Sailing yachts
Pedersen & Thuesen International Dragon
(REF: 32778)£17500
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Pedersen & Thuesen International Dragon
International Dragon built by Pedersen and Thuesen in 1956 and first owned by the Colmans mustard family. First launched in Lowestoft that year, named Salar as were all the family boats. She placed 3rd in the 1957 Edinburgh Cup in Torbay racing against Prince Philips Bluebottle.
She is one of 7 Dragons known to have been built by this yard where the limits of the design parameters were stretched to produce very fast boats, when this was discovered no more Dragons of this particular shape were allowed to be built but the existing boats were permitted to carry on racing. She is thought to be the last of the 7 remaining.
Bought by the present owner in 2002, she has undergone much refit work and has been brought back into a competitive racing condition. She won the 2016 Dragon Classics and has been consistently placed 1st or 2nd in the K-class fleet at Falmouth Week.
Complete with road trailer and nearly new North Sails race sails, this is a competitive Dragon ready for the coming season.
Length on Deck 29’3″
Beam 6’5″
Draft 3’11”
Displacement 3700lbs / 1700kg
Sail Area 286sqft
Refit work in present ownership
- New keel bolts
- Topsides splined – recent new varnish
- New covering boards, king plank and transom
- 20 new steamed oak timbers
- 4 new deck beams
- Hull interior stripped and oiled
- Moved running backstays for easier access
- Upgraded spinnaker launch/recovery system
- Auto electric bilge pump fitted
- Recent paint and varnish top to bottom
- Underwater hull stripped and faired
- Strengthening of the cuddy to support spinnaker cleats
Construction
Hull
Carvel planked in mahogany, all bronze screw fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Grown oak floors across the centreline.
External iron ballast keel fastened with stainless steel keel bolts fitted in 2002. Kell rebedded 2013.
Decks and Cockpit
Marine plywood decks rebated to take recent varnished mahogany covering boards and king plank. All new decks by Cockwells of Mylor.
Open cockpit with space for the race crew. Winches and coamings were lowered to enable crew to sit out on the side decks more easily.
Superstructure
Usual Dragon cuddy in elegant varnished mahogany, strengthened to take spinnaker cleats.
Rig
Fractional Bermudan sloop rig to Dragon design on a keel stepped alloy mast.
Alloy boom and spinnaker pole.
Standing and Running Rigging
Stainless steel standing rigging new in 2000, to internal stainless chain plates. There is a stainless bar which takes the shrouds, this is bonded to a pair of marine plywood bulkheads under the side decks. These bulkheads are in turn bonded and fastened to the hull, spreading the loads of the rig right down to the keel.
New forestay 2016. New backstays 2024.
Race spec running rigging with deck and rig fittings from Harken.
Under deck roller furling system for the jib.
Sails
North Sails racing mainsail – excellent condition
North Sails racing genoa – excellent condition
North Sails Spinnaker – excellent condition
2 x spare mainsails and 2 x spare genoas for cruising
Winches
Pair of stainless steel non-self tailing sheet winches operated under the side deck.
Machinery
Auto electric bilge pump.
2 x 12 volt batteries, can be swapped out on for the other when they need charging.
Equipment
Well maintained road trailer, recently serviced
North Sails mainsail
North Sails jib
Spinnaker
Foredeck spinnaker chute
Alloy spinnaker pole
Boom crutch
Various fenders
Mooring warps
Cockpit cover
2 x 12 volt batteries
Auto electric bilge pump
NASA depth sounder
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