the spirit of the CORSAIR
The Corsair Experience
She is as lovely and stout as she is graceful.
A lovely winning sloop in the Master Mariners Classic Regattas.
Bright hull beautifully maintained with a tender care and now tenderly passed on to a proud new owner!
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CORSAIR basics
Year: 1960
Type: Marconi Sloop
Larsen 28'
Hull Type: Wood
Builder: Jensen Boatyard, Denmark
Designer: Slabby Larsen
LOA: 28'
LOD: 28'
LWL: 24'
Beam: 9' 6"
Draft: 5'6"
Corsair” has handsome lines, with sloped bow sections, cutaway forefoot, moderate beam and draft and nicely shaped stern. Below decks she has the V-berth in the forepeak area, main salon with settee seating on both sides, and galley and navigation areas aft. On deck, her cockpit, side decks, cabintop and foredeck are traditionally laid out and rigged for efficient sail handling and movement forward and aft.”
CORSAIR BIOGRAPHY
Corsair is a twenty-eight foot beamy sloop designed by Slabby Larsen and built at the famous JENSEN boatyard in Denmark in 1960. She was shipped over in a container to the US and landed in Oakland where she embarked on her life in the San Francisco Bay. Completely retrofitted in the 80's, she came to her recent owners hands as a yellow painted boat in 2012. Then began her transformation into a bright hull and many other upgrades. Extensive work by shipwright Bruce Tipton of Port Townsend, 2016. Recent yearly haul out 2017/2018, varnish and bottom job, new engine water pump installed and new battteries! She’s well maintained! She is a fine live-aboard actually with a spacious 9-6 beam.
As her Boatright said; "She's a big little boat."
Congratulations to her new owners!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Attention to detail
at its best.
CORSAIR is a treasure. A perfect coastal small cruiser but stout enough for big seas.
Recently SOLD
Hull + Superstructure
Deck: teak on marine plywood
Cabin Sole: Solid Mahogany
Bulkheads: Painted Wood
Construction Scantling: Traditional carvel planking, Honduros Mahogany over Oak hardwood frames; original frames
Deck Clamps: Mahogany
Deck Beams: Oak
Rudder: Oak horn timber and mahogany.
Fastenings: Bronze
Keel bolts: stainless for external iron keel
Mast: Spruce spar
She's well-fit for service.
Propulsion System
Engine: Perkins Diesel 4-cycle: recently serviced
Year: 1980's ; 500+ hours
Details: 3 cylinders, rated 28HP @ 3600 RPM
Model: M30-100
Propeller: 3 blade fixed bronze 13" x 9
Marine Gear:
A sturdy engine for a small boat which really makes a difference in a big tide.
Mechanical Systems
Tiller: Fine Oak
Rudder: Mahogany
Anchor: really nice
Bilge: 12v, auto manual.
Stove: Origo 3000, Alcohol 2 burner
Holding Tank: 2014 10 gallons with sanitation hose and 2 airvents.
"Systems are well installed and operational."
Electrical
DC System
Batteries/Amps: 2 EA gp 27
Engine Alternator/Amps: 12v alternator
Charger/Amps: 110-12 v. portable
Lighting: 12v lighting interior and exterior.
AC System:
Shore Power: MARINCO 30 A inlet & cable
Panel/Location: BLUE SEA / Adjacent to DC panel
Wiring: Stranded copper – well loomed
So surprisingly generous down below.
See her in person
Point Hudson Marina
Currently moored in the Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend Washington.
Awarded the Best Elapsed Time in the Master Mariners Regatta. Love it.
““I really don’t know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it’s because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it’s because we all came from the sea. ”
