Custom 51ft Aluminium Cutter

Construction

RCD Status: Our understanding is that the yacht is exempt from the essential safety requirements of the Recreational Craft Directive as she was built and placed into use within the EU prior to 1998.

 

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Hull purchased in 1998 and fitted out by MB Yachts (award-winning boat builders for custom boats).
• Aluminium hull, deck and superstructure.
• Dark blue hull, with white boot strip and red anti-foul.
• Teak laid decks.
• Hull checked and serviced 2024.
• Hull repainted 2017. 
• Fixed tunnel bow-thruster.

 

Keel & Rudder:

• Scheel keel.
• Skeg rudder.
• Rod steering. 
• Emergency steering. Driven by winches. 

Machinery

Engine & Gearboxes:

• 1 x Perkins M90, 80hp diesel engine.
• Last service – July 2025.

 

Propulsion & Steering:

• Bruton-folding propellor & Seawich rope cutter.

Electrical Systems

Voltage Systems:

• 24 volts.

 

Battery Banks:

• 6 x AGM 120AMP house batteries.
• 2 x AGM 120AMP engine batteries. 
• 1 x AGM gen-set battery. 
• 1 x AGM bow thruster battery.

 

Battery Chargers:

• Victron battery charger.
• Simarine battery monitoring for the four battery banks with barometric readout.

 

Alternators:

• Alternator with twin drive belts. 

 

Generator:

• 1 x Northern Lights 6KVA generator – serviced regularly.

 

Shore Power:

• Shore power cable.

Plumbing Systems

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• Fresh water pump. 
• Heating tank. 

 

Watermaker:

• Watermaker capable of delivering up to 60 litres per hour.
• Needs servicing. 

 

Bilge Pumps:

• 2 x Internal electric bilge pumps.
• External Whale manual bilge pump.

Tankage

Fuel:

• 2 x Aluminium fuel tanks with total capacity of 550 litres. 
• Anti-syphon protection on fuel filters. 

 

Fresh Water:

• 3 x Tanks with total capacity of 500 litres.

 

Grey/Blackwater Holding Tanks:

• Grey water tank with electric pump out. 
• Black tanks with deck pump-out.

Navigation Equipment

• Raymarine hybridtouch plotter at helm and chart table (2016).
• Raymarine autohelm – positioned at helm, central cockpit & chart table (2016).   
• Raymarine Doppler radar. Replaced 2023. 
• Raymarine AIS transponder and receiver (2016).
• VHF mast antenna.
• Icom VHF radio with repeater at helm.
• LED Navigation lights. 

Domestic Equipment

Galley:

• Electric fridge and water-cooled deep fridge.
• 4 x Burner Force 10 gas cooker & oven.
• Panasonic microwave.

 

Heads/Showers:

• 2 x Electric heads.
• 2 x Showers.

 

Heating & Ventilation:

• Eberspacher diesel fired warm air heating system.

 

Entertainment:

• Fusion stereo radio with deck speakers.
• Sony flatscreen TV.

 

Lighting:

• LED lighting throughout.

Accommodation

Summary of Accommodation:

• Refit in 2016 to current arrangement. 
• 2 x Double cabins.
• 2 x Heads. 
• Total of seven berths. Two doubles and three pilot berths. 

 

Description of layout from forwards:

• Forward cabin with double berth, storage under the bed & lockers and en-suite heads. 
• Saloon with fold out table, storage & three pilot berths. 
• Galley & forward facing chart table. 
• Racked storage space for food/general stores for 20 storage crates. 
• Aft cabin with double bed, storage, desk & en-suite heads.

Deck Equipment

Rig:

• Eurospar mast & boom.
• Single line reefing system led back to cockpit.
• Standing rigging replaced 2014.
• Running rigging replaced 2017.
• Spinnaker pole & mast track.
• Spinnaker halyards.
• Mainsheet track between centre cockpit and aft steering position.
• Vang.
• Running backstays.

 

Winches:

• 7 x Manual Lewmar winches in cockpit and 3 on mast.

 

Sails:

• Saunders mainsail (2017).
• Saunders staysail (2017).
• Saunders yankee (2017).
• Storm jib & storm sail.

 

General:

• Boarding ladder.
• Passerelle.
• Deck shower.
• Swimming platform.
• 2 x Gin and tonic seats on the pushpit.

 

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• Rope and chain windlass carrying a stainless steel Ultra anchor with 100m stainless steel chain.
• Additional CQR & stern anchor.

 

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

• Sprayhood and centre cockpit cover (2017).
• Sail bag (2017).
• Deck sun cover attached from boom (2017).

 

Tender & Outboard:

• Space for up to 3.5m rib on foredeck.

Safety Equipment

• 6-man life raft (needs servicing). 
• Epirb (out of date). 

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.