Wooden Ships Comments on this Laurent Giles Wanderer Sloop
Laurent Giles Wanderer Class built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Hong Kong, in 1965.
Cheoy Lee built many Laurent Giles designs, including the smaller yet very similar Vertue. They benefitted from access to tropical hardwoods so were all planked in teak as this boat is. Like many other boats, she was shipped back to the UK where the fit out was completed and has spent her life in UK waters.
The Wanderer, made famous by the Hiscocks and their voyaging exploits, is essentially a blown up Vertue that employs many of the same design features and proved to have similarly excellent sailing qualities to the smaller cousin. Although only 4’ longer on the deck than the Vertue, the Wanderer is an exponentially bigger boat all round with significantly more internal volume and headroom.
This boat has been upgraded with a recent new coachroof deck and a rebuilt mast. Although her interior would benefit from a cosmetic refit, she is very much in commission and being used regularly with cruises planned this summer.
Sensibly priced for an attractive pedigree cruising yacht.
Length on deck 29’8”
Length Waterline 24’6”
Beam 9’4”
Draft 5’
Thames Tonnage 8TM
Construction
- Planked in 7/8” teak all copper fastened to steam bent Ipol frames at 6.5”
- External lead ballast keel fastened with stainless steel keel bolts of unknown age.
- Galvanised steel strap floors. Some have been removed and re-galvanised.
- Solid yacht laid teak deck fitted new in 2006. Bronze screw fastened, caulked and payed.
- Many bronze deck fittings with a stainless steel stem head fitting.
- Varnished teak coachroof coamings with bronze portlights. Epoxy sheathed marine plywood coachroof deck, fitted new in 2010.
- Self draining cockpit with scrubbed teak cockpit sole gratings and laid teak thwarts. Sprayhood fitted over the cockpit with an integrated cockpit tent.
- Transom hung rudder.
Rig
- Masthead bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped wooden mast.
- The bottom end of the mast was rebuilt in 2023. Mast is painted white for ease of maintenance.
- Varnished roller reefing boom with bronze roller reefing gear.
- Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates. Forestay and cap shrouds new 2018. Other rigging new in 2006.
- Pair of original Lewmar bottom action non-self tailing cockpit sheet winches. Pair of Lewmar mast winches.
- Full sail wardrobe including new mainsail in 2021. Full list below in inventory.
Machinery
- Volvo Penta MD2030C 30hp 3cyl diesel installed new in 1999.
- Recently serviced.
- Centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives cruising speed of 5 knots at less than 0.5 litres/hour.
- 2 x steel fuel tanks with total capacity of 55 litres.
- 2 x 22 gallon galvanised water tanks under the saloon settee berths.
- 2 x 12 volt 70ah batteries charged by the engine alternator. Batteries new 2024.
Accommodation
- 4 single berths with 6’ headroom in the saloon
- The interior is totally original with many attractive features. Would benefit from a cosmetic overhaul. All teak joinery.
- Companion steps into the cabin slightly offset to starboard. Galley to port and chart desk to starboard.
- Chart desk faces outboard with lockers and drawers below.
- The galley has a Taylors 030 paraffin stove. Single stainless sink with pressurised cold water. Ample storage space in and around the galley.
- Half height bulkheads with teak trim separate off the main saloon.
- Scrubbed teak sole boards throughout.
- Saloon has a settee berth either side with lots if storage space behind under the deckhead. Saloon table sits on an alloy swinging arm so it can be tucked away over the berth to allow easy thoroughfare. The table can be taken out and used in the cockpit as well. The boat comes with her original teak dropleaf saloon table but the owner prefers to sail with the current smaller one.
- Forward to port is a diesel fired Refleks cabin heater with a hot plate top.
- Starboard side passage going forward with a hanging locker to port and heads to starboard.
- Heads has a Baby Blake sea toilet which discharges directly overboard
- The forepeak has 2 single V-berths with forehatch over.
Equipment
- Sestrel Moore steering compass
- Trailing log
- Handheld VHF (2024)
- Raymarine tiller Pilot 200 operating rudder trim tab
- Haslar wind vane steering
- Furuno GP32 GPS
- Lead line
- Whale Gusher 10 Mk3 manual bilge pump
- Jack stays
- Horse shoe lifebuoy
- 35lbs CQR anchor
- 26m x 8mm chain + 50m x 14mm warp
- Bruce 7.5kg kedge anchor
- Simpson Lawrence windlass (needs installing on the deck)
- Various fenders
- Mooring warps
- Mainsail One Sails 241sqft 2021 Excellent condition
- Genoa McKillop Sails Fair condition
- No.1 (high) McKillop Sails Good condition
- No.1 (low) McKillop Sails Good condition
- No.3 jib Good condition
- Storm jib McKillop Sails Fair condition
- Tri sail McKillop Sails Fair condition
- Spinnaker Good condition
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- Pair Lewmar bottom action cockpit sheet winches
- Pair of Lewmar mast winches
- Mainsail cover
- Boom crutch
- Alloy spinnaker pole x 2
- Sprayhood with stainless frame
- Cockpit tent connects to sprayhood
- Ensign and staff
- Walker Bay dinghy with removable inflatable tubes and sailing rig
- Honda 2hp outboard engine
- Bunk and berth cushions
- Taylors 030 paraffin stove
- Baby Blake sea toilet
- Refleks diesel cabin heater
