1896 Breydon Cutter River Cruiser Class (Trailer Available) - £4,500 Offers Invited!

Status : NOT FOR SALE

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

(Please scroll down to the 'Images' section below for more photos.)

General Specification

Builder : Garwood of Great Yarmouth
LOA : 8.53m (28ft 0in)
LWL : 6.71m (22ft 0in)
Beam : 2.13m (7ft 0in)
Draft : 0.81m (2ft 8in)
Keel : Long

Construction

• Wood clinker construction
• Oak on oak
• Fiddle bow
• Counter stern
• Oak and mahogany cockpit with lockers
• Restored in early 1990s including approximately 420ft of new oak planking and new decks
• New fixed cabin roof 2007 finished in epoxy resin impregnated woven glass
• New cockpit combing 2007
• New cabin sides 2007
• Hull Sikaflexed below waterline 2013
• Decks re-varnished 2018
• Many bespoke bronze fittings
• Wintered ashore annually
• Last surveyed 2005

Rigging & Sails

• Gaff rig
• Wood mast/spars
• Mast stepped in tabernacle
• New mast 2017
• New boom 2009
• New shrouds 2009
• Running rigging renewed as required
• Mainsail (2009, Jeckells)
• Jib (excellent condition)
• Second jib (not currently used - was previously used with a 12ft bowsprit!)
• Sail cover (2009)

Mechanical & Electrical

• 5hp Mercury 2-stroke engine (excellent condition)
• Outboard bracket
• 12v battery used to power bilge pumps

Accommodation

• 2 single berths in 1 cabin
• Currently has no cooking, freshwater or toilet facilities on board
• Maximum headroom approximately 1.07m (42 inches)

Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate (expires 2021)
• 2 x 12v bilge pumps
• Fitted cover (2009)
• Tarpaulin winter cover
• Pine quant pole
• Mud weight
• Various fenders including some in woven rope
• Various warps
• Ensign and pole

Trailer

A galvanised 3,500kg twin axle road trailer built in 2009 by Page Trailers, Great Yarmouth, is available by separate negotiation (cost when new £2,000). Understood to tow superbly and to have covered very few miles.

Remarks

This very beautiful Breydon Cutter was built in around 1896 by Garwood of Great Yarmouth and is one of the few Victorian river cruiser class yachts still afloat of the Norfolk Broads some 120 years later! Owned by the current owner since 2008, she is reluctantly for sale due to family and work commitments. A photographic record is available for inspection showing most of the numerous works that have been carried out since 1990. A real piece of Norfolk yachting history!

MOORING: It's understood that the vessel's current northern Broads mooring could be transferred to the purchaser subject to agreement from the mooring owner (cost for 2017 season (April to October) approximately £648).