Price Details

Price: £19,500 GBP
Location: Maylandsea, nr Maldon, Essex GB
Design: East Anglian  Year: 1959

Builder: Cyril White of Brightlingsea
Designer: Alan Buchannan
Hull Material: Wood
Hull Design: Displacement
Hull Speed: 9 knots

Condition: Excellent, very well maintained
Category: Classic Sail
Class: Antique and Classics
Keel Type: Full Keel

Description

Cirrus is an East Anglian Mk 1, designed by Alan Buchanan, built by T.C.White of Brightlingsea in 1959.

A carvel wooden single displacement hull with self draining open, aft cockpit. Hull of Mahogany planking on Oak frames, superstructure of Teak.  An interior of Teak and Mahogany. Much of the vessel including her mast and boom are original.
June 2024 – She is a very well presented, a Classic Yacht, “Ready to Go”, in the water after her annual refit, in commission, engine serviced.

   

Measurements

Nominal Length: 8.48m
Length Overall: 8.53m
Length Of Deck: 8.48m
Length At Water Line: 7.01m

Beam: 2.44m      Draft: 1.37m    Max Draft: 1.37m

Specifications

Fuel Tank Capacity: 40ltrs
Water Tank Capacity: 60ltrs
Displacement: 2.7tonnes
Cruising Speed: 5 knots
Engine Power: 18hp
Number of Engines: 1

Accommodation

Berths: 4    Cabins: 1    Heads: 1    Passenger Capacity: 4

Engine

Engine Description: A twin cylinder 2GM20 Yanmar 18hp diesel engine. sited under the companionway steps, mounted on timber beds, shaft driven,

a triple bladed propeller, raw water cooled, electric start, ignition in the cockpit. Single lever Morse controls.

Annually serviced, last service 1st June 2024. Engine spares kept onboard. Little used in present ownership. 1 – 1.5l/hr fuel consumption. Range of 150 nmiles. New water pump fitted June 2024.
Stainless steel fuel tank sited under the cockpit sole,  Deck fuel filler.

 

 

Construction:

 

An East Anglian, designed by Alan Buchanan. a mark one version of design, where the coach roof stops short of the mast. A single displacement hull, long fixed keel iron ballast keel, Carvel planked Mahogany topsides on Oak frames, Oak floors throughout.

Decks of marine ply Epoxy sheathed and painted. A transom stern of Mahogany. Keel bolts were said to be fine by the Boatyard last year, 2023.
Superstructure – cabin sides, toe rails etc all varnished Teak ., Chrome framed Acrylic lights in the doghouse. Interior of Teak and Mahogany. Topsides painted out. internally and externally.
Paint scheme- Boot top in blue and red antifouling. Pure white topsides. and cream decks.

Much of the is vessel is original, professionally built in 1959 by the renowned boatbuilder Cyril White of Brightlingsea. Carries a simple Bermudian Rig.
Standard accommodation layout below decks.
2002-2004 She underwent a complete restoration.
She has been in her present ownership since 2007, She has been out of the water, stored ashore each Winter. Totally refitted, repainted and re varnished prior to relaunching.

     

Accommodation:

An Open aft cockpit with bench seating, stowage under. Varnished wooden wash boards, a sliding hatch over the companionway.
Step in over bridge deck. Solid Teak companionway steps. Painted wooden cabin sole boards, accessible to the open bilge.
A single open cabin, “Heads up”, a Jabsco manual toiler in the forepeak with privacy doors, sited under the opening forehatch on the centreline. Bow used storage for gear, sails, covers etc.
2 x single Quarter berths run aft either side of the companionway. Upholstered berth cushioning, varnished slatted berth bases sited over water tanks/ and the batteries (strb’d side). Amidships there is a navigation station and chart table.
12 v Cabin lights. A gimballed oil lamp fixed to the forward coach roof.
A Galley facility opposite with single sink. Manually pumped water system for both water in and out. A Plastimo Neptune Double burner gas hob, grill and oven.
Gas locker is sited in a vented box within the lazarette aft of the cockpit, a gas bottle. A dining table with drop down leaves is on the centreline of the saloon. Forward to the mast deck bulkhead are 2 x single settee berths with matching upholstery.

Equipment:

6 Fenders and mooring warps.
25lbs CQR anchor and chain
Flag holder
Boat hook
deck brush

Sails:

Fractional Bermudan Rig. Varnished wooden mast and spars. The original hollow mast (which was re-glued in 2021.) Keel stepped mast. Boom has Roller and slab reefing gear. Original Bronze gooseneck fitting to the mast.
2 x Bonze Halyard winches, 2 x Original bronze sheet winches. Synthetic materials running rigging. Standing rigging is Stainless steel.
Original galvanised Mainsheet horse, behind the cockpit. Blue canvas main sail cover/ forward hatch and dodgers made new in 2016.
Standing rigging replaced in 2016 by TS Rigging. Running rigging replaced in 2021.

Main sail, No1 Genoa, a jib and a cruising chute. The jib and the cruising chute have had very little use. Sail bags. Her sails were made in 2004 they are in good condition cleaned and serviced in recent years.

       

Navigation Equipment:

Transom hung painted rudder with a Varnished Oak tiller.
Icom VHF radio
Nasa AIS
Garmin 183 GPS chart plotter.
Hand held compass
Brass clock and barometer
Stowage for charts and associated instruments
Instruction manuals

Safety Equipment:

Grab rails on the coach roof.
Stainless steel pulpit stanchions and guard wires around the deck.
Automatic electric bilge pump (sited ahead of the engine)
Original Whale pump (disconnected / not in use)
Fire extinguisher
Horseshoe life buoy.

Disclaimer: 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.