Built by Honor Marine in Totnes, Devon, England in 1981.
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Principal characteristics:
Length: 21' 9"
Draft: 12 inches, with plate center board up
New set of tan sails are presently being made and the galvanized trailer completely reconditioned. Original sails are in good condition but have some discoloration but can be used as spares.
Engine: 2 HP air cooled four stroke Honda outboard bought in 2010 and recently serviced for its first 20 hours of operation.
Boat was built in 1981 and has been kept always outside the water either in storage or on a lfit cradle. Boat cover for dry storage custom made.
Anchor, chain and warp, three rubber fenders, deck lines, rigging, kick up rudder, two pairs of oars and rowlocks, removable row thwarts, after locker floor boards, newly made cockpit floorboards, roller reefing jib with sunbrella, sliding jib sheet fairleads, tabernacle, teak rails, bronze fittings, main and mizzen mast, spars, bumpkin (for mizzen) and sails, compass and bilge pump.
Colors: white hull, tan sails, teak stern trimming
Summary:
At 21' 9" Length over all, although light & easily handled, on or off the water, the Drascombe Longboat is a powerful sailor, both stable & roomy.
She carries 172 Sq Ft of tan sail in the Drascombe manner;
jib, gunter main & mizzen setting to a bumpkin, all loose footed
Draft is 1' 0" with plate up, 4' 2" down.
Hull in good condition and very sturdy. They don't make them like this anymore.
