1961 Schooner Sam Crocker Designed
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42' Schooner 1961
Schooner Sam Crocker Designed 1961 For Sale in Dewees Island, South Carolina
$59,000
Dewees Island, South Carolina
Dimensions
- Length Overall: 42'
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- Maximum Draft: —
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Tank Capacities
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General Description
Ms. Reilly
Originally built for the author of The Cruising Guide to the New England Coat (Roger Duncan) in 1961 by Reed’s Shipyard of Boothbay Harbor (ME) Ms. Reilly has spent the last 20 or so years under the current ownership day sailing off the Low Country of South Carolina.
Knowing how they would be using this Sam Crocker schooner (mostly day sailing) upon purchase in 2004 her owners commissioned Crockers Boat Yard of Manchester (MA) to put her in good working order with bottom re-planked, a new Edson worm gear steering system, new teak decks and a major reconfiguration of the deck house and cockpit that shortened up the cabin house and greatly increased the size of her cockpit to reflect her new principle use as a fast day sailor capable of carrying a crowd of family and friends.
Since that time Ms. Reilly’s owners have kept her in great shape paying attention to annual maintenance tasks and making the occasional upgrade or new equipment installations to keep up with the times with new Nat Wilson Sails in 2014, the addition of a cockpit Bimini and other such projects and purchases.
Most recently (2022-2023), Ms. Reilly has had a major systems over haul with new engine and drive train, new fuel systems, new electronics and new electrical system installed.
With all this work done Ms. Reilly is more than ready for at least another half-century of providing her next owners with many days of fun fast sailing and continuing to turn heads wherever she may roam.
Bluewater Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Brooklin Boat Yard. 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
Principle Dimensions and Information
Designer: Sam Crocker (Design#: 291). Drawings at the Peabody Museum, Boston MA
Builder: Reed’s Shipyard / Boothbay Harbor, ME
Year Built: 1961
LOA: 42’, 0”
LOD: 36’, 10”
LWL: 23’, 2”
Beam: 10’, 8”
Draft Minimum: 2’, 11”
Draft Maximum: 7’, 0”
Displacement: 6 tons
Ballast: Iron keel shoe exterior ballast & lead pigs (ingots) interior ballast
Auxiliary Propulsion: 2023, Yanmar diesel, Model 4JH7, FW-cooled, 4-cylinder, 57 HP
Fuel Capacity: Diesel, 50 Gallons total in two (2) aluminum tanks
Freshwater Capacity: 0 Gallons
Blackwater Capacity: 10 Gallons
Hull, Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Construction
Underwater configuration is partially full keel vessel with centerboard and rudder seated to aft end of skeg extending aft from keel.
Oak stem, keel, deadwood, floors, frames, bilge stringers and sheer clamp
Oak stem new 2012
Cypress 1” x 8” Carvel bottom planking
Bottom planking new 2004
Cedar (?) 1” x 8” Carvel topsides planking
Bronze fasteners
Fir deck beams and carlins
Marine plywood sub-decks with laid Teak overlay
Varnished Mahogany cabin sides
V-match marine plywood cabin top with FRP overlay and painted finish
Painted and varnished exterior finishes
Red anti-fouling bottom paint
Green topsides and transom
Gold rub rails port and starboard
Black gunwale stripe at sheer with Gold filigree at bow and stern quarters
Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Hardware and Features (fore to aft)
Bow sprit furthest forward
Bronze anchor roller on bow sprit starboard side
Double (upper & lower) vinyl covered stainless steel wire life lines port and starboard
Bronze life line stanchions port and starboard
Raised gunwales / toe rails with white painted interior and varnished Mahogany cap rails port and starboard
Bronze docking line chocks port and starboard at bow
Varnished Mahogany and Bronze pin Samson post centerline on fore deck just aft of bow sprit
Ground tackle windless next aft on center line
Varnished Mahogany opening hatch with bronze dorade cowl vent (next aft on center line) for forward sleeping cabin.
Bronze pad eyes for jib sheet turning blocks on center line and leading aft to cockpit
Bronze foremast partners on center line just forward of cabin
Bronze eye bolts and pad eyes port and starboard outboard of cabin (forward) on side decks
Bronze circular opening ports with screen on cabin front (2ea.)
Bronze oval opening ports with screens on cabin sides (3 ea. port and starboard.
Varnished Mahogany, Bronze and glass Butterfly opening hatch on centerline of cabin top forward
Varnished Mahogany grabrails port and starboard on cabin top
Bronze mushroom-style cabin ventilator to port on cabin top aft
Varnished Mahogany sliding companionway hatch offset to starboard on cabin top aft
Centerboard control winch on centerline of cabin aft bulkhead
Bronze main mast partner on center line of bridge deck (aft of cabin)
Bronze dorade vents cowls port and starboard (outboard) at aft end of bridge deck
Bronze deck fill (Fuel) port side deck outboard of cockpit
Water-tight opening hatch to engine area at forward end of cockpit
Seat lockers port and starboard under cockpit seating
Varnished Mahogany cockpit coamings port and starboard
Engine ignition and status panel to starboard (aft) in cockpit
Throttle and transmission control to port (aft) in cockpit
Steering wheel on center line furthest aft in cockpit
Varnished Mahogany helm seat / opening hatch with access to steering gear
Varnished Mahogany mainsheet cleat to port outboard of helm seat
Bronze pad eyes for main sheet blocks aft of helm seat
Varnished Mahogany, and Bronze pin samson posts port and starboard at aft quarters
Bronze docking line chocks port and starboard at aft cap rails
Bronze and varnished Mahogany main boom gallows
Varnished Mahogany taff rail
Bronze ensign staff socket on taff rail
Interior Layout, Accommodations and Features
As a vessel used primarily for day sailing Ms. Reilley has spartan interior accommodations as compared to other vessels of her size but enough in the way of equipment and creature comfort to spend a night or two aboard in rustic style.
Enter interior spaces by way of companionway ladder offset to starboard.
Mahogany centerboard on center line.
Navigation station and storage space for a large cooler located to starboard.
Enclosed head area and vanity counter to port.
Forward of centerboard trunk are the sleeping accommodations (2 persons) in a V-berth configuration.
Forwardmost in the below decks areas is the ground tackle locker accessed by way of an opening door in forward bulkhead.
Auxiliary Propulsion
2023, Yanmar diesel, Model 4JH7, FW-cooled, 4-cylinder, 57 HP
Yanmar ignition panel with tachometer and engine status gauges.
Kanzaki KM35P reduction gear / transmission
Single lever control for transmission and throttle (New 2023)
Stainless steel (1 1/8”) propellor shaft
Flax-packing style stuffing box
FRP shaft log (New 2023)
Cutlass bearing
Bronze, 3-blade feathering propellor
Bronze raw water intake thru-hull
Raw water strainer
Raw water / fresh water heat exchanger on engine
Waterlift muffler (new 2023)
Flex exhaust water line (new 2023)
Fuel System and Equipment
Fuel Capacity: 50 Gallons (2 -25 Gallon aluminum tanks)
Tanks new in 2022
USCG approved fuel and vent lines
Fuel lines and vents new in 2023
Fuel manifold and valves in engine space
Racor primary and Yanmar secondary fuel filters
Steering System and Equipment
6-Spoke Bronze steering wheel with Teak spoke handles
Edson Bronze worm-gear steering
Bronze rudder post
Bronze and wood rudder
Electrical System and Equipment
12-Volt DC ship’s systems
Three (3) Heavy duty 12-Volt, AGM-type marine batteries with two (2) batteries for ship’s lighting and one (1) battery for engine ignition.
Rotary style master battery selector switch
Blue Seas 12-Volt distribution panel with DC master switch
DC circuits for interior lighting, navigational lighting, interior 12-Volt outlets, exterior 12-Volt outlets, VHF radio, electronics and three (3) spare circuits
Battery charging by engine alternator
Simple 110-Volt AC shore power system for battery charging
20-Amp, Guest Charge-Pro battery charger
Sanitation Systems and Equipment
Enclose head area with Type III MSD (marine toilet).
10 Gallon Holding tank
Head plumbed for discharge overboard or to holding tank for later shore side pump-out.
Electronics and Navigational Equipment
Ritchie helm / binnacle compass
Standard Horizon VHF radio (New 2023)
Remote VHF Mic (New 2023)
Raymarine depth sounder (New 2023)
Spars and Rigging
Two-masted, gaff-rigged schooner sail plan configuration
Varnished spruce, main mast, foremast, main boom & gaff, foremast boom & gaff, jib boom and bow sprit
Bronze chain plates
1 x 19 Stainless steel wire standing rigging (shrouds and stays)
Deadeye and lanyard shroud adjusters
Running backstays for main and fore masts
Dacron 3-strand rope halyards and sheets
Halyard cleats on foremast
Halyard pin-rail at main mast
Halyard pin-rails port and starboard on shrouds
Varnished Ash shell blocks
All blocks and deadeyes refinished 2023
Sails and Canvas
Sailmaker: Nat Wilson / 2014
Mainsail and cover
Foresail and cover
Jib and cover
Cockpit Bimini
Interior cushions
Exterior / adjustable seat cushions (6ea.)
Ground Tackle Systems and Equipment
Bronze anchor roller
CQR plow anchor with appropriate chain and rode
Ideal 12-volt electric windlass (New 2022)
Dewatering Equipment
Rule electric / automatic bilge pumps with float switches
Safety Equipment
PFD’s, Type II, (4ea.)
PFD’s, Type I, (1ea.)
Fire extinguisher, Type ABC, (2ea.)
Hand-held search light
Ship’s horn
Ship’s bell
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