Sailing yachts
Spirit of Tradition Bermudan Cutter
(REF: 32067)€208000
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Spirit of Tradition Bermudan Cutter
Designed and built by the owner, the 3rd yacht he has completed. Launched in 2015.
Constructed to German Lloyds standards. The owner is a time served shipwright, a qualified Master Boat Builder under German rules who has worked for Yachtwerft Stapelfeldt for over 30 years. He has put all the skills and knowledge of a lifetime spent working with wooden boats into this yacht. The owner and his wife have spent several years cruising in her, visiting Norway and the Mediterranean, sailing the boat in all weather conditions and spending months at a time living aboard.
She has proved to be an excellent cruising yacht, very well mannered at sea, a joy to sail and turns heads in every port with her elegant lines. She was constructed to be a low maintenance boat and is finished entirely with 2 pack paints and varnish that have stood up exceedingly well to the years of cruising. Whole boat being re-varnished through the winter of 2024.
Taking inspiration from the Westcountry working boats of Devon and Cornwall, her straight stem, long keel and raked transom stern are elegantly proportioned with a sweet sheer line that sets her off perfectly.
The owners passion for this yacht is evident, he has lived and breathed her since the first drawings through to launch and consequent extended cruising. She is a magnificent yacht in sparkling condition.
Length on Deck 33’6” / 10.2m
Length Overall 42’7” / 13m
Length Waterline 29’6” / 9m
Beam 9’10” / 3m
Draft 6’ / 1.85m
Displacement 7.7 tons
Ballast Ratio 43%
Working Sail Area 75sqm
Construction
Hull
Carvel planked in 28mm Sapele mahogany with epoxy bonded plank seams.
Fastened with 316L stainless steel screws to laminated Sapele frames spaced at 250mm. The frames are also bonded to the planking with epoxy.
Hull sheathed externally below the waterline with epoxy glass cloth.
Keel laminated in 65mm sections. Stem laminated in 6mm sapele.
Sawn Sapele floors across the centreline, side fastened through the frames with stainless steel bolts.
External lead ballast keel of 3.3 tons fastened with 316L stainless bolts.
Internal bulkheads of marine plywood glued and screwed to the frames creating structural bulkheads faced with T&G panelling.
Decks and Cockpit
Straight laid teak deck of 8mm epoxy bonded to the sub deck.
12mm marine plywood subdeck screw fastened to the Sapele deck beams. Plywood sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth to create a totally watertight deck.
Low bulwark all round with a varnished Sapele capping rail. The bulwark is mounted on stanchions which protrude through the painted covering board and are epoxy bonded in place.
Bronze Panama eye fairleads and bronze/teak cleats.
Self draining cockpit with varnished Sapele coamings. Laid teak thwarts and cockpit sole.
Thwarts lift to access large lockers. Cockpit sole removeable to access aft bilge and stern gland, plus a big locker which holds the inflatable dinghy.
Transom hung rudder with stainless steel hangings.
Companionway with doors and a sliding hatch. Sprayhood over.
Superstructure
Coachroof has Sapele coamings with bronze portlights.
Epoxy sheathed coachroof deck with teak grabrails and Sapele butterfly skylight.
Varnished Sapele forehatch.
All paint and varnish used is 2 pack for low maintenance and a hard wearing surface.
Rig
Bermudan cutter rig on a keel stepped hollow spruce mast. Reinforced internally with carbon fibre. Antal mast track and sliders.
Mast painted in 2 pack paint for lower maintenance.
Slab reefing varnished spruce boom.
Spruce bowsprit can be run inboard to reduce overall length.
Spruce headsail pole.
Standing and Running Rigging
Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.
10mm shrouds and 8mm back stay and forestays
Running backstays on 2:1 tackle with jammers, tensioned with aft deck winches.
All running rigging is Dyneema.
Sails
Mainsail, staysail and jib in Hydranet radial cut. Working sail area of 75sqm.
Staysail is hanked to the inner forestay.
Jib on a continuous line furler at the bowsprit end.
Winches
2 x Andersen 46 ST winches at mast base for halyards etc.
2 x Andersen 46 ST cockpit sheet winches.
2 x Andersen 40ST aft deck winches for headsail sheets and running backstays
1 x Andersen 40ST winch on coachroof for main sheet.
Machinery
Engine
Yanmar 3YM30 3cyl 30hp engine from 2012, installed new in the build.
2 blade bronze propeller. Cruising speed 5-6 knots at 1.5 litres/hour. Max speed 7.5 knots. Approximately 500Nm range.
Tanks
140 litres in 2 x stainless steel fuel tanks in the cockpit lockers.
Separate stainless diesel tank for Reflex cabin heater.
280 litres of water in 2 x stainless steel tanks.
Batteries and Electrics
3 x 80ah batteries for engine start and domestic use.
Charged from engine alternator with a Sterling smart regulator system.
Shore power and with 240 volt battery charger.
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
4 berths including 2 x saloon settee berths and a double V-berth in the forecabin.
Headroom of 1.85m in the saloon. 1.8m in forecabin.
General Description
Beautifully appointed interior finished to a very high standard with Sapele joinery. The cabin is light and spacious, very comfortable and makes excellent use of the space.
Steps down over the engine box from the companion hatch with the galley to port and chart desk to starboard.
Chart desk faces outboard with drawers below.
Half height T&G bulkheads with vertical grab rails separate off the saloon.
Stunning saloon with a settee berth either side and oak sole boards. Shelves and lockers under the side deck.
Centreline dropleaf mahogany saloon table.
Reflex diesel cabin heater against forward bulkhead.
Starboard side door going forward with heads compartment.
Forecabin has a double V-berth with forehatch above.
Galley
Taylors 030 paraffin stove with 2 burners plus an oven.
Single stainless sink with a manual foot pump.
Ample storage space around the galley.
Heads
Jabsco manual sea toilet to port, hidden below a mahogany lid. Heads connected to a 35 litre waste tank.
Hand basin on the starboard side with manually pumped fresh water.
Equipment
Cassens and Plath steering compass
Standard Horizon Explorer DSC VHF
Standard Horizon 300i chart plotter
Clipper Duet log and sounder
Raymarine tiller pilot autopilot
Windpilot windvane self steering system
Class B AIS transceiver connected to the plotter
Whale manual bilge pump
Auto electric bilge pump
4 person liferaft
Lofrans Royal manual anchor windlass
20kg Delta anchor with 80m x 10mm chain
7.5kg alloy Fortress kedge anchor with warp and chain.
Mooring lines
Fenders
Bunk and berth cushions
Taylors 030 paraffin stove
Jabsco manual sea toilet
Reflex diesel cabin heater
Cabin oil lamp
3 x 80ah batteries
Sterling charge regulator
Solar panel
Yanmar 3YM30X1 engine
Engine spares
Mainsail
Staysail
Jib
Continuous line jib furler
2 x Andersen 46 ST winches at mast base for halyards etc.
2 x Andersen 46 ST cockpit sheet winches.
2 x Andersen 40ST aft deck winches for headsail sheets and running backstays
1 x Andersen 40ST winch on coachroof for main sheet.
Winch handles
Barton headsail tracks
Mainsail cover
Sprayhood
Boarding ladder
2.3m inflatable dinghy
Honda outboard engine
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