DETAILS

1981 Gaff Rigged Yawl 

Specs
Full keel wooden yawl, gaff main, marconi mizzen

Name, Location and Number:

PELICAN

Located: Maryland
USCG Documentation: No. 622814

Specifications:

• Type of Vessel: Fenwick Williams 24, diesel auxiliary, full keel, wooden yawl

• Designer: Fenwick C. Williams

• Builder: John Seaman, Greenport/Southhold, New York

• Year Built: 1981 

Dimensions:

• Length Over All: 32’ (including bowsprit and boomkin)

• Length On Deck: 24’

• Length On Waterline: 21’

• Beam: 8’

• Draft: 3' 10"

• Displacement: 9,000 lbs.

• Lead Ballast: 2,000 lbs.

• Mast Clearance:    32'

Construction:

• Hull is Mahogany (approx 1" thickness) on Oak frames

  • Oak frames from mast step to sternpost replaced with slightly enlarged, tapered frames which have the same original dimension at their heads, increasing in molded dimension to larger section at their heels, not recurved at heels but terminating on new, custom-fit landings to increase strength and longevity

• Deck is marine ply under epoxy and fiberglass

• Oak caprails

• Teak cabin sole, mahaogany interior cabinetry, Alaskan yellow cedar ceiling

• Bowsprit and boomkin douglas fir, bowsprit with double anchor rollers.

• Colors: Custom light blue topsides, dark blue bulwarks and bootstripe, blue bottom (3 coats Petit Eco), bright cabin, caprails, trim, spars, sand color decks.

• Varnished teak brightwork – all except hatches in 2-part Interlux Perfection varnish

• Bronze hardware

 Engine:

• Sabb Model G – 1978, 10 horsepower, 1 cylinder, naturally aspirated diesel

  • Extensive service includes new hoses, cylinder liner, rings, seals, thermostat 2006

• Feathering bronze Sabb propeller

Rigging, Sails and Canvas

• Keel-stepped masts

• All spars sitka spruce, finished bright (Interlux Perfection 2-part vanish, 2016+)

• Bronze anchor windless winch forward

• All running rigging controlled by blocks, no winches required replaced 2015-2017

• All standing rigging Dyneema, parceled and served, new leather

• Two high-peaked gaff Mainsails, Two Marconi Mizzens, One Mizzen Staysail, Four Headsails from large drifter to 80%.

• Sail and wheel covers

• Canopy sunshade from mainmast to mizzen mast

• Closed-cell cockpit cushions

• Boomkin-mounted solar panel

Tankage:

• Fuel: 20 gallons in one Monel tank (dipstick reading)

• Water: 20 gallons in one poly tan

• Holding Tank: NONE – boat was reconfigured in 2017 with an Airhead Marine Head, ventilated to deck

Equipment

• Two anchors – CQR #35 and Fortress FX 17 (2003)

• Chain and nylon anchor rode

• Pelican was fitted with an Airhead Marine Head in 2017

• Bronze circular cockpit plate/manhole cover for engine access, also has a vented grate for the same opening.

• Bronze oil lamps (two, forward in cabin) which make Pelican absolutely the most comfortable cabin afloat at night in any anchorage. 

Electrical System

• One Optima Blue Top Battery

• 15W Solar Panel mounted on boomkin with controller

• New electrical system (fixtures, wiring, panel) 2015-2016

• All lights are LED, including navigation and interior

• Lights at Galley, stove, and head, reading lights port and starboard; nighttime red LED lights near companionway, galley, and the head

• Masthead two-way steaming & anchor light, Port Starboard Stern navigation lights all Signal Mate LED new 2014

Accommodations/Layout:

Interior Finishes  Satin-varnished mahogany staving, bulkheads, mahogany cabintop frames, white fiberglass overhead, with solid teak cabin sole. Bronze hardware and light fixtures. Six Bronze opening port lights.

Salon   Two settee berths in main salon, each 6’-3” long. Settee seating berths with folding center table.

Berths   Berth cushions are currently light green

Galley   Small but effective galley starboard with new countertop, flatware storage, numerous storage spaces, stainless sink with foot-operated fresh water pump. Diesel Bristol Dickerson stove to port with chimney to Charley Noble through house top (currently being re-installed). Space for 50QT cooler to starboard, aft of galley sink.

Head   Pelican was just upgraded in spring 2017 with an Airhead Marina head forward (2017), ventilated through dorade vent on deck. These work as advertised – there is no smell in the boat. The expansive, heavy old head, with its hoses pumps, and (illegal overboard pump) valves was happily removed, making space for more effective anchor rode storage.

Lockers   Lockers forward of settee berths, near head, under settee storage full length of settees, and storage space aft and under the diesel stove; large shelf storage to port, and book/storage shelves port and starboard outboard of settees.

Electronics:

• B&G Zeus2 7” chart plotter with connected SonarHub and Airmar B60 24degree transducer. Compatible with iPads on vessel network (2017)

• Standard Horizon Explorer 1700   DSC VHF, MMSI registration (2016)

• Chartplotter and VHF installed on swing mounts at companionway for ease of use and ease of storage

• Airmar B60 24degree transducer installed starboard (2016)

• Blue Marine electrical system, including new m-Series mini switch, below deck 12V DC socket and Mini OLED voltmeter, and DC 6 position breaker panel (2015-2017)

Safety Equipment:

• Two manual fire extinguishers, one in galley, one at head (2013)

• Johnson electric bilge pump (2015), and manual Whale Gusher in cockpit

• Weems and Plath SOS Distress Electronic Flare (new 2017)