For Sale

Location Kielder Yacht Club, Kielder, Northumberland.Built 1986Current Price: £10,450 Tax PaidLocated In Kielder Water, United KingdomHull Material: FibreglassEngine/Fuel Type: Outboard, 2-stroke Petrol
 
Leisure 23 SL ...... “the one that feels like a 25 footer” according to the original sales brochure........ very roomy boat for a 23 footer, standing headroom in main saloon (1.79m or 5’ 10½”) which is unusual on a boat of this size. Two owners from new. Original owner bought her at the London boat show where she was a display boat. The first cruising yacht to be registered on Kielder Water. Bought by the present owner in 1999. Many improvements introduced since then.

Bilge keel Sailing Cruiser c/w Johnson 9.9HP outboard. Five berths. Anti-fouled and ready for the season. Sprayhood. Galley. Twin axle road trailer. Excellent opportunity to buy a nice example of this entry level to serious cruising. Lying Kielder Water in Northumberland.

Additional Specs, 

Equipment and Information:
  Builder Brinecraft Ltd
  Designer Frank Pryor
  Hull Number 353
  Sail Number 353SL
  Dimensions LOA 6.90m (22’8”)
  LWL 6.09m (20’)
  Beam 2.39m (7’10”)
  Draft 0.81m (2’8”)
  Displacement 1841kg (4050lbs)
  Ballast 886kg (1950lbs)
  Mast 7.93m (26’)
  Rig Bermudan Sloop
  Engine Johnson 9.9HP 2-stroke Petrol Outboard
  Tankage 11.3 litre (2.5 Imp. Gallon) steel portable fuel tank 120 litre (26.3 Imp. Gallon)
  PVC /nylon fresh water tank under forward cabin berth. Fresh water filler on port side deck.

Hull
GRP hull with twin bilge keels in cast iron. Keels have high aspect ratio hydrofoil section, with bulbs at the bottom.
GRP skeg and rudder with steel frame and stainless steel fittings.

Topsides
GRP / balsa sandwich for stiffness, light weight and good insulation.
Moulded non slip surfaces on deck provide a secure foothold when working forward.
Tinted perspex side windows. Translucent main hatch and forward hatch.
Bespoke spray hood (2006).
Self-draining cockpit.
Teak rubbing strake.

Engine
Johnson 9.9HP 2-stroke Petrol Outboard. New in 2002. Factory built as a short shaft model. 12v DC generator fitted by dealer.
Long shaft extension kit fitted by owner. Three-bladed propeller. Manual recoil starter. Fwd/Neutral/Rev gearshift on front. Twist grip throttle. Kill Switch with two cords. Throttle and gearshift remote control in cockpit.

Electrical
Single 120AH deep cycle 12V battery (2003) charged by the engine or by shore-power battery charger.
Shore power to 13A mains socket in saloon and to battery charger mounted in cockpit locker, both protected by consumer unit (fuse board) with RCD (residual current device). Two reels of shore power cable, fitted with IEC 16A 3-pin connectors.
12V fluorescent lighting (2000) - 2 in main cabin, 1 in forward cabin.
12V utility socket in saloon with “cigarette lighter” type accessory socket adapter.
Rather tatty domestic type FM/AM radio/cassette player, with DC to DC converter to run it from ship’s battery.
4-way fused 12V switch panel for power distribution to navigation lights, cabin lighting and depth sounder.
Battery isolator key switch.

Cabin details
The forward cabin has a double berth, the saloon has a double dinette berth (table drops down) and a quarter berth.
Berth dimensions:
Forward cabin: 1.88m x 1.55m (6’2” x 4’1”), at widest point
Dinette 1.96m x 1.01m (6’5” x 3’4”)
Quarter berth 2.1m x 0.66m (6’10” x 2’2”)
The galley is midships to port.
The head is in the forward cabin. It is fitted for a marine WC (skin fittings, sea cocks and pipes) but a Porta-Potti 365 (1999) is installed.
The forward cabin has a hanging locker.
For added comfort the quarter berth and the forward cabin berths additionally have bed slats. The dinette berth uses thicker mattresses and so does not have slats.
All interior upholstery was professionally re-covered in 2000.
Carpets (2009) and curtains (2000) are included.

Galley
The galley is built from a 1-piece GRP moulding with one teak locker to the side and teak hatches to the lockers below. It has a “Lytham Galaxy” two burner gas cooker with grill, fitted in single gimbal mount, with fiddle rails and pan holders.
There is a stainless steel sink with tap-operated electric water pump (2000) with disposable type activated charcoal filter (renewed each season) for cold water supply. Stainless steel sink drains overboard through skin fitting with sea cock.
Some storage lockers are below water line, so the beer and the wine stay cool.
Cutlery drawer with 4 place settings of stainless steel cutlery and cooking implements.
4 place settings of melamine crockery plus a set of pans. Grill pan.
For additional workspace while cooking, there is a removable work surface to the left of the sink, above the quarter berth.

Sails and Spars
Aluminium mast and boom with silver anodising. Rope kicking strap with 3:1 advantage. Boom down haul with 3:1 advantage.
165 sq.ft. Genoa with roller furling and sacrificial strip cover. Original sail, in good condition. New sacrificial strip cover in 2007.
125 sq.ft part-battened mainsail with slab reefing. Original sail, in good condition. New sail cover in 2005.
Windex at mast head.

Deck Equipment
CQR Anchor in well with 7.5m chain and 14m warp. Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and guard wires. New guard wires in 2005.
Mooring painter and safety chain, both with pick up buoys, for swing mooring. Painter has snubber and anti-chaff polythene tubes.
Two Lewmar 6 primary winches on coamings. Standing rigging renewed 2004. Halyards renewed 2004.
Winch handle with stowage base in cockpit. Removable bilge pump lever with stowage bracket in cockpit. Sprayhood (2006).
Boarding ladder. Winter washboard. 6 side fenders plus bow fender. Dock lines.
Telescopic boat hook and stowage clips.
Cockpit tent (2003) with ridge pole.

Lockable lazarette locker for fuel, battery and gas (Camping Gaz - including spare cylinder). Huge cockpit locker to starboard.
Charcoal barbeque mounts on pushpit rail.
Flagstaff socket on stern. Boarding ladder. Lifting outboard bracket.
Cockpit duckboard in teak. Cockpit cushions with PVC covering.

Navigational Equipment
NASA Target depth sounder with red illumination (1999). Bi-Colour navigation light on pulpit. White stern light on pushpit.
White steaming light on mast. Mast wired for anchor light, but light not fitted.

Safety equipment
2x Fire extinguishers and fire blanket. Manual Whale Gusher “Urchin” bilge pump. Removable pump handle with stowage
bracket. Horseshoe lifebuoy with stainless steel cradle on pushpit. Floating light with line. Second life belt.

Other information
Kept on a swinging mooring at Kielder Water from April to October. Wintered ashore. Sails, soft furnishings, Washboards,
Tiller, Engine, Water tank, in fact just about all removable equipment, always removed and stored at home in the winter.
Price includes 4-wheel close-coupled twin-axle road trailer. Origin and year unknown. Mild steel welded fabrication, not galvanised. Professionally shot-blasted and painted (red oxide primer) in 2000. Since then, re-painted every two years by owner. Last painted 2009. Hubs greased every two or three years (last in 2007). New brake cables in 2005. Needs new brake shoes. Trailer frame professionally tested in 2005 – wall thickness tested by ultrasound and welds tested by magnetic
particle examination. No significant defects in the main frame. Guide posts and keel guides added in 2000, to simplify haulout.

Your next step
Don’t miss this opportunity to own a nice example of this popular cruising yacht.
She’s an ideal family cruiser but can easily be sailed single-handed.
Please call Andrew Smith on 07712 557668 if you would like to arrange a viewing.