HERITAGE, VINTAGE AND CLASSIC YACHTS +44 (0)1202 330 077 HARLEY MEAD 28 FT GAFF YAWL 1909 LADY BELLE HARLEY MEAD 28 FT GAFF YAWL 1909 Designer Harley Mead Length waterline 25 ft 11 in / 7.9 m Engine Volvo MD 13 Diesel 13 HP c 2005 Builder Harley Mead Cornubia yard E Cowes Beam 9 ft 0 in / 2.75 m Location United Kingdom Date 1909 Draft 5 ft 11 in / 1.8 m Price GBP 25,000 Length overall 40 ft 0 in / 12.2 m Displacement 8 Tonnes Length deck 27 ft 11 in / 8.5 m Construction Carvel teak planking These details are provisional and may be amended BROKER'S COMMENTS A pretty boat and a pretty name! LADY BELLE is as charming in the flesh as her name and the pictures of her suggest. Her current owner has kept this boat simple, honest and true to her origins and she seems very happy that way We cannot take our eyes off this one! SANDEMAN YACHT COMPAN Y Brokerage Of Classic & Vintage Yachts www.sandemanyachtcompany.co.uk Sandeman Yacht Company Limited 2019. A member of the ABYA.
HERITAGE, VINTAGE AND CLASSIC YACHTS +44 (0)1202 330 077 HARLEY MEAD 28 FT GAFF YAWL 1909 CONSTRUCTION - Carvel teak planking on hardwood frames copper nail, rove and bronze screw fastened - Teak trunk cabin - Marine ply and epoxy deck - Galvanised iron and steel strap floors - Lead keel - Keel and centreline bolts all bronze - Mainly mahogany interior joinery ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT - Sliding hatch in coach roof and companionway ladder down - Galley athwartships - Plastimo Neptune 2500 2 burner hob to port - Stainless steel sink with foot pump to empty stbd - Crockery and cutlery stowage for under - Lockers above for plates and glassware - Saloon - 2 x Settee berths; one each side - Batteries and stowage under port berth - Stowage under stbd berth - Large dining table on centreline - Nav instruments and electric isolator - Large hanging locker to port - Head compartment with Jabsco manual WC to starboard - Basin with manual pump bronze pump - Fore cabin - 2 x Long single berths with V insert - Hatch in deck head - Anchor chain stowage under via stainless steel hause HISTORY - Yacht built Cowes for a RCC member by well known Falmouth quay punt designer Harley Mead - Her lead keel survived both world wars - Won her class in the Channel race in 1936 - Engaged on Sea Scout duties in the 1970s - Current owner bought her in dilapidated condition lying ashore in Polruan in 2003 - Since her restoration she has been successfully raced in Solent OGA events RIG, SPARS AND SAILS Gaff yawl rig - Spruce / pine spars - All standing and running rigging has been replaced - Stainless steel standing rigging Sails all cream Dacron from 2006 onwards - Large genoa - Heavy weather jib - Working jib - 2 x Staysails - Main sail - Top sail - Mizzen sail - Blue asymmetric spinnaker DECK LAYOUT EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE From aft - Bumpkin - Varnished teak toe rail - Fairleads - Galvanised tiller - Galvanised main sheet horse - Very deep and well protected self-draining cockpit fitted with teak gratings - Teak cleats outboard on coaming and on deck each side - Morse engine control - Wide side decks - Trunk cabin with sliding hatch and butterfly hatch - CQR 45 lb main anchor stowed on deck by mast - CQR kedge anchor - Pin racks each side - Fore hatch over fore cabin - Simpson Lawrence anchor winch - Approx 60 m 3/8th inch galvanised chain - Retractable bowsprit
- Stowage under lifting seats - 6 x LBJ bronze sheet and runner winches - 2 x 26S ST main sheet winches - 4 x 10 Foresail, staysail and running backstay - Gas locker - Instrument readers on cockpit fwd bulkhead for engine and depth sounder - Galvanised bitt - Wykeham Martin foresail furler - 2 x Bow rollers; one stainless steel removable for anchor chain - Dolphin striker adjustable to stbd MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE - Volvo MD 13 Diesel 13 HP c 2005 with offset Darglow feathering propeller - 12 V Battery and electrics - 30 Litre fresh water tank - 30 Litre Diesel tank NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS - Navman steering compass - Raymarine A50 D chart plotter - Clipper depth finder - Icom IC-M4 11 VHF - Mast head tri light and anchor light SAFET Y - Flares - Lifelines - Life jackets - Horseshoe rings and lights - Electric bilge pump - Whale manual bilge pump RESTORATION / REFIT Serious refit over 10 years - New wood keel and all centreline bolts - Several new oak frames - New garboards - Mostly new oak deck beams and marine ply deck - New teak double coaming fore hatch - Engine new circa 2005 - Galley, heads and upholstery all replaced in 2005/6 - Cockpit rebuilt in recycled teak - Coachroof top covered in marine ply and then epoxy coated - Toughened glass in topside portholes and skylight - Rudder re-hung in 2015 DINGHY - Avon 2.5 dinghy and Johns d Disclaimer These particulars have been prepared from information provided by the vendors and are intended as a general guide. The purchaser should confirm details of concern to them by survey or engineers inspection. The purchaser should also ensure that the purchase contract properly reflects their concerns and specifies details on which they wish to rely.
HERITAGE, VINTAGE AND CLASSIC YACHTS +44 (0)1202 330 077 HARLEY MEAD 28 FT GAFF YAWL 1909 GALLERY