Description

General Specification

Designer :JW& A Upham
Builder :Upham's of Brixham
LOA :7.52m (24ft 8in)
LWL:6.63m (21ft 9in)
Beam :2.57m (8ft 5in)
Draft min:1.42m (4ft 8in)
Maximum headroom:1.83m ( 6ft 0in)
Keel :Deep Keel

Construction

Wooden carvel construction
Painted finish
Timber sheathed and painted decks
Self draining cockpit
Wintered ashore annually

Mechanical & Electrical

Bukh DV10 – 10hp diesel engine (last serviced 2024)
Full engine service 2024 including new cylinder head gasket, fuel injector service, exhaust elbow, fuel and oil filters.
Plastic fuel tank – 50lts
3 bladed bronze propellor
2 x batteries (1 engine & 1 leisure battery for cabin lights and instruments)

Rigging & Sails

Cutter Rig
Keel stepped mast
Main mast in Douglas Fir with Douglas Fir boom (good condition, re-varnished 2024)
Galvanized steel wire standing rigging with galvanized steel turnbuckles
Stainless steel chainplates
Traditional braided running rigging throughout running on wooden and Tufnol blocks
Mainsail (roller reefing)
Jib
Stay sail
All sails from Quay Sails of Poole in brown sailcloth and in excellent condition
Tufnol winches
Galvanised steel cockpit sheet horse

Accommodation

4 berths in 2 cabins
2 single berths in saloon
2 pipe cots either side of focsle
Waxed teak and oak panelling with exposed unvarnished deck beams and white painted close boarding to the soffit
Cream coloured PVC seat and back covers
Galley with Taylors 2 burner paraffin stove with bronze water pump and steel washing up bowl (cold only)
Original Baby Blake sea toilet (no holding tank) in focsle
50l stainless steel fresh water tank

Equipment

Storage/yard cradle available with berth
All over tarp
Swinging compass surface mounted in cockpit
Garmin GPS
TackTick wireless depth and boat speed indicator
Teak forward hatch to the focsle
Galvanised steel pulpit & twin shrouded safety rails each side to transom
Bronze wind scoops mounted to coach roof either side of the mast step
Iron manual windlass
CQR deck mounted anchor

Remarks:

Fitted with an eminently reliable Bukh DV10 she makes for a very comfortable cruising boat affording two good sized berths in the salon and two pipe cots in the fore peak. Her interior is charming, simply panelled out in waxed timber to reflect the unvarnished teak coach roof sides which are perforated by original bronze portholes. A small galley includes a Taylors two burner paraffin stove. Also, in the saloon is a chart station and ships instruments. An original Baby Blake is in the forepeak along with sail lockers and a small wash hand basin. A Garmin GPS and Icom VHF radio are located above the chart table. Depth gauge and boat speed are provided wirelessly by Tacktick to the cockpit.

She is furnished with a suite of three sails, main, jib and staysail all manufactured in brown sailcloth by Quay sails of Poole. The two foresails are a hank on type. Most of the running gear is either in wood or Tufnol including the cockpit winches.

This beautiful classic sailing yacht has a wonderful pedigree. In her very early years, she was attributed to Harrison Butler (and appears on the Lloyd’s register as such), most likely mistaken for a Z4 tonner. Although similar in design her length overall is a little longer. She has benefited from not only a cutter rig but an extended backstay (Bumsprit) which affords her a lovely masthead mainsail on standing backstays. All of which contribute to a wonderful sailing experience from another time.

Night Wind is the pre-war prototype of the Waterbug One Design built at Uphams after the war. In all, sixteen Waterbugs were built and Night Wind was one of the six boats available for charter from the Classic Sailing Club at Pin Mill in Suffolk.

Having been lovingly maintained by the current owner for the past twenty years, she is in good condition (exceptional for an 85 year old boat), dry and leak free from the elements and retains many of her original features. Now for sale owing to a general retirement from sailing. She is currently ashore at Rye and is available for viewing at any reasonable time.

Specifications

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