27' Morgan Giles Sloop (1920) - BRATT

This rare offering of British yacht designer MORGAN GILES 27′ Sloop – all the hard work has been done as noted below. Built by the Harden and May Shipyard of Kingston Bridgeworks, Hampton Wick, speculated to originally have been registered in India for a client then finding its way to Canada’s east coast.

This may have been one of the few International 18s ever built. The sweet canoe stern, light displacement, abbreviated keel, spade rudder, all underly the remarkable prowess of this extraordinary sailing yacht. This 27.6′ length overall, 18′ waterline with a 5′ beam and 4′ depth is indeed an early design off the desk of Morgan Giles builders most likely in the early 1920s.

The sailing agility and remarkable upwind performance is of course the key to Morgan Giles design acumen with a captivating legacy of winning yachts within the 5 – 8 meter range.

Built of Honduras mahogany, carvel planked, copper fastened on light white oak frames with a 27.6′ length, 18′ waterline 5′ beam and 4′ depth from deck to keel, the vessel sits at present as straight and true as originally built with fair lines and an aggressive profile. Pushing the assets towards restoration, these elements have been professionally done, notably : New keel from existing original stem to stern tail feather, new keel bolts, tailfeather, floors, bilge stringers, deck beam shelves, deck beams, sistered ribs. Also; mast, boom, standing rigging, sails.

Currently the Bratt sits with Bill Lutwick of Lutwick Yacht Builders in Indian Point Mahone Bay Nova Scotia. Bill’s team have been the caretakers of this extraordinary sailing yacht for a number of years and finally conclude a new owner must be found for a restoration to the high standards the original builders subscribed to.