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Traditional Morecambe Bay Prawner for sale in Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

LOCATION

Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

YEAR

1940

LENGTH

35.93 ft.

DETAILS

Condition

Used

Year

1940

Make & Model

Traditional Morecambe Bay Prawner

Boat type

Sail

Length

35.93 ft.

Fuel Type

Diesel

Location

Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom

MEASUREMENTS

Beam

10.83 ft.

Draft

4.49 ft.

Fresh Water Tanks

1 (22)

LWL

30.41 ft.

DESCRIPTION


Built as a fishing boat around the turn of the century she was converted to a yacht and had a major refit in the previous ownership. Pitch pine hull bronze screw fastened to sawn oak frames with a Douglas Fir deck laid over plywood. 4 berths including a large double forward. BMC 1500 diesel. Brand new standing rigging this year. Cruised extensively in present ownership with regular trips to Spain and northern France.


Specs
Builder: Traditional
Designer: Traditional
Flag of Registry: United Kingdom
Keel: Full
Dimensions
LOA: 47 ft 6 in
Beam: 10 ft 10 in
LWL: 30 ft 5 in
Length on Deck: 35 ft 10 in
Minimum Draft: 4 ft 6 in
Maximum Draft: 4 ft 6 in
Engines
Total Power: 35 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: BMC 1500
Year Built: 1985
Engine Model: 4 cyl
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Propeller: 2 blade propeller
Engine Power: 35 HP
Cruising Speed: 5 knots
Maximum Speed: 6 knots
Tanks
Fresh Water Tanks: 1 (22)
Fuel Tanks: 1 Plastic (17)
Accommodations
Number of single berths: 2
Number of double berths: 1
Number of heads: 1
Electronics
Navigation center - Nav instruments and switch board above chart desk
Sails
Asymmetric spinnaker
Storm jib
Rigging
Tiller
Inside Equipment
Marine head - Jabsco sea toilet with a 25l waste tank.
Heating - Solid fuel stove forward to port.
Hot water - Hot and cold pressurised water with engine or 240v heated calorifier
Refrigerator - portable 12v fridge
Oven - Smev 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill,
Electrical Equipment
Shore power inlet
Outside Equipment/Extras
Solar panel
Morecambe Bay Prawner
Full Specification

Wooden Ships Comments on this Morecambe Bay Prawner

Morecambe Bay Prawner, commonly known as a Nobby, possibly built in Fleetwood but that is not confirmed, probably around 1900.

She was launched as a fishing boat and would have spent much of her early life at sea trawling nets. It is not known when she was retired from fishing and when she was first converted to a yacht, but we have records of her from about 1940 onwards.

Bought by the present owners in 2009 since when she has been sailed extensively around the south coast of England, France and across to Spain. She has served extremely well as a safe comfortable boat for the 2 owners to cruise all summer and has been well looked after in that time with all new standing rigging this summer and regular inspections. The previous owner had owned the boat since 1984 and had carried out extensive and major work fitting a new engine, new deck and replacing any hull planks and frames that were not up to scratch.

She is now in smart and tidy condition with many miles under her keel this summer.

Length on Deck 35’10”

Length Overall 47’6″

Length Waterline 30’5″

Beam 10’9″

Draft 4’6″

Displacement 9.5 tons

Construction

Planked in Pitch Pine fastened with bronze screws to sawn oak frames

New deck laid in 1989 using 0.5″ marine plywood subdeck overlaid with straight laid 1″ Douglas Fir, all epoxy glued together with no fastenings. Payed with butyl rubber in the seams.

Painted oak coachroofcoamings with round bronze portholes. Coachroof deck of 1″ pine planks and sheathed externally.

Grown oak floors throughout.

1/2 ton iron ballast with internal lead ingots and concrete between the frames.

U-shaped cockpit with a low coaming all round at deck level. Tiller steering.

Rig

Gaff cutter rig on a keel stepped solid wooden varnished mast.

Solid wooden slab reefing boom. Varnished wooden gaff and bowsprit.

Galvanised wire standing rigging, all new in May 2017. Spliced wire eyes with dead eyes and lanyards to external galvanised chain plates.

Running backstays on tackles.

2 pairs of non self tailing cockpit sheet winches.

Mainsail, topsail, staysail and jib plus a storm jib and asymmetric spinnaker.

Machinery

BMC 1500 35hp 4cyl marinised diesel fitted in 1985. Manual gearbox with single lever controls

Engine is mounted facing forward with a belt drive onto the starboard offset shaft.

2 Blade folding propeller gives 5 knots cruising, 6 knots max at 3 litre/hr.

80l plastic fuel tank in starboard cockpit locker.

100l flexible water tank under stbd bunk.

4 x 12 volt batteries for engine, domestics and anchor windlass. Charging from engine alternator or 240v charger when connected to shore power. 100W solar panel for charging.

Installed shore power system with chargers and water heater on the calorifier.

Accommodation

4 berths including a large double in the forepeak and 2 saloon settee berths.

Steps down into the saloon with a galley to starboard and chart desk to port.

Galley has a Smev 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill, tiled work surface and a single stainless sink which is gravity pumped overboard. Hot and cold pressurised water with engine or 240v heated calorifier. Plenty of storage around the galley.

Small chart desk with a portable 12v fridge under it. Nav instruments and switch board above.

Half height bulkheads with grab handles separate the saloon from the galley area.

Port and starboard settee berths with a centreline dropleaf table.

Solid fuel stove forward to port.

Centreline door going forward with the heads to port and stowage locker to starboard. Sitting headroom on the toilet. Jabsco sea toilet with a 25l waste tank.

Large double ‘coffin style’ berth with sitting headroom in the forepeak. Access to chain locker and storage beyond this.

Full specification and details available upon request

Disclaimer:

These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Wooden Ships cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.

PROPULSION

Cruising Speed

5 knots

Engine Count

1

Engine Horse Power

35 HP

Max Speed Knots

6 knots

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

HULL

Designer

Traditional

Hull Material

Wood

OTHER

Double Berths

1

Single Berths

2

Builder

Traditional

Country Built

United Kingdom

Length on Deck

35 ft 10 in

Engine Year

1985

Fuel Tanks

1 Plastic (17)

No of Heads

1

Propeller

2 blade propeller

Keel

Full

Keel

Full

ABOUT TRADITIONAL MORECAMBE BAY PRAWNER

The Traditional Morecambe Bay Prawner is a 36 feet long that boasts a 11 feet beam. This 1940 diesel Traditional Morecambe Bay Prawner is powered by a BMC 1500 4 cyl, with 35 HP horsepower, capable of reaching a maximum speed of 6 knots knots and a cruising speed of 5 knots. The Traditional Morecambe Bay Prawner is made of wood.