Robert Clark 43 ft Masthead Sloop 1962 - Sold

Robert Clark was noted for the designs of numerous racing yachts and while the 2nd World War interrupted his designing career - albeit he spent those years at the Admiralty; by the 60s and maybe in response to the constraints of the new racing rules, he had turned his hand more to yachts for cruising. Nevertheless he never lost his eye for fair lines and his designs continued to achieve impressive results. DESERET has most of her original detail above and below deck giving her a simple beauty and is certainly a sailor’s boat. She is well priced in our opinion.

DESERET was designed by Robert Clark as one of four boats to the same basic design and built by Berthon Boat Co. of Lymington in 1962. She is design No. 223 and comes with the original specification and drawings by Robert Clark Ltd, dated June 1961, for J.L. Gardner Esq (in pencil replaced by T.W. Howard Esq.) In April 1964 she was sold through Robert Clark Ltd to Mr. Hermann Haltermann of Hamburg, Germany. Available is the survey by Lloyds, executed in 1964, where she was classed and entered in the Yacht Register as 100 A1. Mr Haltermann renamed her VINGA III and had her rated by both the RORC and the Deutschen Segler-Verbandes in 1965 (documentation available) She was sold to Mr. & Mrs. Wieselmann, also of Hamburg, from whom the current owners bought the yacht in 2004.

- Carvel teak hull planking
- Steamed Canadian rock elm frames
- All frames and floors sistered with stainless steel
- Douglas fir and spruce stringers
- Solid teak deck 1 inch rubber caulked planking
- Teak coach roof epoxy painted white
- Varnished teak bright work superstructure
- Teak cabin sole

- Cockpit with high coamings lifting seat lockers and teak sole grating - Main cabin; 6 ft 2 in headroom with good lighting - Accommodation well ventilated by five cowls and two mushroom vents - Modern galley with Force 10 Propane 2 burner hob and oven - Stainless steel 1 and half bowl sink hot and cold water - Stowage for pots and pans etc below and outboard - Stainless steel cool box - Saloon with mahogany drop leaf fiddle topped table and drawer under - Saloon settees forming two berths - Diesel fuelled heater by bulkhead forward - Head compartment with manual Baby Blake and basin - Forward cabin with two berths - Generous storage in drawers and cabinets throughout including hanging locker

- New aluminium mast and stainless steel standing rigging 2011
- Furlex 310-S roller furler (2005)
- Spruce boom
- Good running rigging
- Quantum 130% self-furling crosscut genoa for classic boat (2005)
- Quantum tri-radial asymmetric Vision 5 touring spinnaker (2005)
- Good mainsail with 3 reefs
- Storm jib

- Comprehensive mainly bronze deck hardware
- Stainless steel stanchions and guardrail
- 2 x Mast winches with stoppers and cleats on mast
- 2 x Two speed Gibb 10 inch classic bronze winches
- 2 x Two speed Gibb 12 inch classic bronze winches
- Danforth anchor
- Plough anchor
- Admiralty pattern anchor
- 60 m chain 8 mm
- 12 inch manual anchor winch
- Fenders, mooring lines etc all in good order

- Marine Mercedes Benz OM 621, 55 HP engine, completely overhauled 2009
- Electrical system completely overhauled and renewed in 2000
- 2 x batteries, one new 2012
- 16 V & 220 V comprehensive electric circuits
- 2 x Copper 33 gallon / 150 litre Diesel tanks
- 44 gallon / 200 L fresh water tank

- Tacktick depth / speed (dual display) and wind meter 2008
- Furuno GP-32 GPS Navigator 2008
- SeaClear plotter with C maps 2010
- Yaesu FRG-100 CW, SSB, AM and FM communications receiver 2010
- Clock and barometer
- Plastimo compass in cockpit

- Seago 6 person life raft (2007)

- Replacement of plank in the hull around the WC outlet skin fitting
- All screws in the bulwark and part of the bulwark replaced
- 5 rusting screws in the body replaced
- New 2 component paint system on hull. (On inspection hull needed no other repairs)
- All deck hardware replaced with bronze custom made items from Dauelsberg Bremen