Bristol Channel 45.5 for sale in for P.O.A.

Main Features:   

Sloop, masthead rig, keel stepped mast, center cockpit, centerboard lifting keel inside encapsulated long fin keel, transom stern, supported rudder

Country Built, builder:   

USA, Rhode Island, Bristol, built by Bristol Yachts Inc, designed by Ted Hood with modifications carried out by Dieter Embacher

Power (HP):   

Main Features:   

Sloop, masthead rig, keel stepped mast, center cockpit, centerboard lifting keel inside encapsulated long fin keel, transom stern, supported rudder

Country Built, builder:   

USA, Rhode Island, Bristol, built by Bristol Yachts Inc, designed by Ted Hood with modifications carried out by Dieter Embacher

Power (HP):   

70 HP (Fresh water cooled) approximately, 4,100 total running hours, engine driving a Max-prop feathering 3 blade propeller

Electricity Generation:   

Generator – approximately 2.5 kva, around 3,900 total running hours

3 batteries – 1 starter + 2 x 280 ah deep cycle batteries (of 2008 & 2014 respectively)

Sails (reefing? if yes where?):   

Roller Genoa, storm jib, gennaker with snuffer, roller Main sail, carbon fiber whisker spinnaker pole

Hydraulic boom vang.

Removable inner forestay

Sails Condition:   

Reported all in good condition

Sails Age:   

Genoa & Main sail of 2008, gennaker & storm jib of 1998

Standing rigging of 2005

Cabins / W.c’s:   

2 / 2 – master cabin aft at full beam with double berth along starboard side & ensuite wc & separate shower compartment

Household Appliances:   

Gas cooker with oven (of 2003), microwave oven, electric fridge (of 2011), deep freeze, water heater (of 2012, operating both from engine as well as from shorepower), deck shower x 2, deck wash pump

Navigational Aids:   

(Echo sounder, speed log, wind speed & wind direction) – Datamarine, autopilot - Robertson AP21/22 (of 2002), GPS – Furuno 32 (of 2006), radar (incorporating chart plotter) – Furuno Navnet 2 (of 2008), SSB transceiver – Icom M710 (of 1998), Inmarsat – Thrane & Thrane (of 2000), VHF (GMDSS type) – Icom M402 (of 2003), wheel steering – chain & cable transmission (overhauled in 2014)

Liferafts (capacity) / Dinghy:   

6 pax (of 1997) with valid certificate until 12/2018 / Dinghy approx.. 2.40 m, of 2015

Outboard Motor (type & hp):   

Honda 2 hp, of 1998

Tank Capacities:   

Diesel = 400 lt (in 2 GRP tanks) , FW = 400 lt (in 2 tanks, one stainless & one GRP) , holding tank (in GRP construction)

Miscellaneous other important Equipment:   

Gangway, stern davits, sprayhood (of 2008), bimini top (of 2006), desalinator 120 lt/h, shore power connection, battery charger – Victron Phoenix (of 2006), current inverter 12 – 110 V of about 700 w – IMI/Kenyon, small inverter 12 – 220 V (portable), satellite EPIRB (of 1998), radar reflector, engine alarm system, TV & DVD player, cockpit table, sun awning for whole deck, cockpit cushions for forward part of cockpit

Comments / Remarks:   

Hull in dark blue

Electrical network onboard at 110 V

Shorepower connection bringing 220 V to boiler & battery charger. Both these devices operate automatically either to 110 V or 220 V

Deck painted awl grip in 2016