Sailing yachts
Ferro Cement Gaff Schooner
(REF: 5323)£47000
Full specification
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Ferro Cement Gaff Schooner
52’ gaff schooner with lines based on the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters. Professionally built Ferro cement hull from Skua Marine, built by ‘Mick the Brick’ of Gweek, Cornwall for himself in 1989. She was not rigged and sailed until 2000.
Since being commissioned she circumnavigated to globe and more recently went on a 2 year Atlantic circuit between 2020-2022, sailing with a family aboard and regular supply of extras keen to join this stunning ship.
The boat has been a family home for the last 16 years in which time they have covered many thousands of miles around the world, proving the boat as a safe, comfortable and enjoyable floating home. The boat has been kept deliberately simple, from her marinized Fordson Major tractor engine to the manually pumped fresh water from a repurposed beer tap which means she is easy to maintain and a cost effective boat to cruise with.
The ferro cement hull is not to everyones taste, they say the only people who love a ferro boat are the people who own them, but the boat has proven to be well built, very strong and a good sailing yacht with elegant traditional lines.
For those wishing to live and cruise a traditional boat on a budget, here is a ship which could be made ready to circumnavigate once again without vast investment, and is offered for sale at a reasonable and accessible price.
Length on Deck 52’
Length Overall 67’
Beam 14’6”
Draft 7’6”
Displacement 30 tons
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
8 berths + a childs berth.
1 x double and 2 x single berths aft.
1 x single and 1 x double in the saloon.
1 x double and 1 x child berth in the forepeak.
General Description
Interior fitted out with hard wood joinery. The sole boards are oiled douglas fir and the hull sides have been lined with T&G timber.
Steps down from the main companion hatch with galley to starboard. Heads compartment and chart desk to port. Chart desk faces forward with its own seat and storage beneath.
Half height bulkheads and vertical grab rails separate off the main saloon. Solid iroko saloon table offset to starboard with L-shaped seating around. The table can be lowered to form a double berth. Single settee berth on the port side. Shelves and lockers behind the settee under the deckhead.
Large solid fuel cabin heating stove against the forward bulkhead.
Port side door into the forepeak which has a double berth to starboard and a small single or childs berth to port.
Back aft is a port side passageway into the aft cabin which has a single berth either side and a centreline double berth further aft up into the counter.
The starboard side single can also be access a the aft end of the galley area.
Large skylight above the aft cabin for light and ventilation.
Galley
Force 10 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Single large stainless sink with manual hand pump for fresh water and a foot pump for salt water. The hand pump is repurposed beer pump.
Insulated stainless steel cool box.
The galley is reasonably large with good work top space and ample storage below.
Heads
Baby Blake sea toilet discharges directly overboard.
Rig
Spars
Gaff schooner rig on keel stepped solid wooden masts. Masts taken out in 2018 and overhauled.
Wooden booms, gaffs and bowsprit.
Standing and Running Rigging
Galvanised wire standing rigging all new in 2018 by Traditional Rigging, Bristol. Leathered soft eyes around the mast with dead eyes and lanyards to external galvanised chain plates.
Sails
Mainsail, foremain, staysail, 3 x jibs, fishermans staysail, topsail and square coarse sail.
All in fair and useable condition. New covers.
Winches
Pair of bronze self tailing sheet winches by the helm.
Machinery and systems
Engine
Osco 4DF Ford marinized diesel engine. These engines were the same as used in the Fordson Major tractors, marinized and sold by Osco Motors Corp. Originally rated at 75hp but likely putting out less than this now.
Engine rebuilt in 2015 including pistons and liners.
Parsons gearbox and an Aquadrive coupling to a centreline shaft. Fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.
Tanks
370 litre steel fuel tank + a 25 litre day tank. Racor water separator filter.
450 litre stainless steel water tank + 60 litre reserve plastic tank.
Batteries and Electrics
4 x 6 volt Trojan domestic batteries
2 x 12 volt start batteries.
Charged from 24 volt engine alternator or 2 x solar panels. Victron 240 volt battery charger for use with a shore connection
24-12 volt converter for navigation instruments.
600 watt inverter.
Construction
Hull
Ferro cement hull professionally built.
Internal iron ballast pigs in the bilge.
Decks
Marine plywood decks on wooden deck beams, sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth laid on douglas fir deck beams.
Bulwark mounted on galvanised stanchions bolted though the deck. Wooden bulwark planking with an oiled iroko capping rail.
Tiller steering with an iroko helm seat right across the deck.
Superstructure
Mahogany hatches and skylights with bronze portlights.
Forrard companionway, midships skylight over the saloon, main companionway and aft skylight over the aft cabin.
Equipment
Steering compass
Garmin log and sounder
GPS with connected AIS transponder and wifi transmitter
Panasonic Toughbook with Open CPN and C-Map charts
ICOM IC-M710 HF/SSB radio
DSC VHF with AIS
Handheld VHF
Handheld GPS
Auto electric bilge pump
Manual bilge pump
Engine driven salvage pump/deck wash
EPIRB
Horse shoe lifebuoys
Grab bag
Delta main anchor
2 x CQR anchors
70m x 13mm chain
Simpson Lawrence manual anchor windlass
Mooring warps
Fenders
Mainsail
Foremain
Staysail
3 x jibs
Fishermans staysail
Topsail
Square coarse sail
New sail covers
Boarding/swim ladder
Plywood rowing dinghy
Plywood rowing and sailing dinghy (both these fit inside each other on the deck).
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These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Classic Yacht Brokerage 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.
