gaff Yawl. 32' x 22'wl x 9' x 4'6". 9TM UK Regld. Devon £24,500
Buchanan design, built by Cornish boatbuilders in 1974. Long keel, short counter stern & fiddle-head stem. 1 1/4" pitchpins., all copper fastened to heavy oaK frames. Solid laid teak deck, elm coach-roof. Large self-drain cockpits lead ballast keel. Tiller.
Gaff yawl rig on keel-stepped varnished pine masts, s/s rigging. Runners on
tackles. Pair of cock-pit sheet winches. 1974 sails by Ratsey mainsail
mizzen, staysail, N° 1 & 2 jibs, trisail, 2nd staysail & big lightweight
headsail.
Sabb 2HG 18hp 2-cyl 1972 diesel. 3-blade on the centre line. Twin lever control. 4/5 knts. 45 litre steel c'pit tank. 12v battery.
5 berths. V-berths in the fore peak. Stbd heads, curtained off, port rockers.bulkhead to large saloon cabin, port & stbd settee berths. Stbd 1-berth. Port galley. Gas cooker, 2 gas bottles. 20 gall s/s water tank with brass hand pump. Full head-room, wide cabin sole. This is a pleasant, spacious cabin. Steps up to silding hatch & wash-board to cock-pit bridge deck.
Compass, sounder, log, VHF, Autohelm, 3 anchors & chain. Life buoy, fire extngs & flares. Legs, fenders warps & sal covers. This is an excellent & quite recent yacht, strongly built in traditional methods & maintained as a tidy, good sea-going yacht. Very distinctive & eye catching.
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