Converted Lifeboat Sailing Cruiser - £9,750 (All reasonable offers considered!)

Status : FOR SALE

Lying : Norfolk - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

(Please scroll down to the 'Images' section below for more photos.)

General Specification

Builder : Unknown
LOA : 9.14m (30ft 0in)
LOD : 8.53m (28ft 0in)
Beam : 2.69m (8ft 10in)
Draft : 0.76m (2ft 6in)
Keel : Long keel

Construction

• Wood clinker construction
• Double-ender with transom hung rudder
• Shallow long keel with bilge plates
• Glass mat/West System epoxy covered decks and coachroof
• Iron ballast (sash window weights)
• Only 3 private owners and in current ownership since 1990
• Planks replaced as/when required, plus new decks, new stem and partial new hog under current ownership
• Hull, decks, cabin and cockpit all in very good cosmetic condition
• Coachroof and deckhead repainted 2022 (in gloss with matting agent to achieve matt finish)
• Last ashore and antifouled July 2021
• No recent survey (as none ever required)
• Air draft (masts lowered) : 1.88m (6ft 2in) approx.
• Air draft (masts up) : 9.3m (30ft 6in) approx.
• Please note: Dimensions provided are all approximate

Rigging & Sails

• Gaff Ketch rig
• Wood mast spars
• Some running rigging
• Main mast stepped in tabernacle (painted)
• Mainsail (Jeckells, tan, good condition but requires small patch)
• Mizzen (tan, good condition)
• Jib (white, poor condition, needs replacing)
• Sail cover

Mechanical & Electrical

• Morris Navigator 1,500cc inboard petrol engine (serviced annually, good reliable runner)
• Shaft drive to 3 blade prop
• Stainless steel fuel tank
• Wheel steering
• Separate throttle and gear controls
• 12V battery

Accommodation

• 2 berths in 1 cabin
• Occasional 3rd berth possible in forepeak
• Portable varnished wood drop-leaf table
• Galley area providing gas stove (2 burners, grill & oven), sink (manual cold supply) with chopping board over and worktop
• Sea toilet (no holding tank)
• Gimballed paraffin lamp
• Opening portlights in cabin sides and coachroof
• Forehatch
• Vast amounts of storage throughout both cabin and cockpit

Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to September 2024
• Fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• Carbon monoxide alarm
• 12V bilge pump
• Cockpit cover (shown in photos)
• Broads style windowed cruising awning with rails
• Winter cover
• Stainless steel pulpit
• Samson post
• 2 x quant poles
• Boom/mast crutch
• Navigation lights
• Horn
• Mudweight
• Various warps
• Various fenders
• Cockpit cushions
• Forehatch cover

Remarks

In present ownership for 35 years, in which time it has been restored sympathetically to keep it as original and in character as possible.