Sailing yachts
Laurent Giles Vertue V131
(REF: 4982)£6500
Full specification
Classic Yacht Brokerage Comments on this Laurent Giles Vertue V131
Laurent Giles Vertue No. V131 built by Robertsons of Woodbridge in 1965.
This is another example of a long voyaging Vertue, yet again proving their worth as superb offshore cruising boats. Her second owner set sail from the UK for Cape Town via the French inland waterways and Suez Canal. She reached her destination but not after being hit by extreme weather in the Indian Ocean. She changed hands in South Africa, bought by a Ron Atkinson in 1071 who cruised and raced her extensively up and down the east African coast up to Mozanbique. He renamed her Zingela after a Zulu warrior.
In South Africa her rig was changed for an alloy mast to a more conventional masthead Bermudan sloop configuration, differing to the usual Vertue slutter type rig.
She was then sold back into UK ownership and shipped home in 1993 where she has remained, being cruised around the south coast.
Length on Deck 25’4”
Beam 7’4”
Draft 4’6”
Thames Tonnage 5TM
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
4 berths including 2 x saloon settee berths and 2 forepeak berths.
General Description
Steps down over the engine box with chart desk to starboard and galley to port.
Good headroom with a saloon settee berth either side.
Dickinson Newport solid fuel cabin heater on forward bulkhead.
Centreline passageway into the forepeak with 2 single berths plus an infill to create a double V-berth.
Galley
2 burner paraffin stove. Stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water from a bronze hand pump.
Heads
Manual sea toilet in the forepeak on the centreline facing aft. Discharges directly overboard.
Rig
Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy mast.
Slab reefing alloy boom with lazyjacks.
Alloy spinnaker pole.
Standing and Running Rigging
Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.
ProFurl roller furling headsail system
Sails
Mainsail and roller furling headsail in useable condition.
No.2 headsail
Spinnaker in very good condition
Winches
2 x Lewmar 40 ST cockpit sheet winches.
1 x Lewmar 30 ST mast winch.
1 x Lewmar 16 non-ST mast winch.
Machinery and systems
Engine
Yanmar 3GM 20 16hp diesel.
Centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.
Tanks
25 litre Vetus plastic fuel tank under the aft deck.
Batteries and Electrics
2 x 40ah 12 volt batteries. Charging from the engine alternator and solar panel.
Construction
Hull
Planked in iroko on steamed oak timbers, all copper rivet fastened.
Galvanised strap floors across the centreline.
External iron ballast with ferrous keel bolts. History unknown.
Decks and Cockpit
Marine plywood deck sheathed in glass cloth and finished with non-slip deck paint.
Iroko bulwark extends aft of midships. Stainless stanchions and guard wires all round.
Non-self draingin cockpit with thwarts at deck level. Coamings have been replaced from original and are slanted out to make for a comfortable sitting position.
Superstructure
Mahogany coachroof coamings with a raised doghouse aft. This is the 2 window dog house version of the Vertue design.
Sheathed plywood coachroof deck.
Equipment
Sunnto steering compass
Autohelm Bidata depth and speed
Garmin GPSmap 551 plotter
Furuno GP-31 GPS
ICOM IC-M503 VHF
Simrad TP10 tiller pilot
Airies wind vane steering
Sprayhood
Dodgers
Inflatable tender
2hp 2 stroke outboard engine
Mainsail
Genoa
Spare mainsail
No.2 genoa
Spinnaker
Mainsail cover
2 x Lewmar 40 ST cockpit sheet winches.
1 x Lewmar 30 ST mast winch
1 x Lewmar 16 non-ST mast winch.
Alloy spinnaker pole
ProFurl roller furling headsail system
Simpson Lawrence HiSpeed manual anchor windlass
CQR anchor + 100m chain
Mooring warps
Fenders
2 x 12 volt batteries
Spare alternator
Spare salt water impellor pump
Bunk and berth cushions
Cockpit cushions
2 burner paraffin cooker
Manual sea toilet
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