Colvic 23 Motorsailer

Note added 15/8/18. This boat was listed last week but I took her off classifieds board when the engine would not start just before the first booked viewing. The problem turned out to be a gummed up rack in the fuel pump. The marina engineers removed the pump, freed it up, refitted and tested it OK. They think the problem seems to have been lack of use during it's first three years.

All working well now. We will have 2 or 3 days in Walton Backwaters over the coming weekend but should still be contactable. 1979 Colvic motorsailer. Length 23.5 feet, beam 8.75 feet, draft 3.5 feet. Long keel + bilge legs Engine Beta 25hp 3 cylinder diesel 2014 Shaft drive to 3 blade propeller 40 litre tank + 10 litres in spare cans Sail & Spars Red junk sail of about 270 sqft with sail catcher/cover Tapered aluminium mast, keel stepped Aluminium yard, boom & hinged battens Electric halyard winch All lines back to wheelhouse Deck 4 step boarding/swimming ladder Bruce type 7.5kg anchor shackled to 20 metres 8mm chain & 27 metres anchor warp Full cockpit enclosure 15 watt solar panel & regulator Led deck level navigation lights 8 fenders, warps etc Instruments Garmin chartplotter/sounder with electronic charts UK, Ireland, Holland, France Navman DSC vhf Nasa wireless wind Electrical 100ah starter battery + 105ah domestic battery Mains wired with RCD unit + galvanic isolator Manual & electric Bilge pumps Radio/cd player + twin speakers Cabin 2 single berths forward Dinette to port converts to a double Opposite to starboard is a small hanging locker then moving aft ... Smev combined sink + 2 burner cooker with flame failure device Enclosed heads with standard sea toilet Pumped water to sink from tank below Led interior lights Photos The sail raised one is from April 2018 The hardstanding two are from June 2018 The rest were taken in July 2018 Items new in 2018 Domestic battery Marine toilet, inlet stopcock & hose Nasa wireless wind instrument Dyneema cored halyard Led navigation lights Minus points Handrails could do with a scrape and varnish/paint/oiling The 3 transparent panels of the cockpit enclosure are still watertight but no longer greatly transparent The boat was re-engined in 2014 but had little use until these last few months, currently the engine has run just 101 hours.

It was professionally serviced in June 2018. Two coats of Hempel Cruising Performer antifoul were applied in June 2018. The boat is in commission and will continue to be enjoyed while she is for sale. It's possible that I could get interested in some sort of part-exchange (subject to classifieds board rules) with a smallish shallow draft (3 feet max) yacht.