Tiller Girl is a classic wooden boat of Carvel wooden construction of 1" Iroko planking on CRE or Oak. She was built as a one off, inspired by the Lauren Giles designs, by Frank Parsons, the owner of Seacraft Ltd, Leigh on Sea. She was Part 1 British Registered in 1965. Tiller Girl has a long keel with keel hung rudder, aft cockpit with tiller steering. She is rigged as a masthead l Bermudan sloop with in-line spreaders and roller reefing.
LOA 31’9” (9.67m)LWL 24’6” (8.32m)Beam 9’1” (2.78m)Draft 3’9” (1.14m)Displacement (in commission) around 7.5 tons
Tiller Girl is fitted with a Volvo Penta engine (Volvo 2030B and gearbox (1995) with all required equipment) and automatic fire extinguisher. There are twin batteries (both replaced 2020) with solar (new in 2020). She has been serviced and maintained at least annually. The cabin window glass has been replaced in spring 2025 along with the seals, due to some clouding of the old glass. The fore cabin hatch was replaced at the same time.
Tiller Girl is sold with a full set of sails. The Mainsail and Genoa are both from Doug Seaden, Sailmaker in 2014. They are bespoke measured and fitted. Mainsail in the Contender 7.52 cloth with two reefs set up for slab reefing; the 150% Genoa in Contender 6.46 cloth has foam luff to maintain shape under reefing. There is also a Cruising Chute by Jeckells in 2007, the single double spinnaker sheet serves the Cruising Chute, and a sail stack. Some of the former sails are also available is required. The mast is aluminium and the boom is of spruce. Tiller Girl is also supplied with spray dodgers and a full coach cover (2024).
She is fitted with Raytheon ST60 Wind speed and direction, ST60 Tridata (Speed, depth, temperature) and ST50 Electronic compass. Standard Horizon VM3500-E DSC VHF. Programmed with MMSI, Furuno GP31 GPS and Furuno Navtax, depth and speed guages. There is a fully functioning heads, calorifier, fridge, three ring gas hob, oven/grill, filtered tap water and fuel polisher. The standing rigging was upgraded in 2020. A full 'back to wood' rennovation of the hull was also carried out in 2020.
She has been lifted and antifouled in spring 2025 and a new anode was fitted at the same time.
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