1970 Lifeboat, GBP 27.000

Remarks :
This is an ex-ship lifeboat, as you would expect of a vessel made for this purpose; she is exceptionally well made with fundamental sea-going features. I would have no hesitation in taking this vessel to sea. She has over two tonnes of lead and steel ballast; she has a long keel and still has the engine configuration used if she were a ship's lifeboat with two smaller auxiliary engines and a single central engine of 70hp.
The boat has been well maintained and upgraded throughout the years and has been in the same ownership for 20 years. The current owner had her lying ashore for almost ten years whilst she was refitted and has been in the water each season for the last 12 years.


Accommodation :
Sleeps 6 in two cabins
4 x large single bunk berths in the forward cabin
C-shaped seating to port in the saloon with storage below
Large saloon table
Convertible double berth in the saloon
Linear galley to starboard with cupboard & drawer storage, two burner gas hob, stainless steel hand basin with pressurised and filtered cold water
Electric seawater toilet
Weheelhouse with helmsman and navigators seat

Upholstery recovered in 2023
Headlining and hull linings replaced in 2023
Carpets renewed throughout in 2022/23


Inventory :
Navigation Aids:
Garmin GPSmap 551 chartplotter
Garmin GPS 128  
Garmin echo 501c Chartplotter fishfinder/echosounder
Cobra Marine DSC, VHF  radio

Ground Tackle:
Delta anchor
CQR kedge anchor 
Chain 
Stainless steel bow  roller

Deck Gear:
Stainless steel handrail on upper deck
Stainless steel mooring cleats, bollards & fairleads
Stainless steel gantry
Stainless steel grab rails
Stainless steel boarding ladder 
Opening deck hatch
Stainless steel deck ventilators
Stainless steel pushpit
Cockpit bench seat

Safety Equipment:
Manual bilge pump
Rule 1100 gph electric bilge pump 
Rule automatic float switch 
Electric searchlight 
Navigation, steaming & anchor lights
Stainless steel gantry mounted foghorn 

Equipment:
Canvas cockpit cover
Radio  /CD player
Internal & external speakers
Flatscreen television


Mechanical :
Construction:
Built in 1970
Ex lifeboat
GRP hull
Underwater profile stripped & epoxy coated 2010 
Professionally painted hull topsides in 2022
Marine ply deck, fibreglass epoxy sheathed
Wheelhouse is a marine ply top, hardwood frame & professionally spray painted in 2022 
Long keel with 1.25 tonne of lead & 1 tonne of steel
Teleflex cable wheel steering with a galvanised steel rudder (re-galvanised in 2022)
D fendering/rubbing strake replaced in 2022

Mechanics:
This boat is powered by three engines, the main engine is a Daewoo L034, which is used as the primary engine.
There are then two auxiliary engines which are not used and purely backup engines from the boat's previous lifeboat days
Main engine: Daewoo L034 70hp diesel engine (NEW 2015)
Shaft driven
Single lever morse engine control
Shaft seals on all engines (REPLACED 2023)
Auxiliary engines: Twin Saab 18hp diesel engines 
Shaft driven
Single lever morse engine control
Lewmar bow thruster
Diesel-fired cabin heater

Electrics:
6 x 12v batteries
Charging from engine alternators
Solar panel charging
Solar charge controller
LED lighting

Tankage:
Fuel capacity 275 litres in a stainless steel tank
Freshwater capacity 100 litres in a single flexible tank