About the boat

The Deben Lugger is a traditionally styled dayboat built in GRP with 2-pack foam buoyancy and oiled Iroko hardwood trim. The hull form has been designed to give superior performance over more more dated designs. The rig, fully complementing the hull, is incredibly efficient. Internally, comfort and versatility are assured offering space for onboard  picnicking and overnight camping with purpose built storage areas.

The cockpit has ample room for six adults and kit and is CE rated for category C waters

The rig is light and easily handled with a balanced lug mainsail and mizzen . This proven rig keeps the center of effort low making a powerful stable boat. Being un-stayed the carbon fibre rig is quick and easy to raise and  lower and allows the boat to be de-powered off the wind.

Conventional slab reefing is used for reducing sail. The whole rigs stows within the length of the boat for easy, safe trailing and storage.

She has a shallow long keel with centre plate that gives her great stability and enables her to sail in the shallows in as little as 16”. Coupled with excellent windward performance it makes her ideal for exploring estuaries and creeks. Her sealed centre plate is housed in the central locker maximizing space in the cockpit, increasing stiffness to the case and deck structure. The plate mechanism is easy to operate with its 10:1 gearing and is housed neatly out of harms way at the forward end of the locker.

The forward spray rail has been designed to accommodate a spray hood that covers the flat area above the storage lockers making a great lounging area or with the optional camping tent, extension slats and an air mattress produces a very comfortable 6ft wide sleeping platform. She can also be sailed with the hood up unlike a lot of her competition.

Her small aft locker is vented and is designed to take either a single burner camping stove or a 12L remote fuel tank whose fuel line passes into the outboard well, The outboard well is off-set to port and allows for a modern 4 stroke outboard engine of up to 6hp to be mounted and tilted clear of the water when sailing or left moored afloat

Down either side of the cockpit she has two substantial iroko rails for securing safety harnesses, fenders and warps. The helm seats are removable allowing for the helm to get out of the wind and shelter low down on the sole boards. The same seats also store the fire extinguisher and can accommodate canvas storage bins, for sail ties, warps etc. Alternatively, they can be ordered as additional sealed storage lockers .

A CQR or Danforth anchor can be stored on chocks on the foredeck with its warp being stowed in its own well behind the main mast, the 2-part oars slide forward up tubes on the starboard side of the centre plate casing while the blades stow in the locker against the casing.

Her substantial New England stlye ‘Barn Door’ type rudder gives a light balanced feel with minimal weather helm, it is the same depth as the keel allowing it to be left mounted while beaching, sailing in the shallows or leaving on a mooring.

Launching and recovery could not be easier on her A frame multi roller swing beam trailer.