1977 North Sea Craft Samphire 26
Specifications
Equipment & Extras
- Berths
- 6
- Cabins
- 2
- Designer
- David Cannell
- Eberspacher warm air diesel heating
- Masthead rigged sloop
- Anodised aluminium mast and boom
- Stainless steel standing rigging (replaced 2020)
- Terylene running rigging (replaced 2020)
- Slab reefing to mainsail
- Headsail furling system
- 2 x Bruce anchor
- Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit, stanchions and guard wires
- Various fenders and warps
- Dodgers
- Boarding ladder
- Hardwood coachroof grab rails
- 2 x Halyard winches
- 2 x Sheet winches
- Manual bilge pump
- Fire extinguishers
- Fire blanket
- Lifebuoy
- Foghorn
- Bulkhead steering compass
- Kelvin Hughes Husun 65 VHF radio with aerial
- Echopilot Combined sounder and log
- Navigation lights
- Blue painted GRP hull with Cream band
- Cream GRP superstructure with grey non-slip paint finish to decks
- Long keel with encapsulated ballast
- Transom hung rudder
- Tiller steering
- Aft self-draining cockpit
- Self draining anchor locker
Description
The Samphire 26 is a sea-kindly coastal cruiser with a moderate draft, ideal for exploring East Coast rivers and beyond.This particular example is the six-berth version, she has been in the same ownership for 17 years and benefits from new standing and running rigging in 2020.
ACCOMMODATIONThe accommodation offers up to six berths in two cabins. Steps leading down from cockpit to saloon with chart table and quarter berth to port side and galley opposite comprising stainless steel sink with cold pumped water and Flavel Radford II two burner gas hob and grill and crockery storage. Settee berths to both sides with additional pilot berth to port. Full width heads compartment with Portapotti and hanging locker opposite. V berth forward with stowage beneath and escape hatch to foredeck. Teak and Holly style cabin flooring. Eberspacher warm air diesel heating.
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMSLocated abaft the companionway. Yanmar SB12 single cylinder 10hp diesel engine. Electric start. Raw water cooled. Shaft drive to fixed pitch two blade propeller. Twin lever control. Maximum speed 6.5 knots. Cruising speed 5 knots. Alternator charging to 2 x 12 volt batteries 12 volt switch panel Eberspacher warm air diesel fired heating (May need a service)
DESCRIPTIONSSAILS, SPARS AND RIGGINGMasthead rigged sloop. Anodised aluminium mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging (replaced 2020). Terylene running rigging (replaced 2020). Slab reefing to mainsail. Headsail furling system. Mainsail - Dolphin - 1998 Furling Genoa - Dolphin - 2001DECK EQUIPMENT2 x Bruce anchor Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit, stanchions and guard wires Various fenders and warps Dodgers Boarding ladder Hardwood coachroof grab rails 2 x Halyard winches 2 x Sheet winches SAFETY EQUIPMENTManual bilge pump Fire extinguishers (expiry date unknown) Fire blanket Lifebuoy Foghorn NAVIGATION EQUIPMENTBulkhead steering compass Kelvin Hughes Husun 65 VHF radio with aerial Echopilot Combined sounder and log Navigation lightsCONSTRUCTIONBuilt in 1977 by North Sea Craft to a design by David Cannell. Blue painted GRP hull with Cream band and hardwood rubbing strake. Cream GRP superstructure with grey non-slip paint finish to decks. Long keel with encapsulated ballast. Transom hung rudder. Tiller steering. Aft self-draining cockpit. Self draining anchor locker. COMMENTSThe Samphire 26 is a sea-kindly coastal cruiser with a moderate draft, ideal for exploring East Coast rivers and beyond. This particular example is the six-berth version, she has been in the same ownership for 17 years and benefits from new standing and running rigging in 2020. Viewing by appointment through Howard Ford Marine Sales.
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