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Caracole
Vessel Name
Caracole
Vessel Type
Sailing Yacht
Vessel Price
£0.00
Short Description
SOLD
Harrison Butler 'Bogle' 26'. 1934. One of Dr. T Harrison Butler's 'Bogle' designs built by Harry Feltham of Portsmouth in 1934. Typical HB lines with long keel, pronounced sheer, spoon bow and shaped transom stern with transom hung rudder. Long coach roof, re-designed as 'Peradventure' in 1989 to extend forward of the mast.
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Accommodation
4 berths. V-berth forward with infill, forehatch in coach-roof. Part bulkhead to starboard deep locker and port heads (Baby Blake – last serviced 2004). Saloon cabin has port and starboard settee berths (new cushions in 2005), shelves and lockers behind fitted with cane fronted doors. Part-bulkheads with hand-holds to starboard galley (gimballed ‘Taylors’ paraffin cooker and paraffin fuel tank (added 2003) available separately), sink with hand pump from pillow type water tank (installed May 2010) under forward berth and port chart table. Wide step / surface with access to engine installation. 6’ head-room. Varnished teak coamings and teak cabin sole. ‘Taylors’ paraffin cabin heater on forward bulkhead plumed in, chimney but no fuel tank.
Construction & Build
Pitch-pine hull (stripped to bare wood below waterline May 2007 and re-painted), all copper fastened to steamed oak timbers at 6” centres. Scrubbed teak deck (added in 1989), varnished teak coach roof with bronze ports, the coach –roof is also laid in teak. Sliding hatch and doors to cabin. Instrument console across sliding hatch. The deep cockpit coamings extend wider than the coach-roof with rounded forward corners. Self draining cockpit with scrub teak seat lockers each side and bridge deck. Lifting teak sole trap to access below (fuel tank). Lead keel with ferrous strap floors (May 2009 – centre 3 floor straps removed and inspected, 2 were replaced and the third refurbished and all galvanised). Plastic skin fittings replaced with bronze in May 2009. New bronze keel bolts were installed 1989 and the last one to be inspected was in April 2005 – bolt drawn by Weir Quay Boat Yard and found to be very good condition.
Sails and spars
Bermudian Cutter rig on keel steeped varnished mast, single spreaders, twin back-stays to quarters. Stainless steel rigging all replaced in Nov 2005 by Allspars of Plymouth. 2 pairs of modern cockpit sheet winches and mast snubbing winches (main, staysail and jib). Main sheet to stainless steel horse over tiller on the aft deck. Mainsail, jib (on traveller and Wykeham Martin - No 3 furling gear) and staysail all made by Chris Scanes of Topsham Devon in Jan 2003.
Gear and safety
Baby Blake Toilet with spare bronze pump handle (mounts in a vertical position as opposed to the horizontal handle installed). Electric light. Coat hooks. Pipe Cot
Main Cabin:
Teak Table; Car Radio & water proof speakers; 4 x electric lights (over bunks).
Under Chart table: Dolphin 12v / 10 a charger. Usual electrics in cupboard – incl. VSR with isolating switches. Separate Domestic and Engine Start batteries, Auto bilge switch. Rule 1100 automatic pump and float switch, Whale Gusher Titan pump. Bench Cushions, mattresses and backs in good condition
On Deck: Instrument bride with ST 60 relay, steering compass and external speaker; Traditional life buoy (ring); 50 m chain attached to 30 metres of warp; 35lb Plough Anchor; 35lb Fisherman’s anchor (long length of anchor warp in cockpit locker)
Dodgers, cockpit canopy over boom and mainsail cover. Fore Cabin:
Historical documents and papers.
Copy of “Cruising Yachts - Design and Performance” by T. Harrison Butler
Engine
Volvo 17hp MD7B Diesel Volvo MD7B 17hp 2 cylinder engine installed around 1982 (professionally rebuilt in February 2010). Centre line 2 - blade prop replaced in June 2007 along with new shaft and coupling . New 33 litre plastic fuel tank added in 2003. Audible alarms, Delphi 105A/h house battery and Red Flash 700 – 12V 17A/h start battery (both purchased in 2004) attached to a 3 gang 701 switch square incorporating 50A VSR cluster. Electric and a very useful hand start.
Dimensions
Overall Length: 26 ft. : Waterline: 22 ft. : Beam: 8 ft. :: Draught: 4 ft. : Displacement: 6 Tons TM
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