Classic Falmouth Quay Punt Gaff Yawl for sale in Kent United Kingdom

Built in Falmouth by R.S. Burt and sons in 1925 as a Falmouth Quay Punt, she was however purchased immediately by a London based owner and fitted out as a yacht from the beginning.

She remained in the West Country until the late 1960’s when she moved to Cowes and then on to Suffolk.

In the previous ownership she had a major restoration in the early 1990’s with a complete new rig and many hull repairs carried out.

In recent years she has been used very little but has recently had a small refit including new keel bolts, new rudder pintles …

Length on Deck 25’5”

Length Overall 38’5”

Beam 8’6”

Draft 5’6”

Thames tonnage 6TM

Construction

• Carvel planked in pitch pine of approximately 1” thickness.
• Sawn oak frames fastened with bronze screws. Steamed intermediate timbers fastened with copper rivets.
• Galvanised strap floors across the centreline
• External iron ballast keel of approximately 2 tons. Internal lead trimming ballast.
• 6 keel bolts, 3 replaced in 2023 in mild steel coated in Stockholm Tar. 4^th bolt replaced in 2011.
• T&G pine deck overlaid with plywood and sheathed with glass cloth then finished with non slip deck paint.
• Small coachroof with varnished mahogany coamings and a sheathed coachroof deck.
• Varnished teak butterfly skylight in the coachroof.
• Self draining cockpit with tiller steering on a transom hung rudder. 2 of the rudder hangings replaced in 2023.
• Galvanised tiller with a cut out to go around the mizzen mast.
• New anodes and anode bolts in 2023.

Rig

• Gaff yawl rig on varnished spruce spars.
• Deck stepped main mast in a galvanised tabernacle with gaff rig.
• Galvanised wire standing rigging new in 1990, to external galvanised chain plates.
• Running backstays on tackles.
• Deck stepped Bermudan rigged mizzen mast with a bumpkin.
• Wyckham Martin roller furling system on the jib. Hanked on staysail.
• All blocks are varnished ash with 3 strand traditional running rigging.
• Mainsail, mizzen, staysail and jib from James Lawrence, 1990. All in good condition and used very little. Topsail, No.2 jib and large staysail are all older and in fair condition.

Machinery

• Beta Marine 16hp twin cylinder diesel engine fitted new in 2011. Less than 20 hours run time since new.
• Technodrive gearbox and stainless shaft to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller. Cruising speed of approximately 5 knots.
• Stern gland packing replaced in 2023.
• 15 gallon fibreglass fuel tank in port cockpit locker, new in 2020.
• 2 x 12 volt batteries charged from the engine alternator.
• Single manual bilge pump.
• Engine driven pump for deck wash and bilge pumping.

Accommodation

• 4 berths including 2 saloon pilot berths and a double in the forepeak.
• Headroom of 5’11” in the saloon.
• Steps down from the companion hatch with the galley to port and chart desk to starboard.
• Galley has a Taylors 030 2 burner stove with twin stainless sinks and manually pumped fresh water. Good storage space under the deckhead.
• Chart desk faces aft with a small comfortable seat.
• Half height bulkheads into the saloon with vertical hand rail to port.
• Small settee either side with a fold out centreline saloon table.
• Each side is a pilot berth that pulls out above the settees with trotter boxes at the forward ends.
• Forward bulkhead of varnished T&G teak with paraffin cabin lamps.
• Starboard offset passageway moving forward with hanging locker to starboard and heads compartment to port.
• Heads has a manual Jabsco sea toilet which discharges directly overboard. Hand basin pulls out above the heads with manually pumped fresh water.
• Forecabin has 2 large single berths with an infill to create a good sized double.

Equipment

• Sestrel Moore steering compass
• NASA sounder
• Walker trailing log
• Husun compact VHF radio
• Ebco sextant
• Sestrel hand bearing compass
• Clock and barometer

• 4 x lifejackets
• 4 x fire extinguishers all in date
• Jackstays

• 35lb CQR anchor with 200’ chain
• 30lb Danforth anchor with 50’ chain and 200’ of warp
• 40lb fishermans anchor with 300’ of 2” warp
• Manual anchor windlass

• Pair of beaching legs
• Cockpit cover
• Fenders
• Mooring warps

• Bunk and berth cushions
• Taylors 030 stove with tank
• Jabsco manual sea toilet
• Pair of paraffin cabin lamps

• Mainsail, Mizzen , staysail and jib from James Lawrence, 1990. Good condition
• Main topsail and No.2 jib older.
• Mainsail and mizzen sail covers