1989 International Six Metre - £22,000

Status : NOT FOR SALE

Lying : Somerset - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

General Specification

Designer : Pelle Petterson
Builder : Batbyggarna, Hjalteby, Sweden
LOA : 10.23m (33ft 7in)
Beam : 2m (6ft 7in)
Draft : 1.64m (5ft 5in)
Keel : Wing

Construction

• GRP construction
• Substantially refurbished in 2008
• Hull and deck repainted 2008
• Keel modified and keel bolts checked 2008
• New Howlett wings 2008
• Trim tab and rudder assemblies checked and bearings replaced 2008

Rigging & Sails

• Bermudan Sloop rig
• Alloy mast and boom, plus spare sleeved boom
• Proctors carbon spinnaker boom (2008), plus spare aluminium spinnaker boom
• Navtec Hydraulic ram mast and forestay system
• 7 x Barbarossa deck winches (all refurbished 2008) : 3 x 24 self tailing, 2 x 40 and 2 x 42.2
• 2 x Harken halyard winches on mast (new 2008)
• New running rigging 2008
• 2 x genoas by Doyle Sails (nearly new)
• Quantity of old sails by North Sails

Equipment

• Tack Tick wind, speed and depth instruments (new 2008)
• 2 x double acting manual bilge pumps
• 2 x electric automatic bilge pumps
• Boom/cockpit cover (new 2008)

Remarks

One of the last of Pettersons designs, and the sister ship to his own boat, "Bear" is one of four boats built from the same drawings, and was originally commissioned and raced by Bengt Hellsten.

Race record:
1989 - Marstrand Worlds - 8th of 37
1990 - European Championships - 7th of 17
1991 - Torquay Worlds - 5th of 15
2001 - Cowes British Nationals - 6th of 12
2002 - Fowey British Nationals - 4th of 10
2008 - Winning yacht in Queen Christina Nations Cup, Cowes (Swiss team)

The 1986 Ford Cargo truck, as shown in the photos, may be available by separate negotiation.