47ft CAMPER & NICHOLSON YAWL for sale in Dorset United Kingdom

47ft. CAMPER & NICHOLSON YAWL – 1963 – Lloyds 100A1 – Lying: Dorset

MUSKETEER of STUTTON was designed and built in 1963 by the highly respected company Camper & Nicholson to Lloyds 100A1 specification for the Commodore of the Royal Ocean Racing Club Sir Peter Green. Sir Peter, from Stutton Mill House, served on HMS Musketeer as a Sub Lieutenant in 1943. In 1952 he crewed on Lutine in the Bermuda race and in 1957 was one of the founders of the Admiral’s Cup. Sir Peter, however, is probably best remembered as chairman of Lloyds.

MUSKETEER of STUTTON was raced successfully through the 1960s winning the RORC points championship at least once, before being sold in 1970 to Nigel Pattison who stationed the yacht in Chichester. In September 1973 Martin Tubby of Guernsey bought the yacht selling in December 1974 to Jonathan Trafford of Plymouth, a member of the Royal Western Y C and Royal Cruising Club. In his ownership, the rig was altered back to the original yawl configuration. In August 1987 joint owners Alan Edenborough and Michael Lewin-Harris acquired MUSKETEER. Kevan and Janet Townsend of Romsey, Hampshire bought the yacht in July 2000 running her as a sailing school. The current owner bought the yacht in 2007.  MUSKETEER has crossed the Atlantic several times and cruised to the Caribbean, Baltic, Russia, Norway, Spain, Azores and all of the UK.  During her sail training for offshore navigation, she made frequent trips to the Azores.

Bought by the present owners in 2007, she has been a great family cruising boat, a regular at classic regattas and in 2016/2017 she went to the Caribbean again to compete in the 30th Anniversary Antigua Classics regatta where she came 1st in class and received honours in the Concour’s de Regatta.  She underwent a period of refit before the Atlantic trip and has up to date, rig, machinery and systems.  A professional shipwright has overseen maintenance and repairs in the last 10 years with all the work well documented.

She is a powerful yet comfortable cruiser racer with great pedigree and history, presented in a well maintained and smart condition.  With 9 berths and plenty of volume below decks, she has space for a large racing crew but can also be easily sailed by a crew of just two.

A very fine pedigree yacht in lovely condition.

Planked in Honduras mahogany fastened to Canadian Rock Elm frames with copper nails and roves.  Hull repairs and replacement planks professionally completed in present ownership.

Grown timber floors across the centreline.

External lead ballast keel with bronze keel bolts, last drawn in 2016.

Yacht laid teak deck over a marine plywood sub-deck.

Varnished teak coachroof coamings with an epoxy sheathed plywood deck.

Large self-draining cockpit with split helm./crew area.  Overhanging dog house roof provides shelter.

Wheel steering with cables.

Rig

Masthead bermudian yawl rig on keel-stepped alloy masts.  Slab reefing alloy booms.  All spars original.

Stainless steel standing rigging, well maintained with stays of various ages.  Internal galvanised chainplates.  Complete rig check in 2014.

Twin standing backstays for the main.  Running backstays on tackles for the mizzen.

Harken roller furling genoa.

4 x non-self tailing Lewmar cockpit sheet winches.

4 x non-self tailing Lewmar mast winches.

Large wardrobe of sails including recent Mainsail, mizzen, genoa and cruising chute.

Machinery

Yanmar 4cyl 56hp diesel installed new in 2014.

Hurth gearbox with Aquadrive coupling.  Centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 7 knots cruising speed at 4.5 litres/hour.

158-litre aluminium fuel tank.

3 x 12-volt batteries for domestics and engine starting.

Installed shore power system with a 240-volt battery charger.

1 electric bilge pump and 3 manual bilge pumps.

Accommodation

9 berths including a small double in the forepeak.

6’3″ headroom in the saloon.

A clever interior design offering a huge amount of storage space and lockers with handholds everywhere and good secure sea berths.

Steps down over the engine box with a quarter berth and chart desk to starboard and galley to port

Forward-facing chart desk with ample storage space.

U-shaped galley with a Nelson gimballed 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill.  Stainless sink with pressurised hot and cold water plus a manual salt water tap.  Top loading 12-volt fridge.

Half-height bulkheads to the main saloon.

Drop-leaf varnished mahogany saloon table folds up against the forward bulkhead.  Settee berth either side, starboard side pulls out to make a more comfortable wider berth.  2 pilot berths either side one above the other.

Starboard side passageway forward with heads compartment to port.  Manual Jabsco sea toilet discharges directly overboard.  Stainless hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.

Forepeak with a small double to port and space for storing sails and gear.  Forehatch above.

BROKERS NOTE:

A proven and capable offshore racer/blue water cruising yacht built to a high specification by one of the premier yards in Europe. Ideal for the classic regatta circuit, sail training, charter or long-distance voyaging. Retaining her original 1960s styled interior with generous accommodation for extended living aboard. Spring re-paint and varnish 2021.

GUIDE: £79,000

LYING: Dorset

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