Colvic Watson 23.5 Motor Sailer - £9,500

Status : SOLD

Lying : Suffolk Coast - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Designer : George L Watson
Builder : Colvic Craft
LOA : 7.16m (23ft 6in)
Beam : 2.67m (8ft 9in)
Draft : 1.07m (3ft 6in)
Keel : Long

Construction

• GRP construction
• Original gelcoat finish throughout
• Long central keel with additional full length steel wear strip
• Fitted out to high standard by retired carpenter in 1980s
• New anode August 2020
• Last antifouled August 2020
• Date of last survey unknown

Rigging & Sails

• Bermudan Sloop rig
• Alloy mast & boom
• All running rigging and forestay new 2021 (remainder of standing rigging is of unknown age)
• All lines led aft to cockpit
• Mainsail (unknown age, 99 sqft)
• Jib (111 sqft) on Plastimo roller reefing (2021)
• Mainsail cover

Mechanical & Electrical

• 25hp Perkins Perama M25 three cylinder, freshwater cooled, diesel inboard engine (current hours only 122, new valves and springs 2020)
• Shaft drive to 3 bladed propeller (propeller new 2020)
• 2 x stainless steel 105 litre fuel tanks, each with own piping, flow valves and filters (belt & braces and providing huge cruising range!)
• Both fuel tanks close to full at time of writing
• Wheel steering from wheel in wheelhouse or emergency tiller in cockpit
• 2 x 12V 85Ah batteries (both new 2020) charged from engine alternator and/or solar panels
• Isolator switch in main cabin
• 2 x 30 watt solar panels (2021) on wheelhouse roof
• Shore power with 2 x double RCD sockets in cabin (all new 2021)
• Shore power cable

Accommodation

• 4 berths in 2 cabins
• V-berth in forecabin
• U-shaped dinette in main cabin (starboard side, converts to double berth) with small table
• 6" berth cushions throughout
• Small galley (to port) with single burner stove, microwave oven (2021, 230V) and sink with cold water supply via foot pump
• Separate heads compartment with marine toilet (2020, no holding tank) and wet locker
• 2 x small hanging lockers in forecabin
• Escape/ventilation hatch to coachroof above forecabin
• Access to anchor locker from forecabin
• Access to fuse panel, batteries, log and sounder transducers in main cabin
• Double folding doors to cockpit from wheelhouse
• 2 x folding seats in wheelhouse
• Full LED cabin lights
• Curtains for all cabin windows
• Headroom in wheelhouse : 1.83m (6ft) to 1.93m (6ft 4in) under sail viewing panel
• Headroom in main saloon : 1.91m (6ft 3in) throughout
• Headroom in forecabin : 1.77m (5ft 10in) to 1.89m (6ft 2in) under hatch

Equipment

Navigation Equipment

• Silva 70 UN compass
• 5" Garmin 555 chartplotter/sounder with UK and Ireland charts
• 10" Samsung tablet with UK charts and AIS (has SIM card slot also)
• Quark wifi unit for AIS via Glomex splitter
• Raymarine dual depth and log display
• M-TECH fixed DSC VHF (2018, MMSI unallocated)
• Full set of LED navigation lights
• Tide and time clock

Safely Equipment

• 2 x 12V auto bilge pumps with float switches
• Manual bilge pump
• Fire extinguishers & fire blanket
• 2 x 12V windscreen wipers
• Stainless steel emergency tiller
• Stainless steel stanchions & guardwires

Deck Equipment

• 25lb CQR anchor with 30 metres of 8mm chain
• Manual anchor windlass with chain counter
• Fore, aft & centre cleats
• Mooring ropes
• 8 x fenders
• Boathook
• Brush & bucket
• Red ensign

Other

• 3D inflatable tender (2017)

Remarks

A small but tough four berth motorsailer which had an engine top end overhaul and new propeller in 2020. Originally fitted out and lived on in north west England for many years (thus the low engine hours) by a retired carpenter, much of the interior woodwork, particularly in the forecabin, is of a high professional standard. The wheelhouse has double folding doors, allowing it to range from fully enclosed to fully open via a number of intermediate stages. This Colvic Watson 23.5 was purchased by the current owner and a friend in 2020 and was delivered across country to the east coast by lorry. She offers great scope as a capable and comfortable cruising motorsailer, or once again as a small liveaboard vessel.