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Description

This is a Tamarisk 29, constructed by North Cornwall marine in 1980, which later became Cygnus Marine, this vessel embodies the design of a traditional Cornish working boat, featuring a straight stem, long keel, and transom stern.

The hull design of the Tamarisk 29 is taken directly from one of the fastest and most sea-kindly of the surviving Falmouth fishing boats. Mostly built in the early years of last century these craft represent the culmination of centuries of developments of small general purpose sailing boats. These Falmouth working boats continue to dredge for oysters under sail during the winter and in the summer the boats are raced in the waters off Falmouth. Her sister ships of old waited off the lizard in all weathers to offer pilotage and tender facilities to the large sailing ships bound for Falmouth.
She boasts a robust GRP hull built to Whitefish standards, complemented by wooden and GRP decks and coachroof. Her classic lines often lead observers to mistake her for a traditional wooden working boat. Her substantial ballast ratio contributes to her excellent stability and stiffness.
The mast is spruce with a Kevlar covering, the boom is laminated cedar and the gaff and bowsprit are aluminium.
She has a high ballast to displacement ratio with a fully encapsulated lead ballast that gives good sailing performance. She is equipped with main, jib, staysail and cruising chute. Sail controls are lead back to the cockpit that allows easy single handed sailing.

Florence has been owned by the family since new, with many receipts available, including the original invoice for the hull. Ideally suited for a family or 4 or 5 , we have had 7 for week long holidays but 5 sets of growing legs have led to a reluctant sale and a hunt for a bigger boat. She has been loving maintained and want for nothing and is ready to sail in the 2025 season.

2023 insurance survey available.

Located in Clyde boatyard on the hard, but could be launched and taken to Fairlie for a test sail for interested parties.

Specifications

Accommodation

Traditional layout, quarter berth, table drops to form doubl with additional single in saloon. For cabin with single berth.

Galley with:
Taylor’s paradise 2 burner stove
Center line sink with hot and cold pressurised water
Emergency manual fresh water tap
~100l well insulated top load ice box
Prevision for refrigerator if required

Construction

Solid GRP hull, build by North Cornwall marine (now Cygnus marine) in 1980. Yacht completed and launched in 2002.
Lead ingots in a fully encapsulated keel.
Marine ply bulkheads with Mahogany finish.
Composite deck comprising of two layers of cedar and two layers of biax carbon fibre in a sandwich construction.
Teak cockpit thwarts and teak grating.
Teak cockpit hatches.

Equipment

Re-wired in 2021
Brand new Stirling 100Ah lifepo4 house battery
Space for second house battery
100Ah lead start battery
140w solar array with
3 x Victron MPPT charge controllers
Victron Orion XS DC-DC alternator charger
Mastervolt 240 charger
Victron battery monitor
Pelagic autopilot
Jeffa DD40 eleco-mechanical drive
Eberspacher hydronic central heating
Hot water calorifier tank
Sl hyspeed windlass
Bugel main anchor
50m 8mm anchor chain
Manson supreme kedge anchor with length of chain.
Sail cover
Cockpit cushions

Navigation Equipment

Half sized admiralty chart table
Chart storage below
Oceansignal AIS transponder
Furuno Navigation instruments
Maretron electronic compass
NASA electromagnetic log
NASA wireless wind
Navigation PC with 15” monitor
Standard Horison GX1850 dsc vhf
Fusion Ra55 am/fm/bluetooth stereo
Actisense beam 2000 WiFi interface
Pelacig below decks autopilot

Engine(s)

Beta 30, engine hours: tbc
Fitted around 2008. Good access via removable panel under companion way and two hatches in the cockpit.
Heat exchanger cooled, raw water filter under companionway.
Flexible coupling.
Serviced annually, last service spring 2005.
Engine mounts replaced 2005.
Prop shaft, cutlass bearing and Volvo dripless seal replaced 2003.
Bronze 3 blade prop.
Control panel fitted in cockpit locker.
Dual fuel filter system, switchable in case of blockages. Duke polishing system.

Dripless seal

Dual fuel filters

Sails & Spars

Spruce mast with carbon/ Kelly protective wrap.
Laminated cedar boom
Aluminium gaff and bowsprit
Bronze gooseneck
Bronze, galvanised steel and leather gaff saddle

Main, staysail jib and cruising chute.
Most running rigging replaced 2023/2024
Spliced stainless steel standing rigging with stainless bottle screws.

Safety Equipment

Throw bag
2 x fire extinguishers
AIS Transponder

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