2010 Buttifant River Cruiser Class Yacht - £TBC VAT Paid

Status : NOT FOR SALE

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

General Specification

Designer : Andrew Wolstenholme
Builder : Colin Buttifant, Swallowtail Boatyard, Ludham
LOA : 12.19m (40ft 0in)
LOD : 10.29m (33ft 9in)
LWL : 9.14m (30ft 0in)
Beam : 2.95m (9ft 8in)
Draft : 1.27m (4ft 2in)
Displacement : 3,556kg
Keel : Fin

Construction

• Wood carvel construction
• Based on the Cirrus class
• Cedar strip plank hull
• Teak laid decks
• Spoon bow
• Fin keel
• Spade rudder
• Hydraulic lifting cabin roof
• Stainless steel and chrome deck fittings
• Two owners from new
• Maintained by the original builder since new
• Wintered ashore annually

Rigging & Sails

• Gaff rig
• Wood mast/spars
• Counterbalanced mast deck stepped in tabernacle for easy lowering/raising
• Bowsprit
• Stainless steel running rigging
• 2 x sheet winches
• Mainsail (518 sqft / 48 sqm)
• Jib (228 sqft / 21 sqm)
• Topsail (138 sqft / 12.8 sqm, currently in storage, as new condition)

Mechanical & Electrical

• 14hp Nanni inboard diesel engine (installed in forepeak)
• Hydraulic drive to folding prop
• Engine professionally winterised and serviced annually
• Fuel capacity 32 litres (7 gallons)
• 2 x 12V batteries
• Shore power

Accommodation

• 4 berths in 2 cabins
• Electrically operated hydraulic lifting cabin roof providing 1.9m (6ft 2in) headroom
• L-shaped settee which coverts to double berth
• Forecabin with 2 x single berths
• Linear galley with stainless steel Voyager 4500 gas stove (two burners with pan rail, grill & oven), stainless steel sink with designer mixer tap, varnished worktops and dedicated stowage
• Large heads compartment with Jabsco sea toilet (no holding tank) and sink with designer mixer tap, separate shower tap and Avonite splash top
• Truma Trumatic gas powered cabin and hot water heater
• Freshwater capacity 182 litres (40 gallons)
• Large walk-in hanging locker
• Drawers under all berths
• 12V cabin and cockpit lights
• 12V socket
• Escape hatch over hanging locker space
• Varnished strip wood deckhead (pale to contrast with mahogany interior structure and panelling)
• Carpets and curtains where fitted

Equipment

• Two part cruising awning
• Full stem to stern cover
• Fitted floating cockpit cushions
• Quant pole
• Brass clock and barometer
• Navigation lights
• Mud weight
• Pair of rhond anchors
• Various fenders
• Various warps
• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to 2022
• Fire extinguishers and fire blanket
• Owner's instruction manual

Remarks

Simply superb! This is an almost unique opportunity to own a nearly new yacht built by arguably one of the very best boat builders on the Norfolk Broads and maintained with no expense spared in 'as new' condition ever since. "White Swan" was reviewed in and appeared on the front cover of Water Craft magazine issue no. 86 published in March/April 2011.

Stunning both inside and out, White Swan provides luxurious accommodation for four in her gleaming cabins, with a vast cockpit, hydraulic lifting cabin roof providing great headroom, thermostat controlled cabin heating and hot water ensuring that stays aboard are an absolute pleasure regardless of the weather. In addition to this she boasts beautiful teak laid decks, hull topsides that are so fair that they are easily mistaken for GRP, gorgeous varnished strip planking to the hull insides and an amazing Avonite splash top in the heads compartment believed otherwise seen only on board Oyster yachts! She has been raced just once to date (during her first season afloat), but being relatively lightly built compared to many of her older River Cruiser Class sistren, she should very quickly attain a good racing record if sailed competitively. Both yacht and work of art, White Swan is without doubt one of the very best Broads yachts afloat today, and she has been built and maintained to an impeccable standard using modern methods but with tradition always the primary objective. A dream boat!

Unexpectedly for sale due to a planned relocation, this vessel will be launched and photographed in early/mid May.

MOORING: It's understood that the vessel's current very desirable northern Broads mooring could be transferred to the purchaser subject to agreement from the yard owner (annual cost approximately £1,600).