Tamarisk 24 'Honeydew'

Free to a New Home

Ashore in Torpoint, PL10

Honeydew is now ashore after a lift out last September.

The  tamarisk shrub grows in the Sinai desert where it is parasites by sap sucking flies leaving a coating of honeydew which can be collected at dawn as sugar crystals. This is thought by some to be the manna which sustained the Israelites during their 40 years there following the Exodus. If the tamarisk could support a nation maybe it could support the sailor.

The current owner has the agreement to build signed in 1981. The boat was launched in 1982. There is a certificate from HM Customs and Excise dated 17/06/93 that VAT is paid/deemed paid on the vessel. It is SSR registered.

The current owner has cruised the boat since retiring, mostly between September and April, and have lived on board it since 1995. but now he is 83 and has retired to a motorboat.

There are +70000 miles recorded in the log books. The sea miles range from Shetland in the north to Tarifa Point in the south and Portugal in the west to the Gulf of Genoa in the east. The inland waterways of the Netherlands and the French canal networks are the main freshwater miles.

HONEYDEW Tamarisk 24 launched 5th July 1982
Building started by North Cornwall Marine Ltd and completed by Tamarisk Yachts Ltd formed by the directors when the former company went into voluntary liquidation.
Hull moulded by Cygnus Marine. British Racing Green pigment above waterline only.
LOA 9.16m  30ft
LOD 7.34m  24ft (registerd length)
LWL 6.45m  21ft
Beam 2.43m  8ft
Draught 1m (maximum draught at the stern)
Displacement ~6800lb  / 3 Ton (with no equipment or stores on board). Estimated cruising weight 3.5Ton. Ballast ~2900lb Part of the design ballast of steel punchings in resin has been replaced by 250lb of lead placed first at the bottom of the keel cavity. With the CofG thus lower this boat is less tender than standard and the bad weather performance is improved. With less balast volume the cabin sole is lower and the coachroof has been lowered maintaining the design headroom. This improves the external appearance of the boat. 

The mast pivot point is now above the coachroof allowing the mast to be lowered to a horizontal position. Original mast length 30ft. Mast shortened by removal of 70cm from the tip August 2012. Mast height above WL to top of aerial is now 10.40m. The mast bands are 1’ lower on the mast than the design position
 

Engine Yanmar 1GM10 fitted May 2008. Clockwise (RH) prop. The propeller is stamped 13"/10" but was measured Dec 2007 as 13"/8". The boat performance is consistant with the measured values.

Fuel capacity 12 gallon  54ltr
Sail area 364sq ft 33sq 

Antifouling area ~18sq m
Rudder nut. Letters and numbers on the underside
Legs. Position A2 for normal grounding 

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