FOR SALE -  MIRIAM - WOODS SAGITTA CATAMARAN BUILT 1997  - £39,000

Miriam is moored in Penzance, Cornwall, UK for this season. Construction - Professionally built at Foss Quay, Millbrook, 1997 in Western Red Cedar Strip/Epoxy hulls with Marine Ply decks and superstructure, all coated in epoxy and glass fibre as per Woods Designs. LAR keels. Unsinkable. Anti-osmosis treatment - epoxy construction - plus Copper Coat 10-year anti-foul 2015.

Engine

 Yamaha 9.9hp extra-long shaft high thrust (June 2011). Steerable with the tillers or wheel, charging 25 amp hour starter battery. 3 x 12 litre fuel tanks in cockpit locker.

Rig

Z-Spars with twin-grooved furling gear. Bomb-proof rig with caps, intermediate and lower shrouds and diamonds plus front beam whisker stays- all renewed April 2021. Sails - Fully battened mainsail (Westaway 2006) plus original Dick Batt sail (1997), re-furbished in 2006, as spare. Jib headsail (Solo 2015). 82 sq metre Spinnaker (Solo 2015) and 45sq metre spinnaker, set from bowsprit or bow turning blocks.

Electronics

Solar panels charging 3 x 80amp hour domestic batteries. DSC VHF radio (2011).

Chartplotter. AIS. Autohelm connected to wheel drive unit for self-steering.

Wind, speed, depth units with display.

Galley

Fresh water electric pump to sink fed from 60 litre rigid tank under starboard quarter berth. New LPG oven and grill plus 4 burner hob and s/s sink, all with flame failure. 12v front load fridge (2021). Fire blanket. Sheriff gas detector with sensor. LED lighting.

Saloon

Two opening forward hatches. Removable table transferable to the cockpit for al fresco dining or to form king-size berth. 2 fire extinguishers. LED lights above table.

Heads

Jabsco toilet (2008) with new twist & lock pump 2016. Wet locker housing Carver P4 lpg heater supplying warm air to saloon and quarter berths (not used for many years so needs servicing).

Fresh water pump for basin fed from 60 litre rigid water tank beneath port quarter berth.

Cabins

Two quarter berths. 6ft 2in doubles with shelf unit in each plus netting for clothes etc. Side tables, LED lighting, USB phone charging outlets.

Navigation Desk

Port side ½ size Admiralty chart desk. Barometer and chronometer. Full standing headroom in quarter berths, nav. station, galley, heads and cockpit tent.

Ground tackle

12kg CQR on 10m chain and 50m' 18mm anchorplait warp. Aluminium Danforth-type (from Richard Woods' original Sagitta) on 5m chain and 30m 18mm anchorplait warp.

Cockpit

2 Lewmar 30 main winches plus 2 Lewmar 15 Spinnaker winches. Wind, speed and depth instrumentation. S/s wheel alongside Yamaha engine controls. Steering is detachable to enable tiller steering from either port or starboard seats when sailing. 2 x Navico compasses. Life ring. All lines led back to cockpit for reefing without leaving the safety of the cockpit. Full-width pram hood connectable to full cockpit tent to extend living space for dry winter warmth or summer bimini shade. 6 cockpit drains. 5 lockers with fenders, warps and spinnaker lines. Manual bilge pump. 3 Propane gas bottles with regulator. The cockpit tent has not been used for 12 years.

Ancillary

Zodiac 2.6m inflatable with Yamaha 2.5 4-stroke outboard (2012). Four person life raft (in bag) service due 2021.

Low and sleek, the Woods' Sagitta is classified as a Cruiser/Racer, however, Miriam is fitted out for cruising, but is still capable of consistent beam reaching at >10 knots (max achieved 14 knots) under spinnaker. She returned from cruising the coasts of NW Spain and the French Atlantic coast in 2008 and has since been maintained and sailed in Mounts Bay and the Isles of Scilly.

Price: Reduced to £39,000

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