Gaff cutter. 36.71 x 301w x 9,9’ x 5'6 ‘’. 14M
Blake design, built by Whistock, Suffolk, In 1935. Long keel, transom stern.
4 pitch pine planking, copper fastened to grown oak frames with steamed oak timbers between. Varnished mahogany coach-roof up to the mast. Pine deck over lcild with ply & GRP In 1986 replacing original canvass in the usual way. Self-drain varnished cock-pit. 3 t Iron keel, bolts X-rayed 1991. Wooden floors. Lead int. ballast. Tiller steering.
Gaff cutter rig on solid, varnished, keel-stepped pole mast. Recent plough steel wire rigging. pair of sheet winches, pair of mast halyard winches. All 1990 sails; main, jib, genoa, staysail & spinnaker. Approx 625 sql. Points & rol,Ie,r,boom reefing. Runners on Highfield levers.
Thornycroft 1979 35hp 4-cyl diesel gives 6 knts. PRM box. 25 gall tank. 3 x 12v batteries.
6 berths. Fore peak chains & stowage. Bulkhead to fore cabin. Hanging lockers each side. Port & stbd berths. Bulkhead sliding door to saloon cabin with port & stbd settee berths. stbd settee opens to a double. sky-light over. Bulkhead sliding door to port stbd heads compartment with Biake sea toilet, chart table & !-berth; port galley with sink & Taylors cooker. 61 head-room. 40 gall water tank under cock-pit. Nice original joinery.
Compas, sounder. log, h’bearing compass, Hasler wind vane, VHF, Yeoma
plotter. B&G Homer Heron. Emergency radio. Dinghy & o/b engine. 3' anchors,
chain & windlass. Life buoys, jackets, flares etc. Over 30 years experienced,
careful ownership with extensive off-shore cruising. A very special yacht.
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