Description

True Glory is a small, robust, heavy-displacement cruiser, suitable for a single-hander or couple. She is well-travelled and capable of going anywhere.

Designed by Chuck Paine and built by Victoria Marine Ltd in 1986/87.True Glory has been in the care of the present owners since 1997 and has been well maintained.

Displacement : 3 tons LOA 8m, beam 2.4m, draught 1.2m

Canoe stern with traditional long keel, stubby bowsprit, hank-on foresails.

Encapsulated lead ballast (ballast ratio 50%)

Engine : Volvo Penta 2010 diesel, 10 hp

Sails : Mainsail, hank-on jib and staysail (tan), storm sail, trysail, two cruising chutes

Cabin : two berths, Taylors paraffin stove, stainless steel sink, head, mounted gps and vhf

Full inventory available. Includes : autopilots, dinghy, liferaft, mast steps, hand-held vhf and gps

True Glory has some distinctive features : for example, deck fittings such as cleats are of larger than standard size. Principal standing rigging is upgraded to 6 mm. A stubby bowsprit is incorporated to accommodate the forestay and inner forestay of the cutter rig. All six portlights are round and opening. Uniquely, the main hatch incorporates an astrodome.

Specifications

Accommodation

Starboard and port berths. Alternatively, a simple rearrangement allows a double bunk to be created.

The Taylor's paraffin stove is a warming oven with two top burners. The stove is connected to a pressurised paraffin tank. The advantages of paraffin over gas are 1: the absence of gas on board (potentially explosive), and 2: the ease of storage of quantities of fuel sufficient for a long trip. Paraffin is available from any hardware store.

Equipment

1. Anchors : The bower anchor is a 7.5 kg Bruce with 30 metres of 8mm chain plus 30 metres of 12 mm nylon multiplait. (So far, it has always been possible to haul this up by hand without difficulty, but the foredeck is equipped with an anchor windlass.)

The kedge anchor is a 9.5 kg fisherman with 8 m of chain and 40 m of rope.

Two reserve anchors : a spare Bruce type (economy version) and a 6 kg folding grapnel.

2. Dinghy : A small 1.8 m Plastimo ’round tail’ is stowed below decks in the forepeak.

3. Fire extinguishers : Two Kidde, model FA5, dating from 2003.

4. Fenders : eight assorted fenders.

5. Safety equipment : Seago Offshore liferaft, one horseshoe lifebuoy, flag danbuoy, and several lifejackets.

6. Mast steps : of webbing construction, this ‘ladder in a bag’ slots into the mast track on hoisting.

7. Autopilots : One Navico TP 10 (new 2005) and an ‘Eagle’ TP 22 (new 2009).

8. VHF : The fixed DSC VHF (ICOM IC-M411, new 2010) is backed up by a hand-held XM 2000.

9. GPS : The fixed GPS (Garmin 152H, new 2012) is backed up by a Garmin 72 hand-held instrument.

10. Poles : a bamboo whisker pole and aluminium spinnaker pole are secured on the foredeck.

Engine(s)

The engine, a Volvo 2010 B (10 hp twin cylinder diesel), is thoroughly dependable.

Routine maintenance jobs (oil changes, filters, water pump, hoses etc) have been carried out by the owner, more complex tasks by various professionals.

Sails & Spars

True Glory in 1997 was acquired with a full complement of sails (in practically new condition) : main, working jib, staysail, storm sail, two cruising chutes. Since then a trysail and a second staysail have been added.

The jib, staysail and heavy weather sail hank on with bronze hanks.

1. The original main (tan polyester with a full area of about 15 square metres) had three slab reefing points and four batten pockets. When this sail was replaced in 2018 (Suffolk Sails, Woodbridge), the tan colour and the three reefing points were retained but the style chosen was new : no battens, negative roach and loose-footed.

2. The working jib, also tan polyester, is now old but still functions. Area 14 sq.m. It can be reefed down to 9 sq.m. The leach was trimmed and restitched in 2008. (Suffolk Sails, Woodbridge.)

3. The original staysail (also tan) was recut in 2006/7, and a new sail of similar design and size was purchased (Suffolk Sails, Woodbridge). 7.5 sq.m.

4. The storm jib (4.5 sq.m.) is white.

5. The trysail, bought second-hand in 2005 (condition as new), has never been used in anger (i.e. condition still as new).

6. One of the chutes has been used more than the other. It has an area of 22 sq.m. The ‘spare’ has a slightly longer foot and is 26 sq.m.

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