DUNCAN Loch Broome Post Boat - £2,500

Contact: David Harrison
Mobile 07762 781 700

A well-built traditional long keel sailing craft
A seaworthy craft with an excellent reputation ,so named as around a hundred years ago the original craft, which is now in the Scottish Maritime Museum in Irvine, was used for many years under sail and oars to deliver the post around the shores of the sea lochs working out of Ullapool in the Scottish Highlands.
A shapely hull and good beam make it a very stable craft with performance to satisfy the most discerning of sailors.
Duncan is an ideal family boat with a large safe and uncluttered cockpit and ample locker space.
Construction
GRP construction
Simulated clinker hull
Original gelcoat finish in good condition with white topsides and cockpit painted, red anti fouling. Long shallow keel (draft 18in aft, 12in fwd.)
Barn door style varnished hardwood rudder with long hardwood tiller enabling helm to sit forward.
Varnished marine ply floors, mahogany thwart and gun whales are all in good condition.
There is a large stowage locker forward with access via the deck hatch also a large stern locker.
There is also a large outboard well that houses the Mercury 5hp single-cylinder four-stroke outboard motor, making it easy to it on and off the boat.
Rigging & Sails
Lug Sloop rig with tan sails.
Varnished timber mast/spars in good condition
Bowsprit (30in long, can be sailed without bowsprit) (Hull length of 14 feet 6 inches + bowsprit of 30 inches)
High boom position when sailing (safety feature, reducing accidental striking of heads by boom when tacking or gybing)
Mainsheet at aft end of boom giving lots of room in the cockpit area
Mechanical & Electrical
Mercury 5hp single-cylinder four-stroke, long shaft, outboard motor only used one season, as new with stand and 25 ltr fuel tank.
Mariner 2hp with stand and fuel tank, to power Avon inflatable tender.
Equipment
SBS Galvanised single axle unbraked road trailer designed for the Post Boats with trailer light board
With unique easy low loading and self-aligning guide rollers system. Chassis has substantial metal footsteps type mudguards.
Wide tyre, telescopic jockey wheel.
Hubs fitted with bearing savers.
Trailer with 2000lb two speed winch, easily towed by a family car.
Hand Pump and Sea grade Wooden Oars.
Cover
Fenders
Anchor
Avon Tender
Avon inflatable tender with storage bag.
Pine oars for the Avon inflatable.
Glass Fiber Thwart, splash guard and out board motor bracket.
Mariner 2hp with stand and fuel tank.
Flatbed trailer to transport Avon inflatable with trailer light board.
Remarks
Loch Broom Post Boats sail well on all points of sailing and are stable boats suitable inland waters, large lochs & lakes, estuary and inshore coastal sailing.
Sailed on the Carrick Roads off Falmouth, Lake Bala, and Cardigan Bay out of Barmouth, North Wales.