Reg Freeman’s clever design for DELFINO creates a great sense of space, enhanced in current ownership by the addition of an enclosed wheelhouse for the upper, previously open, steering position. She was professionally rebuilt, refitted and repowered to a high standard 2003 to 2007 and has been significantly upgraded 2018 to 2019 in present ownership.Reg Freeman’s clever design for DELFINO creates a great sense of space, enhanced in current ownership by the addition of an enclosed wheelhouse for the upper, previously open, steering position. She was professionally rebuilt, refitted and repowered to a high standard 2003 to 2007 and has been significantly upgraded 2018 to 2019 in present ownership. Both meticulous renovations have ensured she has been brought up to date with the comforts, reliability, practicality and safety features expected of a modern vessel, whilst retaining her classic appeal and character. This is a beautiful and practical vessel for a discerning buyer.
AT HYTHE, HANTS BY BUCKLERS HARD BOATBUILDERS - Hull above waterline splined - Exterior taken back to bare wood - New enclosed flybridge designed and constructed - 2-step boarding ladder with rescue/ swimming extension - Double bow roller to incorporate Bruce anchor - Transom stainless steel edge protectors - Fixed stern ladder - Lazarette drainage rerouted through transom - Stainless steel outboard bracket formed - Aluminium engine room air vents replaced in teak - Dorade boxes replaced - Manual toilets replaced with electric versions - Ancillary switches consolidated to single instrument panel - Shafts and propellers coated in resistant coating - New deck saloon door and chart table flap - Residual current device for shore power fitted - New storage lockers in stern cabin - New mattresses in stern cabin - Hatch and night screen in stern cabin - New flag locker in wheelhouse - New remote stern gland greaser - Deck light prisms in forecabin/ companionway/ aft heads - Porthole surrounds re-chromed - New TV and aerial ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL MAINTENANCE IN CURRENT OWNERSHIP - Hull repainted including boottop and antifouling - Brightwork revarnished - Engines serviced - Anodes replaced - Seacocks serviced - Stern glands checkedAT DUMBARTON, SCOTLAND BY NEW HORIZONS BOAT BUIILDERS The hull was stripped and planks (including 50% of the topsides) were replaced like-for-like in long leaf pitch pine), frames, stringers, beams and fastenings inspected and replaced as required. Hull and decks were fully raked out, re-caulked and re-seamed. Further refit works included - New deckhead to saloon and owners cabin - New rubbing strake - Refurbished port lights - All deck hardware replaced including Dorade vents, mooring cleats, bow roller - New stanchions and guardrails - New davits and engine lift hoist - Teak deck lockers forward - Cockpit rebuilt incorporating twin gas bottle locker and stowage - New engines and associated systems - All through-hull Blake valves fully serviced - Original electrical systems stripped out and new wiring professionally installed - Forward head and bulkheads re-lined - Aft cabin & head entirely re-built; berth, drawers, desk, lockers, bulkheads, shower stall.
R.F. FREEMAN DESIGN NO. 275 UK NATIONAL HISTORIC SHIPS REGISTER No. 3585 Highly respected and versatile naval architect Reg Freeman loved boats and spent his long working life from the late 1920s designing, surveying, selling and sailing them. His motor yacht designs along refined fishing boat lines were always sensible with character and spacious, well conceived accommodation, and most of them were built by Gordon and Michael Attrill of H. Attrill & Sons, St Helens, Bembridge Harbour, Isle of Wight. DELFINO's relatively shallow draft and the original low profile house and lowering mast suggest that her first owners, Ron and Dorothy Lovatt of Poole, Dorset, later Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, may have been keen canal and river cruisers. DELFINO replaced their 1962 34ft/ 10m steel twin screw motor yacht RONDORAM, one of the popular production-built 'Kaag-Kruisers' by Jachtwerf Gebrs. Visch of Warmond, Netherlands. Like RONDORAM, DELFINO was originally powered by twin Sutton Power 4-cylinder diesels, DELFINO's being 62 hp each. Many of Reg Freeman's designs were powered by Sutton diesels; perhaps a business/ agency connection. The Lovatts owned DELFINO until 1978 when her home port moved to Lymington, Hampshire on purchase by Godfrey G. Palmer and Mr & Mrs Roger T. Thomas. At least part of her role at this time may have been as mothership to Godfrey Palmer's 1974 Clare Lallow-built X One Design day racing sloop OYSTER. At some point in the 1980s DELFINO moved north to the Firth of Clyde and she subsequently became DOLPHIN OF RHU in the ownership of Ronnie Morrison. By the early 2000s her structure needed much attention and in 2002 she found in Colin Moore of Glasgow an owner prepared to give her what she needed. Between 2003 and 2007 she had her structure, systems and accommodation significantly upgraded, followed by summers cruising the west coast of Scotland. In 2013 DOLPHIN OF RHU experienced a dramatic change of cruising horizons when she was purchased by Tapio Leskela who cruised the Finnish Lakeland for four summers. In 2018, back to DELFINO, she returned to Solent waters in the present ownership of a fastidious classic motor yacht enthusiast who has undertaken the incremental upgrades listed above, including the addition of a sheltered wheelhouse over the upper steering position. ©2024 Iain McAllister/ Sandeman Yacht Company Ltd.
- Traditional carvel built hull - Long leaf pitch pine planking on oak frames - Copper fastened - Traditional teak laid deck - Iroko and teak superstructures
GENERAL - Teak laid deck; varnished king plank and covering boards - Varnished teak substantial bulwarks and rail - Stainless steel stanchions; partly iroko capped - Stem and transom edges protected with stainless steel stripAir height c.3.4 m FROM AFT AFT DECK - Bronze open fairleads at taffrail port and starboard - Bronze closed cap rail fairleads port and starboard - Fixed Stainless steel/ teak transom boarding/ berthing ladder transomBronze mushroom vent - Wood Samson posts port and starboard on deck - Flush varnished/ teak laid hatch to steering flat/ lazarette - 2 x Stainless steel davits with 2 x Lewmar 14 self-tailing winchesx Stainless steel outboard motor hoistOutboard motor stowage bracketLiferaft stowage at starboard quarter (2019) AFT TRUNK CABIN - Iroko uprights - Laid teak on plywood roof - Vanished teak margins and king plank - Stainless steel and raw teak steps aft - (Steps can also be used for boarding midships) - 2 x Varnished Dorade boxes with chromed cowlsRaised hatch over aft cabinx Circular dioptric deck lightsBurgee mast with spreaders and gaffSteaming and anchor lights; radar reflector (2019) WHEELHOUSEx Hinged entrance doors aft - 1 x Hinged entrance door to port; easy access to helm - Windscreen wipersSearchlight - Horn (2019) SIDE DECKS - Wide, well scuppered side decks - 2 x Panama fairleads port and starboard - Incorporated cleats DECKHOUSE - Iroko uprights - Laid teak on plywood roof - Varnished teak grab rails port and starboard - 2 x Varnished Dorade boxes with chromed cowlsx Wood handled boat hooks in teak chocksLarge windows all round - Windscreen wipersTrunk cabin forward over galley and WC - 2 x Half skylights (non-opening) - 2 x Bronze mushroom vents FOREDECK - Teak and holly booby forehatch - Sliding hatch; 2 x bronze opening portlights - Circular dioptric deck lights over forecabin port & starboardVarnished and raw teak stowage boxes port and starboard - Chocks for Danforth spare anchor - Varnished Dorade box with chromed cowl - Samson post - Bronze mushroom vent - 2 x Stainless steel Panama fairleads - 2 x Bow rollers - Stainless steel pulpit GROUND TACKLE - Hydraulic windlass; horizontal chain gipsy and warping drum - (Windlass fully refurbushedGalvanised Bruce bower anchor - 70 m x 12 mm chain and warp - 55 lb/ 25 kg Galvanised Danforth spare anchor - Deckwash
The accommodation is arranged for four people with the option of an additional two in the saloon - Traditional hardwood slatted lining throughout cabins, forward head and galley - Bridge of Weir burgundy leather upholsteryEberspächer heating system with outlets to all cabins, heads and saloon (2013) WHEELHOUSE - 2 x Hinged entrance doors aft - 1 x Hinged entrance door to port; easy access to helm - Seating port and starboard with blue Connolly leather cushions - Locker box under port seat - Locker in sole holding gas bottles vented outboard and tool storage - Helm position to port - Traditional ship's wheel with control knob - Stainless steel Morse controls - Perkins engine panels - Instruments incl. chart plotter, autohelm, rudder reference, fire alarm - Silva steering compass - Flag locker - Chart space to starboard and forward of helm DOWN 2 x STEPS TO MAIN SALOON - Completely re-fittedx Large windows port and starboard; 2 x forward - (3 x 'Railway carriage' vertical sliding sliding opening panes) - Panoramic view - Concertina window blindsU-shaped seating to port - Drop leaf saloon table offset to portDrinks locker to starboard; bookshelves aboveLong settee to starboard - Leeclothsx Deckhead lights - 5 x Bulkhead lights LOWER HELM POSITION TO PORT - Ship's electrical isolator panel to port - Traditional ship's wheel - Stainless steel Morse controls - Perkins engine panels - 3 x Bilge pump switches (fwd. engine room and aft - Instruments incl. chart plotter, autohelm - VHF Radio and handheld - Alpine car radio with MP3 linked to Bose speakers - Locker under - Chartwork sideboard to starboard DOWN 4 x STEPS TO FORWARD ACCOMMODATION - Bookshelves to starboard GALLEY TO PORT - Completely re-fitted 2007 with subsequent upgrades - Corian worktops - Aqua Marine Neptune 4500 2 x burner hob + ovenTop loading fridgeStainless steel sink - Mixer tap - Food lockers - Glass and cup holdersBronze opening port - Half skylight in deckhead (non-opening) - Strip light central in deckhead (2019) WC COMPARTMENT TO STARBOARD - Jabsco electric toiletBronze opening port - Deckhead light - Half butterfly skylight hatch in deckhead FORWARD CABIN - 2 x Single berths - Clothes lockers under - 4 x Bronze opening ports - 2 x Bulkhead lights - 1 x Deckhead light - 2 x Dioptric glass decklightsBooby hatch in deckhead; steps at port aft bulkhead AFT ACCOMMODATION DOWN STAIR OFF SALOON STARBOARD AFT OWNER'S EN-SUITE WC COMPARTMENT - Jabsco electric toiletStainless steel sink bowlMixer tap - ShowerTeak grating sole; sump under - Lockers - 1 x Bronze opening port - 1 x Dioptric glass decklights (2019) OWNER'S EN-SUITE CABIN - WC Compartment - 2 x Generously sized single berths - Clothes lockers and drawers - Hanging locker - Aft locker leads to escape hatch - Hatch in deckheadx Deckhead light - 2 x Bulkhead lights - 2 x Dioptric glass decklightsx Bronze opening ports
MAIN ACCESS TO ENGINE ROOM IS VIA AFT CABIN MECHANICAL - 2 x Perkins Sabre 6-Cylinder M130 Diesels - Total 260 hp (2002/2007) - Raw water cooled - Consumption 9 L/h total @ 7.5-8 kts (1900 RPM) - Engine hours c 1100 - Regular annual service by qualified marine engineers - Updated alternators with shaft drives via PRM gear boxes - Hydraulic power take offs - Bronze/ stainless steel propeller shafts - 4-Bladed propellers - Engineered galvanised steel engine & transmission ladder frames - All braided stainless steel fuel lines - Double fuel filter system - Sea water tell tale sight glasses & change over valves - Morse “wireless” engine and gearbox controls - dual station - Halyard Marine wet exhaust system - Stainless steel catch trays under sumps - Stainless steel hydraulic oil header tank ELECTRICAL - 240 V shore power circuit with outlets throughout - Circuit breaker distribution system - Built in 240 V – 24 V Smart chargerx Sunflower flexible solar panelsV circuit breaker distribution boards and system - Outlets to the owner's cabin, saloon and lazarette - 2 x Independent banks of engine start batteriesx Gel Cell 240 Ah in Domestic battery banksAdverc battery monitoring and smart charging system - Led lighting throughout with new fittings in fore cabin/saloon/aft cabin (2019) TANKAGE & WATER SYSTEMS - Stainless steel water tanks: - 1 x Main abaft engine bulkhead - 2 x Wing tanks under side decks - Fresh water capacity 375 L - Stainless steel diesel tanks total capacity 1,350 L - Diesel tanks and fuel cleaned in 2021 - Waste water collection system capacity 450 LHot water cylinder: shore power immersion and indirect coil heating off port engine - Water pressure accumulator - Hot and cold pressurised water system OTHER - Eberspächer Airtronic D5L heating systemOutlets to all cabins, WC compartment(s) and saloon - Sea water deck wash with electric lift pumpGas pipe work tested and certified
NAVIGATION - Raymarine eS 127 MFD plotter - Navionics charts of UKRaymarine eS 75 MFDRaymarine Tridata Instruments - Raymarine Echo Sounder - Raymarine Autopilot - Raymarine AIS 700 broadcast/receiveRaymarine ST290 rudder reference displayFluxgate compassSet of charts for England west coast & Northern Ireland - Clock and Barometer - Binoculars COMMUNICATIONS - Icom IC-M601 DSC VHF Radio - Handheld VHF Radio
- 8-Person Seago life raft (last servicedRORC Flare PackHornHoisting radar reflector - MOB Life buoyx Bilge pumps (3 electric, 2 engine, 1 manual) - 3 x 1 kg Powder fire extinguishersx 4 kg Powder fire extinguisherSeafire manual/auto engine room fire extinguisher systemGalley fire blanket - Gas alarm and detectorEmergency steering assembly (2007)
- 2 m Stainless steel swim/ rescue ladder extensionHighlander Arran 8 ft dinghyVarious warps and 9 x large fenders - Spare filters and pump spares - Winter cover (2019)
