Swn-Y-Mor

A gaff-rigged, cutter-headed yawl built at Snape Maltings in 1993. She was the last yacht to be designed and built by McMillan Yachts International before Sean McMillan set up the new firm of Spirit Yachts.

Designed for the present owner, her style is of an Essex Smack of the 1890s, with influence from the Dutch ‘Botte’.

Topsides are of varnished Brazilian mahogany, with coachroof, deck and cockpit of mahogany in vertical planes and of teak in horizontal planes.

Planned for versatility and short-handed sailing, with 5 working sails, Swn-y-Mor has travelled from her base in North Wales to Scotland, Ireland, Brittany and the Mediterranean.

ACCOMMODATION

Forward, a spacious and airy V-berth for two, with heads and shower accessible from forward or aft leading to the main cabin, with berths on either side and an infill making a double to port.

Moving aft, a compact galley with fridge ,cooker (2 burners, oven & grill) and 2 handthrown basins and tiles designed for Swn-y-Mor. Full-sized chart table to starboard, designed for navigation in the roughest seas. Easy companionway with oilskin locker leads into the oval cockpit, dominated by a massive binnacle and mahogany wheel.

Spacious lockers & lazarettes on either side, with a further locker under the helmsman’s seat. Teak gratings on cockpit floor.

SPECIFICATION

44' LOA, 31' on deck
Draught 4'11"  (long keel with cutout)
Beam 9'11"
Heavy displacement - 6.7 tons fully loaded
Perkins Perama 30 diesel engine
Five working sails (area 743 sq.ft.) in cream

CAPACITIES

• Fuel: 90l in tank

• Water: 160l in 2 tanks + 30l in calorifier

• Gas: 2 x 4.7kg bottles in gas locker

• S/s holding tank: 90l, to shore pumpout or to sea

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• Back-up VHF aerial on mizzen mast

• Firdell Blipper radar reflector

• 6-man liferaft in canister

• Danbuoy/lifebuoy launchable from cockpit

• Parachute drogue

• Jackstays along sidedecks, on coachroof and aft of cockpit

• Harness point in cockpit

• Emergency steering tiller

INSTRUMENTS

On binnacle:

• Compass

• Autohelm ST50 wind, log/depth tridata + autopilot control, interfaced to GPS

• Autohelm 4000 wheel-mounted autopilot

Below:       

• Autohelm ST50 repeater

• Garmin 120 GPS

• VHF radio, with masthead aerial

SAILS

All working sails (area 743 sq.ft.) in cream:

            Main
            Main topsail
            Staysail with Profurl furler
            Jib with Profurl furler
            Mizzen

• Tri-radial cruising chute with snuffer

• Stormsail

• Trisail

• Sail bags for all sails

• Binnacle cover in beige

• Awning for cockpit & main deck in beige

SPARS

• Main boom and gaff

• Mizzen boom and gaff

• Bowsprit with bobstay to Highfield lever & whisker shrouds

• Bumpkin

• Spinnaker pole, extendable

STANDING RIGGING

Mainmast:

• Cap shrouds 6mm

• Upper & lowers 8mm

• Forestay

• Outer forestay

• Running backstays to snatch blocks & Highfield levers

Mizzenmast:

• Forward shrouds

• Aft shrouds

COMFORT

• Luxury covers to cushions

• Lee cloths in main & forward cabins

• Bum strap for cooker

• Brass oil lamps

• Traditional style brass 12v lamps

• Ash plank headlining with full standing room throughout

• Cabin table with 2 drop leaves & wine cupboard

• Lockers under all berths

• Mikuni diesel water heater to fan-operated convectors in both cabins

• Goodman 4x40w stereo radio-cassette with CD input

• 2 speakers in main cabin, 2 in cockpit

MECHANICALS       

• Perkins Perama 30 3-cylinder diesel engine

• Hurth gearbox

• Conventional shaft drive via cutlass bearings to 3-blade  13" propeller

• Morse gear & throttle cables, control lever on binnacle

• Twin 12v bilge pumps, auto or manual

• Manual bilge pump operated from cockpit

• Sterling alternator power booster

• Sterling battery voltage meter

• Engine hours meter

• Dedicated engine battery 75ah

• Twin service batteries 2 x 100ah

• Fitted 3-way 25ah battery charger, fan cooled

• Shore-based 240v circuit, feeding immersion heater, battery charger & 2 x 13A sockets

• RCD safety device

• Bulkhead mounted oil-change handpump