1976 Curtis & Pape Celtic Cutter - £4,500

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Designer : Curtis & Pape Ltd.
Builder : Curtis & Pape Ltd.
LOD : 8.76m (28ft 9in)
LWL : 6.71m (22ft 0in)
Beam : 2.85m (9ft 4in)
Draft : 0.91m (3ft 0in)
Displacement : 3,400kg
Keel : Long with bilge plates

Construction

• Wood clinker construction
• Mahogany on oak
• Built as a one-off
• Long keel with steel bilge keels
• Clipper bow
• Wooden transom hung rudder
• Deep cockpit with ample stowage
• GRP sheathed decks
• New cabin roof 2015
• Anchor locker with hawsepipe
• Varnished brightwork
• White painted hull
• Last ashore summer 2015

Rigging & Sails

• Bermudan Cutter rig
• Gold anodised mast/spars by Sailspar, Brightlingsea
• Mast stepped in galvanised tabernacle for lowering/raising
• Wood bowsprit with chain bob stay
• Boom roller reefing
• Headsail roller reefing
• Halyard winch on mast
• 2 x sheet winches with base mounted integral handles
• Main sheet bar
• Mainsail (age unknown, reasonable condition)
• Jib (age unknown, reasonable condition)

Mechanical & Electrical

• 20hp Vetus 3 cylinder diesel inboard engine (1990)
• Engine understood to be good runner and has good access from both cockpit sole and behind companionway steps
• New starter motor 2015
• Oil and filters renewed regularly
• 10 gallon fuel tank
• Single lever control in cockpit
• Vetus instrument panel in cabin
• 12V switch panel
• 2 x 12V batteries
• Battery selector switch
• 10W NASA Marine solar panel
• Tiller steering

Accommodation

• 4 berths in 2 cabins
• 2 x single berths in main cabin (one with lee cloth)
• V-berth in forward cabin
• Berth cushions for all berths
• Wooden drop-leaf cabin table
• Additional folding worksurface beside galley
• Galley with space for stove with oven (not included), stainless steel sink with drainer & manual cold supply and ample dedicated stowage
• Fixed chart table with chart stowage
• Separate heads compartment with sea toilet (no holding tank *)
• Hanging locker (opposite heads)
• Lockers (under deck and under berths) and shelves throughout
• 2 x gimballed oil lamps
• 12V cabin lights
• Opening portlights
• Wooden escape hatch in forward cabin
• Small perspex escape hatch in main cabin
• Non-slip plank cabin sole
• Access to anchor locker in forward cabin
• Standing headroom throughout

Equipment

Navigation Equipment

• Navigation lights
• Seafarer 3 depth/echo sounder

Safety Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate (expires November 2018)
• 12V automatic bilge pump
• Manual bilge pump
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
• Stanchions with guardwires
• Varnished handrail on cabin top
• Danbuoy
• Horseshoe lifebuoy with name
• 2 x fire extinguishers (not guaranteed in date)
• Fire blanket

Deck Equipment

• Plough type anchor with chain
• Sampson post
• Boom tent
• Cockpit dodgers
• Various warps
• Various fenders

Remarks

This handsome cruising yacht, designed and built by Curtis and Pape in Looe, Cornwall, as a unique one-off, offers cavernous accommodation with standing headroom throughout. Although currently afloat on the Norfolk Broads, she was built as a sea-going yacht and her shallow draft makes her ideal for use on the east coast. Whilst she would undoubtedly benefit from some TLC and new equipment, she is very realistically priced and offers great scope for the money, particularly for someone who has the time and skills required to improve her themselves.

* Please note: If the vessel is to be actively used on the Norfolk Broads, then a holding tank would need to be fitted to comply with regulations due to the size of her engine (greater than 10hp).