Tern — Harry Bryan 'Katie' Gaff Sloop

This gaff-rigged pocket cruiser has recently undergone a refresh at Hylan and Brown. This sloop was designed by Harry Bryan and inspired by N.G. Herreshoff’s Buzzards Bay 12 1/2-footer. New standing rigging, detailed interior carpentry, freshly painted and varnish and custom canvas bunks by Brooklin Canvas Design. Oceanus Sails by Nat Wilson. Comfortable cockpit and two small berths—a nicely balanced and easily handled daysailer!

Hull, Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Construction

• Keel / Centerboard with transom-hung rudder underwater configuration
• Non-self-bailing cockpit
• Carvel Cedar planking over Oak with bronze screw fastening
• Oak stem, frames, sheer clamp, floors, keelson, centerboard trunk and deadwood.
• Oak Transom
• Cedar and FRP constructed (weighted) centerboard
• Tongue and groove Cedar decks over-laid with FRP cloth set in epoxy with painted (Cream) finish
• Varnished Fir deck and cabin top beams
• Painted (White) Oak cabin sides and cockpit coamings
• Painted (Cream) Cedar cockpit seating
• Painted (Teal) Cedar cockpit sole

Color and Finish Scheme

• Bottom: Painted Green anti-fouling
• Topsides: Painted White with Teal sheer stripe and toe rails forward.
• Bow Sprit: Painted White
• Decks and Cabin Top: Painted Cream
• Cabin Sides and Cockpit Coamings: Painted White
• Cockpit seating fronts and cockpit hull interior: Painted White
• Cockpit seat tops, bridge deck and aft deck: Painted Cream
• Cockpit Sole: Painted Teal
• Interior: Varnished Oak shelf and cabin sides
• Interior: Varnished Fir deck beams, cabin beams, knees and interior hull sheathing

Deck Hardware and Features

• Painted (White) Oak bow sprit with stainless steel wire bobstay, bronze headstay fitting, bronze jib club fitting and bare teak anchor guide.
• Bronze docking line chocks port and starboard bow
• Painted (White) Oak samson post with Bronze bit
• Polished stainless steel chain locker hawse pipe
• Bronze framed deck prism
• Bronze chain plates port and starboard
• Bronze jib club / jib sheet traveler
• Bronze jib sheet turning blocks
• Bronze halyard turning blocks
• Oval fixed ports in cabin sides
• Sliding companionway hatch
• Companionway drop boards (3ea)
• Centerboard pennant and cleat on bridge deck
• Bronze main sheet traveler aft
• Main sheet cam cleat
• Brass pipe and painted (White) Oak boom gallows
• Bronze coaming / transom brackets

Interior Layout and Accommodations

• Simple interior just big enough for an overnight or weekend excursion for two persons.
• Furthest forward is anchor chain and rode locker.
• Next aft is sleeping space for two persons in a v-berth configuration
• Custom storage racks port and starboard
• Copper-lined shelf for cabin heater furthest aft to port
• Electrical panel and battery storage furthest aft to starboard
• Interior hull sheathing, interior cabin sides, joinery trim, deck and cabin beams finished in satin varnish
• Bulkheads, joinery fronts and overheads painted (White) finish
• Painted (Teal) cabin sole

Spars and Rigging

• Single-spreader, gaff-rigged sloop rig / sail plan configuration
• Varnished Sitka Spruce mast, boom, gaff and jib club
• Painted (White) Oak bow sprit
• Stainless steel wire standing rigging with wire-spliced eyes at upper and lower ends, shrouds, stays and bob stay with Bronze turnbuckle adjusters
• Dacron 3-strand running rigging of main sheet, jib sheet, main peak halyard, main throat halyard, jib halyard and main sail lazy jacks

Sails and Canvas

• Nat Wilson / Oceanus Sails
• Gaff-mainsail
• Jib
• Mainsail cover
• Jib cover
• Interior cushions with “Toast” Sunbrella fabric
• Sail Ties

Auxiliary Propulsion

• Custom “Harry Bryan” collapsible sculling oar

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

• Ritchie helm compass
• Silva hand-bearing compass

Electrical Systems and Equipment

• Nermak LiFePO4 12-Volt 50 AH Lithium battery
• 12-Volt DC circuits for navigational lighting and anchor light
• 12-Volt DC Outlet
• Solar panel

Freshwater Plumbing and Sanitation

• Bucket with sanitary collection bags

Dewatering Equipment

• Rule electric / automatic bilge pump with float switch
• Thirsty-Mate handheld manually operated bilge pump
• Bucket and sponge

Safety Equipment

• PFD’s: Type II (2ea)
• PFD’s: Type III (2ea)
• PFD’s: Type IV (2ea)
• Port and starboard navigational lighting on cabin sides
• Stern navigational light on boom gallows
• Plastimo emergency boarding ladder
• 150’ Polypropylene (floating) line
• Sound Signaling Devices: Whistle & Horn
• Fire extinguisher
• Radar Reflector

Additional Equipment

• Fatsco Pet solid fuel cabin heater stove with stainless steel chimney / “Charlie Noble”
• Boat hook
• Nylon gear storage nets (2ea)
• Battle flag / banner “TERN”
• Tool kit with storage bag
• Files kit with storage bag
• Storage trailer (not road legal)