Description

Crow is a shoal draft ketch with a centreboard, based on Phil Bolger’s Moccasin design and is rigged with a gaff. Length on deck 38ft. Length over Spars 50ft. Beam 10ft.

Draft centreboard raised 2ft. Draft centreboard down 5ft 9ins.

Included in her draft is a 10ins deep full length keel which contains nearly 3000lbs of lead located around her centre board slot. Her engine is a Kohler diesel engine series KDW model 702. Fitted in 2021.

Rig

Her mainmast is stepped very far forward in a Broads-type tabernacle. The mizzen sail is furled revolving its mast which has a furling drum just above the deck. The masts and gaff are made from carbon fibre tubes supplied by Compotech Booms, the other spars Douglas Fir.

Sails

Her boomed Jib is semi-balanced, its pivot is slightly back from tack, which prevents the aft end lifting to much as the sheet is released. There are lines attached to the forward end of the boom which lead back to the cockpit down each side of the deck. There are tracks along the gunwales so she is able to sheet a variety of headsails. The gaff mainsail is loose-footed with a clew attached to a car so the draft of the sail can be adjusted to suit the wind direction.

Accommodation

She sleeps four, which includes two in a double cross-berth at the forward end of the saloon, it has doors so can be shut away.

The saloon is accessed via steep steps down from the bridge deck. To port is the galley with sink, a worktop and a Nelson gas cooker. There is a Taylors diesel-fuelled cabin heater, a hanging cupboard which is accessed from forward, and a settee berth.

To starboard is a door to the heads compartment which contains a Lavac marine toilet, a sit down/crouchdown shower, a washbasin and access to storage under the bridge-deck. Next is the chart table with a fridge under the seat and then another settee berth.

The Hull

The cedar strip-planked hull and marine ply deck are all sheathed with glass and epoxy. Built by Spirit Yachts Ltd of Ipswich, she was subsequently completed by her owner Robert Berk in 2005 to a very high standard.

Performance

The Old Gaffers Association class her as a Hot Shot their definition being boats built for racing, she is however also a comfortable well-equipped cruising yacht.

Lovingly maintained.

Crow is based in Faversham Kent.

Specifications

Accommodation

She sleeps four, which includes two in a double cross-berth at the forward end of the saloon, it has doors so can be shut away.

The saloon is accessed via steep steps down from the bridge deck. To port is the galley with sink, a worktop and a Nelson gas cooker. There is a Taylors diesel-fuelled cabin heater, a hanging cupboard which is accessed from forward, and a settee berth.

To starboard is a door to the heads compartment which contains a Lavac marine toilet, a sit down/crouchdown shower, a washbasin and access to storage under the bridge-deck. Next is the chart table with a fridge under the seat and then another settee berth.

Construction

The cedar strip-planked hull and marine ply deck are all sheathed with glass and epoxy. Built by Spirit Yachts Ltd of Ipswich, she was subsequently completed by her owner Robert Berk in 2005 to a very high standard.

Equipment

Anchor winch
Hot air heater

Engine(s)

Lombardini Marine by Kohler

Cylinders
2
Bore & Stroke
75 x 77,6
Displacement (cm3
686
Power Max HP
18 hp
Power Max KW
13.2 Kw
Compression ratio
22,8:1
Weight
99 kg ••
Height
522 mm
Width
488 mm
Lenght
560 mm ••
Round/Minute
3600

Sails & Spars

Rig

Her mainmast is stepped very far forward in a Broads-type tabernacle. The mizzen sail is furled revolving its mast which has a furling drum just above the deck. The masts and gaff are made from carbon fibre tubes supplied by Compotech Booms, the other spars Douglas Fir.

Her boomed Jib is semi-balanced, its pivot is slightly back from tack, which prevents the aft end lifting to much as the sheet is released. There are lines attached to the forward end of the boom which lead back to the cockpit down each side of the deck. There are tracks along the gunwales so she is able to sheet a variety of headsails. The gaff mainsail is loose-footed with a clew attached to a car so the draft of the sail can be adjusted to suit the wind direction.

Safety Equipment

Life belt
Inflatable dingy

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