What is there not like about this modern classic. A superb British built weekender & daysailer built in modern composite materials but in a classic style. The epoxy foam core construction with lifting centerboard and rudder make this boat relatively light & easy to handle for slipway launch and recovery of a trailer. The light weight carbon gaff rig can be stepped by one person.
What is there not like about this modern classic. A superb British built weekender & daysailer built in modern composite materials but in a classic style. The epoxy foam core construction with lifting centerboard and rudder make this boat relatively light & easy to handle for slipway launch and recovery of a trailer. The light weight carbon gaff rig can be stepped by one person. A huge cockpit and truly impressive sailing performance really demonstrate what modern small boat sailing should be all about. And to boot you can sleep on board over night!!
If you want classic looks, pride of ownership, safe easy handling, superb performance and a Swallows and Amazons experience, then you really need to look no further than this Kite built by Demon Yachts on the East Coast. We have superb boat reviews available on request.
Yacht Information
- Boat Name: KATIE
- Builder: Demon Yachts
- Designer: Andrew Wolstenholme
- Engine: Torqeedo 1003S electric motor
- Built to Cat C + Inland Waterways Boat Safety Scheme
- Location: Near Ipswich
Dimensions
- LOA: 23 ft 7 in / 7.2m
- LWL: 21 ft 0 in / 6.4m
- Beam: 6 ft 9 in / 2.05m
- Draft: 10 in / 254mm - 3 ft 10 in / 1/17m
- Dry Weight: 750kg
Engine
- Torqeedo 1003S
- 3hp electric outboard
Deck Equipment
- Barton deck gear + bespoke stainless steel tabernacle
- 3 x mooring cleats, 2 x fairleads forward
- Main, throat, peak and jib halyards lead back to cleats on the coachroof
- Sheets and furling lines lead back to cleats in the cockpit
- 7kg anchor with chain and warp
- 3 x mooring warps and 3 x fenders
- Spars & Rigging
- Lightweight white painted carbon fibre tubes with stainless steel fittings
- Stainless steel standing rigging
- Spruce varnished bowsprit with a bobstay
- Varnished ash gaff jaws
- Mast, gaff + boom are easy to raise and lower, easy to stow for trailing
- Cleats for overhaul and reefing lines positioned on the boom
- Hooks on gooseneck for easy reefing
- All running rigging in braid on braid polyester
Sails
- McNamara sails in cream Dacron
- 2 x reef points in the mainsail + three leach battens
- Furling jib
- 2 x custom sailbags
Foils
- NACA sectioned balanced lifting rudder
- Internally lead ballasted lifting centreboard
- Centreboard lifted via differential winch easily operated from the cockpit
- Coppercoat on centreboard as standard
- Rudder and centreboard constructed with epoxy resin and glassfibre multi axial cloth
- Centreboard incorporates an integral stainless steel wear strip around the tip
- Ash and mahogany tiller with tiller extension
- Plywood rudder stock with custom pintles and gudgeons
Domestic Inventory
- 2 x single berths with bunk cushions
- Satin white finish with teak trim
- 2 x opening front portlights
- Removable sink bowl and rack for plate and cutlery stowage under bridge deck
- Ample storage space
- Single burner gas cartridge type stove
- Dometic 972 portable toilet
- Bucket and brush
Additional Information
- Trailer suitable for slipway launching and recovery
Service & Construction
Hull and Deck:
Standard Flaxen colour gelcoat finish with vacuum infused vinyl ester resin, multi axial glass fibre with closed cell foam core. Marine grade BS1088 gaboon plywood used in the fit out. Very lightweight for towing, launching and recovery with excellent osmosis protection.
Deck:
Lightweight white painted carbon fibre tubes with stainless steel fittings. Spruce varnished bowsprit with a bob stay. Varnished ash gaff jaws.
Mahogany varnished combings around the cockpit offer protection and make a large, spacious cockpit. The four large cockpit lockers, including dedicated outboard stowage that complies with boat safety scheme regulations. The raised cockpit seats have the deck scuppers behind them to drain any water away from the seats. Removable cockpit sole boards with a large sump beneath for the bilge pump. Companionway sliding hatch and varnished ply washboards with teak trim. Draining forward well for anchor stowage, mooring cleat etc. Outboard well with hull infill, storage and lid suitable for up to a 6hp outboard. Teak hand rails on coachroof. Moulded in, easy to clean non-slip finish.
