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1948 Sylvia Yacht Yard 46' Sylvia Yacht Yard Twin Screw Motor Yacht
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£58,000 ex. VAT
Engine
-
Total Power
-
Engine Hours
NA
Class
Power Classic
Length
14.01m (45.96ft)
Year
1948
Model
46' Sylvia Yacht Yard Twin Screw Motor Yacht
Capacity
Boat Details
Description
Wooden Ships Comments on this 46′ Sylvia Yacht Yard Twin Screw Motor Yacht
46’ twin screw motor yacht designed and built by Sylvia Yacht Yard, East Cowes in 1948.
An elegant motor yacht that went through a significant refit in 2020. This included all new wiring, largely new interior joinery, major engine overhaul and a new teak deck.
Good quality Ford 6cyl diesel engines that have been overhauled and are running very well. The start cleanly and offer economic motoring at 8 knots.
5 berths including a large double in the cabin, a single guest cabin and 2 single berths in the forward area.
Spacious deck saloon with excellent headroom offering a large table with seating around it.
A superb feature is the outside helm position at the aft end of the wheelhouse, a great spot when making passage in fine weather, and especially for berthing in a tight spot where the view from the aft deck all around is excellent.
A nice looking motor yacht with a well documented recent refit history.
2022 survey available.
Length on Deck 46’
Length Waterline 41’
Beam 11’
Draft 4’6”
Thames Tonnage 19TM
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Construction
Hull
Planked in 1.25” mahogany. All copper fastened to steam bent oak timbers of 2”x2” at 12” centres.
External iron ballast keel. Some internal trimming ballast.
Steel strap floors across the centreline.
Bronze portholes in the forward hull, recently stripped and chromed.
Decks
Decks replaced entirely in 2020.
Original T&G straight laid pine sub deck. This was overlaid with marine plywood and a straight laid teak deck epoxy bonded over the top.
Varnished iroko covering board and toe rail all round with a substantial iroko rubbing strake.
Original cast stanchions painted white with a varnished mahogany hand rail. Recent custom made covers fit over the handrail to protect the varnish.
Chromed bronze cleats and fairleads.
Superstructure
Varnished mahogany superstructure comprising a wheelhouse and low aft coachroof.
Purposeful wheelhouse with alloy framed windows and a sheathed plywood wheelhouse roof. Sliding companion doors and lifting hatch either side give access to the wheelhouse.
Aft coachroof with mahogany coamings and a straight laid teak deck.
Full custom made canvas covers fit over the superstructure to protect it from the elements.
Outside helm position at the back of the wheelhouse with good visibility stood on the aft coachroof. Helm position slightly sheltered by a varnished mahogany wave breaker on the wheelhouse roof.
Rig
Small varnished pine mast stepped in a tabernacle on the aft coachroof carries radar, aerials and navigation lights.
Stainless steel standing rigging to stainless eye bolts.
Machinery
Engines
2 x Ford 6 cylinder 120hp marine diesels. Installed new in 1977.
Tidy engines that start on the button with minimal smoke. Professional overhaul 2020.
PRM250 gearboxes to fixed 3 blade bronze propellers. Bronze P-brackets support the shafts.
HMI Marine Silencers on the exhausts.
Cruising speed of 6-8 knots. 10 knots max speed.
Tanks
2 x 500 litre steel fuel tanks in the engine room. Tanks were removed, cleaned and sheathed externally in GRP to protect them.
500FG water separator fuel filters with new pipe work.
600 litres of fresh water in 4 x plastic tanks in the stern. All new tanks and plumbing.
Batteries and Electrics
Yacht completely re-wired in 2020.
5 x 110ah batteries charged from the engine Prestolite 90amp alternators.
Combi Victron Multiplus-II 120 amp battery charger and 3000VA inverter.
240 volt ring main around the vessel with sockets in all the cabins.
Domestic Systems
30 litre calorifier for domestic hot water. Heated via main engine and with a 240v immersion coil.
Diesel fired hot air heating system in the engine room with ducting to each cabin space.
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
6 berths including a large double in the aft cabin, single guest cabin, single settee berth in the wheelhouse and 2 single berths in the forward saloon.
General Description
Much of the interior joinery was replaced in the 2020 refit after the hull was stripped out for repairs. The joinery is varnished mahogany.
Sliding companion door into the wheelhouse either side. Wheelhouse has the helm position at the forward end with the aft end laid out as a deck saloon. Large table with L-shaped seating around it. Excellent visibility all round from the wheelhouse deck saloon.
Starboard side steps go down to the forward accommodation with the galley to port and a chart desk to starboard.
The whole of this forward area has been left open plan with 2 single settee berths in a V formation right in the bows. Custom made V-shaped table drops in when required.
Originally this area had a small guest cabin and could easily be reinstated if the next owner wished for more separate sleeping cabins.
Port side companion steps down from the wheelhouse into the aft accommodation areas. Small door into the engine space at the base of the steps.
Starboard side guest cabin with a sliding door. Berth set fairly high with drawer storage beneath. Full height wardrobe style locker and a lower locker in original joinery.
Heads compartment on the port side.
Central passageway going to the aft cabin. This cabin stretches the full breadth of the hull with a large central double berth and lots of storage lockers in varnished mahogany joinery. Stainless hand basin with pressurised hot water set in a varnished worktop in the forward corner.
The double berth has a vast storage space beneath it, plus one of the 4 plastic water tanks.
Galley
ENO 4 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Single stainless basin with hot and cold pressurised water.
Vitrifrigo stainless steel 12 volt fridge with freezer compartment.
Heads
Lavac electric sea toilet discharges directly overboard. Hand basin with hot and cold pressurised water.
The inside of the heads is lined with an epoxy glass cloth to waterproof the bulkheads and create a full height shower. This drains to a sump tank that is automatically pumped overboard.
Equipment
Steering compass – Henry Browne & Son
NASA Target log
Garmin GPSMap 135 with sounder
Raytheon R10XX radar
Swiftech VHF
Autohelm autopilot
Lofrans Tigres 12 volt windlass
20kg Bruce anchor + 30m chain
Mooring warps
Fenders
Bunk and berth cushions
ENO 4 burner gas stove with oven and grill
Vitrofrigo 12 volt fridge and freezer
30 litre calorifier hot water tank
Gas bottle
Electric Lavac sea toilet
Shower with sump tank
Numerous 240 volt sockets with USB plugs
Television
Fusion music system
2 x speakers
2 x horse shoe lifebuoys with lights
3 x fire extinghushers
1 x fire blanket
Gas alarm
Windscreen wiper
Search light
5 x 110ah batteries
Victron MultiPlus-II 12amp|3000VA|120amp
Victron battery monitor
Aft davits
Side boarding steps
Ensign and staff
Hatch covers
Windlass cover
Full set of custom canvas covers for wheelhouse to protect from the weather
Boat Summary
Make:
Sylvia Yacht Yard
Model:
46' Sylvia Yacht Yard Twin Screw Motor Yacht
Boat Type:
motor
Boat Class:
Power Classic
Build Year:
1948
Refit Year:
-
Hull Number:
-
Deck Plans:
Propulsion
Engine
Make:
-
Model:
-
No. engines:
-
Year:
-
Hours:
-
Type:
inboard
Fuel:
diesel
Propeller Material:
-
Total Power:
-
Specification
Dimensions
Length (Overall):
14.01m (45.96ft)
Length (Waterline):
-
Beam:
3.4m (11.15ft)
Min Draft:
-
Max Draft:
1.4m (4.59ft)
Min Bridge Clearance:
-
Weigths
Gross Weight:
-
Displacement:
-
Tanks
Fresh Water Tanks:
-
Fuel Tanks:
-
Holding Tanks:
-
Speed & Distance
Max Speed:
-
Cruising Speed:
-
Range at cruising speed:
-
Miscellaneous
Windlass:
-
Deadrise at transom:
-
Hull Material:
wood
Life Raft Capacity:
-
Accomodation
Seating Capacity:
-
Guest Cabins:
-
Guest Heads:
-
Cabin Headroom:
-
Crew Cabins:
-
Crew Heads:
-
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