Very pretty West Country working boat with an interesting history. Raked transom stern and a hard turn to the bilge for superb hull form stability gives her an eye catching shape.
Construction:
Planked in 1 1/8” larch on sawn oak frames. Originally fastened in iron dump nails, now 90% refastened in stainless steel screws.
Oak backbone with external iron ballast keel added at some point. Sawn oak floors.
Large open cockpit with laid pine foredeck and small aft deck.
New Stanchions and bulwarks in Iroko.
Tiller steering on transom hung rudder.
Rig:
Gaff cutter rig on keel stepped varnished pine mast. Varnished bowsprit, boom and yard.
Mixture of stainless and galvanised standing rigging, mostly dating from 1995. This has only had 2 seasons use in that time, other than which it has been dry stored. External bronze chainplates.
Running backstays to topmast and mainmast.
Full suit of sails:
Main
Staysail
Jib
Topsail
Flying jib
Spinnaker
All sails are relatively old but in useable condition.
Machinery:
Kubota D1100 24hp 3cyl marine diesel. Approx. 1800hrs running time, installed recently to replace the original Stuart Turner. Engine installation is nearly complete, requiring electrics to finish.
Stainless shaft to 3 blade bronze propeller
60lt stainless fuel tank under the aft deck.
Accommodation:
Small accommodation under the foredeck with a sea toilet installed. Space for two single bunks. A large boom tent would provide sheltered accommodation for occasional use.
Inventory:
25kg Fishermans anchor
20kg CQR anchor
37m chain
Warps and fenders
Large yard trailer goes with the boat. Suitable for putting her onto a low loader transporter.
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Wooden ships comments on this Laurent Giles Dorus Mohr
The Laurent Giles Dorus Mohr is a classic Jack Laurent Giles design, one of 4 built to this design. The first two were built together and launched together.
Built by Port Hamble Ltd, in 1961.
The yacht has been in present ownership for 30 years. In present ownership she has been a family yacht cruising extensively from Devon to Scotland, Ireland and France.
The hull is planked in pitch-pine, all copper and bronze fastened to heavy oak frames with twin steamed intermediates, 2.25” x 1.125” @ 8” centres.
Oak floors on the heavy frames, galvanised straps on the steamed timbers.
Lead keel, bronze keel bolts.
Extra thick sheer strake in classic Laurent Giles style with gold cove line.
The underwater surface was sheathed with Cascover sheathing many years ago. Cascover sheathing is a modern form of copper sheathing. A very strong nylon cloth is glued to the prepared bare wood surface with Cascophene resorcinol glue to totally protect the wood from marine borers. And additional advantage is the enormous strength added to the hull, especially resistant to debris collision.
Solid yacht-laid teak deck, caulked and payed with varnished king plank and cover-boards and deep varnished teak toe rail.
Stainless steel stanchions, pulpit and push-pit.
Massive RNLI type bronze fairleads.
Superstructure in 4 parts:
a shallow coach-roof over the fore cabin, galley and fwd heads:
the next step up over the sunken deck saloon
step up to the wheel shelter over the midships cock-pit
after coach-roof over the aft cabin.
The coamings are in varnished mahogany with chromed port holes and window frames.
The coach-roof decks are sheathed in Trackmark with varnished roll-round edges.
Varnished grab rails on the coach-roof decks
2 pairs of vents on Dorade boxes.
Glazed low-level hatch on the fore deck. Hatch on both upper and lower levels of the
coach-roof and on the after coach-roof.
Perspex roof in the wheel shelter allows the helmsman to see the sails above.
The most distinctive feature of the Dorus Mhor design is the sheltered, deck level cock-
pit.
This feature was continued in the later and slightly smaller Laurent Giles Salar
design and gives a unique inside/outside feel of contact with your surroundings
while still being totally sheltered from the weather.
The cock-pit sole is at main deck level. Walk-in each side past the after coach-roof.
6’6” head-room under the sweetly cambered roof.
Windows all round.
Open backed but fitted with a canvas tilt to keep the weather out if necessary.
Port side helm with helmsman’s seat. Excellent all round visibility
Sear lockers each side.
Port side locker provides quick access from main deck down to the engine room.
Stbd doorway in to the accommodation.
Bermudian ketch rig on varnished spruce masts and spars.
The main mast is stepped on the forward coach-roof with a steel tube compression post
below. Single spreaders with jumper struts above.
Stainless steel rigging with swaged terminals and stainless steel rigging screws to internal
galvanised steel chain plates.
Twin lowers and cap shrouds, single fore stay from stemhead to jumper struts, split
standing back-stay.
Twin topping lifts to the main boom which stows in a collpasible boom crutch on the
after coach-roof.
Main boom sheet with 3-point attachment on the after coach-roof, double-tailed, the tails
led to a pair of winches on the coach-roof, accessible from the cock-pit.
The mizzen mast is stepped through the aft deck.
Cap shrouds round twin forward swept spreaders, twin well-spaced lowers.
Mizzen back-stays on bronze Highfield levers.
Mizzen boom sheets to the push-pit, the tails led in to the mast along the boom.
Kicker on tackle.
Winches.
Captive wire and brake halyard winch on the main mast takes the mainsail halyard.
2 x Lewmar 40 2-speed top action chromed winches on the main mast take the headsail
halyards.
Captive wire and brake halyard winch on the mizzen mast.
Pair of Lewmar 40 2-speed chromed winches on the after coach-roof take the mainsail
sheet tails.
Pair of Lewmar 40ST self tailing winches on the coach-roof take the genoa sheets
Single Lewmar 40 2-speed chromed winch on the centre-line of the after coach-roof.
Sails
Mainsail. Twin topping lifts on the boom and lazy jacks. Sail cover
Mizzen with sail cover
Self-tacking genoa on a varnished boom pivoted on the top of the windlass, sheeted to a
track, tail led aft to a self-tailing winch at the cock-pit.
2 additional headsail halyards rigged.
Machinery.
Cummins 4BT 100hp turbo diesel
Fisher Panda Duomaster 25 240v 2.5kw generator in a sound-proof box.
Combi inverter/charger with 130 amp battery charger.
Racor fuel filters
90 amp 24 volt alternator.
Hydraulic pump belt driven off the lay-shaft on the front end of the main engine.
24v alternator belt driven off the lay-shaft on the front end of the main engine.
Clutched Jabsco pump driven off the lay-shaft on the front end of the engine and
plumbed to allow pumping of 3 separate bilges, forward aft and engine room.
Varnished mahogany joinery, drawers below the berth, cabinet forward between the
berths. Top edges of the berths trimmed with an aluminium capping, a feature typical of
the period. Hanging locker and drawer stack in the after port corner.
Hanging locker in the after stbd corner
Stbd off-set bulkhead door to passageway aft with stbd heads and port galley.
The doorway is oval top and bottom and trimmed in the same aluminium capping.
The stbd heads compartment has a Blake sea toilet, porcelain hand basin and shower.
Teak grating to the shower tray. 12v pump out on the shower tray.
Galley with smart Plastimo Neptune 2500 2 burner grill and oven gas cooker.
Stainless steel sink gravity drained with pressurised H&C and manual salt water faucet.
Useful work surface inside a deep fiddle rail allows galley work at sea.
Varnished mahogany joinery with good locker space below and cupboards above.
Twin portholes over the cooker and sink provide welcome ventilation.
12v/gas stock fridge set in vacant recess below. 6’4” headroom.
Stbd off-set steps up to the saloon. 6’1” headroom
U-shaped dinette to port upholstered in fabric around a fine mahogany double drop leaf
table fitted with fiddle rails.
Seating along the stbd side in matching fabric upholstery.
Chart desk at the forward end with drop-down flap surface, used with flap up and seated
on the end of the settee.
Ample locker space under the settees and behind the settee backs.
Book shelves on the bulkhead, brass clock and barometer, all fine varnished mahogany
Joinery, carpeted cabin sole all give this saloon a very comfortable atmosphere.
Grab handles by the doorways, overhand grab rail.
Stbd off-set 2 step up to the cock-pit.
After stbd corner steps down to a passageway through to the aft cabin.
Passageway berth along the stbd side with stowage under. 6’2” x 2’ plus.
Panel opposite removes to access the engine room from stbd side.
Aft cabin oval doorway like the other trimmed with aluminium capping. 5’11” headroom
Gernerous port and stbd berths, 6’6” x 2’ plus, drawers under. Dressing table between with 6 drawers against the after bulkhead.
Hanging locker in the fwd stbd corner by the door.
Heads compartment in the forward port side corner closed off with a curtain.
Blake sea toilet.
Porcelain hand basin on the fwd bulkhead with pressurised H&C and manual cold water
pump. Mirror above.
Inventory
Sestral compass
Furuno Radar
VHF
Sailor radio
Garmin GPS
Furuno stand alone GPS
Autohelm 7000 auto-pilot
B&G speed indicator
B&G depth
B&G wind indicator
B&G electronic compass
Sestral clock and barometer
Rudder indicator
Hand bearing compass
Kent Clearview screen
Boarding ladder
Original hydraulic Torkmaster windlass
Ample chain
2 x 75lb CQR bower anchors
Kedge anchor
Boat hooks
RIB with 15 hp outboard engine on s/s davits over the stern
2 x life buoys with lights
Dan buoy
Emergency VHF aerial
Radar reflector
Manual and 12v bilge pumps
Wooden bungs
Harnesses
Warps and 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 International 12 meter yacht. Lying Sweden
19.85m x 3.85m x 2.87m (63.5’ x 12.25’ x 9’)
Designed by A. Vallichelli and built in the Arsenale di Venezia, launched in 1985 as the Italian entry in the 1987 Americas Cup.
Aluminium hull and deck. Long fin keel with wings. Retrousse counter stern. Flush deck with aft cock-pit, twin wheels. Wheel steering on chains and cables.
Fractional sloop rig on original alloy mast, stainless steel rigging. The mast is fitted with hydraulic heel ram to raise and lower, hydraulic rams on the spreaders and back-stay, triple spreaders, runners on tackles. Triangular alloy boom.
Primary winches with central coffee grinder. 2 pairs of self tail secondary winches. Self-tail main sheet winch. Pair of self-tail halyard winches on the deck by the mast. 2 further winches. Deck tracks for the headsail sheets.
Large number of sails, mostly very serviceable, including a new mainsail in 2006 and a new genny in 2004, both in perfect condition.
A 35hp BMW diesel engine was installed around 1997 with folding 2-blade prop.
The yacht has been slightly modified on deck to make her more suitable for cruising. The forward end of the cock-pit has been decked over and an entrance hatch created to access below, otherwise the deck lay-out remains largely original.
Hydraulic mast controls in the cock-pit.
The yacht has been simply fitted out below to suit her for cruising.
Companionway from deck, large quarter berth and galley to port, chart table to stbd.
Saloon cabin with seating around a table to port, settee berth to stbd.
Bulkhead to 2-berth fore cabin.
Focsle store. Heads with chemical toilet.
Full head-room all through.
In present Danish ownership the yacht underwent a simple conversion to a cruising yacht. The cock-pit was altered at the fore end to make an entrance hatch to below, an engine was installed and a new boom made.
Below the conversion is simple but practical.
She was road transported from Denmark to Italy for this refit and subsequently cruised the Dalmatian Coast and the Greek Islands as a family yacht.
She was sailed back to Denmark in 2002 and in 2004 cruised the Danish Islands. She sailed back to Italy until returning to Denmark in 2007. In summer 209 she sailed to Sweden.
She has proved to be surprisingly manageable as a cruising yacht and enormous fun to sail. The owner regularly sails her single handed in the Baltic and she is very easy to sail with 3. She will move at 6/7 knts in the lightest airs and with the right crew of course can still be driven very hard.
She could be refitted back to her original racing configuration.
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 St George Class sloop
The St George class sloop was designed after the War by Roger de Quincey from the Isle of Wight as a light displacement race boat more suited to UK waters than the Dragons and Tumlaren coming over from Scandinavia.
Developed from the 20 square meter class she rates similar to a West Solent and had cabin berths for two.
This is one of only two yachts believed to have survived out of the 6 known to have been built. The design shows a fairly extreme shape with long overhangs and cut-away fore foot.
The hull is carvel planked in larch on an oak back-bone with steam bent timbers approx 1” x 1 ¼” at 12” centres.
An additional intermediate steam bent timber has been added at some time between every second timber.
Angle-iron floors on every fourth timbers also carry the keel bolts.
External iron keel secured with bronze keel bolts.
The beam shelf appears to be oak. Deck beams assumed to be oak.
The deck has been more recently laid in marine ply and sheathed in epoxy resin and glass cloth with a fine varnished mahogany toe rail all round the deck edge.
The coach-roof and cock-pit coamings are original in mahogany finished bright.
The cock-pit is sealed with a removable trap in the sole, seat lockers each side and nicely rounded after corners to the coamings. Bridge deck across the cabin entrance at seat level.
A relatively wide sliding hatch and wash-boards give access to the cabin.
Rig.
Fractional bermudian sloop rig on a recent aluminium mast stepped on the deck.
The pair of deck beams below have been reinforced with heavy section steel angle turned round at the ends to meet the beam-shelf.
Stainless steel standing rigging all new in 2004.
Single lowers, single caps round the spreaders to the jumpers.
Jumper struts with stays to the masthead.
Single standing back-stay to the counter
Outer fore stay from the jumper strut to the forward fore deck
Inner fore stay from the spreaders to the fore deck
Swaged terminals and open-bodied stainless steel rigging screws to internal stainless steel chain plates backed by angle-iron frames extended well down the hull in way of the rigging.
Recent Selden alloy boom mounted on a mast track and sheeted with 4-part tackle on modern tufnol blocks, the lower block fitted with a jammer and on a track across the after cock-pit coamings.
Selden Rodkicker telescopic jumper strut.
The boom is fitted with 3 in-boom reefing pennants on clutches and ram’s horns at the goose neck.
Winches
Pair of Andersen bottom action single speed sheet winches on the cock-pit coamings
Single top action Lewmar 2-speed halyard winch mounted on the mast stbd side.
Sails. New 1994
Mainsail
Genoa
Strom jib
Spinnaker
Alloy spinnaker pole
Ground tackle. 10kg plough anchor + chain.
The original design featured two berths in the cabin with sitting head-room and a galley shelf.
Seat berths remain either side running aft under the bridge deck. Otherwise, the hull is completely empty inside with all round ventilation.
The yacht has been in present ownership for 23 years. In 2002 it was decided to give her a major overhaul. As these boats were relatively lightly built it was decided that if she was to continue sailing she needed some extra strength and the decision was made to epoxy-sheath the whole hull.
The hull was prepped and faired and the glass cloth applied from the gunnel and taken down to over-lap the ballast keel. A varnished hardwood rubber was fitted round the deck edge to seal and strengthen that vulnerable corner.
The finished hull is exceptionally fair and painted with a high gloss dark blue paint.
The result has been the preservation of a rare yacht which might otherwise have been considered beyond economic restoration and an eye-catching yacht which continues to give some very entertaining sport.
Of course a new owner will always find things to do and the present owners, like all yacht owners, have a list of to-do jobs but none of this stopped them sailing regularly last summer and if not sold she will be afloat and sailing as usual next spring.
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 37′ Robert Clark Sloop
A typical Robert Clark design of the period, following the same principles he adopted for his previous yachts. Long overhangs, quite narrow in the beam and deep draft gave his boats good performance bringing him much success and recognition on the racing circuit. This particular boat was no exception, competing in the 1952 Transatlantic Race with Clark in the crew, and went on to compete successfully in offshore events well in to the 1960’s. A quick read through the Yachting World Annuals of 1950-51 and 1951-52 shows she was commonly at the head of the fleet, accumulating points in nearly every race and proving very successful, along with her near sister ship owned by the Royal Engineers regiment.
Bought by the present owner in 2002 and sailed locally around the English Channel. Several significant amounts of work have been carried out in the present ownership to help maintain and upgrade the boat, including a new engine, strengthening of the mast step and rebuilding the area around the aft end of the cockpit and counter.
Built by Thornycroft in 1950 to Lloyds100A1 and kept in class until the mid 1970’s.
Planked in 7/8” mahogany above the waterline and teak below, fastened with copper nails and roves to steam bent 1.5”x 1.25” Canadian Rock Elm timbers at 7” centres. Larger scantling frames in the area of the mast step, all bronze screw fastened hood ends.
Galvanised steel strap floors with new oak floors fitted in way of the mast step for strength.
Lead ballast keel fastened with Monel or S/S keel bolts, all replaced approx 15 years ago.
Two large ring frames made of galvanised steel to Clark’s well known design to add strength to the mast step area. These run up the inside of the hull, under the deck and up the coachroof deckhead.
Deck is yacht laid teak joggled to a king plank screw fastened over the original T&G cedar deck.
Large section beamshelf all round with galvanised steel hanging knees and a small clamp for extra strength.
Coachroof coamings have been replaced in marine plywood sheathed with epoxy and finished in white gloss paint. Coachroof deck of epoxy sheathed marine plywood, finished with deck paint.
Varnished teak forehatch on the coachroof deck with scrubbed teak grab rails either side.
Self draining cockpit with a scrubbed teak cockpit sole. Varnished mahogany thwarts set deep in the cockpit gives good shelter and security when at sea.
Wheel steering on a central pedestal with the mainsheet on a track across the cockpit forward of the wheel.
Emergency tiller fits to rudder stock in the lazarette. Teak rudder blade, sheathed in epoxy with bronze top bearing and heel fitting.
Twin roller galvanised stem head fitting with s/s fairleads and anodized aluminium cleats. Oak Sampson post with a single speed hand operated Simpson Lawrence windlass.
S/S pulpit, guard wires, stanchions and pushpit. Bronze mushroom vent on the foredeck with s/s Vetus vents into the lazarette.
Large anodized aluminium cleats on the aft deck.
Rig
Mastehead Bermudan cutter rig on a keel stepped anodised aluminium Proctor double spreader mast.
Mast step has been considerably strengthened in recent years with the addition of oak floors.
Proctor alloy slab reefing boom with alloy spinnaker and jockey poles.
1 x 19 stainless steel standing rigging to s/s rigging screws and internal galvanised steel chainplates.
Twin lower shrouds with single intermediate and single cap shroud.
Roller furling genoa with hanked on staysail to inner forestay.
Twin standing backstays with running backstays on bronze highfield levers.
All halyard falls run aft through turning blocks at the base of the mast and jammers to winches on the aft coachroof deck.
– 1 x s/s wire main halyard (captive mast winch)
– 2 x staysail halyards
– 1 x genoa halyard
– 2 x spinnaker halyard
– 1 x topping lift
Winches
A pair of Lewmar 3 speed non self tailing primary sheet winches on the cockpit coamings.
Pair of secondary Lewmar 2 speed non self tailing staysail sheet winches on the cockpit coamings
Pair of Lewmar non self tailing halyard winches on the aft of the coachroof deck.
Single captive wire main halyard winch on the mast.
Sails
Mainsail Ratsey Unknown age Good condition
Genoa Ratsey Unknown age Good condition
Working staysail Ratsey 2004 Very good
No.2 staysail Ratsey unknown Good
Strom jib Ratsey 2004 As new
Trysail Ratsey 2004 As new
Spinnaker Sanders Unknown Good
Machinery
Yanmar 3GM30F 27hp 3cyl diesel fitted as a reconditioned unit in 2004.
Yanmar gearbox with single lever controls to centre line stainless steel shaft with 2 blade bronze propeller
5 knots cruising speed at 3l/hour consumption.
Calorifier for heating domestic water.
62 litre s/s Vetus diesel tank located in the starboard cockpit locker.
Batteries
Dedicated engine start battery.
110ah deep cycle domestic battery. Both charged by engine alternator or 240v shore power charger.
Shore pwer system with 240v ring main throughout the boat an immersion on the calorifier
All electrics new in 2000
Water tanks
Welded plastic tanks by Tek Tanks, new 2004, located under the cabin sole. Total capacity approximately 110 litres
Accommodation
Steps down though the companionway over the engine box into the main cabin.
There are port and starboard full length quarter berths with a small pilot house seat either side. These seats are superb for the on watch crew to get out of the weather while still being on hand
Forward of the quarter berths on the starboard side is a galley
Twin s/s sinks, drained with a Whale hand pump.
Hot and cold electrically pumped water to the galley sinks. Hand pumped salt water.
Neptune 2 burner gimballed gas stove with oven and grill.
Storage cupboards below the sink with easily accessed lockers behind.
Chart table to port set facing outboard with drawers and cupboards below.
Electrics and navigational equipment at the back end of the chart table
Main saloon has port and starboard settee berths with a varnished mahogany centreline dropleaf table.
Ample storage lockers below and behind the berths.
Taylors paraffin cabin heater mounted on the forward bulkhead along with a small bookshelf.
Electric and paraffin lighting in the saloon.
Varnished teak cabin sole boards.
Sliding door to starboard at the forward end of the saloon in the fore cabin.
Heads to port with a Jabsco sea toilet, pumps directly overboard.
Hanging locker to starboard for oil skins.
Fore peak has a large double berth with new upholstery and a fore hatch above.
Hull sides are painted with white gloss and finished with varnished mahogany slats.
Anchor chain locker is below the berth with a hawse pipe to take the chain through the cabin.
The cabin is spacious for a boat of this era with full standing headroom throughout and plenty of natural light from the numerous portholes.
Inventory
Sestral steering compass
Sestral hand bearing compass
Autohelm thru’ hull log
Autohelm sounder
Swiftech VHF radio
Clipper wind indicator
Garmin GPS 65 with cockpit repeater
Kelvin Hughes Clock and barometer
Plastimo 4 man liferaft
4 lifevests
Horse shoe life buoy with light
3 fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
Whale electric bilge pump
Henderson MkV manual bilge pump
Fog horn
35lb CQR anchor
Simpson Lawrence windlass
50m+ 8mm galvanised chain
8’ clinker planked Herreshoff designed dinghy with oars and rowlocks
Yamaha 2.5hp outboard (2009)
Mainsail cover
Day shapes
4 mooring warps
6 fenders
Bronze boathook
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.
This distinctive yacht, developed from the Scandinavian Skerry Cruiser type, was designed in the 1930’s. In UK, a class grew up in Aldeburgh and St Mawes but the design really came to fame after Adlard Coles won the 1950 Trans-Atlantic Race in the slightly larger (32’) Cohoe.
The Tumlare has a slim, slippery hull with elongated forward sections and the distinctive canoe stern with stern-hung rudder.
She has a high aspect fractional Bermudian rig with the fore-stay set well inboard from the stemhead.
This example was built by Moody’s of Hamble in approximately 1937. Major rebuild in 1989 with full details available. 2011 survey.
Planked in pitch pine, splined seams. All copper fastened to 1”x1” steam bent oak timbers with clenched copper nails, some frames reinforced. Garboard is mahogany.
Oak floors and backbone. External lead ballast keel fastned with bronze bolts.
3/8” Teak laid deck on 3/8”marine ply, seamed with sikaflex. Varnished mahogany coverboards and kingplank. New 1989.
Coachroof is laminated Agba beams overlaid with cold moulded mahogany and a glued teak overlay. Acrylic sliding hatch and washboards. Forehatch with Perspex top. All new 1989.
The cock-pit is not self draining. Cockpit coamings in mahogany, teak clad bridge deck, PRC caulked.
Stainless steel rigging, 5mm 1×19. SS bottlescrews. New 1989.
Forestay new in 2013.
Running back-stays to Laurent Giles bronze levers.
Sails
New mainsail in 1999. Genoa, No.1 and No.2 jibs
Winches. 2 x Gibbs top-action cockpit sheet winches. Jib and main halyard winches at the mast. Stubbing winch and jamming cleats on boom for slab reefing.
The interior accommodation was replaced in 1989 with new internal bulkheads and joinery in mahogany faced ply, to give 4 berths, space for a heads and a galley with self draining sink and single burner spirit stove.
Equipment:
Steering compass
Log
Sounder
Handheld VHF radio
2 x handheld GPS
Navigation lights
Flare pack
Lifelines
Fire extinguisher
1 manual, bilge pump.
1 electric bilge pump
CQR 20lb anchor with 9m chain and 25 fathoms of 1” nylon rope
Beaching legs.
Warps
Fenders
Boathook
Lead line
Inflatable dinghy
2.5hp Honda outboard engine
Wooden storage cradle
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.
The Skarpsno 19.5sq.m yachts were designed as a racing class in Norway and first launched in 1925. About 150 yachts were built, some of which, including this one, were shipped to Denmark in the 1960’s as training boats. This is build number 131.
Purchased by her experience professional boat builder owner in 1982, she underwent a major rebuild which finished in 2006 accruing some 2500+ man hours and can be found in superb condition. The hull was extensively rebuilt where required, but being of slightly heavier construction than is normal for these Scandinavian day boats the hull is still very original. A new deck was laid, the interior replaced and a new rig put in.
This is a stunning day sailer, easy to sail and very fast. She is in top class condition and is ready to be enjoyed by her new owner.
Designer:
Erling Kristofersen , Norway
Builder:
Sigurd Herberns boatyard, Norway
Year:
1938
Construction:
Planked in Oregon pine screw fastened to steam bent ash timbers with heavier intermediate frames. Some older bronze screws but 80% have been replaced in stainless steel. Hull was epoxy sheathed after it was rebuilt to give fair and stable top sides.
Large oak floors fastened to the back bone with bronze through bolts.
1300kg external lead keel fastened with bronze keel bolts. Checked in recent years and found to be sound.
Heavy beamshelf with pine deck beams. Yacht laid teak deck epoxy glued over a Bowa marine plywood subdeck, joggled to a varnished kingplank with varnished mahogany coverboards and margin boards
Varnished mahogany cockpit coamings extending into a low sloping coachroof to give a little more headroom under the foredeck
Deep safe cockpit with painted sole boards and a single seat athwartships at the aft end. Mainsheet track is across the middle of the cockpit with two locker seats port and starboard at the forward end.
Rig:
Fractional bermudan sloop rig on keel stepped pear shaped Oregon pine mast. Mast was constructed new in 1990 by the owner. Pine boom with slab reefing. All stainless steel fittings. Stainless blocks are bound in leather.
Stainless steel standing rigging new 2005. Twin lower shrouds, single intermediate and jumper struts to support the head of the mast. Running backstays only, no standing.
All blocks are stainless steel roller bearing type.
New racing sails include main, headsail and gennaker. Spare suit of sails with the boat.
Machinery
The boat has no engine, as she was originally built. She has been fitted with some simple electrics including a deck light and navigation lights run from a single gel battery.
Accommodation:
Limited accommodation under the foredeck comprising two small bunks with new bunk cushions. The finish in the fore peak is exceptional with gloss white deck head and oiled hull sides.
Lazarette under the aft deck with a decent space for storing warps and fenders.
This is very much a day sailor yacht but can provide some fun with weekend camping.
Inventory:
Steering compass
2 suits of sails
Alloy spinnaker pole
Fortress lightweight anchor with 30m of lead line
Radar reflector
Manual bilge pump
4 x fenders
2 x extra large fenders
Mooring lines
Spare lines, warps, shackles etc
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 Harrison Butler cutter
Dr Thomas Harrison Butler was one of the great amateur yacht designers of the first half of the 20th century. An ophthalmic surgeon, he and others like him including some great names like Claud Worth and Albert Strange were instrumental in developing yacht design.
Harrison Butler’s great interest was in hull balance when heeled and on the basis of Admiral Turner’s metecentric theories he drew some fine yachts which perform exceptionally well and avoid that great devil of the earlier Victorian yacht designs, a heavy helm.
The point of the metacentric theory was that the buoyancy of a hull changes as she heels when different surface areas are immersed. The result is that a yacht which might sail in a straight line when upright, when heeled will either climb up to windward (weather helm) or fall off (lee helm) as a result of the changed buoyancy forward and aft of the center of balance. The idea is to design a hull with the right heeled bouyancy so that she still sails in a straight line when heeled to a gust and this is where HB excelled.
The Askadil was one of HB’s larger designs and several yachts are known to have been built to this design.
Askadil is designed to the metacentric principal and is therefore a typical example of a well-balanced HB design.
Built by K. Newton, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk in 1939. Newton had a small boatyard and is probably best known for building the Uffa Fox Blakeney One sailing dinghies.
The yacht was authenticated as a true HB by the designer’s daughter Mrs Joan Jardine-Brown and is recognised by the HB Association.
After some extensive work following a long period of under-cover lay-up the yacht is now close to recommissioning. A new owner will have the pleasure of fitting some deck gear associated with the rig, stepping the mast, bending on the sails and the huge satisfaction of relaunching her and sailing for the first time in over 20 years.
Classic Harrison Butler hull form with marked rocker to the keel, spoon bow and the sweetest, wine-glass shaped transom stern.
Planked in pitch-pine, caulked and payed and finished in white enamel.
All copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers on an oak back-bone.
Long external iron keel. Oak floors.
Transom hung rudder with new rudder hangings.
The deck is traditionally laid as was done in those days in t&g pine boards and covered with canvas. The canvas sheathing has been replaced more recently with grp sheathing to give a tough, maintenance-free and hard wearing, water-tight deck.
Classic Harrison Butler coach-roof, quite narrow, well cambered deck with varnished teak coamings and bronze port holes. The cock-pit coamings swell out from the after end of the coach-roof in the most lovely way to give a small, deep, well-sheltered and safe cock-pit.
The coach-roof deck is laid like the main deck.
New hardwood toe rails all round .
Separate fore hatch.
Sampson post on the fore deck
All newly galvanised deck and stemhead fittings.
New cock-pit with new coamings, new seat/lockers, new self-draining sole.
New galvanised steel heel fitting on the rudder and new middle strap.
Hull burnt off to bare wood.
All hull seams repayed with red lead putty as traditional.
Yanmar 2QM15 twin cylinder 15 hp diesel engine, raw water cooled with ahead/astern gearbox and conventional shaft drive to a 3 blade centre-line bronze propeller.
New 7 gall stainless steel fuel tank fitted in the lazarette.
New twin lever engine controls
New fuel filters and fuel supply.
All new hoses.
Completion of rewire prior to sale.
New 12v battery
Bermudian cutter rig sets 485sq’ on a varnished mast mounted in a wooden tabernacle on the deck in front of the coach-roof.
Varnished bowsprit and boom.
Two bronze winches mounted on the mast.
Stainless rigging with running back stays and levers, twin standing back stays.
Varnished boom with bronze ratchet roller reefing gear.
The mast was professionally repaired with a new lower half scarphed to the existing.
Varnished bowsprit, heel engaged with the Sampson post.
Pair of period bronze sheet winches.
Sails.
Main sail and two head sails.
Wykham Martin roller furling gear on the headsail.
Accommodation. 4 berths.
One of the joys of this yacht is her largely original interior joinery and good standing head-room.
Companionway from deck to the galley lobby with a cooker space to starboard and stainless steel sink to port fitted with cold water via a manual pump, drains overboard through a sea-cock bewlow.
Bulkhead to the saloon cabin.
Saloon cabin with port and stbd settee berths all fitted out in original oak joinery.
Pascall Atkey stainless steel charcoal heater in the saloon cabin..
Stbd side opening in the fwd bulkhead through to the fore cabin with 2 fold-up pipe cots.
A recent Lavac sea toilet is installed in the forward cabin mid ships between the pipe-cots
2 gimballed bulk head oil lamps.
New upholstery supplied and fitted(£800)
Close to 6’ head-room in the saloon cabin.
Inventory
Period gimballed Sestral main compass.
Hand bearing compass.
Seafarer 3 echo sounder.
Kelvin Hughes Husun 65 VHF radio.
Deck gear.
Simpson Lawrence windlass.
Fishermans anchor and chain.
Plough anchor
Bronze cleats and fairleads. All deck fittings removed during restoration are with the boat.
Ensign staff and ensign.
Spray hood and frame.
New Whale manual bilge pump.
New 12v bilge pump with float switch
Fire extinguisher.
Warps and fenders
Boat hook
New 12v battery
History.
The early history of the yacht has been lost.
In the early 1950’s she was owned by R.R. Allison of Canterbury and berthed in Dover.
In the late 1950’s she was sold to Hugh Kennard of Court Lodge Maidstone.
1964 sold to Vice-Admiral Dorling and berthed in Porchester
1966 sold to P.A. Main of Deal, Kent
1969 sold to Michael Contsable of London, berthed in Chichester Harbour
1975 sold to Major Terry of West Poynings, Devon berthed in Gosport and later in Woolverstone Marina.
Through the 1990’s the yacht was laid up under cover ashore for repairs and considerable work was carried out by Lathams of Poole before being bought by the present owner in 2012.
The present owner has completed the work in progress and the yacht is now very close to being ready for commissioning.
Works completed in present ownership:
Stripping and repairing the cabin roof and all deck areas, the whole then covered and sealed with fibre-glass.
New rubbing strakes.
New toe rails.
Completely re-built cockpit, and new curved coamings.
New mahogany winch islands.
New stainless steel fuel tank, with fuel line and fuel filter.
New rudder fastenings.
New teak cabin top hand rails.
Mast rebuilt with and new lower section added.
New galvanised chain plates.
New floor in forepeak.
New upholstery.
New self draining cockpit floor with new hoses and through-hull fittings.
Full interior re-paint.
Galley re-fitted.
Underwater hull payed with hemp and sealed with red lead putty.
Iron keel sand blasted, treated and re-painted.
All outside surfaces of the hull have been taken back to bare wood and re-painted.
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 Cardnell Brothers Bermudan sloop
Understood to be built by Cardnell Bros in Essex pre-war. Raised topsides forward of the cockpit gives decent headroom and interior volume in the cabin.
Lots of major work carried out by the current owner in recent years with a lot of new gear. There are a couple of jobs to be done to make her seaworthy, but a new owner is going to benefit from the many hours and large amounts of money that has already been spent.
This will be a superb project for someone with the right skills. Rig and sails are new and first class and the engine recently serviced so with a little more effort a new owner should have a lovely coastal cruising boat.
Dimensions: LOD26’
Construction:
Pitch-pine planking all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak frames. Some new laminated frames. Lots of new planking in the bottom of the hull.
Oak back bone and grown oak floors.
Cast iron ballast keel fastened with iron keel bolts.
New Iroko rudder with steel fittings.
Deck is laid in tongue and groove pine covered in canvas and finished in non-slip deck paint. The deck edge has been taped with epoxy glass cloth for reinforcement in that vulnerable area. New forehatch.
Raised doghouse to give standing headroom at the aft end of the cabin constructed of sheathed plywood with two windows each side.
New stainless steel pulpit with new bronze fairleads and deck fittings.
Cockpit with port and starboard thwarts and a refurbished sole with yacht laid teak.
Rig:
Bermudian sloop rig on deck stepped varnished refurbished mast and boom mounted in a tabernacle.
Roller reefing boom with bronze gooseneck fitting.
New Furlex roller furling headsail system.
Standing rigging all replaced in stainless in 2012. Simple single spreader rig with twin lowers and a single cap shroud. Single standing backstay.
All new braid on braid running rigging
Sails were new in 2012 by Frank Rowsell of Exmouth and have been set on the spars just once. Main and genoa in cream terylene, as new in bags.
Machinery:
Yanmar 1GM10 installed recently as a reconditioned unit on new engine beds and mounts. Stanless steel shaft to 3 blade bronze propeller with single lever controls.
New plastic Vetus fuel tank under the aft deck.
Single Haze 135ah AGM battery for domestics and engine starting with all new wiring and switchboard in 2012.
Accommodation:
4 berth accommodation with a double V-berth forward and a sttee berth either side in the main cabin.
All new cushions made to measure.
2 burner spirit stove at the aft port corner of the main cabin.
Plenty of sitting headroom under the side decks.
Inventory:
Manual bilge pump
Rule electric bilge pump
Navigation lights
Interior lamps
All fitted cushions
2 burner spirit stove
CQR anchor and chain
Fenders
Warps
Custom made cockpit cover
Mainsail cover
History:
Suffered storm damage and repaired by Classic Boats in Bristol in 2011/12.
Bought by present owner and moved to Dartmouth to complete the refit.
She has been afloat until mid 2013 but has not yet been trial sailed. Change of plans dictates sale.
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 Philip Rhodes 1952 Windward 33
An interesting yacht from the board of Philip Rhodes and built in Calafornia in 1952, known as a Windward 33.
Imported to UK by a previous owner in about 1989 and used very little since then. The current owner purchased the boat in 2006 and set about the major refit that was required. He managed to get the boat sailing and took her to the current berth where she has remained ever since. Unfortunately due to various other commitments he has not been able to finish the work he started.
Planked in pitch pine on oak frames.
Sheathed plywood deck with varnished teak coackroof coamings.
Varnished spruce mast and boom with sa good North Sails mainsail. standing rigging
Interior has been largely stripped out but all the original joinery is available. 5 berths in saloon and forepeak with a quarter berth. American designed sea toilet and spirit stove.
Kubota diesel engine not currently installed in the boat is available.
B&G sounder and log
This is an interesting and pretty boat, reportedly very fast, in need of an enthusiatic new owner to finish off the work that has been started and get her sailing. The hull appears tight and the tidal berth that has been her home for several years now has kept her in good condition.
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.
45’ Laurent Giles cutter built in India in 1949. Double diagonal teak planking. Unmistakably Laurent Giles, she is just a big Channel Class. Proven ocean cruising boat, fast and capable. Offered for sale at only £24,000 due to the owners personal circumstances. woodenships.co.uk/sailing-yacht/45-laurent-giles-bermudan-cutter/... See MoreSee Less
After posting some teaser photos of Nell a little while ago, we have now formally put this fine yacht on the market. Nell is a G.L. Watson gaff cutter built on the Clyde in 1887 and completely rebuilt in Normandy, France between 2009 and 2017. This yacht is a totally unique piece of maritime history and is presented in superb condition. Her interior is her most remarkable feature and was designed by her first owner Robert Cowan Robertson. He was an artist based in Glasgow and his interior design was influenced by the fashions of the time with raised and fielded oak panelling, ionic pillasters and most notably stained glass sliding windows covering the portholes. The interior has been restored sympathetically and is largely original apart from some very small areas where damaged joinery needed replacing. The result is magnificent and sets this yacht apart as a unique piece of history. Full details and many photos available on our web site with the following link:woodenships.co.uk/sailing-yacht/g-l-watson-gaff-cutter/#classicboat #classicboatforsale #yachtforsale ... See MoreSee Less
