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The following information and photographs are
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and photographs are normally based on one specific yacht, but could
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The price guide covers the normal ranges of age and condition. Exceptional
boats, whether good or bad, may fall outside these guidelines. |
Heard 23 |
Price Guide
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£15,000 to £25,000
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Builder |
Gaffers & Luggers, Mylor Bridge, Cornwall |
LOA |
32' 0" inc. bowsprit and rudder, 23' 3"
on deck |
Sail area |
567 sq ft, main, jib, staysail and topsail |
Brief details |
LWL |
22' 6" |
Rig |
gaff cutter |
Based on the design
of Falmouth Working Boats, the Heard 23 is a heavy displacement
small cruiser or weekender with immense character, and remarkably
good performance and seakeeping ability. Compared to most other
small yachts, including other modern gaffers, the Heard boats are
massively heavily built. Despite this they sail extremely well. |
Beam |
8' 0" |
Cabins |
1 |
Draught |
4' 0" |
Berths |
2/3 |
Displacement |
not known |
Engine |
usually various small diesels, though some boats engineless |
Ballast |
2 1/2 tons |
BHP |
12 - 20 |
Keel type |
Long keel with encapsulated ballast |
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Designed by Percy Dalton as a GRP version
of one of the smaller traditional Falmouth Working Boats,
the Heard 23 is produced in three basic versions: open working
boat, short cabin 'weekender' layout and long cabin 'cruising'
layout. The yacht illustrated here is a 'short cabin' version.
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Built by Martin Heard's Gaffers
and Luggers yard at Mylor Bridge in Cornwall, each individual
boat is fitted out slightly differently, according to the
original purchasers requirements. A number of Heard 23s
are among the fleet of engineless working boats, from 23
to 28 feet in length, that still work under sail in Falmouth,
dredging for oysters in the winter months. (oyster dredging
is forbidden for powered boats). In summer they race, as
they have done for well over a hundred years, hence the
quite high sail area for their length.
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