• Assorted harness points.
• Firdell Blipper radar reflector on mast.
• Jonbuoy on aft gantry.
• MOB tackle recovery system.
• Covered stainless steel wire jackstays to port and starboard.
• 4 x Stainless steel harness

• Stainless steel opening pulpit with seat and passurelle pivot continuing in to 30" stanchions with top guard rail and twin wire lower rails running aft to join stern guard with o/b stowage bracket. Gates to port, starboard and aft.
• Stainless steel gantry aft for aerials.
• Removable long stainless steel swim / boarding ladder with teak treads.
• Stainless steel Davits aft.
• 2 x transom steps.
• Heavy double bow roller with heavy anchor retaining pin.
• 5 x stainless steel sampson posts plus 2 x bow bollards.
• Granny bars next to mast.
• Teak grab handles on deck saloon stainless steel on doghouse top and aft corners.
• Whitlock shaft type steering pedestal with Elk hide covered wheel.
• 7 x Cave lockers in cockpit.
• 2 x lockers to side decks.
• Dorade vent fwd with s/steel guard.
• 2 x s/steel mushroom vents on coachroof.
• 2 x s/steel Tannoy ventilators by cockpit.
• 2 x teak chest lockers on aft deck.
• 2 x aft lazarette lockers.
• Cockpit cover on s/steel frame with side and aft panels.
• Alloy passurelle
• Fender board.
• 5 x Opening deck hatches.
• 3 x Boathooks
• Varnished teak folding cockpit table and drinks holder.
• Cockpit cover, navy blue (new 2008)
• Many mooring warps and fenders.
• Simpson Lawrence Sprint 3000 electric windlass with foot up, down and cockpit remote controls (wireless and wired).
• Self stowed 40kg Delta bower anchor
• 90 metres 10mm chain.
• 15kg Bruce.
• Fortress Danforth type alloy anchor.
• Snubber with chain hook.
• Kedge warp with chain.
• Anchorolina braid reel.
• 4HP Johnson outboard motor.

• In cockpit:
• Azimuth 1000 Fluxgate compass on binnacle.
• Raymarine SL1250 Chart Plotter (A number of UK and Mediterranean C-Map charts)
• Autohelm, Navdata repeater, wind speed, wind direction, log / speedo and echo sounder on binnacle with second set above companionway in doghouse inc extra Navdata repeater.
• VHF Speaker (Switched from Chart Table)
• ST 7000 linear drive Autopilot, Two fixed control units (1 x binnacle, 1 x doghouse) and one remote control
• At chart table:
• 2 x Phillips AP GPS navigators.
• Magellan Meridian hand held GPS.
• Yeoman chart plotter.
• ICS weatherfax with Cannon printer
• Navtex receiver - NASA Pro
• Navtex receiver – Lo-Kata paper print out
• Raytheon RL9 Radar
• Autohelm multi-repeater for echo sounder and log / speedo
• NAVMAN 7100 DSC VHF with masthead aerial
• Icom VHF R/T (Standby set)
• Icom M15E handheld VHF radio
• Icom ICM800 HF/MF SSB Radio with backstay aerial
• Kenwood stereo radio cassette with 10 stack multi-change CD player
• Digital electronic barograph
• 2 x brass clocks (Local & GMT)
• RS239 plug for Connection of laptop to Navigation system
• HP PSC 1215 Colour Printer/Scanner/Copier
• Windpilot Pacific plus self steering gear with Autohelm A800+ tillerpilot for use instead of windvane when required.

Located under the companionway steps, Cummins four cylinder 80HP diesel engine in sound deadened fan vented compartment approx 2068 hours. Closed circuit freshwater cooled with heater exchanger. Electric start. Single lever control. Shaft drive to three bladed fixed pitch propeller through a reversing reduction gearbox. The engine has been regular maintained. 120 gallon stainless steel main engine diesel tank in keel feeds 10 gallon day tank. Rope cutter on shaft. Hydraulic shaft lock. Remote greasers for shaft and rudder glands.

Hull, deck and superstructure laid in white epoxy painted 4mm to 12mm steel laid by Croft Marine in 1990. Teak rubbing strake. Steel deck with self-draining centre cockpit, raised coach roof and steel dog house. Teak laid over marine plywood on decks, coach roof, cockpit seats and coamings.

Long centre keel with encapsulated lead ballast of approximately 5 tons. Keel hung rudder with Whitlock rod type wheel steering. Varnished solid mahogany, teak and mahogany faced marine ply interior joinery with teak and holly faced ply sole boards and laminate surfaces in galley and heads.

Once commissioned, Distant Drum was sailed around Great Britain before being sailed to the Mediterranean where she cruised for several years finally returning to the UK in October 2002. The present owners purchased Distant Drum in 2003 when she was refurbished and the bow thruster and updated navigation equipment was added. The present owners sailed Distant Drum to the Mediterranean via a cruise of the Atlantic coast of France, North coast of Spain and Portugal. After cruising the Mediterranean for four years Distant Drum has was returned to England 2009

Fin Keel

Located under saloon floor in sound retarding case HFL diesel 10KW 240v generator approx 997 hours. Dedicated 100 gallon generator fuel tank under saloon floor – can be switched to provide additional fuel to main engine tank if required.

Located under aft bunk Spectra 300 Watermaker, which produces approx 16 gallons per hour.

Sleipner side power SP95T bow thruster with own dedicated batteries.

All batteries can be banked or run separated:
3 x heavy duty 170Ah batteries (510Ah) domestic
1 x heavy duty 180ah battery – engine
1 x 12v generator starting battery
2 x heavy duty 200Ah (400Ah) bow thruster/windlass battery
All batteries are charged via 70 Amp engine driven alternator, via Adverc battery management system, 2 x 55 watt Solar panels, 50A Victron marine battery charger via shore power or generator 25A Victron marine battery charger both via shore power or generator
Link 10 battery monitoring system.
1500W inverter

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