Samson C Lord Long Keel

The engine room is situated below the pilot house floor and is accessed through two lifting floor panels. You can stand upright, sit next to or beside the engine or even get under it. There is easy and comfortable access to everything and is well lit on all sides. Everything is new, clean, dry and well laid out for access and maintenance.

The main items in the engine room comprise the engine, generator, watermaker, calorifier, greywater tank and all of their ancillary equipment.

Under deck valves prevent theft of fuel and ingress of water to the tanks. There are two 600L tanks, baffled with Weka inspection hatches in each compartment enabling easy inspection of the interior of the tanks (which are currently immaculate). Each tank has a moisture collecting sump and test points to drain off any future moisture or contamination and to sample fuel.

The tanks can be run separately, one for the engine and one for genset and central/water heating or run together.

The engine is fed by twin banks of water separators, filters and electric pumps that can be switched over at a moment’s notice should a filter become blocked or a pump fail. Glass bowls for the water separators give visual indication of problems. A suction gauge indicates the condition of the filter in operation. A new gearbox was fitted in 2013.

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Mainsail furling is in-boom and fully battened. The furling yankee headsail and the fisherman’s sail were new in 2018 and have not yet been used. They both have UV strips which match the sail covers and other canvas work. The previous headsail had a new UV strip in 2016 and still remains in good serviceable condition. Fore and main staysails were new in 2017 with only very light use since then, the covers new in 2013. All the sails have been professionally maintained and are all serviceable. Canvas covers were made up to protect the exterior varnish work 2019.

Sail control is such that much of the work can be achieved single handed from the cockpit.

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Contruction

There are many pre-conceived opinions surrounding ferro-cement constructed boats and it is true that there are some dreadful examples languishing in boat yards around the world. This boat is most definitely not one of them. She was built by a marine engineer to the exacting standards of a Hartley/Sampson design, arguably one of the most successful ferro-cement designers of their time. Walking around the hull, you are not immediately aware that she is of ferro-cement construction.

This Samson C-Lord is a ferro-cement hull and deck built using the ‘Hartley Truss Frame’ method covered in layers of mesh to create the hull form. The ferro-cement is a very rich specialist mortar, 2 part sulphate resistant cement to 1 part sand and includes pozzolan (pulverised fuel or volcanic ash) material which is very fine, enabling the mix to fill any voids.

This method of construction provides strength in a relatively thin structure with high impact resistance and flexibility. During her history, some sections have been cut out for additional sea cocks or windows etc. On each occasion there has never been any signs of rust.

The whole hull is coated with Jotamastic 87 two-pack epoxy and below the waterline further coats of zinc based tie primer and antifoul. Above the waterline the hull has been epoxied and professionally repainted (2019).

The interior of the hull is insulated throughout with 13mm closed cell nitrile foam sheet, an effective prevention of condensation

The deck surface is teak which is glued in place, no screws are used. The deck is uncluttered with wide side decks and therefore safe to move around. The cockpit is spacious and deep, easily seating 6 if required. The sprayhood and bimini can be joined together with additional canvas and, with the use of additional side panels, a fully enclosed conservatory can be created, effectively giving you an extra cabin. Very useful at anchor.

This particular vessel has completed at least one circumnavigation and the hull is as good now as it was when first built, in fact stronger as the cement continues to cure with age.

If you want to find out more about ferro-cement visit http://www.ferroboats.com or seek out the book ‘Ferro-cement Boats’ by Colin Brooks. ISBN0 9521067 3 6

Descending the companionway you are greeted with a beautifully hand crafted interior of teak and sapele throughout. At the foot of the companionway is the raised pilot house. To port lies a seating area which can be converted to a crew pilot berth with lee cloths. There is also access to a utility area which houses the washing machine. To starboard lies the navigation and chart area which accommodates internal navigation equipment, switch panel and other control panels. There is also access to the bosun’s locker and small workshop. Access to the engine room is via to hatches in the pilot house.

Moving aft from the companionway, you enter the aft master cabin/stateroom via a small passageway. This huge cabin has been rebuilt by the previous owner to the same exacting standards as the original build. The large double bed sits centrally fore and aft and storage is plentiful throughout the cabin. In addition to the sleeping accommodation there is a L-shaped desk of varnished sapele with in-laid gold embossed leatherette and a comfortable upholstered swivel chair.

Forward of this cabin to port is a generous sized heads compartment offering electric wc with macerator, washing and shower facilities.

Moving forward through the pilot house you descend into the spacious saloon with large teak oval table which will comfortably seat six. The flooring is of teak parquet (as it is for the pilot house) with lifting panels for additional storage beneath. Opposite the saloon is the well appointed enclosed safe galley with ample and and secure storage throughout and which comprises:
Full size stainless steel sink with draining sink and draining board
Plastimo Neptune 5000 3 burner gas hob, with oven and grill
Full size AAA rated domestic fridge (a freezer is located in the pilot house under the seating)
Breadmaker and combination microwave. All domestic appliances run at sea off the 240v system.

Forward of the saloon are two identical forward cabins each with an upper and lower bunk with high density foam mattresses and lee cloths. The two cabins share the forward heads, with manual wc and shower, each having its own access door. As with the rest of the boat there is masses of storage.

There is access to the anchor locker, via watertight collision bulkhead, from the forward heads. There is plenty of storage space for anchor chain, warp and other sundries.

There are two black water holding tanks, one for each head and one grey water tank which is located in the engine room.

Lighting throughout is by efficient LED and 240 and 12v sockets with USB charging are plentiful throughout the boat.

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