Price;- £40,000
Seller;- Joe Murtagh
07974 429227
joemurtagh@hotmail.co.uk

The Dartmouth Canvas Factory
5 Foss Street,
Dartmouth,
Devon. TQ6 9DW

Built 1989
Martin Heard
Gaffers and Luggers.
Tregatreath Boatyard,
Mylor,
England.

Traditional full displacement, fibreglass hulled, lond keeled, gaff rigged sailing boat, with lifting bowsprit. Accommodation for four persons.

Hull and Deck;-
Fibreglass hull with iroko swept deck over ply. Rubbing strakes, capping rail and boom crutch in varnished Iroko.

Engine;-
Beta BV 1305 35hp, 4 cylinder diesel engine. Output 35BHP @ 3600rpm.
Gearbox PRM 80 2.5 / 1 reduction
1.25ins drive shaft with four hole clamp coupling driving a 3 BRH 17 x 10 propellor.
100 amp alternator with polyvee drive
Freshwater cooling.
All installed new in 2006
Engine hours as at 10th July 2010 ;- 950 hrs.
1000 hrs engine service will be completed prior to sale.
Various engine spares;- filters, belts, anodes, seals etc

Deluxe control panel with following instrumentation;-
Rev counter
hours meter
oil pressure gauge
water temperature gauge
Voltmeter
ignition pre heat and warning lights

Calorifier;-
Stainless steel Sigmar marine water heater 25 litre capacity plumbed to engine. 240 volt ac electric heating element installed to heater also. All installed new in 2006.

Instrumentation;-
Cockpit flush mounted Garmin 128 GPS
Cockpit flush mounted Raymarine ST 40 log
Cockpit flush mounted Raymarinee ST 40 depth sounder
Plastimo compass with backlight.

Fuel tanks;-
Two of Series C 42 litre fuel tanks gravity feed to engine. Tanks fitted to port and starboard with separate deck fittings, water separator filters, coarse strainers and fine filters to switchable independent supply lines to engine. All installed new in 2006
Instrumentation;-
Cockpit flush mounted Garmin 128 GPS
Cockpit flush mounted Raymarine ST 40 log
Cockpit flush mounted Raymarinee ST 40 depth sounder
Plastimo compass with backlight

Navigation station;-
Clipper Navtex. Icom DSC VHF IC M505 radio, internal speaker and switchable external cockpit speaker. VHF live wired to GPS unit with VHF digital screen showing GPS coordinates at nav station. Lights panel with illuminated boat schematics. Hygro thermomenter digital clock with inside and outside temperature readings. Seaworld bilge pump switch and alarm. Alpine C DE 9841R CD stereo radio with switchable interior and cockpit stereo speakers. 12 volt charging socket. 12 volt flexible stalk LED red/white desk light. Navigation table is Admiralty small chart folio size with hinged lid and chart stowage under.

Lighting;-
12 volt LED lighting to main cabin, forward cabin, engine bay and cool box.
12 volt LED red white stalk lighting to nav station and galley
3 of gimballed brass weighted oil lamps with heat reflectors to main cabin.
Mains lighting circuit to boat with MCB panel.
240 volt ac halogen downlighters 6 in main cabin and 3 in forward cabin
13 amp ring main fitted to boat with MCB panel and 3 double sockets in satin black finish.
All fitted in 2006

Galley;-
Oak worktop to galley with inset s/s sink and s/s cooker. Drop in cool box.
Storage under cooker, cutlery draws and cupboard under sink. Chrome mixer tap to sink.
Screw down roof ventilator over cooker position.

Cooker;-
Stainless steel Two burner with gimbals and pan clamps. Grill and oven.
Fuel is calor gas.
Cooker new in 2006

Water supply;-
12 volt pumped cold water supply from s/s 120 litre underfloor water tank
hot water supply from 25 litre insulated s/s calorifier from engine or mains electric heater.

Natural lighting;-
Main cabin, Simpson Lawrence bronze portholes,. four, 2 to port, 2 to starboard.
Bronze opening hatch to main cabin roof.
Glazed sliding hatch over companionway.
Bronze opening hatch to forward cabin roof.

Heating;-
'Little' Sardine' cast iron wood burning stove installed in main cabin forward on the starboard side. 3ins s/s flue exiting through cabin roof via bronze , water cooled deck fitting.
Stove mounted in s/s heat reflecting surround with 1ins masterboard insulation under.
All installed new in 2006.

Layout;-
From companionway, four steps down into main cabin. L shaped galley to port with oak worktop , tiled splashback and surround.
Zip up fabric door to wet locker to starboard with two inset shelves above.
Nav station to starboard with aft facing nav table. Setteee to starboard with end forming seat to nav station.
Forward end of settee has half bulkhead and timber grab post to fireplace forward
From galley to port half bulkhead separating the dining area. Settee for four with drop down table to form double berth. Table raises to ceiling height to stow if required.
Stowage under all settees and also behind settee backs.
To port and starboard outboard of the seating are further stowage shelves.
Through dividing bulkhead into forward cabin.

Forward Cabin;-
Jabsco marine toilet to port new in 2010.
Wardrobe and clothes stowage to starboard.
V berth in forward cabin with infil to form double berth with shelving under.
Choice of 4 ins foam mattress or 8 ins pocket sprung mattress customised to fit.
Chain locker under berth. Hawse pipe and Sampson post forward of berth and sail stowage forward.

Cockpit;-
Iroko grating to cockpit floor, lift up floor panels to access engine bay.
Lockers under seats forward, port and starboard and also under bench seats aft.
Stern locker and a further two side lockers.
Gas bottle stowage in lazarette vented overboard.
Instruments to starboard in cockpit, engine panel and fuel gauges to port in cockpit.
Morse single lever engine controls floor mounted to port side of cockpit seating.
Calorifier accessed under cockpit floor.
Lewmar self tailing winches mounted outboard of cockpit coaming, two to each side.
Working jib sheet winches new in 2007
Hardwood tiller demountable from transom hung rudder.
Steel emergency tiller.
Collapsible sprayhood in Admiral Navy acrylic canvas, new in 2009
s/s mounts and bars for cockpit tent.
Cockpit cover new in 2010 to match sprayhood.
Boom crutch mounted aft of cockpit. GPS and Navtex aerial mounted to rear of boom crutch.
Water filler and mixer shower in cockpit locker.
Folding boarding ladder fixed to transom on starboard side.

Sails and sail plan;-
Vessel is gaffed rigged with, keel stepped, single wooden mast.
Mainsail is cream coloured , loose footed to boom.
Slab reefing with three reefs with reefing lines lead to boom mounted winch.
Cream coloured staysail mounted on gammon sprit forward of the stemhead.
Piston hanked to forstay.
Working jib in blue and cream coloured stripes mounted to Wykeham- Martin furler on traveller to bowsprit. Working jib new in 2009
Topsail is also blue and cream stripes set on aluminum spar stored in full length zipped bag to starboard side of boom. Topsail new in June 2010.
All spars and mast in Columbian pine. Gaff new in 2009. All spars varnished.
Sail covers to main and staysail in Admiral navy acrylic canvas, new in 2010
Bowsprit can be hoisted to upright position to reduce overall length from 43 ft to 28ft.

Rigging;-
Stainless steel rigging bottlescrews and chainplates. Laminated timber spreaders with cap shrouds. Forward lowers and aft lowers and forstay, new in 2006
Running backstays to masthead with 4:1 lewmar blocks and jammers, new in 2007.
Bobstay and whiskers to bowsprit tensioned with 4:1 lewmar blocks, new in 2007.
All running rigging to belaying pins at mast foot.

Ground Tackle;-
Simpson Lawrence manual windlass with 60metres of 10mm calibrated galvanised chain.
35 lbs Simpson Lawrence CQR in deck chocks.
25 lbs fisherman anchor and 25lbs Danforth anchor and a further 30metres of 10mm calibrated chain stored aft in cockpit locker.
56 lbs Chum weight and shackle fitments also carried.

Navigation Lights;-
Stern light, Masthead all round white light and masthead tricolour.
Shroud mounted light boxes with additional port and starboard lights.
All 12 volt DC.

Additional Equipment;-
Firdell Blipper masthead mounted radar reflector
Masthead VHF aerial.
Plastimo Cruiser ORC 6 person liferaft Type 27984 mounted in hard case in cradle on cabin roof. In Date- Next service;- 2012
12 volt DC Rule 3700 bilge pump complete with Rule Auto heavy duty float switch. All sump mounted.
Whale Gusher hand operated bilge pump, strum box mounted in sump.
Engine water inlet strainer mounted in main cabin for easy accessibility.
Beaching legs with s/s securing bolts and ladder pegs to leg.
Vessel antifouled in May 2010 with two coats of Cruiser Uno in red.

Dinghy;-
3.10 metre Zodiac Cadet fastroller CFR310 Acti-V in storage bag.
Inflatable floor and keel with solid transom. No engine available but will take up to 8hp
purchased new in 2006.

Reason for Sale;-
Having owned 'Claire Louise' for 5 years , travelled and lived aboard her for that time we are now selling her as business commitments require us to live ashore.
The vessel is currently moored in the River Dart in Devon, UK. on a fore and aft, all tide, trot mooring. This mooring is available, with the boat, if required until 31st March 2011.
All Harbour dues and mooring fees are paid in full up to that date.

Further Information;-
We have only found time to race 'Claire Louise' on three occasions. all with excellent results as follows;-
Placed 4th in Gaffers class in the Swale Barge match in 2007.
'Claire Louise' won 1st in Class at the Devon Gaffers in 2008 and then followed this with 1st in Class, 1st overall and also 1st fibreglass Gaffer over the line in 2009.
Unfortunately we have been unable to compete in 2010, again due to business commitments.

In our ownership we have sailed the Irish sea, the North sea and extensively in the Channel. With the mast stowed on deck we have travelled throughout Europe in the Inland canal network visiting France, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium.
Throughout our ownership she has proved to be an extremely capable and seaworthy vessel with a delightful steady motion at sea, also proving deceptively quick on passage. A joy to own and a pleasure to sail!