1902 Classic Gaff Cruiser with Canoe Stern

• Wood carvel construction with canoe stern
• Paint finished in blue
• Fixed plate with lead bulb keel
• Marine ply decks, sheathed and painted in cream, laid over Kauri pine deck beams
• Teak superstructure coach roof with small fixed portlights
• Small Teak sliding hatch entrance
• Open aft cockpit with bench seating
• Forepeak used for stowage
• Wintered ashore annually

• Suzuki 2019, 2.5hp petrol outboard (single cylinder engine, approx 45 hours of use)
• Custom engine bracket off side deck
• Tiller steering with a spade rudder

• Gaff sloop rig
• Solid Douglas Fir Keel stepped mast, Boom and Gaff. All varnish finish
• Fixed Bowsprit
• Gaff main sail (Cream, new 2019, Jim Lawrence of Brightlingsea, 247 Sq Ft)
• Main sail laced on to mast and boom
• Furling Jib (Cream, Jim Lawrence of Brightlingsea, 129 Sq Ft)
• Topsail (Cream, Jim Lawrence of Brightlingsea, 40 Sq Ft)
• Ghoster (Cream, Jim Lawrence of Brightlingsea, 150 Sq Ft)
• Main is roller reefing with secondary reef points
• All lines lead to cockpit
• 2 x sheet winches

• 2 berths in 1 cabin
• Single open cabin
• Two full length 6ft 6ins settee berth bunks (Being re-upholstered)
• Galley with Orego 2 burner spirit stove
• Plates bowls and mugs for four, cutlery, pots and pans
• 4ft sitting headroom

• Plastimo 1.8 M inflatable tender with trolley
• Bespoke galvanised yard cradle
• Tailored winter cover with bespoke steel frame
• Echo sounder
• Original Compass
• Garmin Montana 700 handheld sat nav with a powered bracket
• Hand bearing compass
• Icom handheld VHF (old but recent batteries)
• Jackstays 2 of, port and starboard
• Lifejackets x 2, 2 years old, PLB ( on 1 life jacket )
• Emergency boarding ladder ( folding )
• Henderson bilge pump
• Fire extinguisher (not guaranteed in date)
• Spade anchor (2 Years old) with 20 M 6 mm chain ( 2 years old )
• Berthon oars (1902)
• Ensign and Staff
• Various fenders
• Various warps

A very attractive Classic dayboat with a Gaff Sloop and traditional rig, blocks and tackle. She has been well maintained and restored by her owner and is in good order throughout.

Built by joiner Herbert Kennard and his brother Albert, keen yacht racers, as a turn of the last century ‘build at home’ project using plans from J Pain Clark who had a reputation for designing speedy yachts. Incorporating canoe design to create a radical plate and bulb keel, light weight ‘canoe yacht’ she was frequently raced at club level and cruising the Thames and East Coast.

She has appeared in a number of press and magazine articles (yachting monthly, Classic Boat and others ) and retains a wonderful and full history file including a Log of her first cruise, A Builders half model, The Builder’s costs record, various drawings made by the builder. The long short history of her can be viewed below.

Wintered ashore annually she is now refitted and antifouled, ready to be launched to her swinging Summer mooring on the River Orwell.