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• Year: 1931
• Length: 72'0" (21.95 metres)

SPECIFICATION

Construction:

RCD Status: Our understanding is that the yacht is exempt from the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) as she was built and placed into use within the EU prior to 1998.

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

Teak and Pitch Pine on Oak.

Bronze and copper fastened.

Plank over waterline- Teak 5.08 cm (2 inch)

Plank under waterline- Pitch pine 3.8 cm (1,5 inch)

Masts and spars- Oregon Pine

Deck -Teak 3.8 6.3 cm (1.5 2.5 inch)

Upper work-Interior Teak

Ribs, Deck beams-English oak

Keel- dead wood English elm

Fastening (keel bolts, rivets, reinforcements)-naval bronze

Substantially restored in Rostock, Baltic Sea estuary 1988 and 200/2002 including new decks etc

Machinery:

Engine & Gearboxes:

Thornycraft 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine 150hp on a Volvo hydraulic engine drive offset to port.

Propulsion & Steering:

Eccentric shaft with three blade-fixed pitch propeller.

Electrical Systems:

Voltage Systems:

12 V / 24 V board power supply system 220 V power supply system.

Tankage:

Fuel:

290 litre / 63.79 gallon diesel tank.

Fresh water:

800 litre / 176 gallon water tank.

Grey/Blackwater holding tanks:

200 litre / 44 gallon blackwater holding tank.

Navigation Equipment:

GPS APN 5 Philips and reserve system ( Magellan)

Shipping forecast FAX-system

UKW-Radio equipment by SAILOR

Steiner field glasses 7 x 50.

Actual sea charts and area book.

Domestic Equipment:

Galley:

Gas cooker

Refrigerator

Heads/Showers:

2 separate heads

Entertainment:

CD and Tuner in Saloon and Ladies cabin.

CD basic equipment.

Deck loudspeakers.

Accommodation:

Summary of Accommodation:

9 berths in 5 cabins- Owners Cabin, Crew Cabin, Ladies Cabin, Forepeak and Saloon.

Equipped for 10 people.

She retains almost all of her original interior

Owners double aft with companion to cockpit (original).

Double sliding doors to salon area midships with companion fwd (original).

Guest cabin to stb (original).

Fwd from saloon on port to galley, cabin to stb. forepeak cabin.

Area fwd of saloon has been rebuilt /changed, but to the original style.

Deck Equipment:

Rig:

Rig: Spencer Rigging Ltd., Cowes, Isle of Wight , Peter Lukas, Dartmouth

Sails:

New Sails: John McKillop, Kingsbridge, Devon, 1995

Mainsail 71.00 m

Foresail 36.80 m

Jib No. 1 17.20 m

Jib No. 2 9.75 m

Forestaysail 17.40 m

Jib topsail 8.75 m

Main topsail 13.30 m

Fore topsail 8.00 m

Genoa staysail 33.00 m

Yankee jib/drifter 51.00 m

Trysail 25.75 m

Working Sails about 164.50 m

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

Two CQR-Anchors (48 kg, 28 kg) with 60m and 80 m chain, 13 mm diameter.

Simpson-Lawrence electric windlass (24 V).

Tender & Outboard:

Clinker built 12 ft (3.60 m) McNulty Sailing dinghy (4 6 Persons) with lug sail fixed in davits on port.

2.80 m rubber dinghy for four persons.

Outboard Johnson 5 hp.

Safety Equipment:

Automatic life jackets.

Lifebelt and Lifelines.

12-person life raft.

Signal pistol plus ammunition.

Fire-fighting equipment:

Fire extinguishers.

Deck Equipment:

She has a lovely big cockpit and plenty of deckspace with low bulwarks.

Deck table for 6 8 people.

6 deckchair

Owners Comments:

VERA MARY was built by Berthon Boat Company in 1931/32 and retains many original features and all of her original charm from those days. Purchased by His Highness King George V in 1936 as a present to his sailing master Sir Philip Hunloke, she has had a varied career. She was rescued by international yachtsman Chris Law in the 1990s; she returned to the UK before being purchased by her current owner. He has cherished and used her in German waters for the last 10 years where she has been the consummate family cruising yacht, doing some local charter with her crew onboard. She is an elegant, manageable, classic yacht with a superb character.

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