Sirius Yachts manufactures it's own range of round bilge blue water steel cruising yachts. Designed by David Thomas, these yachts have a powerful yet sleek style combining an easily driven hull with excellent performance and handling under sail or motor. The yachts combine ocean going range and safety considerations, with features that make them comfortable for coastwise cruising and on-board relaxation. But most of all, the Sirius range provides the security of a steel construction, making them strong enough to bounce off the odd reef as well as stand their ground in the crush of the marina.

The secret of the Sirius form of construction lies partly in the high quality steel used but mostly in the method of hull fabrication. High grade steel is used for vertical hull plating which is wrapped around the longitudinal stringers that run from stem to stern. These hulls have a higher yield and tensile strength than other steel vessels, due to the superior construction materials, and the longitudinal method of framing providing immense strength within a very fair hull.

 
 


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Whiskyjack pictured here in the early stages of construction the removable building jig and supporting frame work are still clearly visible. The longitudinal stringers which run the length of the vessel will soon be sheathed with the steel plate that forms the outer shell.


 
    A ketch rigsteel mono hull, she boasts a swinging keel foe shallow water anchorage. Teak laid deck and center cockpit.

 
     
 
     
 
Redstone Wharf, Sandy Lane, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, DY13 9PN, ENGLAND. TEL/FAX - 01299 871048. [email protected]   
 
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