1990 Finesse 24 Motor Cruiser
General Specification
Construction
- Wood clinker construction
- Believed to be one of last Finesse 24s built
- Only three owners from new and maintained by Alan Platt until he retired
- Converted from sailing yacht 2015-2016
- Iroko planking, copper fastened
- Cream painted topsides and decks (repainted 2016)
- Varnished iroko cabin sides, cockpit and trim (re-varnished 2016)
- Bilge keels (enabling her to take the ground), centreboard and casing removed
- Keel bolts checked 2015 (all deemed satisfactory)
- Transom hung rudder to tiller steering
- Sheathed marine plywood decks with painted non-slip
- Stainless steel deck fittings
- Forward escape/ventilation hatch
- Mast tabernacle still in situ
- Samson post
- Hawse pipe to anchor locker
- Custom built bulwarks (2016)
- Custom built wheelhouse (2017)
- Air draft approximately 1.93m (6ft 4in) – will pass under Potter Old Bridge at low tide
- Cockpit sole boards in marine ply painted with Danboline and non-slip powder
- Interior completely refitted 2016
- Last antifouled July 2019
- Last surveyed 2015 (no copy available, virtually no defects found)
Mechanical & Electrical
- 24hp Bukh DV24 diesel inboard engine (fitted 2016, ex-lifeboat engine, well maintained, low hours – 355 at time of writing)
- Shaft drive to 16 inch prop
- Stainless steel fuel tank (2016)
- Single lever control
- Tiller steering
- Beta Marine instrument panel (2016)
- 2 x 12V batteries (2016)
- Battery master switch (2016)
- 12V fuse panel (2016)
Accommodation
- 3 berths in 2 cabins
- Interior completely refitted in solid utile and sapele 2015-2016 with bespoke cabinetry throughout
- Dinette converts to single berth in saloon
- V-berth in forecabin
- Berth cushions for all berths (2016)
- Galley with gimballed Voyager 4500 gas stove (2016, 2 burners, grill & oven), stainless steel sink with bronze feature tap (manual cold supply), wood worktops and storage lockers/drawers (one absent when photographed)
- Separate heads compartment with Jabsco sea toilet (no holding tank)
- Stainless steel charcoal heater in saloon with stainless steel chimney, heat proofed below decks (2016)
- Gimballed brass oil lamp
- 12V cabin lights
- Curtains and carpets where fitted
- Maximum headroom in saloon approximately 1.80m (5ft 11in)
Equipment
- Full stem to stern two part overall cover (November 2017, Jeckells, cream)
- Boat Safety Scheme certificate to August 2020
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire blanket
- 12V auto bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump
- Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
- Stanchions and guard wires (with pelican hooks giving easy access to cockpit)
- Transom mounted boarding ladder
- Anchor chain
- Boat hook
- Deck brush
- Mud weight
- Pair of rhond anchors
- Various fenders
- Various mooring warps
Remarks:
The Finesse 24 is a development of the Finesse 21, which boat builder Alan Platt started building in 1961. Designed in part (the hull) by a friend, Laurie Harbottell, the Finesse 21 was designed as a cruiser for sailing in the shoal waters of the East Coast. She proved to be such a success that Platt went on to build over 80 more and demand for a bigger version resulted in the scaled up Finesse 24 in late 1969. The 24-footer is distinctive in style, with a full-bodied hull, pretty swept sheer, broad transom and is every bit an East Coast cruiser, heavily influenced by the shoal-draught designs of Maurice Griffiths. Easy to handle, spacious and practical, and looking as good on the Norfolk Broads as out to sea, the Finesse 24 is reassuringly good in a seaway and, as Maurice Griffiths would put it, a “proper little ship”.
This much admired Finesse 24 conversion is oft photographed and turns heads where ever she goes! Purchased by the present owner in 2015 and fully restored to a very high standard between May 2015 and July 2016 at R.F. Upson, Aldeburgh, she has been converted to a comfortable motor cruiser and is now regretfully for sale due to a change of circumstances.
Please note: The vessel’s mast, boom, bowsprit and sails are available to the purchaser if required and subject to negotiation.
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