| Seller |
Charles Watson Marine |
| RB Boat Ref |
12187094 |
| Advert Type | Sailing |
| Manufacturer | Contest |
| Model | 55CS |
| Price |
£370,000 |
| Year Built | 1998 |
| Boat Name | Wight Spirit |
| Builder | Contest |
| Length feet | 54' 11" |
| Length metres | 16.75 |
| Beam (ft) | 15' 3" |
| Beam(m) | 4.65 |
| Displacement | 26000 |
| Ballast | 8870 |
| Draft (ft) | 6' 5" |
| Draft (m) | 1.95 |
| EngineDescription | Perkins |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Number of engines | 1 |
| Engine power HP | 135 |
| Description | 'Wight Spirit', Contest 55CS hull no. 2, built in 1998 by Contest Yachts in Holland, to a Georg Nissen/Doug Petersen design. White GRP hull and superstructure with decorative blue stripe and refurbished teak decks (recaulked by German yard in Croatia in 2010) in perfect condition. Cast iron wing keel, GRP blade rudder on full length skeg. Double glazed tinted glass in saloon windows. Whitlock Reflex wheel steering and emergency tiller. Fuel tank: 800lt; freshwater tank; 100lt; wastewater tank: 100lt (forward & aft). |
| Sail rig | Cutter rig with Proctor hydraulic in mast furling and Reckmann genoa furling. Proctor aluminium mast & boom in Awlgrip H8010 Oyster White. Dyform s/s rigging. Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster. Lewmar ocean racing manisheet blocks. Cutterstays and running backstays. |
| Cruiser accommodation | Classic satin-finish teak interior joinery throughout with refurbished floorboards (carried out in 2010 by same German yard who refurbished decks). Saloon with U-shaped settee and dining area. Galley in passageway to aft cabin with Corian worktops, Frigoboat refrigerator (115lt) and separate deep freeze, 2 x burner gas cooker with oven, electric hob. Owner's cabin aft has double berth and ensuite heads with washbasin and separate shower cubicle. Forecabin has double V berth and side cabin to starboard has two single bunk berths. Second heads with washbasin and separate shower cubicle forward. Washing/drying machine, air conditioning in aft cabin (10,000 BTU) and Webasto hot air heating and electric heaters in each cabin. Pressurised hot and cold water (via engine calorifier with 220v immersion heater). Grundig radio/cd player with Bose loudspeakers. TV/DVD |
| Navigation | Whitlock compass, Shipmate RS 8300-BZT VHF with DSC connector in cockpit, B&G Hydra 2 log, echosounder, wind 2 x FFD (analogue and digital) with repeaters. Radar reflector. B & G HydraH-range Autopilot interfaced, Fastnet FMD-50 weatherfax, R&R combi-antennae Pacific (GSM/UKW/TV/AM-FM/ESB weatherfax/windex). GSM 3 coloured masthead and strobe light. Raymarine E-series linked to radar giving Raymarine E80 display, E120 display, RayStar 125 GPS sensor and 74SL radar scanner to dome (48 nm). |
| Mechanical | Perkins M135 6 cylinder, 135hp diesel engine (hours approx 1,600 July 2011), Hurth gearbox, Consumption about 10 litres / hour at cruising speed of 8-9 knots. Sleipner 24v/20hp bowthruster with joystick control, Maxprop 3 x bladed, 22" self-adjusting propeller, s/s prop shaft. Onan 5kw generator, Engine room soundproofed. Electric and manual bilge pumps. 6 x 108 amp service batteries and 5 x Optima 12v batteries (2010) for generator, engine & bowthruster. Mastervolt 24v/50a battery charger and Mastervolt 24v/500a/h inverter/charger. Battery monitor. 2 x alternators. 220v shore power with power cable and 220v ring main. 220v/1500w inverter. Automatic and manual bilge pumps. |
| Hull construction | Fibreglass |
| Location | Corfu, Greece |
| Country | GR |
