Summary of Accommodation:
Six berths across two double cabins with additional saloon berths
Double cabin forward with en-suite heads access
Forward heads
Saloon, with two single sea berths
Galley
Nav Station
Walkway cabin with two bunks.
Master cabin aft with double berth and en-suite heads
Accommodation finish:
Joinery work of teak veneer with solid teak trims.
Joinery work finished in satin finish.
Teak and holly sole boards.
Vinyl covered panels with teak trims to finish head linings.
A modern, Bluetooth audio system is fitted and all cabins are served by a hot-air heating system by Webasto.
Description of accommodation from forward:
Forward Cabin:
Originally designed and built with a conventional two single berths and in-filling cushion to provide a double berth layout, the space between and below the berths’ ‘V’ layout has been subtly widened to accommodate a Vetus, twin-cylinder, indirectly-cooled generating engine. Don’t worry; the engine space is well insulated acoustically and the berth cushions have been upgraded to 6” foam, on top of a layer of anti-condensation matrix material too – after all, this has been used as the ‘Skipper’/Master cabin in previous and current ownership! The cabin space has been ‘extended’ by the fitting of a judiciously sized door in the main bulkhead, to the ‘Vestibule’ area outside the forward heads compartment, thereby facilitating the use of the whole of the forward end – incorporating the forward heads - as a ‘Master’s Cabin with an en-suite heads.
Generous storage has been provided; with a large full height hanging locker (deep, fiddle shelf over), opposite the heads compartment. Deep fiddle shelves to either hull side, beneath the fixed hull ports and a smaller locker to port side immediately within the original cabin. A combined black-out screen and mosquito screen by Oceanair is fitted.
Forward/Ensuite Heads Compartment:
This compartment, located to starboard of the centre-line, has retrospectively been modified slightly by the fitting of a double hinged door - independent of the door hinged on the main bulkhead - so that the compartment may function as a general use, ‘daytime’ heads without impinging on the privacy afforded to the forward cabin. The compartment is nicely finished in a white-laminate for cleanliness, while the deckhead is finished by the GRP headliner. A fold down seat/storage surface is fitted over the toilet unit itself. Two deep and closed lockers, each with a fiddled shelf within, offer sensible storage too and there is another, shelved locker beneath the handbasin. Pressurised hot and cold water is supplied through a shower head style of faucet/tap with a ruggedly made teak grating to offer proper shower facilities. Counter top forward with inset wash hand basin. This compartment is fitted with an opening hull portlight for light and ventilation. A small mirror is fitted to the bulkhead, behind the compartment’s door.
Saloon:
This part of the accommodation is located beneath the forward end of the low-profile coach roof’s trunking in which eight fixed and opening windows are fitted, combining with two opening hatches that are located over the table top give a well-lit and ventilated space. The saloon is fitted with a straight settee berth to port side and L-shaped saloon seating on starboard side; the berths are deeply wide and fitted with lee cloths to offer secure sea berths for night time sailing. Ample storage lockers and open storage shelving are provided to each side, above and behind the backrest to the settees, with the usual bulk storage spaces beneath the seating as well – with the stainless steel water tanks fitted to either side of the centre-line, down low and amidships, but in this design, beneath the saloon’s sole boards.
Galley:
U-shaped and located to port of the companionway, the counter tops are finished in an off-white laminate, with a bunded area of blue (but not Delft!) ceramic tiles surrounding the sinks to reduce the spread of water about the surfaces when washing up. Two deep stainless steel sinks are fitted; supplied by pressurised hot & cold water with a foot pumped, cold water back-up to reduce water usage. A front-opening fridge (beneath the aft peninsula’s work surface) is supplemented by a top-opening refrigerated locker, outboard of the sinks. A lift and slide away panel of worksurface reveals a gimballed cooker by Smev. The cooker’s hob is fitted with four burners, while there is a grill within the oven too. Two cutlery drawers are suspended above the aft work surface, beneath the forward end of the cockpit seating to port side, while crockery storage abounds within closed lockers beneath the port side deck. Large pans are accommodated in an enormous, top-accessed locker immediately abaft the cooker’s aperture and there is a large, shelved locker beneath the sinks. There is even a practical and generously sized rubbish bin provision within the end of the forward peninsular. A truly workable galley – at sea, or at rest. An opening hull portlight ensures good ventilation while cooking and combines with a similar portlight above/outboard of the chart table for cross ventilation of the main saloon generally.
Chart table area:
The chart table is genuinely generous in size (all-but half admiralty chart size) a previously used fascia to the bulkhead ahead of the navigator has been rendered redundant with the advent of modern instrumentation which is sensibly sited in the cockpit, but a recent panel has been fitted, to be outboard of the navigator’s right arm and here, the modern Fusion, Blue tooth, audio system is fitted, together with the genset’s switch and monitoring panel and a very modern ‘Nereide 2’ DC distribution panel that incorporates a digital barometric pressure display and clock, also has two USB ports. The modern B&G VHF base station is fitted here too.
Walkway Cabin:
Running aft, to starboard of the engine space and beneath the cockpit’s starboard seating (while still retaining good headroom), this cabin is provided with two bunks. The upper bunk’s base incorporates a hinged panel to afford easier access to the lower bunk when only the lower one is being used and a wooden lee board is also provided to lend security to the upper berth’s occupant. A fixed hull portlight is fitted through the hull’s side, while an opening portlight is fitted to the cockpit’s well, ensuring light and good ventilation.
Aft Cabin and Ensuite Heads:
A comfortable and secluded part of the ‘ship’, this cabin is fitted with a double berth that is offset to the port side, with access from a sole area between the berth and a small, 2-person settee to starboard side. Ahead of this seating, there is a half-height, shelved locker with a mirror fitted to the inside of its door, which combines nicely with a fiddled shelf below the locker’s door to provide a practical make-up unit. Four closed and shelved lockers to starboard side, above and outboard of the settee combine with a hanging locker to port side to provide plenty of clothing storage. A hinged headboard is provided to prevent pillows being pushed off the head of the berth. A hot air outlet ensures a comfortable sleeping space, with light and fresh air ventilation being provided by fixed hull ports, combining with an opening overhead hatch. An Oceanair black-out blind and mosquito screen unit is fitted.
Moving forward again, the generously sized ensuite heads compartment is accessed through another doorway beneath the cockpit’s port side seating. The inset hand basin is immediately on the right as one walks into this compartment with two distinct areas; the shower area with an electrically flushed marine toilet is beyond the handbasin area, where another hinged seat can be dropped over the toilet itself, either for showering, or for changing. A fixed hull port provides good light levels, while an opening portlight to the cockpit’s well ensures ventilation. An electrical extraction fan in the deckhead is also fitted. A warm air outlet is fitted to assist in the drying of the compartment.
