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Woods Sapphire "FatCat", for sale South Coast England.

 

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  High performance 9 metre cruising catamaran, newly built and never completed, with most equipment to finish. Based on the famous Woods Design "Sagitta", the Sapphire version has an extended bridgedeck and small fixed keels, 9m long, 6m wide, 0.5m draft.  
     
  Sagitta's are known to be very fast and seaworthy, 14 to 18 knots fast cruising speeds!  
 


From the owner:
Internally she sleeps 5 to 7, there are two doubles and one single berths, and two further dinette berths that could make a huge double berth, There is a large shower, toilet and washbasin in one hull and a large kitchen (it's too big to call it a galley) in the other with a 4 burner cooker with grill and oven, microwave, full size sink and loads of cupboards and storage. Finish is white vinyl and GRP with varnished oak trim - very smart and modern.

There is full headroom in the hulls and almost full headroom across the bridge deck (I'm 6'). There are old foam mattresses and cushions but it really needs new ones. The boat would be a very comfortable live aboard with loads of space, storage and a huge cockpit (with teak table, cockpit cushions, canopy and spray hood).

This boat has hardly been in the water. I bought it as an unfinished project (it has never been registered), bought loads of gear for it but didn't quite finish it, and it's been languishing expensively ever since. I has a new mast, boom, spinnaker pole, mainsail, brand new 9.9/15hp "bigfoot" 4 stroke Mercury outboard, new compass, new steering, new single lever O/B controls, new SS cooker, taps, inset halogen spotlights, light beech flooring, etc, etc.

 
 

 

 
 

Fitted:
Aluminium outboard nacelle with new Mercury 9.9hp/15hp four stroke, electric start outboard fitted in enclosed well, with Mercury single lever controls. New Teleflex steering; SS crossbar, push/pull cable with SS large diameter steering wheel, twin rudders with SS stocks in nylon bearings.
Thro' bulkhead compass (visible at chart table inside)
Large light oak fixed chart table with full size chart stowage inside. Large light oak saloon table.
Sliding Perspex doors. Secondhand mattresses and cushions (needs new).
2 large plastic water tanks fitted below seating in bridge deck
Large thro' bulkhead mounted manual bilge pump in cockpit with 1 1/4" reinforced feeds from each hull thro' manifold (installation not completed).
Electric bilge pumps, one in each hull. Battery switches. (2 Batteries included but old)

Galley; full headroom.
SS cooker with 4 hob burners, grill and oven. Full size stainless steel sink. Mixer taps.
Fitted cupboards with black Perspex sliding doors and melamine worktops

Shower / heads; full headroom.
Pump out sea toilet. Space for holding tank.
Moulded in vanity unit with mirror and hot/cold water tap and shower.
Wooden slatted floor with sump beneath. Hand bilge pump for shower tray (plumbing to finish).

Cockpit:
Large stainless steel steering wheel with new Teleflex steering
New Mercury single lever outboard controls with electric start
3 vinyl covered cockpit cushions in white with blue beading.
Teak top grp cockpit table,(needs new alu leg)
Huge blue sun canopy on SS frames. Full width blue spray hood on SS frame.

Deck:
SS handrails and guard wires all round (with side gates). SS chainplates. Nav Lights.
10' approx inflatable with wooden floor. 2hp Mercury outboard, as new, about 20 hours only.
Large galvanised anchor, chain and line. Fenders, mooring lines, boathook, deck brush.

Supplied, but still to fit:
New Kemp aluminium mast with twin spreaders and new running rigging fitted.
New aluminium boom and new aluminium 5m spinnaker pole. New "Windex" and masthead nav lights.
New Mainsail, assorted. used headsails.
Large oak-veneer saloon table. T&G beech colour flooring. Halogen inset spot lights. Pump for pressure water system. 3D echo sounder/log - sophisticated "fishfinder" type with LCD screen and 3D imaging
(special transducer installed).

 
     
 

Absolute bargain:
FatCat could be ready to launch and used under motor in a couple of days (commission the new outboard, fit battery and new antifouling on the hulls).
FatCat could be sailing in about 1 weeks work (standing rigging, about £900, finish chainplates, raise the new 12 metre mast).
To finish it needs upholstery, laying the flooring, some electrics and finishing the plumbing (no hot water yet), and some trimming, but almost everything is included to finish the boat.. However you could launch it tomorrow and have it sailing in a week, so you could use it while you finish it.
The interior is lined with cream vinyl and finished in light oak trim, with varnished light oak panels for headlining with inset halogen lights-very smart when finished!
 

 
  She could be a fine and seaworthy cruising home for a little bit of time and effort.  
     
 

Asking price £39,500

Reduced for v. quick sale £29,500 SOLD

Contact Scott Brown

 
         
 

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