Boat Description
The Nicholson 32 Mark II is a safe, comfortable all-weather family cruiser with spacious five-berth accommodation. She is easy to handle under sail or power. Rhuna benefits from a Beta 1005 Engine with 30 Hp, a new Simpson Lawrence windlass, and recent GPS chartplotter upgrades.
Excellent project to buy and spend time finishing her to a high standard.
Construction
The Nicholson 32 was designed in 1962 by Peter and Charles Nicholson of Camper & Nicholsons, then one of Britain's most prestigious custom boatbuilders, as a good value mid-sized cruising boat. The Nicholson 32 was the first time the company had set up series production, and early boats were completed by an aircraft company under contract, as Nicholson's yard was not set up for mass production.
The hulls were all moulded by Halmatic, and from 1966 onwards the boats were both moulded and completed by Halmatics.
The design went through many minor modifications over the years from Mk I to Mk VIII. The cockpit is deep, safe, and self-draining. Wheel steering. Cockpit lockers. Fabric sprayhood with stainless steel grab bar. Long keel with protected rudder.
Engines and Mechanicals
Beta H.P. Diesel engine.
Shaft drive to the propeller.
The vessel was re-engined in 2010.
Cruising speed: 6 knots.
Maximum speed: 8 knots.
The ship's electrical system is 12 volts throughout, with power supplied by three 12-volt heavy-duty batteries via an engine-driven alternator.
12 volts with 3 batteries all replaced in 2008 with fiberglass Optima batteries.
Shore power and cable.
Tankage
- 1 x Water Tank: 45 Gallons
- 1 x Diesel Tank: 16 Gallons
Mast and Rigging
The vessel is sloop rigged, and all masts and spars are alloy.
All standing rigging is 1/19 stainless steel.
Rotostay for genoa furling.
Slab reefing main.
Winches
- 2 Genoa, Lewmar 2 Speed self-tailing winches
- 1 Reefing winch below boom
- 1 Halyard Winch on Mast
Sails
- One Genoa Roller Reefing
- One Mainsail Slab reefing
- One Mainsail Boom Furling
Accommodation
Accommodation for 5 persons in two cabins (includes the saloon). The forward cabin has two single berths in the usual 'V' configuration. Just aft of the forward cabin is the head with sea toilet to port and wash hand basin to starboard. The saloon has one single settee berth and one double berth. A single sea berth is to port just aft of the chart table. Within the saloon, there is a dining area that will seat a full crew. This area is local to the galley for ease of catering and entertaining. The galley is to starboard at the after end of the saloon and equipped with a gimballed Taylors Parafin 2 burner cooker at the end of the saloon to port. Eberspacher warm air heating. Headroom: six feet.
Inventory
Navigation
- Steering Compass
- Echo Sounder
- GPS Chartplotter
- 2 x Autohelm Tiller pilots
- VHF
Deck Gear
- Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
- Full stainless steel guardrails
- Navigational lighting to M.C.A. standard
- 2 x C.Q.R. anchor with chain
- 1 x Danforth
- Simpson Lawrence anchor windlass. Never used.
- 2 x Boat hook
- Tinker Tramp Dinghy
- 3 Warp
- 3 Fenders
- Sprayhood
Safety
- Bilge pump
- Boarding ladder
- Horn
- Horseshoe lifebuoy
- Fire Blanket
- Clock and Barometer
- Tableware
Owner Comments
Project Boat.
I started this project in 2000.
Items replaced:
- New Engine 2010
- New Marine Heads
- New GPS and Plotter
- Replaced Genoa Winches with 2 speed self-tailing units
- New Simpson Lawrence Windlass
Features
- VHF
- Heating
- Depthsounder
- Tender
- Battened mainsail - x 2
- Tiller
- Manual bilge pump
- Marine head
- GPS
- Plotter - Raymarine A65 and Magellan Colour handheld linked to Yeoman Plotter
- Shore power inlet
- Furling genoa - 2000: Crusader
- Autopilot - x 2 Tiller pilots
- Compass
In this case, we are acting as brokers only. The Vendor is not selling in the course of a business. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and, where appropriate, at his own expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted, which if carried out by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part.
Note to seller and purchaser: If the boat you are selling or purchasing is registered, please ensure that the registration is completed after the sale of the boat. If the purchaser wishes to cancel the registration, it is the duty of the seller to contact the Registry and inform them that the registration is to be cancelled. If the purchaser wishes to continue with the registration, it is the duty of the purchaser to complete the relevant forms and post off the bill of sale to the Registrar.
