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Gaff Rigged Schooner 44'

£0 Sold / Unavailable
  • Boat REF#  ·  126320
  • LOA  ·  13.41m
  • Year  ·  1997
  • Construction  ·  Wood carvel
  • Underwater profile  ·  Long keel
  • Berths  ·  8
  • Engine  ·  1 x Diesel 48hp, Perkins 500 ()
  • Lying  ·  West Scotland
Boatshed Scotland
Boatshed Scotland
Ian Sawkins

The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Extra Details

Designer Murray Peterson
Builder Peter Mathieson
Lying West Scotland
Fuel capacity 45.0 ltr Total - 1 Tanks
Water capacity 681.9 ltr Total - 3 Tanks

Mechanical

Engine 1 x Diesel 48hp
Engine make and model Perkins 500 ()
Engine Hours Not Recorded
Engine Cooled Indirect
Steering Wheel
Drive Shaft
Prop(s) 3 bladed prop
Fuel consumption (approx) Not Recorded
Cruising speed (approx) 6 knots
Max speed (approx) 6.5 knots

Engine flexibly mounted on the centreline under the saloon atble which removes to give full all round access
PRM 2:1 twin lever controlled gear-box to conventional centre-line shaft and 3 bladed prop
Battery - 1 wired for 240v AC with 2.2 KW inverter

Dimensions

LOA 13.41m
Beam 3.66m
Draft Max 1.98m
Headroom 1.95m
Storage In water

Rig

Schooner rigged Wood spars () with galvanised standing rigging ()

Sails

Mainsail Nicholson Hushes - Slab (2008)
Headsail - Hank on (2008)
Other sails Foresail by Nicholson Rushes in cream terylene ()
Boomed staysail from the Mary Bryant ()
Jib in cream terylene from the Mary Bryant ()
Reacher Jib in cream terylene used once ()
Main topsail ()
Fishermans staysail sets between the masts ()

Gaff schooner rig on varnished solid pine masts
Pole fore mast. Main mast is set up to take a fidded topmast
Varnished slab-reef booms on twin steel mast bands, the mainsail boom extended over the counter
Varnished pine gaffs with leathered saddles
Pair of bronze, top actioned winches on the deck by the cockpit takes the back-stays to windward and the jib sheets to port
All halyards on block & tackle

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 2 batteries charged by:

Construction

Construction Wood carvel
Underwater profile Long keel
Finish Paint finish

This is a very robust construction with the scanting slightly in excess of the designer's spec - eg an 8" moulded oak keel rather than the 6" specified in the drawings
Planked in 13/8" larch. The top 3 strakes are thicker at 13/4"
The frames are sawn oak in pairs with 4 stream bent intermediate timbers on an oak back-bone
The planking is fastened to the sawn oak frames with galvanised boat nails and with copper rivets and roves to the stem bent timbers
The beamshelf is constructed with shelf and clamp to give a very strong girder
Long external iron ballast keel by Iron Bros of Wadebridge, Cornwall
14 stainless steel keel bolts in pairs
Oak floors with stainless steel brackets between floors and keel bolts to tie them together
The deck is laid in 13/4" iroko, caulked and payed in pitch and sealed with linseed oil, yacht laid to the white painted iroko cover boards
Iroko deck beams, half beams and carlings with bronze tie rods between carlings and beamshelf to stop spread
6" step in the decks midship just forward of the main mast gives extra head-room in the main accomodation
12" bulwark all round on oak stanchions through the cover boards, separate from the frames, with varnished iroko capping rail
win waist high guard rails from the foremast rigging to aft round the permanent main boom crutches
The cockpit is formed by a large, self draining foot well with seating on the deck
Wheel steering on Edson bronze double screw gear to the rudder stock
Water tanks - 2 x 20gal stainless steel tanks, 1 x 10 gall calorified hot water tank

The interior is divided into 3 separate spaces - saloon cabin, midships cabin & fore cabin

Accommodation

Total # of berths 8
No. of double berths 6
No. of single berths 2
Cabin(s) 4
Handbasin 1
Heads 1 heads (Sea Toilet)

2 burner paraffin cooker/stove

Accommodation

Cooker/stove
Grill
Oven
Sink
Refrigerator
Pressurised water system
Hot water system
Raw water wash

2 burner paraffin cooker/stove

Deck Gear

Sail cover
Sun awning
Warps
Fenders
Boathook
Davits

2 sheet winches
Manual SL555 windlass
2 anchors
(Danforth & fishermans)
dinghy ()
(Hard Dinghy)
2hp outboard ()
1 10' rubber tender & 1 wooden tender 8'
12' awnings between the masts
There being ample chain

Nav Equipment

Compass
Speed
VHF DSC radio
GPS
Chart plotter
Clock
Navigation lights
Fish Finder
Echo sounder

Lowrance chart plotter & fish finder/sounder

Safety Equipment

LPG Detector
Danbuoy
Safety harnesses
Horn
Emergency steering

2 bilge pumps (2 manual / 0 Electric)

Full MCA Category 2 safety equipment specified for 8 persons
Liferaft is on hire but renewable if required

Broker's Comments

This is a Murray Petersen 1934 design built in Scotland by the owner
the design is based on the American East Coast working schooners with a clipper bow, distinctive counter stern and generous helm.
Sinch launch she has sailed in the 1999 Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race and ran charters.
She has a Code of Practice Cat 2 certificate (60 miles from safe haven) for 8 people but could easily be used as a liveaboard or a day sailer
Last survey 2008 valid for 5 years with annual checks, she was last out of the water 2010

The price includes VAT to be paid by the owner.

These boat details are subject to contract.
Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.
Pictures taken June 2011

This Gaff Rigged Schooner 44' has been personally photographed and viewed by Ian Sawkins of Boatshed Scotland. Click here for contact details.
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