Wooden Ships Comments on this Cheverton Crusader Sloop Cheverton Crusader designed and built by Cheverton Brothers of Cowes in 1960. The Crusader was a popular family cruising boat, designed to be an affordable boat with plenty of volume for the length. The strip plank construction makes for a strong and rigid hull and helps maximise the volume without large obtrusive frames. The boat has been used for family cruising around the West Country each season and stored ashore every winter. Large cockpit and comfortable interior with 3 good sized berths and 6’ headroom. An ideal family cruising boat offering good value fun afloat Some issues have been recently found in the boat and she is being offered at a very attractive price. She has a basically sound hull with lots of volume, an excellent engine and great rigging and sails. Contact us for a full run down of what work is required. Length on Deck 27’ Bram 8’2” Draft 4’3” Thames Tonnage 7TM Construction Planked in the usual manner for Cheverton boats. Edge glued strip plank African Mahogany with laminated mahogany frames. Sawn wooden floors across the centreline. External iron ballast keel of 1600kg, fastened with iron keel bolts. Mahogany deadwoods, partly replaced in 2016. Sheathed marine plywood deck with varnished mahogany toe rails and rubbing strakes. Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and guard wires. Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with bronze framed portlights. Varnished mahogany hand rails and sliding hatch. Non self draining cockpit with painted cockpit thwarts with lifting lids to access cockpit lockers. Tiller steering with a transom hung rudder. Rig Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped varnished spruce mast of hollow construction. A glued box section mast that has just been split and completely rebuilt with a new bottom end then re-varnished, all work done in June 2021. Varnished wooden boom with a slab reefing mainsail. Stack pack system on the boom. Stainless steel standing rigging from 2012 to internal stainless steel chain plates. Single standing backstay, twin lower shrouds and a single cap shroud. Roller furling genoa system, new in 2008. Pair of Tuffnell non self tailing cockpit sheet winches. Mainsail and genoa by SKB Sails from 2008, in good condition. Machinery Beta Marine 20hp 3 cylinder diesel, new in 2006. Professionally serviced annually. Stainless shaft to a fixed 3 blade bronze propeller giving 4 knots cruising speed, 6 knots max. 2 litres/hour fuel consumption. New fuel tank fitted in 2017. Plastic 43 litre fuel tank in port cockpit locker. 2 x 12 volt batteries in starboard cockpit locker. 1 manual and 1 auto electric bilge pump. Accommodation 3 single berths with 6’ headroom in the saloon. Steps down over the engine box with galley to port and chart desk to starboard. Galley has a gimballed gas stove and single stainless sink. Saloon has a full length settee berth to starboard and a short settee to port. Both sides is a drop down dinette type table. Shelves and lockers behind under the side deck. Centre line passage moving forward into the forecabin which has 2 single V-berths. In the passageway is the heads compartment with a Jabsco sea toilet. Equipment Steering compass Garmin sounder VHF Handheld VHF Garmin chart plotter Autohelm tiller pilot 4 x lifejackets 2 x lifebuoys Coastal flare pack Danbuoy Throwing line Spray dodgers CQR anchor with 25m of chain Danforth anchor with 20m of chain and warp Stainless steel stern bathing ladder 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.
