Rossiter Yachts Ltd - Curlew Rigs

Curlew Sloop	Curlew Cutter
Mainsail 264 sq ft; 24.53 m2	Mainsail 256 sq ft; 25.42 m2
Working genoa 312 sq.ft; 28.98 m2	Jib 194 sq. ft; 18.02 m2
No 2 Jib 167 sq. ft; 15.51 m2	Staysail 139 sq. ft; 12.91 m2
Extra:	Extra:
No. 1 Jib 227 sq. ft; 21.09 m2	Reacher 432 sq. ft 40.13 m2
No. 3 jib 85 sq. ft; 7.90 m2
Light Genoa 373 sq. ft; 34.65 m2

CONSTRUCTION	Curlew is moulded to Lloyds' requirements under their individual supervision and is issued with their Hull Construction Certificate. The hull is constructed of chopped strand mat and woven rovings. The bottom resin is clear and is coated with epoxy paint before antifouling. The deck has a 1/2" balsa sandwich with marine ply inserts and is stiffened in way of the mast by moulded-in mahogany beams.
BALLAST	Bilge keel boat The main ballast, which forms part of the centre keel, and the bilge keels are iron castings bolted on externally. Centreboard boat The iron ballast keel, with a slot for the centreboard, is bolted on externally.
CENTREBOARD	This is a 3/4" thick galvanised steel plate, pivotted in the ballast keel where it cannot leak and prevented from 'clonking' by nylotron pads. It is hoisted by a wire-and-rope drum winch operated from the cockpit.<BR> The glassfibre centreboard case is moulded into the hull and is all below the cabin sole except for a small trunk under the companionway steps.
FITTINGS and EQUIPMENT	The standard boat is complete with fittings including: pulpit, pushpit and guardwires; bilge and cockpit pumps; brass mushroom vents; sheet and halyard winches; samson post and mooring cleats; Sestrel-Moore compass; navigation lights. Gas cooker in gimbals; fixed gas oven; cabin table; Blake sea toilet; washbasin; cabin and chart lights. The standard inventory is extensive and inc'udes: 351b (16kg) COR anchor; 30 fathoms 5/16" (8mm) chain; 251b ( 11 kg) COR kedge anchor; 20 fathom kedge warp; mooring warps, fenders, boathook and cockpit cover.