Converted Lifeboat Sailing Cruiser
General Specification
Construction
- Wood clinker construction
- Double-ender with transom hung rudder
- Shallow long keel with bilge plates
- Glass mat/West System epoxy covered decks and coachroof
- Iron ballast (sash window weights)
- Only 3 private owners and in current ownership since 1990
- Planks replaced as/when required, plus new decks, new stem and partial new hog under current ownership
- Hull, decks, cabin and cockpit all in very good cosmetic condition
- Coachroof and deckhead repainted 2022 (in gloss with matting agent to achieve matt finish)
- Last ashore and antifouled July 2021
- No recent survey (as none ever required)
- Air draft (masts lowered) : 1.88m (6ft 2in) approx.
- Air draft (masts up) : 9.3m (30ft 6in) approx.
- Please note: Dimensions provided are all approximate
Mechanical & Electrical
- Morris Navigator 1,500cc inboard petrol engine (serviced annually, good reliable runner)
- Shaft drive to 3 blade prop
- Stainless steel fuel tank
- Wheel steering
- Separate throttle and gear controls
- 12V battery
Rigging & Sails
- Gaff Ketch rig
- Wood mast spars
- Some running rigging
- Main mast stepped in tabernacle (painted)
- Mainsail (Jeckells, tan, good condition but requires small patch)
- Mizzen (tan, good condition)
- Jib (white, poor condition, needs replacing)
- Sail cover
Accommodation
- 2 berths in 1 cabin
- Occasional 3rd berth possible in forepeak
- Portable varnished wood drop-leaf table
- Galley area providing gas stove (2 burners, grill & oven), sink (manual cold supply) with chopping board over and worktop
- Sea toilet (no holding tank)
- Gimballed paraffin lamp
- Opening portlights in cabin sides and coachroof
- Forehatch
- Vast amounts of storage throughout both cabin and cockpit
Equipment
- Boat Safety Scheme certificate to September 2024
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire blanket
- Carbon monoxide alarm
- 12V bilge pump
- Cockpit cover (shown in photos)
- Broads style windowed cruising awning with rails
- Winter cover
- Stainless steel pulpit
- Samson post
- 2 x quant poles
- Boom/mast crutch
- Navigation lights
- Horn
- Mudweight
- Various warps
- Various fenders
- Cockpit cushions
- Forehatch cover
Remarks:
In present ownership for 35 years, in which time it has been restored sympathetically to keep it as original and in character as possible.
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