BROKERS COMMENTS 

INISMARA is one of the 23 yachts in her class built between 1951 and 1968, displaying her winning ways immediately with 17 wins from 25 starts in her first season. Since then she has benefitted from very few owners and impressive maintenance. It is a rare thing for an owner to take out the fuel and water tanks every winter and such diligence has contributed to an insurance survey highlighting the very sound condition of her structure.

Such has been the respect to her originality and condition it is hard to believe this yacht is more than 20 seasons old. Incredibly nimble under sail, she has harm, style and enough luxury for cruising, just as James McGruer and the Rule intended. On the racing front again - in the 1998 Scottish Series INISMARA won the class overall taking four wins and one second place. She had moreover won her class at West Highland Week two years running at the end of the 90s also picking up the overall series trophy.
 

HISTORY 

INISMARA was launched in June 1963, having been commissioned by Peter Odlum, a flour miller from Dublin. She was Peter’s second Cruiser 8, having previously successfully campaigned NAMARA 8CR 05 on the Clyde.

Peter enjoyed great racing success both on the Clyde and in Irish waters with INISMARA over the next four years before commissioning a new yawl from McGruer’s.

That yawl, RINAMARA, was launched in 1968 and INISMARA passed on to Dr T M Salvesen who retained her till 1997, when the current owner acquired her. Prior to that she had been laid up for a number of years, latterly at McGruer’s, and was in a ‘time warp’ condition.

The new owner set about a thorough refit, simply stripping and refinishing most items but maintaining the original construction of the boat, which was in excellent condition. She remains today, configured as constructed with very limited alteration to her layout or rig.
 

CONSTRUCTION 

- Carvel fore and aft planking; topsides mahogany and teak below waterline
- Laminated frames and steamed oak / elm ribs
- Copper fastenings
- Timber blade rudder, bronze trailing edge supported by bronze stock
- Laminated tiller
- Teak quarter sawn swept deck planking over ply sub deck
- Varnished coverboards and toe rails outboard
- Mahogany side coamings
 

ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT 

The interior is remarkable for the warmth and style of varnished timbers; not only the interior mahogany hull planking and frames / ribs but the additional superstructure and furniture. The cabin is accessed by sliding hatch and double doors in doghouse step over engine box and then steps down to saloon. Layout and features from aft are
- Large quarter berth aft to port
- Galley to port with ample storage
- Gimballed 2 burner gas hob and grill
- Sink and electric pumped water
- Air inlet and extractor fan
- Semi bulkhead
- Saloon berth with trotter box to port, good stowage shelf and lockers outboard & under
- Drop leaf table amidships
- Doorway offset to port in forward bulkhead leads to
- Hanging locker to port
- Forecabin lined in teak and cedar light both to view and in weight
- 2 x original reading lights
- Generous single berths each side, drawers below and infill stowage, skylight over
- Fore peak stowage for ground tackle and sails etc
- Coming aft head compartment with Jabsco WC and sliding basin, pumped water to stbd
- Saloon settee berth to starboard
- Chart table to starboard
- Hanging locker to starboard
 

RIG, SPARS AND SAILS 

- Sloop rig
- Proctor anodised alloy main mast; deck stepped, boom and spinnaker pole
- Stainless steel 19 gauge standing rigging
- Harken foresail furler system
- Harken adjustable stainless steel backstays
- Merriman main halyard winch by Francis Shaw & Co Ltd
- Lewmar 40 jib halyard winch
 

DECK LAYOUT, EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE  

From forward
- Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit and guard rails with gate starboard in stainless stanchions

- CQR 35 lb anchor in chocks on foredeck; circa 200 ft / 60 m galvanised chain
- Fishermans anchor beneath cabin sole
- Lofrans Cayman electric anchor windlass, warping drum port, chain gypsy starboard
- Forehatch over forepeak stowage
- Hatch on coach roof over fore cabin
- Hatch on coach roof over saloon
- Bronze genoa tracks on rail
- Deep self draining cockpit
- Gas locker to port
- 2 x Lewmar first alloy original 2 speed primary winches
- 2 x Gibb original secondary winches
- Huge lazarette accessed from cockpit
- Chrome mushroom vent over lazarette aft
- Roll up inflatable dinghy and 2 HP Yamaha outboard
- Boathooks
- Fenders warps
 

MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE  

- Bukh 36 HP 3 cylinder diesel accessed via teak laid cover in doghouse compartment
- 2 bladed bronze folding propellor
- Engine instrumentation in doghouse to port
- 2 x 120 AH 12 V batteries; engine start / domestic, below quarter berth
- Alternator
- 800 W inverter
- 2 x 220 V outlets at chart table
- 12 V outlets; 2 in companionway, 1 at chart table
- Shore power
- Simpson Lawrence original running lights
 

NAVIGATION COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS 

- Silva steering compass
- Autohelm analogue wind and direction
- Autohelm speed
- Raymarine ST60 depth
- Furuno GPS
- Husun 60 VHF
- Sestrel compass abaft stbd settee
- Clock and barometer

 

SAFETY 

- 2 x Powder fire extinguishers
- Fire blanket
- Rule 1000 electric auto bilge pump
- Whale Gusher 25 Manual bilge pump
 

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.