1935 Powles 28 River Cruiser - £13,500

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Builder : Jack Powles of Wroxham
LOA : 10.36m (34ft 0in)
LOD : 8.69m (28ft 6in)
Beam : 2.59m (8ft 6in)
Draft : 1.04m (3ft 5in)
Keel : Fin

Construction

• Pitch pine on steamed oak frames carvel construction
• Hull professionally repainted in International Toplac ivory (April 2012)
• Mahogany cabin sides (port side replaced by Colin Buttifant 2011)
• Traditional lino decks (recovered 2010)
• Lifting mahogany cucumber skylight in galley/forecabin giving headroom of 5ft 9in
• Spacious cockpit with lazarette and cockpit lockers
• New keelson and garboard planks (May 2012)
• 5 new oak ribs starboard side (May 2012)
• 4 new planks starboard side (May 2012)
• New stainless steel rudder tube and delrin bearings (May 2012)
• Seams routed below waterline and filled with Sikaflex
• Teamac epoxy paint below waterline (May 2012)
• Broads spade rudder
• Long fin keel (half wood, half cast iron)
• 5 new stainless steel keel bolts installed 1993
• Wintered ashore annually from November to March
• Anti-fouled and launched on the 21st March 2013
• Surveyed 21st March 2013 (all recommendations carried out)

Rigging & Sails

• High Peak Gaff rig
• Hollow laminated mast (by Peter Charlton) with lead counterweights (new September 2010)
• Solid laminated boom (stripped and re-varnished February 2013)
• Bamboo gaff (re-varnished February 2013)
• Pine bowsprit (re-varnished March 2013)
• Galvanised steel standing rigging
• Running rigging renewed as required and all in serviceable condition
• Running back stays (new April 2011)
• Wykeham-Martin furling gear for genoa
• 2 x single speed lewmar sheet winches
• Winch handle
• High boom crutch
• Low boom crutch
• Mainsail by Classic Sails (excellent condition) with 3 reef points
• Genoa (good condition and laundered April 2013)
• Storm jib (good condition)
• Old cotton topsail (no topsail gear)

Mechanical & Electrical

• 2kW electric combi sail drive unit (fitted 2004 by John Williams)
• 2 forward and 2 reverse speeds
• 8 x 6v batteries giving 48 volts (4 new batteries May 2012)
• 2 x 12v batteries for lighting
• Mains charging unit with auto cut off
• Electric hook up and charging cable with 3 pin plug adapter

Accommodation

• 4 single berths in 2 cabins
• Lifting mahogany cucumber skylight in galley/forecabin headroom 5ft 9in
• Sliding cabin roof in the main saloon
• Galley with 2 burner gas cooker (port side midships) and storage under
• Heads compartment (midships) with Jabsco marine toilet (new April 2012) and slide-out porcelain washbasin with single cold water tap
• Stainless steel cold water tank under aft deck
• Traditional fold out mahogany cabin/cockpit table
• Storage space and draining, stainless steel gas locker in forepeak
• Mahogany floorboards throughout
• Electric cabin lights
• Berth cushions

Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate (new 2013)
• Automatic bilge pump
• 2 part canvas cover with full cockpit awning and windows (excellent condition, re-waterproofed April 2013)
• Winter 2 part cover with cockpit awning (average condition)
• Full length cockpit cushions (new 2011)
• Mud weight
• 2 x rond anchors
• Quant pole
• Boathook
• Various mooring warps
• Various fenders
• Spare metal tiller

Remarks

This beautiful, and very well maintained, example of a traditional Broads river cruiser was built for the Reverend of Ranworth in 1935, and has always been in private ownership ever since and never in hire. She retains many original features, and has the advantage of a quiet and eco friendly electric motor. The standard of craftsmanship, building and finish, particularly in the cabin (which is understood to be in outstanding condition) and cockpit, is of a far higher standard than normal and of a quality rarely encountered. She has full documentation and provenance with invoices and original Lloyds register going back to 1935.