1934 Leading Lady River Cruiser

• Wood construction
• Shallow fin keel

• Fin

• 11hp Vetus M2.04 diesel (16 hours from new at time of writing)
• Tankage : 5 gallons diesel, 25 gallons freshwater

• Bermudan Sloop rig
• Timber mast/spars
• 2 x mainsails (both terylene)
• jib (terylene)
• Sail cover

• 4/5 berths in 2 cabins, plus galley and heads
• The boat has a large cockpit with seating and lockers to either side, and wide non-slip decks. In the cabin, which has a lifting roof giving over 6ft headroom, there is a full-length settee berth to either side, both with storage under. Going forward, the galley area is to port, opposite which is the heads. The galley has a cocker (hob, grill and oven), a sink unit with pressurised hot (from a calorifier) and cold water, plus storage. The heads has a sea toilet and a hand basin, again with hot and cold. Forward again, there are two further single berths, plus access to the forepeak where there is another single berth (this can also be reached from the hatch in the foredeck) and a locker. She has a drop-leaf cabin table

• NONE

• Navigation equipment: Navigation lights
• Safety equipment: 2 x electric bilge pumps, 2 x fire extinguishers, fire blanket
• Deck equipment: Mud weight, mooring lines, fenders, fitted cruising cover, winter tarpaulin

This vessel has come onto the market unexpectedly due to a change in plans. She is very spacious for her overall size, and is understood to sail well. She has an almost new diesel (in fact the engine, gearbox, shaft, propeller and couplings are all new), which makes her a comparatively rare find.