Spirit 46 Mk II 2007 - Sold

The Spirit 46 has many of the answers if you are searching for modern performance with the emotional satisfaction of an incredibly elegant hull form and startling ease of handling. Blossoming fleet racing as well as a proven force in the Spirit of Tradition fleets the Spirit 46 can accommodate up to 5 people in an interior as elegant as her external lines would suggest. SPYRYS benefits from her high specification and a first owner who has done everything to keep the yacht in close to perfect condition; including winters under cover or inside ashore – and recent back to bare wood treatment of the bright work and 12 coats of Epiphanes ! SPYRYS is totally ready for the season.

SPYRYS sailed from Ipswich to Southampton in the spring of 2007 and a few weeks later on to her mooring near Porth Navas on the Helford River in Cornwall. That year in July she took part in the British Classic Yacht Regatta a week of racing in Cowes along with a large number of other classic yachts, claiming 1st prize in her class in the long inshore race. She participated again with a number of other Spirit yachts in the 2012 Panerai British Classic.

Since 2007 she has taken part in the Falmouth Classic Regatta and has regularly won her class and joined a large fleet of other Cornish and Breton sailing boats for the 50th anniversary of the annual Helford to L’Aberwrach channel race.

Sailing has otherwise been around the West Coast of Cornwall - Dartmouth and the Isles of Scilly.

The Helford moorings are vacated at the end of October each year and from 2007 to 2010 SPYRYS had been kept inside at Falmouth Boat Construction who carried out regular servicing of equipment and re varnishing of the bright work.

In 2011 / 12 she was refitted at Saxon Wharf Southampton; including a complete repaint of the hull, taking the bright work back to bare wood and recoating with 12 coats of Epiphanes. The fittings including the port holes were re-chromed. The teak deck was given a light refinish. With the sails laundered she looked like a new boat when taking part in the BCYC Regatta in 2012.

The winter 2012 – 13 she is tented on a pontoon in the Pendennis Marina in Falmouth ready for the 2013 season.

Hull
- Brazilian cedar planking over male mould, 15mm x 40 mm cover (speed strip)
- Epoxy bonded and bronze fastened
- Planking cross laminated with 2 x3 mm khaya veneers at 45 degrees
- Hog, keel, stem & stem posts, horn, floors, beam shelf solid or laminated Brazilian cedar
- Lightening holes drilled without compromising strength
- Hull stiffened by fitting all internal furniture in plywood bonded to form a monocoque structure
- Laminated ring frames form chain plate mounts and mast partners
- All plywood is Brynzeel brand, manufactured to Lloyds specification
- Hull planking is sheathed with 600g sm bi-radial glass / epoxy, faired with two layers of epoxy fillers - Spray coated with Awlgrip paint system
- Hull coated below the waterline with self polishing antifouling paint
- Multi laminate timber blade rudder, epoxy glass sheathed fitted on solid 50 mm stainless steel stock
- Stock rotates in moulded GRP tube fitted with nylon bushes at top and bottom
- Cast stainless steel rudder head tiller fitting with lifting facility and load bearing bronze ring
- 2,240 Kg flattened bulb keel with 5 x centre line 24 mm keel bolts and 8 x 15 mm secondary bolts

Deck and cockpit
- Deck beams, beam shelf and carlins in Brazilian cedar or mahogany
- Structural bulkheads in 6 / 9 mm plywood, braced with solid mahogany where necessary
- Beams overlaid with 6 mm plywood, with margin boards and king planks in bright work mahogany
- Swept teak deck planking following the margins
- Cockpit of solid teak on a plywood substructure, bright finished
- Cockpit seats with stowage below
- Storage areas dedicated for life raft and fender stowage

Coach roof
- Coach roof teak planked over plywood substructure
- Sliding mahogany hatch in garage on stainless steel runners
- Companionway doors folding into recesses in the coach roof
- Flush fitted hatches over fore end of coach roof and above saloon table
- 6 x Oval chrome bronze port lights in coach roof sides.
- Hatch with clear light in fore deck over fore cabin

- All deck gear by Frederiksen
- Mainsheet traveller with 3:1 controls Mainsheet on 6:1 / 12:1 system with jammer
- Genoa cars on tracks
- Bartels under deck furler
- Detachable Bow fairlead fitted at stem head
- Mooring cleats; one for’ard on centre line, one aft on centre line, two amidships
- Flagpole socket recessed in aft deck
- All deck fittings in chrome plated bronze or polished stainless steel
- Andersen 52 ST jib sheet winches
- Andersen 40 ST spinnaker sheet winches
- Spinnaker turning blocks on aft deck
- 4 x 8 m mooring warps
- Webbing jackstays fitted to deck
- 6 x Fenders supplied
- Lightweight aluminium Fortress anchor in bow locker with 5 m chain and 20 m multiplait

- Mast and boom extruded aluminium by Nordic spars, tapered above the hounds and painted white- Twin spreader rig with 8mm cap and intermediate shrouds and 6mm lowers
- Spinnaker pole track fitted to mast
- Standing rigging in discontinuous Nitronic rod

- Halyards in 12 mm pre-stretched multi plait running internally
- All shrouds fitted with open barrel stainless steel rigging screws
- All halyards led aft to cockpit through deck organisers and Spinlock clutches
- 2 x Andersen ST winches on coach roof
- Reefing lines and clew outhaul lines led aft to cockpit controls
- Back stay in Spectra, controlled by 12:1 purchase at helm position
- 10:1 kicker controlled from cockpit
- Lazy jacks fitted to boom to collect sail and to act as topping lifts

- Mainsail crosscut in high performance Dacron, fully battened with deep roach and two slab reefs
- All reef lines led aft to cockpit
- Five full battens fitted to Harken batten car system
- Genoa; 110° l0, bi-radial cut with leech and foot control
- New roller jib Vantage 1 membrane, aligned Technora fibre matrix, double taffeta construction
- Asymmetric spinnaker in 0.75 oz cloth
- 84 Sq m light running design asymmetric spinnaker
- Mainsail cover
- Full cockpit / coach roof cover
- Sail ties

Accommodation is for 5 in two cabins and a pilot berth with interior nicely crafted in satin finished mahogany. Furniture is of 6 mm plywood, bonded and filleted to the hull. Cabinet doors are style and rail with solid raised panels. The deckhead is white and the cabin sole is panelled mahogany. While head room is limited, once seated the scale of the interior is roomy with berths, nav station and main salon settees that are full sized, large enough and comfortable. The two main cabin overhead hatches provide both light and ventilation with six oval cabin side ports and a third hatch providing additional light and air forward. The blue GREY Alcantara upholstery is traditional in style and well tailored.

There are 3 x lockers in the cockpit area aft and 2 x lazarettte lockers with separate accesses (large enough for two adults to get into) in the expansive 10 ft aft deck. Forward the cockpit companionway steps, which lift for engine access, descend to the main cabin.

Galley to port
- Stainless steel double sink with single hand pump for fresh water and stowage below
- 42 Litre fridge accessed from the aft counter with a large storage bin inboard
- Worktop set into the outboard counter with utensil and crockery storage in the cabinet below
- Twin burner spirit cooker with pan clamps
- Lockers for glasses, crockery and stores above and outboard

Full size chart table to starboard
- Lit by a goose neck Fricast light
- Electrical panel and instruments outboard and shelf below
- Quarter berth aft also serves as the chart table seat
- Bin storage is outboard the berth with a shelf above

Main cabin saloon forward
- L-shaped settee berth to port and settee berth starboard both with stowage under
- Settee berths fitted with lee cloths and the back panels lift to extend the berths or for stowage
- Traditional (demountable) folding leaf mahogany table edged with high solid fiddles
- Table leaves raised reaches the settee to starboard and gives access to the drinks locker
- 2 x Cabinets fore and aft on either side of a large shelf above and outboard
- 2 x Fricast reading lamps and an additional bulkhead mounted light
- Eberspacher diesel fuelled heating system with two outlets

Moving forward
- Head compartment across the boat
- Marine manual WC to port and vanity with stainless steel basin and tap to starboard
- Storage lockers above and below and in the seat forward of the WC
- Stainless steel basin and water tap
- Overhead hatch provides ventilation
- 2 x Doors close off the head from the fore cabin

Fore cabin
- Double berth slightly offset
- Divided shelves both sides
- Hanging locker to starboard

- Yanmar 3YM30 29 HP Diesel indirect cooled
- Hurth 2.6:1 gearbox. Soft mounted with flexible coupling and flexible stuffing box.
- Sound insulation incorporated into the engine space
- 25 mm stainless steel prop shaft through bronze `P\' bracket
- Folding 3 blade propeller in bronze by Gori
- Wet exhaust system with water sump and swan neck to outlet in counter
- Engine controls near helm, audible alarms, single lever Morse control and engine stop lever
- 2 x 108 AH Marine batteries
- 1 x 75 AH Marine batteries
- Isolator / changeover switch at chart table
- Mastervolt electrical panel in saloon with 15 switches and circuit breakers
- Battery management system
- Flexible solar panel with deck plug to charge batteries
- Shore power system
- 7 x cabin lights
- Deck floodlight on mast
- 80 Litre nylon fuel tank
- Fresh water supplied from 80 litre nylon tank under cockpit
- Holding tank

- Raytheon tri-data log / speed / depth
- Raytheon plotter
- 2 x Steering compasses with illumination
- Full set ST 60 wind instruments
- Raymarine ST 4000 Autohelm
- Clock, Barometer and Hygrometer
- Tri-colour navigation light at masthead
- Steaming light at mast
- All round white anchor light at mast
- Raytheon VHF radio
- JVC stereo CD /radio

- Life Raft
- Life Jackets
- EPIRB, torches
- Medical kits
- Flares
- Raymarine Lifetag system
- Survival products
- Jonbuoy and accessories