Peel Castle (1929 Cornish Lugger)
Location: West Cork, Ireland.
Price: €60,000
https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/2857/peel-castle
History:
50’ ex fishing lugger built by Gilbert & Pascoe of Porthleven, Cornwall. The vessel fished out of Newlyn from 1930 to to 1939 as PZ17. In 1939 she was requisitioned for war service and is believed to have served in Scotland as a harbour patrol vessel. After the war she was sold on to Brixham and was registered BM17. She ended her fishing days in Fleetwood or the Isle of Man in 1979.
Under current ownership, a complete rebuild was carried out 1999-2008, and she has undergone extensive renovation since. She was also converted to a three-masted standing lug rig. This eye-catching rig allows for short handed sailing and she has cruised extensively, including Greece, the Azores and the Outer Hebrides.
Her generous accommodation lends itself well to large groups for extended cruising and events and would suit the charter or sail cargo industry, having a registered tonnage certificate of 7.2 tons. A very comfortable live-aboard with beautiful craftsmanship, she is currently afloat in West Cork, Ireland on her own mooring.
With a new solid deck , engine and rig overhaul and recent haulout (including some new planking above the water, caulking, fresh anodes and antifoul), she awaits a new owner.
Specification:
- Pitch pine planking on oak frames.14.5’ beam. Length over spars 85’. Draft 6’.
- Transom hung oak rudder. Tiller steering (wheel with hydraulic unit ready for installation). New solid Siberian larch deck 2023.
- All standing rigging overhauled, with mostly new running rigging in 2024.
- Solid Douglas fir keel stepped main mast (47’/14.3m) and foremast (35’5”/10.8m). Pitch pine mizzen mast (21’4”/6.5m) stepped in tabernacle bridging the transom. Pitch pine lifting bowsprit (28’3”/8.6m).
- Loose footed mainsail laced to 6.5 metre Douglas fir yard.
- Loose footed lug mizzen sail with lifting outrigger.
- Sails: Mainsail (2008 recut Dacron), foresail (new Duradon 2008), jib (new Duradon 2008), mizzen (Dacron). Jib run to the bowsprit end on a traveller.
- Engine: Ford Dorset 120hp 6 cylinder diesel engine (1975) overhauled 2023. New head gasket, valves, injector service and Bowman oil cooler. Gearbox Coventry switch gear, 4.2:1. Single lever controls to an offset fixed 36” 4 blade bronze propeller, gives 6 knots cruising speed.
- 9’ Phil Bolger type rowing tender stowed on deck.
- 50kg Bruce type anchor with 100m 12mm chain, 35kg CQR with 30m chain and 100m warp, 25kg Fisherman..
- Mooring lines and fenders.
Accommodation:
- Sleeps 12: 8 berths in 4 cabins, 2 additional pilot berths and 2 saloon berths.
- Heads: manual Jabsco sea toilet that discharges directly overboard, with optional 40 litre holding tank. Ceramic hand basin in marble top, stainless taps with shelving behind. Shower tray with teak grating, waste water to sump box discharged overboard. Focsle has double chain locker, work bench, extensive storage and shelving.
- Galley: solid teak worktops, Belfast sink with pressurised fresh water, hand pumped filtered drinking water and foot pump for seawater. Gas stove with 2 burners, grill and oven. 40 litre 24v isotherm refrigeration unit.
- Saloon: comfortable seating for 12. Solid fuel stove on hand carved Kilkenny limestone base. Fixed solid oak saloon table. Burmese teak butterfly skylight in coachroof above providing light and ventilation. Large storage lockers beneath seating and shelving behind. Oiled pine floor and good headroom throughout.
For full specification, inventory and photos contact:
Graham Bailey ghambailey@yahoo.ie 00 353 86 085 7067
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