Specifications
'Summer Prelude' is a Buchanan 'Viking' Class Sloop built by Johnson Sons
and Jago in 1965 to +100A1 Lloyds Standard.
Construction
Carvel built of Iroko planking, copper fastened on elm frames with splined seams
(re-splined 1990). Teak laid decks on plywood. Teak cabin sides with
plywood roof.
| Length Overall |
31.8ft |
| Waterline Length |
24ft |
| Beam |
9ft |
| Draft |
4ft 6ins |
| Displacement |
5.25 tons |
| Iron Ballast |
2.75 tons |
Sails and deck gear
 | 38ft Hollow Spruce mast |
| Mainsail in Tan Terylene, new 1994 |
| Genoa in Tan Terylene, new 1994 |
| Storm trysail |
| Storm jib |
| Spare Tiller |
| Spinnaker |
| Spinnaker pole |
| Sailspar headsail reefing gear |
| Stainless steel standing rigging (approx 1991) |
| Cockpit dodgers new 2001 |
| Cockpit cover new 2001 |
| Two horseshoe lifebuoys |
| Boat hook |
| Warps |
| Fenders |
General equipment
| Original brass bilge pump |
| Electric bilge pump |
| Radar reflector |
| Clock |
| Barometer |
| Sestrel hand bearing compass |
| Flares (not guaranteed in date) |
| Fire extinguishers (not guaranteed in date) |
Engine:
| 15hp Volvo MD2 diesel engine |
Electrics / Electronics
| Kelvin Hughes Husun 60 VHF Radio Telephone |
| Sailor Broadcast and communications receiver |
| Brookes and Gatehouse Harrier log and knot meter |
| Seafarer Voyager depth sounder |
| Nautech Autohelm 2000 self steering gear |
| 2 Batteries |
| Navigation lights |
| Berth lights |
| Cabin lights |
Tankage
| Fuel 14 gallons approx |
| Water 15 gallons approx (plus additional flexible tank in quarter
berth) |
Tenders
| 9ft Varnished clinker dinghy with oars |
| 6ft Inflatable dinghy |
Lay-up gear
| Shore Cradle |
| Custom built boarding staircase |
| Strong-back and Winter cover (new 1998) |
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