Classic Yacht Scottish Island Class

Commissioned by her current owner and launched in 2000 SHONA is an ‘in class’ modern example of this classic Clyde Estuary design. Drawn by Alfred Mylne to provide owners with close and competitive one-design racing while being capable of cruising the islands during holiday.

Unlike her sisters ships built pre-1960 SHONA is constructed using modern techniques with a wooden composite hull of strip-planked cedar fully saturated and sheathed in epoxy laminate. The benefits being a relatively low-maintenance wooden classic, eligible to compete with her sisterships. Great care was taken during her construction to ensure weight distribution and her overall displacement adhered to the original class rules. Having provided her owner with over 20 years of enjoyable sailing this modern classic is now seeking a new owner who wishes to enjoy the pleasures of classic sailing in a truly unique modern yacht.

THE CLASS:

The Scottish Islands Class One Design was developed to create a one design fleet for the west coast of Scotland. The yachts providing their owner with competitive one design racing while also being capable of cruising the west coast and islands; they were designed to have an inboard engine installed, unusual for one design class of the period. Designed in the late 1920’s by the revered Scottish yacht designer Alfred Mylne, the class was built by the world-famous McGruer’s of Clynder yard. Only 12 Islander class yachts were ever built. The original five were built in 1929, another five just before the start of World War II and one more in 1959, all built by McGruers. SHONA is the final example of the design to have been to date.

CONSTRUCTION

Hull Construction:
Composite Wood construction
Cedar strip planked hull bonded with epoxy adhesive
Cedar hull planking saturated with epoxy
Hull planking sheathed internally and externally with epoxy laminate using woven glass cloth
Hull manufacture constitutes a composite sandwich type construction.
Bulkheads of marine ply construction, saturated in epoxy and fully bonded to hull and deck with epoxy fillets.
Oak beam shelf
Hull finished internally with either clear expoxy coatings or grey bilge paint.
Topsides finished in a single pack cream paint.
Black antifouling applied below the waterline.

Deck & Superstructure Construction:
Oak deck beams with cappings,
Marine play deck, sheathed with epoxy laminate externally.
Superstructure sides of marine play with expoy laminate sheathing, finished in a 4mm teak veneer.
Cabin top of Cedar strip plank construction, sheathed in epoxy laminate which runs down superstructure sides and out to decks
Bulkheads at forward and aft ends of cockpit finished hardwood planking.
Solid teak trims and fittings finished with varnish.
Decks painted with single pack non-slip deck paint in cream
Cockpit sole of marine play, epoxy coated and finished with non-slip blue/grey deck paint.

Keel & Rudder:
Lead ballast keel
Epoxy bonded to wood keel and mechanically fastened with five stainless steel keelbolts.
Laminated wood rudder, epoxy sheathed.

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:
Yanmar 1GM10 marine diesel engine.
10hp
Single cylinder, naturally aspirated, directly cooled.
Kanzaki mechanical reversing gearbox
Single lever morse control.

Propulsion & Steering:
Stainless steel prop shaft
Dripless type stern seal.
Two blade, bronze folding propellor.
Oak tiller

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Voltage systems:
12VDC onboard power system

Battery Banks:
Engine Bank – 1x 12VDC, 60AH lead acid
Domestic Bank – 1x 12VDC, 60AH, lead acid

Alternator:
Engine driven alternator
12VDC, 55amp

PLUMBING

Fresh Water:
Manually pumped freshwater system

Bilge Pumps:
Manual bilge pump

TANKAGE

Fuel:
Single stainless steel tank
Approximate capacity 45ltr (10 Gal)

Fresh Water:
Single stainless steel tank
Approximate capacity 45ltr (10 Gal)

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

On Deck:
Depth – NASA Clipper
Log – NASA Clipper

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation Finish:
Cabin sole of veneered plywood finished with satin varnish
Joinery units of veneers plywood and solid hardwood trims finished with satin varnish
Hull sides in way of bunks finished with hardwood slats.
Superstructure sides, bulkheads and deckheads finished in cream paint

Description of Accommodation from Forward:
Accommodation space open from companionway to stem
Anchor locker/ sail locker forward of mast step.
Mast step located between double main ring frame style bulkheads.
Rope clutches for main and genoa halyards mounted on mast step below decks.
Bench style settees port and starboard aft of mast step.
Settees converting to two single bunks with bin locker storage beneath
Compact sliding table at aft end of port bunk.
Table slides forward to provide access to stainless steel sink and lined space for single burner portable gas cooker to sit.
Shelves below deck head running the length of the settees port and starboard.
Cave lockers aft of bunks port and starboard.
Ships switch panel mounted on companionway bulkhead to starboard.

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:
Keel stepped, double spreader, fractionally rigged sloop rig.
Mast and spars of spruce construction.
Standing rigging of stainless steel wire.
Single forestay
Running backstays
Spinnaker pole.
Stainless steel folding boom crutch.
Barton genoa tracks and cars.
Stainless steel mainsheet horse with traditional bronze block mainsheet.

Winches:
Primary Winches – 2x Meissner GMB10
Secondary Winches - 2x Meissner GMB10

Sails:
Mainsail – Slab reefing, cream dacron, cross cut. 2000
Jib – Hank-on, cream dacron, cross cut 2000
Working Jib - Hank-on, cream dacron, cross cut 2000
Storm Jib
Spinnaker

Canvas Work:
Cockpit boom tent

Anchoring & Mooring:
Bower Anchor – 20kg CQR anchor on chain/warp rode
Kedge Anchor – Fortress FX11 alloy anchor on warp rode.
Selection of mooring warps
Selection of fenders

Tender:
New and unused inflatable dinghy

General:
Double stainless steel bow roller
Varnished foredeck hatch, hinges at forward end, portlight within hatch.
Closing bronze deck ventilators, port and starboard sides of mast appeture.
Stainless steel chainplates port and starboard
Genoa tracks mounted on side decks inboard.
Sliding companionway hatch
Hardwood cockpit coamings taper out aft.
Primary and secondary winches mounted outboard of coaming forward.
Seats outboard at forward and aft ends of cockpit.
Lockers outboard of all seating.
Stainless steel mainsheet horse aft of tiller
Lazzarette locker under aft deck, accessed from cockpit.