Custom Venus - Paul Johnson Gaff Cutter

Gwendolyn is a 37-foot ferrocement gaff rigged cutter, based on a Paul Johnson design, with a total length of 51 feet including the retractable bowsprit. She boasts a 12-foot beam and a 6-foot draft, and is powered by a Yanmar 3GM30 diesel engine with unknown hours. Gwendolyn offers spacious accommodation with a large double berth in the forward cabin, a pilot berth aft, and three convertible berths in the saloon, all with 6'4" headroom throughout. Her bright and practical interior includes a shower and head compartment, while her wide, uncluttered decks provide ample storage for two dinghies and additional gear. She carries 450 liters of water and 120 liters of diesel, supported by simple, low-maintenance systems like windvane self-steering, solar power, LED lighting, and a 2-burner hob. Safety features include a liferaft and comprehensive ground tackle. Built in Millbrook, Southampton, UK, she successfully crossed the Atlantic in 2018, demonstrating her strength and seaworthiness. Her owners have purchased a new boat and she just must go. The price has been set to make her attainable for a younger and enthusiastic new owner to buy cheap and invest as needed to keep one of the most special boats out there, going strong. That should be you!
Additional Information

Accommodation:


Forward Cabin: Spacious double berth


Aft Berth: One pilot berth


Saloon: Three convertible berths


Headroom: 6'4" throughout


Facilities: Manual head


Interior: Bright, colorful, and practical with simple systems

Interior Comforts and Amenities:


Lighting: LED throughout


Cooking: Stove with 2-burner hob

12v fans

Manual fresh water system

Pressure fresh water system

Salt water tap

Manual heads

Pressure shower

Water heaters

Water maker (portable)

Electronics and Navigation:

Navigation lights (not functional)

Compass (not mounted)

Depth sounder

VHF radio

AIS

Windows-based plotter

EPIRB

Monitor windvane

12 VOLT tiller autopilot

Electrical System:

120 Volt AC

12 Volt DC

Deep cycle batteries

Battery charger

200 watts solar panels

20 amp MPPT solar regulator

2000 Watt inverter

Battery and power monitors

Shore power cord

Mechanical Equipment:

Yanmar 3GM30 with unknown hours

new gearshift gable needs installing (onboard)

3 blade propeller

Tiller steering

Manual bilge pump

Electric bilge pump

USCG safety package

Deck and Cockpit Equipment:

Galvanized iron manual windlass set back from bow

Heavy duty anchor rollers

Primary anchor

Secondary anchor

Tertiary anchor

Sand Screw Mooring with Nylon Pennant in Coral Bay, St John (currently at 18*20.546'N-064*42.631'W)

G alvanized iron Sampson posts

Heavy iron or aluminum rail chocks

Aluminum stanchions tapered with 3-foot bases

Opening deck hatches of offshore design (some repair needed)

Deck prisms

Deck ventilation

Boom gallows

Fender boards

Boathook

Docklines

Fenders

Cockpit cushions

Cockpit deck boxes

Stern seat

Solar panel mountings

Sails and Rigging:

Solid pine mast, older but treated properly and well maintained

Solid pine boom

Solid pine gaff

Solid pine bowsprit

Roller furling for jib (removeable)

Mainsheet, jibsheets to cockpit

Fiferails at mast for halyards

2024 mainsail in tanbark

Staysail

Jib

Light air sails

Storm sails

Galvanized chainplates

Deadeyes and lanyards

Spliced and crimped standing rigging

Running backstays

Disclaimer
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.