1963 Classic 32' _{(9.75 m)} International 500 Yawl

Principle Dimensions and Information

Designer: Robert G. Henry, Jr.

Builder: DeDood and Sons Boat Works / Bremen, Germany

Year Built: 1963

LOA: 32.00’

LWL: 23.50’

Beam: 8.67’

Draft: 4.75’

Displacement: 11,200 lbs.

Rig Type: Masthead Yawl

Sail Area: 496 sq. ft.

Auxiliary Propulsion: 1992, 18HP, Westerbeke freshwater-cooled diesel

Engine Hours: 1,529 Hours as of Spring 2024

Fuel Capacity: 10 Gallons

Freshwater Capacity: 30 Gallons

Black Water Capacity: 5 Gallons

Hull, Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Construction

Full keel with cutaway forefoot and keel-hung rudder underwater configuration.

Mahogany planking over White Oak frames with bronze screw fasteners.

White Oak stem, stern post, keel timber and deadwood.

Bronze keel bolts

Cast iron ballast keel

Decks are marine plywood over White Oak deck beams overlaid with blind fastened teak deck surface.

Cabin sides are of varnished Mahogany

Cabin top is White Oak coach roof beams overlaid with marine plywood and further over laid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy with painted exterior surface.

Varnished Mahogany cockpit coamings and cockpit sides with laid deck cockpit seat tops and cockpit sole.

Storage lockers under cockpit seating and aft deck

Varnished Mahogany toe rails and taff rail

Topsides are painted Black with Gold cove stripe and White boot stripe

Cabin top is White painted finish

Bottom is Green anti-fouling paint

Deck Hardware and Features

Stainless steel bow pulpit and stern rail

Bronze lifeline stanchions

Upper and lower stainless steel wire life lines (upper Vinyl coated)

Bronze stem fitting

Bronze anchor roller

Cast bronze bow chocks

Bronze dorade vent / cowl (ventilates anchor locker)

White Oak Samson post

Low profile Lewmar anchor windlass

Bronze mid-rail chocks

Bronze diamond pad eyes (4ea port and starboard) block attachment points

Bronze headsail tracks port and starboard on toe rails

Bronze main sheet traveler

Chromed Bronze mizzen mast partners

Bronze stern docking cleats and chocks

Varnished Mahogany lazarette hatch

Bronze dorade vent / cowl (ventilates lazarette locker)

Cabin and Cabin Top Hardware and Features

Bronze opening ports in cabin sides (4ea. port and starboard) and front (1ea)

Varnished Mahogany and Lexan opening hatch above forward cabin

Chromed Bronze main mast partners

Varnished Mahogany opening butterfly-style hatch above main saloon

Varnished Mahogany companionway hatch off set to starboard

Bare Teak handrails port and starboard

Interior Layout and Accomodations

Layout described forward to aft.

Furthest forward is anchor locker accessible thru forward bulkhead of forward cabin

Nest aft if forward (sleeping) cabin with accommodations for two (2) persons with bunks in a Vee-berth configuration, storage shelves forward, port and starboard, water tanks located under berths and storage drawers also located under berths.

Continuing aft is the passageway to the main saloon with hanging locket to port and enclosed head space to starboard with privacy door that also can be used to provide privacy to the forward (sleeping) cabin.

Aft of passageway is main saloon with 5’ 10” standing head room.

To starboard in the main saloon (forward of the settee) there is a hanging locker outboard and (3) drawer and bin storage cabinet inboard followed by a single settee berth that extends aft slightly under the cockpit and has a hinged door at the aft end providing access to the starboard cockpit locker.

To port in the main saloon is a single settee berth with storage shelves outboard and above / forward.

Both port and starboard settee’s each have storage space in drawers and bins either below or outboard of the settee platforms.

For dining below decks (and above) there is a nicely finished folding Mahogany table that can be set up either between the settees or p in the cockpit for “Al Fresco” dining.

Aft of the port settee is the galley area that extends to the aft port corner of the interior space and continues athwartships under the companionway ladder to provide a L-shaped galley arrangement with single-burner alcohol stove immediately aft of the partial bulkhead separating the settee from the galley area, followed by a well-insulated ice box under the galley counter, the stainless steel sink basin under the companionway ladder and generous storage spaces in lockers outboard and aft of the galley counter along with drawer and locker space under counter below the stove.

The galley counter cabinetry located under the (removable) companionway ladder is the enclosure for the engine. There is a door in the face of this cabinetry for quick engine access or can be disassembled as needed either partially for routine maintenance and service or completely for full access to all engine and drive train equipment.

Galley Equipment

Origo single burner alcohol stove

Well-insulated, under-counter ice box

Pressure water (cold only) supplied to galley sink basin

Interior Light and Ventilation

Natural light and ventilation from nine (9) Bronze opening ports in cabin sides and front, two (2) opening hatches in cabin top an sliding companionway hatch.

Custom screens for forward hatch and companionway

Natural ventilation from three (2) dorade vent / cowls providing fresh air to anchor locker and aft lazarette

Overhead dome lights in galley (1ea), main saloon (1ea), head enclosure (1), Forward cabin (2).

Reading light at port settee

Spars and Rigging

Masthead rigged yawl rig configuration

Single spreader varnished Sitka Spruce main mast

Varnished Sitka Spruce mizzen mast

Varnished Sitka Spruce main and mizzen booms

Varnished Sitka Spruce spinnaker pole

Bronze spinnaker pole track

Bronze sail tracks on masts and booms.

Bronze chain plates

Stainless steel wire standing rigging with bronze turnbuckle adjusters

Varnished Mahogany shroud rollers for main and mizzen shrouds

Yacht braid style halyards with the exception of main halyard which is rope to wire.

Sail Trim and Sail Handling Equipment

Mast Fly / Windex

Harken roller-furling headstay

Mainsail lazy-jacks (3-strand Dacron)

Bronze head sail tracks port and starboard on toe rails

Bronze main sheet traveler

Bronze halyard winches on main mast

Barient 22 self-tailing, 2-speed, bronze primary winches (port and starboard cockpit fwd.)

Gibb single-speed secondary winches (port and starboard cockpit aft)

Bronze sheet cleats at cockpit coaming (2ea port and starboard

Barlow 15 single-speed bronze halyard winches on main mast (2ea)

Sails and Canvas

Shore Sails

140% Genoa with Toast color sunshield

Main sail

Mizzen sail

Asymmetrical spinnaker with sock

Mizzen staysail

Main sail cover / Toast color

Mizzen cover / Toast color

Hatch covers (3ea) / Toast color

Interior cushions

Cockpit cushions

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

White Constellation helm / binnacle compass (5” card)

Icom IC-M402S VHF radio

Garmin GPS chart plotter

Signet knot meter

Signet depth sounder

Autohelm ST300 autopilot

Wheems and Plath Ship’s clock

Wheems and Plath Barometer

Brass inclinometer

Autohelm personal compass (handheld)

Propulsion and Fuel Systems

1992, Westerbeke fresh water cooled diesel. Model 20-B2, 18 HP

Engine Hours: 1,529 Hours as of Spring 2024

Westerbeke ignition panel with tachometer and engine status gauges / alarms

Single lever transmission and throttle control

¾” Bronze propellor shaft

Flax packing type stuffing box

Bronze fixed 2-blade propellor

Raw water filter / strainer

10 Gallon polypropylene fuel tank

Racor water separator fuel filter 

Steering Systems and Equipment

Steering pedestal with varnished Mahagony six-spoke steering wheel

Cable and quadrant steering gear

Keel-hung rudder of Bronze and wood construction

Bronze rudder post, pintails and gudgeons

Emergency tiller

Autohelm ST300 autopilot

Electrical Systems and Equipment

12-Volt DC electrical system

Separate deep cycle batteries / battery banks for ship’s systems and engine start

Guest 3-position master battery selector switch

Marinetics DC Electrical panel with circuiting to control all ship electrical systems and battery condition meter.

Stand-alone circuit breaker control for Lewmar windlass

Three (3) 12-Volt DC power stations

Plumbing and Sanitation Systems

Freshwater Capacity: 30 Gallons

Freshwater Storage: Two (2) Copper tanks port and starboard under forward cabin V-berths

Pressure water supply system to galley sink.

Stainless steel galley sink basin

Stainless steel head area sink basin

Groco manually operated MSD / marine toilet

Waste plumbed for direct overboard discharge or discharge to blackwater tank for later shore side pump-out.

Ground Tackle Equipment

Bronze anchor roller

Primary Anchor: 35 lb. CQR with 20’ of 5/16” galvanized chain and 220’ of 5/8” Nylon 3-strand rode

Secondary Anchor: 25 lb. Danforth with 200’ or ½” Nylon 3-strand rode.

Lewmar low-profile electric windlass

Dewatering Equipment

Rule 800 GPH electric / automatic pump with float switch

Jabsco Water Puppy 6.3 GPM electric pump manually operated

3” Bronze Navy style manual / emergency pump mounted in starboard sail locker.

Safety Equipment

Type II PFD’s (4ea)

Type III PFD (1ea)

Lifesling

Emergency tiller

Navigational Lighting: Port, starboard and stern deck lighting / steaming and anchor lights on main mast.

Spreader lights

Engine compartment automatic fire extinguisher

Hand held fire extinguishers (3ea)

Radar Reflector

Additional Equipment

Dock lines and fenders

Folding swim ladder.

Recent Upgrades and Significant Work History

2017-2019: Bottom wooded, removal and inspection of 100+ fasteners, replacement of 2 fasteners,, fasteners rebunged, seams reefed, caulked and paid, bottom primed and painted.

2016: Helm compass rebuilt

2016: New leathers for emergency bilge pump

2015: Head area rebuilt with new paint, varnished ceilings, varnished Mahogany towel tack and installation of manually operated roco MSD (toilet) with holding tank and plumbing for discharge overboard or to holding tank for later shore-side pump-out,

2002: Removed and replaced existing cabin house with newly designed, lower profile cabin house with Mahogany cabin sides and epoxied Dynel cloth cabin top surface.

2002: Removed deck, replaced a small number of deck beams, installed new marine plywood sub-deck overlaid with spring teak decks blind fastened from below eliminating the need for bungs in teak decking.

Early 1990’s: Replacement of stem, stern post, keel timber, dead wood and planking below the water line, This work done by Brooklin Boat Yard

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