1965 Maurice Griffiths Waterwitch - £16,500

Status : NOT FOR SALE

Lying : Hampshire - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

LOA : 10.05m (33ft 0in)
LOD : 9.14m (30ft 0in)
Beam : 2.59m (8ft 6in)
Draft : 0.99m (3ft 3in)
Displacement : 6,000kg
Keel : Long

Construction

• Wood construction
• Built in Rhodesia in the mid sixties
• Hull and decks West System epoxied
• 15mm marine ply on Mahogany frames
• 12mm marine ply decks
• 18mm marine ply cabin trunking
• Varnished teak doghouse
• Long iron ballast keel with bilge plates
• Self-draining cockpit with spacious cockpit lockers and harness attachment point
• Timber davits
• 6 ton displacement in full cruising trim

Rigging & Sails

• Bermudan Masthead Sloop
• Proctor alloy spars
• Galvanised 7x7 standing rigging except forestay which is stainless 1x19 (all new 1998)
• New main and jib halyards (2006)
• Gibb top action single speed sheet and halyard winches
• Sail area approx 41.8sqm (450sqft)
• Tan mainsail (1998, Osen Sails of Plymouth)
• Tan genoa (1998, Osen Sails of Plymouth)
• No. 1 jib
• No. 2 jib
• All foresails hanked
• Slab reefing on mainsail with original roller gear remaining
• Lazyjacks and mainsail cover

Mechanical & Electrical

• 12hp Yanmar SB12 diesel inboard
• Engine start panel with audible and visual alarms for charge, oil pressure and temperature
• 60l stainless steel diesel tank, gravity feed to engine via water separator and 3 filters
• All wiring renewed 1998 using heavy duty cable to prevent voltage drop
• Independent, switched 90AH (approximately) domestic battery and Red Flash 700 engine start battery, charged from 40A engine alternator via Voltage Sensing Relay
• Dolphin combined 240v battery charger (charging both batteries)
• 240v shore power distribution panel (supplying 240v double socket in saloon), shore power coupling and lead
• Rutland 913 wind generator charging domestic battery via Marlec regulator
• 12v outlet
• All through hull fittings refurbished and refastened 1998
• All hoses double-clipped
• Tiller steering (varnished wood tiller)

Accommodation

• 3 x comfortable, good-sized single berths with 6in foam cushions (one with leecloth in saloon, two in forecabin)
• 1 x small/child's berth in saloon
• Solid wood saloon table with cutlery drawer and folding flaps
• Copper-lined alcove with quarry-tiled base, containing cast-iron Faversham solid-fuel stove; flue to coachroof top with galvanised deck gland and chimney replaceable by blank at sea
• Fuel bunkers for stove
• Galley with gimballed Flavel Vanessa cooker (2 burners, grill and oven, 2004 - old cooker pictured), sink with fresh water footpump and faucet, 12v portable coolbox, plate/mug racks and plentiful food and equipment stowage
• Gas system all new 1998, with self-draining locker for 2 x 4.5kg Calor gas bottles, gas shut-off point adjacent to cooker
• 90l fresh water capacity in 2 polyethylene wing tanks, plus 20l jerry can
• Heads compartment with Baby Blake sea toilet (varnished seat) and stowage for toiletries
• Large chart table with chart stowage and light plus bookshelf for navigational publications
• Ample stowage beneath and behind berths
• Bronze opening portholes throughout with deadlights in forecabin
• Electric cabin lighting plus gimballed brass oil-lamp and hurricane lamp
• 12v vacuum cleaner
• Radio/cassette player (linked through FM aerial splitter to VHF aerial) with CD autochanger
• Alarm system (currently decommissioned but may be brought back to working order)

Equipment

Navigation Equipment

• Autohelm ST2000 autopilot
• Navico 6500 VHF with handset
• Cockpit extension speaker and emergency aerial
• Hand-held VHF with 12v charger
• Navico Corus log and sounder
• ICS Nav 4+ Navtex
• Garmin 75 GPS connected to ship's 12v system
• Autohelm personal hand-bearing compass with holder
• Plastimo Contest bulkhead compass with light
• Brass clock and barometer
• Navigation lights,
• Anchor ball
• Motoring cone

Safety Equipment

• Jackstays and harnesses
• Rule 1100 electric bilge pump with manual/auto switch
• Whale Gusher 10 manual bilge pump in cockpit
• Dry powder (new 2006) and foam (serviced 2006) fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• Offshore flare pack (not guaranteed in date)
• 2 x Horseshoe lifebuoys, one fitted with light float
• Firdell Blipper radar reflector
• Fog horn
• Deck floodlight

Deck Equipment

• 25lb CQR bower anchor with 30m x 5/16in galvanised chain cable
• Large fisherman kedge anchor with 6m chain and warp cable
• Simpson-Lawrence Clyde manual anchor windlass
• Fenders and various warps
• Bosun's chair

Remarks

This vessel was built in Rhodesia in the mid-sixties by a wealthy farmer, and spent the first seven years of her life in the Indian Ocean. She was then shipped to Scotland and headed south to the river Dart where she was based for many years. When sold on in 1995 she was in poor condition and underwent a major rebuild and restoration at huge expense between 1995 and August 1998 when she was relaunched. New sections included the whole transom, chine logs, self-draining cockpit, main bulkhead, beam shelf, bridgedeck structure, port and for'd cabin trunk, foredeck beams and much more. The hull and decks were completely stripped of old Cascover sheathing and professionally resheathed with West System epoxy. All steelwork was regalvanised and inaccessible items replaced with stainless. All records and receipts for professional work have been kept, as well as many photographs of the restoration. Upon completion of the renovation, the previous owner found his health deteriorating, and so he reluctantly put her up for sale. The present owner purchased purchased her in November 2003 and she returned to the West Coast of Scotland as a floating home for 18 months. She then returned to the south coast during the 2005 season and has remained there since.