Description

Rossiter Curlew

Lying: Newport, South Wales

Description

Lady Fox is a well appointed 32ft Rossiter Curlew.

She is an exceptionally well-maintained boat, all in good order and ready to go.

Always wintered out of the water from new, under cover.

She has recently benefitted from many upgrades:

Complete engine overhaul, many new parts including engine mounts

Complete new fuel system, including new fuel tank, fuel lines and upgraded filtration system

Upgraded alternator

New engine wiring loom

Complete rewire of vessel

Heads refurbished and new basin fitted, 2022

Galley refurbished with new tops and cooker, 2022

Dometic 12v cool box built-in, 2022

Bow thruster fitted 2021

Below waterline taken back to gelcoat and epoxied 2021

There is no evidence of osmosis

She has a long keel hull with lifting centre plate. This enables the boat to navigate shallow areas and take to the ground with her legs very easily. She comes with custom-built stainless steel adjustable legs.

She has been extensively cruised and is an extraordinarily safe and capable cruising boat.

Two careful owners from new.

Designer: Rossiter
Lloyds Registered hull construction certificate

Year of build: 1981, registered 1982

Berths: 5

No. of engines: 1

Engine model: Bukh 36hp, 2002, overhauled 2021

Fuel type: Diesel

Length over all: 9.75m

Length at waterline: 8.07m

Beam: 3.15m

Hull material: GRP

Hull colour: Blue

Keel type: Long keel, lifting centre plate

Draft min: 1.12m. centreboard down: 1.78m

Displacement: 7.22 tons, 7.34 tonnes

Headroom: 1.88m

Engine cooled: Direct

Steering: Tiller

Drive: Shaft

Props: 3 blade feathering and rope cutter

Fuel consumption approx.: 1.5 ltr (0.3g)/hour at cruising speed

Cruising speed approx.: 5 knots

Max speed approx.: 7 knots

Starter battery: 2021

Leisure battery: unknown date


Rig
Cutter rigged aluminium spars with stainless steel standing rigging

Sails
Mainsail – Westaways – slab fully battened, lazy jacks, 3 reefs
Headsail – Westaways – furling
Other sails: Stay sail, Cruising chute

Accommodation:
1 double berth
3 single berths
2 cabins
Taylor’s model 068 paraffin heater

1 handbasin
1 heads (sea toilet)

Altantic 4500 2 burners, oven and grill, 2022. Little used
Built-in dometic 12v coolbox


In good condition - both cosmetically and structurally - this lovely yacht offers the elegance of a classic yacht design, but with the advantages of laminated GRP construction.

Rossiter Yachts in Christchurch launched this retro design in 1980. Designed by Hugh Rossiter, she bears more than a passing resemblance to many of Maurice Griffiths’ heavy-displacement, shoal-draught, lifting-keel designs.

Traditional thinking extends to the spacious interior, where there are five berths and the woodwork is a reflection of the shipwright.

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