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[ ] Fortune 30, 1974 Canadian built yacht
[ ] Located on Thames in Essex
[ ] Mast in a state of disrepair, visible rot on mast roughly halfway, the top 3 meters of the mast fell off & took out a stanchion base on its descent on the starboard side.
[ ] Junk sail & battens are 10 years old
[ ] Completed an Atlantic circuit in July 2025, unused since.
[ ] Reason for sale, no further ambitions for sailing in the foreseeable future & the boat has good bones and plenty of life left - but will need attention, mainly the mast.
[ ] Tiller steering, (may not be ideal for everyone, but I led lines either side of tiller to double lever jam cleat on companion way, so I could steer and trim rudder, without leaving the companionway)
[ ] Inventory
[ ] Hydrovane in working order, expect rudder is starting to develop play on the pin
[ ] Burtons autoprop which married well (in my opinion & experience) with the high torque electric motor
[ ] AIS VHF, reciever (not transmitting AIS signal, only receiving AIS signals)
[ ] Electric Motor 10Kw
[ ] 4x 300Ah LiFePO4 batteries (one battery is losing charger faster than others, highly suspected bad cell) (another has no Bluetooth but keeps charge)
[ ] 1x 200 Ah LiFePO4 well used, not 100% capacity anymore
[ ] 2x 180w rigid solar panels
[ ] 12v, 30 amp solar charger
[ ] 48v solar charger 40 amps (to be confirm on next visit to boat)
[ ] 48v Boost solar charge controller (can boost 15v pv to 48v (well 58v but not to confuse matters - it can charge the 48v bank, from any PV panel))
[ ] duel PV and wind turbine charge controller
[ ] Wind turbine seized, was just a cheap eBay turbine to use as a proof of concept (in my opinion it worked very well (expect sailing downwind, where it was useless - but when sailing downwind it's all hopefully going to plan anyway :) )
[ ] 1kw inverter
[ ] The wind turbine mounting could be replaced by a mounting a radar instead
[ ] 2kw inverter which works intermittently
[ ] Diesel Hob for cooking - that will need a complete overhaul including a new burner if it is to be used again
[ ] 2x Forced air diesel heater, one installed
Quick draft here, more info & pictures to follow shortly
Email: darreneselfe@gmail.com
£5k O.B.O