BROKERS COMMENTS 

From the board of Ed Burnett, in association with Nigel Irens and built by the Elephant Boatyard in 1998 ZINNIA may owe her easy lines not a little to the influence of West Country pilot boats with maybe just a hint of Laurent Giles and Harrison Butler. Whatever the influences, the designers and ZINNIA’S extremely knowledgeable owners created a 30 foot gaff cutter for offshore and coastal sailing (but with an Atlantic circuit already under her belt) as sure footed and well mannered as her looks imply. Nonetheless she has turn of speed enough to have won her trophies at gaffer events with embarrassing ease.

ZINNIA has a consistency of build, style and finish carried through the boat from the all bronze custom deck fittings to her interior, laid out unashamedly for two in open plan and displaying her wonderful wooden construction to great effect.

Now; a decade on, but given the high quality of her build, her condition is hard to fault and there can be no doubt her next owner will acquire a very special yacht indeed.
 

CONSTRUCTION 

Douglas fir Speedstrip and 2 layers of 3m mahogany laid diagonally over laminated ringframes. There are no bulkheads and the decks and superstructure are of teak; substantially built both for strength and insulation. 

ACCOMMODATION 

The open plan layout takes full advantage of the beautiful wooden shell construction, imbuing an ambience reminiscent of yachts a hundred years her senior. While the atmosphere may be warm it is never too hot, thanks to the deliberately thick deck and coach roof construction, specifically designed to prevent the penetration of tropical heat.
- 4 berths: one double and two settees with lee clothes
- Force 10 galley cooker - 2 burners, oven & grill (Camping Gaz)
- Faversham solid fuel stove
- Ice box under chart table
- Galley crockery, cutlery & pans
- 4 Davy & Co oil lamps
- Brass fresh water & salt water galley pumps
 

RIG, SPARS AND SAILS 

While ZINNIA’S design may appear timeless, the use of modern materials in her construction allowed her designers to specify a height of mast, balanced with low slung ballast to give a stiffness and the power to hoist a vast amount of canvas; way more than could ever have been achieved with pitch pine on oak and heavy spars.

Rig
- Gaff cutter rig
- Douglas fir hollow mast by Noble
- Standing rigging; 7 x 7 stainless steel wire hand spliced by Spencer Rigging
- Bronze rigging screws
- Spinnaker pole (extending aluminium)
- Schaefer jib furling gear

Sail wardrobe - all Richardson Sails
- Mainsail
- Staysail
- Working jib
- Light weather jib
- No3 jib
- Topsail
- Trysail
 

DECK EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE 

- Simpson Lawrence Sea Tiger 2 speed windlass
- 6 bronze Lewar winches (2 x 30, 4 x 16)
- Bronze deck hardware
- 35lb CQR + 60m 3/8" galvanised chain
- 22lb Delta
- 70lb Luke Fisherman (3 piece)
- 100m 3/8" galvanised chain
- 300ft nylon kedge warp
- Sun awning covering mast to transom
- Prame hood (needs new cover)
 

MECHANICAL AND TANKAGE 

- Monitor wind vane self steering
- Beta 20hp 3 cylinder diesel engine BD722 (fitted 2003)
- Tek-Tank 100 litre polypropylene diesel tank
- 2 blade fixed propeller
- 2 batteries - one engine start, one domestic
- Flexible water tank (approx 29 galls)
- Tek-Tank polypropylene paraffin tank (approx 6 galls) 

NAVIGATION / INSTRUMENTS 

- Plastimo compass
- Hand bearing compass
- NASA digital echo sounder
- Clock, aneroid barometer & humidity gauge
- Paraffin copper anchor light
- Paraffin copper port & starborad lights
- Lead line
- Masthead tri-colour light with in mast cabling. Steaming / deck light. Side lights on shroud mounted light light boards & stern light
 

SAFETY 

- Life raft (in need of service)
- EPIRB (in need of service)
- Storm parachute anchor
- Throwing line
- Firedell blipper
- Fire extinguishers (to be date tested) & fire blanket
 

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT 

- Clinker epoxy (Ian Outred Wren design) 8 ft tender (sits on coach roof chocks) complete with sailing rig & oars
- Warps & fenders
- Boathook
- Spare tiller
 

DISCLAIMER

These particulars have been prepared from information provided by the vendors and are intended as a general guide. The purchaser should confirm details of concern to them by survey or engineers inspection. The purchaser should also ensure that the purchase contract properly reflects their concerns and specifies details on which they wish to rely.