2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer

£10,995
Norfolk Broads
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2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
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2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer
2011 Secret 20 Gaff Cutter & Trailer

General Specification

LOA :
8.23m  (27ft 0in)
LOD :
6.09m  (20ft 0in)
Beam :
2.13m  (7ft 0in)
Draft min:
0.69m (2ft 3in)
Displacement :
650kg
Keel :
Long

Construction

  • Wood epoxy construction
  • Marine ply overlaid with glass mat and 2 pack hard epoxy resin
  • Lead ballast through-bolted to hog and encapsulated in long keel with cut-away forefoot
  • Additional lead ingots in forward bilge space to provide correct trim
  • Ballast chambers under cockpit sole
  • Counter stern
  • Large cockpit with ample storage lockers and teak and maple laminated marine ply sole
  • Reinforced decks
  • Brass portlights
  • Many stainless deck fittings
  • Not antifouled July 2019
  • Shed stored when not in commission
  • Approximate combined towing weight of boat and trailer : 1,700kg
  • Approximate overall dimensions of boat and trailer : 7m (l) x 2.4m (w) x 2.25m (h)

Mechanical & Electrical

  • 2.5hp Suzuki four stroke outboard motor (2016, less than 20 hours from new) mounted in cockpit well
  • Portable fuel tank
  • No 12V system currently installed
  • Tiller steering (tiller pivots to provide additional cockpit space when not in use)

Rigging & Sails

  • Gaff Cutter rig
  • Wooden mast/spars
  • Mast stepped in stainless steel tabernacle over reinforced deck
  • 7ft removable bowsprit
  • Standing and running rigging all new 2016
  • Deck fitting at bow for third headsail
  • Mainsail (2016)
  • Jib (2016)
  • Stay sail (2016)
  • Gennaker (2016)
  • Sail area : 260 sqft (24.06 sqm) plus gennaker

Accommodation

  • 2 berths in 1 cabin
  • When not under way, mast compression post can be removed to create double berth
  • Berth cushions
  • Portable gas canister fuelled camping-style stove
  • Porta Potti 335 chemical toilet
  • Folding cockpit table
  • 4 x cockpit cushions
  • Built in lockers and shelving units providing ample stowage
  • Teak and maple laminated marine ply cabin sole

Equipment

  • Braked single axle road trailer (2016, cost approximately £1,700 when new)
  • Awning/cruising cover (2017, hardly used!)
  • Mast/boom crutch
  • Various fenders
  • Various warps
  • Ensign on staff
  • Pennant with name
  • File of build receipts

Remarks:

Designed as a elegant racing gaff cutter, and described as being half way between an Essex Smack and a Sydney Harbour 18 footer, the Secret 20 offers fast cruising in a trailerable –
and, indeed, garage-able! – size. Providing a potential 2+2 berths, she has a small cabin with basic accommodation for two, with a further two berths possible in the cockpit with the addition of extra berth cushions (not included in sale).

This Secret 20 has been built and finished to a high standard by the current owner and benefits from a number of worthwhile upgrades and improvements over the original design. She was built in Spain and remained there in storage for a number of years prior to being towed to England and launched for the first time on the south coast at Chichester in late 2016. She spent a very short season sailing on the Norfolk Broads (her owner’s home cruising ground) in 2017, and a further three weeks in July 2018, and she is now offered for sale due to a change of plans. With the price of a Secret 20 self build kit starting at just under £13,000, an estimated build time of some 1,500 hours, the additional cost of trailer, outboard, etc., and minimal ongoing maintenance thanks to the modern construction methods employed during her construction, “Ranworth Rose” represents great value for money for anyone looking for a small, traditionally styled, gaff cutter, Ideally suited to estuary cruising, and presented in as-new condition (having barely been used!) with a high quality finish throughout, she will surely turn heads where ever she goes!

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