Contessa 32 Yacht for Sale “Seahorse” Reluctant sale forced by Illness of the owner Price: GBP 34,500.00 Price reduced due to reflect current market situation – Excellent Value Construction Built in 1981. GRP construction with white topsides and superstructure, long fin keel with encapsulated ballast, self draining aft cockpit with tiller steering, masthead Bermudan sloop rig and 6 berth internal layout in 2 cabins with standing headroom. Builder Designed by David Sadler and built by J.C. Rogers Ltd, Lymington, Hampshire Yard number 435. SSR Registered. Dimensions LOA 32’ 0” (9.8m) Beam 9’ 6” (2.9m) LWL 7.32m Draft 5’ 6” (1.7m) Ballast 2041 kg Displacement 4309 kg Date of Photo: 4 May 2011 Lying: Shotley Point Marina, Ipswich, Suffolk Contact: John Cartwright Tel: 07764992525 Email: [email protected] Photo: May 2006. Berthed at Shotley Point Marina Summer 2006. Antifouling complete. New Anode. Waiting for Prop & rudder replacement Summer 2006. Hull stripped back to epoxy coating in preparation for new antifouling. Rudder removed for installation of new drive shaft and cutless bearing and rudder shaft bearing replacement. Photo: July 2007. Alongside at Ramsgate Leaving Ramsgate for Harwich Cockpit Instrumentation What a lovely new engine!...............but Not Cheap!! Port Side Cabin Saloon Table A First Class Mate. SEAHORSE Contessa 32 (SSR 25399) SHIP’S INVENTORY (May 2013) Sails & Rig Fully battened Sanders mainsail with 3 reefs. Jeckells Stackpak mainsail cover with Lazyjacks. Genoa roller reefing system with furling No 1 Genoa, Racing No 1 Genoa, No 2 Genoa, No 3 Jib. Storm Jib and Storm Tri-sail. Spinnaker and Heavy Weather Spinnaker. New SELDEN alloy mast in 1996. New stainless steel standing rigging also in 1996. New SELDEN Boom and Gooseneck fitted in July 2006 and all running rigging replaced with new. Engine YANMAR 3GM20 3 Cylinder 21HP inboard diesel (brand new engine fitted August 2008 – has done less than 20 hours @ May 2013). Alternator charging to 2 x 12 volt heavy-duty batteries. Approx 20 gallon stainless steel fuel tank with a consumption per hour of around ½ gallon at a cruising speed of about 5 knots. Shaft drive to fixed 2 blade propeller. Stern gland and remote greaser. New drive shaft, stern gland, cutless bearing and rudder shaft bearings replaced in 2006. Fuel & Water & Gas Fuel capacity 20 gallons Freshwater (New Stainless Steel Tank with plumbing to extend for long voyages) Gas Locker Port side cockpit with drain to transom. (Holds 2 Gas Cylinders) Deck Gear Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and guardrails, blue sprayhood, teak cockpit seating and floor grating (2002). New toe-rails fitted in 2005. Spinnaker Pole & Bearer Pole. MONITOR wind vane self-steering system fitted on transom. Stern rail mounted RUTLAND 504 12 volt wind generator. SEASURE Alloy Adjustable Tiller extension. Removable cleats fitted midships on Genoa tracks. 2 LEWMAR 40 2-speed self tailing sheet winches, 2 LEWMAR 8 single speed winches in cockpit, one LEWMAR 30 2-speed winch on coach roof, one LEWMAR 8 single speed winch on coach roof, one LEWMAR 8 halyard winch on mast, one LEWMAR 6 reefing winch on mast. 3 Winch Handles. 6 clutches fitted on coach roof and 3 clutches at boom gooseneck for reefing. AVON Redcrest inflatable dinghy with floorboards, seat and pump with SUZUKI 2 HP outboard motor. Security lock for outboard motor. Boat hook, deck scrub, ensign and staff, various warps and fenders. Ground Tackle Plough Anchor (12kg) on 30 metres of 8mm galvanised chain with small marker buoy. Plough Kedge Anchor (9kg) on 10 metres of 8mm galvanised chain shackled to 30 metres of 12mm warp. Danforth Storm Anchor (23kg/50lb) plus 30 metres 8mm galvanised chain in mast foot locker. Sea Drift/Canvas Drogue Anchor. Safety Gear Stainless steel harness points in cockpit, webbing jackstay lifelines on side decks. 4 person liferaft. Bosun’s Chair. Horseshoe lifebuoy with floating light and line. DAN Buoy. OSCAR Man Over Board Rescue Sling. 3 Fire Extinguishers. Fire Blanket in Galley. Wirecutters. Aerosol Foghorn. Oral Foghorn. VISIBAL Radar Reflector mast mounted. 4 Heavy Duty Webbing Safety Harnesses. 4 XM Quickfit/Crewsaver 150N inflatable lifejackets with internal harnesses. Anchor Ball and Motor Sailing Cone. 12 volt Signalling Searchlight. Coastal Distress Flare Pack. Coastguard Registered McMurdo PLB 121.5 Mhz Aeronautical Rescue Beacon. Coastguard Registered McMurdo SMARTFIND 406 Mhz GPS EPIRB. WHALE GUSHER MK III manual bilge pump. Henderson pump in heads compartment doubles as second manual bilge pump. Portable Electric bilge pump with fitted hose and auxillary 12 volt supply lead. Navigation Equipment Cockpit 2 PLASTIMO CONTEST Bulkhead Compasses. STOWE Depth Sounder. STOWE Log. STOWE Windspeed & Wind Direction Instruments (replaced with TACTICK Wireless Windspeed instruments in 2007). NAVMAN Chart Plotter (with electronic charts for East North Sea, Eastern Channel + South Coast & France including Channel Islands). Chart Table NASA NAVTEX PRO Navigation Data Receiver. NASA Depth Sounder with audible warnings. GARMIN 152 GPS. GARMIN Hand Held GPS. ICOM M56 VHF Fixed Transceiver. (Optional Loudspeaker in Cockpit). Hand Held VHF Transceiver + Battery Pack. Night Vision Chart Table Lighting. NAVICO TP300CX Autopilot. (new 2000 but little used.) Masthead & Deck Navigation Lights. Other electronic equipment EPIRB’s etc see under ‘Safety Gear’ or Radio under ‘Domestic’. Domestic Equipment Seahorse has an EBERSPATCHER Hot Air Heating System (new 2005). Shore power is provided with a 240 volt supply and ring main. An ALL-IN-ONE 15A Battery Charging System is integral and was installed in 2006. The JVC CD Player/Tuner was installed in 2003 (but the radio antenna still awaits connection!). The teak cabin sole was lifted and replaced new in 2005/06 in order to install a new stainless steel water tank The Galley has a PLASTIMO NEPTUNE 2000 gimballed gas cooker (new 2004) with two burners, grill, oven and fiddle pan clamps and a cook’s safety strap is fitted. Galley is fully equipped with cooking utensils, cutlery and crockery. The ISOTHERM refrigerator was installed in 2003 and continues to function well. Water supply to the sink is delivered by foot pump. The separate heads compartment has a BLAKES LAVAC Marine Toilet and a wash hand basin. Accommodation There are 6 berths in 2 cabins including 2 “V” berths in the separate forward cabin. The saloon has a double berth where the table lowers with single berth opposite and quarter berth aft. Features Topsides were professionally re-sprayed in 1999. She was also epoxy coated below the waterline in 1999 and remains in good condition. Mainsail, Foresail and Sprayhood were serviced and re-conditioned in 2012. A new, larger, 3 cylinder 21 HP engine fitted in 2008 has barely been used. Remarks ‘Seahorse’ carries a comprehensive inventory and has been considerably improved in recent years with professional re-spray and osmosis treatment, new teak cockpit seating and sole grating, new mast and standing rigging in 1996, new boom and running rigging in 2006. The original fibreglass water tank has been replaced with a new stainless steel tank and a new teak cabin floor has been fitted. A new forward hatch has been fitted. A new YANMAR 3 cylinder 21 HP engine has been installed replacing the previous 2 cylinder 18 HP engine. Drive shaft and bearings are in good condition. ‘Seahorse’ has been well maintained but little used recently due to ill health of the owner, the reason for sale. She is set up for long distance single handed sailing, represents an excellent example of her class and is ready to go. Lying Shotley Point Marina Price Ipswich, Suffolk Contact: John Cartwright Tel: 07764992525 Email: [email protected] GBP 34,500.00