Description

Proven Bob Perry blue-water ocean cruiser built by Union Yacht Co., hull number 135 of 150. Graceful sheer line from flared bow to salty tumblehome canoe stern. Solid offshore yacht with long keel/encapsulated ballast, attached rudder. Heavy teak-capped bulwarks, teak decks, cockpit and aft deck.
Ready to go offshore again from Salcombe south Devon, England.
Cutter rig with bowsprit, oversized rigging. Plain sail = Fully-battened tan main sail and tan staysail with white 130% Genoa. Plus Cruising chute + sock, Tri-sail/storm-jib (unused), spare mainsail and 150% Genoa. CapHorn windvane self steering.
Bowsprit may be reefed for berthing/storage ashore.
Beautiful teak interior with berths for 5, forward-facing nav station, galley, fridge, heads including separate shower cubicle. Ample locker space for provisions and spares for widely-wandering crew. Ventilation through 9 opening bronze ports, teak butterfly hatch and fore hatch. 4 Dorade vents. Heating by Dickinson diesel stove.
Well-maintained, low hours Perkins 4-108 diesel engine 37 shaft HP driving 16 x 12 bronze 3-blade propeller in rudder aperture.
Vesper GPS/AIS transceiver platform, Airmar depth/speed, Furuno Radar/GPS/Navtex, Ratheon wind/speed/Autopilot.
Tinker 9ft inflatable tender, Yamaha 4hp outboard, liferaft and EPIRB available.
Displacement 10 tonnes plus tankage for140gal water, 100gal diesel, 35gal waste.
Cherished by current owner since 1999.

Upgrades/Maintenance 1999-2025

2025 Recaulked and plugged teak decks and cockpit
2024 New gearbox installed
2024 Diesel tank emptied and cleaned
2024 New navigation lights installed
2023 New Genoa UV strip
2023 Foredeck core replaced
2023 New gulper shower pump installed
2023 New deep cycle 450Ahr house battery
2023 New Airmar depth/log transducer installed NMEA2000
2022 Engine out for overhaul, drive-end bearing seal replaced
2022 Sterngland packing replaced; engine room painted
2022 New high-level bilge-pump switch and alarm installed
2022 New freshwater pump, expansion tank and plumbing
2021 Gravity tank installed for Dickinson diesel stove
2021 Topsides re-painted; scuppers reinforced
2021 New spin-on engin secondary fuel filter
2020 Wind generator decommissioned
2020 Vesper GPS AIS platform installed
2020 Liferaft serviced; Tinker inflatable tender serviced
2019 New tonneau cockpit cover and spray hood installed
2019 New glass in 9 opening ports
2018 New stack-pack Mainsail cover, lazyjacks; new stay sail cover
2017 Painted topsides blue with white boot top
2017 New deep cycle 450Ahr house battery
2016 Diesel tank emptied and cleaned
2015 New 100w solar panel replacement
2014 New Dyneema lifelines
2013 New Hyde 130% Genoa
2012 Gas system upgrade for Compliance with Inland waterways safety code
2011 New engine fuel filtration switchover system; large format filters
2010 2010 New DSC ship VHF and life raft
2010 New deep cycle 600Ahr house battery
2009 New engine start battery
2009 New Furuno Navtex installed
2008 Gelcoat peel hull, 2 layers biaxial glass/epoxy, new cooling water seacock
2008 New dyform/swageless standing rigging; running staysail stays added
2007 New Crusader full batten mainsail and staysail in tan
2007 Bowsprit removed for overhaul; installed articulating gear for reefing
2007 Fuel tank ports installed to facilitate cleaning; tank cleaned
2006 New manual bilge pump
2006 New Dickinson diesel stove installed in main cabin
2005 New lazarette access hatch and kedge cable
2004 Registered Part1 Salcombe; Official No. carved
2003 New Airmarine 400w wind generator installed Bermuda

2000-2003 Beaufort SC
New CapHorn windvane steering
New Echopilot FLS
New Furuno 4kw radar
Cleaned/rodded engine heat exchanger
New 60w solar panel on spray hood/dodger
New cruising chute and storm sails
New masthead lightening conductor and spinnaker blocks; masthead light
New spray hood, sail covers and cockpit covers

Purchased May 1999 Oriental SC
Refurbished leaking foredeck prisms
New head/plumbing including new macerator and vent for holding tank
New instruments with Raytheon 60 - wind/log
New 600AHr traction batteries, primary DC circuits, engine and AC earthing
New 3600 and 2000 g/h automatics bilge pumps
New Lofrans 1500w windlass, wiring and controls
New 300’ 3/8” BBB calibrated anchor chain
Annual haul out for anti fouling/anodes refresh
Annual engine oil/filter and fuel filter servicing

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