Kim Holman Stella, 1968. This beautiful clinker planked Mahogany yacht was designed by Kim Holman and built by Tucker Brown of Burnham-on-Crouch.
This Yacht has undergone a programme of maintenance over the last 10 years including new keel bolts, complete rewire, strip and repaint of the interior and exterior, new deck sheathing and a new boom. She is superbly presented and ready to go.
Viewing by appointment, call
Construction
Kim Holman Stella, 1968. This beautiful clinker planked Mahogany yacht was designed by Kim Holman and built by Tucker Brown of Burnham-on-Crouch.
This Yacht has undergone a programme of maintenance over the last 10 years including new keel bolts, complete rewire, strip and repaint of the interior and exterior, new deck sheathing and a new boom. She is superbly presented and ready to go.
Viewing by appointment, call
Construction
Clinker planked in mahogany, copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Oak floors across the centreline.
External iron ballast keel with galvanised keel bolts, new in 2013. Keel removed and re-bedded
Marine plywood decks sheathed externally in epoxy glass cloth. Varnished mahogany toe rails and rubbing strakes. Deck sheathing new in 2014.
Stainless stanchions set inboard with stainless pulpit and pushpit.
Bronze fairleads and stainless stem head fitting.
Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with stainless framed windows. Sheathed plywood coachroof deck with varnished mahogany grab rails and sliding entrance hatch.
Non-self draining cockpit with thwarts either side. Deep lockers under each thwart.
Transom hung rudder on stainless steel hangings, all new in 2018.
Rig
Fractional bermudan sloop rig on a keel stepped glued wooden mast and slab reefing wooden boom. New boom in 2015.
Z-Spars alloy spinnaker pole and rod kicker.
Stainless steel standing rigging, approximately 10 years old, to internal galvanised chain plates.
Jumper struts to support the top section of the mast. Single spreaders with a lower shroud and intermediate shroud. Adjustable standing backstay. Forestay to stem head takes hanked on headsails.
Anderson 18 Self tailing cockpit sheet winches. Lewmar 8 non self-tailing halyard winches on coachroof. Jammers on the coachroof.
Easymatic mainsheet system with Lewmar traveller.
Sails
Mainsail – Gowen (good)
Mainsail – Parker & Kay (serviceable)
Genoa – Gowen (good)
Radial cut genoa – Gowen (old)
Working Jib – Gowen (good)
Spinnaker – Gowen (good)
Wire luff storm jib (old but serviceable)
Mechanical And Electrical
Renault Couach RC8D single cylinder 8hp diesel engine.
Top end rebuild approximately 3 years ago, new stainless exhaust elbow July 2021
3:1 reduction gearbox to a centreline fixed 2 blade 14” propeller.
Salt water cooled engine with a wet exhaust.
Electric start with 28 amp alternator for battery charging.
2 x 12 volt batteries, 70ah stat and 85ah domestic.
Twin solar panels on aft deck.
15 litre stainless steel fuel tank.
50 litre flexible water tank.
2 x auto electric bilge pumps and 1 manual bilge pump.
Accomodation
Standard Stella layout with 4 berths, including 2 settee berths and 2 brand new pipe cot berths in the forepeak.
Steps down with galley to port. Galley has a gimballed Origo 2 burner spirit stove and deep stainless sink with manually pumped fresh water.
Small chart desksits over aft end of starboard side settee,
2 full length settee berths.
Centreline passge going forward into forepeak. Jabsco sea toilet on starboard side discharges directly overboard.
2 brand new stainless framed pipe cot berths in the forepeak stow against the hull when not in use and fold down to provide comfortable berths. Forehatch over.
Equipment
Sylva Bulkhead Steering compass
Lowrance HDS Gen2 Touch Chart Plotter
Sylva S10 DSC VHF Radio
Nexus Sea Data Depth and Speed
Boarding ladder
Fenders
Various warps
Boat hook
Red ensign and staff
Various loose blocks, sheets/guys
Misc. loose gear, spares and equipment
Diesel and water jerry cans
Coach roof weather covers
Boom/mainsail cover
Tiller cover
2 auto electric bilge pumps, Rule 500GPH
1 manual Whale Gusher bilge pump in cockpit
LED masthead tricolour/anchor light
Deck level navigation lights
LED interior lighting
2 x 12 volt batteries
Jabsco sea toilet
Origo 2 burner spirit stove
7.5kg Lewmar plough anchor
8m of 10mm chain spliced to 30m of 14mm octoplait warp.
3kg Delta anchor with short chain and 20m warp
