Price Details
Price: £7,950 GBP
Location: Faversham, Kent. GB
Year: 1953
Condition: Good, well maintained
Class: Antique and Classics
Keel Type: Centreboard
Description
An Classic Bermudan centreboard sloop. Built to the exacting requirements of her original owner. Peters Boatyard were commissioned to build a 2-3 berth yacht, seaworthy for the Thames Estuary. Her first owner owned the Kursaal Fairground, Southend Seafront. Peters Boatyard looked after the rides: Wall of Death, etc. Tregeagle was built to very exacting orders. (individual features no longer with the vessel included a gimballed ashtray / a Bako light cigar box, and an oil lamp) She is only in her third ownership, in 70 years……In 1999 /2000 she underwent a major professional refit. All the keel bolts were replaced, a new centreboard casing was fitted. At this time, she also had a new Beta Marine engine, gearbox and stern gear installed. Spent this Summer being refitted and will remain ashore for the Winter. She will be undercover once the routine Seasonal maintenance is completed. (Mast un stepped and requires refurbishing.)
Topsides repainted August 2024.
Measurements:
Nominal Length: 6.71m Length Overall: 6.78m Length Of Deck: 6.71m Length At Water Line: 5.72m
Beam: 2.21m
Draft: 1.52m
Air Draft: 7.92m
Max Draft: 1.52m
Keel Up: 0.84m
Keel Down: 1.52m
Specifications
Fuel Tank Capacity: 28 litres
Cruising Speed: 5knots
Engine Power: 10hp
Number of Engines: 1
Accommodation
Berths: 2
Cabins: 1
Heads: 1
Passenger Capacity: 2
Builder/Designer
Builder: Peter’s of Southend on Sea
Designer: C.F.Griffiths
Boat Name: Tregeagle
Hull
Hull Material: Wood
Hull Design: Displacement
Hull Speed: 6: knots
Engine
A 10hp Beta Marine diesel engine, fresh water cooled, TMC 2:1 gearbox
Shaft driven, stern gear, a triple bladed propeller. Engine spares, sited under the cockpit sole.
The engine was fitted with a new heat exchanger from Beta in 2023.
Construction:
Thick carvel Mahogany topsides, Larch below the water line Elm sawn frames interspersed with steamed frames. Long keel of lead external ballast.
A steel cased centreboard box sited below the cabin sole under the bridge deck at the cabin entrance.
She has laid decks Cabin top: West epoxy sheathed and painted.
An open aft cockpit, opposing bench stowage bins.
A sliding hatch over the companionway, set of double doors. Fore hatch in foredeck. Opening bronze ports set into the coach roof.
Bronze deck vents. Transom hung rudder with tiller steering
Accommodation:
Two opposing settee bunk berths full length of the cabin. and generous width, Privacy door into the forepeak. Baby Blake Heads.
Companionway step in, starboard purpose built glass / crockery and stowage. Port side is the galley facility with a double burner spirit stove .
A removable table stands on the centreline of the cabin when required.
CQR anchor on 25fathoms of chain. A fisherman’s kedge with 20 fathoms of rope. Fenders and warps
A green canvas fitted cockpit cover. Boat hook. Ensign, staff and holder.
Sails:
A Bermudan Sloop Rig. Varnished Spruce spars mast and boom. The mast, deck mounted in a tabernacle. ( mast un stepped requires renovation revarnishing.
A Cranfield mainsail, a green canvas Mainsail cover. by Cranfield 1988, A Longton & Gray Genoa, a working jib which was modified in 2005 for the Furling system.
A Sail spar furling gear fitted new 2005. A storm jib and a spinnaker (never used)
Navigation Equipment:
Tiller Steering
Compass
Clipper echo sounder
Barometer
Oil lamp mooring light.
Safety Equipment:
Manual syphon water pump.
2 x electrical automatic bilge pumps
Spare tiller
Galvanised pulpit stanchions and guard wires.
Fire blanket.
Life ring
Varnished wooden steps boarding ladder.
Lifejackets
Full Winter cover
Beaching Legs.
Fixed grabrails on coach roof.
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice