BROKERS COMMENTS 

It is no wonder that MORNA with her canoe stern and fine drawn out ends has found over the years; owners who adore and love her – with more volume below and expansive deck space she has always proved the perfect cruising boat. Dickies knew how to build strong and supremely seaworthy boats and in MORNA Peter Dickies’s passion for beautiful yachts is also very evident……along with a little influence from Albert Strange and William Fife II perhaps ? 

HISTORY 

MORNA designed by Peter Dickie was built by A.M Dickie and Son, of Tarbert Argyll, circa 1920 to the order of Captain Ronald Sillars who owned her for 2 years. She was then in Northern Ireland for 35 years with the Workman family, owners of the famous Belfast shipyard, Workman and Clarke. MORNA then sailed extensively around the world returning to UK by road transport from Croatia to be bought in 2002 by the current owner, who has since set about a programme of restoration and modernisation. 

CONSTRUCTION 

She is built of 1 inch thick pitch pine planks over sawn oak frames at approx 12 inch centres, interspersed with 2 steamed ribs, all fastened in galvanized boat nails and copper nails rooved on the inside. The underside of the hull to the waterline is copper sheathed. New deck beams throughout are of 3 inch oak and she has a new full length beam shelf of pitch pine. Additionally:
- Decks are of 7 mm teak planking over 2 layers of Robbins Super Elite marine ply
- New rib ends, toe rail and toe rail cappings are teak
- Original teak deck hatches and doghouse with their bronze fittings have been retained
- The rudder is of hardwood, stern hung on substantial pintles.
- The full length keel is of lead with additional loose lead ingot ballast
 

ACCOMMODATION 

There are berths for 8 (if doubles are utilised). The accommodation is remarkable for much of the original mahogany furniture, trimmed with the substantial brass fittings of her era. Forward of the aft deck lazarette, cockpit and the mizzen, a sliding hatch and companionway steps lead down to the aft cabin, which houses 2 berths; one either side as well as space for charts and the navigation instruments.

Forward of this is a mid cabin with a single berth to port and a double opposite, beyond which, moving up the port side is the galley housed in a tiled compartment with a Plastimo Neptune gas cooker, small sink (fitted with seawater connection and drained to holding tank with overboard / shore discharge) and generous locker stowage. Opposite is the heads compartment with wash basin and wine cellar. This whole area is also accessed from the deck by sliding hatch and steps down, the companionway leading both aft and forward to the saloon

In the saloon there is seating on the port side fore and aft facing the portable sole mounted table and on the starboard side a long settee serving also as a berth.

A bulkhead doorway leads to the fore peak, the space currently usable as a sail locker also with a chain locker - and hanging locker on the starboard side.
 

RIG, SPARS AND SAILS 

- Rigged as a Ketch
- Spars are solid Douglas fir and include mainmast, mizzen mast, associated booms, gaffs, topsail yard and bowsprit
- Stainless steel standing rigging 8mm wire 7 x 7 layup, renewed 2004
- Running rigging and cordage of mixed synthetic fibre types
- New sails in 2005 by Fylde Sails of Fleetwood, main, mizzen, staysail, furling headsail, topsail; all in white Terylene
 

DECK EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE 

- 40 lb CQR anchor with 100 m new ½ inch chain, 2008
- 50 lb Fisherman kedge anchor, chain and warp
- New bronze deck stanchions and safety ropes
- Heavy duty galvanized mooring bitts refitted
- New bronze Panama rope leads fitted fore and aft
- New Muir Atlantic 2500 all bronze anchor windlass
 

MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE  

Perkins Sabre 4 cylinder 67 HP marine diesel, offset to port in aft cabin, driving through hydraulic drive to stern gear comprising 3 blade bronze propeller turning on duplex stainless steel 1 ¼ inch shaft, running in water lubricated bearing
- 2 x flexi freshwater tanks stowed in galley bilge
- Calorifier
- 1 x automatic electric bilge pump
- 1 x Whale Gusher 30 manual bilge pump
- 1 x Whale Gusher 10 manual bilge pump
 

NAVIGATION 

- Raymarine radar
- Seiwa GPS plotter with AIS
- Cobra DSC radio
- VHF radio
- Garmin 128 GPS
- Nasa echo-sounder.
- Regulation navigation lights
- Magnetic Compass.
 

SAFETY 

- Liferaft, 6 man canister type new 2006
- Liferings, 2 with lights
- 5 x portable fire extinguishers, dry powder and foam
- Offshore flare pack
- Softwood plugs
- Fire blanket in galley
 

DISCLAIMER

These particulars have been prepared from information provided by the vendors and are intended as a general guide. The purchaser should confirm details of concern to them by survey or engineers inspection. The purchaser should also ensure that the purchase contract properly reflects their concerns and specifies details on which they wish to rely.