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David Cheverton Danegeld

• Designer: David Cheverton
• Builder: David Cheverton
• Location: Hants
• Length on deck: 35'5"
• Draft: 5'6"
• Tonnage: 10TM

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Wooden Ships Comments on this David Cheverton Danegeld

Designed and built by David Cheverton in 1958.  This is the first of the Danegeld class.

The commissioning owner was Bobby Lowein, a champion helmsman of the time.  His brief to Cheverton was ‘design me a yacht which will look well, sail well and be easily handled by two men, yet able to sleep five.’  The resulting design was Danegeld, and as proclaimed by the yachting press of the time, she proved to be something of a ‘wonder boat’because of her performance.  Out of 20 starts in the 1959 season she gained 14 1sts, a 2 nd and 4 thirds.  She also won the Golden Roman Bowl in the Round the Island Race and her class in the Fastnet of that year.  In 1960 she was shipped to Bermuda to take part in the Bermuda Race and then on a TransAtlantic race to Sweden.

She was voted Yacht of the Year in 1959 and Cheverton launched the Danegeld Class off the back of the success of this yacht.

The yacht has been in the same family ownership since 1979, and has been used for local cruising and racing in the Solent, being a frequent participant in British Classic Yacht Club regattas.

In 2016, the rig was replaced entirely with new mast, boom and rigging.  The hull was strengthened in way of the mast with some expertly engineered bronze floors under the mast step to strengthen the hull.

In 2023 a new Yanmar 29hp engine was installed.

This incredibly elegant yacht oozes pedigree and provenance, her racing record speaking for itself.  She has been well maintained in the present ownership, upgraded as necessary and kept in fine seagoing condition

Excellent 2024 survey available.

Length on deck                 35’5”

Length Waterline             24’

Beam                                    9’7”

Draft                                      5’6”

Thames Tonnage             10TM

Construction

• Carvel planked in African mahogany of 1”.
• Copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers of 2” x 2” at 8” centres.  Several larger section sawn oak frames for strength.
• External lead ballast keel of 2.5 tons fastened with bronze bolts.  Keel bolts new in 2016.
• Mix of sawn oak and bronze strap floors across the centreline.  The bronze straps are in way of the mast step and were all new in 2016.  Bronze throat bolts through the floors.
• Yacht laid solid teak deck screw fastened to the deck beams and joggled to a king plank.  Varnished teak covering board and toe rail.
• Varnished teak cochroof coamings with chromed bronze portlights.  Sheathed T&G coachroof deck.
• Self draining cockpit with varnished teak coamings and scrubbed teak thwarts.  Scrubbed teak cockpit sole grating.
• The whole rig was completely new in 2016.  This is a higher aspect rig design compared to her original rig.
• Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped alloy AllSpars mast.
• Slab reefing Selden alloy boom.
• Stainless steel standing rigging, new in 2016, to internal bronze chain plates.
• Furlex 200S roller furling headsail system.
• Halyards and control lines are led aft to the cockpit with jammers and winches.
• Pair of Lewmar 44ST Primary cockpit sheet winches
• Pair of Lewmar 40ST secondary cockpit sheet winches.
• Pair of Anderson 12ST halyard winches on the coachroof with jamming cleats.
• Mainsail, 2 x genoas, cruising genoa and spinnaker all new from Kemp Sails in 2012.  Various older sails.  All in excellent condition.
• Carbon fibre spinnaker pole.
• Yanmar 3YM30AE 29hp diesel engine installed new in 2023.
• AquaDrive coupling to a centreline 3 blade feathering propeller.
• Stainless steel fuel tank under the saloon settee berth.
• 3 x 12 volt batteries including 2 x 50ah gel batteries for domestic supply and separate engine start battery.
• Shore power system with a Merlin 30amp installed battery charger
• 2 x manual bilge pumps and 1 x auto electric bilge pump.

Accommodation

• 6 x single berths with headroom of 6’3” in the saloon.
• Steps down over the engine box with galley to port and chart desk to starboard.
• Galley has a Plastimo Neptune 2500 gas stove.  Gas system recently replaced.  Single stainless steel sink.
• Main cabin with a single settee berth either side and a pull out pilot berth each side above the settee.
• Starboard side passage going forward with heads compartment to port.  Heads has a manual Jabsco sea toilet which discharges directly overboard.  Hanging locker to starboard opposite the heads.
• Forecabin with 2 single V berths and forehatch over.
• Silva steering compass
• 2 x Airmar triducers with auto switch over.
• B&G log and sounder
• Standard Horizon GX220E DSC VHF with AIS
• B&G Vulcan 9 chart plotter
• Avon 4 person liferaft
• 6 x lifejackets
• 2 x lifebuoys
• Coastal flare pack
• 2 x manual bilge pumps
• 1 x auto electric bilge pump
• 2 x 12.5kg CQR anchor with 10 fathoms of 9mm chain
• Pair of Lewmar 40ST secondary cockpit sheet winches
• Pair of Anderson 12ST halyard winches on the coachroof with jamming cleats
• Furlex 200S roller furling headsail
• Carbon fibre spinnaker pole
• Mainsail 1                            Kemp Sails          240sqft                 2012                       Excellent condition
• Mainsail 2                            Ratsey                  230sqft                 2000                       Excellent condition
• No.1 Genoa                        Kemp                    307sqft                 2012                       Excellent condition
• No.2 Genoa                        Kemp                    210sqft                 2012                       Excellent condition
• No.3 Genoa                        Sanders                                180sqft                 2016                       Excellent condition
• Cruising Genoa                 Kemp                    280sqft                 2012                       Excellent condition
• Spinnaker 1                        Sanders                                846sqft                 2000                       Excellent condition
• Spinnaker                            Kemp                    750sqft                 2012                       Excellent condition
• 2 x 50ah batteries
• 1 engine start battery
• Merlin 30amp 240 volt battery charger

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Review of Danegeld

Basic specs..

The hull is made of wood.

The Danegeld is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

The Danegeld is equipped with a long keel. A full keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.68 - 1.78 meter (5.51 - 5.81 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Danegeld is 1.36, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.6 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Danegeld is about 143 kg/cm, alternatively 801 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 143 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 801 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio) Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind: - Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15 - Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20 - Racers have ratios above 20 - High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24 Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 8.98

Maintenance

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 25m 2 (269 ft 2 ). Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

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