Alan Pape Gaff Cutter for sale in Hants United Kingdom

Wooden Ships Comments on this Alan Pape Gaff Cutter

Designed by Alan Pape and built by Rob Feloy and Gubby Williams in Devon, launched in 1991. In 1992/93, she crossed the Atlantic via the West Indies to Maine, returning in 1995. Since then, she has been sailed extensively around the UK. After a major refit by the Elephant Boatyard in 2010, she completed two separate circumnavigations of the UK, taking in the Shetland Islands and the Orkneys.

In the present ownership, she has been altered in many ways to improve her sailing ability and comfort, including a newly designed taller mast in 2006, a Beta Marine engine in 2007, and a large quarter berth in 2009. She has had extra tanks fitted, heating systems, modern charging systems, and all new upholstery in recent years.

Built using modern wood/epoxy techniques, making her very strong but light with a healthy ballast ratio and large internal volume, she is a very unusual boat. At only 34′ length on deck, she is not a big boat but has more space and volume than most gaffers of this size.

Licensed for commercial sailing until 2020, she retains all the paperwork and the stamp of approval this certification brings.

Specifications:

• Length on Deck: 34′
• Length Overall: 43′
• Length Waterline: 29′
• Beam: 10’8″
• Draft: 5’8″
• Displacement: 9 tons

Construction

Hull

The hull is built from Strip plank Douglas Fir, all resorcinol glued. Externally, she has 2 layers of marine plywood glued on in diagonal strips, with a total hull thickness of 1.5″. Sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth.

6 heavy laminated Iroko Ring frames are spread throughout the boat with laminate knees in each top corner.

Solid Iroko keel. Laminated Iroko floors across the centreline in between the ring frames.

External lead ballast keel of 3.5 tons fastened with stainless steel bolts.

Deck and Cockpit

The deck is 1″ T&G pine overlaid with 0.5″ marine plywood and sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth.

Varnished teak toe rails, coachroof, and deck furniture.

Deep self-draining cockpit with scrubbed teak thwarts. Large locker to port. Tiller steering with transom hung rudder.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on a hollow keel stepped Douglas Fir mast built by Collars in 2006 to an Ed Burnett design. Varnished wooden boom, gaff, and bowsprit.

Rigging

7×19 stainless steel wire rigging with spliced eyes, all new in 2006. Bronze rigging screws to external stainless chain plates.

Mostly Colin Frake Ash and bronze blocks.

Winches

4 self-tailing sheet winches in the cockpit and 2 small bronze reefing winches on the mast pinrail.

Sails

Mainsail with 3 reef points. Staysail hanks to forestay. Jib on a ‘Dyarchy’ system to the end of the bowsprit.

Huge sail wardrobe including numerous large off-wind and storm sails. Mainsail 2011, Staysail 2006, Jib 2007.

Machinery

Engine

Beta Marine 37.5hp diesel installed new in 2007.

2:1 reduction box and stainless shaft to a 3 blade feathering Variprop.

Cruising speed 5 kts @ 2000rpm, approx ¾ gph. 6/7 kts max.

Tanks

• 53 gallons of fuel in 2 stainless tanks.
• 70 gallons fresh water in 2 separate stainless tanks.

Domestic Systems

Calorifier for hot water heated from the engine or shore power.

Batteries, Charging and Electrics

• 2 x 12v gel batteries, 200ah total for domestics. (one new in 2017)
• 1 x 12v engine start battery.
• 1 anchor winch battery (2015).
• Charging from 100 amp engine alternator with Adverc battery management or through shore power charger.
• Waeco 1000w inverter.
• 12 volt and 230 volt electric sockets throughout the boat.

Accommodation

General Description

The interior volume of this boat is vast, and she is a very comfortable yacht. The berths are all a very good size, and headroom is ample throughout the saloon.

Steps down from the companion hatch with the galley to port and chart desk to starboard. Aft of the chart desk is a large single quarter berth, 6′ x 3’6″, with storage shelves and lockers.

Half-size chart desk, forward facing with a seat. Deep lockers outboard for stowage and bookshelves. Pull-out drawer below the chart desk. Garmin plotter mounted by the desk for easy use.

Half-height bulkheads and a step down divide off the main saloon with a centreline dropleaf varnished teak table. Port and starboard saloon settee berths plus a pilot berth to starboard under the deckhead. The backs of the berths pull up to create very wide and comfortable berths. Port side under the deckhead are four large lockers with shelves.

Forward end of the port berth is a Faversham cast iron stove.

Port side door going forward with a heads compartment to starboard. Opposite the heads is a hanging locker, dressing table, and more storage.

Centreline door going forward into the forecabin with twin V-berths which include an infill to create a double berth. Anchor locker forward under the berth and storage beneath.

Galley

The galley has been well thought out with a 2 burner Force 10 gas stove with oven and grill and a twin stainless steel sink with hot and cold water plus a manual seawater tap. Top access 12v fridge. Storage lockers behind and below with ample work surface space. Specially designed teak top acts as a chopping board and doubles as a draining board.

Heads

Blakes Lavac sea toilet which either discharges directly overboard or into a black waste tank.