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Varne Folkboat

Last Varne FB commissioned?
£0 Sold / Unavailable
  • Boat REF#  ·  217626
  • LOA  ·  7.64m
  • Year  ·  1982
  • Construction  ·  GRP
  • Underwater profile  ·  Long keel
  • Berths  ·  4
  • Engine  ·  1 x Diesel 9hp, Yanmar 1GM 10 (1999)
  • Lying  ·  Milford Haven
Boatshed Wales
Boatshed Wales
Mike de Graaf

The boat featured is not currently for sale by Boatshed. The boat information and images presented are part of Boatshed’s back catalogue of the 25,000+ boats we have listed in the last 20 years and appear here for general information and guidance purposes about Boatshed and our boat selling systems and services

Extra Details

Designer Alan Hill and Tord Sunden
Builder Varne Folkboats Maldon, Essex.
Lying Milford Haven
Fuel capacity 10.0 ltr (2.2 G) Total - 1 Tanks
Water capacity 25.0 ltr (5.5 G) Total - 1 Tanks

Mechanical

Engine 1 x Diesel 9hp
Engine make and model Yanmar 1GM 10 (1999)
Engine Hours Not Recorded
Engine Cooled Direct
Steering Tiller
Drive Shaft
Prop(s) 3 Blade Bronze
Fuel consumption (approx) 1.4 ltr (0.3 G) /hour At Cruising Speed
Cruising speed (approx) 5 knots
Max speed (approx) 6 knots

Dimensions

LOA 7.64m
LWL 6.00m
Beam 2.29m
Draft Min 1.22m
Draft Max 1.22m
Displacement 2,150kg (4,740.8lbs)
Headroom 1.37m
Storage Ashore

Rig

Sloop rigged Kemp Aluminium spars (1995) with stainless steel standing rigging (1995)

Sails

Mainsail Crusader - Slab (1995) 3 Reefs
Headsail Crusader - Furling (1995)
Other sails Spinnaker (1996)
Storm Jib (1996)
Trysail (1996)
Spinnaker gear

Main and Genoa serviced annually by Ratsey's, new U/V strip this season. Spinnaker 1996 has seen little use and the Storm Jib and Trysail are unused as is the emergency fore-stay, setting to Hi-Field lever.

Electrical Systems

12 volt battery, 1 batteries charged by: engine

Construction

Construction GRP
Underwater profile Long keel
Finish Paint finish

Seven coats of Gelshield Epoxy prior to first launch.
Words from the owner:- The Varne GRP Folkboat was designed by Alan Hill and produced in Maldon from 1978, Petrafin was one of the last to be produced in 1982. The mouldings were bought by the previous owner as a project, the deck was attached to the hull and ballast encapsulated in the keel. I bought her as an unfinished project in 1988 and she was launched in Whitby in 1995, so she must be the last Varne Folkboat to go into the water. In addition to Alan Hill's design I stiffened the hull and deck with grp.
Top hat stringers bonded in at suitable intervals. Prior to launch the hull was painted below the waterline with seven coats of epoxy 'Gelshield' paint. The mast and spars, and stainless steel rigging were made up and fitted by 'Northern Spars'.
In the twenty years that I have sailed her, I have averaged around 600 miles per year and for the past ten years mainly single handed. The folkboat is a fantastic sailing boat, she sails close to the wind and has never let me down. In addition to much coastal cruising Petrafin has made many trips across the Irish Sea. In the early years she went up the East Coast, through the Caledonian Canal and around the Scottish islands. She has been out to the Outer Hebrides, circumnavigated Ireland in 2005, made several trips to the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall from South Wales. In 2013 and 2015 she completed the single handed Jester Challenge from Pwllheli around the Fastnet Rock and into Baltimore in West Cork.
She is set up for single handed sailing with three reefs in the main and Furlex roller reefing genoa controlled from the cockpit through blocks, deck organisers and jammers. She is fitted with an emergency forestay with a Highfield lift that has never been used. She has been stored ashore every Winter and the sale includes a yard cradle. The navigation lights are top of the mast tri-light and all round white anchor light both fitted with led bulbs, there are also emergency nav. lights on the pulpit and pushpit. Jackstays are frtted for going forward. Although the mainsail and genoa are old, they have been washed and stored at home each Winter, any servicing and repairs have been done by Ratsey Sails. The genoa has just had a new uv strip.
Petrafin has been well maintained, an engine record of the hours used has been kept and the service intervals used. The engine has been winterised each Winter. New 8mm anchor chain and swivel were fitted in 2013. In 2015 she was reupholstered, the toilet was serviced and new seals fitted, the lower two underwater rudder pintles were replaced, a new bow anchor roller fitted.

Accommodation

Total # of berths 4
No. of double berths 1
No. of single berths 2
Cabin(s) 2
Heads 1 heads (Sea Toilet)

2 burner paraffin cooker/stove

Accommodation

Cooker/stove
Sink
Carpet
Manual water system

2 burner paraffin cooker/stove

Deck Gear

Sail cover
Cockpit cover
Sun awning
Warps
Fenders
Boathook

2 halyard winches
2 sheet winches
1 anchors
(25lb CQR)
30.00m of chain
30.00m of warp
Yard cradle included. New 8mm anchor chain and swivel 2013.

Nav Equipment

Compass
Speed
Log
VHF
Clock
Barometer
Navigation lights
Echo sounder
Radar Reflector

Safety Equipment

Life buoys
Danbuoy

1 bilge pumps (1 manual / 0 Electric)

New fire extinguisher. Flares

Broker's Comments

Folk Boats! The sweetest handling, most honest and seaworthy small yacht of all times, (in my and other sailors opinion - for what that's worth!). This particular Folk Boat is a Varne, a British variant of the original Baltic FB offering more accommodation and an inboard diesel motor while retaining the almost flush deck and low coach-roof of the original. She has been in the same ownership ever since she was completed by her present owner and first launched in 1995.
Since then she has been sailed extensively around UK and Irish waters, from the Scillies to the Outer Hebrides; mostly single handed. Her owner intended to carry on sailing her until he was too old to continue but, as sometimes happens, a slightly larger version of the Folk Boat, a Twister, caught his eye and so she must go!
Petrafin has been faithfully serviced every year of her twenty seasons and with a coat of anti-fouling she will be ready to go again for the present season and beyond.
These boat details are subject to contract.
Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered. Update: she has had that coat of anti-foul I mentioned earlier!

This Varne Folkboat has been personally photographed and viewed by Alan Coy of Boatshed Wales. Click here for contact details.
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