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The
Design.
Designed by Ian Proctor the 11 foot Gull Spirit is based on the
original bard-chine plywood Gull. The robust GRP Gull Spirit has a
redesigned modern layout with built in buoyancy, giving the dinghy a
greater appeal for all-round family cruising/racing, single-handed
sailing or sail-training purposes. She's a lightweight, well built
fuss-free boat providing hours o f enjoyment for gentle cruising and
safe club racing.
Development.
The Gull Spirit has been layed out as one
of
the easiest boats to rig and with
the added advantage of the
Gull Spirit Handbook it would be difficult for anyone to go wrong.
One of the best aspects
of the Spirit is the fact
that she's designed to be 'newcomer friendly'. Novices can buy the
basic boat and depending on whether they want to cruise or race (or
both), they can simply add on the accessories.
An important feature
of
the Gull Spirit is the way in
which the buoyancy is distributed throughout the boat, providing
safety and making the righting of
the boat safe, quick and easy.
There still remains sufficient space in the watertight aft locker,
which is securely fastened to accommodate a 2.212. 0 hp outboard
engine.
 Specification.
She has a Bermudan rig, a keel-stepped mast, transom mainsheeting
system and a jib furling system which is just the thing for cruising,
plus a neat little spinnaker for racing. The silver anodised mast and
boom, stainless steel rigging, shroud adjusters, port, starboard and
forestay covers from Proctor Masts. Main halyard in pre-stretched
terylene. Jib halyard in s1s wire with soft eye to pre-stretched
terylene tail. Highfield lever to tension jib
luff
Boom comes complete with full slab reefing equipment fitted. Fully
adjustable kicking strap comprising V jammer, block and control line.
Cruising mainsail in white.
 4 US oz
polyester, with reefing and Cunningham cringle, numbers, Class
insignia and battens. Jib also in white 4 US oz polyester, has an
internal s/s wire
luff.
There is a lifting rudder with metal stock and detachable tiller with
tiller extension. Nylon blocks are fitted under the gudgeon and
pintle and all fittings are bolted through with s/s locknuts.
Terylene toe straps, adjustable fore and aft with 5mm pre-stretched
polyester rope. A Keel band is fitted throughout the length
of
the boat.
Jib fairlead, jamming cleats, drain plugs, alloy mainsheet track
traveller with end blocks and control lines are all fitted. Sheets
are 8mm, 16 plait polyester and the mainsheet comes complete with two
Barton blocks. The centreboard has a fully adjustable friction pad
and is made
of
18mm selected marine ply. All
fastenings are bolted through with s/s nuts and washers. (Bolts are
used extensively throughout in place of
self-tappers).
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