Cheverton Crusader?

[Chuckle54]

As part of our ongoing search for a replacement to our folkboat, we've decided to stick with wood and are about to look at a Cheverton Crusader. Built in the early 60's with strip planked mahogany on laminated mahogany frames. She appears to be well found and well equipped.
Does anyone know of any issues regarding this construction technique we should be aware of?
They were in their time a fairly popular design much used in the charter business. No idea how they perform - possibly a little sedentary?
Any comments advice would be welcome

 

[jwilson]

If in good condition good attractive traditional boats. Strip-plank is though more difficult to repair well than ordinary carvel planking if there are any rot/damage problems. Performance just as you would expect from a long-keeler of that era, slower in light airs than a modern 27-footer but probably better in a bit of a blow.

 

[Tranona]

Philm who posts here regularly has a Cheverton boat and can help you on the trials and tribulations of restoring it.

The strip plank method was innovative at the time and well executed. However, the glues used were perhaps not as good as modern glue so inspect closely to ensure all glued seams are sound. David Cheverton was a respected designer and builder of the "old school" and some of his bigger boats were successful in ocean racing at the time. Difficult to define what popular would imply as most designs then were built in small numbers and by today's standards cost a lot of money. Doubt they would have been "much used in the charter business" simply because such a business offering small boats like that barely existed.