1925 Broads One Design (BOD, Brown Boat) & Trailer - £6,495

Status : NOT FOR SALE

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Designer : Linton Hope (1900)
Builder : Burnham Yacht Building Company
LOA : 7.32m (24ft 0in)
LWL : 5.03m (16ft 6in)
Beam : 1.55m (5ft 1in)
Draft : 0.91m (3ft 0in)
Keel : Long

Construction

• Wood carvel construction
• This boat was used to produce the Broads One Design fibreglass mould in 1991 (mould still in use today for GRP Brown Boats)
• Hull fibreglass sheathed (1992)
• GRP decks
• Forepeak hatch stripped and re-varnished (2022)
• Cockpit combings re-varnished (2022)
• Hull topsides re-painted (2022, white)
• Stored inside, last afloat September 2021
• No recent survey

Rigging & Sails

• Gaff rig
• Wood mast/spars
• Sail area by design : 24 sqm / 262 sqft
• Full set of Jeckells sails 2009
• All rigging in good working order

Mechanical & Electrical

• No engine

Equipment

• Galvanised Broads One Design trailer from Beccles Trailer Centre (last serviced October 2022 when damper replaced, coupling refitted and brakes adjusted)
• Cover
• Paddle
• Various fenders

Remarks

First designed by naval architect Linton Hope in 1900 at the request of the Royal Norfolk & Suffolk Yacht Club with the aim of building a yacht capable of sailing inshore and on the Norfolk Broads, Broads One Design # "Shearwater" was built in wood in 1925 at Burnham Yacht Building Company.

In 1991, being considered a true and exemplary example of the fleet, she was used to produce the fibreglass mould still used today for the production of GRP hulled Brown Boats.

She has since (in 1992) been fibreglass sheathed and she has GRP decks, ensuring minimal ongoing maintenance for a wooden craft of this age. A much loved vessel that has been in the same family and maintained since the 1970's and is of historical interest for her class. She is being offered for sale complete with a recently serviced trailer.