1988 Birchwood 25 Hardtop - £11,950

Status : NOT FOR SALE

Lying : West Norfolk - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Builder : Birchwood Boat Company, Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire
LOA : 7.62m (25ft 0in)
Beam : 2.82m (9ft 3in)
Draft : 0.71m (2ft 4in)
Air Draft : 2.29m (7ft 6in)
Displacement : 2,177kg

Construction

• GRP construction
• Original gelcoat throughout
• Aft cockpit with helm, navigator's seat and rear U-shaped bench seat (could be used as occasional additional berth)
• Fixed windscreen with hardtop (giving approximately 2.29m / 7ft 6in air draft)
• Sliding sunroof in hardtop
• Lightly tinted glass throughout
• Antifouled 2019
• Only two owners from new

Mechanical & Electrical

• 49hp Perkins Prima M50 naturally aspirated inboard diesel engine (installed 2000)
• Volvo Penta 290A duodrop outdrive leg (rebuilt 2005)
• Oil change and new filters 2019
• 2 x 23 gallon fuel tanks (operated independently)
• Wheel steering
• Instruments and single lever control at helm
• Various spare engine servicing parts
• 3 x 12V batteries
• Vetus 12V fused switch panels
• AC shore power

Accommodation

• 4 berths in 1 cabin
• Interior fitted out to a high standard
• Upholstery in very good condition
• Headlining in very good condition
• Varnish-work all in very good condition (epoxy based varnish used, so extremely hard wearing)
• Very attractive wood strip flooring in cockpit
• Curtains and carpets
• Good full standing headroom throughout
• U-shaped dinette (converts to double)
• V/double berth forwards (large - could easily sleep three!)
• Linear galley with integral Optimus gas oven/grill, 2 burner gas hob, sink (hot & cold), drainer, cupboard housing 230V fridge, further storage and drawers, and good worktop space
• 12V cool box adjacent to galley in cockpit
• Separate heads compartment with Par sea toilet (no holding tank), corner sink with mixer shower tap, shower tray and small cupboard
• Good sized full height hanging locker with shelf
• Lockers under berths
• 2 x freshwater housed under forward berths
• Butane gas cylinder (not full) housed in locker in cockpit
• Hot water provided via calorifier
• 12V freshwater pump to galley and heads
• 12V cabin lights
• 230V sockets in cabin and cockpit
• 24V Eberspacher warm air cabin heating (not used by current owner)
• Escape/ventilation hatch in foredeck

Equipment

• Boat safety scheme certificate to 2022
• Fire extinguishers and fire blanket
• Cockpit canopy in very good condition (new 2019)
• Cockpit cushions and matching helmsman and navigator's seats all in very good condition
• Navigation lights
• Compass
• Micro 3 speed, log and depth
• Brass clock
• 12V bilge pump
• 12V windscreen wiper
• Single bowroller
• Stainless steel pulpit/side rails
• Stainless steel handrails on coachroof and hardtop
• Varnished rail to rear of cockpit
• Boat hook
• Various fenders
• Various mooring warps
• Fitted overall winter cover (15+ years old, tatty but still usable)
• Information/instruction file written by original owner

Remarks

An extremely well presented Birchwood 25 which has had only two owners from new. Understood to have been the last Birchwood 25 hull built, this motor cruiser was fitted out to a high standard by the original owner and was purchased by the current owners some 15 years ago. She offers spacious and well appointed accommodation for four (with the possibility of a further occasional berth in the cockpit) with good headroom and headlining, upholstery and cockpit canopy all in very good condition. A quick sale is desired and this boat is therefore priced to sell. You won't find many better than this one!