Classic Max Oertz Bermudan Cutter for sale in Netherlands United Kingdom

Max Oertz Bermudan Cutter Overview

For sale: 44′ Bermudan cutter designed by Max Oertz and built by Hans Heidtmann, Hamburg in 1925.

Max Oertz was the Kaiser’s naval architect, responsible for the Kaiser’s own yachts, Meteor IV and Meteor V, as well as numerous 10m rule yachts and the big schooner Germania.

This design was advanced for its time and proved to be fast and seaworthy, winning the North Sea Race and Kieler Woche in the late 1920s. She later moved to the UK and was owned by the Blewitt family for many years (Mary Blewitt of RORC fame) and later by Maurice Laing, who operated her as a sail training vessel in Scottish waters.

After a complete rebuild in the mid-1990s, she was purchased by the current owners in 2007, who have continued to update and maintain the boat to a very high level. A full list of recent works is available upon request, including a new engine, new teak deck, new sails, new ballast keel and keel bolts, and an updated interior.

Since 2007, she has been raced regularly in classic sailing regattas, proving to be a fast, comfortable boat and a real head-turner. Her large sail area and long waterline length make her fast yet easily handled and suitable for family cruising.

A superb sailing yacht with a fully documented history, well maintained and up to date, ready for the season.

Specifications

• Length on Deck: 44’
• Length Waterline: 39’1”
• Beam: 10’6”
• Draft: 6’9”
• Displacement: 15.09 tons
• Thames Tonnage: 19TM

Refit Work in Present Ownership Since 2007

• New Lombardini 60hp engine
• Fuel tank removed, cleaned and overhauled

• Teak Deck recaulked with Sikaflex
• New port & starboard portholes forecastle

• New stainless steel sink & taps
• New teak veneers and joinery in galley
• Wemo 40 litre coolbox
• New ENO Gascogne 2 burner and oven galley stove

• 2 additional new Dorade boxes
• 6 stainless steel Andersen cockpit winches fitted

• Internal lead ballast removed
• New upholstery for bunk mattresses

• New lead keel cast and fitted with stainless steel new keel bolts
• Deadwood and 2 bottom planks renewed in oak
• New caulking as necessary
• Classic Sestrel Moore Compass restored
• New asymmetric spinnaker

• New marine PC, screen, navigation software
• New Philippi AC Switchboard
• New sole boards in all cabins and saloon in A grade Java teak glued to ply, including hatches to all bilge compartments
• New sprayhood

• New mainsail sheet and Barton blocks
• New sail and hatch covers
• New sails (mainsail, genoa, staysail)

• New Harken mast rail and cars for mainsail
• New Safeguard life raft
• Water tank gauges replaced

• New Johnson bilge pumps
• All navigation lights replaced with LED units

• New marine plywood subdeck overlaid with teak
• New coaming aft end of cockpit
• New Raymarine AIS Transponder
• New Fusion audio set
• Lazy jacks fitted for mainsail

• Replacement of steering cables
• New planks under waterline port side
• New lockers in skippers’ cabin
• Water pressure system replaced
• Fuel tank gauges replaced
• All internal light bulbs replaced by LED units

• New upholstery in saloon

Construction

Carvel planked in pitch pine of 1 5/16” (34mm), all copper rivet fastened to laminated oak timbers, all new in the 1990’s refit.

Occasional larger section timbers. Garboard plank and 2 above replaced each side in 2013. Garboards are oak, the other new planking is pitch pine.

External lead ballast keel of 6.3 tons with stainless steel keel bolts. Keel and bolts all new in 2013.

Galvanised steel strap floors across the centreline.

Complete deck structure new in 2019. Yacht laid teak epoxy glued to a subdeck of 2 layers of marine plywood. No screw fastenings through which water can travel, making for a long-lasting and stout deck.

Varnished teak coverboards and toe rails with stainless stanchions and guard wires.

Varnished teak coachroof coamings with a sheathed plywood coachroof deck. Varnished teak forehatch. Varnished teak dorade vent boxes with bronze cowls.

Self-draining cockpit with laid teak thwarts and varnished teak coamings.

Wheel steering on a Whitlock pedestal.

Rig

Bermudan cutter rig on a keel stepped varnished wooden mast.

Varnished wooden slab reefing main boom and staysail boom.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless chain plates.

Mainsail sheets to a track across the cockpit with a 6:1 purchase. Staysail sheets to a galvanised horse in front of the mast.

All running rigging lead aft to the cockpit with winches and jammers on the coachroof.

Single standing backstay to the stern post and running backstays on tackles.

Genoa is on a roller furling system.

Sails all new in 2016 from Hagoort, mainsail, genoa, and staysail plus an asymmetric spinnaker (2013).

Pair of Anderson 56 ST primary cockpit sheet winches.

Pair of Anderson 40 ST secondary cockpit sheet winches.

Pair of Anderson 28 ST winches for running rigging on coachroof with jammers and 3 x Lewmar mast winches.

Machinery

Lombardini LDW2204 60hp 4cyl marine diesel installed new in 2007.

3 x 70ah 12 volt batteries for engine starting and domestics. Charged from the engine alternator or through a Mastervolt 10 amp charger when connected to shore power.

Installed 220 volt ring main system with 4 plug outlets.

Victron inverter for 220 volt power from the batteries.

100 litre stainless steel fuel tank with gauge.

180 litre stainless steel water tank with gauge.

50 litre flexible grey water waste tank.

Accommodation

7 berths including 2 doubles and 2 singles plus 1 saloon settee berth.

Beautiful interior fit out with all new upholstery in the saloon in 2021. New bunk upholstery in 2012. All new sole boards throughout in 2014 using laid teak glued over marine plywood.

Steps down from the centreline companion hatch into the main cabin.

Panelled mahogany door each side of the companion steps giving access to a double quarter cabin to starboard and a large storage space to port.

Chart desk to starboard is a forward facing half-Admiralty size table with all navigation instruments and 12 volt switch panel easily to hand.

Galley to port is L-shaped with an ENO Gascogne gimballed 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Twin stainless steel sinks with pressurised hot and cold water. Manual sea water hand pump. Top loading Wemo 40 litre 12 volt fridge set in the worktop.

The main saloon has port settee berth and starboard settee with a varnished mahogany saloon table that has a fold-out leaf to extend its size, suitable for seating 8 people.

Very smart mahogany joinery with lockers either side under the deck head. Varnished skylight above the saloon.

Dickinson solid fuel cabin heater against forward bulkhead of the saloon. Diesel fired hot air heating system new but not yet installed.

Starboard offset door going forward. 2 single berths in the passageway with lee cloths.

To port is the heads compartment with a Jabsco manual sea toilet that discharges directly overboard. Hand basin and full height shower with pressurised hot and cold water. Very smart varnished joinery in the heads compartment.

Owners cabin in the forecabin with a large double berth and 5 lockers with varnished doors.

Equipment

• Sestrel Moore steering compass
• Raymarine ST50 depth, speed and wind and close hauled indicator with chart table repeater
• ICOM 59 DSC VHF
• Furuno GP32 GPS
• Raymarine ST60 autopilot control
• Raymarine Autopilot computer & gyro
• Raymarine 101E hand held VHF
• Raymarine 700 AIS transponder linked to nav system
• NASA HF2SW SSB transceiver (not installed)
• Marine PC with separate screen and wireless mouse and keyboard
• Stentec WinGPS Voyager navigation software
• Furuno Navtex NX-300
• Wempe clock, barometer, hygrometer and thermometer
• LED navigation lights
• Safeguard 4 person life raft, serviced Spring 2022.
• Horse shoe lifebuoy with light
• 60 litre/min manual bilge pump
• 12 volt auto electric bilge pump
• 2 x 12 volt manually operated bilge pumps. (1 of these empties the grey water tank)
• 5 x 150N Lifejackets with up-to-date cartridges
• 2 x jackstays
• 6 x personal lifelines
• Simpson Lawrence Seawolf 520 12 volt windlass
• 45lb CQR anchor
• 60m of 10mm chain
• Pair of Anderson 56 ST stainless steel primary cockpit sheet winches
• Pair of Anderson 40 ST stainless steel secondary cockpit sheet winches.
• Pair of Anderson 28 ST stainless steel winches for running rigging on coachroof with jammers
• 3 x Lewmar mast winches.

Sails

• Fully battened mainsail of 43.38m2 on Harken cars, 2016
• Roller furling genoa of 61.32m2, 2016
• Boomed staysail with 3 battens, 2016
• Asymmetric spinnaker of 133m2, 2013 – 2 pieces, one of which with a repair.
• Lazy Jacks
• Mainsail cover
• Staysail cover
• Hatch covers
• Windlass cover

Electrical System

• 2 x 70ah 12 volt domestic batteries
• 1 x 70ah 12 volt engine start battery
• Mastervolt 10 amp charger
• Victron 12/220 inverter
• Philippi 12 volt switch panel
• Engine spares

Additional Equipment

• Spray hood and frame
• 3m Inflatable tender
• Honda 2.5hp 4 stroke outboard engine
• Warps
• Fenders
• Boarding ladder
• 2 x Deck bucket and brush
• Boat hook
• Fusion MS RA55 sound system with radio and Bluetooth
• All LED interior lights
• 4 x 220 volt sockets
• ENO Gascogne 2 burner gas stove with oven
• WEMO 40 litre 12 volt fridge
• Domestic hot water system with a calorifier from the engine.
• Jabsco manual sea toilet
• Baby Blake spare sea toilet
• Hot water shower
• Dickinson solid fuel cabin heater
• Diesel hot air heating system, new but not installed
• Gimballed saloon oil lamp
• Gimballed 12 electric saloon lamp
• Galley equipment
• Bunk and berth cushions new in 2021 and 2022