Beauty
2007, Brooklin Boat Yard / Bob Stephens Fast Day Sailor, 50’
Beauty
Launched in 2007 Beauty (ex. Ginger) was the third of four boats designed by Bob Stephens and built by Brooklin Boat Yard for her original owner who used her for primarily day sailing on Penobscot Bay but would race each year in the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta acquitting herself quite well in the Spirit of Tradition class.
Beauty’s second owner never raced the boat, preferring to day sail on Blue Hill Bay with family and friends. Under this (2nd) ownership Beauty was used only a few months each year and when not sailing she was stored indoors with Brooklin Boat Yard.
Beauty did just recently change hands once more in December of 2023 but because of unexpected changes in her new owners plans Beauty is again being offered for sale with an asking price well suited to a quick sale of this one-of-a-kind Spirit of Tradition head-turner.
Asking Price: $295,000
Location: Brooklin, Maine
Hull Construction
Light but extremely strong cold-molded, wood-epoxy construction type
Ring Frames and Floors: Laminated Port Orford Cedar nominally 1 1/8” x 1 1⁄2” at the hull and increasing to 1 1⁄2” x 3” at
the floors.
Keelson: Laminated Port Orford Cedar and Okoume marine plywood with a nominal thickness of 2 1⁄4”
Longitudinal Girders: 9mm Okoume plywood run full length port and starboard the full length of the boat tying together
hull and deck structural members.
Grid Frame: 3/16” welded bronze grid frame running mostly full length support the keel load and mast step loads.
Hull Laminate Schedule
Inner Layer: 3/8” x 1 3⁄4” tongue and groove Port Orford Cedar running longitudinally epoxy glued and screwed to
frames.
Middle Layer(s): 2 Layers of 1/8” Western Red Cedar veneer oriented +/- 45 degrees vacuum bagged and set in epoxy.
Outer Layer: 1 Layer of 3/16” Port Orford Cedar running longitudinally vacuum bagged and set in epoxy. NOTE: at area
adjacent to keel attachment outer layer is reinforced with 9 layers of fiberglass cloth vacuum bagged and set in epoxy
Outer Skin: 6 oz Fiberglass cloth vacuum bagged and set in epoxy.
Exterior Hull Finish: Black Awlgrip with White boot stripe and gold leaf cove stripe.
Keel: Fin keel with ballast bulb. The keel is set into a recessed box and held in place by horizontal bronze keel bolts. The
after bolt is sized smaller than the forward bolt so that in the event of a serious grounding the after bolt can deflect or
sheer leaving the forward bolt as a pivot point that will allow the keel to swing upwards with its impact loads being
absorbed by structural foam in the keel (crush) box.
Deck Construction
Deck Beams: Laminated Port Orford cedar 1 3⁄4” x 1 1/8” to 1 3⁄4” depending upon location.
Subdeck: 9mm Okoume marine plywood
Top (Surface) Deck: Teak Decking Systems laminates of 3/8” teak vacuum bagged and set in epoxy.
Deck Hardware and Features
Stainless steel docking cleats at bow and stern
Custom cast stainless steel chocks at bow, mid-rail and stern
Stainless steel foot rails port & starboard on foredeck
A large flush opening hatch in the foredeck allows access to sail storage locker.
Wichard folding padeyes alongside decks for fender tie-off.
Stainless steel deck fills for fuel (gas) and waste tanks.
Stainless steel Harken turning blocks for spinnaker sheets.
Flush opening hatch aft allows access to lazarette storage area and steering gear.
Stainless steel ensign staff holder.
Stainless steel stanchions and uncoated wire lifelines with gate openings port and starboard.
NOTE: Deck hardware related to sail handling covered later in the listing.
Cockpit
Spacious cockpit designed so as to be equally well suited for daysailing with family and friends or for the racing crew.
Halyards, reefing lines, Cunningham, etc. are all lead under deck and are immediately forward of the cockpit on the
cabin top port and starboard of the companionway opening. Jib sheets are also lead under deck and exit into the cockpit
through the cockpit coaming just outboard of their designated winches which are located on wing platforms that
designate the after end of the passenger seating area. These winches also serve the sheets of the asymmetrical
spinnaker which run from their turning blocks (on-deck) through the cockpit coaming and then directly to the winches.
Wing platforms also serve as housing for electronics. Main sheet is double ended, lead under deck exiting the cockpit
coaming just forward of the designated winches outboard of the helm station. Electric / hydraulically operated sail
shape functions (traveler, outhaul, vang & headstay) are controlled by means of custom push button controls port and
starboard on the cockpit interior walls outboard of the helm station. Custom stainless steel steering pedestal with
custom varnished teak Brooklin Boat Yard signature steering wheel. Engine controls (ignition and throttle / shift lever).
Electric / hydraulic traveler track is located on the cockpit sole immediately aft of the helmsman. Aft of the traveler is
the engine hatch allowing access to the Honda Saildrive 280 engine.
Interior vertical surface in the cockpit all Awgrip painted white. The exterior (vertical) surface of cockpit coaming is
varnished teak. The cockpit coaming top and molded cockpit seats are of bare teak. Cockpit sole is TDS teak decking.
Molded cockpit seat tops lift to allow access to large storage lockers port and starboard.
Cabin House
Being exclusively a day sailing and inshore racing boat, BEAUTY’s cabin house is abbreviated but not lacking in its
features. Construction scantlings are essentially the same as for the deck with a TDS teak decking exterior surface and
varnished teak cabin sides. Jib sheet tracks and cars are located port and starboard on the forward portion of the cabin
top in recessed wells. Port and starboard outboard of the companionway opening are Spinlock rope clutches (4 per
side), designated halyard / sail control winches and deep wells which are used for line storage. The companionway
opening trim, sliding hatch and vertical drop boards are of varnished teak.
Cabin Interior
Crouching headroom below in an area that is all about a working boat with little in the way of “creature comforts” other
than a fixed marine toilet located under the companionway step. Here is where you will find “the guts” of the boat with
access to the electric / hydraulic motor, under-deck lines, raised mast step, electrical panel, etc. Large storage bin areas with shelving are located outboard of the longitudinal girders and are used primarily for the storage of personal gear
(clothing, etc.). While the cabin interior is very much a working space it is nicely finished off with the hull interior,
bulkheads and longitudinal girders nicely varnished in bright varnish, varnished cheery trim and oiled teak board cabin
sole.
Propulsion / Fuel
Honda Saildrive 280, 12.5 HP, 4-cycle, gas engine located under aft end of cockpit sole.
Gasketed Saildrive lower unit with two-blade folding bronze propeller.
17.5 Gallon plastic fuel (gas) tank located at forward end of port cockpit seat locker with stainless steel fill on port deck.
Single lever Kobelt throttle and shift control.
Bilge blower
Electrical
Single (1ea) 4D AGM marine battery for both engine start and ship’s systems located at forward end of starboard cockpit
seat locker.
Charging by means of engine alternator and (removable) flexible solar panel.
Single main battery switch (on-off)
Circuit panel for all ship’s electrical demands.
Blue Seas Systems DC multimeter / battery monitoring system
Plumbing
Raritan electrically operated marine toilet located under the companionway step.
Head system plumbed for discharge overboard or to holding tank.
Flexible (bag type) 10 gallon holding tank.
Stainless steel “Waste” pump-out deck fitting
NOTE: Originally Beauty was fitted out with a manually operated head and later converted to electrical operation. The
Henderson pump of the original configuration has been disconnected and left in place. This pump can be replumbed for
use as a second manual bilge pump if so desired.
Dewatering / Bilge Pump System
Being a shallow bilged boat with a non-self-bailing cockpit, BEAUTY’s bilge pumping system can best be described as
comprehensive and robust.
Henderson manually operated bilge pump (1ea)
Rule 1100 GPH electric / automatic bilge pumps (2ea) with remote float switches.
Rule pumps discharge aft into sump tanks (2ea) located port and starboard at the after end of the cockpit sail locker.
Cockpit drains (fore & aft) drain directly into the above-mentioned sump tanks. Sump tanks are interconnected so that
water can drain side to side depending upon which tack the boat is sailing. Each sump tank is equipped with an internal
float switch which in turn activates one of a pair (port & starboard) of Whale Gusher Group pumps for discharge
overboard,
Steering
Custom Brooklin Boat Yard varnished teak steering with custom cast wheel hub.
Custom Brooklin Boat Yard designed and fabricated polished stainless-steel steering pedestal.
Edson 420 cable / quadrant type steering system
Carbon fiber balanced spade rudder
Electronics
Raymarine E80 Chartplotter / Radar displays (2ea) located port and starboard on the aft face of the cockpit wing
platforms for optimal viewing by helmsman.
Raymarine ST290 sailing instrument displays (4ea) located at the mast. One display is designated AWI (wind information)
and the remaining three can be configured for whatever data is required.
Simrad AP16 Autopilot located at aft face of starboard cockpit wing platform.
Icom M504 VHF radio located below decks.
Icom Commander RAM (remote mic) located at aft face of starboard cockpit wing platform.
Ritchie 6’ binnacle compass at helm.
NOTE: Also located on the aft face of starboard cockpit wing platform is inlet plug for solar panel.
Spars & Rigging
Double spreader, fractionally rigged, (with masthead spinnaker) carbon fiber mast and boom.
Custom raised stainless steel mast step with sheaves to allow for all (1 exception) halyards, reef lines & sail control lines
to be lead under deck to cockpit.
Standing rigging as follows: Headstay: Stainless steel rod with Tuff Luff double grooved extrusion. D1’s (lower shrouds) & Running Backstays: PowerLite PBO. V1 & V2 / D2 (intermediate & upper shrouds): Hall carbon fiber airfoil shaped.
Originally constructed by Van Dusen, GINGER’s spar was modified by Hall Spars in 2009 to fit the requirements for the
addition of a Code Zero sail to the ships inventory.
All rope (low stretch) halyards. 2:1 purchase on main halyard and upper (Code Zero) spinnaker halyard.
All halyards (with exception of lower spinnaker halyard) are lead under deck to the cockpit.
Sail Control Hardware & Systems
Main Sheet Winches: Harken 44, 2-speed, self-tailing
Jib and Spinnaker Winches: Harken 44, 2-speed, self-tailing
Halyard Winches: Harken 44, electric, 2-speed, self-tailing
Spinlock Rope / Halyard Clutches: 2 Groups of 4 each
Harken jib tracks and cars
Harken spinnaker turning blocks.
Custom spinnaker twing lines.
Harken running backstay blocks.
HPI electric hydraulic package controls the function of traveler, vang, outhaul & headstay supplying hydraulic power to
designated Navtec hydraulic cylinders. Hydraulic functions are controlled by custom push button panels located port and
starboard in the cockpit outboard of the helm station.
Harken self-tacking jib traveler with car and stops, Jib sheet led aft to cockpit.
Harken roller-furling headstay with below decks furling drum and line.
Sails & Canvas
North Sails Mainsail: 2012 square head with custom headboard to allow for flaking / stowing of mainsail with removal of
top (gaff) batten.
North Sails Self-Tacking Jib
Doyle Medium Jib 105%: 2007
Doyle Asymmetrical Spinnaker: 2007 masthead hoist
Doyle Code Zero: 2009 masthead hoist
Mainsail Cover
Steering Pedestal / Wheel Cover
Cockpit Cover
Ground Tackle
Fortress FX-23 anchor with chain and rode.
Safety Equipment
Type I PFD’s (6ea)
Horn
Bell
1st Aid Kit
Flares Kit
MOB throw bag
Life Ring
Fire extinguishers (2ea)
Other Equipment
Dock lines (5ea)
Fenders with Fender Covers (4ea)
Varnished Ensign Staff and Ensign
Telescoping Boat Hook