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Binker

  • Price
    €150,000
History

BINKER was designed for Boyd Donaldson, a yacht broker in partnership with Starling Burgess at the time, specifically for him to cruise and explore with his teenage son. “Be seaworthy, have a good turn of speed to weather. Comfortable, safe and fun cruising”. BINKER enjoyed many years of cruising the east coast of the United States, then came to Europe from the Unites States and was purchased by Robin Todd, a yacht captain who rebuilt her in Florida and began his Atlantic voyage in 1997, overrun by hurricane Irine while approaching the Azores. Limping into Horta Robin repaired the damage and sailed BINKER to the UK. Thereafter the boat was sold and went into disrepair.

Found in 2008 in a very bad state by Jamie Robinson, she had a total rebuild. Since her launch in 2015 she has been sailed from Scotland to Devon and up to the Orkneys via the Caledonian Canal and proved herself to be a great sea boat.
The rebuild involved replacement of much of the planking and structural timbers, a new deck, new interior, new rig and all new machinery and systems. The work has been done to a very high professional standard and she is now completely finished and ready to be cruised and raced by a new owner.

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Description

BINKER is a true classic yacht with plenty of pedigree in first class condition.
Following an extensive restoration in 2015, Classic Boat magazine published a beautiful and comprehensive article on the boat (see pdf in attachment). BINKER is based in Port Vauban, Antibes.
The price has been reduced to rush the sale due to the owner's health issues.

Designed by Starling Burgess in the USA and built by Julius Peterson in New Jersey in 1934, in the opinion of the doyen of traditional English boats, Peter Gregson, her design was inspired by the work boats of the Itchen Ferry, with several development eventually leading to the build of BINKER. The first owner and designer wanted a boat that could be easily sailed by himself and his teenage son with good windward performance yet easily handled. She proved to be fast, comfortable and sea kindly as well as having very attractive lines. Uffa Fox wrote a detailed account of the boat and was full of praise for her.

Website

https://www.zacboats.it/en/classic-yachts-for-sale/binker

Specifications
  • Year
    1934
  • Designer
    William Starling Burgess
  • Builder
    Julius Peterson Shipyard • New Jersey, USA
  • Type of Rig
    Cutter
  • Sail Type
    Bermudan
  • Berths
    1
Measurement
  • Overall Length
    14 metres
  • Length on Waterline
    9.14 metres
  • Beam
    3.05 metres
  • Draft
    1.89 metres
Construction

Planked in a mixture of Cedar, Mahogany and Larch.
All bronze screwed fastened to steam bent oak timbers, many of which are new.
Sawn wooden floors, all new, side fastened to the frames.
External 3.5 ton lead ballast keel with new stainless steel keel bolts. 800kg of internal lead trimming ballast.
Yacht laid Afromosia deck glued over a marine plywood subdeck. Deck and deck beams all new in the rebuild.
Varnished teak coachroof coamings with bronze portholes.
Coachroof deck made of Iroko and sheathed externally.
Self draining cockpit well. Seating at deck level with a varnished teak coaming round. Tiller steering.
2015 detailed restoration, 2019 manteinance update available. In 2020, the hull has been painted and antifouling applied.

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