1994 Roberts Spray 33

• Steel construction
• Bottom of keel 12mm
• Sides of keel 6mm
• Hull, topsides and deck 3mm

• 34hp Yanmar diesel
• 200 a/h house battery (with space for another)
• 70 a/h engine starting battery
• Battery charger
• Aerogen wind generator
• Shore power
• Tankage : 70 gallons diesel, 100 gallons water, 10 gallons kerosene (for oil-lamps)

• Bermudan Cutter rig
• Alloy mast (Eurospars Ocean construction, with double spreaders) and spars
• Standing rigging all 1 by 19 stainless (mainly 8mm)
• Most running rigging is 12mm braid on braid
• 2 x Maxwell 40:1 two-speed self-tailing sheet winches
• Lewmar 40 self-tailing halyard/reefing winch
• Lewmar 30:1 self-tailing two-speed halyard winch on mast
• 6 x Lewmar rope clutches
• Ball-bearing mainsheet traveller
• 8oz main with 3 reefing points
• 7oz high-cut rolling Yankee jib
• 7oz hank-on jib (matches Yankee, for goosewinging)
• 9oz storm jib
• 6oz light weather hank-on genoa
• All sails by Chris Scanes of Topsham, all in UV resistant material and all regularly serviced

• 4 berths, plus heads with shower and fully-fitted galley
• The boat has a large cockpit with low-profile dog-house at the head of the companionway, which leads down into the main cabin. Here, the heads is to starboard opposite which is the galley. The heads has a new sea toilet (with holding tank conforming to US regulations) and a powerful shower (with seat). The galley has a Smev LPG cooker (4 burners, grill and oven) plus double stainless steel sink (with pressurised hot, from a Paloma gas water heater, and cold), water-cooled fridge/freezer, worktop and storage. There is also access to a large storage area beneath the cockpit. Going forward, there is a U-shaped dinette to port (converts to a double berth) opposite which is the vessel’s chart table, a high-back swivel chair, lockers/bookshelves and a solid-fuel space heater. Going forward again, there is a double cabin in the bow with a double berth to starboard and a worktop/vanity unit, with hand basin, to port. This area also provides a hanging locker, full-length mirror and access to the chain locker. In common with most Bruce Roberts vessels, headroom is good at 6ft 3in. The boat’s internal decor appears to be immaculate, finished mainly in white with blue upholstery and varnished woodwork.

• Navigation equipment: Garmin GPS, Seatalk VHF, Icom short-wave radio with matching automatic antenna tuner (works on both marine and Ham bands), RDF, Autohelm Tridata sounder, speed and distance log with temperature sensor, Sestrel major compass, Whitlock wheel steering with in-built autopilot motor and Autohelm 6000 electronics unit, Hydrovane wind vane self steering, Emergency tiller steering, Windex type wind-indicator, deck and navigation lights
• Safety equipment: Crewsaver 4-man liferaft, gas detector
• Deck equipment: Whitlock 1500 watt anchor winch (can also be used manually and has footswitches both in cockpit and on foredeck), 35lb CQR, 35lb Danforth, 65lb Fisherman, 250ft 3/8 galvanised chain, 200ft octoplait nylon anchor rope with 30ft heavy chain, stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and guardlines, fold-down boarding ladder, 8 x mooring cleats, Samson post, dodgers, sprayhood
• West Marine 8ft inflatable with Mariner 2.5hp outboard
• Numerous spares including engine parts and rigging terminals

This one-owner vessel has been featured in many books and yachting magazines, not least because her owner was named “Yachtslady of the year” in 1996 by the Slocum Spray Society. The boat, built in the UK, has visited Spain, Azores, Canaries, Grenada, Bermuda and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. She is a beautiful, well-built and well presented vessel. Lying Devon, having just arrived back from the USA.