Summers & Payne Gaff Sloop - Vendu

It is very hard not to fall for this Summers & Payne built sloop – The story goes that she was a gift from a wealthy yacht owner to his winning skipper…Her current owner has ensured her structure is sound and possibly her size has meant her fittings remain mostly original – TEAL would make the most wonderful boat for a family to enjoy river or harbour sailing and her tom boyish good looks may allow her to survive another 100 years!

- Pitch pine planks over sawn oak frames
- Original pine deck
- Teak trunk cabin and cockpit coamings
- Bronze dumps refastened through centre line

- Teak cockpit with bench seats
- Access below over teak box cabin step (containing batteries)
- Good cabin light from ports and skylight
- Single settee berths port and starboard
- Original lockers above berths both sides for stowage
- Additional locker space in cabin aft bulkhead

- Gaff sloop rig with Douglas fir mast and boom
- Spruce gaff and bowsprit
- Wykeham Martin furling gear
- Delivery sails in poor condition but suitable as template

- Original bronze fittings
- Teak sliding hatch, skylight and hand rails on coach roof
- 2 x original bronze framed deck prisms

- 5 HP Johnson outboard engine and transom mounting bracket
- Manual bilge pump in cockpit

- VHF radio
- Nasa depth gauge

Restoration work; most of it done in 2006 was significant. The most important features were
- 10 frame ends deemed soft were cut back variously to between
1 and 2 ft and new frame ends spliced in and all refastened
- Garboard and 1st plank were re caulked
- Below waterline was burnt back to bare wood
- Hull painted with 4 coats Primercon and 2 of anti fouling
- The external one piece solid lead ballast keel removed and
refitted with stainless steel bolts
- New rudder and tiller
- Centreline fastenings replaced with stainless steel
- Deck sanded back and recaulked
- Deck fastenings extracted and replaced with brass
- All brightwork sanded back and revarnished
- All floors replaced with stainless steel and secured with ss
bolts
- Cabin top re sheathed in epoxy mat
- All internal furniture was removed
- All paintwork inside stripped and repainted with primer
undercoat and gloss
- Original and replacement fastenings of bronze or except
where specified; stainless steel