37ft 'Cooee' - Classic Tiimber Cruiser available on the market!
Cooee is a gaff-topsail cutter built in Auckland by the legendary Bailey & Sons in 1894 for snapper fishing. She raced during and after her fishing years then was set up for recreational sailing in the 1930s. Thanks to enduring timbers and strong workboat construction she has survived in amazing condition and circumnavigated the world between 1983 and 1996. An October 2022 survey declared her sound. Cooee won Best Boat in Cape Town’s classic boat show of 1993 and will continue to stun anchorages and boat shows for her next century.
Boat Specs
| Length | 11.28 m |
| Beam | 2.75 m |
| Draft | 1.52 m |
| Year | 1894 |
| Location | Gold Coast, QLD |
| Price | $ 76,000 |
Boat Inventory
- Reference Number
- Cooee
- Make
- Timber Gaff-Topsail Cutter
- Hull Material
- Timber NZ Kauri, triple skin, copper riveted; total thickness 11/2 inches.
- Length
- 37
- Price
- $ 76,000
- Region
- Gold Coast, QLD
- Vessel Name
- Cooee
- Launch Year
- 1894
- Beam
- 2.75 m
- Draft
- 1.52 m
- Displacement
- 10 T
- Deck Material
- NZ kauri under marine ply and dynel
- Keel / balast
- Lead
- Designer
- Chas Bailey
- HIN
- AUABNOOO12QT1
- Builder
- Bailey & Sons
- Registration Number
- LZ520Q
- Engine Make
- Westerbeke 30C freshwater cooled diesel, installed new in 2020
- Engine Hours
- 300 h
- Horsepower
- 30 HP
- Fuel Capacity
- 100 litres in an Atlas polyethylene tank aft of the galley.
- Propulsion
- Maxprop feathering propeller 3-blade; matched bronze shaft; bronze stuffing gland and A-bracket.
- Deck
- Varnished pinrail for halliards; 2 bronze sheet winches; Profurl head furler; bronze Highfield levers for running backstays; bronze tracks and blocks for the jib and staysail; mainsheet has Tufnol blocks and stainless-steel traveller; bronze stern cleats; timber samson post keel-stepped; 2xdorade ventilators.
- Ground Tackle
- 60 metres PWB 10mm chain; Sarca Excel anchor 20kg; Lewmar Delta 20kg as spare with chain and rope rode. Electric anchor winch, bronze Maxwell Nilsson V1000.
- Covers
- Black canvas dodger and cockpit surround; miscellaneous other in black canvas.
- Accommodation
- Interior is varnished cedar with iroko trim and white paint. Counter stern is accessed through a starboard quarter berth currently modified for storage. The engine compartment is under the cockpit and accessed from the quarter berth and from the portside galley and starboard side navigation areas by removing the insulated cedar engine cover. Forward of that is the saloon with 2 settee berths: headroom 5feet 61/2inches, 5feet 9inches between beams and more under the skylight and companionway hatch. Then the mast alcove, and a forward cabin currently set up with the anchor locker, bookshelves, plus storage for clothes, tools and other miscellaneous.
- Cabins
- No closed-off cabins or interior shower.
- Berths
- 2 settee berths plus a large comfortable cockpit area.
- Galley
- Eno 3-burner stainless steel cooktop; portable cedar sink with a Whale foot pump; racks, drawers, hammocks and lockers for utensils and food.
- Refrigeration
- 12-volt Dometic portable fridge, 25 litres.
- Safety Gear
- Safety harness and inflatable lifejacket, one of each; bosun's chair; selection of wood bungs. Bilge pump: 1 manual Whale accessible from the cockpit; 1 Rule Mate 1100 automatic plus 1 Rule 800, electric. Fire extinguisher, 1 inflatable life jacket.
- Electrics
- 12 volt electrical system with circuit breakers in a master panel; 1x tbs electronics powerline inverter, 600 watts. 3x12 volt 27xMF sealed batteries plus 1x12 volt N70 cranking battery. 430 watts of solar on cockpit awning; 2xMorningstar regulators.
- Navigation
- Cap Ben bulkhead compass; Stowe depth sounder; 2 tiller pilots - Simrad and Autohelm; Aquasignal masthead tricolour; Kenwood TS 480 all mode transceiver; Standard brand VHF radio.
- Sail Inventory
- Gaff mainsail of reduced size; topsail; trysail; staysail; furling jib.
- Mast Rigging
- Oregon bowsprit and keel-stepped mast; Baltic pine gaff of light, hollow, birdsmouth construction; carbon fibre spinnaker pole. Standing rigging 1x19 stainless steel, forestay and bobstay replaced 2017; open turnbuckles in bronze; running rigging in good condition.
- General Remarks
- Surveyed October 2022.
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