1936 Ranzo 4 Tonner

• Wood construction
• Pitch pine on oak, copper rivet fastened
• Some sistered ribs
• Iron external ballast keel with iron keel bolts
• Transom hung varnished rudder and tiller
• Non self draining cockpit with varnished thwarts
• Varnished cabin sides with bronze port holes
• Rebuilt stem and foredeck with epoxy bonding (believed recent)
• Lifting cabin roof
• Wintered ashore annually
• Last afloat summer 2019 (currently ashore)
• Last surveyed 2018 (for insurance purposes)

• Lister-Petter AC1-W single cylinder electric-start diesel inboard engine
• Plastic fuel tank (approx. 3 gallons)
• Vetus Waterlock exhaust silencer/cooler
• Stern tube greaser
• Cooling water seacock and strainer
• Oil pressure gauge
• Extensive engine service documentation, workshop manual and sundry spares (filters, belts, etc.)
• Tiller steering
• 2 x 12V batteries
• Small solar panel for trickle charging

• Bermudan cutter rig
• Aluminium mast (approx.
  30 feet tall)
• Varnished wooden boom and bowsprit
• Mast stepped in galvanised tabernacle with galvanised A-frame to facilitate single-person mast-lowering/raising
• Stainless steel standing rigging
• External bronze chain plates with bottle screws
• 2 x sheet winches
• Full set of running rigging
• Mainsail (tan, slab reefing, needs some re-stitching)
• Large headsail (tan)
• Smaller “racing” headsail with snuffer
• Further sail (type/size unknown)
• Previously fitted with roller reefing, but removed as old and required repair at foil top (believed available if required)
• Sail cover with name

• 2 berths in 1 cabin
• Berth cushions (good condition)
• Gas stove (2 burners & grill)
• Draining gas locker with bottle (not full) and regulator
• Vent over galley area
• Various pots, pans and kettle
• Freshwater storage bottle
• Chemical toilet
• Lifting cabin roof with canvas side panels (believed replaced recently)
• 12V cabin lights
• Bespoke charcoal-fuelled cabin stove and chimney (not used/tested by vendor)

Safety Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to 08/06/2021
• 2 x fire extinguishers
• 12V bilge pump with float switch
• Manual bilge pump
• Galvanised pushpit
• Stanchions and guardwires

Covers

• Cockpit awning with rails
• Summer cover
• Heavy duty winter cover

Deck Equipment

• CQR anchor with chain and warp
• Anchor/mudweight capstan/windlass with chain and rope pulleys
• Quant pole
• Mast crutch
• Boom support (for overnight rig)
• Boathook
• Mop
• Various fenders

Other Equipment

• Steel storage cradle (recently strengthened) which allows easy craning onto low loader if required
• Folder of Ranzo history

One of a number of small yachts designed and built after the great depression of the 1930’s that enabled a generation of sailors to return to the sea, the Ranzo 4 Tonner was built locally on the east coast in by Robertsons of Woodbridge and later lead to the development of the very similar, but arguably better known, Deben 4 Tonner by the same designer.

Originally registered in Poole, Dorset, this little ship has spent many happy years sailing on the Broads since she returned to East Anglia. Boasting an auxiliary diesel inboard engine, she has been professionally maintained (with photographic record), including a full rebuild of the stem and planked foredeck. Purchased locally by the current owner in 2018, she is now reluctantly offered for sale following a job relocation to Northern Ireland, “Twilight” has many years of classic wooden boat cruising still to offer!

THIS YACHT IS SERIOUSLY FOR SALE AND OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED!