port. Galley aft to starboard with stainless steel sink/drainer with electric and manually pumped water supply. Taylors Ideal K two burner cooker. Stowage above and below. Opening port. Navigation area aft to starboard with quarter berth aft. Dinette opposite to port with table converting to a double berth with stowage under and above. Quarter berth aft. Steps up to cockpit with seating and stowage. Full interior lighting.  150 litre water tank.

Navigation

Steering compass

Garmin GPS

Icom M411 DSC VHF radio with aerial (2009)

Autohelm 3000 autopilot

Tacktick windspeed/direction (2009)

Tacktick depth sounder (2009)

Tacktick log/speed (2009)

Navigation lights

Safety

Bilge pumps x 3

Fire extinguishers x 2

Ground tackle

2 x CQR anchors.  40 metres 8mm chain.   Kobra electric windlass.

Other Equipment

Spray hood.    Mooring warps x 4.   4 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 Swedish Gaff Cutter

Swedish gaff cutter built to traditional lines by the Werkelin Shipyard in the Koster Isles around 1950.  The original owner had her built with the intention of completing a circumnavigation, so she was fitted with a Bermudan cutter rig to make her easier to handle.

After leaving Sweden he arrived in the UK where not long afterwards the boat was vandalised and he was forced to abandon his round the world adventure.  The boat has remained here ever since, and has been in the present ownership for nearly 20 years.

At some point she had a large superstructure added when she was being used as a liveaboard.  The current deck configuration, now her third, was fitted by a previous owner.  At the same time she was converted to a gaff cutter which is more befitting of her lines, and was sailed for many years on the East coast.

In the present ownership she has cruised the east coast, Bristol Channel and the English Channel including the Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands and France.

Length on Deck                       28’2”

Length WL                   27’6”

Beam                           10’8”

Draft                            4’3”

Clinker planked in 20mm thick pitch pine all copper rivet fastened.  Sawn pitch pine 5” x 2” frames notched around each land and fastened with large copper rivets.

Heavy sawn oak floors regularly spaced through the bilge with the keel bolts  passing through them

External iron ballast keel with black iron keel bolts last drawn in 2004.  Some internal lead pigs as trimming ballast.

Straight laid Iroko deck, caulked and payed with butyl rubber on a marine plywood sub deck, all screw fastened

Solid Iroko coachroof coamings with an oil finish extend into the cockpit coamings.  Marine plywood coachroof deck over pine T&G with a gentle camber, sheathed with epoxy cloth and finished in cream deck paint.

Deep cockpit, rebuilt 2010 with access to large lockers under the side decks and aft deck.  Access hatches to the engine in the cockpit sole.  Tiller steering on a stern post hung curved rudder in the usual Scandinavian fashion.

Low bulwark all round with a painted capping rail.  There is a delightful feel on deck of this boat, the generous beam making her feel like a bigger boat than she is.

Centreline forehatch in oiled Iroko.  Large sampson post on the centreline forward of the forehatch for mooring lines.  Galvanised stemhead fitting with a single chain roller.  The bowsprit passes through the bulwark on the port had side of the stem.

Bronze fairleads fore and aft with cavel bars on the bulwarks for mooring lines.

Rig

Keel stepped solid wood pole mast with a varnished wooden slab reefing boom, gaff yard and bowsprit.  The boom has wooden jaws and the gaff yard has a leather clad galvanised saddle.

Galvanised wire standing rigging to galvanised rigging screws and internal galvanised chainplates.  Approximately 20 years old.

Three shrouds per side with running backstays on block and tackles.

Inner forestay to the stemhead and an outer forestay to the bowsprit end.

Mainsail fixed to the mast with wooden hoops.  Staysail hanked to inner forestay

Winches

Pair of Lewmar non self tailing cockpit sheet winches.

Sails

Mainsail

Staysail

Jib

Topsail

Machinery

Perkins 4108 30hp 4cyl diesel, fresh water cooled with a bowman heat exchanger.  Oil, temperature and voltage alarms.

Single lever controlled Hurth hydraulic gearbox with a stainless steel shaft to a 2 blade bronze propellor

Engine rebuilt 1995

Gearbox rebuilt 2001

Cruising speed of 5 knots, 6.5 knots max.

Tanks

2 x 75lt polyprop fuel tanks, one each side under the cockpit.

Removable jerry can with hand pumped water to the galley sink.

Batteries

2 x 12 volt batteries under the aft cockpit sole charged form the engine alternator.

Accommodation                      4 berths

Centreline sliding hatch with washboards.

Galley to starboard aft with a 2 burner Origo 3000 meths stove.  Hand pumped fresh water from a jerry can below the galley.  Stainless steel sink gravity drains overboard.

Pull out chart desk aft to port with a bulkhead separating it from the rest of the cabin.  Simpson Lawrence sea toilet below the pull out chart desk.

Wide cabin sole with full length port and starboard settee berths.  Storage behind the berths under the deckhead,

Pansy charcoal cabin heater mounted on the forward bulkhead.

Small passageway offset to starboard gives access to the forcabin with twin V-berths.

Wooden anchor chain pipe leads the chain to a locker in the bilge forward of the berths.

Inventory

Steering compass

TRIO log and sounder

Garmin GPS

Fishermans anchor

Beaching legs

Mooring warps

Cockpit cover

Full winter 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 s55 Danish sloop 

One of four boats built to this design by the shipwrights at the Naval yard in Copenhagen.  They are known as the S55 because of the sail area of 55sqm.  Typical Scandinavian design often known as a spitzgatter with long keel and that trademark stern.  The rudder, in the Colin archer way, is hung on the stern and is shaped accordingly.

This boat has had a thorough refit with the present owners in 2011 and has been cruising the Balearic Islands ever since.  She will be found in superb condition and is ready to cruise this season.

Construction

Hull

Planked in 1.5” Nordic pine dump fastened to sawn oak frames.  Copper fastened steamed intermediate timbers.

Iron strap floors and keel bolts replaced 2011.  4.5 ton external lead keel.

Decks and cockpit

Solid yacht laid teak deck, screw fastened to oak deck beams.  Caulked and payed with butyl rubber.  Varnished king plank and cover boards.

Self draining cockpit with scrubbed teak thwarts.  Lockers under the thwarts

Superstructure

Low coachroof with varnished teak coamings.  Coamings extend fore and aft of the coachroof.

Rig

Stem head bermudan sloop rig on keel stepped varnished mast with varnished roller reefing boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging to s/s rigging screws and internal chainplates.

Sails as new.

Machinery

Engine

Nanni  4cyl diesel, 43hp, completely overhauled in 2011.

Stainless shaft to 3 blade bronze propeller.  New stern gland.

Batteries

2 AGM domestic batteries with total 400ah capacity.  Single start battery.

High capacity charging system from engine alternator or shore power.

Whole boat completely re-wired.

Tanks

120l stainless fuel tank

Accommodation

Berths

4 berths total.  V-berths in the forecabin with a sea toilet between.

Two settee berths in the saloon.

Saloon

Forward facing chart desk in aft starboard corner.  Galley in aft port

Centreline drop leaf teak table.

Plenty of storage above and beneath the berths.

Heads

Sea toilet between the forward V-berths

Galley

Single stainless steel sink and single gas ring burner.   Hand pumped fresh water

Equipment

Steering compass

Simrad log, sounder and wind gauge

GPS

DSC VHF

LED navigation lights

Full life saving equipment including flares and liferaft

Heavy cast iron hand windlass

130’ chain with 24kg CQR

Kedge anchor

Fenders

Mooring lines

Wind scoops

Cockpit cover

Deck shower

Swim ladder/gangway

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 Pilot Cutter Yacht

This pilot cutter has been sold. Similar yachts for sale:

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This pilot cutter yacht is being sold as part of a successful and current charter business.  Included in the sale is the following:

The Vessel including the inventory listed below.

Good will of the company

Ownership of the domain name

Rights and control over web site content

Control over the Facebook and Twitter accounts connected to the business

Ownership of the extensive mailing list

Various advertising and promotional displays

Built on the lines of the famous Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter, ‘Marguerite T’, this fine big boat was constructed in steel by A&P Appledore Ltd, Falmouth, in 1995 as a private yacht.

Marguerite T was a pilot cutter built in Pill in 1893, and after a major rebuild, is still sailing today as a private yacht.  The pilot cutters have always been considered among the most seaworthy and reliable sailing vessels ever to have been designed and built.  Working in terrible conditions all year round, the pilot boats held station off our coasts waiting for the returning sailing ships with their valuable cargoes in order to get a pilot aboard and guide them safely to port.

The original owner, when looking for a boat to build, realised he could do no better than a replica pilot cutter, so took the lines from one of the larger boats, and decided to build his new yacht in steel.  A&P Appledore Ltd were used to building super yacht hulls, so this 55’ job was an easy task for them and their skilled workers.  The completed hull was then taken to Newton Ferrers in Devon where she was fitted out by Bridgend Boat Company.  They laid a teak deck over the steel, fitted solid teak deck structures and created a superb interior using old mahogany reclaimed from a disused Barclays bank.

The result is a very impressive and incredibly strong yacht with a great presence, and because of the history of her design, she is as safe and reliable at sea as any of the original pilot cutters, with a good turn of speed in any wind and being very stiff and strong can carry a lot of sail when the wind gets up.

LOA                                                    66’ 3″

LOD                                                    54′ 10″

LWL                                                    48’

Beam                                                   14’

Draught                                                7’ 10”

Displacement                                       38 tonnes

Ballast (Internal lead)                           10 tonnes

Sail Area                                                          1500sq.ft

Constructed of steel with an encapsulated lead ballast keel.  The whole hull has been treated with a professional epoxy paint system to protect the steel.

The topsides have been finished in Awlgrip and the underwater hull has been painted with a professionally applied copper treatment by Ecosea in order to eliminate the need for annual antifoul treatment.

Integral steel deck overlaid with solid teak straight laid payed with Sikaflex.

Steel stanchions with a scrubbed teak capping rail and solid teak bulwark planking.

Solid teak companion hatch, cockpit, skylight and forehatch.

Deep self draining cockpit built in solid teak with thwarts both sides and high coamings to give good shelter and security.

Tiller steering with a varnished teak tiller.  Option for wheel steering, all the gear for this is available and can be swapped over with a few hours work.

Ample deck space as would be expected on boat this size with plenty of room for a large crew to work the rig if necessary.  The attention to detail in the finish on deck is evident from the outset in the way the deck has been laid and the surperstructure has been constructed.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on solid varnished keel stepped mast.

Solid varnished bowsprit, boom and gaff yard.  All spars by Harry Spencer.

Galvanised gooseneck fitting and galvanised leather clad gaff saddle.  Slab reefing boom with electric winch assisted reefing pennants.

Galvanised wire standing rigging, parcelled and served in the traditional way with dead eyes and lanyards to integral steel chainplates.

Stainless steel inner and outer forestay with synthetic braided running backstays on block and tackles.

The running rigging is well laid out and all falls are labelled with bronze plates at the gunwale making life easy for inexperienced charter guests.  Varnished Purpleheart blocks with synthetic braid or 3 strand rope.

Sails

All sails in cream Dacron.

Mainsail                       Ratsey and Lapthorn              1996

Topsail                         Ratsey and Lapthorn              1996

Staysail 2                     Ratsey and Lapthorn              1996

Staysail 1                     James Lawrence                      2012

Jib 2                             Ratsey and Lapthorn              2005

Jib 1                             James Lawrence                      2012

Jib Topsail                   Ratsey and Lapthorn              1996

Machinery

BD6 Ford 6 Cyl 110 Hp marine diesel with a hydraulic gearbox and stainless steel centreline shaft to a 23” Autoprop folding Prop.

Cruising speed of 6.5 knots at 2gph

Calorifier running off the engine with a 240v immersion and an Ebespacher diesel heater for domestic hot water.

Engine has had continual professional maintenance throughout present ownership and parts replaced as necessary.  New heat exchanger, water pump and alternator in recent years.

Access to engine is very good through the hinged hatch in the companionway and a forward access hatch for belts and alternator.

2cyl Yanmar Diesel 6KVA generator in an insulated case on the port side as you descend the companionway.  Provides 240v power while running and charges the domestic battery bank through combi inverter/charger.

Sidepower Bow Thruster

Epespacher Heater for radiators and hot water

Tanks

Diesel tank is integral with the hull and is constructed of steel.  1000 litre capacity.  Racor water separators.

2 Fresh water tanks are plastic with total capacity of 1000 litres, located under the forward double berth.

2 grey water tanks for the heads and galley sinks and showers with electric pumps to empty.

Batteries

2 x 12v Domestic Batteries

2 x 12v Engine starting Batteries

1 x 12v Generator Batteries

2 x 12v Bow Thruster Batteries

2 x 24v engine alternators to charge the start bank and domestic bank separately.

Battery charging also comes from the built in inverter/charger which is powered by either the generator or shore power.  Inverter side gives 240v from the domestic bank when neither generator nor shore power are live.

Accomodation                        11 berths

The accommodation was created by craftsmen from the Bridgend Boat Company in Newton Ferrers, Devon.  The flame mahogany for the panelling was reclaimed from a disused Barclays bank and has a lovely dark rich colour.

Originally designed as a private yacht, the interior works very well for charter also with separate accommodation for the crew which is essential if they are to stay fresh and ready to provide a top quality experience.  The chart area is a dedicated alcove so either crew or guests can work away without disturbing the rest of the ships company.

Access below is through the enormous companionway which is easy to descend in any weather, wearing full oilskins or not.  Steps down over the engine space with doors to port and starboard giving access to the generator and battery banks respectively.

Skippers cabin at the bottom of the companion steps to port with two single berths and storage for clothing.

Chart desk area to starboard opposite the skipper’s cabin.  This is a separate alcove with chart desk, seat and electronic switch board.

Heads compartment beautifully finished with antique effect tiling forward of the chart area with a Jabsco sea toilet and shower with a stainless steel lined shower tray.  Heated towel rail.

Half glazed double doors into the main saloon.

Galley in aft starboard corner with double sink and a Plastimo 2 burner stove with oven and grill.  Deep chest fridge in aft port corner built into the mahogany joinery.  Corian worktops with plenty of storage and a microwave.

Larder in a full height cupboard in aft port corner of the saloon with a pull out shelf unit.

Main saloon with centre line drop leaf mahogany table and port and starboard settee berths.  Pilot berth outboard of the port side settee and a library area behind the starboard side.

Watertight bulkhead just forward of the mast with a door in the starboard side leading to the forward cabin.

Forward cabin has two singles on the starboard side against the hull and a large double berth in an alcove on the port side.

Centre line door through a forward bulkhead into the forward heads compartment with a Jabsco sea toilet and hand basin.  Heated towel rail and hooks for Foul weather stowage above

Hot and cold pressurised running water to both heads and the galley.

Inventory

Steering Compass

Autohelm log and sounder

Autohelm ST5000 autopilot

Wind Instrument

Radar

Chart Plotter

AIS

DSC VHF Radio

Satellite Telephone

EPIRB

Gas leak Detector

12 Man Liferaft

2 x horse Shoe Lifebuoys

Jonbuoy

4 x Fire Extinguishers

4 x bronze Sheet Winches

Seafire Engine room Extinguisher

14 Self-Inflating Lifejackets.

16 Sets Foul-weather gear

Bilge alarms in all compartments

1 x Manual Bilge Pump

2 x Automatic Electrical Bilge Pumps

1 x Emergency Engine driven Bilge/Fire pump

Anchor Windlass – Simpson Lawrence

Electric Deck Winch

70kg CQR Bow Anchor with 50m ½” chain

25kg Kedge with 30m chain and warp

16ft GRP launch tender with Bukh Inboard Diesel engine + trailer

Inflatable Dinghy

5hp Yamaha Outboard

Fenders and Warps

Boarding Ladder

3 x Gas Bottles

Cutlery and Crockery and all other galley equipment

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 West Country Gaff Cutter

West Country Gaff Cutter built by Frasier of Mevagissey in 1925 to typical working boat lines, she was a fishing boat for much of her life as a half decker with a large open cockpit.

Straight stem with transom stern and transom hung rudder.  Currently configured with an aft cockpit and coachroof to give a decent size cabin.

Construction

All sawn oak frames in futtocks with larch planking all iron dump fastened in the traditional way.  A lot of planking has been replaced in past years

Sawn oak floors.

Internal iron ballast in the traditional way.  The previous owner increased the height of the rig in order to compete in local racing, and in order to cope with the extra height a large external ballast keel was added using a steel I-beam, boxed in and filled with concrete.

Straight laid T&G pine deck, sheathed in GRP and finished in cream deck paint.

Scrubbed teak coachroof and cockpit coamings with a sheathed coachroof deck.

Rig

Gaff cutter on rig on solid wood keel stepped mast.

Spruce gaff yard, bowsprit and roller reefing boom.

Galvanised standing rigging to rigging screws and external steel chainplates.

Running rigging all recently replaced.

Sails

Mainsail, recently re-cut and in very good condition.

Staysail in very good condition

Large jib in very good condition

2 spare jibs of smaller size

Storm jib

Topsail on a jackyard.

Machinery

Volvo Penta MD2B 23hp 2 cyl marine diesel installed new in 1983.

Stainless steel shaft to 3 blade bronze propeller on the centreline.  Single lever controls.

Steel fuel tank under the aft deck, unknown capacity.

Accommodation

Very sparse interior with two benches either side in the cabin.  Plenty of space to build a comfortable interior.

Steps down over the engine box.

Shelving to port and starboard with a hob cooker on the port side.

Bulkhead forward of the mast with an offset door to port.

Inventory

Fisherman Anchor with chain and rope rode

CQR anchor

Warps and lines

Boathook

Bilge pumps manual and automatic

12V battery

12V LED navigation lights

Cabin lights not fitted

Manual fire extinguisher in

Horn

2 x lifejackets

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 Centre board Gaff Cutter

Centre-board Gaff cutter     1993                                        Dorset                                     £9800

A very pretty gaff cutter with the more modern lines typical of the Cornish Crabbers or Heard Gaffers of Falmouth.

She was built in 1993 by the previous owner, shipwright Peter Atkins from Poole, for himself. He was a  keen Old Gaffer race man who having sailed several of the type believed that he could design and build a better and faster boat.

It took him 5 years and an album of photos and momentoes on board records the whole process. Time was not of the essence and great care was given to the construction and the detail work. The result is a boat which is slightly bigger than the Crabber types, very nicely put together and has proved to be faster.

Length on deck                       23’

Beam                                       7’8”

Draft plate up                          2’8”

Draft plate down                    4’8”

The boat is built using the West Epoxy System and BS 1088 marine ply, with teak laid deck and teak and mahogany exterior fit-out.  The shape is very conventional – a long keel, straight stem, good freeboard and multi-chine with a fairly full mid-ships section producing ample buoyancy so that she stands up to her rig, with a generous interior volume.

The chines land on a full length internal stringer and there are a number of heavy laminated rig frames which span across the centre-line.

The bulkheads at the forward and after end of the saloon are structural and epoxy bonded to the skin.

Carved hanging knees either side of the doorway frame posts in the forward bulkhead and full ring frames in way all take the compression of the deck stepped mast.

Laminated hanging knees on the cabin coamings in the main cabin and in the fore cabin in way of the forward end of the coach-roof all serve to stiffen that structure.

She has a very sweet sheer rising gently aft emphasised by varnished rubbing strakes top and bottom of the wide sheer strake. The forward and after ends of the sheer strake have “badges” expertly carved and picked out in paint against the varnish.

The fore foot is very square giving her grip in the water and directional stability and the transom has a delicate tumble-home to the upper edges.

The transom-hung rudder has a step in it allowing someone in the water to climb back aboard.

Heavy galvanised steel centre-plate incorporated into the companionway step and stowed in the raised position within the depth of the wood keel.

The plate is raised by a lanyard through a stainless steel pipe by the main sheet support.

Several cast iron ballast blocks are secured in the bilge across the centre-line.

A relatively large, sealed cock-pit gives space for 4 crew. Large sealed down  hatches in the cock-pit sole lift to give generous access to the area below.

The seats are artistically  shaped opening to access cavernous lockers. The cabin entrance with sliding hatch and wash-boards has a sill at seat level.

The seats go right out to the hull sides so that the varnished “bulwark” is also the back rest to the seats – a nice feature.

A support at the after end of the cock-pit takes the main sheet.

The deck is swept-laid in teak over a ply sub deck for strength and rigidity.

Varnished cover-boards and bulwark with wide capping.
Wide side decks with grab rails on the coach-roof deck afford easy and clear passage forward to a clear and totally uncluttered fore deck.

Right up forward the deck drops to a well to take the anchor and chain.

Twin Sampson posts take the heel of the bowsprit and forward mooring lines.

Rig.

Gaff cuter rig on varnished pole mast stepped in a steel tabernacle on the coach-roof allowing it to be lowered.

Stainless steel standing rigging with rigging screws to external galvanised chain plates round channels.

The boom and gaff are made from painted aluminium mast section allowing the mainsail to be fed into the slot.

Slab reef boom

Traditional leathered gaff saddle.

Roller headsail gear to the stemhead.

Varnished spruce bowsprit can be easily unshipped – chain bob-stay and s/s shrouds.

The rig is set up for single-handed sailing with halyards led aft along the coach-roof deck through clutches to a top-action Harken 9 winch each side of the entrance hatch.

Jib and staysail sheets through lead blocks on deck tracks to jammers.

Light mainsail

Heavy mainsail

Jib

2 x staysails

No 1 jib

Balloon jib.

Mariner 5 4-stroke 5hp outboard engine mounted in a well in the cock-pit seat and through the hull. This is a smart, recent engine giving 5 knts in still waters.

10 litre fuel tank.

Accommodation.       3 berths

Fore cabin with single berth to stbd. The feet of the berth reach forward under the deck chain well.

Porta Potti 235 toilet opposite to port.

Bulkhead to saloon cabin. Port and stbd settee berths. Shaped, buttoned cushions. Nicely shaped bunk boards. Exposed varnished yacht sides.

Fold down chart desk against the after bulkhead to stbd.

Batteries in a well below.

Galley to port. A 2-bruner Origo spirit stove cleverly mounted on rails on the bulkhead over the end of the port berth slides across to the centre-line against the companionway steps for use.

Below it in this position is a stainless steel sink with hand pump. Drains overboard.

Fresh water tank under the cabin sole.

This is a deceptively spacious cabin for the size of the yacht, comfortable seating, all varnished joinery, inlaid cabin sole lifts in panels. Good head-room.

Log/sounder

Bruce anchor, chain and warp

2 x manual bilge pumps.

12v bilge pump

Fire extinguisher

Life ring

LED nav lights on the masthead.

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.