Classic Half Deck Day Sailer
Rowhedge, Essex
2002, Classic Sailing Canoe Daysailer by Fabian Bush, boatbuilder. Can be sailed by 4 adults, traditional ketch rig with moderate sail area, built for estuary and coastal sailing, camping aboard, and trailer-sailing. Comes with a break-back Mersea road trailer and 3.5hp outboard motor!
Built in 2002 by Fabrian Bush, Botbuilder, Rowhdge, Essex.. Original build specification:
HIN: GB-FAB1127F202
Stem, centreline, bilge rubbers - Iroko.
Frames and hull stringers; African Mahogany or equivalent
Deckbeams & stringers; suitable, ash, spruce, and/or pine.
Bottom planking: Bruynzeel Regina Mahogany plywood - 8mm thickness (2 layers of 4mm near bow); sheathing up to plank land above waterline.
Topside planking; Bruynzeel Regina Mahogany plywood - 8mm
Deck ; plywood - 4 mm Bruynzeel Gaboon “Premium” range plus 2.5mm teak veneers with epoxy gluing and seams to look like teak laid deck (not swept)
Centreboard case. Plywood with hardwood framing and glass/epoxy sheathing internally.
Thwarts, Brazilian cedar or Mahogany
Sole of 9mm marine grade gaboon plywood with non-slip paint.
Bulkheads Bruynzeel Regina Mahogany plywood
Cockpit sole to use suitable marine grade gaboon plywood. and painted to give non-slip finish.
Coaming - plywood core with teak veneering
Other coamings, cappings, rubbing band and trim - teak.
Rubbing band of teak with spruce inboard laminate.
Buoyancy compartments and access hatches arranged to meet flotation requirements of RCD and also provide some useful dry stowage.
Rig - mainsail, gaff and boom to be on track. Boom to have track. Lacing to main gaff and mizzen. Stays of flexible stainless steel wire, with lanyards for tensioning.
Spars - Spruce (Canadian Sitka)
Ballast and centreboard; ballast total approx 150kgs fixed to hull and in centreboard. Board to be of wood and lead, Streamlined, sheathed with glass/epoxy.
Outboard motor – [to have] an outboard well in the stern and stowage in the boat. The outboard motor to be used/accommodated is a: Yamaha model 4AC - 4 h.p. 2 - stroke short shaft outboard motor - weight 27 kgs. The outboard motor to be used has been supplied by the owner. For certification an assumed weight of 30 kgs will be used.
Gluing -Main gluing is with SP epoxy 106 resin or WEST/other equivalent. Polyurethane glue and mastics, Cascamite etc may be used where appropriate - deck sheathing/ plugging, etc
Fastenings; silicon bronze and stainless steel. Copper bolting/riveting may be used as necessary.
Fittings will generally follow a traditional approach. Gunmetal and bronze will be used where possible. Stainless steel will be used for fabricated fittings mainly to do with the rig; shroud plates will be stainless steel “U” bolts. Galvanised steel will be used where appropriate - e.g. mast and bowsprit spider bands - for strength. Keel band galvanised steel.
FINISHES
Hull to be sheathed below boot-top line (sheathing runs under bilge rubbers and external keel.
Sheathing - 200g.s.m. glass cloth with epoxy resin (as wood glue) and weave filled and finished with Blakes Epoxy Primer Undercoat (or International paint equivalent).
Priming - basically 2 coats of clear epoxy glue, or epoxy paint, or polyurethane woodsealer, as appropriate for further painting, varnishing, or gluing etc. Painting - 2 - pot polyurethane paint and varnish on ply surfaces; teak deck oiled; solid timber traditionally coated (e.g. spars).
BUILDER
Fabian Bush, Rowhedge.
Category "C" of the Recreational Craft Directive
DIMENSIONS
LOA 7.3m (24 ft)
LOD 6.5m (21 ft 4 ins)
Beam 2.0m (6ft 6ins)
Draft 0.3m/1.5m (12ins/ 5ft)
Air draft 7.2m (23ft 8ins)
Working sail area 19 sq m (205 sq ft)
Bare boat weight 700kgs (1540lb)
Max displacement 1150 kgs (2530 lb).
In this case we are acting as Brokers only. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective Buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at their own expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part. Life-saving appliances do not form part of the inventory and it is for the buyer to ensure they are in date and suitable for their purposes.
Rowhedge, Essex
2002, Classic Sailing Canoe Daysailer by Fabian Bush, boatbuilder. Can be sailed by 4 adults, traditional ketch rig with moderate sail area, built for estuary and coastal sailing, camping aboard, and trailer-sailing. Comes with a break-back Mersea road trailer and 3.5hp outboard motor!
Built in 2002 by Fabrian Bush, Botbuilder, Rowhdge, Essex.. Original build specification:
HIN: GB-FAB1127F202
Stem, centreline, bilge rubbers - Iroko.
Frames and hull stringers; African Mahogany or equivalent
Deckbeams & stringers; suitable, ash, spruce, and/or pine.
Bottom planking: Bruynzeel Regina Mahogany plywood - 8mm thickness (2 layers of 4mm near bow); sheathing up to plank land above waterline.
Topside planking; Bruynzeel Regina Mahogany plywood - 8mm
Deck ; plywood - 4 mm Bruynzeel Gaboon “Premium” range plus 2.5mm teak veneers with epoxy gluing and seams to look like teak laid deck (not swept)
Centreboard case. Plywood with hardwood framing and glass/epoxy sheathing internally.
Thwarts, Brazilian cedar or Mahogany
Sole of 9mm marine grade gaboon plywood with non-slip paint.
Bulkheads Bruynzeel Regina Mahogany plywood
Cockpit sole to use suitable marine grade gaboon plywood. and painted to give non-slip finish.
Coaming - plywood core with teak veneering
Other coamings, cappings, rubbing band and trim - teak.
Rubbing band of teak with spruce inboard laminate.
Buoyancy compartments and access hatches arranged to meet flotation requirements of RCD and also provide some useful dry stowage.
Rig - mainsail, gaff and boom to be on track. Boom to have track. Lacing to main gaff and mizzen. Stays of flexible stainless steel wire, with lanyards for tensioning.
Spars - Spruce (Canadian Sitka)
Ballast and centreboard; ballast total approx 150kgs fixed to hull and in centreboard. Board to be of wood and lead, Streamlined, sheathed with glass/epoxy.
Outboard motor – [to have] an outboard well in the stern and stowage in the boat. The outboard motor to be used/accommodated is a: Yamaha model 4AC - 4 h.p. 2 - stroke short shaft outboard motor - weight 27 kgs. The outboard motor to be used has been supplied by the owner. For certification an assumed weight of 30 kgs will be used.
Gluing -Main gluing is with SP epoxy 106 resin or WEST/other equivalent. Polyurethane glue and mastics, Cascamite etc may be used where appropriate - deck sheathing/ plugging, etc
Fastenings; silicon bronze and stainless steel. Copper bolting/riveting may be used as necessary.
Fittings will generally follow a traditional approach. Gunmetal and bronze will be used where possible. Stainless steel will be used for fabricated fittings mainly to do with the rig; shroud plates will be stainless steel “U” bolts. Galvanised steel will be used where appropriate - e.g. mast and bowsprit spider bands - for strength. Keel band galvanised steel.
FINISHES
Hull to be sheathed below boot-top line (sheathing runs under bilge rubbers and external keel.
Sheathing - 200g.s.m. glass cloth with epoxy resin (as wood glue) and weave filled and finished with Blakes Epoxy Primer Undercoat (or International paint equivalent).
Priming - basically 2 coats of clear epoxy glue, or epoxy paint, or polyurethane woodsealer, as appropriate for further painting, varnishing, or gluing etc. Painting - 2 - pot polyurethane paint and varnish on ply surfaces; teak deck oiled; solid timber traditionally coated (e.g. spars).
BUILDER
Fabian Bush, Rowhedge.
Category "C" of the Recreational Craft Directive
DIMENSIONS
LOA 7.3m (24 ft)
LOD 6.5m (21 ft 4 ins)
Beam 2.0m (6ft 6ins)
Draft 0.3m/1.5m (12ins/ 5ft)
Air draft 7.2m (23ft 8ins)
Working sail area 19 sq m (205 sq ft)
Bare boat weight 700kgs (1540lb)
Max displacement 1150 kgs (2530 lb).
In this case we are acting as Brokers only. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective Buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at their own expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part. Life-saving appliances do not form part of the inventory and it is for the buyer to ensure they are in date and suitable for their purposes.
Mechanical
Tohatsu 3.5hp outboard motor, sits in "cassette" engine well, removable with engine.
Electrical
Navigation
Safety
Twin bilge pumps.
Deck Gear
There is a draining anchor locker in the foredeck for her CQR anchor and chain/warp. She has a removable canvas cuddy for extra shelter.
Sails
The rig can be quickly mounted or lowered once the boat is set up in commission: the mizzen ("leg-o' mutton sprit" -type) is unstayed and the sail furls round the mizzen mast; The mast is in a tabernacle - the mainsail, gaff, and boom, run on a sail track which lines up with a track on the tabernacle, so the sail is kept "in place" with the mast lowered; the mast is stayed with fixed shrouds and a lanyard to tension the forestay, the lanyard being undone to lower the mast. The bowsprit can be left in place on the trailer, or may be quickly removed. Thus the boat can be stored and trailed with the rig in readiness.
Domestic
Owners Comments
TRAILER
Galvanised Mersea break-back braked road trailer.
REMARKS
POPPY is a unique wooden sailing craft built in 2002. The details of her design, construction and finish emulate the Victorian sailing canoes popular over 100 years ago. At the same time she gains the advantages of modern plywood construction to give a wooden boat suitable for trailer-sailing. She was built with especial care for robustness and durability and she can be maintained with comparative ease.