1928 Collins River Cruiser Class - £21,500

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Designer : Powles of Wroxham
Builder : Collins of Wroxham
LOA : 11.28m (37ft 0in)
LWL : 9.86m (32ft 4in)
Beam : 2.59m (8ft 6in)
Draft : 0.94m (3ft 1in)
Keel : Fin

Construction

• Teak carvel construction
• Cork/epoxy decks
• Large cockpit with lockers to port, starboard and under aft deck
• Fixed cabin roof (repaired and recovered 2010) with large sliding companionway hatch
• Teak and oak interior with decorative oak panelling
• Professionally maintained
• Last full survey 2009
• Hull planking condition report 2015
• 25ft planking replaced 2015 (by Maynard Watson)
• Wintered ashore annually

Rigging & Sails

• Gaff rig
• River Cruiser Class sail #1
• New Sitka spruce mast 2012 (by Martham Boatbuilding & Dev Co Ltd)
• Timber spars
• Mast stepped in tabernacle with lead counterweight for easy lowering/raising
• Mainsail
• Topsail
• No 1 jib (2011, Jeckells)
• No 2 jib (2013, Jeckells) on bowsprit traveller
• Old spare jib
• Sail area approximately 92.90sqm (1,000 sqft)
• RCC handicap +2p

Mechanical & Electrical

• 8hp Yamaha four stroke outboard (2007)
• Lifting outboard bracket (recent)
• Battery with charge indicator (mounted in starboard cockpit locker)
• Solar panel

Accommodation

• 4 berths in 2 cabins
• 2 x full length settee berths in main cabin
• 2 x full length quarter berths in forward cabin
• Interior upholstery in blue, non rip, waterproof cloth (2005)
• Galley area in cockpit with handbasin (manual cold supply)
• Separate heads compartment with sea toilet and porcelain handbasin (manual cold supply)
• Twin water tanks linked by balancing pipe in forepeak
• Opening skylights with toughened glass in forward cabin and heads
• Ample stowage space throughout with draws under all berths and cupboard units in both cabins, plus additional storage for sail, tools, etc. in forepeak
• 12v cabin lights
• 4 x power sockets

Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate (expires April 2017)
• Overall cover (2007, good condition)
• Boom tent (2007, good condition)
• Automatic bilge pump
• Manual bilge pumps
• Quant pole
• 2 x mast crutches
• Mud weight
• 2 x rhond anchors
• Various warps
• Various fenders

Remarks

This is a well known and much admired Broads yacht, not least because she is sail #1! She has been well maintained and improved by the current (since 2009) and previous owners, and is one of the few River Cruiser Class yachts which was privately commissioned and never in hire, having been built for Colonel Burrell of Thetford Steam Engines with no expense spared. She's a real beauty, both inside and out, and is well worth seeing!

MOORING: This vessel's northern Broads mooring is currently paid up to April 2016 and could be transferred to the purchaser subject to agreement from the mooring owner.

2009 SURVEY REPORT SUMMARY: 'White Wings' is a fine example of a Norfolk Broads Cruiser Yacht. She has been well designed and extremely well constructed, and she has very few defects for a vessel of her age and type. She is a real survivor, and of great charm and character. She was found to be in a good structural condition overall, and with ongoing maintenance, should give good service for many years to come.