1928 Collins River Cruiser

• Designed by Powles
• Built by A Collins
• Total length including bowsprit 11.43m (37ft 6in)
• Teak carvel construction
• Cork/epoxy decks
• Large cockpit with lockers to port, starboard and under aft deck
• Fixed cabin roof with large sliding companionway hatch
• Teak and Oak interior with decorative Oak panelling
• Professionally maintained
• Last surveyed 2007 (condition report)

• Yamaha 8hp 4-stroke outboard (new 2007)
• Battery with charge indicator (mounted in starboard cockpit locker)
• Solar panel
• 12v electric cabin and running lights
• 4 x power points in cabin

• Gaff rig
• River Cruiser Class sail #1
• Handicap +2p
• Timber mast/spars
• Lead counterweight mast lowering system
• Sail area approximately 92.90sqm (1,000 sqft)
• Mainsail
• Topsail
• Staysail
• Sails not used since last valeted
• Sail cover

• 4 berths in 2 cabins
• 2 x full length settee berths in main cabin
• 2 x full length quarter berths in forward cabin
• Interior upholstery in blue, non rip, waterproof cloth (2005)
• Ample stowage space throughout with draws under all berths and cupboard units in both cabins
• Galley area in cockpit with handbasin (manually pumped cold water)
• Separate heads compartment with sea toilet and porcelain handbasin (manually pumped cold water)
• Toughened glass, opening skylights in forward cabin and heads
• Twin water tanks linked by balancing pipe in forepeak
• Storage for sail, tools, etc. in forepeak

• Overall cover (new 2007)
• Boom tent (new 2007)
• Automatic and manual bilge pumps
• Boat Safety Certificate

This is a much admired River Cruiser Class yacht, not least because she is sail #1! She has been maintained to an extremely high standard, with over £30,000 having been spent on maintenance and improvements by the current owner since 2001. She is one of the few River Cruiser Class yachts which was privately commissioned, having been built for Colonel Burrell of Thetford Steam Engines with no expense spared, and she has consequently never been part of a Broads hire fleet. She is due to be placed ashore for repainting in September 2008. Her mooring, on the Northern Broads, may be available to the new owner by separate negotiation with the mooring owner.