Built by Mears of Seaton as a fishing launch and like all the other small fishing boats of that area she would have been launched and retrieved from the beach, hence the reinforced stem which was used to attach the cable to.
A very large beam means she has a lot of space to offer and is a safe river and coastal boat. The new rig with simple lug mainsail helps to drive her or simply steady her in a sea. Thorough professional refit with a couple of new planks and new decks and gunnels. This is a very solid and sound boat with the scope to be used in many different roles.
LOD 24’2”
Beam 10’4”
Draft 3’6”
Construction
Hull
Clinker planked in Larch, all copper rivet fastened to closely spaced steam bent oak timbers.
Three heavy sawn oak frames throughout the boat for rigidity and strength. Heavy oak backbone to make the boat strong enough for beaching as she was designed to do.
Decks and cockpit
Aft deck and foredeck have been replaced in recent years in laid Iroko with new heavy weight Iroko gunnels and rubbing strakes. Large Sampson posts on the quarters.
Heavy Sampson post on the foredeck with bronze fairleads. Large oak beamshelf across the aft end of the foredeck which takes the mast.
Sole boards in loose laid Iroko.
Rig
Simple lug rig on a keel stepped mast with a new tan mainsail. Small jib on a bowsprit.
There is no standing rigging which makes setting and using the rig very easy indeed.
Machinery
Engine
Volvo Penta MD3 fresh water cooled marine diesel. New stainless steel shaft to large diameter 3 blade bronze propeller.
Batteries
Single large 12v battery for engine starting, bilge pump and navigation lights.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Ian Oughtred Tammie Norrie sailing dinghy
Ian Oughtred Tammie Norrie sailing dinghy professionally built in 2007. Oughtred was the architect of many small sailing and rowing dinghies that have proven to be very successful for professional and amateur boat builders alike. The Tammie Norrie was originally based on a rowing skiff but altered slightly to enable her to carry a rig, the result being a very pretty little boat that both rows and sails extremely well. The present owner bought a custom made road trailer with a piggy back launching trolley so it could not be simpler to launch and retrieve the boat single handed. The rig can be put up by one person meaning you can be on the water and sailing in a very short period of time.
Built by a now well established Cornish boat builder as a show piece of his work, every care was taken to ensure the quality of the build was first class. Bought by the present owner from the builder and used occasionally in summer months, but otherwise stored ashore. She does not seem to suffer from drying out and hardly leaks at all after being ashore for long periods of time.
The size and weight of the boat means she can be towed by any car without problems and can be stored in a garage or on a driveway without taking up too much space, and because she is so simple to launch and rig up there is no problem in launching her simply for a short sail up the creek and back, or even a gentle row up the river to the pub in the evening.
Length overall 13’6”
Beam 4’5”
Construction
Clinker planked in larch on steamed oak timbers, all copper rivet fastened in the traditional manner.
Varnished mahogany sheer strake and rubbing strakes with a white painted hull shows off her exquisite sheer line nicely. Inside of the hull is all varnished with a white painted bilge.
Varnished mahogany thwarts with oak hanging knees. Grown oak knees and breast hook, all copper fastened.
Varnished centre plate box with a drop down weighted wooden centre plate.
Transom hung rudder on bronze pintles.
All deck fittings are cast bronze including fairleads, cleats and rowlocks.
Rig
Simple gunter rig on a varnished spruce pole mast.
Very simple standing rigging with a single cap shroud each side and a forestay making her easy to rig up for one person.
Mainsail and jib, both by Jon Alsop of Salcombe and in very good condition.
Equipment
2009 professional road trailer with piggy back launching trolley.
Wooden Ships Comments on this National 18 sailing dinghy
The National 18 Restricted Class began in 1938 following a design competition for an 18’ sailing dinghy, suitable for day sailing but fast enough for racing.
Well known designer Uffa Fox won the competition with his ‘Ace’ design for a clinker built wooden boat.
In 1967 the Class voted to allow GRP construction, although the wooden designs continued to win National Championships up until 1977.
This example is Hull no 145.
Construction
Hull
Clinker mahogany planking on oak timbers. Marine ply foredeck and sidedecks. Wooden centreboard.
Rig
Bermudan Sloop. Timber mast and boom. Mainsail 130 sqft. Jib 57.75 sqft. Age unknown, terylene.
Coves Launch, built by Coves of Salcombe in the 1960’s, probably as a summer toy for a wealthy incomer to the town. Coves built hundreds of these launches over the years, some as private boats and some as fishing launches, but all were renowned for being very well constructed and very good sea boats. This is a typical Coves hull, usually found as an open launch, but probably under instructions from the original owner a small cuddy type wheelhouse was built to give shelter for the passangers.
An extensive refit in recent years has kept her in good sound condition. A perfect little boat for exploring the rivers and coasts, capable of taking a bit of weather if necessary but ideal for soaking up the summer sun.
Length overall 21’
Draft 2’6”
Construction
Hull
Clinker planked in mahogany all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Steamed timbers are one long length thus stretching right across the centreline and acting as the strap floors.
Large sawn oak frame midships adds a huge amount of stiffness to the hull.
External iron ballast keel with galvanised keel bolts. Some internal ballast with iron pigs and sand bags.
Decks and cockpit
Decks of epoxy sheathed marine plywood on oak deck beams. Small forehatch set in the foredeck.
Cockpit sole is varnished larch boards laid on oak sole bearers. Varnished mahogany coamings all round.
U-shaped seating round the aft end of the cockpit with lockers under.
Superstructure
Varnished mahogany wheelhouse with a sheathed plywood roof. Provides shelter for the helm position and also gives good dry storage.
Handrails on the roof with a small wooden steaming light mast
Machinery
Engine
Yanmar 2GM 20hp raw water cooled marine diesel. Approx. 250 hours, last serviced 2013.
Single lever controls with a stainless shaft to a 3 blade bronze propeller, gives 6 knots cruising speed at ½ gallon/hour.
Batteries
2 x 12volt batteries for engine starting and domestic lighting. Both charged from the engine alternator and a 10W solar panel.
Tanks
40 gallon plastic fuel tank under the aft deck. Filters with water separators fitted.
Built in 1995 by boatbuilder Ian Richardson of Orkney to one of his own designs known as a Murray Yole. He took the inspiration for this design from several local traditional vessels, picking out the best bits and incorporating them to create a fine vessel with plenty of character.
The boat has been moored at the same place since she was built and has had 3 owners, all of whom have looked after her and kept up regular maintenance as required. She can now be found in lovely condition and is sure to be the centre of attention wherever she goes.
With a wide beam for a boat of her size, she has the typical lines of a traditional Scottish vessel. Her deep forefoot and sharp turn to the bilge give inherent stability in all directions while the run on the planking aft allows her to slip gracefully and effortlessly through the water.
Length on Deck 17’2”
Beam 8’3”
Draft 2’6”
Construction
Hull
Clinker planked in 1.5cm larch all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Oak back bone, stem and stern posts with grown oak floors across the centreline.
Tiller steering to a rudder hung on the stern post in the traditional way.
Ballast is from stones in the bilge as would have been the traditional manner
Decks and cockpit
Unusually for a boat of this size she is almost completely decked over except for a well at the aft for the helmsman and a well forward for the crew. Between these is the hatch over the engine space. This makes her very seaworthy and capable of taking more weather than a completely open boat.
Decks are straight laid solid planking, caulked and payed then finished with grey deck paint. All round is a low toe rail set on heavy stanchions fastened to the sheer strake.
Rig
Dipping lug rig on a single deck stepped wooden mast in a tabernacle.
As is normal with a lug rig there is no standing rigging but the halyard falls serve as the shrouds on the windward side.
Tan terylene mainsail in good condition, 15sqm. Approximately 20 years old.
Machinery
Engine
Volvo Penta 36hp 3cyl marine diesel mounted on the centreline. Alternator overhauled 2014.
Single lever control with a hydraulic gearbox and stainless shaft to a 3 blade bronze propeller gives 5 knots cruising speed, 7 knots max.
Batteries
Single 12v cranking battery located under the deck, new 2014, charged from the engine alternator.
Tanks
12l plastic fuel tank located below the deck gives ample cruising range.
Accommodation
There are 2 basic berths below the foredeck accessed from the forward cockpit well. With the tent over the top this is good sheltered accommodation for occasional use
This respected American day boat was designed by the great L. Francis Herreshoff as the Buzzard’s Bay 14 being 14’ wl. 17’ overall.
The design is a development of the designer’s father’s Haven 12 ½ and has proved very popular due to her ease of handling, her increased capability, her sparkling performance and her ability to carry up to 6 crew making her a perfect family day-boat. She is a sit down inside boat so ideally suited for small children or timid sailors. While she is obviously not an off-shore sailing yacht, she is very capable in the right hands of taking really quite rough open waters making her a very versatile craft.
Length overall 17’9”
Lwl 14’1”
Beam 5’10”
Draft 2’6”
Sail area 103sq’
Displacement 2000lbs approx
As seen in the out of water photos the design features a steeply raked stern post with the rudder hung on the back and a cut away fore foot allowing her to turn readily while still retaining a long keel for directional stability.
The cross section, freeboard and marked sheer all give her the stability of a stiff, dry boat that does not heel to every gust.
Built by one of Cornwall’s best known and most experienced boat builders, David Walkey for himself and sold after he found he was too busy to sail her. (He was rebuilding Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters!).
Sold to the present owners about 12 years ago she was sailed on Lake Windermere in the Lake District, launched as required and dry stored ashore every winter.
She has a custom made road trailer with a launching dolly so that the road trailer itself need never go in the water. It also is dry stored under cover all year.
For health reasons and unwilling to give in, she has been ashore for the past 3 years and only now has the owner reluctantly accepted that she is unlikely to sail again. It can happen to the best and fittest of us.
Construction
Cold moulded approx 1” thick in mahogany. This form of construction involves building moulds (or formers) of the cross section at several points down the length of the hull and mounting them upside down with the laminated back-bone on a frame to stabilise the whole structure. Numerous stringers are then attached the length of the boat to give a ghost shape to the hull.
Mahogany boards are then machined to approx ¼” thick and 4” wide and laid diagonally over the hull shape. A second layer is glued to the first in the opposite diagonal and so on with several layers to a total thickness of 1”.
The hull is then faired off, turned over and fitted out with deck and cock-pit structures.
The result is a structurally stable hull, totally water-tight and very strong without excessive weight.
She carries a long external lead ballast keel of around 600kg secured with stainless steel keel bolts through the oak “floors” or cross sectional members in the bilge.
The deck is laid in marine play and covered with glass cloth in epoxy resin to give a very low maintenance surface.
Varnished mahogany coamings and a varnished deck edge rubbing strake give her the class of a wooden boat, otherwise easily mistaken for a plastic hull which a proud owner would never wish.
To add to the charm the transom is also varnished!
The gleaming perfectly fair white enamel topsides, blue antifouling and scarlet red boot top give her a stunning look.
The cock-pit has wide varnished mahogany bench seats set well down within the coamings to give a secure sense of sitting in the boat rather than perched on top of her and teak gratings in the well.
Rig.
Fractional bermudian sloop rig setting 100sq’ in mainsail and jib on a rectangular section varnished spruce mast stepped through the fore deck onto the keel.
Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless steel chain plates.
Standing back-stay for ease of handling.
Original white terylene mainsail and jib by Dolphin Sails in excellent condition have seen relatively little use.
Wooden Ships Comments on this Haven centreboard dinghy
The Herreshoff Haven 12 ½ designed by the great Nat Herreshoff in 1914 when he was already 66 years old has become possibly his most enduring design despite 6 Americas Cup winners and so many fabulous big yachts with hundreds of them built in the USA and round the world
American designer Joel White described the Herreshoff 12 ½ as “ probably the best small boat ever designed” and went on to design a centre-board version of the great man’s 12 ½ which he called the Haven 12 ½, Design No 75.
Joel White’s centreboard Haven 12 ½ version is shallower in the bilge than the original with 3” more in the beam to maintain displacement. Rig, hull shape above wl, performance and everything else remain the same as the Herreshoff 12 ½
Construction
Hull
Cedar strip planked, fully sheathed inside and out in epoxy.
Wooden Ships comments on this Gunter rig sailing dinghy
A varnished plywood gunter rig sailing dinghy, believed to have been built in the 1960’s/70’s. However she was stored by the original owner for 40+ years and is therefore still in good condition.
Fits on a roof rack and is ideal for children to have fun with on inland waters.
Hull
Marine ply, varnished inside and out. Three thwarts.
Complete with dagger board and rudder.
Rig
Gunter rig on varnished spars. Original white cotton mainsail, still in good condition as only lightly used.
Wooden ships comments on this Ian Oughtred Whilley tern
The ‘Whilley Tern’ is another interesting and pretty design from Ian Oughtred.
Built using marine plywood bonded with epoxy with Iroko backbone, stem and stern post. Varnished iroko rubbing strake all round.
Plywood centreboard casing with centre thwart in mahogany. Fore and aft floatation chambers with watertight hatches for access, also double as thwarts. Laminated knees, painted floorboards.
Standing lug rig on a varnished spruce mast and spars. Pair of light oars with rowlocks.
Boat is on a road trailer with piggy back launching trolley, ready to tow away.
This boat is owned by a sailing charity who have found her unsuitable for teaching youngsters to sail, so they wish to move her on and put the money towards a more suitable dinghy.
Wooden ships comments on this Lug sail pram dinghy
Built by Coves yard in Salcombe, most likely as a tender to a Salcombe Yawl. These little boats were designed to be safe and sturdy little boats, capable of carrying several people and light enough to haul up the slipway at the end of the day.
This is an immaculate example which had a professional refit and since then has been dry stored. The varnish is in perfect condition and she comes complete with rig, oars and launching trolley.
Hull
Mahogany planking on steamed oak timbers all copper rove fastened. 8 out of the 12 timbers have been replaced. Mahogany gunnels with oak rubbing strake replaced in recent years.
Usual coves construction using a single extra wide strake on the centreline rather than a separate garboard each side fastened to the back bone. This made them easy to build and also eliminates the problems of leaking around the garboard planks.
Original mahogany floorboards.
Rebuilt centreboard case by local shipwright Sid Fisher.
Varnished mahogany thwarts with grown knees.
Two rowing positions allows the rower to move fore and aft depending on the loads being carried.
Rig
Lug sail on varnished pine mast and spars. White terylene sail, wooden blocks and 3 strand running rigging.
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
