Fred Shepherd Bermudan Cutter for sale in Wales United Kingdom

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Fred Shepherd design, built by the Hanson Yard, Isle of Wight, in 1903.

Originally rigged as a gaff yawl, she is now a bermudan cutter.

A major rebuild was undertaken by the current owner in conjunction with professional boat builders at D.S. Wooden Boats. Well known surveyor Iain Nicholson was engaged for technical advice and design work throughout the rebuild.

The work was finished around 2004 and she has been lightly sailed around West Wales since then. Currently ashore, she was last afloat in autumn 2023.

The hull was rebuilt to a good standard but there is room to continue the refit work. She could not currently be considered ready for sea given the lack of safety systems and equipment.

This is a very elegant yacht in structurally excellent condition, ready for the next owner to put their mark on the boat.

Dimensions

Length on Deck: 46’6”

Length Overall: 58’6”

Length Waterline: 35’

Beam: 10’6”

Draft: 6’

Construction Hull

Carvel planked in 1.25” teak on oak and laminated iroko frames.

Original sawn oak frames reinforced with galvanised steel side plates through bolted. Fastened with iron nails.

Intermediate steamed timbers replaced with laminated iroko and fastened with copper rivets.

Original wrought iron strap floors removed, galvanised and finished with epoxy tar. Refitted with new galvanised bolts. A few floors were replaced in fabricated steel and galvanised.

External lead ballast keel of 5.5 tons, fastened with stainless steel bolts, all new in 2003.

The elm back bone was reinforced with a long baulk of iroko to replaced worm damaged timber. New greenheart deadwoods fitted.

Stem replaced in laminated iroko. Stern post replaced with afromosia and the counter rebuilt to original plans with new horn timbers and stern chock, reinstating her true designed shape.

Newly designed rudder built and fitted.

Decks and Cockpit

Complete new deck structure fitted apart from the original teak main sailing beam.

Original pitch pine beam shelf, repaired in places and reinforced in way of the mast. Laminated iroko deck beams.

15mm plywood subdeck epoxy glued and screwed to the deck beams. Overlaid with 20mm swept iroko deck planking, glued and screwed to the plywood. Seams payed with Sikaflex.

Iroko covering boards, toe rails and capping rails all new.

Self draining cockpit to original design with iroko coamings curved in at the forward end to meet the narrow coachroof.

Bronze fairleads and deck fittings.

Superstructure

Low coachroof with iroko coamings and laminated curved iroko forward end.

Coachroof deck in laid iroko on a plywood subdeck with a matching pair of butterfly skylights. Dorade boxes and bronze dorade vents.

Circular forehatch to original design.

Rig

Bermudan cutter rig on a varnished pine mast.

Twin spreaders with galvanised mast fittings.

Galvanised wire standing rigging, parcelled and served. Galvanised rigging screws to internal galvanised chain plates.

Running backstays on 3:1 tackles.

Roller reefing boom to a galvanised sheet horse on the aft deck.

Sails

Mainsail in need of some repairs.

Staysail, jib and flying jib in reasonable condition.

Storm trysail and storm jib in unused condition.

Winches

2 pairs of original bronze non-self tailing cockpit sheet winches.

Machinery Engine

Sabb single cylinder 10hp diesel with a centreline variable pitch 2 blade propeller.

Engine rebuilt in 1998.

Tanks

Plastic Tek Tank fuel tank under the cockpit sole.

330 litres of fresh water in 4 x Seaflex flexible tanks under the cabin sole.

Batteries and Electrics

3 x 12 volt batteries.

Engine driven 240 volt 3kva generator.

Shore power system with 240 volt battery charger.

Systems

1 x manual and 1 x auto electric bilge pump.

Engine driven salvage pump/deck wash with manual clutch.

Dickinson Lofoten diesel fired cabin heater also provides domestic hot water.

Accommodation Berths and Headroom

6 berths including 1 double in the bows, 2 saloon settee berths and 2 quarter berths.

6’8” headroom in the saloon. 6’ headroom forward.

General Description

Companion steps down from the cockpit over the engine box with a large single quarter berth either side.

Galley to port and chart desk to starboard.

Chart desk is forward facing with a seat, storage drawers below and switch panel outboard.

Half bulkheads separate off the main saloon. Dickinson Lofoten diesel fired cabin heater to starboard.

Single settee berth either side with a port offset saloon table.

Forward bulkhead in varnished mahogany with a starboard side door into the forepeak and heads compartment to port.

Forecabin has a double berth with anchor locker beneath and forehatch above.

Galley

L-shaped heads with a Taylors 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Twin stainless steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water. Teak work tops and galley joinery. Built in insulated compartment for a fridge/freezer.

Heads

Simpson Lawrence manual sea toilet discharges directly overboard. Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.

Equipment

• Plastimo steering compass
• ICOM IC-M323G DSC VHF
• NASA Target 2 depth sounder
• Navigation lights
• 35lb CQR anchor
• 100m x 12mm chain
• 20kg Fishermans anchor
• Simpson Lawrence manual windlass
• 1 x manual bilge pump
• 1 x auto electric bilge pump
• 1 x engine driven salvage pump/deck wash
• 3 x 12 volt batteries
• 30 amp 240 volt battery charger
• Shore power system
• Engine driven 240 volt generator
• Bunk and berth cushions
• Dickinson Lofoten diesel cabin heater
• Taylors 2 burner gas cooker with oven and grill
• Domestic hot water system
• Simpson Lawrence sea toilet
• Beaching legs