2005 Spirit 46 | 46ft

• Cold molded Brazilian cedar planking, 15mm x 40mm cover (speed strip), epoxy bonded and bronze fastened. Planking cross-laminated with 2 x 3 mm Khaya veneers at 45 degrees. Hog, keel, stem and stem posts, horn timber, all floors and beam shelf of solid or laminated straight grain Brazilian cedar. Lightening holes drilled where necessary strength not compromised. Hull stiffened by fitting all internal furniture bonded to form a monocoque structure. Laminated ring frames form chain plate mounts and mast partners and transmit the loads to hull and keel bearing floors. All plywood used is Brynzeel, manufactured to Lloyds specifications. Hull planking sheathed with 600 gsm bi-radial glass / epoxy, faired with two layers of epoxy fillers and spray coated with Awlgrip paint system.
• Rudder is a multi laminate timber blade, epoxy glass sheathed and fitted on a solid 50 mm stainless steel stock. The stock rotates in a GRP tube fitted with nylon bushes top and bottom.
• Tiller is fitted to the stock with cast stainless steel rudder head incorporating a tiller lifting facility and load bearing bronze ring - adjustable tiller extension.
• Flattened bulb keel, max righting moment and optimum high / low pressure separation - 2,240 kg keel through bolted with 5 center line 24 mm & 8 x 15 mm secondary bolts

Deck and Cockpit

• All deck beams, beam shelf and carlins in Brazilian cedar or mahogany
• Structural bulkheads in 6/ 9mm ply, braced with solid mahogany where necessary
• Beams overlaid with 6 mm ply, margin boards, king planks in bright finished mahogany
• Deck laid with swept teak planking following the margins
• Cockpit of solid mahogany on a plywood substructure, bright finished
• Cockpit seats fitted with extensive stowage below
• Cockpit cushions and bolsters with Sunbrella snap-on cockpit cover.
• Storage areas dedicated for life raft, sails and fender stowage
• Deck prisms fitted in fore deck over forward berths

House Roof

• Bright finished mahogany over plywood substructure
• Sliding mahogany hatch on stainless steel runners
• Companionway doors folding into recesses in allow unhindered access
• Two Flush fitted hatches above cabin table and inside head
• Six oval chrome bronze port lights fitted in coach roof sides – two open

Internal Structure

• All furniture of 6 mm ply, bonded and filleted to the hull
• All interior surfaces finished in white eggshell paint and satin varnish
• Main saloon finished in fielded and raised mahogany paneling, satin finished
• All interior fitments are trimmed with solid mahogany, satin finished