1947 Wallasea Bay Ocean 30 Motorsailer

• Wood carvel construction
• Canoe stern
• Pitch pine 1 1/8″ planks copper riveted to English oak steamed frames
• 5 bulkheads
• Silicone screwed hood ends
• Fixed iron keel estimated at 4480lbs, with additional internal plastic sheathed lead ingot and pig iron ballast
• Keel bolts renewed 2006
• New fibreglass sheathed 1″ marine ply deck 2006
• New oak beam shelves and carlins 2006
• New coach house and fibreglass sheathed larch planked coach house roof 2006
• New cockpit (self draining with new ball valves) and English oak supporting beams 2006
• A4 stainless steel chainplates installed 2010
• Spruce bowsprit with new bow rollers, integral spritcollar and stemband, all A4 stainless steel, 2010
• Iroko beading, toerails and fitting deck plates
• Stern deadwoods replaced
• Recent planking, extensive re-caulking and fastening work
• Topsides sanded and repainted (primer, undercoat and gloss) 2016
• Below waterline sanded, undercoated and antifouled 2016
• Main deck and cockpit deck sanded and re-coated with white Hempel non-slip deck paint 2016
• Toe rails re-varnished 2016
• Wintered ashore annually
• Last surveyed July 2013

• 54hp Yanmar 4cyl HJ inboard diesel engine (2008, only 100 hours to June 2014)
• Shaft drive via Yanmar gearbox to fixed pitch prop (all new 2008)
• 80 litre stainless steel fuel tank (new 2008 together with all hoses and filters)
• Conventional grease packing stern tube seal with remote manually operated grease injector in cockpit
• Water lubricated external cutlass bearing
• Engine professionally winterized annually
• Good access to engine and running gear from both saloon and cockpit
• Morse control system in cockpit (new 2008)
• Large stainless steel steering wheel mounted on varnished Iroko steering column
• New engine instrument/alarm panel 2008
• 12v electric system rewired 2008
• New 12v distribution panel and switches 2008
• 2 x 12v batteries with isolator/coupler
• 80ah charging alternator on engine
• Battery condition meter on switchboard
• 18W solar panel
• New running and steaming lights 2008

• Bermudan Cutter rig
• Solid 38ft linseed oiled Sitka spruce mast (overhauled 2014, re-oiled 2016, re-varnished to main crosstrees 2016) with twin spreaders and top diamond
• A4 stainless steel mast tabernacle installed 2008
• Norwegian pine boom (sanded and re-varnished 2016)
• Bowsprit (sanded and re-varnished 2016, new bobstay double pulleys and chain installed 2016)
• Stainless steel mainstays renewed 2006
• Electrical porcelain isolator on backstay
• Jackstays and bobstays renewed 2012
• All bottlescrews renewed 2006 (Selden)
• Running rigging all in Marlow braid (renewed as/when required)
• New yankee headsail sheets, main staysail sheets and topping lift 2016
• 2 x headsail roller furlers with stainless steel operators new 2006
• Boom roller reefing, plus slab reefing option
• Mainsail (Dacron, good condition)
• Staysail (Dacron with UV protection, 2006)
• Yankee jib (Dacron with UV protection, 2006)
• Old spare staysail
• Old spare yankee jib
• Sail cover

• 5/7 berths in 2 cabins
• 2 x full length single berths (storage under) in forward cabin
• Double settees (storage under) with drop table which converts to double berth in saloon
• Quarter berth in saloon
• 2 x additional junior sea cots over forward cabin berths
• 2 x further occasional berths in good sized cockpit under cockpit tent
• Interior joinery in cherry, oak and Iroko, with pine cabin sole
• All interior woodwork varnished or painted, and Danboline coated below decks
• Berth cushion covers in marine grade bio-resist washable fabric
• Galley with varnished wooden worktop with storage under, Plastimo gas stove (2 rings, grill & oven), stainless steel sink with 12v pumped hot & cold supply and fridge (gas/12v/220v)
• Hot water provided by engine heated stainless steel 20 litre calorifier
• 80 litre freshwater tank
• Portable coolbox
• Separate heads compartment with porcelain Plastimo sea toilet (no holding tank)
• Chart table to starboard (battery bank under)
• Wet hanging locker
• Ample stowage space throughout in both cabin and cockpit
• Gas catalytic cabin heater
• Glazed opening hatch over forward cabin
• Main sliding wooden hatch over companionway steps
• Brass mushroom vents over both saloon and forward cabin
• Opening bronze ports
• 12v cabin lights (new 2008)
• Original 12v period brass light switches (not in use, but remain intact as a feature!)
• Oil lamps
• Original cherry saloon doors with brass lock handles
• Cabin headroom is approximately 1.8m (6ft)
• New gas hoses and gas locker housing re-fibreglassed 2013 (as per surveyor’s recommendations)

Navigation equipment

• VHF radio
• Handheld VHF
• Binnacle compass
• Silva Nexus anemometer, echo (depth) sounder, and speed log (wind speed indicator not responding at display – suspected wiring fault)
• Garmin GPS
• Navtex
• Brass clock and barometer
• Tide clock (2016)

Safety equipment

• Echomax radar reflector
• EPIRB (requires service)
• Horseshoe lifebuoy
• Emergency anchor and cable
• Emergency tiller steering
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
• Stanchions with guardwires
• Boarding ladder
• Manual bilge pump at cockpit level
• 2 x automatic 12v Rule bilge pumps
• Three mounted portable dry powder extinguishers (not guaranteed in date)
• Fire blanket

Deck equipment

• Original Gemmel & Prout manual windlass
• Bruce main anchor with 80m galvanized close link 8mm chain in chain locker
• Cat anchor
• Fisherman’s anchor with chain and plaited rope in aft lazarette
• Cockpit tent
• Winter cover

With her canoe stern, the Ocean 30 is a very pretty classic wooden yacht. Understood to be presented in very good order throughout, this example has had only two prior owners (a gentleman surveyor and an officer of a prominent yacht club) and her current owner of nearly 10 years has carried out a comprehensive programme of works and improvements in recent years, including a new diesel inboard engine. She has extensively cruised English Channel Europe and the south coast of England, and her owner states that she is an excellent sea boat, and is always much admired wherever she goes! Sensible offers will be considered.

This vessel is currently Part 1 British registered (expires 2020).

MOORING: It’s understood that the vessel’s current deep water swinging mooring could be available to the purchaser on either a seasonal or annual basis by separate negotiation.

UPDATE APRIL 2016: New photos of vessel ashore added.