The Falmouth Bass Boat Association
Specifications
The Falmouth Bass Boat is a traditional stable dayboat with the capacity to carry 5 adults. Easily trailed and launched she handles and sails well and predictably, and can confidently be sailed single-handed. Rigged as a gunter ketch she has an inboard, offset, mounting for an auxiliary outboard and watertight storage lockers. The gunter rigged mainsail makes for a short mast which lies in the hull for trailing. The lifting rudder and centre board allow sailing in shallow water. In strong winds the mainsail can be reefed or dowsed completely allowing the boat to be sailed on jib and mizzen only. Her strong bilge keels ensure she remains upright if kept on a drying mooring.
The hull is made of hand laid GRP 6oz, doubled in way of keel. Internal mouldings are 4oz bonded to the hull and fitted with 700 lbs of monocellular foam buoyancy. She has oiled hardwood gunwales and douglas fir spars. An optional PVC cuddy can be fitted.
The Falmouth Bass Boat qualifies for the CE mark, category 'C', having been tested and certified as meeting the standards set down for R.C.D. buoyancy and stability tests.
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LOA 4.83m (15ft 10in)
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LWL 3.96m (13ft 0in)
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Beam 1.78m (5ft 10in)
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Draft (c/plate up) 0.25m (0ft 10in)
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Draft (c/plate down) 1.07m (3ft 6in)
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Weight 272 Kg (600lbs)
Sail Area
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Main 5.1m2 (55sq.ft)
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Jib 2.8m22 (30sq.ft)
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Mizzen 1.44m2 (15sq.ft)
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Reefing Slab/Roller
Equipment
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Towing eye
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Custom bow roller
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Bow and stern mooring cleats
8mm galvanised steel centre plate with lifting tackle
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Galvanised rowlocks and plates
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Laminated tiller
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Manual bilge pump