Woodnutts Ketch Rigged Motor Sailor

Details

• Make: Woodnutts
• Model: Ketch Rigged Motor Sailor
• Engine Make & Model: Volvo Penta D1-20
• Horsepower: 18
• Fuel Type: Diesel
• Price: £15,000
• Location: In East Cowes Marina
• Keel: Other
• Hull Construction: Wood

Dimensions

• Beam: 2.38m
• Draft: 0.75m
• LOA: 8m
• Builder: Woodnutt & Co
• Designer: A. Westmacott
• Hull Type: Displacement

Summary

Originally built in 1934 as a half decked auxiliary cutter, she was converted into a fully decked ketch motor sailor in 1976. Snipe underwent a hull and superstructure refit in 2015 and had a new Volvo D1-20 put in in 2018.

Mechanical

Volvo D1-20 installed new in 2018
Shaft drive - new stainless steel shaft in 2018
3 bladed bronze propeller - new in 2018
All skin fittings replaced in 2014/15 refit
Tankage
Stainless steel 17 gallon capacity fuel tank

Electrical

2 batteries

Rigging

Aluminium deck stepped main and mizzen masts
Aluminium main and mizzen booms
Slab reefing main and mizzen sails
Roller reefing headsail

Navigation

Horn and searchlight
Sestrel Compass
Pinta autopilot system
Garmin 72H GPS unit
Sailor RT2048 VHF radio

Deck

Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit and stanchions
Bronze cleats fore and aft
Galvanised CQR Anchor
Manually operated anchor windlass with chain and warp
Lines and fenders
Boathook

Safety

Manual bilge pump
Electric bilge pump
2 x Lifebouys

Canvas

Mainsail and mizzen sail covers
Cockpit cover

Accommodation

Wheelhouse with helm seat, steering wheel and navigation aids
To starboard, step below into the saloon
To starboard is a galley area with storage, sink and a Two burner, no pressurised alcohol stove. Aft of the galley is a pilot berth.
To port is a bench seat that converts into a double berth
Flag storage
1 x heads with Baby Blake toilet with sink
Forpeak with V-berth and infill

Construction

The hull is constructed with pitch-pine planking on an oak framework, sheathed externally with West System glass/epoxy plus copper infused epoxy resin below the boot-top line.
Deck and superstructure are fabricated from marine grade plywood with hardwood beams. teak deck planking is laid over the plywood deck
Transom hung rudder

Documentation

Bill of Sale to current owner
5 years clear title
Letter from marina stating UK location at 31/12/2024 evidencing VAT status
Survey from 2015

Disclaimer

For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
- Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
- Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
- Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old

Please note that as the broker/agent, we cannot guarantee or warrant the serviceability of any safety equipment included within the inventory, including but not limited to the condition, operation, or service dates of such equipment. It is the responsibility of the buyer to thoroughly inspect and assess the condition of all safety equipment prior to purchase.

NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.

Contact

boatpoint at East Cowes Marina

cowes@boatpoint.co.uk

01983 722 498