Philip Rhodes 45 ft Bermudan Sloop 1953
UNDINA
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Philip Rhodes 45 ft Bermudan Sloop 1953
UNDINA
BROKERS COMMENTS
Built in 1953 by Abeking & Rasmussen to a design by Philip L Rhodes - one of America\'s leading yacht designers of the period UNDINA is of special interest as a shoal draft yacht – a superb example of his centre board hull with a 5 ft 6 in draft increasing to 8 ft 6 in with the centre board lowered. Seven sister ships were built but the combination of Rhodes design and A&R was considered the best at the time. All owners including UNDINA’s first, Roddy Williams are reported to have declared the yachts to be very fast, comfortable and seaworthy.
Her large cockpit is another notable feature, typical of many American fifties yachts, and a comfortable asset for a large crew. Her sheer is elegant, with a well-balanced coach roof and deckhouse. Her rig and sail plan is well proportioned and simple for both single handed cruising and efficient racing with a fair aspect ratio of 2.3. Compared with English yachts of this era, UNDINA has a broader beam at 11 ft 9 in - making for a hull of considerable initial stability and offsetting the effect of the comparatively shallow draft.
Fitted out to race to CIM specifications for the classic regatta circuit in the Med, she is authentic in every way and now with hank on sails she has a very competitive handicap.
CONSTRUCTION
Carvel built of mahogany planking over teak frames with a shoal draft keel she was built to a high standard of finish. All her fastenings are bronze, as is the centre board and centre board truck. She has a conventional long keel displacement hull form with a lead ballast keel. The rudder is hung the full depth of the vessel.
DECK LAYOUT
UNDINA has a large cockpit with side seats the same level as the main decking and deep lockers beneath on both sides. Her wheel and chromed compass binnacle are special for a yacht of this size. Well positioned primary and secondary winches along with 2 mainsheet winches enable UNDINA to be sailed hard with her racing crew but moreover; easily cruised under full sail by two people.
Aft the main sheet traveller is large lazarette used for storage of sheets and warps and vented by a chromed dorade.
Moving forward, UNDINA’s side decks are clean and wide - the broad beam apparent on deck as well as below. Her trunk cabin and all deck joinery is of teak. The well balanced trunk cabin has two teak deckhead hatches, two dorades aft mounted on teak boxes and two deck light prisms.
The forward end of the trunk cabin is slightly toed in and mounts another elegant dorade and box venting the forward cabin – as does a further access hatch in the foredeck Elegant teak boxes either side of the dorade contain gas bottles.
RIG, SPARS AND SAILS
- Spruce mast and spars
- 2 x spinnaker poles of which one spruce; CIM compliant
- Large spinnaker 2005.
- Medium spinnaker 2008.
- Cruising chute 2003.
- Racing mainsail Dacron by Hood 2009 – slab reefing 2 reefs
- Small jib 2009.
- Genoa. 2008.
- Large light racing genoa; Dacron cross cut by Hood 2009
- Medium cruising genoa 2008 for furler
- Heavy cruising genoa. 2000
- Dismountable furling forestay
- Facnor LS 200 furler; not currently fitted
DECK EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE
- Original chromed mainsheet winches and handles
- 2 x Anderson 40 ST spinnaker winches and handles; chromed cleats
- 2 x chromed Anderson 52 ST genoa winches; chromed cleats
- Chromed genoa track on teak cap rail
- Chromed inboard jib track
- Safety lines fore and aft both sides deck length
- Leather winch handle pockets
- Teak box with engine start instruments
- Shore power connect; cockpit stbd
- Engine control cockpit stbd
- Edson manual bilge pump cockpit port side
- Large inspection hatch below cockpit sole
- Steering compass in binnacle
- Teak swim ladder with bronze fittings
- Muir anchor windlass (remote control to socket in port cover board)
- Stainless steel anchor and mount
- 20 Kg Bruce chromed anchor
- Chromed mooring cleats and Panama eyes for mooring warps
- Chromed stanchions on chromed bases
- Chromed port and starboard running lights
- Chromed stern light fitting
- Anderson 40 ST main halyard winch stbd; 2 x stainless cam cleats on mast
- Original single speed halyard winch port; 2 x stainless cam cleats on mast
- 2 x spinnaker halyards
- Genoa halyard
- Anderson 12 ST reefing winch on boom
- Spray hood for cockpit
- Sun awning
- Full bimini cover new 2010
- Covers for hatches, winches, wheel compass and chart plotter pedestal
- Full set of plastic skirts protecting hull in winter and or from intense heat
- 10 matching KB1 spray jackets
SAFETY
- Life raft stowed on teak chocks over coach
- Gas monitor
- 3 x fire extinguishers
- Fire blanket
- Seame active radar reflector
REFIT WORKS
2003 – 2006: A major refit by Peter Heller Kastrup. Hull splined, teak deck completely lifted, recycled and relaid – effectively leak free, coach roof taken apart and reassembled, new electrics, new engine, hydraulic steering fitted, new stanchions, new stainless anchor mounting
2007: Shotley: Cockpit seating refitted, new stainless binnacle mounting
2008-9: Classic Works. Planking, epoxy work, interior work
2010: Painted topsides and new gold leaf etc.
HISTORY
Built for Roddy Williams long time Mayor of Hamilton Bermuda, She was the first ocean racing yacht to be built abroad for a Bermudian. To this day she bears her original sail number KB 1, passed on by former owner Warren Browne, he having also sailed as crew in the 1950s. In 1984 she came into the possession of Ross Gannon who with Nat Benjamin, founded the Gannon and Benjamin (wooden) boat yard on Martha\'s Vineyard. In the nine years of his ownership Ross converted her rig from a 7/8 fractional to masthead sloop and transformed the dilapidated cosmetic state in which he found her, albeit her original structural design and make up was sound.
Living on board, in due course Ross advertised her for sale and her seductive shape caught the eye of Tim Blackman, who in a joint venture with Mart Coad, purchased her in 1993. Ross prepared her for the voyage and an amateur crew from the UK flew over to sail her back.
She crossed to Lymington in 28 days but with the recession biting hard in 1994, the decision was made to put her on the market. John Swansborough bought and kept her on the East coast maintaining her fine condition.
In 2001 up for sale once more, Griff Rhys-Jones\' family were introduced to UNDINA. Having looked at every wooden yacht available up and down the East coast Griff found nothing to match her - so a deal was done. He commissioned the Staley yard at Faversham to give her a refit over that winter and she was to emerge in beautiful condition the following spring. Griff then sailed UNDINA across the North Sea and through the Kiel Canal to the Flensburg Classic Regatta, where she was the only British yacht participating, before cruising through the Baltic to St Petersburg and back to Helsinki. This trip is recorded in his book “To the Baltic with Bob”. Since then she has been something of a star on screen thanks to Griff’s enthusiastic impressions of “Three men in a boat” and thereafter – some cold English summers later - he has cruised and raced this “drop dead gorgeous boat” in the warmer waters of the Med. Indeed during this current season she has taken a series of firsts to win her class and the Classic Division at the Marseilles Les Voiles du Vieux Port Regatta.
ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Below decks she is finished again partly in teak and partly mahogany with solid teak and holly cabin sole. The trunk cabin is well ventilated and lit – also with chromed opening ports. Her wide beam enables 7 berths with ease - arranged as two saloon settees, 2 pilot berths above each side and a double in the fore cabin with a single quarter berth starboard.
Descending by the companionway, there is seating by the chart table to port by the engine box, with stowage lockers below. The quarter berth with teak chart stowage cabinet above is across to starboard. Moving forward, the galley to port with plenty of storage space for plates and utensils is clear of the main passage. The fridge / cool box to starboard for’ard the quarter berth - as one would expect on an American yacht is very large; its top doubling as another chart area.
The saloon has comfortable settees, either side of a gimballed mahogany drop leaf table amidships. Pilot berths are above and outboard of the settees. There is further stowage below the berths and access to the bilge space and tanks below.
The head forward to port has Lavac manual WC, oval vanity mirror and stainless wash basin and a shower. With two cabin doors in this section of the boat, it is possible to use the head compartment as an en suite and enjoy a good degree of privacy. Beyond; the forward cabin double berth with ample sail stowage below is offset to port and a good size with the forward deck-head hatch for ventilation- and 2 chromed opening ports. Mahogany battens cover the hull planking to starboard Aft of the upholstered seat to starboard, with toolbox stowage below is a full height hanging locker
Forward again is the chain locker also with a dorade vent and cover
Domestic equipment
- Eberspacher diesel powered heating system
- Very large top loading fridge; chart table above
- Roberts Oven with 3 burner hob
- Stainless steel sink with manual pumped water tap
- Blaupunkt CD player and speakers
- Chromed clock, barometer and oil lamp on saloon fwd bulkhead
MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE
- Vetus 40 HP Diesel engine (366 hours)
- Engine instruments; RPM, temp, oil pressure, volts - by companion steps / chart table
- Hydraulic steering
- Automatic Rule bilge pump
- Tool boxes (stowed in fore cabin)
- 2 x 12 V engine batteries; 115 AH
- 118 AH windlass battery (below fwd cabin berth)
- 2 x 240 V sockets
- Inverter
- Companionway lighting
- 2 x stainless fuel tanks
- 3 x plastic water tanks (under saloon settee)
NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Steering compass in chromed binnacle
- Simrad DS 34 Colour chart plotter encased above binnacle
- Simrad CX 44 (master) chartplotter below at chart table
- Simrad AP 16 Autohelm
- Furuno Navtex
- Tacktick windspeed
- Icom IC M 80 VHF
- Chart table, chart cabinet
NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Steering compass in chromed binnacle
- Radar
- Simrad DS 34 Colour chart plotter encased above binnacle
- Simrad CX 44 (master) chartplotter below at chart table
- Simrad AP 16 Autohelm
- Furuno Navtex
- Tacktick windspeed
- Icom IC M 80 VHF
- Chart table, chart cabinet
DISCLAIMER
These particulars have been prepared from information provided by the vendors and are intended as 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.
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BROKERS COMMENTS
Built in 1953 by Abeking & Rasmussen to a design by Philip L Rhodes - one of America's leading yacht designers of the period UNDINA is of special interest as a shoal draft yacht – a superb example of his centre board hull with a 5 ft 6 in draft increasing to 8 ft 6 in with the centre board lowered. Seven sister ships were built but the combination of Rhodes design and A&R was considered the best at the time. All owners including UNDINA’s first, Roddy Williams are reported to have declared the yachts to be very fast, comfortable and seaworthy.
Her large cockpit is another notable feature, typical of many American fifties yachts, and a comfortable asset for a large crew. Her sheer is elegant, with a well-balanced coach roof and deckhouse. Her rig and sail plan is well proportioned and simple for both single handed cruising and efficient racing with a fair aspect ratio of 2.3. Compared with English yachts of this era, UNDINA has a broader beam at 11 ft 9 in - making for a hull of considerable initial stability and offsetting the effect of the comparatively shallow draft.
Fitted out to race to CIM specifications for the classic regatta circuit in the Med, she is authentic in every way and now with hank on sails she has a very competitive handicap.
HISTORY
Built for Roddy Williams long time Mayor of Hamilton Bermuda, She was the first ocean racing yacht to be built abroad for a Bermudian. To this day she bears her original sail number KB 1, passed on by former owner Warren Browne, he having also sailed as crew in the 1950s. In 1984 she came into the possession of Ross Gannon who with Nat Benjamin, founded the Gannon and Benjamin (wooden) boat yard on Martha's Vineyard. In the nine years of his ownership Ross converted her rig from a 7/8 fractional to masthead sloop and transformed the dilapidated cosmetic state in which he found her, albeit her original structural design and make up was sound.
Living on board, in due course Ross advertised her for sale and her seductive shape caught the eye of Tim Blackman, who in a joint venture with Mart Coad, purchased her in 1993. Ross prepared her for the voyage and an amateur crew from the UK flew over to sail her back.
She crossed to Lymington in 28 days but with the recession biting hard in 1994, the decision was made to put her on the market. John Swansborough bought and kept her on the East coast maintaining her fine condition.
In 2001 up for sale once more, Griff Rhys-Jones' family were introduced to UNDINA. Having looked at every wooden yacht available up and down the East coast Griff found nothing to match her - so a deal was done. He commissioned the Staley yard at Faversham to give her a refit over that winter and she was to emerge in beautiful condition the following spring. Griff then sailed UNDINA across the North Sea and through the Kiel Canal to the Flensburg Classic Regatta, where she was the only British yacht participating, before cruising through the Baltic to St Petersburg and back to Helsinki. This trip is recorded in his book “To the Baltic with Bob”. Since then she has been something of a star on screen thanks to Griff’s enthusiastic impressions of “Three men in a boat” and thereafter – some cold English summers later - he has cruised and raced this “drop dead gorgeous boat” in the warmer waters of the Med. Indeed during this current season she has taken a series of firsts to win her class and the Classic Division at the Marseilles Les Voiles du Vieux Port Regatta.
CONSTRUCTION
Carvel built of mahogany planking over teak frames with a shoal draft keel she was built to a high standard of finish. All her fastenings are bronze, as is the centre board and centre board truck. She has a conventional long keel displacement hull form with a lead ballast keel. The rudder is hung the full depth of the vessel.
DECK LAYOUT
UNDINA has a large cockpit with side seats the same level as the main decking and deep lockers beneath on both sides. Her wheel and chromed compass binnacle are special for a yacht of this size. Well positioned primary and secondary winches along with 2 mainsheet winches enable UNDINA to be sailed hard with her racing crew but moreover; easily cruised under full sail by two people.
Aft the main sheet traveller is large lazarette used for storage of sheets and warps and vented by a chromed dorade.
Moving forward, UNDINA’s side decks are clean and wide - the broad beam apparent on deck as well as below. Her trunk cabin and all deck joinery is of teak. The well balanced trunk cabin has two teak deckhead hatches, two dorades aft mounted on teak boxes and two deck light prisms.
The forward end of the trunk cabin is slightly toed in and mounts another elegant dorade and box venting the forward cabin – as does a further access hatch in the foredeck Elegant teak boxes either side of the dorade contain gas bottles.
ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Below decks she is finished again partly in teak and partly mahogany with solid teak and holly cabin sole. The trunk cabin is well ventilated and lit – also with chromed opening ports. Her wide beam enables 7 berths with ease - arranged as two saloon settees, 2 pilot berths above each side and a double in the fore cabin with a single quarter berth starboard.
Descending by the companionway, there is seating by the chart table to port by the engine box, with stowage lockers below. The quarter berth with teak chart stowage cabinet above is across to starboard. Moving forward, the galley to port with plenty of storage space for plates and utensils is clear of the main passage. The fridge / cool box to starboard for’ard the quarter berth - as one would expect on an American yacht is very large; its top doubling as another chart area.
The saloon has comfortable settees, either side of a gimballed mahogany drop leaf table amidships. Pilot berths are above and outboard of the settees. There is further stowage below the berths and access to the bilge space and tanks below.
The head forward to port has Lavac manual WC, oval vanity mirror and stainless wash basin and a shower. With two cabin doors in this section of the boat, it is possible to use the head compartment as an en suite and enjoy a good degree of privacy. Beyond; the forward cabin double berth with ample sail stowage below is offset to port and a good size with the forward deck-head hatch for ventilation- and 2 chromed opening ports. Mahogany battens cover the hull planking to starboard Aft of the upholstered seat to starboard, with toolbox stowage below is a full height hanging locker
Forward again is the chain locker also with a dorade vent and cover
Domestic equipment
- Eberspacher diesel powered heating system
- Very large top loading fridge; chart table above
- Roberts Oven with 3 burner hob
- Stainless steel sink with manual pumped water tap
- Blaupunkt CD player and speakers
- Chromed clock, barometer and oil lamp on saloon fwd bulkhead
RIG, SPARS AND SAILS
- Spruce mast and spars
- 2 x spinnaker poles of which one spruce; CIM compliant
- Large spinnaker 2005.
- Medium spinnaker 2008.
- Cruising chute 2003.
- Racing mainsail Dacron by Hood 2009 – slab reefing 2 reefs
- Small jib 2009.
- Genoa. 2008.
- Large light racing genoa; Dacron cross cut by Hood 2009
- Medium cruising genoa 2008 for furler
- Heavy cruising genoa. 2000
- Dismountable furling forestay
- Facnor LS 200 furler; not currently fitted
DECK EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE
- Original chromed mainsheet winches and handles
- 2 x Anderson 40 ST spinnaker winches and handles; chromed cleats
- 2 x chromed Anderson 52 ST genoa winches; chromed cleats
- Chromed genoa track on teak cap rail
- Chromed inboard jib track
- Safety lines fore and aft both sides deck length
- Leather winch handle pockets
- Teak box with engine start instruments
- Shore power connect; cockpit stbd
- Engine control cockpit stbd
- Edson manual bilge pump cockpit port side
- Large inspection hatch below cockpit sole
- Steering compass in binnacle
- Teak swim ladder with bronze fittings
- Muir anchor windlass (remote control to socket in port cover board)
- Stainless steel anchor and mount
- 20 Kg Bruce chromed anchor
- Chromed mooring cleats and Panama eyes for mooring warps
- Chromed stanchions on chromed bases
- Chromed port and starboard running lights
- Chromed stern light fitting
- Anderson 40 ST main halyard winch stbd; 2 x stainless cam cleats on mast
- Original single speed halyard winch port; 2 x stainless cam cleats on mast
- 2 x spinnaker halyards
- Genoa halyard
- Anderson 12 ST reefing winch on boom
- Spray hood for cockpit
- Sun awning
- Full bimini cover new 2010
- Covers for hatches, winches, wheel compass and chart plotter pedestal
- Full set of plastic skirts protecting hull in winter and or from intense heat
- 10 matching KB1 spray jackets
MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE
- Vetus 40 HP Diesel engine (366 hours)
- Engine instruments; RPM, temp, oil pressure, volts - by companion steps / chart table
- Hydraulic steering
- Automatic Rule bilge pump
- Tool boxes (stowed in fore cabin)
- 2 x 12 V engine batteries; 115 AH
- 118 AH windlass battery (below fwd cabin berth)
- 2 x 240 V sockets
- Inverter
- Companionway lighting
- 2 x stainless fuel tanks
- 3 x plastic water tanks (under saloon settee)
NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Steering compass in chromed binnacle
- Simrad DS 34 Colour chart plotter encased above binnacle
- Simrad CX 44 (master) chartplotter below at chart table
- Simrad AP 16 Autohelm
- Furuno Navtex
- Tacktick windspeed
- Icom IC M 80 VHF
- Chart table, chart cabinet
NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Steering compass in chromed binnacle
- Radar
- Simrad DS 34 Colour chart plotter encased above binnacle
- Simrad CX 44 (master) chartplotter below at chart table
- Simrad AP 16 Autohelm
- Furuno Navtex
- Tacktick windspeed
- Icom IC M 80 VHF
- Chart table, chart cabinet
SAFETY
- Life raft stowed on teak chocks over coach
- Gas monitor
- 3 x fire extinguishers
- Fire blanket
- Seame active radar reflector
REFIT WORKS
2003 – 2006: A major refit by Peter Heller Kastrup. Hull splined, teak deck completely lifted, recycled and relaid – effectively leak free, coach roof taken apart and reassembled, new electrics, new engine, hydraulic steering fitted, new stanchions, new stainless anchor mounting
2007: Shotley: Cockpit seating refitted, new stainless binnacle mounting
2008-9: Classic Works. Planking, epoxy work, interior work
2010: Painted topsides and new gold leaf etc.
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.