Description

28ft GRP Smack yacht, gaff cutter, rig. Composite construction. 2000 Bought as a new moulded GRP bare hull. Mould taken from the Tyrell & Young Smack Yacht mould, as a self finish/ fit out retirement project. Mr P Herbert.
Carries a Traditional Gaff Rig with Top mast, inboard auxiliary engine. She has a fixed long ballast keel, an extended coach roof, giving 6ft plus headroom in the accommodation. Well found, a comfortable cruising vessel for 4 persons.
Presently afloat, undercover.

Specifications

Accommodation

Potentially 6 berths, comfortable for 4 persons. Good headroom under the extended coach roof. Garage stowage for sliding main hatch with wash boards.
In the Forepeak: a single and a double berth, Dinette in the saloon converts to a double. A single pilot berth aft under starboard cockpit. Stowage bins under all the berths.
Galley to port with stowage shelving, drawers and cupboards. Double Burner hob and grill, 2 x sinks, a built in refrigerator & a microwave.
starboard, a dinette with opposing seating and a demountable table, converts to a double berth. Separate Heads compartment, port of the companionway.
with Toilet, shower and wash basin.
Interior is well found and professionally fitted out. Eberspacher diesel heater, hot air.
Pressurised Hot and cold water systems. A Calorifier
8 x portholes surround the cabin sides. plenty of natural daylight into the accommodation.
LPG gas stowage 3 x bottles in cockpit locker.

Fridge & sink

Steps ,Heads & microwave

Dinette

Forepeak, double berth, single with Lee cloth

Construction

Hull moulded by Marshams Wooden Boats Ltd. using International Marine Design serial no: GB- IMDESO2 3L 199. 1998, using the Tyrell & Young Hull mould.
GRP hull, wooden decks, long fixed keel, encapsulated ballast. A straight stem, counter stern. Open aft cockpit well, self draining cockpit. Four large cockpit locker tops seating.
Black hull, cream wooden bulwarks boards. Deck is fibre glassed Marine ply laid with Iroko planking. Cabin sides of Iroko with a sheathed and painted coach roof. Encapsulated ballast 2.5tons. Decks now require attention.

Equipment

Fortress FX-16 anchor with chain and rope. Muir manual winch on foredeck.
Kedge anchor and rope stowed in cockpit locker.
7 x Deck cleats
Overall Winter cover.
Mooring warps
Fenders

Navigation Equipment

Navigation lights.
In the cockpit:
Raytheon ST60 Tridata /multidata. ( speed, log, depth autopilot.
ST4000+ with tiller activator
GPS with repeater
Magnetic compass
Pilot Berth area. nav station Multidata Repeater
Yoeman Pro plotter and a Garmin 128 GPS
Navtex Pro 2 and VHF radio.
Icom - M91D VHF/DSC handheld with GPS

Navigation gauges.

tiller

Engine(s)

Vetus M3-28hp, three cylinder, new in 2010 shaft driven with a triple blade propeller. Diesel fed. 75amp generator on the engine.
Gear box with reverse.
Tiller steering ZF-15MA forward and reverse gear box, single lever controls.
Installed under the companionway steps and cockpit.
Tiller steering

engine behind companionway steps

Sails & Spars

Gaff cutter rig with top mast & topsail. Traditional polyester Tan sails.
All wooden spars, of Douglas Fir, all varnished finish.
A solid Douglas Fir deck stepped mast, stood in metal tabernacle.
Bowsprit pivots from the bitts. Gaff and Boom
Stainless steel standing rigging. Blocks and tackle. Running rigging all synthetic materials.
Main sail with 3 reefing points By James Lawrence of Brightlingsea. Tan Polyester.
Three headsails all with furling gear: Staysail, Jib and a top sail jib
Top sail
3 x Halyard winches
2 x Lewmar self tailing winches.

Electrics

Four 70amp heavy duty batteries.
12v electrical management system. 1kw inverter/charger
240v ring main / shore power.
Cabin lighting.

Safety Equipment

Flares
Fire extinguishers
fire blanket
emergency ladder
throwing line
life belt
Radar reflector
Jack lines
safety harnesses

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