25ft HARRISON BUTLER/UPHAM ‘WATERBUG’ BERMUDIAN CUTTER – NIGHT WIND
She is currently standing on the hard at Rye having not been sailed for some while. She has been well protected and her condition is not that much changed since her last re-fit in 2012. She benefits from an all timber mast and boom plus many original internal fixtures and fittings. She is need of a caring owner, someone who is prepared to put time into returning her to sailing glory. Website images dating from 26th April 2023, plus several archive photographs as indicated.
There is a considerable amount of information regarding the Waterbug and Night Wind on the website of the Harrison Butler Association.
Length overall (excl bowsprit) 24ft 8in
Length TM (from stemhead to rudder post) 24ft 8in
Waterline Length 21ft 9in
Beam 8ft 5in
Draft 4ft 8in
Depth (internal height from sheerline to top of keel) 5ft 6in
Gross Reg. Tonnage 5.53
Builder J W &A Upham, 1939
Designer – Attributed to – T Harrison Butler
Engine Stuart Turner 1 cyl Bukh DV10
Sail area 330ft
Accommodation and equipment:
2 Berths
2 cot berths
Galley
- Blakes paraffin stove
- Brass hand fresh water pump
Heads – Blakes original
Cockpit
- Two cockpit lockers
- Folding backstays
- 2 X Tufnol winches
- Various Tufnol blocks
Inventory:
Main Sail – tan
Outer Jib – tan
Inner jib – tan
Fixed GPS – Garman
Fixed VHF – Icom
Compass – Sestrel bulkhead
Various
- Lines
- Fenders
GUIDE: £8,250
LYING: Rye, East Sussex
VIEWING: Through CLASSIC YACHT BROKERAGE – Isle of Wight
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