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1947 Luders L-24 Class Sloop38ft
US$35,000
Newport, Rhode Island
Year
1947
Make
Luders
Model
L-24 Class Sloop
Class
Sloop
Length
38ft
Fuel Type
Other
Hull Material
Wood
1947 Luders L-24 Class Sloop
Offers are encouraged!
Luders L-24 class one design sloop built in 1947. This is a rare opportunity to own a restored classic. North is a sleek, fast, and beautiful racer for the traditionalist.
The keel bolts were replaced and the deck and cabin trunk were fiberglassed with West Epoxy System. The boat has a new mast and the main sail, jenny and spinnaker are in good condition. The cockpit seats and cabin bunks were recently replaced.
A 2010 survey is available upon request.
North is a 38’ L-24 designed by Bill (A.E.) Luders and built at the Luder’s yard in Stamford CT in 1947. The “hot molded” wood composite Luders 24 offers everything you could want from a classic day racer: beauty, pedigree, sailing performance, and proven track record on the classic regatta circuit. North is a fine example, restored in the early 2000s and offered for sale in very good structural and aesthetic condition. She’s currently stored in Newport, RI ready for showings.
Rigs and Deck Gear:• New teardrop sitka spruce mast, built according to original specifications by Dexter Cooper in 2001; internal halyards, three winches, needs hardware and rigging. • Oval section aluminum mast, external halyards, SS standing rigging, Dacron running rigging. • Sitka Spruce boom.• 2 x 40ST Bronze primary winches• Lewmar 30ST bronze main sheet winchSails: • 2 mains• 3 jib / genoa• 1 symetrical spinnaker
Equipment:• Electric panel, VHF running lights• Manual and electric bilge pump• Fortress Anchor• Mainsail cover and cushions • Fenders and DocklinesLuders Hot-Molded Construction:The Luders yard refined the “hot-molding” technique building laminated verneer/plywood lifeboats for the navy during WWII. The boats were airdropped to downed pilots so the hulls had to be strong but extremely light. The technique they devised, and later applied to the L-24, was to laminate 1/8th” thick mahogany verneers over a mold with resorcinol glue. Resorcinol required heat to cure so the hulls were baked in an autoclave oven, hence “hot molding.” The L-24s were, at the time of their build, the largest wood composite boats ever built. The technique was the predecessor to modern composite boatbuilding, the principal difference being a modern cold molded boat is laminated with epoxy, which doesn’t require heat or pressure to cure, rather than resorcinol. • hot molded mahogany plywood hull, diagonal veneers;• laminated mahogany backbone, rudder, and cabin house; • laminated sitka spruce frames; • plywood deck sheathed in Zylon• Lead ballast • bronze keel bolts and fasteners
Refit:Rebuilding work (concluded 2001; stored indoors until November 2010 launch): The ballast was dropped and the keel plank replaced from stem scarf to rudder post. Two-thirds of the underbody was re-laminated with 1/8” Honduras mahogany veneers, edge-scarfed and epoxy glued. New floor timbers, additional laminated frames amidships; new keel bolts, all other fasteners also renewed. New mast step with gripe fitted beneath it at the forefoot scarf; laminated ring frame girdling hull at main chain plates. Frames and knees renewed where necessary. New 5/16” Sapele deck covered with Zylon, deck beams replaced where necessary. Rudder reworked, faired and epoxy sheathed. New bronze gudgeons. Interior skin sanded, epoxy saturated, and varnished. Exterior surface of the hull epoxy sheathed with one layer Zylon, with two additional layers of 8 oz. glass between the underside of the keelplank and top surface of the ballast. Cabin reworked with additional layer of veneer on coach roof.
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General Description
LOA 38’ LWL 24’ Beam 6”3” Draft 5’ SA 400 sq. ft., displ. 6300#
Ballast 4500# lead; designed and built by Luders Marine Construction Co. in 1947
Construction: hot molded mahogany plywood hull, diagonal veneers; laminated mahogany backbone, rudder, and cabin house; laminated sitka spruce frames; plywood deck. Lead ballast, bronze fasteners.
Two rigs: 1. New teardrop-section sitka spruce mast, built according to original specifications by Dexter Cooper in 2001; internal halyards, three winches, seven coats varnish; needs hardware and rigging. 2. Oval section aluminum mast, external halyards, SS standing rigging, Dacron running rigging, complete and stepped. Spruce boom.
Sails: Doyle Main, 1999, excellent condition, lightly used 5 seasons; Sobstad main, 1987, also light use over four seasons; older Hathaway main; 150 genoa; Sobstad working jib; spinnaker, drifter by Sobstad in 1987; used only four seasons, in excellent condition.
Layout: Double berth forward, two single berths in main cabin; new 4 inch berth cushions,
new cockpit cushions.
Rebuilding work (concluded 2001; stored indoors until November 2010 launch): The ballast was dropped and the keel plank replaced from stem scarf to rudder post. Two-thirds of the underbody was re-laminated with 1/8” Honduras mahogany veneers, edge-scarfed and epoxy glued. New floor timbers, additional laminated frames amidships; new keel bolts, all other fasteners also renewed. New mast step with gripe fitted beneath it at the forefoot scarf; laminated ring frame girdling hull at main chain plates. Frames and knees renewed where necessary. New 5/16” Sapele deck covered with Zylol, deck beams replaced where necessary. Rudder reworked, faired and epoxy sheathed. New bronze gudgeons. Interior skin sanded, epoxy saturated, and varnished. Exterior surface of the hull epoxy sheathed with one layer Zylol, with two additional layers of 8 oz. glass between the underside of the keelplank and top surface of the ballast. Cabin reworked with additional layer of veneer on coach roof.
Electrics: VHF, masthead lights.
Misc: Fortress anchor, mainsail cover, manual and electric bilge pumps, twin headstays, breaker panel, docklines, 3 fenders, 2 Lewmar 40ST bronze genoa winches, Lewmar 30ST bronze mainsheet winch, other misc. winches; new cockpit cushions (2013).
Present status October 2015: in water, rigged, active.
Dimensions
- LOA 38’
- LWL 24’
- Beam 6”3”
- Draft 5’
- SA 400 sq. ft.
- Displ. 6300#
- Ballast 4500# lead
Construction
hot molded mahogany plywood hull, diagonal veneers; laminated
mahogany backbone, rudder, and cabin house; laminated sitka spruce frames; plywood
deck. Lead ballast, bronze fasteners.
Sails
Doyle Main, 1999, excellent condition, lightly used 5 seasons; Sobstad main, 1987,
also light use over four seasons; older Hathaway main; 150 genoa; Sobstad working jib;
spinnaker, drifter by Sobstad in 1987; used only four seasons, in excellent condition.
Rig & Rigging
Two rigs: 1. New teardrop-section sitka spruce mast, built according to original
specifications by Dexter Cooper in 2001; internal halyards, three winches, seven coats
varnish; needs hardware and rigging.
2. Oval section aluminum mast, external halyards, SS standing rigging, Dacron running rigging, complete and stepped. Spruce boom.
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.
Dimensions
Length Overall
38ft
Beam
6.25ft
Length at Waterline
34ft
Tanks
Fresh Water Tank
Fuel Tank
Holding Tank
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