BROKERS COMMENTS 

A breathtakingly beautiful yacht from a wonderful builder, KRABAT is virtually original thanks to the best possible materials, short seasons and only four very careful ownerships; the most recent over 30 years.

KRABAT is a direct result of her first owner’s passion for the designs of Johan Anker and Christian Jensen. It is no surprise therefore that his eleventh and final yacht had such purity of lines, exhibiting her International Rule boat racing provenance yet with the cruising capabilities that these Scandinavian designers seemed to achieve so effortlessly. Why don’t all cruiser racers look like this ?
 

HISTORY 

Commissioned by Halvdan Hansen, a highly respected Norwegian yachtsman and originally named TAMARA XI, she was built in secrecy during WWII to be launched in 1946, from Anker & Jensen’s Yard. Always intended to be an offshore cruiser racer, she performed well up to expectation by winning the first Faerderrace. She was later sold to a Mr Røed, and again to a Mr Heiberg. KRABAT’s current owners, Mr. and Mrs Jørgensen have sailed her now for more than 30 years. 

CONSTRUCTION 

Oregon pine planking on sawn oak frames and steam bent ash ribs. Keel and sternpost are oak. The lead keel ballast and displacement are approximately 50 / 50. The original keel bolts have been replaced with stainless steel. The Oregon swept pine deck was replaced in 1999 and laid directly over the deck beams but the original deck coach roof and cockpit have been maintained. The coach house has mahogany side coamings and cambered pine top. The rudder and fittings were replaced in 1990. She is tiller steered. The interior is built and finished in variously; pine deckhead beams, mahogany, birds eye maple and cabin sole of Douglas fir. The original construction is very simple and straightforward and with the limited linings there is access to nearly all parts of the vessel. 

ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT 

From the lazarette aft, the cockpit with high coamings and seating both sides (plus a Danfoss Isotherm fridge) to the cabin forward with sliding roof hatch and double door give access to the companionway steps down to the main cabin. This is resplendent and very atmospheric in its original varnished hardwood furniture – mainly mahogany. Immediately to port and starboard are the quarter berths, both with integral coamings / leeboards at their heads. Forward of each berth in this aft section are lockers / chests of drawers, the area curtained off from the main saloon forward.

Entering the saloon reveals high backed sofas each side with shelves above and outboard. There is stowage beneath one side and the fuel tank on the other. Forward to port is a low set locker / chest. The sofa to starboard is L shaped round the head of the demountable mahogany drop leaf table between and has a locker above and outboard. There is more shelving for’ard below the deckhead and a butterfly hatch skylight over. There is stowage space under the cabin sole

Offset to port is the access forward – first to the head with hand pumped Simpson Lawrence WC and basin and shelf outboard - while opposite to port is low locker space and shelving also outboard.

Forward again leads to the galley, equipped with seating and bar to port, a stainless steel sink with pumped hot and cold freshwater forward and electric fridge plus Primus 2 hob gas cooker with drop down work surface over, to starboard with stowage beside and below. The galley is well lit and ventilated by skylight deck hatch and deck head lighting.

This space in particular reveals the quality of this yacht’s build, finish and state of preservation in the exposed framework and planking all beautifully varnished. For’ard the sink is the open chain locker. Natural ventilation is by mushroom baffle vent forward starboard and two dorade type cowl vents forward of the hatch.
 

RIG, SPARS AND SAILS 

Cutter rigged with cutter inner forestay for a self tacking boomed staysail
- Pine main mast, double pine cross trees
- (Internal plastic conduits enable cable runs within the mast)
- Spruce main boom
- Lightweight pine staysail boom; stainless fittings
- Anodised aluminium light spinnaker pole
- Stainless steel standing rigging
- Stainless steel internal chain plates
- Bronze manual halyard winches on the mast
- Highfield levers
- Main sail - laminated Dacron North sails circa 2000
- Furlex manual reefing jib - laminated Dacron North sails circa 2000
- Genoa - laminated Dacron North sails circa 2000
- Old spinnaker
 

DECK EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE 

- Stainless steel tube stanchions in bonze deck sockets securing 2 level guardrails
- Lofrans bronze electric vertical capstan anchor windlass
- Stainless steel tube pulpit and pushpit
- Butterfly sky light and sliding main hatch
- Low traditional spray hood
- 20 kg Bruce anchor and 180 ft / 55 m x 10 mm galvanised anchor chain
- Bronze dorades
- 2 x Barlow chromed bronze sheet winches
- Stainless steel tube framed demountable spray hood
- Scissor action boom crutch
- 4 fold purchase main sheet tackle
- 4 fold purchase tackle to staysail boom and horse
- Stainless steel horse for self tacking headsail
- Deck cleats and fairleads fore and aft
- Miscellaneous warps and fenders
- Boathook
- Ensign staff
 

MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE  

- Yanmar 3JH4E 3 cylinder Diesel 45 HP 1999
- Kanzaki reverse and reduction gearbox
- Volvo single lever engine control
- Fixed 3 blade bronze propeller
- Water lubricated cutlass bearing
- 100 A alternator
- Mastervolt gel batteries, 2 x 140 A domestic (under saloon)
- Mastervolt gel battery 70 A engine start (aft under cockpit sole)
- Mastervolt battery monitor.
- New Webasto diesel fired heater and saloon heating from engine calorifier
- 25 A shorepower
- Original style 12 V electric domestic lighting
- Low level navigation lighting
- Circuits re-wired for new switch distribution panel
- 12 volt system with 220 V shore power connection via inverter

- Electric pumped fresh water to outlets
- 160 litre / 35 gallon stainless steel fuel tank
- 2 x tinned copper fresh water tanks below cabin sole total capacity 250 l / 55 gallons
- Holding tank stainless steel 20 litre / 4 gallon
 

NAVIGATION COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS 

- Simrad CP30 chart plotter displays in cockpit and below
- Simrad autopilot
- Simrad RD68 VHF with a DSC GMDSS facility new 2008
- Steering compass in sliding hatch
- Basic log
- Brass clock and barometer in saloon
 

SAFETY 

- 2 x Horseshoe life buoys (There is no life raft)
- Flares
- Fire extinguisher
- 1 x Manual bilge pump
- 1 x Electric 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.