Description

Unsinkable hull construction. Easily towed, rigged and launched from a slipway. Lifting keel (draft 1.25m / 0.4m). Transom hung rudder. 7/8 Fractional rig with lazy jacks and sail bag. 'Boat legs' for parking on beaches. 4 berths.
Kitted for solo sailing, and inshore expeditions with 2 souls.
Well maintained by 4 owners. Rewired 2019, trailer refurbished 2020. Overwintered in a barn.
Loads of free extras - see pictures - including 'Tiller Clutch', waterproof fast battery charger, navigation charts and books, GPS, Autohelm, lifejackets, etc.
Inexpensive, compact, tough entry level keelboat capable of sailing from Normandy to Russia via UK Hebrides, Orkneys, Shetland, and Baltic.
Optional extras: See below

Specifications

Accommodation

Spacious open cabin with sitting headroom. Use of available space has been maximised. Double bunk forward with netting above to contain belongings. Settees port and starboard can be used as single berths: Note starboard berth can be separated and part removed to give more storage space under the cockpit.
Galley kitchen with cold water supply to sink.
Storage space for water containers and chemical toilet under forward bunk.
Navigation area to starboard above storage space containing domestic battery, centre section with fuse boards.
USB sockets front and aft

Forward double, storage under, cargo nets above

Starboard seat can also be a single bunk

Starboard bunk

Port bunk

Storage for chemiloo and water containers

storage for battery etc

Navigation area

Galley

Construction

Double skin polyester laminate reinforced with chopped strand mat and woven rovings stiffened by tophat section transverse stiffreners and bonded longitudinals. Complete GRP lower and upper inner mouldings. Single deck moulding. Faced plywood trim. Void areas extensively filled with foam - Etaps being marketed as unsinkable because of this feature; that also reduces condensation inside
Lifting cast iron keel - manual lifting and lowering.
Transom hung rudder is 2 piece GRP composite.
Hardwood tiller with Autohelm bracket

Equipment

Included: Boom with mainsail, High Aspect furling jib, spare sail batons, rudder, spare rudder gudgeon.
Boat legs for staying on beaches.
4 medium fenders plus 1 small, 1 ladder fender for access to/from dinghy, 2 mooring buoys. Boathook, fast mooring buoy grabber. Spare shrouds.
Tiller Clutch for clamping the position of the tiller so solo sailor can reef on the move
A frame for erecting mast.
X frame for supporting mast when towing. Trailer clamp, spare wheel, ratchet straps.
Self tailing jib winches.
Roller jib reefing
Fore and aft mainsail reefing lines feed back to cockpit.
Anchor and spare anchor.
Boom tent (a must if you want to stay dry in rainy non-sailing weather!)
Keel lifting mechanism last serviced in 2021.

Optional extras: Zodiac 2m dinghy (rolls up and can be stored under cockpit, access through hatch), oars, pump, puncture kit
Aquanautic waterproof fast battery charger charges domestic and engine batteries.

Boat legs, spare battons and shrouds

Fenders and buoys

Boom with mainsail, rudder, fast mooring hook, boathook, trailer board and extension cable

Tiller Clutch

A Frame, X frame, spare tyre, trailer clamp, ratchet straps for

Berthing lines, mooring line

Anchor

Zodiac 2m dinghy, oars, pump, patch kit

Navigation Equipment

Plastimo compass, Raymarine ST 40 Bidata (log, speed, depth), Vitronix antenna,
Cobra MR F77W GPS E radio with built in GPS,
Wind instrument dysfunctional
radar reflector, navigation lights, anchor light.

Plastimo compass

Raymarine bidata

Engine(s)

9.9HP Mercury 4 stroke bought November 2018, still under guarantee. Service history (Clyde Outboard Services).
Long shaft, high thrust propeller, tiller handle, battery and pull start, charging system
Does 8 hours at 5.5kn on a 20 litre tank

Note: This engine is 'optional' because it would not be needed for fine day inshore and lake sailing; a smaller outboard would suffice.

Sails & Spars

Mast and boom are of silver anodised aluminium.
Rigging last replaced 2019.
Spare shrouds.
Sails serviced 2018
Mainsail (11.90m2), High Aspect jib (7.51m2)
Spare mainsail batons

Goosewinging

Safety Equipment

Horseshoe buoy, throwing line, Apollo light
Manual pump
Aluminium Steering oar in event of rudder failure
Foghorn
Fire extinguishers 3, fire blanket
Safety lines
3 lifebelts (need serviced)
Flares
Cable cutter

Safety equipment

Location Map