1987 Landing School 16'

4.88 m
$ 18,000 USD
Center Harbor Road, , 04616USABrooklin ME 04616 USA
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1987 Landing School 16' Haven 12 1/2 Gaff Sloop

  • 4.88 m
  • Other
  • Sail
  • Daysailers
Brooklin, Maine, United States
In Stock #2842923

1987 Landing School Haven 12 1/2 Gaff Sloop

16' (4.88 m) PEARL

PEARL 1987, Landing School / Haven 12 ½ with trailer Asking Price: $18,000 / Location: Brooklin, Maine

Brooklin, Maine, United States
   Vessel ID: 2842923
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1987 Landing School 16' Haven 12 1/2 Gaff Sloop

  • 4.88 m
  • Other
  • Sail
  • Daysailers
Brooklin, Maine, United States
In Stock #2842923

$ 18,000 USD

$ 25,121 CAD*
15,454 Euros*
£ 13,417 GBP*
*estimated foreign exchange

Description


Joel White’s adaptation of Herreshoff’s famous design in the 1980s sought to maintain the look of the original while reducing the draft by a foot allowing their owners to adventure further into the shallows under sail and keep their shorts dry when wading ashore.

Joel’s Herreshoff 12 ½ Shadow, built in 1930 the same year he was born, came into his ownership at the age of 13 and never left his livery such was his admiration for the design. The resulting (Haven 12 ½) adaptation is a boat with identical profile above the water, overall displacement, and of course the namesake 12 ½ ft waterline on a hull that remains 16ft long.

Remarkably the center of buoyancy and stability are the same as the original design, a feat accomplished through the use of a centerboard that goes down through a slot in the 583lb lead keel, increasing the draft from 18” up to 36” when lowered. Some modifications to measurements were made across the design, but only the most discerning eye can spot these changes in the flesh.  

In the words of the designer himself:

“Let the credit for the excellence of these boats go where it is due – to the Wizard of Bristol, N.G. Herreshoff” —Joel White

LOA16'

LOA4.88''

TypeSail

ConditionUsed

Specifications

Name

PEARL

HIN/IMO

LKS00069H787

Sail-Used

Year

1987

Fuel Type

Other

Hull Material

Wood

Full Details

Principle Dimensions and Information

Principle Dimensions and Information

Designer: Joel White

Builder: Landing School

Year Built: 1987

LOA: 15.92’

LWL: 12.50’

Beam: 6.08’

Draft (min): 1.42’

Draft (Max) 3.33’

Displacement: 1,000 lbs.

Ballast: 583 lbs.

Sail Area: 155 Sq. Ft.

Rig Type: Gaff-headed Sloop

Hull, Deck and Cockpit Construction

Hull, Deck and Cockpit Construction

Traditional plank-on-frame hull construction

Topsides have painted (White) finish

Bottom anti-fouling painted (Green) finish

Cedar planking over White Oak frames

Bronze fastening

White Oak stem, keelson, keel deadwood, horn timber, floors, frames, sheer clamp and centerboard trunk logs

External keel / ballast

Marine plywood and fiberglass weighted centerboard

Varnished Mahogany molded sheer-strake

Varnished Mahogany toe rails

Varnished Mahogany transom

Varnished Mahogany cockpit coamings and cockpit seats

Bare Teak cockpit sole

Varnished Mahogany aft side decks

Aft and foredeck of marine plywood subdeck overlaid with painted (Buff) canvas.

Tongue and grove Cedar forward and aft bulkheads with painted (White) finish

Marine plywood centerboard trunk sides with Mahogany trunk ends, logs and cap

Centerboard trunk sides, logs and ends have a painted (White) finish.

Center board cap has painted (Buff) finish


NOTE: Over the winter of 2024-25 Brooklin Boat Yard rebedded and refastened the centerboard trunk sides, ends and cap and also constructed and installed a new weighted centerboard of epoxy sealed marine plywood with InterProtect epoxy barrier coat and anti-fouling paint (Green) finish. Also, over the same winter several bottom plank seams were recaulked. All of the above allowed for a clean and dry bilge for the summer of 2025

Deck Hardware

Deck Hardware

Bronze stem iron

Bronze jib club hook

Cast Bronze bow chocks

Bronze bow cleat

Bronze oar lock sockets on cockpit coamings port and starboard

Bronze deck fitting for boom crutch on aft deck

Bronze stern cleats port and starboard side decks aft

Spars and Rigging

Spars and Rigging

Sitka Spruce mast, boom, gaff and jib club

Steamed Oak mast hoops

1x19 Stainless steel wire standing rigging (shrouds and headstay) with Bronze turnbuckle adjusters. Bronze stem iron and chain plates

3-Strand Dacron running rigging (sheets and halyards)

Bronze running rigging turning blocks for halyards and sheets

Bronze dead-end pad eye, turning block and cleat for jib sheet

Bronze mast partner

Bronze halyard cleats on forward bulkhead

Bronze centerboard pennant cleat on centerboard cap

Bronze main sheet cleat on centerboard cap

Bronze main sheet traveler on transom

Sails and Canvas

Sails and Canvas

Gamble and Hunter main sail

Gamble and Hunter jib

Canvas cockpit / sail cover

Steering

Steering

Keel hung rudder

Epoxy-sealed marine plywood and solid mahogany constructed rudder.

Bronze pintals and gudgeons

Varnished Ash tiller

Additional Equipment

Additional Equipment

2018, Venture single-axle trailer

Custom varnished laminated Spruce boom crutch

Painted (White) scissors-style boom crutch

Danforth anchor with chain and rode

Thirsty-Mate manual bilge pump

Bilge sponge (1ea)

Docking fender (1ea)

Miscellaneous dock lines

Oar (1ea)

Telescoping aluminum boat hook (1ea)

Contact

For more information about this yacht, please contact John Maxwell We look forward to working with you!

For more information about this yacht, please contact John Maxwell. We look forward to working with you!

For more information about this yacht, please contact John Maxwell.

PEARL 16ft Landing School Yacht For Sale
John Maxwell
Broker

Center Harbor Road

Brooklin ME 04616 USA