Description

Great little boat, reluctantly for sale, in current ownership for the past 10 years, well maintained and improved over that period with many upgrades including new mast, furler and standing rigging, new running rigging, new Mainsail, stack pack, fenders and seacocks.

Moored in Fisherrow Harbour, Musselburgh, just to the east of Edinburgh.

This Pegasus design is easy to maintain, rewarding to sail and benefits from tons of internal room for a boat of this size, even boasting standing headroom by the companionway. The accommodation is very flexible with a sliding galley which tucks away when not needed and a table which can be raised out of the way for maximum space underway or dropped to turn the starboard settee into a "double" berth.

She has an Mercury 5HP outboard in a well in the cockpit, this is a superior set up to mounting on the stern as the engine continues to drive even in large swell and with the water flow directly onto the rudder, she is instantly manoeuvrable. A big advantage of the outboard is easy access to the prop, catching a rope around the prop is easily rectified, the engine can be removed for maintenance or for security and if the worst comes to the worst is much easier and cheaper to replace than an inboard engine.

Rebel Rebel is the first yacht I've owned after a lifetime of dinghy sailing and crewing on other boats, it was a great boat to step into as a first time skipper. I've really enjoyed owning Rebel Rebel and found her the perfect boat for exploring the Firth of Forth, she takes everything the river throws at her in her stride, reefs well and remains balanced, is always light on the helm and responsive even in a F6 and in a drifter she is often the only boat still moving. I've enjoyed club racing in Rebel Rebel, travelling to loacl regattas and she has been very successful in that regard, she finds her groove easily and gives great feedback, very enjoyable to sail. Her bilge keels open up all the drying harbours on the East coast and allow easy maintenance.

Having built my confidence as a skipper and boat owner I'm now looking at moving to a larger boat with more room for my family but I'll be looking for a boat with all the same attributes as Rebel Rebel.

Specifications

Accommodation

Flexible accommodation, two berths in the main cabin - the table can be stowed out of the way, dropped to act as a table or dropped further to make a double berth.

Forepeak can be arranged as a bed providing a further 2 berths for children. Once you remove the cushions it functions as the heads with sink.

Clever arrangement with sliding stove, can be stowed under the cockpit to maximise room, easily pulls out when needed. Gas is in the rear starboard locker. 2 hob Plastimo Neptune 2000 gas hob with grill. Kettle, cutlery, pots included.

Forepeak

Forepeak - heads

Table stowed

Looking aftwards

Table in position

Table dropped

Pull out galley

Construction

The yacht is constructed of GRP having bonded in frames, bulkheads and lockers to give her stiffness.
Cast iron bilge keels
All the old antifoul was removed and faired in 2013, the hull is cleaned, sanded, faired and repainted each season.
The keels have been faired, treated with rust stop primer and epoxy, with improvements made over the period of ownership.
The topsides are regularly cleaned and polished and the boat looks well.
The deck is has a moulded non slip surface, the deck / hull joint is covered by an alluminium and rubber rubbing strake.
The windows and hatch are in good condition with no leaks.
Self draining cockpit, outboard well, port and starbaord lockers containing battery, solar charger on one side, gas bottle and mooring lines on the other. Large locker beneath the cockpit sole containing the water tank and storage for fenders (new 2019). Strum box for the bilge pump.

Equipment

2 Antal self tailing primary winches, 1 Antal smaller halyard winch on coachroof in good working order, serviced recently.
2 x locking winch handles
All lines lead back to the cockpit, all jammers and cleats are functional, several have been replaced in recent years.
Harken traveller system and Barton mainsheet blocks.
Barton Blocks throughout.
Photophonic Universe 10w solar panel + charging regulator (2014)
88Ah Leisure Battery (2014)
Outboard alternator charges the battery.
All lights converted to LED so very little drain.

Harken traveller

Adjustable backstay

Halyard Winch

Compass & Jammers

Solar Panel

Gas Hob

Navigation Equipment

Compass
Garmin GPS 152 with antenna mounted of pushpit, mounted on a swivel so visible from helming position or inside.
Clipper Duet - Speed & Depth
Raymarine Autohelm ST2000+ bought 2015, works well.
DSC fixed radio - retireves GPS information from the Garmin unit. Allows an automatic Mayday with positional information at the push of a button.
New masthead aerial and cabling 2018
New masthead tricolour light 2018

Speed & Depth

DSC Radio

Electrics board and usb charger

Autohelm

Engine(s)

Mercury 5hp 4 stroke outboard - 1999 reliable, serviced by owner each winter. Positioned in a cockpit well which is preferable to positioning on the stern as it is driving even in large swell and pushes water directly over the rudder, making her instantly manoeuvrable.
I learnt to service the outboard myself and did so annually, can supply spare impellor and fuel filter, engine oil, gearbox oil and special pump and fitting to refill the gearbox oil. Its pretty simple and its good to know your engine in case of issues.
A massive advantage of the outboard is if you catch a line around your prop, you can simply raise the engine and detangle in minutes. If there is an engine issue, you can take it home or to the workshop and get it sorted between sails.

Sails & Spars

New Mast and plastimo genoa furler in 2018.
New standing and running rigging 2018, all new blocks at foot of the mast.
New split backstay and blocks 2018
New guardrails 2018 - All by Coast to Coast Rigging - cost £5000

New mainsail 2016 - Hyde - measured and supplied by SailDoctor - Port Edgar
Furling Genoa - unsure of age, replaced UV strip 2018 - still in usable condition, has foam strips in the luff so it reefs into a good shape.
Spinnaker - unsure of age, good condition. Spinnaker/ whisker pole.

New stackpack 2018

Main & Stack Pack

Plastimo Furler

Mast Foot

Safety Equipment

Powder fire extinguisher and fire blanket
Manual bilge pump
Horseshoe lifebuoy

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