Classic Percy Mitchell Twin Screw Motor Yacht for sale in Devon United Kingdom

Wooden Ships Comments on this Percy Mitchell Twin Screw Motor Yacht

Designed and built by G. Percy Mitchell & Sons in 1968. Built as a pleasure boat with distinct fishing boat lines, giving her a purposeful air and solidity at sea.

Bought by the current owner in 2004 who then commenced on a major professional refit of the boat inside and out. This work included the following:

• New Beta Marine 75hp engines (2010) with all new electrical and fuel systems
• New teak deck (2010)
• Rebuilt cockpit (2009) with custom made tent/cover
• New sole boards throughout in laid teak (2010)
• New wiring and systems
• New water and fuel tanks (2005)

During the current ownership she has cruised regularly up and down the west country coasts, voyaging mainly between Salcombe and the Helford river, much of it single handed.

With a reliable autopilot and economic engines, she cruises comfortably at 6 knots.

With high freeboard and a large coachroof, the internal volume of this boat is vast. The aft cockpit, spacious in its own right, has a custom made cover on a stainless frame that creates another comfortable inside space, excellent when spending extended time aboard the boat.

The is a smart and well cared for yacht, wintered undercover every year and professionally maintained by an experienced yard.

November 2024 survey available.

Length on Deck: 36’

Beam: 11’4”

Draft: 4’6”

Thames Tonnage: 17TM

Gross Tonnage: 15.28 tons

Construction

Hull

Carvel planked in mahogany all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Oak stem and centreline construction.

Sawn timber floors across the centreline.

Decks and Cockpit

T&G pine deck sheathed externally. This was then overlaid with a teak deck glued on top in 2010.

Mostly bronze deck fittings.

Stainless stanchions around the fore and side decks.

Large aft cockpit with varnished mahogany coamings and a laid teak sole. Cockpit totally rebuilt in 2009.

Steps down from the aft deck with bench seats either side.

The cockpit has a removeable canvas hood on a stainless frame. Either the sides can be rolled up, or the whole tent can be removed. With the tent up the cockpit becomes a huge extra interior space superb when cruising.

Double sliding mahogany doors into the wheelhouse.

Superstructure

Wheelhouse made from mahogany, painted inside and out.

Large windows with wooden frames.

The coachroof deck is finished in a swept mahogany deck with payed seams. The wheelhouse roof is finished with a straight laid iroko deck.

Machinery

Engines

Twin Beta Marine 75hp 4cyl diesel engines installed new in 2010. Approximately 800 hours run time.

Borg Warner Velvet Drive gearboxes to 3 blade bronze propellers.

6 knots economical cruising speed, 9 knots max speed. Total consumption of 6 litres/hour at cruising speed.

Tanks

2 x stainless steel fuel tanks under the aft side decks, total capacity of 260 litres.

Twin Racor filters for each engine with change over valves.

1 x stainless steel water tank under the saloon sole.

Batteries and Electrics

2 x Varta 140ah batteries.

1 x Exide 180ah battery.

Charging from engine alternators, plus Victron 50amp 240 volt battery charger.

Roof mounted solar panel with regulator.

Victron 350 watt inverter.

Systems

2 x Auto electric bilge pumps.

1 x manual bilge pump.

1 x engine driven salvage pump/deck wash.

Cabin heating via a Webasto heater and radiators.

Domestic hot water through Webasto system or a calorifier connected to one engine.

Accommodation

Berths and Headroom

1 double berth in the forecabin and one single salon berth.

The dinette seating used to convert to a double berth and could be reinstated.

Headroom over 6’ throughout the cabin.

General Description

Double sliding doors into the wheelhouse from the aft cockpit.

Helm position to port with a swivel seat. Lifting sole boards into the engine space.

Centreline companionway into the main cabin with heads compartment to port and galley to starboard.

The main saloon has a settee berth on the starboard side with a shelf behind under the deckhead.

To port is a dinette seating area with a mahogany saloon table and comfortable seating for 4 people. The table used to drop down to create a double berth and could easily be reinstated to be used as another berth.

Starboard offset door into the forecabin which has 2 single V-berths plus an infill to create a generous double berth. Forehatch over the berth.

Access into the chain locker in the bows.

Galley

Galley has a Plastimo Neptune 2000 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill.

Gas locker is a sealed box located in the wheelhouse which drains overboard.

Single stainless sink with hot and cold pressurised water. Large storage locker beneath the sink.

Fridge drawer pulls out from under the dinette seating. 12 volt compressor.

Heads

Heads compartment rebuilt with some beautifully finished joinery.

Jabsco manual sea toilet discharges directly overboard.

Single hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.

Shower tray built into the compartment with a pull out tap from the hand basin creating a very adequate shower. Drains into a sump tank which is automatically emptied overboard.

Equipment

• Sestrel steering compass
• Sestrel hand bearing compass
• Raymarine sounder
• Raymarine C120 chartplotter with integrated radar
• Raymarine autopilot
• McMurdo Class B AIS
• Simrad RD68 DSC VHF
• ICOM IC-M33 waterproof handheld VHF
• Ocean Safety 4 person life raft in valise
• 2 x lifebuoys
• Echomax Active X radar reflector
• RescueMe EDF 1
• MOB ladder
• Chrome search light
• 2 x auto electric bilge pumps
• 1 x manual bilge pump
• 1 x engine driven salvage pump
• 16kg Lewmar Delta anchor with 60m x 12mm chain
• Lofrans 12 volt anchor windlass
• 25lb CQR anchor with warp and chain
• Fortress anchor with warp and chain
• Mooring warps
• Fenders
• Victron 12/50amp battery charger
• Victron 350 watt inverter
• 2 x Varta 140ah batteries.
• 1 x Exide 180ah battery.
• Roof mounted solar panel with regulator.
• Various engine spares and consumables
• Various tools
• Bunk and berth cushions
• Plastimo Neptune 2000 galley cooker
• 2 x gas bottles in a dedicated locker
• Jabsco manual toilet
• Shower
• Aft cockpit tent/cover
• Avon 260 RIB
• Honda 2.3hp 4 stroke outboard engine