HISTORY & DESCRIPTION:
An attractive, well presented motor-sailer derived from the lines of the local Cornish fishing boats and built by Gerald Pearn, boat builder of Morval, Looe, Cornwall in 1970.
First changed hands in about 1983 after some twelve years with the first owner and continued in second ownership for some twenty-three years until sold to the present Sussex owner in 2006.
The second owner was a retired Master Mariner and fitted the boat out for research work with the Plymouth Marine College as well as for family leisure use. In the present ownership the boat has been well maintained and is now presented in good condition, ready for immediate use.
The design features a long straight keel, a full round midships section, a transom stern, raked straight stem with transom hung rudder.
Below, Bulla 11 has twin berths forward with infill to make a double berth, a midships saloon cabin with port and starboard settee berths, a heads compartment in the starboard aft corner and a galley in the after port corner. Large cockpit aft with the engine fully accessible under a low step box in the middle.
Bermudian ketch rig sets approx 400sq’ of sail on masts which are easily lowered and removed without the need of a crane.
Carvel planked in iroko, traditionally tight seamed in the Cornish way with no caulking, on close spaced Canadian rock elm steam bent timbers, all fastened with copper nails and roves. Pine stringers and beam shelf. Iroko back-bone with massive oak floors across the centre-line.
Steel shoe along the bottom of the long iroko keel adds ballast weight and protects the keel when grounding. Quantity of internal lead trimming ballast.
Yacht-laid deck in solid iroko, caulked and payed. The coach-roof is built with varnished iroko coamings, having four opening bronze port holes each side and one forward. The coamings extend aft to form the cockpit coamings. The coach-roof deck is laid in ply on substantial pine beams, sheathed with epoxy and glass cloth and painted white. Pair of bronze mushroom vents.
Wheel-shelter with two forward windows, side windows, bronze nav lights on the roof corners, grab rails on the roof, 6’6″” head-room. Removeable chart table.
Large deep safe cock-pit with seating down each side and across the after end. Stowage under the side decks. Bronze capped oak sampson posts in the after corners take the stern lines. Slatted scrubbed teak seating each side. Teak grating at the helm.
Traditional spoked teak wheel in the forward port corner of the dog-house with chain and cable to a short, under-deck tiller arm on the external rudder stock.
Thornycroft 50hp four cylinder naturally aspirated, fresh water cooled diesel engine on heavy timber beds on the centre-line to conventional shaft drive and 3-blade bronze centre-line propeller. Cruising speed about 7knots @ 2000rpm uses less than one gallon per hour. Panel in the cockpit sole aft lifts to access the 35 gall stainless steel fuel tank and filters. 2 x 12v batteries.
Bermudian ketch rig setting approx 400 sq. ft. sail on varnished masts mounted in galvanised tabernacles, the main on the coach-roof, the mizzen against the after cock-pit bulkhead. Stainless steel standing rigging. Boomed, loose-footed, slab reefed mainsail, 2002 New hanked staysail by Lucas Sails, 2009, Jib, Ghoster 1993, Storm jib, Trisail. Sheet winch either side of the cock-pit.
Traditional style accommodation offering four berths in two cabins.
V berths in the fore peak with insert to make a double berth. Fore hatch over. Storage below bunks.
New stainless steel hawse pipe forward from the new Lofrans windlass.
Centre arched bulkhead doorway to the saloon cabin.
Port and starboard settee berths. Double drop-leaf mahogany table between. Shelves. Locker on the forward bulkhead. Stowage under the settees.
Heads compartment with door in the after starboard corner with Jabsco sea toilet.
Galley in the aft port corner with Pacific stainless steel 2-burner grill and oven gas cooker, solid mounted against the bulkhead with deep moveable fiddles. Stainless steel sink and drainer. Pantry and crockery lockers under the sink.
Off-set starboard step up and sliding door to the cock-pit.
INVENTORY
Bosun Grid compass
Furuno GPS Navigator
Autohelm 3000
Echopilot forward-looking sonar “”“ new 2007
Garmin echosounder/fishfinder “”“ new 2007
ICOM VHF
Portable chart table
25 lb CQR anchor
56 lb Admiralty pattern anchor
Folding kedge anchor
30 fathoms galvanised chain
25 fathoms leaded anchor rode
Kedge warp
Lofrans manual windlass, with stainless steel plate and hawse – under New 2010
Bronze sampson post on fore deck – new 2010
4 man Seago liferaft in valise – new 2006
Dan buoy with horseshoe lifebuoy and light
12v bilge pump
Whale manual bilge pump
Radar reflector
12v searchlight
3 fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
Manual foghorn
Inflatable dinghy and oars
Galvanised emergency tiller
Beaching legs
Boarding ladder
Boathook
Warps and fenders
Heaving line
Cock-pit cover
Cock-pit awning “”“ new 2007
Cock-pit cushions “”“ new 2007
2 5 gallon fuel containers
Filtered fuelling funnel
Various engine spares, including spare alternator
Galley gear
Gas bottle and spare.
BROKERS NOTE:
An extremely well presented and maintained motor-sailer offering spacious and light accommodation with a generous aft cockpit ideal for socialising, fishing, sunbathing or family picnics. Useful and efficient, optional ketch rig.
GUIDE: SOLD
LYING: West Sussex
VIEWING: By Appointment Through The Brokers
