After much thinking, drinking, and tenuous linking (see), I’ve decided to sell Kudu.

Well, more like been forced to, because I can’t afford to keep two boats. Yes, two boats. On boxing day I had a pleasant drive from Christchurch to Honiton in Devon to take a look at a potential purchase. I then drove from Honiton to Preston with a smile on my face, and a bank balance a few quid down on contents.

The new vessel, Vreli, is a 22 foot Tyler Boats Cinder. She is more suited to my intentions with an inboard engine, long keel, and at the joy of my back bones, standing headroom (for short arses like myself at least). A new project is about to begin, and who knows where it will take me. I guess this blog will be, for a time, a repeat of the first posts I made back in 2008. Fixing, modifying, and waiting to see what happens (I promise it will be something even more silly that sailing around Britain. I’ve got a long keel now, and I’ve always fancied visiting Palmer Ice station :p). I jest, don’t worry.

Anyway, down to business.

The Corribee for sale advert

I’m putting Kudu up for sale via Preston Marina brokerage.

Kudu is a 1976 Mk1 bilge keel Newbridge Corribee with an extensive array of kit. She comes complete and ready to go… anywhere!

Details:

• Harken winches (x2)
• Plastimo roller furling
• ALL lines led aft to the cockpit with Spinlock mini jammers (including single line reefing)
• Main and Genoa, both in very good condition.
• Mounts for the auto pilot (although the AP itself is not included)
• Origo 1500 gimballed meths stove.
• Suzuki DF5 4 stroke outboard (2008, but not used until 2009) + external tank
• 40w (20w x2) solar panels with charge controller
• 2x 85ah domestic batteries
• Sterling sh0re power battery charger
• Marinco shore power inlet, with standard 230v onboard socket (plug the shore power in, and you’ve got instant battery charging and mains supply in the boat). The mains socket and charger are on separate breakers.
• 150w inverter so you have mains power when at sea
• Audio system; plug your laptop/mp3 player in to the on board amplifier and you have  a very impressive cinema system.
• 2009 Nasa Clipper instrument (depth,log, wind)
• Nasa BM-1 battery monitor so you can see the state of the batteries and what current is going in or out.
• CQR anchor + chain and warp.
• Spare shrouds & forestay + anchor ball land motoring cone.

Points to note:

• The chart plotter is NOT included.

Kudu has had a lot of work done to her, and this summer was well testing in some relatively extreme conditions. I’ve ironed out all the teething troubles that you just would not find normally unless you really pushed it. She is now a very solid boat and ready to take somebody else on a life changing adventure.

There are a few pictures of the boat as I was refitting her back in Summer 2008 here but obviously a lot has been added since then.

Please contact Preston Marina if you’re interested > 01772 733595

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