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Buchanan Spartan

Brief details

Builder

Various

The Alan Buchanan 'Spartan' design is a very pretty small cruiser built by a number of boatyards in the 1950's. Almost all Spartans are carvel planked, but several clinker-built boats were also built by one yard.

LOA

24' 6"

Sail area

not known

LWL

19' 8"

Rig

sloop

Beam

6' 6"

Cabins

1

Draught

4' 0"

Berths

2

Displacement

3 tons

Engine

Stuart Turner

Ballast

1.7 tons

BHP

4

Keel type

Long fin, external iron ballast keel

The Spartan is a small traditional cruising yacht with exceptionally pretty lines. With two berths, plus a small cooker and a Baby Blake toilet in the forepeak, she has a cosy and traditional cabin.

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Interior of a very original carvel-built Spartan, still with canvas-covered planked decks

The original engine is still in the carvel-built yacht shown: this is a Stuart Turner single-cylinder petrol engine

Below: another of the clinker-built Spartans, this one a Mk II
built by Priors in 1956. Photo from the owner in Italy