2006 Bruce Roberts 25 Adventurer Pilothouse - £7,950

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

Designer : Bruce Roberts-Goodson
Builder : Purchased as bare hull, home completed
LOA : 7.89m (25ft 11in)
LOD : 7.7m (25ft 3in)
LWL : 6.34m (20ft 10in)
Beam : 2.43m (8ft 0in)
Draft : 0.76m (2ft 6in)
Displacement : 2,114kg
Ballast : 898kg
Keel : Fin

Construction

• GRP construction
• Pilothouse/version B design with excellent headroom
• Original gelcoat finish throughout
• Shoal fin keel assumed (purchaser to satisfy him/herself if draft is a vital consideration)
• Skeg mounted rudder
• Good sized cockpit with ample seating for 4
• Anchor locker with hawse pipe
• Non-slip deck coverings (with new spares)
• Many stainless steel and chromed deck fittings
• Last ashore and antifouled 2019/20
• No recent survey
• Trailerable weight by design 1,588 kg (3,500 lb)

Rigging & Sails

• Bermudan masthead sloop rig (by Sailspar)
• Alloy mast/spars (2000)
• Mast stepped in stainless steel tabernacle
• A-frame (condition to be assessed by purchaser) for mast lowering/raising
• Portable 12V winch used with A-frame (not recently tested)
• Stainless steel standing rigging
• In mast furling
• Sailspar continuous line headsail roller reefing gear
• 2 x sheet winches
• Halyard winches on coachroof and mast
• Winch handle
• Mainsail (Jeckells, little used, very good condition)
• Headsail (Jeckells, little used, very good condition)
• Sail area by design 26.46 sqm (285 sqft)
• Set up for single handing sailing/all lines led aft

Mechanical & Electrical

• 27hp Vetus diesel inboard engine (oil changed 2020 and only ~4 hrs since)
• Shaft drive with P bracket to 3 blade prop
• Front and side access to engine compartment
• Engine panel with warning lights at helm
• Single lever control (with spare new in box)
• Wheel steering on pedestal
• 2 x 12V batteries
• Battery master switch (1/2/both/off type)
• 12V fused switch panel
• Voltage and amp meters
• 230V shore power

Accommodation

• 4/5 berths in 2 cabins
• Light, bright interior with excellent headroom and excellent ventilation
• Finished in white Melamine faced ply and varnished teak/teak faced ply, with teak and holly veneer cabin sole (plus carpet to side of forward cabin)
• V-berth in forward cabin (PVC covered berth cushions)
• 2 x quarter berths in saloon (no berth cushions, cockpit cushions could possibly be utilised, although undersized, as temporary measure)
• Settee could be utilised as small/child's berth in saloon (PVC covered berth cushions)
• Galley with Plastimo Atlantic gas cooker (2 burners, grill & oven), stainless steel sink (whale mixer tap, no hot supply) with drainer, 12V Isotherm fridge and stowage
• Separate heads compartment with sea toilet (believed to have holding tank, not yet verified), wash basin (pressurized cold supply, no hot supply), shower tray (no shower fitted) and stowage
• Freshwater capacity believed to be ~55 litres (at bow)
• Calorifier (for hot water) included in sale but not fitted (plumbing believed present, but not tested/confirmed complete)
• Chart table (adjacent to galley)
• Hanging locker (opposite heads)
• Escape/ventilation hatch in forward cabin
• Deck vents
• Opening portlights
• Tinted fixed windows to pilothouse
• 12V cabin lights
• Sony radio/CD player (with Bluetooth) and speakers
• Pair of hinged wooden doors to companionway with tinted perspex hatch over
• Lots of storage space in cabins and cockpit
• Maximum headroom 2m in saloon and 1.65m in forward cabin

Equipment

Navigation Equipment

• Compass
• ICOM IC-M421 DSC VHF radio
• NASA Clipper Wind
• NASA Clipper compass
• NASA Clipper depth
• NASA Clipper log
• Navigation lights
• Brass clock and barometer

Safety Equipment

• Boat Safety Scheme certificate to 26/03/2023 (allowing vessel to be used on UK inland waters)
• Fire extinguishers and fire blanket
• Horseshoe lifebuoy with light
• 12V auto bilge pump
• 12V bilge blower
• Stainless steel grab handles at companionway
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit rails
• Stanchions with guardwires
• Transom mounted boarding ladder
• Radar reflector

Deck Equipment

• Lofran's Royal horizontal manual anchor windlass with gypsy and drum
• Single bowroller
• Galvanised Bruce type claw anchor with chain and warp
• Second small/kedge anchor
• Stainless steel cockpit arch
• Cockpit cover (blue, size unknown)
• Transom mounted auxiliary/tender outboard bracket
• Boathook
• Various fenders
• Various mooring warps

Other Equipment

• History file
• Various spares and miscellaneous chandlery
• 2 x cockpit cushions (PVC covered to match interior cushions)

Remarks

UPDATE JULY 2022: UNEXPECTEDLY RE-OFFERED FOR SALE DUE TO A CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

With over 1,000 examples already sailing in almost every part of the world this is one of our most popular sailboats. Capable of off-shore cruising this is one rugged sailboat that can be easily handled by one person but can accommodate a small family on extended cruises.
- Bruce Roberts-Goodson, professional yacht designer since 1968 and author

With renowned sailing capabilities and offering excellent accommodation - and in particular, headroom - for her size, the Bruce Roberts 25 Adventurer Pilothouse is superb option if you're looking for a pocket cruiser for long distance/extended cruising. In common with the majority of Bruce Roberts designed boats, this motor sailer was built to a high specification and home completed with little regard to cost. Purchased by the first owner as a bare hull, fitting out is believed to have commenced in c. 1982 and "Sophia Rose" was eventually completed and launched by her second owner (the first having sadly passed away before he completed her) in 2006. Understood to have been little used since her launch, she was purchased by the current owner just a couple of years ago and has once again been little very used under the current ownership, this time due to covid-19 lockdowns, etc. She is now regretfully offered for sale due to a change of plans.

Set up for single handing with in mast furling and electric mast lowering gear, this is an excellent boat for short handed sailing, with a pedigree and design that offer future owners a world of cruising possibilities! Requiring just a little, predominately cosmetic, 'finishing off', she is afloat and ready to sail away almost immediately!

Please note: This vessel will be sold as seen, with her inventory including a quantity of spare parts and miscellaneous chandlery. The vessel has previously been British SSR registered (now lapsed).

MOORING: The vessel's southern Broads mooring is understood to be transferable if required (with the purchaser becoming responsible for mooring costs from the sale completion date, annual cost ~£183 plus VAT per metre).