Sailing yachts
Silvers Bermudan Sloop
(REF: 18092)£SOLD
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Silvers Bermudan sloop
Designed by the famous John Bain as a prototype affordable auxiliary cruising yacht. Heralded as the way forward in modern yachting she was featured in the June 1935 edition of The Motor Boat magazine. She is a spacious yacht for her length with the high coachroof offering a lot of internal volume, and a fractional sloop rig making her easy to handle and giving good performance.
Built by the Silvers yard at Rosneath in 1935, she is typical of the high standards of craftsmanship seen there with good quality materials for the hull and decks.
A major refit in present ownership between 2005 and 2010 saw a lot of structural hull work carried out, new decks, new engine and new rig. She is now in smart tidy condition and has been used regularly in recent years cruising around the south coast. She is fully maintained by the present owner and is ready to sail with a new owner. New mast fitted 2018 with some rigging replaced at the same time.
Length on Deck 22’6”
Beam 7’6”
Draft 4’
Displacement 4 tonnes
Construction
Hull
Planked in Mahogany above the water line and pitch pine below, a common method of construction utilising the good durability properties of the pitch pine below the water. Heavy sawn oak frames with 3 steamed intermediate timbers, copper rivet fastened to the steamed timbers.
A number of steamed timbers were replaced during the recent refit, as well as several lengths of the mahogany planking.
Heavy grown oak floors across the centreline in way of the sawn frames tie the hull together.
Decks and cockpit
The original deck of T&G pine overlaid with canvas has been updated with a marine plywood layer glued over the top of the T&G, then sheathed in epoxy glass cloth.
Laid with a mahogany coverboard on the outside edge of the deck with a small mahogany toe rail set slightly inboard.
Deep cockpit, not self draining, with varnished mahogany coamings. Thwarts each side with tiller steering.
Superstructure
Coachroof with mahogany coamings and a sheathed marine plywood coachroof deck laid over T&G pine. Opening round bronze portholes each side.
Varnished mahogany forehatch for access to the forepeak.
Rig
Fractional bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped varnished Oregon pine mast. Long varnished roller reefing boom with main sheet to a bronze fitting on the aft deck.
Stainless steel standing rigging to external bronze chainplates. Single lower shroud and single cap shroud with single swept back spreaders. Running back stays on bronze Highfield levers.
Roller reefing fractional headsail to the stem head. Twin standing forestays from the stem head to the mast head.
New sails in 2003 from White Sails, total sail area of 255sqft.
Machinery
Engine
Yanmar 1GM10 single cylinder marine diesel, purchased new in 1998 from Marine Power Bursledon but not installed until 2001, work done by Combes Marine Engineering. Conventional gearbox with single lever controls to stainless steel shaft and 3 blade centreline bronze propeller.
The engine has had a top end overhaul with a new cylinder head fitted alongside the annual service in 2016.
Batteries
2 x 12v
Starting battery (new 2015) and second domestic and navigation supply (2014) connected to crossover charging system and maintaining power to engine systems.
Tanks
Single 5 gallon plastic fuel tank under the starboard cockpit thwart.
Accommodation
Berths
Two full length saloon settee berths plus one pipe-cot berth up forward on the port side.
Saloon
Ample sitting head room in the saloon, nice original joinery in tidy smart condition.
Electric switchboard in aft port corner. Folding mount for Garmin GPS Nav 451
Heads
Baby Blake sea toilet in a separate heads compartment on the port side at the forward end of the saloon.
Galley
Galley area on the starboard side at forward end of saloon with a 2 burner spirit stove.
Equipment
Wet Line inflatable dinghy
Bow anchor and 25m chain
Spare anchor
Mooring warps with tensioners
Garmin GPS Nav 451 (2011)
NASA Depth Sounder
Rule Electric bilge pump – automatic float switch
Portable bilge pump
6 Fenders
Boat hook
Full covers new 2014 – Flew Sails
Disclaimer:
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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.
