YES YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL!!
FEATURES:
- Scarlet offers many options for use and enjoyment, including safe passage making, sailing competitively, cruising for a couple and turning heads classic yacht regattas
- First registered as an Australian Ship No 850505 in Melbourne in 1983 having previously visited the Cook Islands and then sailed to Melbourne
- Scarlet sails beautifully and is easily handled by a couple or an experienced solo sailor
- Her well maintained condition, together with extensive inventory will make for confident ownership, knowing that her future has been secured long term
- Inspection will demonstrate the massive value on offer to anyone with a fondness for tradition and buying well
- History highlights are available but the current owner purchased her in July 2007and has kept her at Sandringham Yacht Club ever since
- After nearly 20 years of proud and satisfying ownership it is now time to pass the baton to a new owner
DETAILS:
- 1958 launch year
- 8.64m
- Yanmar 3YM20S engine
- 20 hp
- 60L diesel
- 2:1 gearbox and fixed 3 blade propeller with the pitch tuned to weight of the boat and the gear ratios
- Single cabin made from Mahogany with 3 portholes on each side, main cabin entrance and forward hatch
- The cabin top was replaced in May 2016 with a sandwich of Hoop marine plywood and western cedar glued with epoxy and a single layer of fibreglass and painted in 2- part paint
- Sleeps up to 4, all berths have upholstered high density foam cushions
- 1 toilet with electric pump located in the forward end of the cabin with hand basin and separate water supply
- Long aft berth accessed via the navigation station, main berth on the port side has a lee cloth when used as a single and in port a folding extension turns this into a small double
- The starboard side saloon table converts to a single berth
- All interior lights are LED – Nav Station has red/white option + a light for the for-deck
- VHF aerial is mounted on the mast along with wind gear
- Galley is on the Starboard side, comprising sink and draining board, cooking bench and serving timber bench racks for mugs and good under bench storage cupboards and space for an esky
- Water supply is 2 x 40L tanks with manual pump from aft metal water tank
- Mentholated spirit single burner
- Sovereign Stainless steel BBQ mounted on the stern rail + 4.5 kg gas bottle mounted on the V support for the backstay
- 2 x batteries, house and start + 2 x solar panels linked through a control panel fitted in 2020
- Mast and Boom are aluminium sections in excellent condition, two spinnaker poles, storage for both on the mast but one is kept off the boat
- Standing rigging replaced in November 2018
- Furlex 100 headsail furler fitted December 2012 along with lazy jacks and zipped boom cover
- Ray Marine Instruments, depth, boat speed, wind strength and direction fitted in 2016 and moved to custom made binnacle above the companionway in November 2016
- New switch panels installed in May 2016, wiring renewed where necessary and redundant wiring removed in May 2016
- New GME VHF radio installed May 2022
EOI – MARKWATSON52@GMAIL.COM
