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Maurice Griffiths One Off Traditional Built Wooden Sailing Yacht

  • Build year 1962, Sailingboat for sale
  • Swale Marina, Kent, United King...

38,210 EUR

(32,500 GBP)
Maurice Griffiths One Off Traditional Built Wooden Sailing Yacht Sailingboat 1962, with Perkins 4.107 engine, United Kingdom
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  • Chatham Maritime Marina, ME4 4LP Kent, United Kingdom
  • Tel. +44 1634 571605

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Remarks :The One Off Designed Classic wooden yacht “Idle Duck” for sale in Kent. “Idle Duck” is a unique One Off vessel which offers four berths in two cabins, with some home comforts that include a marine sea toilet, a holding tank with pump out facility, a pressurised hot and cold water system and a log burning stove. With her fine lines and wide side decks, “Idle Duck” feels like a real “little ship”. “Idle Duck” is a notable traditionally built wooden yacht designed by Maurice Griffiths. This boat has a rich history, having undergone significant restoration work between 2006 and 2010 at Alan Staley's Yard in Faversham Creek, Restoration works included complete re-decking and new coach roof with new planking and new beams and a complete re wire of the vessel. Please call our Kent – Chatham Office +44 (0)1634 571605 for further information or to arrange a viewing. Accommodation :Accommodating up to four individuals across two cabins, this Classic Traditional built Yacht does not disappoint below decks. Idle Duck boasts generous headroom of approximately six feet throughout ensuring a spacious feel. The forepeak offers two generous V berths with under berth storage and overhead portlights allowing lots of natural light. Moving aft of the forepeak to the starboard side is a small heads compartment, equipped with a marine toilet, which can be directed overboard or to the black water holding tank which has a pump out facility. There is a sink mounted in a vanity unit with a shower attachment both of which are supplied with hot and cold pressurised water. Hot water is supplied via a Calorifier water tank that is heated by the engine. Opposite the heads to port is a wardrobe / wet hanging locker. The main saloon offers comfortable seating to both port and starboard, both have ample storage areas above and below and seamlessly convert to single berths with lee cloth’s. The centralised keel box forms part of the support for the drop leaf saloon table with a butterfly opening deck light above. A small floor mounted log burning stove to starboard provides ample heat when needed. There are portlights installed in the raised cabin sides at head height providing ample natural light. The Galley is located on the port side within the saloon, consisting of a stainless-steel sink with a pressurised hot and cold water faucet, countertop mounted fridge, a Taylor 2-burner Paraffin hob with oven and grill, 1 x 240 – Volt socket and ample storage for cooking utensils and provisions. The Galley work top can be extended via a drop down surface which lays over the engine cover. The engine cover and companion way steps are all removable and can be dismantled easily giving excellent access to the engine maintenance points. To the starboard side of the companion way steps is the location for the batteries and their control system. The main On / Off Isolators and emergency battery linking switches are mounted on a panel for ease of access below the mains battery charger.  There is a large navigation station to the aft starboard side of the saloon with ample storage drawers including chart storage. Above the chart table is all the switch gear and fusing for the vessel. There is a wiring plan for all the systems on board for future reference. The Navigation instruments are mounted in this area for easy viewing while on passage or for planning. Stepping out of the companionway, you'll be greeted by a large aft cockpit, with bench seating to both port and starboard particularly spacious for a boat of this size. There is ample storage under both cockpit seating hatches for the essential equipment ensuring that there is a clear working area when under way.  Steering is via the impressive Tiller and the engine controls are mounted on the port side of the cockpit locker. Engine stop is via the Stop cable under the port locker lid. Inventory :Deck Equipment: Anchor – Vulcan 20Kg. Kedge Anchor - stored in Aft locker rigged for deployment. Windlass – -Anchor Lift – Electric & Manual Mainsail cover - Valeted in 2025 Full Coverage Cockpit Awning Various Mooring warps. 8 x Fenders Navigation Equipment: Steering compass - Sowester Bosun - Cockpit Mounted Repeater Instruments mounted in cockpit TRI Transducer Electronic compass GPS Antenna Depth – NASA Clipper Speed log. – NASA Clipper Meteoman - NASA AIS – Comar CSB200 AIS Transponder Windspeed and direction - Nasa Clipper - Mast Mounted Transducer VHF Radio – Silva - Mast-mounted VHF Antenna GPS / Chartplotter – Standard Horizon CP300 with UK Coverage, Electronic Chart Installed Autopilot – Simrad TP32 Navtex - With mast-mounted antenna Navigation Lights - Mast and Deck Level  Anchor Light  Deck Light All Instrumentation is Interfaced via an NDC-4 NMEA 0183 Multiplexer. Safety Equipment: Handheld Loud Hailer Handheld Fog Horn 3 x Fire Extinguishers 1 x Engine Room Fire Extinguisher 1 x Carbon Monoxide alarm 2 x Horseshoe Lifebuoys 2 x Safety harnesses 1 x Throw line 1 x Radar reflector 1 x Manual Bilge Pump 3 x Auto/Manual Electric Bilge Pumps 1 x Clock and Barometer. 1 x Hand Bearing Compass Additional Inventory: 1 x Walker Bay Tender and Oars 1 x Bosun Chair 1 x Hose Pipe 1 x Re Chargeable Torch Keel/Hull: Displacement hull with a centre board, external keel and transom-hung rudder. History & Construction: Idle Duck Is a Maurice Griffiths One Off Classic designed yacht. Maurice explained its conception in a three page article reprinted by Yachting Monthly in July 1973. Built in 1962 by James Miller & Sons, a Scottish Yard renowned for their high standard in constructing Yachts and Fishing boats. The monohull has a Carvel constructed hull which is heavily built

Specifications

Materiale / unit

Hull type

Wood

Length

10.54

Beam

3.10

Deplacement

9435

Depth

0.00

Motor & technic

Engine

Perkins 4.107

Total power

33

Engine count

1

Engine place

Inboard

Fuel

Diesel