Camper & Nicholson Xyris Class 30 ft Sloop 1939 - Sold

TWINK’s lines are extremely pleasing to the eye and short well formed ends could be from 15 years later in yacht design – by all accounts she is fast and weatherly. In need of a refit rather than a rebuild TWINK retains most of her original fittings and all of her 1930s charm – a vintage C&N at an affordable price.

We believe TWINK to be in sailing condition but that she would benefit from a refit

TWINK was designed by John Nicholson as a 7 Ton Bermuda rigged sloop for cruising as well as to comply with the YRA rating rules for the 5.53 Metre Class. She is a good example of this small class of Nicholson 30 - of which only 6 built. TWINK was first laid up in 1939 but not fully completed until post war 1945. It is believed that TWINK was owned for a period by the late well known actor and film star Peter Finch, who then left her to the Irish Guards. There are original drawings of this boat.

- Carvel 11/16th inch mahogany planking
- English oak mainly bent wood frames with 2 x grown frames all at 7 inch centres
- Colombian pine stringers
- Copper or Admiralty brass fastenings
- Lagos mahogany stem, stern post and counter timber
- English elm keelson with lead keel and extra cast iron ingot ballast
- Floors of oak and galvanised wrought iron
- Teak deck

- Teak sliding hatch and pull out washboards and companionway steps access cabin below
- White painted panelling and bulkheads with varnished mahogany joinery
- White painted deck head with varnished contrasting with varnished deck beams
- Teak cabin sole
- 2 x Single berths; one each side with fawn water resistant cushions and stowage under
- Shelving outboard with opening lockers above and outboard and outboard
- Demountable saloon table
- 4 x Port lights
- Half bulkhead to port fwd and full height to stbd
- Galley with stainless steel sink and fresh water tap in worktop port
- Shelving outboard and stowage under
- Origo 3000 2 burner spirit hob to stbd with spotlight over
- 2 x Opening ports; one each side
- Bulkhead offset to port
- Foc’sle with white painted deck head and part raised trunk cabin with port light fwd
- Lifting hatchway access over
- Head space with original Baby Blake manual WC to port with light over bulkhead aft
- Large single berth to stbd with new fawn water resistant cushion and stowage under
- Lockers to port; sheet and sail stowage fwd
- Chain locker fwd

- Sloop rig
- Spruce Mast and boom
- Stainless steel 6x7 standing rigging and bottlescrews
- Main sail
- Genoa
- Working jib
- Cockpit cover
- Boom mainsail cover

From bow
- Bronze anchor roller
- Chromed fairleads port and stbd on bow
- Chromed fairlead just offset and wooden mooring cleat on centreline
- 1 x 25 lb CQR anchor stowed to port on foredeck and c 100 ft / 30 m chain
- Bronze jib traveller on track over coach roof fore end
- Hatch in coach roof
- Lewmar jib tracks on toe rail port and stbd
- 2 x Bronze mushroom vents
- Varnished teak hand rails each side on coach roof
- 2 x Bronze Ansell Jones and Co winches on coach roof aft
- Steering compass in chrome framed drop down window in trunk cabin bulkhead
- 2 x Lewmar single speed (8) jib sheet winches mounted on timber pedestals outboard
- Large cockpit for a 30 ft yacht with seating port and stbd lifting over 4 lockers
- Large engine hatch in cockpit sole
- Tiller steering helm
- Door in cockpit aft bulkhead opens to counter and stern gear
- Chromed mushroom vent
- Tufnol main sheet blocks either side of tiller
- Warps, lines and fenders

- Yanmar 2GM20 Diesel 16 BHP with Morse controls
- 2 x Batteries in boxes
- 4 position master isolator switch and fused switch board
- Shore power
- Cabin lights
- Navigation lights
- Stainless steel fuel tank
- Stainless steel fresh water tank

- Original Sestrel steering compass
- Clipper echo sounder depth gauge

- Fire extinguisher in galley
- Electric bilge pump
- Manual bilge pump
- Life ring

Substantial refit in 2007
- Hull stripped back to bare wood treated and repainted
- Mast stripped back to bare wood, treated and re varnished
- New rudder tube
- Engine removed, completely overhauled and replaced
- Coach roof covering replaced
- Repairs effected whenever necessary