Cornish Crabber 24 MkV EQUINOX

The Cornish Crabber 24 was first introduced in 1975 and has proven to be a hugely successful design for the British builder with several revisions of the original basic design maintaining her appeal. In 2017 Andrew Wolstenholme was commissioned by the builders to undertake a full redesign of the Crabber 24, with the brief being to ‘progress the boat’s performance without turning it into an average white racing boat’. The Cornish Crabber 24 MkV was the result of this project. Blending modern technology with her carbon mast, timber gaff and boom with traditional styling, the all new Crabber 24 MkV has rejuvenated this modern classic design while maintaining the traditional Cornish Crabbers family identity.

Specifications

Built to her current owner's specifications, the Cornish Crabbers 24 MkV EQUINOX is a fully loaded example of the class boasting an extensive inventory which includes:

• Gelcoat and woodwork in as new condition
• Copper-coated underwater hull
• Yanmar 2YM15 marine diesel engine with under 80 hours of use
• Featherstream 3 blade, feathering propellor
• Spurs rope cutter
• 230VAC shore power
• Galvanic Isolator
• Mastervolt battery charger
• Victorn Energy BMV-712 battery monitor
• Raymarine Axiom 7 chart plotter
• Raymarine ST2000+ tiller pilot
• Raymarine i50 Tridata log/speed/depth display
• Raymarine i50 wind instrument
• Pressurised hot and cold water system with immersion heater
• Aqua Marine 2 burner and grill galley cooker
• Eberspacher heating system
• Electric windlass
• 3D inflatable dinghy

Very lightly used and wintered ashore under her full boat cover, the Cornish Crabbers 24 MkV EQUINOX offers buyers a rare chance to acquire an as new boat; viewers will not be disappointed.

Press Review

‘The Crabber 24 Mk V is certainly a very different boat to the Mk I version I sailed all those years ago, but really it should be judged on its own merits. This is a comfortable shoal-draught yacht for a clientele who might be downshifting from a modern yacht with all the associated creature comforts and crucially are used to a bit of performance. In other words, they might like the idea of a gaff rig, but they don’t necessarily want to sail a relatively slow boat. The Crabber manages to combine these sometimes conflicting demands with the trademark Crabber character.’

Nic Compton ‘Talkin’ Bout A Revolution’ – Classic Boat, August 2018
Full copy of article available upon request

Construction Hull Construction

• Single piece GRP moulded hull.
• Simulation moulded planking effect.
• Monolithic laminate, hand consolidated in mould.
• Integral moulded casing for centreplate, part of hull structure.
• Moulded internal structural liner forming base of furniture units and incorporating engine beds.
• Plywood bulkheads bonded to hull and deck.
• Forespar Marelon composite seacocks.
• Topsides finished in off-white gelcoat with ‘Mystery blue’ sheer plank.
• Underwater hull finished with Coppercoat antifouling from factory.

Deck & Superstructure Construction

• Single piece moulded deck incorporating superstructure and self draining cockpit.
• Hand consolidated, sandwich construction with balsa core.
• Hardwood backing pads fitted in way of high load fittings.
• GRP moulded toerail with freeing ports running the length of the deck edge.
• Moulded non-slip panels to finished decks, coachroof and cockpit.
• Cockpit locker hatches moulded in GRP with balsa core.
• Cockpit drain tubes are of moulded GRP tubes, glassed to hull and deck.
• Deck finished in off-white gelcoat with two-tone ‘parchment’ coloured, moulded non-slip panels.

Keel & Rudder

• GRP mould long keel as part of hull form.
• Galvanised steel centre plate secured within GRP moulded casing.
• Centreplate lifted and lowered by block and tackle system lead to cockpit winch.
• Laminated marine plywood rudder.
• Transom mounted.
• Drop plate lower section to increase depth.

Machinery Engine & Gearbox

• Yanmar 2YM15 marine diesel engine.
• 14hp @ 3,600rpm.
• 2 cylinder, naturally aspirated, indirectly cooled.
• Mechanical reversing marine gearbox.
• RCD 2 / EPA Tier 3 - 3c compliant.
• Single lever morse control.

Maintenance & Performance

• Engine serviced autumn 2023.
• Recorded engine hours (May 2024) – 77.2hrs.
• Cruising speed 5kts.

Propulsion & Steering

• Stainless steel propshaft.
• Featherstream 3 blade, feathering propellor.
• Rope Cutter – Spurs type.
• Hardwood tiller.
• Tiller extension.

Autopilot

• Raymarine ST2000+ tiller pilot.

Electrical Systems Voltage Systems

• 12VDC onboard power system.
• 230VAC shore power system.

Shore Power System

• Extension lead to connect to shore supply.
• Galvanic Isolator.
• Single 16 amp connection point.
• Hardwired RCD protected system.
• Voltage indicator.
• 2x 3 pin UK socket, battery charger, immersion heater.

Battery Banks

• Battery Bank – 2x 12VDC, 80Ah, lead acid.
• Blue Sea Si-ACR charge control relay.

Charging

• Mastervolt smart charger.
• 230VAC – 12VDC.

Alternators

• Single engine driven alternator.
• 12VDC – 125amps.

Solar Panel

• Single deck mounted 9.5w panel.

Battery Monitor

• Victron BMV-712 battery monitor.

Other Electrical

• 12VDC charging socket at switch panel.
• High load 12VDC auxiliary socket at companionway.

Plumbing Systems Fresh Water

• Pressurised hot and cold water systems.
• Mixer tap in galley and heads.
• Hot water provided from calorifier heated by engine or immersion heater.

Bilge Pumps

• Manual Bilge Pump.
• Electric Bilge Pump.

Tankage Fuel

• Single diesel tank.
• Approximate capacity 43ltrs.

Fresh Water

• Single fresh water tank.
• Approximate capacity 100ltrs.

Holding Tank

• Single holding tank.
• Approximate capacity 43ltrs.
• Deck discharge or direct discharge overboard.

Tank Monitoring

• Analogue gauge for fresh water tank.
• Analogue gauge for diesel tank.

Navigation & Communication Equipment On Deck

• Depth/Log/Speed – Raymarine i50 Tridata display.
• Wind – Raymarine i50.
• Plotter – Raymarine Axiom 7.
• Magnetic Compass – Plastimo Contest, bulkhead mounted.

Communications Equipment

• DSC VHF – Raymarine RAY53 with masthead antenna.

Domestic Equipment Galley

• Galley Cooker – Aqua Marine Neptune 4500, 2 burner and grill.
• Stainless steel sink.
• Mixer tap.

Heads

• Toilet – Albin Marine manual toilet.
• Stainless steel wash hand basin.
• Mixer tap, extending out for use as shower head if required.
• Shower sump below grating with electric pump to discharge overboard.

Heating & Ventilation

• Eberspacher diesel fired blown air heating system.
• Thermostatic cabin controller.
• Single outlet in cabin.

Lighting

• Hullside mounted lighting throughout interior.
• Overhead lighting in heads.
• All LED lighting.

Accommodation Accommodation Finish

• GRP internal mouldings finished in off-white gelcoat.
• Joinery work and trims of teak and teak veneered plywood finished with Sadolin varnish.
• Bulkheads and furniture unit finished in Soft White eggshell paint.
• Teak and holly laminate finish soleboards.
• Upholstery throughout in Linara Prussian Blue fabric.
• Blackout blinds for portlights.

Description of Accommodation from Forward

• Double V-berth forward, elevated above settee level, hinged back rest extending bunk length when in use.
• Storage locker beneath bunk with central hatch to access.
• U-shaped saloon settee wrapping around removable saloon table with hinged backrest folding up to extend bunk length below forward bunk.
• Saloon table mounted on full adjustable Laguna table mounting system, secondary table mounting in cockpit to allow use of table in cockpit also.
• Table forming infill between settee to create double bunk when required.
• Batteries located in locker beneath port settee, storage locker beneath.
• Switch panel outboard of port settee aft with storage shelf forward.
• Storage shelf outboard of starboard settee with built-in crockery storage area aft.
• Galley area to starboard with two burner gas cooker forward and inset sink aft.
• Storage locker space above worktop outboard.
• Heads compartment to port aft with manual marine toilet fitted aft, countertop outboard with inset wash hand basin.

Deck Equipment Rig

• Deck stepped, gaff rigged cutter.
• Selden carbon mast, finished in white.
• Timber boom, gaff and bowsprit finished in Sikens Cetol varnish.
• Stainless steel standing rigging.
• Gaff rigged, slab reefing mainsail.
• End of boom mainsail with track located aft of cockpit.
• Block and tackle kicker.
• Selden mainsheet track and car system.
• Selden track and car systems for jib and staysail.
• 6 spinlock rope clutches in cockpit for lines lead aft.
• Halyard tidies mounted on bulkhead to port and starboard sides of companionway.

Winches

• Primary Winches – 2x Antal W8 single speed winches.
• Secondary/Halyard Winches - 2x Antal W8 single speed winches.

Sails

• Mainsail – Tan dacron, gaff-rigged, slab reefing.
• Jib – Tan dacron, roller reefing.
• Staysail – Tan dacron, roller reefing.

Canvas Work

• Mainsails Cover – Beige fabric.
• Sprayhood – Navy, on stainless steel folding frame.
• Winter Cover – Full boat PVC cover, fitted with mast lowered.

Anchoring & Mooring

• Bower Anchor – 7kg plough type anchor on 4m, 8mm chain and warp rode.
• Anchor Windlass – Quick electric windlass with foot switch controls mounted on foredeck.
• Mooring Warps – Selection.
• Fenders - Selection.

Tender

• Inflatable Dinghy – 3D 2.3m lightweight, round tail dinghy, can be stowed in port cockpit locker.

Navigation Lights

• Masthead anchor light.
• Low-level running lights.

General

• Single bow roller to starboard side of bow sprit.
• Stainless steel, toerail mounted mooring cleats forward, midships and aft.
• Stainless steel deck-mounted stanchions supporting double tier stainless steel guardwires.
• Stainless steel pushpit rail wrapping around aft end, built-in folding swimming ladder to port side.
• Anchor locker accessible by lifting deck hatch to starboard side of bow sprit, anchor windlass mounted on deck, inboard of lifting locker lid.
• Deck hatch mounted on coachroof forward of mast step.
• Jib track and car mounted on inboard side of side decks.
• Staysail track and car mounted on coachroof top, outboard to port and starboard.
• Cockpit halyard winches and rope clutches mounted outboard of companionway to port and starboard.
• Primary and secondary winches mounted on cockpit coaming tops.
• Bench seating runs the length of cockpit to port and starboard and across the transom.
• Lockers beneath port and starboard seating.
• Laguna table mounting for using saloon table in cockpit.
• Gas locker beneath aft section of cockpit seating, centrally.

Disclaimer

In this case we are acting as brokers only. The Owner is not selling in the course of a business. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The Purchaser is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at their expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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