Wooden Ships Comments on this Cheoy Lee Laurent Giles Vertue Laurent Giles Vertue built by the Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong in 1963. Vertue No.121. Cheoy Lee built 15 Vertues, all planked in teak with hardwood frames and centreline structure and are sought after examples of this beloved design.Wooden Ships Comments on this Cheoy Lee Laurent Giles Vertue Laurent Giles Vertue built by the Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong in 1963. Vertue No.121. Cheoy Lee built 15 Vertues, all planked in teak with hardwood frames and centreline structure and are sought after examples of this beloved design. Vertues gained a name for being exceptionally seaworthy yachts capable of blue water sailing, most notably Vertue XXXV sailed by Sir Humphrey Barton, but there were numerous lesser known boats that undertook incredible voyages. One such example was Speedwell of Hong Kong, a Vertue built by Cheoy Lee and sailed back to England before further voyages to the Caribbean and South Africa. This boat is the long doghouse model with 2 windows in the dog house, increasing the internal space over the earlier designs. She has been well maintained in recent years with history of keel bolts being checked, engine overhauled, new running rigging and a new mainsail in 2019. In need of some cosmetic improvement but otherwise a lovely example with lots of original chromed bronze deck fittings. Length on Deck 25’3” Length Waterline 21’6” Beam 7’5” Draft 4’9” Sail area 385sqft Thames Tonnage 5TM Construction Planked in teak, all copper rivet fastened to steam bent ipol timbers. Yacal keel, stem, stern posts and deadwood. Some of the floors across the centreline are sawn timber, probably yacal, interspersed with galvanised steel floors which was a common construction method employed by Cheoy Lee. External iron ballast keel of approximately 2 tons fastened with galvanised bolts. 3 keel bolts removed in 2019 and found to be sound. Marine plywood deck on kapore deck beams, sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth and finished in non-slip deck paint. High varnished teak toe rail all round. Chromed bronze stanchions with stainless pushpit and pulpit. Stainless stemhead fitting with twin rollers. All bronze deck fittings. Self draining cockpit with teak gratings. Laid teak thwarts with a painted bridge deck. Tiller steering with transom hung rudder. Varnshed teak coachroof coamings with sheathed plywood coachroof deck. Rig Bermudan ‘slutter’ rig on a deck stepped hollow sitka spruce mast. Mast sits on a bronze show on the coachroof supported below by oversize coachroof deck beams and 2 plywood bulkheads which transfer the loads onto the keel. Roller reefing varnished wooden boom sheeted to a chromed bronze horse on the aft deck. Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates. Rigging new in 2003. 2 pairs of spreaders with twin lower shrouds, intermediate shroud and a cap shroud. Standing backstay to a bumpkin. Forestay to the stemhead and removable inner forestay. In 2019 both sets of spreaders were replaced, the mast stripped and re-varnished and the standing rigging checked. Mast wiring and VHF antenna replaced in 2019. Running rigging new in 2019. Mainsail new in 2019 from Saunders Sails. Genoa on Wyckham Martin roller furling gear. Other sails all listed in inventory below. Pair of bottom action non-self tailing cockpit sheet winches. Pair of Tuffnell mast winches. Machinery Yanmar 1GM10 single cylinder diesel rebuilt in 2020. New piston, valves, water pump and starter motor. Stainless shaft to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller, new in 2018. Deep Sea Seal type stern gland ,new in 2017. 23 litre fuel tank with CAV filter and water separator. 2 x 12 volt 90ah batteries, new in 2018. Charged from engine alternator. Solar panel on deck. Accommodation 4 berths with 2 saloon settee berths and 2 singles in the fore cabin. Steps down over the engine box with galley to port and chart desk to starboard. Galley has a gimballed Taylors 2 burner stove and a stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water with a bronze hand pump. Storage space around the galley. Chart desk faces outboard with a lifting lid. Half height bulkheads to the main saloon with a centreline dropleaf table. Settee berth either side with trotter boxes. Taylors bulkhead mounted paraffin cabin heater. Scrubbed teak sole boards. Centreline passageway going forward with heads to starboard and locker space to port. Baby Blake sea toilet discharges directly overboard. Forecabin with 2 single berths. Anchor locker below. Full specification and details available upon request Disclaimer: These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. 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