Specifications
Yseult is a 46ft Gaff Cutter built in GRP in 2000 by Martin Heard's Gaffers
and Luggers at Mylor Creek near Falmouth. The lines are based on a St Malo Pilot
Cutter designed by Francois Lemarchand in 1891.
Hull is GRP, 2.5ins
bilge decreasing to 1.5ins at the bulwarks. Decks are Aformosia on GRP on marine ply (2 1/8 ins) supported by
rim shelf and Iroko beams (5 ¾ ins high 3ins wide) at 2ft intervals. Her is keel is
lead shot encapsulated in GRP. She has Afrormosia laid decks on GRP and marine ply on
Iroko beams. Her superstructure is of Iroko and Teak.
Approximate Dimensions
 | Mainsail - SKB Sails, Falmouth |
| Jib - SKB Sails, Falmouth |
| Staysail - SKB Sails, Falmouth |
| Topsail - SKB Sails, Falmouth |
| All sails serviced, washed and stored at the end of each season |
| Slab reefing in the mainsail |
| Wykham Martin Furling on jib |
| Reefing points on the staysail |
| All blocks and running rigging removed each winter and rotated / replaced
as necessary |
| The boat system is 24 volt, primarily to reduce the cable size on the long runs , there are invertors in place to reduce to 12 where appropriate. |
| There is also a 240 volt circuit |
| There are 4 twelve Volt batteries for the service sector |
| 2, 12 Volt batteries for the main engine start and the separate generator start. |
| Two alternators on the main engine one charging the 12 volt starter batteries and the second charging the service batteries for the 24volt system.. |
| Mastervolt control charger, |
| Mastervolt inverter |
| Mastervolt shore power installation |
| The generator or the shore power charge the batteries and supply power to the water heater. |
| The remote control panel shows power supplied, battery Voltage and Amps in use. Lights indicate which services are in use. |
| The switching between the charging systems is automatic with the generator taking priority. |
| There are 240 volt ac sockets in the fo'cs'le, main saloon and two aft cabins. |
| Step down from 24 to 12volt is for the instrumentation, with the exception of the Radar and the automatic pilot. |
| Instrumentation is Simrad with the exception of the GPS. |
| The motor for the automatic pilot is 24 volt Mamba driving Whitlock mechanism controlled by Simrad Robertson self steering.
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| The engine instrumentation is 12volt. |
| The lighting circuit is 24 both domestic and navigation. |
| Both anchor windlass and the forward electric winch are 24volt |
| Emergency link in case either the main engine start or generator batteries are flat. |
| The switchboard on the main panel provides the control to all other areas, lighting water heating, water pressure, electric
W.C. etc.. |
| Radio Cassette unit |
| Echo sounder |
| Wind speed / direction indicator |
| Robertson Autopilot |
| VHF Radio telephone |
| Navigation lights |
| Interior lights |
| Alarm |
| GPS |
| Log |
| Radar |
