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Laurent Giles Vertue II
- Designer: Giles, Laurent
- Location: Sweden
- Length on deck: 25'8"
- Beam: 7'10"
- Draft: 4'5"
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Wooden Ships Comments on this Laurent Giles Vertue II
Based on the famous Vertue design by Laurent Giles, this is the very first example of what was known as the Vertue II, the same lines but built using GRP, completed in 1979 and built to Lloyds 100A1 classification. Shortly after completion, the boat was exhibited at the London Boat Show in 1979. This is the first and and possibly the best GRP Vertue II, a superb and immensely capable short handed blue water cruising boat.
The most notable feature of this boat compared to other examples of the Vertue II is her interior. Because she was due to be exhibited at the boat show, the yard put a lot of time and effort into building her interior using solid teak giving her a cozy and comfortable feeling comparable to some of her earlier wooden sister ships. Later boats were not fitted out to this high standard due to the extortionate cost.
Sold into Swedish ownership in 2010 where she has been based ever since, cruising the archipelagos and coasts of the Baltic. Last year she was sold, bought by an Australian for an intended long distance cruise and she had considerable investment with new gear and equipment in readiness for that trip. Unfortunately plans have changed, the trip cancelled and the boat must be sold once again.
The boat had been totally prepared for this voyage and is a fully equipped, turn key blue water cruising boat in ready to go condition. Recent updates include:
2021 survey
New Liferaft
New roller furling headsail system
New batteries
New EPIRB and PLB
She has been well maintained and continually upgraded over the years. She is well set up for single handed sailing, easily handled by one person and capable of offshore cruising in rough weather if required, the Vertue has often been referred to as the ‘greatest offshore cruiser’.
Length on Deck 25’8″
Length Waterline 21’6″
Beam 7’10”
Draft 4’5″
Displacement 4,100kg/9000lbs
Ballast 2000kg/4400lbs
Construction
GRP moulded hull, heavily laid and built to Lloyds 100A1.
2 ton external iron ballast keel.
GRP moulded decks and coachroof finished in blue non slip coating. Scrubbed teak hand rails on the coachroof deck.
Lewmar hatch forward of the mast
Moulded self draining cockpit with a scrubbed teak capping rail and Treadmaster non slip mat on the thwarts. Sprayhood with a zipped back to shelter the cockpit.
Tiller steering with a transom hung wooden rudder, rebuilt in 2016. Stainless steel pintles and gudgeons. Aries wind vane steering fitted.
Masthead bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy mast. Mast steps fitted.
New Selden single line slab reefing boom in 2016. Stack pack system fitted on lazy jacks.
The mast and rigging is over spec for a boat of her size making everything very strong.
Twin lower shrouds and a single cap shroud to internal stainless steel chain plates.
ProFurl C290 roller furling genoa system, new in 2022. Split standing backstay. Inner forestay for storm jib.
Fully battened mainsail with lazy jacks and stack pack system. Genoa by Hood in good condition. Second genoa, storm jib, working jib and spinnaker.
Lewmar 16 primary cockpit sheet winches and a pair of Lewmar non-self tailing secondary sheet winches.
Lewmar 16 self tailing winch on coachroof for running rigging which is led through jamming clutches.
Yanmar 2GM20 16hp twin cylinder diesel. Complete and thorough service in 2022. Full set of spares and tools aboard.
Stainless steel shaft with an Aqua-Drive coupling to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller. 5 knots cruising speed.
17 gallons of diesel in an incorporated tank under the engine built into the keel.
20 gallons of water in a plastic tank under the saloon sole.
2 x AGM domestic batteries and 1 x engine start battery, all new in 2022.
Small inverter for 240 volt, new in 2022.
Accommodation
3 berths plus an extra berth in the fore peak currently used for storage. 6’2″ headroom throughout the saloon.
The interior of this very first example of the Vertue II was finished in solid teak panelling all done to a very high standard and gives her a cosy comfortable feel in the cabin similar to that of her earlier wooden counterparts.
Steps down from the cockpit with a quarter berth to starboard and galley to port.
Galley has an Origo twin burner meths stove on gimbals. Stainless sink with manually pumped fresh and salt water. Various lockers, cubby holes and storage shelves around the galley give plenty of stowage space.
Half height bulkheads with the recognisable curved top found in Vertues separate off the main saloon. Settee berth either side with trotter box forward. Lockers behind under the deck head and storage beneath the seats as well.
Teak shelf and storage lockers at the forward end of the saloon either side, each with a brass oil lamp on gimbals.
Custom made stainless steel solid fuel cabin heater mounts on the bulkhead.
Centreline door into the forepeak with a heads to starboard and the 4th berth/storage are to starboard.
Heads is a Blakes manual sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.
Aries Lift up wind vane self steering
Autohelm ST 4000 tiller pilot with fixed mounted display/control unit in cockpit.
Yeoman Navigator Pro
AIS EM-track B400 class B (AIS sender and receiver) with its own chart display
3 anchors plus chain.
Simpson Lawrence anchor windlass type S-L Hyspeed Double Action Lever Windlass.
Lazizas Coastal valise life raft, new 2022
EPIRB, new 2022
Personal locator Beacon, new 2022
Life jacket, new 2022
2 x life line terthers
Fire blanket in the galley
Spare tiller
Manual bilge pump
Auto electric bilge pump
Radar reflector
Bunk and berth cushions
Full galley equipment
Paraffin cabin lamps
2 burner Origo spirit stove
Bimini sun awning
Custom made stainless steel solid fuel stove cabin heater.
Sprayhood with zipped on back
Engine spares
Mainsail, fully battened
Working jib
Mainsail stack pack system with lazy jacks
2 x Lewmar self tailing cockpit sheet winches
2 x non-self tailing cockpit sheet winches
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Sold – 26ft. LAURENT GILES VERTUE 11 – 1999 – GRP Construction – Good Example – Lying: Chichester Harbour
£ 19,500
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HISTORY & DESCRIPTION:
In 1936 Laurent Giles designed a small yacht called ANDRILLOT. Built in Oregon Pine for £400 by Moodys of Southampton, she was gaff cutter rigged, with bowsprit and topsail, the designer describing her as having “the general outward character of a pilot fishing boat”. ANDRILLOT soon became noticed for the long passages she began to make, one cruise to Biscay took in the West of England and the Scilly Isles, and returned via the Channel Islands, winning her skipper the Royal Cruising Club’s Founders Cup. By 1939 ten sisters had been built, rigged as Bermudian sloops having double headsails. In 1939 one of these won the Little Ships Club’s Vertue Cup in 1939 for a 750-mile summer cruise, taking in 22 ports and taking only 19 days for the round trip – a remarkable achievement for a small yacht without an engine. After winning the Vertue Cup, Laurent Giles named the class the Vertue, making minor modifications to the hull and coachroof design. These Vertues became the classic small boat of choice for the single-handed long-distance sailor. The owner of the original ANDRILLOT, in the post-war Vertue XXXV, took her transatlantic east-west, surviving a hurricane and a knockdown in the process. Many other Vertues made much longer voyages, including several circumnavigations. There were various ‘tweaks’ to the Vertue lines over the years, including different coachroof designs and slight alterations to the sheer. In the late 1970s, the Vertue II was created for GRP production, these again had slight alterations to the original design, including a simpler sloop rig and about 4″ more beam than the original Vertues. They also have a slightly higher ballast ratio but retain the essential character of the original tough, all-weather little cruiser.
Based on the original 1936 design by Laurent Giles, the Vertue II is a later GRP version of this classic cruiser built by Bossoms Boat Yard, Oxford. By modern standards the Vertue is heavy displacement, however, this makes her a reassuringly solid and stable yacht. With quality detailing such as closed fairleads set into deep toe-rails, the Vertue II was always an expensive yacht for her size when built. Over 75 years since the design originated, the Vertue remains an excellent choice for safe short-handed cruising.
THE GOOD SHEPHERD, built in 1999 and launched in 2000 is hull number 43, and the last Vertue II to come out of Bossoms Boat Yard. With only two owners from new, THE GOOD SHEPHERD has been enjoyed on sailing trips around the Solent and to France. Maintained in good order with hull re-polished June 2019.
10hp Yanmar 1GM10 diesel engine with shaft drive 72-litre stainless-steel fuel tank 3 Bladed bronze propeller – applied Velox last year Approx. 700 hrs recorded
HULL & DECK:
British Racing Green finish GPR moulded hull, deck and coachroof Non-slip decking renewed June 2019 Hull and topsides polished June 2019 Long ballast keel – 4,400 lbs. Tiller steering 2 Anchors and manual windlass Guard-wires and stanchions Boathook Opening hatch forward Cockpit lazarette aft Warps and fenders Coppercoat to underwater hull Automatic and manual bilge pumps
ACCOMMODATION:
4 berths in 2 cabins (forward cabin and saloon) Saloon table (removable) Chart table Green canvas upholstery Varnished timber sole Galley with Taylors 2 burner hob and sink 91 litres stainless steel water tank Marine heads, fitted 2018, unused
NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT:
Depth sounder VHF Clock Barometer Compass Navigation lights Autopilot
SAILS & RIGGING:
Selden Alloy Mast Original Mainsail Original Headsail with new UV strip Spinnaker pole Gennaker – 12 years old, hardly used Sail cover Sprayhood frame available (no canvas) Original standing rigging, last inspected 6-7 years ago Original running rigging with parts replaced over the years Backstay Four Lewmar Winches
BROKERS NOTE:
A rare opportunity to purchase the last GRP Vertue 11 built in the UK. This legendary design needs no introduction as one of the top 100 yachts of the 20th Century. THE GOOD SHEPHERD has all the style, sailing ability and sea-worthiness of the wooden Vertue but with low maintenance GRP construction. Top-quality teak interior and well presented throughout. Excellent value.
GUIDE: SOLD – March 2020
LYING: South-Coast, UK
VIEWING: Through the brokers – 01905 356482
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