The Gaff
Ketch
STOUT
Built 1907 at "Gustavssons varv",
Råå, Sweden
- Loa 10.5 m
- Lod 8.5 m
- Beam 3,15 m
- Displ. 6,5 tons
Draft 1.7 m
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The Gaff
Ketch |
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| Pictures taken during my trial sails in 2001. That is Me at the helm... | I had to replace the jib. (seen as whiter than the other sails...) |
She is built with oak planking on oak frames. around 1973-74 she got a (thick!) layer of glass fibre and epoxy on the outside. The cabin is mahogany with larch roof. The deck is plywood with glass fibre coating and masts are oregon pine.
There is a book, "Berättelser från havet", by Birger Sjöberg, one of the previous owners. (ISBN 91-518-3967-9). The book contains a chapter on Stout and has her picture on the front page.
Pictures - before I bought her. Early 2001
Pictures - Staring repair work May 2001
Pictures - state during summer of 2001
Pictures - work done during winter 2001. Getting the hull oiled and the cockpit fixed took all the time I had available...
Pictures - more repair work, early 2002
Pictures - Getting her ready for summer 2002 and sailing......
Pictures - Fixing the deck during winter of 2002/2003. I fixed the deck during the winter 2002/2003 (and half of the summer of 2003 as well...)
Pictures - Rebuilding the interior - winter of 2003/2004
Pictures - Rebuilding the interior - winter of 2004/2005
Pictures - Status summer of 2005 She participated in Baltic Sail in Helsingör, Denmark in August 2005. Pictures here
Pictures - Rebuilding the interior - winter of 2005/2006
Pictures - More work on the interior - winter 2006/2007 New!
Interior Layout - drawing
Stout is sold! Her new port is Vänersborg.
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| Last sail October 2004. The bridge between Malmö and Copenhagen in the background... |
