Falmouth Boat Construction Warrington Smythe - Priced to sell!

A goegeous little sloop that is a proper yacht. The current owner is only selling as he has bought a Swan 37 for longer distance sailing. He has spent much time and effort on her with a new engine recently and although she has wintered ashore, the paintwork is still good and with a minimum amount of fuss will be ready for the new season. Due to the arrival of the new yacht she now must be sold.

Designer: Rodney Warrington Smythe

Builder: Falmouth Boat Construction, Flushing, Cornwall
Year: 1965
Location Hamble
Length on deck: 24' 21/2"
Beam: 7'9
Draft: 4'9
Tonnage(TM): 5
Priced no reduced form £13,500 to 9,750 - try offers.
Full Specification

Designed by Rodney Warrington-Smythe and built by his Falmouth Boat Construction Co, Flushing, Falmouth Cornwall in 1965. Warrington-Smythe designed many yachts, the best known probably his Falmouth Pilot 5tonners and 9 tonners.

The yacht was designed for a client who cancelled the order prior to build. The yacht was then built for Dick Watson a director of Falmouth Boat Construction Co. and subsequently passed to his daughter.

She was designed as a slightly smaller version of Jedanor, a successful 30’ racer and the present owner has proved her to be a fast little yacht.

She will happily reach 6knts to windward and has logged 6.5knts in 12knts of wind.
The first reef goes in at 21knts, the second reef at 25knts.

She gives a very comfortable motion even in a sea, stands up well to her canvas and is a very well-behaved yacht. The cock-pit is a good size and the cabin can accommodate 2 in comfort.

The yacht comes with copies of her original drawings and all bills back to 1998 to document her history.
Since purchase by present owner 3 years ago, considerable money and effort has been spent on updating the yacht. The fore peak has been rebuilt with a new sea toilet, the yacht has been rewired, the hull was stripped to bare wood and repainted with 2 undercoat and 2 topcoat and repainted topcoat in 2010.
She is presented in very clean and sparkling condition, ready to sail in all respects

Planked in pitch-pine on an oak and elm back-bone. All copper fastened.
Afromosia transom
Steam oak timbers 1 3/8” x 1” @ 8” centres.
Oak floors.
2000lb cast iron ballast keel. Some internal iron ballast.

Yacht-laid teak deck to a king plank over a ply sub deck. Re-plugged 2013.
Deep toe rail, varnished inside with varnished teak capping.
Inset bronze fair leads at the bow with galvanised single chain roller stemhead fitting.
Galvanised nacelle pipe on the fore deck takes the anchor chain to below.
Teak bar mooring cleat in the centre of the fore deck. Chromed fore deck vent
Aft deck with twin teak bar mooring cleats and chromed deck vent.

Varnished teak cock-pit coamings.
White painted cabin coamings with a bronze port hole each side, stepped up to a dog-house aft with rectangular window each side. The coach-roof and dog-house are trimmed in varnished teak edging.
Varnished teak grab rails on the dog-house each side.
Varnished teak sliding hatch and twin doors to the cabin entrance.

Self draining cock-pit with teak laid bridge deck. Teak flooring (2013). Seat/lockers with twin scrubbed teak locker lids each side.
Varnished low-level locker door to under the aft deck.
Varnished ash tiller.

Masthead Bermudian sloop rig on aluminium mast, stepped on the coach-roof. Single spreaders.
Varnished slab reefing boom.
Stainless steel rigging to external galvanised steel chain plates. Twin lowers and cap shrouds. Twin standing back-stays to the quarters.
Fore stay on Harken 3 roller furling.

Sails. 300sq’
Mainsail 2004 of which the yacht has been laid up for 2 seasons. Hong Kong sailmaker, valeted 2010.
Genoa, new 2014, on Harken 3 roller furling gear.
2 Spinnakers
Varnished spi pole with bronze fittings.

Winches.
Pair of Lewmar bronze ST30 self tailing sheet winches, new 2008 on the cock-pit coamings.
Pair of tufnol top action mast halyard winches.

Mermaid MP–321 21hp 3 cylinder diesel engine mounted on the centre-line to centre-line 3-blade bronze prop. New 2013, still under warranty.
Single lever controls.
Sound–proofed engine bay. Good access.
5.5knts cruising speed. 7.5knts max.
25 litre plastic Vetus tank in the stbd cock-pit locker gives 75miles range.
1 x 12v battery. The yacht was largely rewired in 2009, all new wiring in conduit.

4 berths.
Fore peak with port and stbd berths, rebuilt around new Lavac sea toilet. Fore hatch above on the fwd end of the coach-roof.
Cabin with port and stbd settee berths giving excellent sitting head-room and standing head-room under the dog-house. New fitted cushions 2013. The relatively wide coach-roof gives a feeling of space in the cabin which belies the size of the yacht.
Neptune 2500 2 burner and grill gas cooker.
Gas bottle in aft locker.
Varnished 2 drop-leaf table – to be fitted.
New internal floorboards 2013.

100 litres water. New flexi liner in bilge tank, 2010.
Hand pump to galley.

Compass
Raymarine ST50 tri-data wind instruments. Raymarine bronze transducer
Standard VHF with new aeriel.
Masthead tri-colour, anchor/steaming, + low level pulpit nav lights.
Bimini awning over the boom.
Gimballed oil lamps in the cabin, new 12v cabin lights forward. New curtains.
Barometer and Clock in cabin.
Anchor and chain.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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