1982 Freeland 23 Sports Cruiser - £7,700

Lying : Norfolk - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

General Specification

LOA : 7.01m (23ft 0in)
Beam : 2.44m (8ft 0in)
Draft : 0.91m (3ft 0in)

Construction

• GRP construction
• White with blue trim and blue canopy
• Folding windscreen and radar arch
• Minimum air draft : 6ft 6in

Mechanical & Electrical

• BMC 1.8 diesel with Enfield outdrive
• Tankage : 60 gallons fuel and 60 gallons freshwater

Accommodation

• 4/5 berths in 2 cabins, plus galley and separate toilet
• The boat has a large cockpit with seating for 5/6 and a good range of lockers. The steering position is to starboard and provides seating for 2, whilst the transom seat - which makes the occasional 5th berth - would easily seat 4, perhaps 5. The companionway leads down into the main cabin, with the toilet compartment immediately to port. This has a Portapotti and a foldaway handbasin with pressurised hot and cold water. Opposite this is the galley, which provides a stainless steel sink unit (with pressurised hot and cold), a Flavel Vanessa cooker (2 burners, grill and oven), work-top and cupboards. Just aft of this is the entrance to the aft sleeping cabin. This has a very good double berth, with opening window into the cockpit and another, not opening, through the side of the hull. The cabin has sitting headroom and a bunk light. In the bow there is a horse-shoe shaped settee upholstered in smoky-pink dralon and a removable table (can also be sited in the cockpit). There are lockers under all the seats and there is a separate storage area - currently used for the television - right into the bow. Headroom is about 5ft 6in in the galley area, reducing as one goes forward. She is fitted with a Sharp stereo/cassette and has a catalytic heater.

Equipment

• Navigation equipment: Compass, echo-sounder, navigation lights
• Deck equipment: Stainless steel pulpit and handrails, dark blue PVC canopy, davits, ropes, warps, fenders
• Other equipment: GRP tender

Remarks

For sale because the owner is too busy to make adequate use of her, this boat is unusual in having a diesel engine with an outdrive. A nice family boat, with good facilities but in end of season condition (TLC needed).