1935 River Cruiser Class Yacht - £12,950 Offers Invited!

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

LOA : 9.9m (32ft 6in)
LOD : 8.51m (27ft 11in)
Beam : 2.49m (8ft 2in)
Draft : 0.96m (3ft 2in)
Keel : Fin

Construction

• Wood carvel construction
• Builder unknown, but possibly Pegg or Press, Wroxham, c. 1935
• Pitch pine on oak, copper nail fastened
• Hull seams epoxied above waterline, sikaflex filled below
• Shallow fin keel with cast iron ballast
• Skegless semi-balanced inboard rudder of modern spade design
• Decks in plywood, epoxy sheathed and painted
• Cockpit, cabin sides and bulkheads in mahogany
• Lifting coachroof, hinged at front
• Wintered ashore annually
• Last afloat 2017
• Last surveyed May 2017

Rigging & Sails

• Gaff rig
• Varnished timber spars
• Counterbalanced mast (hollow spruce) stepped in tabernacle
• Boom (solid spruce) attached via galvanised steel gooseneck
• Gaff (solid spruce and hemlock) with alloy throat jaws
• Bowsprit (solid pine plank-type)
• Stainless steel standing rigging
• Running rigging renewed as/when required
• 2 x single-speed Lewmar 8 winches
• Mainsail (white terylene by Jeckells, good condition, 3 reefs)
• Jib (white terylene by Jeckells, good condition, roller furling)
• Storm jib (ex YBOD sail, good condition)
• Topsail and spar (not regularly used)

Mechanical & Electrical

• 4hp Mercury outboard motor
• Portable fuel tank
• Tiller steering (bronze bar tiller)

Accommodation

• 4 berths in 1 cabin
• Four single berths, two of which convert to athwartships double
• Berth cushions (maroon vinyl covered, good condition)
• Origo meths/spirit stove (2 burners, not permanently mounted but sited on top of locker in cabin when in use)
• Jabsco manual sea toilet (no holding tank) under starboard aft berth
• Lifting coachroof, hinged at front (paint finish to interior)
• Solid ash cabin sole boards (varnished)
• Traditional portholes and rectangular windows, all opening to provide ventilation
• No fixed freshwater or 12V systems currently installed

Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to 31st August 2021
• Full length cruising awning (light tan acrylic canvas, good condition)
• Heavy canvas winter cover
• Quant (varnished)
• High and low boom crutches (varnished)
• Manual bilge pump
• Mudweight
• Various warps
• Various fenders

Remarks

This fast, race proven River Cruiser Class Broads yacht is a much loved and cherished vessel which has been fastidiously maintained by the previous owner. Understood to be in extremely good and sound structural condition with no rot, she was last afloat in 2017, remaining ashore initially due to the owner's ill health and latterly due to covid-19. Her seams have as a consequence opened up a little, and her topsides do now need repainting. She otherwise appears to be in excellent order - a testament to the standard of care she has received over the prior decade or so. She offers spacious accommodation for four in a comfortable, albeit basically appointed, cabin and would equally suit a family or someone who wishes to participate actively (and most probably successfully!) in local club events and regattas. A very attractive traditional Broads yacht with a good racing record!

Whilst realistically priced to take account of the overdue annual maintenance/pre-launching work currently needed, a good new home is sought and OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED.