1980 Kent Class/Kent 8 Metre Motor Sailer Project
General Specification
Construction
- GRP construction
- Original gelcoat finish throughout
- Fit out not completed until 2000 and believed not to have been launched prior to this
- Only used on Norfolk Broads to date
- Will pass under all Broadland bridges with mast lowered (via A-frame)
- Long encapsulated keel
- Large aft cockpit
- Recent new hatch cover
- Recent new wooden handrails
- Samson post
- No recent survey (not required during current ownership)
- Last antifouled March 2019
Mechanical & Electrical
- BMC 1.5 diesel inboard engine (please see note below)
- Wheel steering
- Single lever control
Rigging & Sails
- Masthead Bermudan Sloop
- Alloy mast, wooden boom
- Stainless steel tabernacle and A-frame for easy mast lowering/raising fitted in 2005
- 2 x sheet winches
- Boom roller reefing (faulty, requires repair)
- Mainsail (2006, Jeckells, good condition)
- Jib (hanked on, Jeckells, good condition)
- Storm jib
- Large jib
- Sail cover (blue)
Accommodation
- 5 berths in 2 cabins
- Berth cushions need to be replaced
- Dinette converts to double berth
- Further single settee berth in saloon
- V-berth in forecabin
- Galley with stainless steel sink (pressurised cold supply), single burner stove (gas canister fuelled), worktop and dedicated stowage
- Separate heads compartment with sea toilet (no holding tank)
- 12V cabin lights
- Lots of storage space throughout
- Curtains and floor coverings where fitted
- Good headroom at approximately 1.9m (6ft 3in) max
Equipment
- Boat Safety Scheme certificate to July 2021
- Horseshoe life buoy
- Fire extinguishers
- Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit rails
- Stainless steel boarding ladder mounted on transom
- Bruce type anchor
- Various warps
- Various fenders
Remarks:
The Kent 8M Motor Sailer is a great family sailing cruiser with spacious accommodation and a large cockpit, and is ideal for use on the Norfolk Broads having been built locally. This example was a barn find in 2000, part finished and seemingly never having been afloat prior to this date. Her fit out was subsequently completed and she was then launched. She has since been in the same ownership for some 14+ years.
PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately this vessel was submerged for a short time earlier this year due to a failed seacock. The seacock has since been replaced and she has now been back afloat and dry for a couple of months. She is however as a consequence now being offered to the market as a project and she will require attention throughout her interior, and also to her mechanical (engine) and electrical systems. All offers will be considered! A great project for the coming winter!
MOORING: It’s understood that the vessel’s current northern Broads mooring is transferable (current cost £75 per month including tender storage as the mooring is only accessible by water).
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