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Wooden Ships Comments on this Iain Oughtred Auk Sailing Dinghy

Iain Oughtred Auk design, built by the owner in 2007 for his own use as a tender to his sailing yacht.  This is a slightly stretched version of the Auk making her a little sleeker.

As a tender the design was chosen as it is small enough to manhandle but sturdy and buoyant enough to tow behind a sailing yacht at sea.  The dinghy has proved to be excellent in all regards and performed very well over the years.

The hull is built from marine plywood bonded with epoxy.  This has several benefits, it makes her light, rigid and because the lands are glued she does not dry out and leak after being ashore for a while.  One person is able to lift the boat and move her about, but with the launching trolley included in the sale it is very simple to move her to and from the water.

Built to a good standard using good materials, she is equipped with a lug rig to enable her to be sailed when desired. A great fun and very pretty dinghy, perfect for the family to mess about with or as a tender to a larger yacht.

Length                  8’10”

Beam                    4′ 1/2″

Sail Area               38sqft

Weight

Construction

Clinker planked in 6mm Gaboon marine plywood.  Lands glued with West System epoxy.  The hull is sheathed externally from new in a light epoxy glass cloth.

Laminated iroko stem with a mahogany apron.  Iroko keel.  Brass rubbing bands on the keel and bilge stringers.

Epoxy bonded floors across the centreline.

Oak transom with a varnished teak top.  Sculling notch in the transom.

Varnished iroko gunnels with oak lodging knees in the quarters and an oak breast hook.  White polyester Gunnel Guard fender all round.

Iroko thwart with laminated iroko knees.

Built in buoyancy tanks fore and aft double as the thwarts.

Plywood dagger board case with a varnished oak dagger board.

Lifting rudder with a varnished utile stock and oak blade on bronze hangings.  Varnished ash tiller.

Varnished yellow cedar sole boards.

Rig

Balanced lug rig on an un-stayed oregon pine varnished mast with leather collar.

Varnished oregon pine boom and lug yard.

Tan Dacron lug sail by Gowens with a sail bag.  Single reefing point.

3 Strand polyester running rigging.  Mainsheet goes to a rope horse across the transom.  Halyard and downhaul either side of the mast.

Equipment

Stainless steel launching trolley (folds up to fit inside the dinghy

Sail and spars

Rudder, tiller and dagger board

Pair of bronze rowlocks

Full specification and details available upon request

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

Iain Oughtred Auk dinghy built by the Falmouth Maritime School.  She is slightly longer than the standard design meaning she rows a little better and can carry more weight.

The Auk was designed as a tender, small and light enough to be easily handled but sturdy enough to carry a load, this boat is a dream to row and can take 3 people with ease.

Complete with launching trolley and all over cover.  She can be carried on a roof rack if needed.

Length                  9’3″

Beam                    4’1″

Construction

Clinker planked in larch copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers

Oak stem, keel and transom.  Sculling notch in the transom.

Varnished sheerstrake with oak rubbing strakes all round.

Oak breast hook and quarter knees.

Varnished larch thwarts with oak hanging knees

Varnished larch slatted sole boards

Single rowing position with bronze rowlocks

Equipment

Pair of leathered oars

Bronze rowlocks

Bow and stern painter

Slatted sole boards

Galvanised launching trolley

All over cover

Full specification and details available upon request

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 Yachting World Knockabout

Yachting World Knockabout designed in the years before the WWII as part of a campaign by Yachting World magazine for a boat that would row, sail and take an outboard for general messing about on the water.  After much consultation Reg Freeman was engaged to design the boat with parameters set out by the magazine and its readers.

The boat was to be fun and lively to sail, but manageable by one person, enough stability and buoyancy to carry the whole family and above all cheap to build with a price limit of £50 in 1939.

This design was adopted and numerous examples were built in all corners of the world.

This particular boat is in need of some attention but has been sailed extensively by the family and brought much joy over the years.  She comes with a good galvanised road trailer.

Length on Deck                 15′

Beam                                    5’7″

Draft                                      9″ to 3’6″

Displacement                    470kg

Sail Area                               119sqft

Construction

Double diagonal pitch pine planking, glued not fastened, with longitudinal stringers.

Oak stem and backbone with oak gunnel and capping rail.

Oak rubbing strake all round.

Heavy thwarts with sawn oak hanging knees

Wooden centreboard case with a 32kg galvanised centreplate, raised using a block and tackle.

Painted wooden sole boards.

Rig

Gunter sloop rig on a keel stepped varnished wooden mast.  Varnished yard and boom.

Mainsail and jib in white terylene.  Original cotton suit with the boat.

Stainless steel standing rigging to external bronze chain plates, tensioned with lanyards

Full specification and details available upon request

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 Motor Launch

Built by Pascoes Boatyard at St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, probably in the 1950’s.  She is believed to have been the school ferry in the 1960’s carrying children from St Mawes to Flushing across the Carrick Roads.

She was purchased by the present professional shipwright owner and given an extensive refit, completed earlier this year.  She had extensive rot in the starboard side and needed most of the topsides down to the water line replacing, along with numerous frames.  New decks fore and aft, new capping rails, fitting of the windscreen and an overhaul of the engine completed the refit.  She is an absolutely stunning launch, a real head turner, and is no doubt in superb condition after the extensive amount of professional work she has had.

The large cockpit is great for day trips with family and friends, but with the addition of the forepeak which has seating and a heads she can give a little bit of shelter when required on damp days.

A beautiful and quite unusual launch in superb condition.  Light enough to be towed on a decent trailer if required.

Length on deck                 21′

Length Waterline            20’6″

Beam                                    7’10”

Draft                                      2′

Construction

Carvel planked in 3/4″ pine fastened with copper rivets to steam bent Canadian Rock Elm timbers of 1″x0.75″ at 6″ centres.

Every 4th frame is a larger sawn frame.

Raised topsides forward in varnished oak, this planking was all new in the refit.  Single bronze porthole each side in the raised topside planking

Topsides planking on the majority of the starboard side was new in the refit along with numerous frames.

Varnished mahogany transom with mahogany transom hung rudder.  Wheel steering with cables onto a short galvanised tiller under the aft deck.

Oak back bone with a galvanised keel band.

Internal iron ballast of 0.5 tons.

Aft and foredecks new in the refit, made of marine plywood screwed to the new oak deck beams and sheathed externally.  Straight laid teak then glued over the sheathing and the seams paid with Sikaflex.  Varnished oak coverboards and king plank.  The plywood subdeck forward has been routed in lines to give the effect of a laid deck.

Small elegantly design windscreen in varnished oak on the foredeck gives a little shelter to the helmsman and makes the whole boat look superb.

Large bronze foredeck cleat with bronze fairleads and hawse pipe.  Stainless steel bow roller for anchor warp.  Bronze cleats and fairleads on the aft deck.

Varnished oak capping rail all round.

Thwarts along either side and across the aft end in slatted iroko.

Engine box made of painted T&G pine with a straight laid teak lid with a varnished oak surround.

Pine sole boards

Machinery

Yanmar 3GM30 24hp diesel installed on the centreline.

Single lever controls with a stainless steel shaft to a fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 5 knots cruising speed, 6 knots max.

Stainless steel fuel tank under the aft deck of 60 litres.

Single 12 volt battery in forepeak charged from engine alternator.

1 manual and 1 electric auto bilge pump.

All round white navigation light on top of the ensign staff.

Accommodation

Space forward under the foredeck with a bench seat each side and a Jabsco manual sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.

Hawse pipe with small chain locker right against the stem.

Equipment

Yanmar 3GM 30 diesel engine

12 volt battery

Rudder and wheel steering

Manual bilge pump

Auto electric bilge pump

5kg Bruce anchor with 30m of 6mm chain

Jabsco sea toilet

Stern swim ladder

Warps and fenders

Full specification and details available upon request

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 Bantham Class Sailing Dinghy

Bantham Class sailing dinghy built by renowned professional boatbuilder Mike Atfield of Salcombe and launched in 2003.  The Bantham cLass was developed for racing on the River Avon in South Devon at the village of Bantham where there is still a healthy fleet of dinghies.

They are a very pretty boat with a sweet sheer and easily handled gunter rig, perfect for ‘messing about in boats’.  This boat comes with a fairly new Mercury outboard engine, 2018 road trailer and all over cover.

A particularly nice and well cared for dinghy in lovely condition.

Length                  12’6″

Beam

Construction

Clinker planked in Khaya mahogany, copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.  Hood ends and garboards fastened with bronze screws and epoxy.

Reinforced sheer strake and capping rail with 2 rowing positions.  Rope fender all round.

Varnished mahogany thwarts with oak knees to support them.

Wooden centreplate box with a galvanised plate.

scrubbed teak sole boards.

Transom hung wooden rudder with stainless steel pintles and varnished tiller.

Rig

Gunter rig on a varnished keel stepped douglasfFir mast with varnished spruce yard and boom.

An easily set up rig taking a very short time to step and make ready for sailing.

Stainless steel standing rigging tensioned with lanyards to internal chain plates.

Mainsail and jib in white terylene by McKillop Sails, both in good condition.  Slightly smaller mainsail in tan.

Wooden belay pins at the base of the mast for halyard falls.

Mainsail sheet fixes to a rope horse across the transom.  Jib sheets make off on cleats on the centre thwart.

Machinery

Mercury 3.5hp 4 stroke outboard mounts on a bracket on the transom.

Equipment

2018 road trailer

All over cover

Mercury 3.5hp outboard with mounting bracket

4 buoyancy bags

Pair of oars and rowlocks

Anchor with chain and warp

2 mainsails and a jib

Standing and running rigging

Full specification and details available upon request

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 Maine Peapod 

Built in 2008 by professional shipwright Charlie Hussey to a very high standard.  The design is that of a ‘Peapod’ a traditional Maine inshore lobster boat from around 1870that were found in varying shapes and sizes in that part of the world and were designed to be tough and stable open boats for hauling and laying lobster pots.

This particular boat was designed for rowing and sailing with 2 rowing positions and a manageable stayed lug rig.  The materials used in the construction were intended to reduce the maintenance required and to ensure there was never a need for the boat to ‘take up’ after a period ashore so she can be dry sailed without getting wet feet every time.

Finished and maintained to a high standard, she is a delight to row or sail, handled easily by a single person but space for crew as well making her perfect for exploring the coasts and rivers.  The current owner has this year re-painted the hull in white.

Below is a link to more details of the design.

Seapod – Maine Peapod

Length Overall                   14’10”

Beam                                    5’3″

Draft                                      3′ plate down

Displacement                    150kg approximately

Sail area                               7.5m sq

Construction

Carvel planked in 0.5″ Alaskan Yellow Cedar, fastened with bronze screws to steam bent American White Oak timbers.  Larch sheer strake laid as a clinker plank.

Varnished Oak rubbing strake with oak stem and stern knee.

Laminated Iroko stem and keel .

Grown oak floors across the centreline.

Varnished Larch thwarts and sole boards

Centreboard and rudder blade made from edge glued Cedar with carbon fibre inserts, all sheathed in epoxy glass cloth.  Rudder cheeks of varnished Larch and the tiller is of Ash.

Rig

Sloop rigged standing lug on a stayed Sitka Spruce mast with Spruce boom and yard.

Stainless steel standing rigging to bronze chain plates and bronze stem head fitting.

Mainsail and jib both in tan terylene.  The jib hanks on to the forestay and is sheeted through eyes amidships.

Equipment

Combination road trailer and launching trolley

Buoyancy bags

Mainsail

Jib

Spars and rigging

Rudder, tiller and centreplate

Full specification and details available upon request

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 Haven 12.5

Haven 12.5 built by the present owner for himself in 2014.  The Haven was designed by Joel White as the centreboard version of Herreshoffs Buzzards Bay 12.5, described by White as ‘probably the best day sail boat ever designed’.

The hull shape with its stiff bilge, external lead ballast and wide beam make these boats extremely stable, safe and fun to sail.  The large cockpit has plenty of space and sailing with 4 adults is not a problem, however she can easily be handled by just one person.  Easy to launch rig and retrieve, she is an ideal day boat but more capable than her 16′ length suggests.

As with many of the Havens she is edge glued strip plank Cedar making for a light, strong and low maintenance hull.

Complete with covers and road trailer, she a whole package that has only been lightly used since she was built and is ready for the next owner.

Length on Deck                 16′

Length Waterline             12’6″

Beam                                    6′

Draft                                      18″ plate up

Construction

Built from 5/8″ strip plank Cedar, epoxy glued and sheathed in glass cloth inside and out.

Oak keel and deadwoods.

External lead ballast keel of 250kg held with stainless steel keel bolts.

Marine plywood centreplate lifted on a straight pull rope.

Varnished mahogany transom

Foredeck of straight laid hardwood  glued over a plywood subdeck and glass sheathed on the surface for a durable finish.  Aft deck of the same construction except it has a teak overlay.

Varnished mahogany cockpit coamings and thwarts.  Marine plywood bulkheads fore and aft.  Painted cockpit sole boards.

Transom hung rudder with bronze pintles.

All bronze deck fittings.

Rig

Gaff sloop rig on a keel stepped Douglas Fir mast.

Main boom, gaff yard and staysail boom all in varnished douglas fir.

Stainless steel standing rigging from 2014 to external bronze chain plates, simply rigged with a single shroud each side and forestay.  No running backstays as the shrouds are swept aft enough to give a backstaying effect.

Staysail on a boom and hanked to the forestay.

Sails made by Rowsell in 2014 of Clipper Canvas.  Mainsail 105sqft, jib 32sqft.

All running rigging is traditional 3 strand with solid bronze blocks.

Equipment

SBS braked road trailer, 2014

All over heavy winter cover, 2019

Boom tent type cockpit cover

4kg Grapnel anchor with 30m of 12mm warp and 5m of chain

Mainsail

Jib

Spars

Running and standing rigging

All bronze fittings and blocks

Sole boards

Rudder and tiller

Full specification and details available upon request

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 Norwegian Sjekte

Built in 2002 by Adrian Morgan of Viking Boats in Ullapool, she is a replica of a boat called Jan, designed and built in America by Karsten Ausland in 1934.  Jan was carvel planked but otherwise identical.

The design is that of a Norwegian Sjekte, a traditional Norwegian open fishing vessel, although the lines of this boat are sleeker and therefore faster than some of the working boats plus she has the modern, sleek fractional bermudan rig popular in the 1930’s when she was built.  The original Jan was raced often in her home waters around New York and the story of her can be read in the following link:

www.viking-boats.com/Pdf/Jan-Story.pdf

Named after Adrian Morgans parents, Felicity John, competed in the 2003 Sail Caledonia winning the Loch Oich race and turning heads along the way, so much so that a sister ship was built for a new owner that same year.  More information on these boats can be found on the builders web site:

http://www.viking-boats.com/page5.htm

The boat is still in excellent condition but not having been used much in recent years the owner feels she should be with someone who can make the most of her excellent sailing qualities.  She is complete boat on a road trailer ready to tow away.

Length on Deck                 18’6″

Beam                                    5’8″

Draft                                      1’7″

Construction

Clinker planked in Larch on steamed oak timbers, all copper rivet fastened.

Frames fore and aft of the centreplate stretch from gunnel to gunnel in one piece helping to tie the hull together.

Oak stem, stern post and keel.

100lb external lead ballast keel.  2 x 150 litre internal ballast bags filled with water as necessary via a Whale pump.  Foam buoyancy bow and stern.

Painted steel centreplate in a solid wooden centreboard box.  Raised and lowered with a pulley wheel.

Varnished larch sheer strake with oak rubbing strakes.  Larch gunnel through fastened with large copper rivets.

Tiller steering with a stern post hung rudder with bronze pintles and gudgeons.

Varnished larch thwarts with sawn hanging knees.

Varnished slatted sole boards

Rig

Fractional bermudan sloop exactly to the original design on a keel stepped hollows Collars varnished spruce mast.

Halyards run inside the mast.

Varnished spruce slab reefing boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.

Single shroud either side over single spreaders.  Masthead outer forestay to the stem head and tensioned with a lanyard to a bronze eye on the stem

Single standing backstay to a bumpkin offset to port.

Mainsail and headsail by North Sea Sails and in excellent condition.

Mainsail is battened and sheets to the aft end of the centreboard box from the middle of the boom with a 3:1 tackle and a jammer.  This is a simple arrangement making it easy for the helmsman to control the main and eliminates to need for a horse over the tiller.

Jib hanks to an inner forestay  with sheets running back through wooden eyes and onto a central cleat on the centreboard case.

Equipment

Road trailer

Pair of oars and galvanised rowlocks

Mast, boom, standing and running rigging

Mainsail and jib by North Sea Sails

Rudder, tiller and centreplate

2 x 150l ballast bags

Portable bilge pump

Full details available upon request

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 Punt

Clinker rowing dinghy built as a punt for an original Pilot Cutter by Stirling and Son, Plymouth in 2012.  A substantially built punt made with choice materials to a very high standard.

As a Punt on the deck of a Pilot Cutter, she double as a storage deck locker and has a canvas cover with plywood lids making a rigid top cover when on deck.

She is finished in paint inside and out, lower maintenance than varnish but equally as pretty.

Very sound condition, beautiful design and ready to use.

Length on Deck          11′

Construction

Clinker planked in mahogany copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Oak stem and keel with oak transom.  Sculling notch in the transom

Brass rubbing bands on the keel and bilge runners.

Mahogany capping rails with a substantial rubbing band tapered at either end.  two rowing positions.

Oak thwarts with sawn oak knees.

Slatted mahogany sole boards.

Equipment

Canvas cover with plywood lids

Pair of oars and galvanised rowlocks

Sculling oar

Heavy bow and stern painter

Full details available upon request

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 Canadian Canoe

Believed to have been built in France in the 1930’s for an owner on the Loire  to a traditional Canadian design.  The build is intricate and very fine with closely spaced ash frames and tight seamed mahogany planking.

Bought by the present owner in poor condition, he carried out a complete cosmetic refit by stripping the hull back to bare wood inside and out the re-varnishing.  The seats and sole boards are new but otherwise she is totally original.

A beautiful canoe to paddle and a joy to own, she is ready to go with two varnished paddles.  Light enough to carry on a roof rack, this is the more classy alternative to a stand up paddle board.  Complete canoe including paddles and seats is just under 60kg.

Length                  16′

Beam                    3′

Construction

Lightly constructed with tight seamed mahogany planking fastened with bronze tack nails to ash frames.

Oak keel with a bronze rubbing strip on the bottom.

Large oak breast knees bow and stern with a towing eye forward.

Tapered oak gunnels and rubbing strakes are an elegant feature.

3 oak thwarts give a variety of seating positions depending on how many are in the canoe.  Comfortable lattice seats in oiled mahogany and red cedar.

Oiled red cedar sole boards.

Full details available upon request

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.