Built in 1952, to designer Hanna’s specifications of Port Orford cedar and Eastern white oak, the Sprig has had four owners and been sailed exclusively in Northwest waters—twice to Alaska.
She has a new Yanmar 22 diesel engine with a 20 gallon fuel tank and burns less than a quart an hour at cruising speed of five knots. There’s a forty gallon in board water tank and the sink is plumbed for both fresh and salt water. There is an onboard diesel stove with an oven and the interior has not been modified from the original design. She sleeps four comfortably and the galley table seats four. It has the original binicle and kerosene running lights, but a modern GPS plotter.
Sails are by Hasse and were originally guaranteed to last two circumnavigations. A spare sets of tanbark sails are available.
The boat has been well maintained. When the engine was replaced, electrolysis damage to the stem was detected and it was replaced as well as several planks with Port Orford cedar. She was hauled in 5/21, scraped and repainted to the top of the rail.
During my ownership, she has been sailed extensively in the Salish sea and proved to be sea-worthy, as well as a very comfortable cruising boat.