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Vertue V20

£14,534 Listed price: US$19,500

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Yacht Coast Yacht Sales

2302 Shelter Island Drive
San Diego, CA, 92106
United States
619-815-5766

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Make Vertue
Model V20
Year 1948
Condition Used
Price US$19,500
Type Sail
Class Antique and Classic (Sail)
Length 25 ft / 7.62 m
Fuel Type Diesel
Hull Material Wood
Location San Diego, California, United States
LOA 25 ft 4 in / 7.72 m
Beam 7 ft 2 in / 2.19 m
Max Draft 4 ft 6 in / 1.37 m
Engine Type Inboard
Engine Make YANMAR
Engine Model 10HP
Fuel Type Diesel
Power 10 hp
Drive Type Shaft Drive
Engine Location enums.engine-location.center
Engine usage (hours) 25
Builder Elkins
Hull Shape Monohull

Description

"Salmo",  Constructed in 1948, this boat was the subject of the book The Restless Wind, which chronicles its single-handed passage from Scotland to Canada and on to San Diego.  


  • "Salmo"   
  • Laurent Giles design No: 78  
  • Builder: E.F.Elkins, Christchurch, Dorset, England.  
  • Launch Date: 1948 
  • Hull Material: Mahogany on oak  
  • Deck: Grp over ply on original pine t & g. 
  • Engine: Yanmar 10 hp 
  • Doghouse: Short 
  • Cockpit: Short 
  • Berths: Two plus focsle
  • Rig:  Masthead bermudan sloop.
  • Mast: Alloy  
  • Heads'ls: Genoa & stays'ls. 
  • Backstay arrangement: Twin to transom. No runners.  
  • Home Port: San Diego, California, USA.
  • Other comments: Salmo is most well-known for being the boat Peter Hamilton wrote about in his wonderful book The Restless Wind.  This describes his single-handed passage from Scotland to Canada, and from there to San Diego via the Panama Canal and Tahiti, with his new wife Jill, in the early 1960's.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Additional Information

Located in San Diego's, beautiful Mission Bay, this is a sea worthy classic with all the right upgrades.  Less the 20 hours on fully rebuilt Yanmar diesel.  

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