1999 Custom Brion Rieff Clipper Yawl

LOA: 35’ 7”

LOD 32’ 0”

LWL: 29’ 0”

Beam: 8’ 9”

Draft: 5’ 6”

Displacement: 8,200 lbs

Ballast: 4,600 lbs

Keel Type: Fin with ballast bulb.

Rudder type: Balanced spade 

Cold-molded wood-epoxy hull construction consisting of 5 Layers of 1/8” mahogany set in epoxy with an exterior skin of glass cloth.

Decks are marine ply over-laid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy.

Hull to deck joint capped with a varnished mahogany toerail.

Varnished mahogany bow sprit.

Cabin sides and cockpit coamings are of varnished mahogany.

Cabin top is marine ply over-laid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy.

Self-bailing cockpit.

Cockpit sole and seating is of bare teak with storage lockers located under the cockpit seating aft.

Topsides are black with gold cove stripe and filigree at bow.

White boot stripe

Bottom currently painted with black anti-fouling paint.

Decks, cabin top and interior cockpit sides are painted a light buff color with non-skid on the working deck and cabin top.

Lead ballast keel is a moderate cord length modern fin / bulb keel.

All deck hardware (chocks, cleats, tracks, chainplates, nav lights, deck fills, etc) are of bronze construction.

3-Step companionway ladder flanked by quarter berths (port and starboard) that extend aft under the cockpit seating

Forward of the quarter berths is the galley area with nicely crafted and finished cabinet / counter tops both port and starboard. To port is a stainless-steel sink basin supplied with fresh water by way of a manually operated foot pump. To starboard is a removable countertop with an Origo 3000 2-burner alcohol stove located beneath the countertop. Outboard of both these areas is shelf storage behind siding doors.

Forward of the galley area is seating both port and starboard. Located under the port seat is a Raritan Compact II marine head which is plumbed for discharge overboard or to holding tank for later disposal by way of the bronze “Waste” deck fill. The space under the starboard seat is empty and used for storage.

Forward of the seating area is berthing for two on a large (queen sized) sleeping platform. This should not be confused with a V-berth arrangement (which is usually 2 separate bunks) but is in fact a single large and comfortable sleeping space for 2 together.

Under the berthing platform is located the 2 water tanks (port and starboard of main mast step) of plastic construction with a total capacity of 18 gallons. Forward of the water tanks (on center line is the holding tank, also of plastic construction with a 9-gallon capacity Furthest forward under the sleeping platform is empty space used for storage.

The interior spaces of ARROW are nicely lit with natural light provided by fixed portlights in the cabin sides (3 each port & starboard), by brass reading lights located at the heads of the quarter berths and at the seats. Additional artificial light is provided by small fluorescent fixtures (port & starboard) in the galley area.

There are custom cushions for all berthing and seating that stand out nicely amid the Herreshoff styling of cream-colored joinery with varnished trim and bare teak cabin sole.

Westerbeke model 2C, two-cylinder, 12 HP Diesel

Deluxe Westerbeke engine / ignition panel with tachometer, hour meter, water temperature gauge, oil pressure gauge & voltage meter.

Separate fuel gauge

Current engine hours (8/11/2025) 454 hours

Single lever throttle and gear selector

Last drop stuffing box

¾” Stainless steel prop shaft

2-Blade, 12”, Martec folding propeller

Vetus water-lift muffler

Epoxy coated aluminum fuel tank.

18 Gallon fuel capacity

Parker primary fuel filter

Tiller steering

Deep-balanced spade rudder

Fractionally rigged (double spreader on main) yawl configuration

All spars with the exception of the mizzen boom are a construction of a carbon fiber box core with an exterior veneer of varnished sitka spruce. Mizzen boom is of solid sitka spruce construction.

Stainless steel wire standing rigging with bronze turnbuckle adjusters

New Triatic stay 2016

Aluminum whisker pole.

Cockpit winches (2): Bronze Lewmar #40, 2-speed, self-tailing mounted on bronze bases.

Halyard winches (2): Bronze Lewmar self-tailing

Harken roller-furling headstay

Lewmar mainsheet traveler

All blocks for main, mizzen & genoa sheets are traditional varnished ash blocks

Mainsail (Lietz Sails 2016)

Mainsail cover

Mizzen (Lietz Sails 2016)

Mizzen Cover

!35% Genoa with sun cover (Center Harbor Sailmakers 1999)

Asymmetrical Spinnaker (Lietz Sails 2016)

Interior Cushions

Cockpit Cushions

Cockpit Line Bags

Aquameter Saturn bulkhead mounted compass

President LTD915 VHF radio

Raymarine ST60 Tridata (depth, speed & log)

12-Volt DC ship’s systems

Two (2) heavy duty 12-volt marine battery

4 Position main battery switch

Circuit breaker panel with volt and amp meters

Danforth anchor, chain and rode stored in a self-draining anchor locker forward

Manual bilge pump

Automatic Rule 1000 GPH bilge pump

Bronze navigation lights on deck

Steaming and anchor lights on spar

Fire extinguishers (2)

Docklines

Fenders

Boat hook

Brooklin Boat Yard 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.

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