MB YACHTS Ed Burnett Gaff Cutter Ed Burnett Gaff Cutter

Wooden Ships Comments on this Ed Burnett Gaff Cutter

Designed by Ed Burnett and built by MB Yachts, Dorset in 2001. Burnett & Irens design No.010.

She is the 3^rd yacht built to this now legendary Burnett design, constructed by one of the best wood-epoxy boat builders in the UK, Martyn Brake. This design has been used for numerous long distance voyages, as well as classic regatta racing and family cruising showing off the clever blend of traditional lines, modern construction methods and design tweaks to create a yacht that performs perfectly in the modern world.

Inspired by the traditional working boats, her elegant lines were carefully crafted to create a boat that feels and sails like a larger yacht, with a large cockpit, good interior space an excellent performance.

Upgraded by her current owner with new Awlgrip paint systems, new sails and improved electrics. The boat is now absolutely ready for her new custodian to take the helm and either head off over the horizon or join the classic regatta circuit.

Specifications

• Length on Deck: 30’ / 9.15m


• Length Overall: 38’1” / 11.6m


• Length Waterline: 26’10” / 8.18m


• Beam: 9’6” / 2.9m


• Draft: 5’6” / 1.67m


• Displacement: 7.89 tonnes

Construction

Hull

Douglas Fir strip plank hull all epoxy bonded. Hull epoxy sheathed externally with triaxial matt overlaid with twill. Finished externally in Awlgrip 2000 paint system, new in 2024.

3 x laminated Sapele ring frames with supporting knees to the deck beams.

External 3.5 ton lead ballast keel fastened with bronze keel bolts.

Various parts of the interior joinery built in marine plywood and bonded to the hull to increase the structural integrity of the hull structure.

In 2022 the hull was gently shotblasted below the waterline back to the sheathing, epoxy filled and faired then finished with 2 x International Gelshield and 6 x CopperCoat for a low maintenance clean underwater hull.

Decks and Cockpit

Epoxy sheathed plywood decks on laminated Sapele deck beams. Decks finished in 2023 with Jotun 2 pack deck paint.

The underside of the deck plywood has been routed with grooves to give the effect of a laid deck.

Stainless stanchions and guard wires all round. Stanchions removed and rebedded in 2024.

Varnished mahogany to rail all round with bronze Panama eye fairleads let in. Bronze stemhead fitting with self-stowing anchor roller. Bronze mooring cleats.

Self draining cockpit with laid teak thwarts and sole. Varnished cockpit coamings and a varnished mahogany cockpit table.

Superstructure

Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck.

Varnished mahogany skylight on the coachroof deck over the saloon. Scrubbed teak grab rails.

All deck varnish stripped to bare wood and replaced in 2022 with regular maintenance since that time.

Rig

Spars

Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped hollow Douglas Fir mast by Collars. Mast varnished in 2024 using 2 pack Allwood.

Boom, gaff and bowsprit in Douglas fir and finished with Allwood varnish in 2024.

Carbon fibre topsail yard. Alloy telescopic whisker pole.

Boom gallows on the aft deck to carry the boom, varnished mahogany support with bronze supports.

Standing and Running Rigging

Stainless steel standing rigging all removed and inspected in 2024.

Running rigging all new in 2022.

SailSpar furling systems on staysail and jib.

Running backstays in Dyneema with block and tackles to tension.

Varnished wooden blocks finished with Allwood 2 pack varnish in 2024.

All leather work in the rig and leather block covers replaced in 2024.

Bowsprit net strung between the whisker stays.

Sails

All new sails from Ratsey & Lapthorn in 2024 using Contender cream sail cloth.

• Mainsail


• Topsail


• Staysail


• Jib


• Asymmetric spinnaker (2016)


• Spitfire jib


• Working topsail on carbon fibre yard (2024)

Winches

6 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST winches in the cockpit.

1 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST mast winch for reefing.

Machinery

Engine

Volvo Penta MD2030 29hp engine.

Halyard AquaDrive to a centreline 16” Darglow propeller. New cutlass bearing and propeller service in 2024.

6 knots cruising speed at 2.5 litres/hour.

Tanks

• 95 litre stainless steel fuel tank.


• 2 x 82 litre stainless steel fresh water tanks.

Batteries and Electrics

• 2 x 115ah gel domestic batteries (new 2022)


• 1 x 115ah engine start battery (new 2022)

Accommodation

Berths and Headroom

• 4 x single berths including 2 quarter berths and 2 saloon settee berths.


• Quarter berths – 6’6”


• Saloon berths – 6’4”

Headroom 6’1” / 1.87m in the saloon.

General Description

Companion steps down over the engine box into the main cabin with a very spacious quarter berth either side stretching back aft under the cockpit thwarts.

Chart desk to port and galley to starboard. Half size admiralty chart desk faces outboard.

Half height painted white bulkheads with varnished wooden trim separate off the main saloon. Full length grab rail incorporated into the coamings.

Spacious saloon with a settee berth either side and a centreline dropleaf varnished teak saloon table. Exposed hull sides are as much an aesthetic feature as they are structural. Varnished pine saloon sole boards.

Taylors paraffin cabin heater on the forward bulkhead to starboard.

Pair of gimballed paraffin lamps on the forward bulkhead.

Centreline door into the forepeak which is given over to the heads compartment, wet locker and storage space. Large storage volume forward of the sea toilet with a half height bulkhead to keep gear in place at sea.

Galley

Force 10 gas stove with 2 burners, oven and grill. Gas locker in a vented and sealed locker aft.

12 volt fridge built into the joinery under the chart desk.

Stainless sink with manually pumped water from a bronze hand pump. Manual pump out for the sink.

Heads

Jabsco manual sea toilet in the forepeak discharges directly overboard.

Stainless hand basin with a manual bronze hand pump.

Forehatch above the heads for ventilation.

Equipment

• Silva steering compass


• Raymarine log and sounder with cockpit repeater


• Raymarine DSC VHF


• Garmin 7” touchscreen chart plotter (new 2022)


• AIS Class A transceiver


• Autohelm 2000 tiller pilot (2018)


• Windpilot self steering system (new 2023)


• 35lb CQR anchor


• 40m galvanised chain


• Simpson Lawrence Sea Tiger manual windlass + canvas cover


• Mooring warps


• Fenders

(all working sails new in 2024 using Contender cream sail cloth)

• Mainsail


• Topsail


• Staysail


• Jib


• Asymmetric spinnaker (2016)


• Spitfire jib


• Working topsail on carbon fibre yard (2024)

• Mainsail cover


• Sailspar furlers on staysail and jib


• 6 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST winches in the cockpit


• 1 x bronze Lewmar 16 ST mast winch for reefing


• Alloy whisker pole


• Carbon fibre topsail yard

• Manual bilge pump


• Auto electric bilge pump


• Life raft


• Horse shoe life buoy


• Fire extinguishers


• MOB Jonbuoy system


• Life jackets

• Bunk and berth cushions


• Force 10 galley stove


• Jabsco manual sea toilet


• 2 x paraffin cabin lamps


• Taylors paraffin cabin heater


• Varnished mahogany cockpit table


• Winter cover


• Cockpit cover


• Skylight cover


• Forehatch cover


• Anchor windlass cover


• Aluminium extendable beaching legs