Wooden Ships Comments on this Tela Class Gaff Sloop Tela class gaff sloop, built by Salterns Boatbuilders Ltd in 2009 for the current owners. The Tela is a half decked open day boat built with a GRP hull and teak trim. These pretty boats have a shallow draft with a centreplate making them excellent river and estuary boats, but with a reasonable weight, 50% ballast ratio and protective decks they are capable of coastal passages as well.Wooden Ships Comments on this Tela Class Gaff Sloop Tela class gaff sloop, built by Salterns Boatbuilders Ltd in 2009 for the current owners. The Tela is a half decked open day boat built with a GRP hull and teak trim. These pretty boats have a shallow draft with a centreplate making them excellent river and estuary boats, but with a reasonable weight, 50% ballast ratio and protective decks they are capable of coastal passages as well. The gaff sloop rig is very light and easy to handle so she can be sailed by one person if needed, but has space for 4 adults with ease. She is easily launched and recovered on her road trailer and can be towed behind an average family car. All this makes for an excellent family boat providing easy yet fun sailing without too much hassle. She is generally fairly low maintenance. The boat has recently been launched and is afloat and ready for the season. Length on Deck 16’6” Length Overall 18’9” Beam 5’6” Draft 14”/4’ plate down Weight Approx. 500kg Construction Hull and deck laid in 12oz GRP. Reinforcing web of stringers running fore and aft. 200kg of internal lead ballast moulded into the bilge. Epoxy coating below the waterline for protection. Moulded GRP centreboard casing. Galvanised centreplate. Built in fore and aft buoyancy tanks with inspection hatches. Scrubbed teak rubbing strakes and cockpit coamings. Slatted thwarts in scrubbed teak. Spruce sole boards in the cockpit Transom hung rudder. Rig Gaff sloop rig on a deck stepped varnished spruce mast. Varnished spruce boom, gaff yard and bowsprit. All spars made by Collars Stainless steel standing rigging Mainsail and jib in cream terylene made by Richardson Sails. 150sqft of sail area. Wyckham Martin bronze furling gear on the jib at the end of the bowsprit. Machinery 2.3hp long shaft air cooled Honda outboard engine with integral fuel tank. Equipment Sovereign galvanised road trailer with winch Cockpit cover over the boom in blue acrylic canvas Honda 2.3hp outboard engine Whale manual bilge pump 5kg Bruce anchor with stainless chain and warp 3 x fenders Mooring warps Mainsail and Jib Wickham Martin jib furling system Mast, boom, gaff and bowsprit Rudder, tiller and centreplate 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. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
