1997 Bruce Roberts Copy of Joshua Slocum’s Liberdale

• Wood/epoxy construction
• Long keel with bilge boards

• 22hp Mitsubishi 3 cylinder diesel
• Honda propane generator
• 2 x solar panels
• 30 amp 230 to 12 volt battery charger
• Tankage : 35 gallons of diesel, 17 gallons of water

• Junk rig
• 3 x junk sails

• 4 berths in 3 cabins, plus galley and heads
• The boat has a good sized cockpit with wide, uncluttered side decks and lockers under. In the main cabin, the galley is immediately to port and provides a Wayfarer cooker (2 burner, grill and oven), stainless steel sink with manually pumped cold water, a fire extinguisher and fire blanket, tiled worktop, shelves and lockers. The vessel’s chart table and a quarter berth are opposite this. Going forward, there is a fitted central table with a cutlery tray and food storage, plus a single settee berth to either side. Forward again, there is a door leading into the heads, which has a Lavac sea-toilet and hanging space plus storage for the vessel’s solar panels. A further door leads into the bow where there is a large double berth (lockers under) plus other storage and hanging space.

• Navigation equipment: Garmin GPS, Hummingbird 3D depth sounder, JRC 1000 radar, Yueasu H/F 747 ham radio and antenna tuner, VHF radio, Monitor wind vane self-steering (plus spares), Autohelm 4000 tiller steering, Autohelm 2000 tiller steering, clock, barometer, navigation lights
• Safety equipment: PUR power-survivor 35 with spares, EPIRB, horseshoe lifebuoy, stainless steel stanchions and guardlines, 5 x 1 ton air bags, fire extinguisher
• Deck equipment: 2 x CQR anchors plus chain and warp, fenders, docking lines

This copy of Joshua Slocum’s 1890 vessel was built in Wales (the original was built in Paranagua, Brazil). She has sailed 20,000 miles, including retracing Joshua’s voyage from Brazil, through the Caribbean to the United States. She gained 3rd place in her class in Antigua’s Classic week in 2000. She is a real blue-water boat, with a proven oceanic capability, and an asking price of £25,000 must make this quite a bargain.