73ft Houseboat Project Boat

This is the Fair Isle. This iconic boat is believed to be the last of her kind still afloat with a well documented history. In her heyday she was known under SY88. She's 73 foot long and was brought as a long term project to turn her firstly into a summerget-a-way before she would become a long term live-aboard, unfortunately due to ill health the owner of this magnificent vessel is having to let her go. The Boat She is a decommissioned Sputnik trawler, of the Fair Isle class.

She is 73ft long with 16ft+ width. Below decks all areas are very spacious and have a minimum of 7ft head-height. There are 3 main partitions, which are ideal for living room, kitchen and bedroom. In 2009 the government lavished bucket loads of money on this boat, over-plating the hull primarilybut with other jobs lumped in as well this work being done for the children's charity who owned her at the time. The current owner had very nice plans for this boat including a country style kitchen, an enclosed bedroom in theaft and a spacious living room.

Work did start on these projects (as pictured) upstairs in the wheelhouse (galley) there is a kitchen, a loo and up another step the wheelhouse itself. The boat is of steel construction, the deck is wood over steel so although the wooden deck needs some tlc it is in overall good condition considering its age. Some of the original features, like the ribs and ladder from engine room to wheelhouse just add to the character of this beautiful old boat THE MOORING The mooring is a swing mooring and will hold an 80ft craft up to 100 tonnes. The mooring fee p\a is £500 and the mooring buoy is included. It should be mentioned the fees were just paidso your golden for a year.

(excessively low fees) This means that unless you want to move the boat it doesn't have to be moved. These moorings are extremely difficult to get hold of and the location is not only idyllicbut useful if you have a penchant for travelling to Ireland. Payment transfers to be discussed on completion of the sale. The boat is located in Holyhead, Anglesey Note. To reiterate some things and answer any unnecessary queries.

The Fair Isles hull is solid steel and after being over plated is extremely thick and has no weak spots. There are some bits of metal that show there age- but these are not on the hull where it has been over-plated! The interior of the hull is steel framed and still retains all its structural frameworkThere are 3 main sections below-decks and sizable storage under the bow.Unless you are a giant there is ample height belowdecks as The owner is over 6 foot and barring the arft section, unless he used a tramoline no amount of jumping would make him headbutt the ceiling.Apart from the engine in the middle of the old engine room (which is an ford) there are no engines, drive shafts or gear left, this was all removed when she was decommissioned and her rudder was welded during the work done in 2009 tohelp her swing on her mooring better. You could try to fit an outboard should you so wish. A 50hp might get her on the plane, but fitting a sail will save on fuel,other than that a stationary houseboat or cut up for scrap is probably the only other options.there had been countless storms in the last year and the boat and mooring have survived each and every one, this is testament enough to their strengthIt goes without saying that it probably needs anodes, in the near future- funnily enough all steel boats do on occasion.

The owner had bought anodes to fit and are for sale should you be interested. Overall the wooden deck is solid, despite its crappy appearance, there are only 3 small sections, (and by small i mean the size of shoe-box)you can run around and jump and down on the deck as much as you want but unless you fall through the hatch you wont go through the floor, as the wood is solid - and had steel plating underneath! The wheelhouse does need work, and is the only real weak spot of the boat, but if you want it as a houseboat you would possibly enlarge it anyway There is a 6ft tender with this boat, tenders (small 2 person type) are free to leave on the side of the slipwayThere is no outboard with it so unless you have a small outboard for it or an avid rower having a slightly bigger boat to use as a launch is advisable And again in regard to the mooring apart from the £500 p/a there are no other fees, the mooring will belong to the new owner and as long as the yearly fees are paid even if you sold the Fair isle the mooring would still be yours. This should hopefully answer some questions but should you have any sensible ones please feel free to ask.. Many thanks