2001 Custom

General Description

Original Design

Karl Stambaugh, Windward Designs 794 Creek View Rd.

Severna Park MD 21146

Pictured in Wooden Boat Magazine - Launchings - Nov.-Dec. 2001

Hull is a Chesapeake Bay Skiff

Professional Builder

Neil Kemmers, Kemmers Yacht Construction, Box 143, Smithville, ON, L0R 2A0  

Above decks and cabin design by John Dickhout (owner) and Neil Kemmers

Construction was by Builder and owner - approximately 1 400 hours

Name: Oriole

H.I.N.: ZKY23REDA101

Length - 23’6”  Beam - 8’  Draft - 12” (18” with skeg)

All construction is of Marine Grade Mahogany

Bottom hull is 1” - two 1/2” sheets laminated and screwed

Side decks are 1/2”

All are covered with 10 oz. fibre glass cloth cloth and several coats of epoxy

Frames are 2 layers of 3/4” x 4” mahogany on 24” centres 

Four bulkheads - fore cabin, mid-cabin, companionway and lazarette - 2 layers of 1/2” mahogany plywood

Slight V-bottom added to bow section

Interior bulkheads are trimmed with grooved pine

Side shelves from bow to companionway

Interior is painted with 2 coats of top quality white paint

Interior trim is stained mahogany strips

Bottom of hull received two coats of VC Tar prior to VC17

Hull sides are painted with Awlgrip Blue

White Bootstripe

Stern is stained and varnished like trim

Bottom painted with VC17 antifouling - red

Top sides are finished with white epoxy paint

Equipment:

2001 15 hp. 4 cycle Yamaha electric start engine with tilt

remote steering and transmission cable ready

steering – rack & pinion or rotary - Teleflex – post compatible with wheel – cable led to port side of hinge tube

steering wheel – Edson 602BR – 22” (521 US) or 24” bushing is available to mate with ¾” tapered Teleflex post ½”/20 thread - Cost - $ 750.

Cap to screw onto post when mounting.

Note: There is a U-bolt mounted securely behind and underneath the steering post and another U-bolt mounted on the port side of the V-berth. This is for using a lock to secure the wheel when you are away from the boat. when cruising and exploring the port or in the cabin when the boat is at its home berth. It is just to easy for an opportunistic thief to steal. John

Digital depth sounder with transom mounted transducer

Digital speed with transom mounted paddle wheel

AM/FM Stereo with remote speakers - Replaced new in 2024

Barometer & Clock

Brass Cutty Lamp 

Bell

Sportech bimini canvas cover and screening

Sportech Screens for enclosing cockpit and cabin entrance

Sportech Covering for cockpit for occasional use when away from boat

Cushions, cockpit cushions and curtains custom made by Sitting Pretty

Matching pillows

Anchor Marine Welding for custom s.s. awning fittings

Teak & Holly sole in cabin

Grating for cockpit sole is mahogany

12v panel – 6 lighted circuits

12v lights in forepeak and cabin

12v accessory outlet in cockpit and cabin

All round/anchor light on top of awning structure 

Running lights on corners of awning structure

Awning structure is of mahogany/ oak bracing with white sunbrella covering, mounted on stainless steel poles

Deck hardware is bronze (where available), otherwise stainless

Station 14 has ½” t & g facing on fore and aft faces

Station 20 has ½” t & g facing on forward face

½” t & g facing on inboard sides of cabin settees and bulkheads

Rub rail on sides is approx. 3/4” x 2” oak

Fore-hatch and companionway screens

Ventilation – vents to cabin in lower cockpit seat coaming and vent forward on cabin top and waterboard vents

Name on stern and registration numbers on bow

47E 10140 Oriole Port Dalhousie

Burgee pole on bow

Oversized flag pole on stern

Canadian Flag

Chocks for anchor on foredeck

6” open bronze cleats – two on quarters

Trailer eyebolt on bow and two eye-bolts on transom

Wiscott Trailer - double axle

Sunshade awning s.s. frame - ability to lower/dismount for trailering or winter storage

8 oversize fenders in “string” arrangement

Aluminum/foam soundproofing in engine compartment

Table for cockpit and cabin – like TV tray

Transom is mahogany with stain and varnish

Stain for trim is MinWax waterbase Spice

Paint for hull and topsides is Awlgrip G5003 Aristo Blue and G8022 Insignia White

Bottom paint over 2 coats VC Tar Epoxy is VC 17m Red V107

Two 5 gal. gas tanks – secured in aft bulkhead and ventilated section of port and starboard cockpit lockers

Vents to gas tank compartments, then circular vents to engine compartment

Vent (similar to above) in port side berth extension

Fore-ward anchor well with hawsepipe 

Danforth anchor chocks on foredeck

Anchor rode - stainless chain and rode

interior access to anchor well in fore-ward bulkhead (behind picture)

opening compartments on cushion platforms and sides of coaming below cushions

Two small bilge pumps underneath cabin sole with above water thru-hulls. Switches are near DC panel. Rarely used.

One below water thru hull will ball valve draining the forward cockpit drain. Ball valve is located beneath portable ice box in forward starboard cockpit locker.

Aft cockpit drain

Screens for enclosing fore-hatch and cabin entrance

Covering for cockpit for occasional use when away from boat

longitudinal mahogany strapping along interior walls - to allow ventilation

U-bolt behind steering wheel and in forward cabin port coaming for locking wheel for safety

Cabin has a counter with a butane hotplate and storage

Tray can be moved outside for picnic table use

Underneath this counter is an accessible portal potty

lower locker on port side in cabin contains a pullout drawer with a cutlery drawer which can also be moved outside

AC fan in cabin

Required safety Equipment including flare gun with in-date flares, 2 fire extinguishers

6 mahogany plywood board apprise 9” x 24” for use as inserts between seats in cabin or cockpit to serve as prep tables at galley and cockpit tables. One has a large hole that is meant for the cockpit to accommodate the tank for the portable barbecue. 

Small “Force 10” stainless steel barbecue

Portable cleat for docking

All dock lines

Custom wood and line boarding ladder

Power

15 hp. 4 cycle Yamaha electric start engine with tilt

Custom designed stainless steel keg added to increase    steering ability

Approximately 400 running hours

Cruising Speed - 6.5 - 7.5 pts per hour

Two plastic 6 gal. gasoline tanks in port and starboard cockpit lockers with ventilation.

Yamaha engine controls in cockpit to starboard

Two batteries - 2022 - mounted in port and starboard cockpit lockers

Two small trickle chargers for batteries for winter storage but attached to batteries in lockers for charging at dock.

15 amp. outlet on cockpit lazarette area is for extension cord to supply electricity to vessels at dock and is also connected to AC outlet in cabin- the two chargers are plugged into this outlet

4 position battery switch in lazarette - Off, 1, 2, Both

Cruising History

Dalhousie Yacht Club, St. Catharines is Home

Oriole was berthed for 3 seasons in Lower Buckhorn Lake

It has cruised extensively -

Erie Canal, Muskoka Lakes ,Lake Erie-Norfolk Shore, Chesapeake Bay - 4 cruises, Lake Ontario, The Thousand Islands , Rideau Canal - 2 transits, Trent Severn Waterway - many cruises, Eastern Georgian Bay - 2 cruises, The North Channel - 2 cruises

Over 2000 miles 

Winter storage

For the past 20 years the vessel has been stored inside for half of the time and outside and commercially shrink-wrapped for the remainder

Bluewater Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Bridge Yachts Ltd. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel

This listing is courtesy of the MLS and may be centrally listed with another broker. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey representation of a particular vessel.