Patsy Rye sale - photo gallery

2011, autumn, awaiting new owner.
The bow fender is a relic of summer French canal cruise.

Note the boarding steps - 3 each side of the rudder,
2 on the transom. The small outlet left of the SSR no. is utilised by both the engine coolant anti-syphon and the PPS shaft seal.

The bigger yellow bag contains the vacuum fuel filler. The smaller a rescue sling. The hand bilge pump is on port seat upright. s/s brackets are for the cockpit table. Washboards are stowed between the seats.

The Icom command mic is stowed on port push-pit upright. Black coaming brackets are for the compass. A VHF stub antenna is just showing above the rescue sling - low down for ease of maintenance. Never had a problem with range.

Under the starboard cockpit seat is the fridge cold-box and the Taylor's stove remote pressure tank, with 2 cans of spare fuel. The s/s plate on the coaming is friction protection against the Wykeham-martin furler cords.

Under the port cockpit seat are 2x 110AmpH and 1x 90AmpH domestic batteries and a 90AmpH engine start battery. All are XM dual purpose, sealed types. All are individually isolatable. All are clamped and all terminals are covered. The Vetus SICO single lever control mechanism is also in this compartment. The lever itself can just be seen bottom right.

cockpit table erected

The Silva handheld VHF in its cockpit cruising position. The shock cord to the left holds, when appropriate, the bottom of the cockpit hatch mosquito net

Showing the Autohelm working position, and the diesel fuel filler. The small thru deck fitting on the right is power for a compass light which is housed in the end of the long s/s spring.

The Silva grid compass and compass light in place on the aft cockpit coaming.

Centre pic: the port Tufnell cockpit winch with its highly effective Barton self-tailing adaptor. The tiller pilot wireless remote is in its cruising holder, one of the cockpit coaming seats and its guardrail backrest are in place and the shore power lead can be seen disappearing under the side deck where the plug in located.

The instrument pod is built to house log, wind and depth gauges. Another Vtronix stub antenna can be seen mounted on the s/s instrument pod frame. Exasperation with, inaccessible  flakey top-of-mast ariels led to this low level approach. Reception range has never been an issue.

4 belaying pins, mainly used for securing the mainsail. The Solara 45w solar panel can be seen to the left of the mast.

The solar panel and VHF deck loudspeaker extension share a deck gland.

Rigging screws on the port side shrouds provide good anchors for the foresail halyard blocks. 3 deck glands can be seen outside the toe rail. The nearest is the TV ariel, the 2nd the masthead VHF ariel, (currently unused) and the furthest away, feeds the power to the tri-colour and all-round white masthead light.

Neat pop-up cleats. 2 more midships and 2 astern. Wykeham-martin furlers can be seen on the foot of each foresail. A CQR anchor is stowed on bow roller with over 30m of 8mm chain in the chain locker. The winch is an Anchorman manual. Looped round the samson post is a rope with chain hook to stop those night time chain rumbles.

Main cabin with dinette in place. The Lavac toilet can just be seen in the fore-cabin.

Main cabin port side. Dinette drops down to form the 2nd bunk. Stowage under port side decks. Stowage under both dinette seats. Stowage in the dinette table. See pix elsewhere. Folio-size chart table, with stowage under and instruments above.

Another view of the chart table with instruments above. The black engine instrument panel can just be made out beneath the chart table lid. The 2 white, hand held flares are out of date!

The Taylor's pressure paraffin stove. Oven, grill plus 2 burners. Much appreciated for safety reasons by insurance companies. Once mastered this stove has behaved impeccably. Full training provided if required. Crockery stowage behind the s/s sink/drainer. The fridge compressor is underneath the sink.

A Black&Decker workmate toolbox doubles up as a step down into the main cabin. Just in front, on the left side floor board, can be seen the Whale Tiptoe foot freshwater pump - in its stowed position

Patsy Rye has two 1 kilo dry powder fire extinguishers and the fire blanket, plus a carbon monoxide detector elsewhere in the cabin. The top, black box is the fridge control. The grey box is the tillerpilot wireless remote base station and the white one is just a junction box. The wire thingy is for a kitchen roll.

Dinette down, 2nd bunk made up.

A double bunk... Look at the pic with just the two bunks made up and the between-bunks infill can just be made out - stowed upright against the starboard bunk.

Serious under floorboard stowage. The 1st 3 compartments are custom made epoxy/ply boxes. The remainder utilise Tupperware type airtight containers.

In-dinette stowage

Below-cooker stowage.

Below-cooker stowage in seagoing mode. Note the freshwater foot pump centre-right and the oven control top centre.

Removable epoxy/ply stowage under the after dinette seat. Stowing place for the cockpit table can be seen upright against the face of the seat box.

Removing the aft dinette-seat stowage reveals, a stringer and ribs.

Foreward under-dinette seat stowage, ply epoxied.

Forward under dinette seat stowage removed.

The starboard bunk with cushions removed. The double bearth between-bunks infill can be seen stowed vertically along the front face.

The, nearly empty, Plastimo, 150ltr flexible fresh water tank is stowed within the starboard bunk. The Jabsco water filter can be seen at the far end. The item lying on the tank is a hang-up solar shower.

Galley stowage.

Below-chart table stowage, with 2, fused switch panels. Also top right, the not-in-use stowage for the Autohelm wireless remote - a seriously good piece of kit.

Removing the base of the chart table reveals a plethora of electricals. Seen centre is the Sterling zinc saver - a galvanic isolator. This stops your marina neighbours piggybacking on your anodes when plugged into shore-power.

To the left is the Sterling 30amp shore-power charger. To the right, bright blue, the Sterling propowerS 600w sinewave inverter (12v -> 240v). Various major fuses elsewhere - all labelled.

A fore and aft shot of the electricals. Domestic fuses and junction boxes at the back, all labelled.

The back of the engine control panel runs diagonally left to right. The black/grey/blue box below is the Sterling battery-2-battery charger, which increases the charging efficiency of the engine's alternator.

A detailed view of the main instrument area. 2x DSC VHFs above. The primary one is an Icom icM505, (right), ATIS enabled, and with a cockpit command mic. The other is a Navman 7110 also with a command mic. The 2 lower items with covers are the GPS plotters. The Northstar plotter is linked an AIS detector, not quite visible behind the icom VHF. To the left of the Cobra plotter is the silver coloured solar panel charge controller.

The 3 Sterling remote controllers are to the left of the 2 white covered GPS plotters. 1 is for battery management, 1 for the shore-power charger and the 3rd for the battery-2-battery charger. Top right is the Navman instrument bus (complex junction box) with 3 black wires going thru the deck to the instrument pod. The Silva grid compass can be seen on the right at its inside stowage position.

The 25mm thick, marine ply engine cover. It slides inboard to remove.

The Yanmar 1GM10 partially revealed by sliding off the engine cover. 10bhp, single cylinder, raw seawater cooled. Fuel consumption no more than 0.5ltr per hour when cruising. In the French canals consumption was often down to c0.33ltr per hour.

All the covers off and access is remarkably easy. Pipes, hoses, cables stop cocks, fuel and water filters, engine mounts and all wiring (except the engine loom) installed 2006.

The exhaust hose is 45mm Vetus. The water cooling hose is 19mm. The additional, combined fuel filter and water bowl is half shown, bottom left.

The raw water intake is left side mid pic (green handle). The clear-topped water filter is half hidden just left and down. The exhaust water trap is aft of the engine, under the prop shaft.

The black plastic holder on the left, just out of the engine compartment, is for the Silva handheld VHF. On the other side the black T shape pull handle is for engine stopping and near to that, with the round red end is the Vetus SICO single lever engine control.

A spare Vetus LP water trap.

The PPS shaft seal works a treat. No drips. The spare Vetus prop at 12"x9" is 1" less in pitch than the new one fitted 4 years later in 2010. The yellow cable is connected to an external anode and various key metal components for galvanic protection.

The loop of exhaust hose to the left and the straight piece to the right of the keel are spare unused lengths. Enough for a complete replacement. The actual exhaust runs from the grey water trap beneath the prop shaft then alongside the blue pipe into the transom locker. The 2 copper pipes on the far left are the fuel feed and return. The blue pipes are the raw water cooling feed and return for the antisyphon. The clear pipe cable clipped to the blue hoses is the from the PPS shaft seal and the other clear pipe attached to a beam is protecting a 12v cable.

The blue ring binder contains the engine manual in its under floorboard stowage. Forward of it is a Whale Easybailer hand pump.The black hoses to the right are the hand and electric bilge pump outlets.

The fully laminated engine manual revealed. The white Whale Compaq50 bilge pump facing can be seen just below the workshop manual.

Transom locker. c30ltr copper fuel tank to the left. 2x 20 ltr collapsible water carriers are below. A 10ltr fuel can be seen. Hidden are 2x 5ltr fuel cans and one 20ltr fuel can that gets stowed in front of the transom locker door. The cockpit table and compass brackets also shown clearly.

The Lavac vacuum toilet - for people unfamiliar - uses a powerful, separate Whale pump (see later pic) to suck out contents and simultaneously suck in fresh seawater. Simple and less prone to blockages. The white container behind is is a 50ltr Plastimo blackwater tank. Behind that is the chain locker.

The heads is also used for rope, fender and other storage. Numerous fenders & warps come with the boat - see manifest. Note the inland cruising mooring irons and hammer and a 25m freshwater hose reel can be seen tucked behind one of the inland water cruising mast supports. The white hose heading towards the deck is the blackwater tank shore pumpout outlet.

The separate head's pump is centre pic. 2 3-way valves can be seen connected either side. These allow the one pump to empty the loo over board, or into the blackwater tank, or pump the tank contents over board. The black-topped grey cylinder to the left of the pump handle is the Vetus no-smell filter for the blackwater tank, overtheside vent. Above the filter can just be seen the 2nd inland waterways cruising mast support. The broad clear hose is the is the freshwater fill.

A floorboard is removed to show the Blakes toilet outlet seacock. Above and slightly right can be seen the Blakes inlet seacock. Both have yellow wires connected to anodes for cathodic protection. Both have clear labels: open/closed.

Modest but useful hanging cupboard.

Hatch mosquito net in action. The mast, in inland mode, is held by two specially made supports, (normally stored in the forecabin), plus the boom crutch at the stern.

In full sailing trim, Calais 2010.