Boat Overview
Fulvia is one of only twelve King Falcon 33 TSMYs custom built by William Osborne, a renowned lifeboat builder. These boats are highly sought after for their classic lines and spacious accommodation. They serve as a capable and seaworthy alternative to classic models such as the Fairey Swordsman, Weymouth, or Freeman 32 cruisers. Fulvia has been well maintained and updated during her current and previous ownerships. Early viewing is advised as diesel-powered cruisers of this size and quality rarely come along at this price. Viewing is by appointment only through our Essex office.
Accommodation
This King Falcon 33 features a unique layout offering four/five berths in three cabins with good headroom throughout.
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FORECABIN: Permanent double V berth (can be converted back to two single berths with an infill if required), storage in lockers and beneath berths, and an opening deck hatch.
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HEADS COMPARTMENT: Located to starboard, fitted with an ITT Par marine toilet, washbasin, shower, and stowage.
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GALLEY: L-shaped galley forward to port, equipped with a Plastimo Neptune 2000 cooker, stainless steel sink, and ample stowage in various lockers and cupboards. Cutlery, crockery, and cookware included.
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SALOON: Features a large storage unit with a fitted Waeco 12/240V marine fridge, two chairs, an L-shaped dining area, and a bespoke central table with folding leaves. Additional storage includes a large drinks cabinet and various racks and shelves.
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WHEELHOUSE: Helm position with an adjustable and removable bucket seat to port, navigator seat with chart storage to starboard, and additional seating aft of the cockpit.
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AFT CABIN: Original configuration with two single berths and a storage unit between, which can be altered to form a reasonable size double if preferred. En suite heads compartment with marine toilet and washbasin.
The interior is light and airy with excellent ventilation, featuring beige upholstery (new 2015) in both sleeping cabins and maroon velour upholstery in the saloon. Various improvements have been made during current ownership, including high-quality teak sole boards throughout, an improved teak dining table, and refitted heads compartments in keeping with the period character. A pressurized water system provides hot and cold water to both heads and the galley via a calorifier (newly installed 2015 but not yet connected to the engine). A diesel-fired heater (new 2018 with dedicated battery and charger) provides warm air heating to all cabins, and shorepower has been installed along with a Glomex TV aerial.
Mechanical Systems
Located beneath the wheelhouse sole are twin Perkins 6354 Turbo 145hp 6-cylinder marine diesel engines, freshwater cooled via heat exchangers. Features include:
- Single lever engine controls.
- 24V electric start.
- Shaft drives to twin 4-bladed propellers.
- Spare set of propellers.
- Remote control trim tabs (new 2009).
- Full engine instrumentation.
The engines were last serviced with new oil and fuel filters in April 2019 by her experienced owner. They offer economic cruising, consuming approximately 20 litres per hour at around 8-10 knots.
Electrical Systems
Equipped with 6 x 12V batteries arranged in 24V banks (4 x domestic new Nov 2018, 2 x engine start new June 2019), charged via engine alternators. Additional features include:
- Separate 12V battery for heating system with battery charger.
- Shorepower system with ring mains and Sterling Procharge 20 battery charger.
- 12V and 24V accessory outlets.
- Screen demister fan.
- Full cabin lighting.
Deck Equipment
- CQR type anchor with chain and warp.
- Second smaller CQR type kedge anchor with chain and warp.
- Manual anchor windlass.
- Heavy duty custom stainless steel davits.
- Stainless steel boarding ladder.
- Stainless steel and teak grabrails.
- 2 x Windscreen wipers with screen washers.
- Windscreen demister system.
- Blue cockpit canopy with integrated bimini system by Dolphin (new 2010).
- Blue aft deck spray dodgers by Dolphin (new 2010).
- Ensign and staff.
- Cockpit cushions.
- Warps and fenders.
Navigation Equipment
- Plastimo compass.
- Raymarine DSC VHF radio with fist mike.
- Seavoice RT550 VHF radio with telephone style handset (not working, kept for aesthetic appeal).
- NASA Clipper depth sounder and speed/log.
- NASA Clipper wind instrument.
- Garmin 50S GPS colour chart plotter with facility to add fish finder (new 2015).
- Lowrance Elite-4M HD colour chart plotter (new 2015, feeds GPS to autopilot).
- Raymarine ST4000+ autohelm system.
- Furuno 1720 radar.
- NASA Navtex.
- Clock and barometer in cockpit and saloon.
- Navigation lights.
Safety Equipment
- 3 x Fire extinguishers.
- Firesafe engine protection system (new 2014).
- Fire blanket.
- Canary 2 gas alarm.
- 2 x Lifebuoys with floating lights.
- Lifejacket with harness.
- 2 x Safety lines.
- 3 x Manual bilge pumps.
- 3 x Electric bilge pumps.
- 2 x Small electric portable submersible pump.
- Emergency tiller.
- Radar reflector.
- Foghorn.
Construction
The Osborne King Falcon 33 was built in 1975 by William Osborne Ltd, Littlehampton to their own design. It features a white GRP semi-displacement hull with styling stripes and spray chines, light blue GRP coachroof, blue Treadmaster decks, and blue painted non-slip surfaces to the sheathed cabin and wheelhouse roofs. Additional construction details include:
- Teak rubbing strakes.
- Aluminium framed windows.
- Bronze P-brackets and propellers.
- Hydraulic wheel steering to twin bronze rudders.
- The hull was professionally stripped and epoxy treated in 2009 and had new propellers, shafts, and rudders installed in 2010.
Features
- Depthsounder.
- Radio.
- Compass.
- Log speedometer.
- Radar.
- VHF.
- Plotter.
- CD player.
- Autopilot.
- GPS.
- Wind speed and direction.
The company normally acts as brokers for the vendor who, unless otherwise stated, is not selling in the course of a business. While every care has been taken in the preparation of these particulars, the correctness is not guaranteed and they are intended as a guide only and do not constitute a part of any contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check these 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 conducted by us shall not imply any liability on our part.
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferaft, fire extinguishers, and flares, etc., are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on board as part of the sale of a used vessel, may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner’s specific needs.
