Meridian 31 Motorsailer for sale in Portishead United Kingdom

A Spacious 31ft centre cockpit motor-sailer. Ergonomically designed to make the best use of space , but retain the ride comfort, weather friendly dryness, and safety of a high sided cockpit with the privacy of fore and aft accommodation. Strongly built and well equipped with electronics this boat will get you safely to where your dreams can continue.

Mechanical

Engine

Thornycroft 35 Diesel Shaft driven 3 Blade bronze Prop
Thornycroft Engine panel with revs, temp ammeter and oil pressure gauges
Single lever dual action Volvo Remote controls

Electrical
12Volt system
2 x 12V Batteries
3 x 12v Breaker fuse panels new
240 Shore Power facility
Interior lighting
New Hot water Calorifier
New 12v Water pressure pump
Wylex NH504 5 way main switch box
3 way Battery switch
Flexible Solar panel
Engine Alternator charging
Water and fuel gauges
Rutland 504 Windcharger

Electronic & Navigation,
Raytheon SL70 Radar
NASA target 2 Depth
Garmin GPS 750 Map
Navico WP400 Wheel Pilot ( Autopilot )
Clipper wind gauge
2 x Dash compass
Standard Horizon VHF with DSC
2 x Flatscreen TV

Rig

Rigging
Aluminium Mast and Boom
3 x mast halyard winches
2 x Deck genoa winches
Sails
Main in stack pack lazyjack
Westaway Rollerfurling genoa/jib

Equipment

Equipment & Safety
Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit
Dinghy davits
Coachroof grab rails
Dive ladder
Guard wires
Rigging and running rigging  replaced in 2021
Side spray dodgers
2 x Horseshoe lifebouys
1 x Ring Lifebuoy
Man overboard rescue system
Anchor chain daisy wheel winch
CQR Anchor
Fire extinguishers

Accommodation

Accommodation

Centre Wheelhouse
Skipper seat and observer seat
Helm portside over engine room hatches
Stainless steering wheel
Canvas clears surround wheelhouse
Easy access to engine gearbox and shaft
Centre saloon grab pole ( Mast compression post)
Storage Lazarettes under seats
Roof skylight

Saloon
Plenty of headroom
Centre table with upholstered bench seats and backrests
Shelving an sliding door cupboards storage
Seats 4 Table can be lowered to form additional bunk for guests
Dorado Vents in coachroof

Stern Cabin
Opens from wheelhouse
Large ¾ bed Stbd side and couch seat portside
Upholstered mattress and seat cushions Bedside table and flatscreen TV
Storage shelf and underbunk storage

Fwd Vee berth Cabin
ncludes a door for privacy
Two upholstered beds with understorage
Storage shelves

Galley
Stainless steel sink Drawer with utensils
Storage cupboard
Cup racks
Pressurised hot and cold Fresh water pull out tap
Salt water tap
Towel Rail
Two Plate S/steel Neptune 4500 Gas Burner  and oven
Total Freeze Portable 12V Icebox/fridge
Microwave
Electric Kettle and manual kettle

Heads
Jabsco Flush Loo
Sink with pull out hot and cold shower/tap
Towel ring Storage cupboards Duckboard shower drainage
Mirror

Construction

Hull and deck GRP Construction
Centre cockpit Layout with Stern Cabin
Saloon , Galley , Heads and forward Vee berth in forward section
Deck Stepped Mast with Compression post
High Freeboard in Cockpit helm position
High Freeboard hull
Cockpit hardtop with sunroof windows to view sails
Weather proof Cockpit Canvas clears
UPGRADES & WORK RECENTLY COMPLETED 
Electric wiring redone
Switch Panel fitted
New LED lighting
CD Player
6 Speakers
Antifoul replaced
New Sea cocks throughout
Anodes
Hull polish
Toilet Serviced and new Pipes
New Water Pump
New Calorifier

DIMENSIONS & SPECIFICATIONS & some history  from an Internet site

( These  are approximate and acquired from an internet site and should therefore be checked. Some equipment and dimensions may not apply exactly to this vessel. Other items may have been changed or altered by previous owners)

The Hurley 9.5 Motorsailer was designed in 1970 by G. K. Collyer.It was a 31' centre cockpit, high volume Motorsailer with 'doghouse' wheelhouse. The vessel was offered ketch or sloop rigged. Colin Simpson, an agent for Hurley Marine bought the first one built, 'Hurley Maid' new in 1972.

They are a sturdy boat with excellent accommodation. After Hurley went out of business the moulds were sold to Elizabethan yachts. They were marketed as the Meridian 31 and built into the mid-eighties.About thirty were built by Hurley Marine.

WL 6.82m (22'5")
LOA 9.34m (30'7")
Beam 3.11m (10'2")
Draft 1.14m (3'8")
Displacement 5,345kg (5.25 tons)
Ballast 2,036kg 2 tons lead encapsulated into keel
T.M. 11,200kg (11 tons)
Sail area 35.3 sq m 380 sq ft (with genoa)
Thorneycroft 35 hp
Headroom 6'
Construction GRP
Fuel capacity 273 ltr (60 gallons)