1972 Spencer 53 - £65,000 Tax Paid

Status : NOT FOR SALE

Lying : Dublin, Ireland - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

LOA : 16.15m (53ft 0in)
LWL : 12.8m (42ft 0in)
Beam : 4.11m (13ft 6in)
Draft : 2.44m (8ft 0in)
Displacement : 24,000kg
Keel : Fin

Construction

• Designed by John Brandlmayr
• Built by Spencer Boats, Richmond, Canada
• Centre cockpit
• Airex foam sandwich and solid construction GRP hull and deck
• Externally bolted fin keel with deep forefoot
• Anti osmosis treatment 2001, further isolated patches treated July 2005
• Antifouled 2005
• Last surveyed 2005

Rigging & Sails

• Bermudan Cutter
• Aluminium mast with foam sound deadening on interior
• Hood roller reefing genoa
• Profurl roller reefing staysail (requires new sacrificial strip)
• Spare roller reefing genoa
• Fully battened main (slab reefing from cockpit)
• Spare lighter main with short battens
• Yankee sail (hanked)
• Riding sail
• Trysail
• Small storm jib
• Large storm jib
• All sails in white Dacron and in good condition
• Secondary forestay with Highfield lever
• Aluminium running pole
• New rig, including all Norseman terminals and Merryman turnbuckles, 1996
• Rigging reconditioned August 2005
• Many halyards and spare articles of running rigging

Mechanical & Electrical

• Perkins 4236 85hp diesel (new 1988)
• Borg Warner velvet drive gearbox
• 720l fuel tank (900nM @ 5kn)
• Kubota driven 6.5 kW generator (little used)
• Hydraulic steering overhauled August 2005
• New exhaust fitted August 2005
• 2 engine/windlass battery banks - combo deep cycle/starting gell cells giving 300 Amp/hr (new August 2005)
• 2 domestic battery banks - deep cycle giving 500 Amp/hr (new August 2005)
• 3 by 85 Amp alternators with internal automatic regulator and external automatic/manual regulator for booster charging
• Cruising Equipment Co charging control computer
• Hearth interface mains charger/inverter, 100A charge, 1000W inversion
• Second 75 Amp battery charger
• Shore power

Accommodation

• 7 berths in 4 cabins
• 2 doubles, 3 pilot berths
• Forecabin with 2 single berths and heads compartment with manual pumped fresh water, manual sea water, pressurized water (hot water plumbed but cylinder needs replacement) and pumped shower sump
• Galley with 2 deep stainless steel sinks with whale gusher fresh and salt water foot pumps and pressurized fresh water, stainless gimballed cooker with 2 hobs and cooker, and fridge and freezer boxes
• Remote control cut-off system for gas
• Main saloon with large table and settees
• Small cabin (to starboard) with single berth
• Engine room (to port) with generous work bench with vice and drill
• Large cabin (aft of cockpit) containing full sized navigation table and seat, electronics (to starboard) and double berth (to port)
• Master cabin (further aft) with double bed and en-suite head with manual pumped fresh water, manual sea water, pressurized water (hot water plumbed but cylinder needs replacement) and pumped shower sump
• Air conditioning (requires repair)
• Eberspacher heating (requires repair)
• 1000l water tank
• 2 large anchor lockers and generous storage for sails, etc.
• Jensen CD player with Bose speakers in main saloon

Equipment

• NAVIGATION: Lorenz GPS (August 2005), Navico VHF radio, Raymarine ST 60 wind speed and depth (August 2005), Autohelm 6000 autopilot (Linear drive replaced 1999) with 2 remote controls, RVG wind vane steering, Kenwood SSB radio, NASA SSB radio, Weatherfax, hand-bearing compass
• SAFETY: Furuno 32 mile radar, 406 Mhz EPIRB (new), Avon 6 man liferaft (requires servicing)
• DECK: Electric Simpson Lawrence anchor windlass, electric Ideal kedge anchor windlass (requires repair), 75lb Danforth anchor with chain, Bower 50lb Bruce anchor with chain and rode, 35lb kedge anchor, 150lb 'Paul Luke' folding storm anchor, 17 winches (3 power for Genoa sheets and main halyard)
• OTHER: Achilles dinghy with Yamaha 4hp outboard
• Many spares

Remarks

This very strongly built vessel was designed and built in Canada for Atlantic Ocean racing, and was later converted for long distance cruising. She has recently crossed the Atlantic (for which all sailing and navigation equipment was checked and/or overhauled), and her owner states that she is very fast and sea-kindly, and can easily be sailed by 2 people. Her interior is, in her owner's words, functional but tatty, and would benefit from cosmetic refurbishment. Her decks also require painting. She is very well equipped, and would be ideal for a couple or family planning a circumnavigation or blue water cruise.

Note: This vessel is considered to be deemed VAT paid, having been registered in Britain since 1981.