Schooner rigged French 44 ft Pilot Vessel 2002 - Vendido

Based on a John Leather inspired French pilot boat ketch, - apart from the schooner rig - her lines have also been adapted with finer sections below the waterline to improve general sailing and upwind capabilities. RAGNAR is now an incredibly seaworthy blue water sailer; proven safe - and dry given her high bulwarks. Spacious and comfortable below decks she is nevertheless easy to handle by just two people. Indeed her owners have thus just completed a four year circumnavigation (30,000 nm) and after a new coat of paint and varnish will be ready to go again. She is meanwhile registered on the Mediterranean Circuit as a Classic (not Spirit of Tradition). RAGNAR has been much admired all over the world. Recently re caulked and repainted and seacocks renewed, her berth to September 2012 is also included.

- Traditionally built 40 mm iroko planking on 80 x 90 mm iroko frames at 400 mm centres
- Iroko floors
- Hot-dipped galvanized fastenings
- Twin stainless steel diagonal hull strappings
- Stainless steel keel bolts
- Deck beams are grown oak
- Deck of 14 mm Teak plank over 2 layers marine ply
- Upper structure of the deckhouse is of Kambala

Interiors are light with white Tongue & Groove bulkheads and white panels contrasting with the varnished oak frames, beams and furniture.

From the lazarette with 2 hatches aft forward via the cockpit (over the engine) the accommodation is reached via a low doghouse with walk through headroom and seating with stowage lockers both side.

Down companionway steps amidships a doorway to port aft accesses the owner’s cabin. This has a double berth, locker stowage and 6 ft / 1.9 m headroom under the deck beams with a ½ skylight above. Across the companionway and aft is a single quarterberth. Aft of the owner’s cabin, engine and quarter berth is a watertight bulkhead.

Next fwd is a section of 4 deckbeams with lower headroom circa 5 ft 3 in / 1.6 m over the chart / Nav station to port – with opposite and fwd of the quarter berth an excellent working galley with headroom over 6 ft / 1.9 m. This contains a Force 10 gas stove with oven (gas bottle adaptors for around the world) and Danfoss fridge as well as appropriate stowage and stainless steel double sink with H&C pumped water.

Beyond is the saloon with to port a settee berth and locker space. Opposite is a L / U shaped settee with table offset to starboard. There are flush skylight / hatches both sides above. Headroom in the saloon exceeds 6 ft 6 in / 2 m. A Refleks Diesel heater provides warmth.

Beyond the saloon forward bulkhead is a cabin doorway to port with twin berths up and down and cupboard space. Opposite is a head to starboard with Seawater vacuum WC and shower just by the foremast.

A watertight bulkhead separates the accommodation space from the forepeak stowage with deck hatch access.

- Schooner rig hollow Douglas pine glued masts and booms and hollow spruce gaffs
- All wooden blocks and halyards are worked by tackles and whips
- Galvanised steel rigging on galvanised steel rigging screws
- Stainless steel forestay
- Wyckeham Martin jib furling gear on ring
- Holm Segel Dacron cream classic cloth sails are from 2002 and in good condition thus;
- Main, fore / schooner, staysail, jib, main topsail,
- Sailcovers
- There are enough lines to re-rig all running rigging

- 60 pound CQR on roller on bowsprit
- 80 m 10 mm high tensile chain worked by 24 V Muir bronze vertical capstan with gipsy
- 30 kg spare anchor 16 m chain and 100 m rode
- 20 kg stern anchor
- Sheets (4) and reef for main (2) with Wilmex bronze ST winches
- Abundant mooring lines and warps
- Bimini and awning.

- 1985 Mercedes OM 314 80 HP Diesel engine (German army surplus) zero hours in 2002, now 3060 hours. Overhauled in 2011 and reported in VGC
- Cruising speed 7 knots at 4 litres per hour.
- 24 V (2 x12 V 55AH) gel starter batteries.
- 24 V (4 x 12V 110 AH) gel service batteries, new in January 2009
- External shore power connection with various plugs
- TECPRO II battery charger
- Sunware solar panels and converter.
- Mobitronic inverter 24 to 220 V 600 Watt.
- Tecnautic flux-gate gyro compass hydraulic self steering autopilot system.
- 2 x stainless steel fuel tanks, 460 litre total
- 2 x stainless steel water tanks, 800 litre total
- Pressure pump for hot and cold water (80 l hot water tank)
- Fibreglass 150 litre grey water tank,
- Aluminium 150 litre red-fuel tank for saloon cabin heater

- Plastimo compass
- Nasa marine echosounder and log
- Phillips AP GPS
- Garmin hand-held GPS
- Simrad GDMSS VHF
- Radio Ocean hand-held VHF
- Weatherfax.