Ownership and recent history
Under her present ownership (may 2020), WATERMAN initially served as a comfortable liveaboard residence for 9 months. Thereafter she spent approximately two and a half years in indoor storage, protected from the elements, while her owners Swanned-sailed around..
Since May 2026, WATERMAN is again primarily used as a liveaboard yacht.
2020/2021 upgrades:
- WhisperPower Piccolo 10 generator – 280 hours (service pack on board)
- Stainless-steel full aft deck enclosure
- Canopy cover for the aft deck
- New curtains and pleated blinds
- Tiled shower floor in the owner’s cabin
- New toilet in the owner’s cabin (pressurised-water flushing system)
- Outdoor table and chairs
- AEG Microwave/Oven
- AEG Induction cooker
Batteries (2022)
- 6 × 230 Ah, configured as 3 parallel banks = 690 Ah at 24 V
- 1 × 70 Ah starter battery
- 1 × generator starter battery
2024 onwards
- Mast shortened to reduce air draft – now 4.12 m (3m possibe)
- Water pump and starter motor replaced
- Baxi Crono oil burner for the Kabola central heating system (2025)
- New Honeywell three-way valve for the central heating system (2026)
- New Eaton hydraulic piston pump (2026). Drives Bow- and stern thruster, mast and anchor.
- Bosch Refrigerator cool 172L, freeze 15L (2026)
- Hull pressure wash, new anodes (september 2026)
Electronics
At present, only the rudder angle indicator is operational at both helm stations. There is no chartplotter and therefore no GPS information available to the individual displays, so we normally leave these switched off.
The engine instruments are fully operational.
