Laurent Giles 58 ft Sloop 1965 - Sold

Designed by Jack Laurent Giles and intended for the dual role of cruiser racer, SHELMALIER’s construction by Berthon in 1964 was both durable and light weight for her day.

She has been well looked after by her current owners, who have focussed not only on what can be seen but no less importantly on the detail that in other hands might have been ignored. Structurally and cosmetically impressive therefore SHELMALIER is a real class act – with much of her original detail also intact. She carries all of her designer’s characteristic trademarks of elegant efficiency and fully restored this fine classic yacht is a credit to the genre.

SHELMALIER designed by Jack Laurent Giles designs was built by Berthon in 1964 - in that year apparently the largest yacht to be built on the South Coast of Britain. Her first owner Sir Ian Lloyd was to enjoy her for decades both in UK waters and later in the Mediterranean. In 1992 her current owners bought her in the South of France; tired and well worn, determined to restore her faithfully to as near original as feasible.

- Carvel Iroko planking below the waterline
- Two ply Mahogany above the waterline
- Siam teak decks and teak superstructure
- Teak superstructure
- Lead keel

The well finished interior with teak sole throughout, white bulkheads and mahogany battens reflect her original condition with many features sourced from the original suppliers throughout the UK from chrome light fittings & switches through to the teak soles.

For a yacht of her age and class she offers particularly spacious accommodation for up to 10 people, including 2 crew members - or would comfortably accommodate two couples separately in the forward and aft cabins each with their own private head compartments. The port berth in the forward cabin can be extended to form a double berth.

- Main accommodation entered by sliding hatchway and companionway steps down
- Immediately below is the galley athwartships with 3 burner gas hob grill and oven to port
- 2 x 24 V chest fridges to starboard under the chart table in the navigation area
- Forward doorway access to the saloon
- 2 x Settees berths; one each side; stowage under and outboard
- Drop leaf dining table on centreline
- 2 x Pilot berths outboard and above
- Lockers and cupboards by bulkhead forward
- Corridor forward by mast
- Guest head with WC, basin and shower to port
- Stowage and hanging locker to stbd
- Access to guest cabin forward
- Single / double berth to port
- Single berth stbd
- Doorway access to focsle
- 2 x Pipe cot berths
- Sail, warp stowage and anchor locker forward

- Back aft through the saloon and galley via doorway to Owners suite aft
- Single berths one each side with stowage under
- Locker stowage outboard and hanging locker
- Head with WC and basin

- Proctor aluminium keel stepped mast and original custom furling boom
- Stainless steel standing rigging
- 5 x Lewmar halyard winches
- North Sails main sail in Dacron 2003
- Several other sails close to original, variable condition but useful for spares and / or patterns for new

From aft
- Teak passarelle
- Stainless steel pushpit
- Chromed fairleads port and starboard
- Chromed mooring line cleats
- Deep Laurent Giles cockpit with folding bench seats each side
- Tufnol main sheet blocks
- 2 x Original chromed primary winches on stainless steel pedestals
- 2 x Original chromed secondary winches on stainless steel pedestals
- 2 x Laurent Giles running backstay levers
- Period stainless steel sheaves on deck and Tufnol blocks
- Deep lazarette with 2 hatches over
- Helmsman’s cockpit fwd
- Hamble pattern ship’s wheel main steering
- Engine controls
- Lemon squeezer deck lights
- Mushroom vent
- Aft trunk cabin
- 2 x Chromed vents
- Hatch to aft cabin
- Lewmar Genoa cars on toe rail tracks
- Lewmar jib cars on mid side deck tracks
- Panama style fairleads and chromed cleats port and starboard
- Prism light in mid deck
- Very low profile and discreet trunk cabin with varnished teak handrails each side
- 6 x Chromed vents over
- Large hatch over saloon
- Large hatch over forward guest cabin
- 2 x Laurent Giles head stay tension levers
- Forward trunk slightly raised over foc’sle with large hatch
- Alloy spinnaker pole stowed on side deck forward
- Orvea Monza electric anchor windlass
- 1 x CQR 65lb anchor 70 m chain over bow roller and warp
- Chromed mooring cleats
- Chromed fairleads port and starboard
- Stainless steel pulpit

- Yanmar 120 HP Diesel engine 1993 annually serviced
- Direct Aquadrive gearbox
- Max 8 knots
- Folding 3 bladed Max-Prop
- All electrics replaced 1997-1999
- 4 x 24 V Service batteries in 2 banks
- 2 x 12 V Engine start and radio batteries
- 1 x 12 V Battery charger
- 1 x 24 V Battery charger
- 2 x Alternators 1994
- Shore power connection
- Electric pump water pressure system
- Fuel total 40 gallons / 180 litres in 1 x stainless steel tank
- Fresh water total 88 gallons / 400 litres in 2 x stainless steel tanks
- Cross over valves

- B&G Wind speed and direction 1992
- B&G Speed, depth and log 1992
- 2 x Original Danforth Constellation steering compasses 1965
- Furuno SSB FS 1550IT 1994
- Seavoice RT550 VHF 1994

- Engine driven bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump in cockpit
- Electric bilge pump
- Secondary emergency tiller
- Eurovynil 10-manLife raft stowed over main trunk cabin
- Small white rigid hull Bombard Dinghy c 2000 and 5 HP Johnson outboard
- Fire extinguishers; including engine bay
- Fire blanket

1994
- Initial restoration work by Chantier des Baux near Toulon in France
- Interior was completely removed.
- Rotten steel stringers removed and replaced with new custom stainless steel
- Some still sound and not replaced until later - All bulkhead and rib fixing bolts changed and replaced with stainless steel.
- Original steel fuel and fresh water tanks replaced with stainless steel equivalents
- Original Perkins 36 HP replaced with a new Yanmar 120 HP Diesel turbo intercooler
- 2 x New engine alternators fitted: 24 V for services and 12 V for engine and comms
- Original off - centre shaft replaced with new stainless steel on centreline
- Rudder modified to accommodate new shaft - the only deviation from the original build plans
- New aqua-drive for smooth gear operation and reduced vibration
- New large diameter Max Prop, with variable-pitch for low rev performance
- New electric bilge pump beneath the shaft
- New SSB Furuno radio
- New 10 man life raft


1997 – 1999 major refurbishment at Cantieri Navali Di Imperia, Porto Maurizio Imperia Italy Supervised by Mario Quaranta company director and naval architect

Phase 1 External
- Hull and interior stripped to bare wood and the original teak
- Deck and ply sub deck removed.
- All rotten hull planks replaced
- New high quality marine ply sub deck fitted and treated with West epoxy system
- 25 year seasoned Siam teak sourced for the new teak deck was screwed in place
- Deck sealed with two pack compound and left for 6 months to minimise shrinkage
- New teak bulwarks fitted and new teak sole to the cockpit
- New HD bronze Genoa Yankee rail fitted to replace the original weaker one deformed
- New winch pedestals designed and made
- All deck fittings and winches removed or re-furbished
- New stainless steel wind scoops fitted
- New stainless steel pulpit made from original plans
- New guardrails fitted on original stanchions
- Complete new set of stainless steel chain plates
- Custom light weight teak gangplank and stainless steel bathing ladder
- New teak flagstaff as well as a
- New main sail for the original furling boom in Dacron by North Sails
- Underwater profile stripped and the hull treated with the West System and anti fouled
- Topsides taken back to bare wood, primed and re-painted two pack white with gold detailing
- All deck areas stripped and re-varnished where necessary
- Mast and boom professionally re sprayed with two pack Dupont vintage gold paint
- New manual bilge pump fitted under the cockpit
- New Bombard RIB with 5 HP Johnson outboard

Phase Two Internal
- Complete rewire and electrics, including restoration of original chromed switch panel
- Interior repainted and varnished
- New interior lighting with identical replacements of the original fittings used
- New electric WC to forward head – the original manual Victory Blakes WC still available
- New sea cocks in both head and galley
- New teak soles fitted throughout with mahogany battens to cabin sides throughout
- Blue upholstery fitted throughout with new crew mattress in caouthouc latex in fore cabin

2006
- New 24 V HD battery charger

2007
- Last remaining steel stringers by foot of the mast replaced with new stainless steel
- Topsides re painted with four coats of two pack high gloss Stoppani with gold detailing
- New12 V Additional battery charger

2008
- Two coats of antifouling
- Full set of new 24 V batteries
- Deck varnishing where necessary

2009 onwards
- SHELMALIER continues to be maintained to the highest standards by part time skipper

2013
- Hauled, fully serviced, re-anti fouled, painted and varnished

As with all classic yachts, you do not choose them – they choose you! We were entirely sure that SHELMALIER would become part of our sailing family as soon as we saw her. We knew that she would require work in order to put her back into good, reliable sailing condition and of course this was very much the case.

We consciously chose to carry out a series of nautical makeovers, sailing the yacht between her forays to the Shipyard! It has been a great challenge as well as a joy to restore the yacht not just to reliable sailing condition, but to that she was in when first launched in 1964. This involved a lot of research to enable the shipyard to replace parts with similar – in many cases this involved remaking the original article from scratch -hard work and not cheap – but immensely rewarding in terms of maintaining the integrity and character of SHELMALIER.

Owning the yacht however has been about so much more than the restoration. We own her as a syndicate and she has been an indispensable part of summer holidays for our families, where she has been a watery apartment, responsive and powerful sailing yacht, a talking point in any port that she enters and a focus from which we have all enjoyed the sea.

Recently unfortunately due to work commitments we have only holidayed on her occasionally but can confirm that she sails beautifully. We have sourced a full set of original Laurent Giles designs and would be willing to pass these on to the new owner of SHELMALIER.