Description

It’s believed KERLO is the result of a design competition run by the Royal Swedish Yacht club in the late 1930’s. The competition was designed to stimulate innovation in the design and building of cruising yachts from the countries then younger naval architects. The winning design she was built and then given away as the prize in the club's 1939 annual raffle. The lucky winner was a Scottish sailor based in Edinburgh and the boat arrived in the UK shortly before the start of WWII.

A now familiar sight in Scottish waters KERLO has been enjoyed by owners based around Scotland with her being based on the East Coast originally before migrating to the waters of the west coast where she has been for the last 30+ years. Purchased by her current owners in 2022 KERLO has benefitted from a rigorous maintenance regime in the last couple of years with some sensitive modernising and upgrading of her equipment. Now reluctantly offered for sale as her current owners look for a larger classic yacht her inventory highlights include:

Carvel Mahogany planked hull on Oak and steel frames
Decks, deck beams and carlings all replaced in approximately 2000
New coachroof windows fitted 2022
Rudder re-built winter 2015/16
Topsides painted spring 2024
Brightwork freshly coated spring 2024
Volvo Penta MD2002 with two-blade folding prop
Raymarine autopilot
Raymarine i70S Tridata Display (2023)
Standard Horizon Explorer DSC VHF
New saloon upholstery 2023
Alloy mast and spars
New sails by MC Sails fitted 2023, very limited use since
New stackpack type mainsail cover with lazyjackes fitted 2023
Full running rigging replacement summer 2023
Self-tailing primary winches
Still in active use by her owners KERLO is available for viewing on her summer mooring at Linnhe Marine, Argyll and has shed storage space booked for winter 2024-25 at Silvers Marine, Roseneath.
CONSTRUCTION

Hull Construction:
Carvel planked hull of mahogany planking.
Oak stem post, wood keel and sternpost.
Combination of oak and steel frames.
Wood and steel floors
Oak beam shelf
Topsides painted in white gloss with gold cove line, freshly painted spring 2024.

Deck & Superstructure Construction:
Deck beams and carlings replaced with oak and spruce items in approximately 2000
Mahogany king plank extending forward from foredeck hatch, tied to wood keel with stainless steel rods to support rigging loads
Marine plywood deck, epoxy sheathed, fitted new in approximately 2000
Mahogany coachroof section forward of mast with foredeck hatch mounted on, increasing headroom in fo’c’sle
Laminated marine plywood coachroof top, sheathed in epoxy.
Coachroof windows replaced with marine grade polycarbonate in 2022
Mahogany toerail running length of deck edge
Decking finished in fawn non-slip material
Coachroof top sheathed and painted with non-slip cream deck paint
Brightwork finished in gloss varnish, freshly applied spring 2024

Keel & Rudder:
Lead keel
Bolted through floors and wood keel
Full-depth mahogany rudder with bronze rudder stock, rudder re-built winter 2015/16

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:
Volvo Penta MD2002 marine diesel engine
18hp
Two cylinder, naturally aspirated, raw cooled.
Volvo Penta mechanical reversing gearbox
Single lever morse control
Engine mounted with shaft offset to starboard

Maintenance & Performance:
Engine serviced winter 2023/24
Cruising speed 5.5kts

Propulsion & Steering:
Aqua-Drive coupling
Stainless steel prop shaft
Two blade, bronze folding prop
Oak tiller

Autopilot:
Raymarine ST1000 Tiller Pilot

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Voltage systems:
12VDC onboard power system

Battery Banks:
Engine Bank – 1x 12VDC, 100Ah, Numax Leisure and Marine battery (2024)
Domestic Bank – 1x 12VDC, 100Ah, Numax Leisure and Marine battery (2024)0
Alternator:
Single engine driven unit 12VDC

Battery Monitoring
NASA BM-1 Battery Monitor

General:
12VDC USB Charging sockets in saloon (2023)

PLUMBING

Fresh Water:
Portable plastic can for water
Sink in galley, draining overboard

Bilge Pumps:
Manual bilge pump
Electric bilge pump on float switch

Gas System:
Two self-draining gas lockers beneath aft deck
Each locker containing 1 Camping Gas 907 bottle

TANKAGE

Fuel:
Single plastic tank.
Approximate capacity 50ltrs

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

On Deck:
Raymarine i70S - displaying depth, wind, GPS and log information (2023)
Garmin GPS receiver

Communications Equipment:
Standard Horizon Explorer DSCVHF

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:
Plastimo Neptune gas stove, 2 burner, grill and oven
Stainless steel sink

Heads:
Simpson Lawrence manual marine toilet

Lighting:
Overhead lighting
New LED lighting throughout main cabin
Chart table red light

ACCOMMODATION

Description of Accommodation from Forward:

Fo’c’sle:
Fo’c’sle open forward to stem providing storage space for fenders etc.
Folding pipe cots for port and starboard sides aft
Simpson Lawrence manual marine toilet fitted outboard to port aft.
Folding step mounted on bulkhead to allow access to and from foredeck hatch.
Hanging locker aft to starboard.

Saloon:
Bench Settees to port and starboard.
‘Trotter boxes’ extend length of settees for use as bunks.
Removable saloon table fitting centrally, when not in use it stows to port on the passageway forward to fo’c’sle.
Saloon upholstery replaced 2023
Stowage below settees.
Cave locker storage above trotter box to port forward.
Nav station with chart table aft of starboard bunk.
Chart storage within chart table.
Gimbal mounted galley stove aft of port settee.
Inset stainless steel sink aft of galley stove.
Engine box serving as companionway step and galley work surface.

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:
Keel stepped, double spreader, mast head, cutter rigged sloop.
Silver anodised alloy mast and spars
Stainless steel standing rigging with chromed bronze rigging screws
Forestay and cutter stay forward
Block and tackle kicker
EasyBlock mainsheet system
All running rigging and sheets replaced in summer 2023
Lazyjacks fitted in 2023

Winches:
Primary Winches – 2x Andersen 12, single speed self-tailing
Secondary Winches – 2x Tuff-Fitting, single speed.
Mast winches – 2x Tiff-Fitting, single speed with captive handle

Sails:
Mainsail – White dacron, slab reefing, 3 reefs. MC Sails 2023, very limited use
Yankee – White dacron, hank-on. MC Sails 2023, very limited use
Staysail – White dacron, hank-on. MC Sails 2023, very limited use
Gennaker

Canvas Work:
Mainsail Cover – Stackpack type cover with lazyjacks. Struan Covers 2023
Spray Dodgers – With name on. Struan Covers 2023, never fitted

Anchoring & Mooring:
Bower Anchor – 35lb CQR on chain rode, stowed on deck chocks
Kedge Anchor – CQR
Anchor Windlass – Simpson Lawrence manual windlass with chain gypsy and warping drum

General:
Galvanised stemhead fitting with fairlead centrally and twin bow rollers
Alloy deck mounted mooring cleats forward and aft
Deck mounted alloy stanchions supporting single tier guard wire
Small coachroof forward of mast with foredeck hatch mounted on top.
Staysail sheet tracks mounted immediately aft of mast at forward end of aft coachroof.
Shot section of coachroof aft of mast with large sliding companionway hatch occupying majority of coachroof top.
Oars and boathook stowing on outboard edges of coachroof
Cockpit footwell immediately aft of companionway, crew sitting up on deck.
Mainsheet track mounted across forward end of cockpit footwell
Gas lockers located below aft deck port and starboard
Lazzarette locker accessed through deck hatch immediately forward of rudder stock.

Navigation Lights:
Masthead tri-colour
Low level nav lights.

DISCLAIMER
In this case we are acting as brokers only.
The Owner is not selling in the course of a business. whilst every care has been taken in their preparation , the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The Purchaser is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at their expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part.
This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice