Laurent Giles Dyarchy Gaff Cutter   Please refer to   WOODENSHIPS.CO.UK   for more information
 (REF: 33508)
£265000
Designer: Laurent Giles Ltd
Year: 1995
Location: Cornwall
Length on deck: 54'
Beam: 13'6"
Draft: 8'5"
Tonnage: 30 tons

Full specification
Construction | Rig | Machinery | Accommodation | Equipment
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Built in 1996 by the current family owners, professional shipwrights and highly experienced in the boat trade having project managed and built numerous ocean going racing yachts, including Maxi and Americas Cup yachts.
This Laurent Giles design is known as the Dyarchy after the first boat built to these lines based on the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter.  This is a stretched version of the original Dyarchy drawn up by Laurent Giles and Partners for the current owner creating a very fast, spacious and low maintenance classic yacht.
This yacht was designed and built from the outset to be a tough, low maintenance and capable cruising boat, her construction makes her incredibly spacious due to not having large frames inside the hull, strong and durable.  With a thick strip plank hull, sheathed inside and out with epoxy glass cloth from new, the quality of the build is second to none.  The scantlings of the construction, rig and fittings make her a very robust, tough and capable yacht that could sail anywhere in the world.
She has cruised extensively around the Bristol Channel, Ireland, Scilly Isles and English Channel.  She has also taken part in plenty of classic race events with notable success including:
-Won the Cock of the Bristol Channel race twice
-Line honours in the Pilot Cutter Falmouth to Fastnet Rock Race
-Winner of Falmouth Classics large gaffers class 6 times and best dressed vessel
-Winner of Pilot Cutter review 2024
 
Whether it is family cruising and some regatta racing, or a full blown expedition adventure to a far flung corner of the world, this is a yacht which can do it all with ease.  Her incredible strength and quality of build means she will take her crew anywhere in the world and will require minimal maintenance over the coming years.  The modern wood epoxy hull construction has distinct benefits that will appeal to the modern classic yacht owner but with very traditional rig and looks.
 
Length on Deck                          54’
Length Waterline                       46’
Length Overall                           66’
Beam                                            13’6”
Draft                                             8’5”
Tonnage                                       30 tons
Working sail area                      196 m²
Construction
Hull
Strip plank Douglas Fir of 1.5” (38mm).  Bonded with epoxy glue.
Hull sheathed in epoxy glass cloth both inside and out.  Heavy cloth lay up in the keel area of 12mm multi-axial and uni-directional cloth for added strength.
Topsides finished with 2 pack Awl Grip gloss refinished September 2024.  Below waterline hull stripped and refinished in September 2024 with International Intersleek 970 3 pack system.
Massive laminated douglas fir floors across the centreline of 8” wide and 20” deep.  6mm of uni-directional glass cloth across the tops of the floors, running up to the top of the hull and picking up the chain plates where applicable.  Floors then sheathed entirely in bi-directional glass cloth down to the keel with galvanised angle fittings bolted through the floors and picking up the keel bolts.
External iron ballast keel of 9 tons fastened with galvanised steel keel bolts.  Bolts are 24mm studs tapped into the ballast keel.
Internal lead trimming ballast of 4 tons.
 
Cabin soles throughout the boat are double diagonal douglas fir with the layers epoxy bonded together and the soles bonded to the tops of the transverse floors.  The edges of the soles are epoxy tape bonded to the hull sides giving a huge amount of rigidity.
In the forecabin, the bunk tops and fronts are made from double diagonal douglas fir, epoxy sheathed and glassed into the hull sides creating a very stiff framework structure.
Structural bulkheads made from double diagonal douglas fir, epoxy bonded and sheathed in glass cloth.  These watertight bulkheads are bonded to the hull and deck all round.  The bulkhead forward of the mast is triple diagonal for added strength in the mast area.  The doors and passages through the bulkheads are not watertight but could easily be made so.
Various tanks created in the sealed spaces below the cabin sole, see details below.
 
Decks and Cockpit
Traditional cock bead straight laid Doulas Fir subdeck with a double diagonal douglas fir layer epoxied and vacuumed on top and sheathed in a layer of glass cloth.  Straight laid teak deck vacuum epoxy bonded over the top for the final deck finish.
Douglas fir deck beams supported on a beam shelf bonded to the hull.
Scrubbed teak toe rail all round with galvanised stanchions.
Self draining cockpit well.  Thwarts at deck level with scrubbed teak coamings fastened to the deck.
Tiller steering on a substantial transom hung rudder with galvanised hangings.
 
Superstructure
Small varnished teak doghouse over the main companion hatch.
Varnished teak butterfly skylight over the saloon and varnished teak forehatch.
Rig
Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped hollow douglas fir mast.
Varnished douglas fir slab reefing boom, gaff yard, bowsprit and staysail boom.
All spars new from Noble Spars in 1995.  Finished with Awl Wood gloss.
Mast is stepped on the cabin sole in a galvanised shoe, supported beneath with a strong steel frame onto the keelson.
Boom gallows over the cockpit.
 
Standing and Running Rigging
Galvanised steel standing rigging new in 2021.
Galvanised rigging screws to internal galvanised chain plates
Running backstays on tackles.
Galvanised whisker stays to the bowsprit with a bowsprit net.
Staysail on a spruce boom with galvanised fittings and a single sheet.
 
Sails
Mainsail            Hood Sails                     1996                   80m²                  Excellent condition
Topsail                                                       1996                   30 m²                 Excellent condition
Staysail             Hood Sails                     1996                   26 m²                 Excellent condition
Jib                       Hood Sails                     1996`                  44 m²                 Excellent condition
Jib topsail         Hood Sails                     1996                   16 m²                 Excellent condition
Genoa               Hood Sails                     1996                                              Excellent condition
Machinery
Engine
Perkins 4236 80hp diesel installed new in 1996.
Borg Warner gearbox to a centreline fixed 2 blade bronze propeller.
7 knots cruising speed @ 6 litres/hour.  10 knots max speed.
Manual shaft brake.
 
Tanks
500 litre aluminium fuel tank in aft cabin.
800 litres of water in 2 separate tanks.  1 x 400l tank in the hull space below the cabin sole forward of the mast, another similar sized tank under the cabin sole aft.
Black water waste tank under the forecabin sole.
 
Batteries and Electrics
3 x 220ah Victron gel batteries for the domestic supply.
1 x engine start battery.
2 x anchor windlass batteries in the forepeak making a 24 volt bank.
Newmar 70amp 3 phase smart battery charger.
1 x 12 volt engine alternator charges all start and domestic battery banks.
1 x 24 volt alternator charges the windlass battery bank.
Both alternators with an Adverc charge management system.
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
2 x double berths and 4 x single berths.
7’ headroom in the saloon.  6’6” headroom up forward.
 
General Description
Cavernous and spacious interior with separate aft cabin and fore cabin.
Companion steps down from the varnished teak dog house with large hanging wet locker to port and passage to the aft cabin to starboard.
Aft cabin has a large double berth athwartships against the aft bulkhead plus a single berth on the starboard side.
Engine box at forward end of the cabin.
Main cabin has the galley on the port side and chart desk opposite to starboard.
Chart desk is an unusual design, facing into the boat with a bench seat outboard against the hull.  Large chart desk with lots of storage space.
Half height bulkheads either side with vertical grab rails separate off the main saloon.  2 hand rails fixed to the deckhead.
Main saloon has a single settee berth to starboard with shelf outboard.
Port side saloon table raised up on a step with U-shaped seating around.
Wood burning cabin stove in aft starboard corner of the saloon.
Starboard side passageway going forward with heads compartment to port and chain locker to starboard.
Door into the forepeak through the bulkhead.  Forecabin has 1 small double berth and 1 single berth with forehatch above.
Extensive sail ,locker forward of the forecabin.
Locker door into a storage locker in the bows for kedge chain and warp.
Radiators in fore and aft cabins run from the calorifier tank.
 
Galley
Galley constructed against the hull side with leather clad bars set inboard as support when using the galley in rough seas.
Spinflo 4 burner gas cooker with oven and grill on gimbals.  Twin stainless steel sinks with hot and cold pressurised water.
Frigo 12 volt stainless steel fridge.
 
Heads
Blakes Lavac Zenith sea toilet discharges directly into a waste tank with a manual pump out.
Stainless steel hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.
Top loading storage spaces and shelves.
Equipment
Sunti steering compass
Raymarine ST60 log and sounder
ICOM VHF
Cetrek Propilot 725 Autopilot
Raymarine chartplotter
Handheld VHF
 
6 man canister liferaft
6 x life jackets
EPIRB
Offshore flare pack
Whale Gusher 30 manual bilge pump
1 x auto electric bilge pump
 
Lofrans vertical Ercole electric anchor windlass with chromed bronze rope drum
96kg Bruce anchor with 100m x 16mm chain
20kg Bruce kedge anchor with 5m x 16mm chain & 60m x 26mm warp
Fenders
Mooring warps
 
3 x 220ah domestic batteries
1 x engine start battery
1 x windlass battery
Adverc alternator charge regulator system
Newmar 70 amp 3 stage smart charger
Shore power system
 
Bunk and berth cushions
Solid fuel cabin stove
Frigo stainless steel fridge
Radiators in fore and aft cabins with hot water from the calorifier
Blakes Lavac Zenith sea toilet
Calorifier tank for hot water and heating (engine and 240 volt immersion heating)
Removeable teak cockpit table
 
Mainsail            Hood Sails                     1996                   80m²                  Excellent condition
Topsail                                                       1996                   30 m²                 Excellent condition
Staysail             Hood Sails                     1996                   26 m²                 Excellent condition
Jib                       Hood Sails                     1996`                  44 m²                 Excellent condition
Jib topsail         Hood Sails                     1996                   16 m²                 Excellent condition
Genoa               Hood Sails                     1996                                              Excellent condition
 
Mainsail cover
Staysail cover
GRP rowing skiff tender with cover
Derrick for launching tender
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