Maurice Griffiths Golden Hind 26

Accommodation

Berths and headroom

• 4 berths
• 2 x saloon settee berths (6’6” and 6’10” long)
• 2 single forecabin berths both 6’3” long (infill to create a double berth).
• Headroom of 5’10” in the saloon.

General Description

• Steps down over the engine box into the main cabin with hanging locker to starboard and galley to port. Marine plywood varnished sole boards with holly inlaid strips.
• Port side half height bulkhead with vertical grab rail. Port side settee berth with a trotter box at the forward end.  Starboard settee berth with chart desk over the aft end of the berth.  Saloon table on a hinged alloy leg so it can be folded in or removed and stowed away when not in use.  Ample storage space behind and under the settees.
• Chart desk lifts with storage beneath as well as pull out chart drawers beneath.
• Port side passageway going forward with the heads to starboard and a hanging locker to port.
• Forcabin with 2 single V-berths and forehatch over. Infill cushion to create a double berth.

Heads

• Blake Lavac manual sea toilet discharges into a 33 litre waste tank.
• Stainless steel hand basin with pressurised cold water feed.

Galley

• Wallas Safeflame 95D diesel fired 2 burner ceramic hob with pan holders.
• Stainless steel sink with pressurised cold water feed.
• Corian worktops with Corian chopping board that fits over the sink.
• Top loading 12 volt fridge set into the work top.
• Storage lockers under the side decks.
• Safety strap for using the galley at sea.

Rig

Spars

• Bermudan cutter rig on a deck stepped alloy Sailspar mast mounted in a hinged stainless steel tabernacle. The mast can be lowered backwards in the tabernacle using a tackle from the bow.  The cap shroud chain plates have been altered to allow lowering of the mast without slackening off the cap shrouds.  This feature can save a lot of time and money when needing to lower the mast.
• Mast lowered and professionally checked over in 2024.
• Alloy slab reefing boom with stackpack system and lazy jacks.
• Alloy staysail boom.
• Varnished wooden plank type bowsprit.
• Whisker pole.

Standing and Running Rigging

• Stainless steel standing rigging new in 2018. External stainless steel chain plates.
• Sailspar continuous line roller furling headsail systems on jib and staysail.
• Halyards and control lines lead aft to the cockpit with clutches and winches on the coachroof deck.

Sails

• Mainsail               Sanders Sails                 2017                   Good condition
• Staysail               Sanders Sails                 2017                   Good condition
• Jib                       Sanders Sails                2017                   Good condition
• Cruising Chute                                                                    As new condition

Winches

• 2 x Lewmar 30ST cockpit sheet winches.
• 1 x Lewmar 7 mast winch.
• 1 x Lewmar 7 on the coachroof for control lines.
• 1 x Lewmar 16 on the coachroof for control lines.

Machinery and systems

Engine

• Beta Marine BD722 20hp engine installed during build. Approximately 2500 hours.
• Wooden engine bearers glassed into the hull.
• 2025 engine lifted out for an overhaul and new gearbox fitted.
• 15×8 fixed 3 blade bronze propeller gives 4 knots cruising speed

Tanks

• 40 litre plastic fuel tank.
• 60 litre stainless steel water tank.
• 33 litre black water waste holding tank.

Batteries and Electrics

• 12 volt 85ah engine start battery.
• 2 x 6 volt deep cycle domestic batteries, total 220ah.
• Batteries stowed in a sealed and vented box in the cockpit locker.
• Charging from 70 amp engine alternator with Adverc charge management system.
• 36W solar panel.
• Victron Phoenix 12/50 240 volt battery charger.
• Shore power system with galvanic isolator.
• LED lighting throughout the cabin

Construction

• Moulded GRP construction with white gel coat. The underwater hull has been epoxy treated and finished with CopperCoat from new.  Copper Coat renewed in February 2024.
• Foam core stringers and transverse members glassed into the hull for strength.
• Marine plywood bulkheads bonded to the hull add strength.
• Encapsulated lead ballast keel.
• Marine plywood deck on laminated deck beams. Epoxy glass sheathed externally, painted and finished with non-slip Trackmark pads.  Varnished iroko capping rails and rubbing strakes all round.
• Coachroof with varnished mahogany coamings and a sheathed plywood coachroof deck. Lewmar opening portlight windows in the coamings.
• Wooden compression posts beneath the tabernacle to support the rig.
• Self draining cockpit made from moulded GRP. Scrubbed teak cockpit thwarts lift to access lockers.  Iroko cockpit sole gratings with a watertight hatch to the bilge.  Overall cockpit cover on a stainless frame creates another dry space in the cockpit for use when in harbour.

Equipment

Deck Equipment

• Mooring warps
• Fenders and fender board
• 27lb plough anchor plus 50m x 5/16” chain
• 27lb Kobra folding kedge anchor with chain and warp
• Boathook
• Sprayhood
• Dodgers
• Ensign and staff
• Cockpit cushions
• Cockpit cover with stainless frame (creates an extra living space when in harbour)
• Heavy duty all over winter cover with metal frame

Navigation Equipment

• Silva 102 steering compass
• Navman Multi 3100s log and sounder
• Northstar Explorer W315 wind indicator
• Silva S15 DSC VHF
• Yeoman plotter
• Garmin 550 GPSmap plotter
• Garmin 126 GPS
• NASA Clipper AIS radar (2019)
• NASA Clipper Navtex
• Simrad TP20 tiller pilot

Safety Equipment

• Manual bilge pump
• Auto electric bilge pump
• Jackstays
• Radar reflector
• Horse shoe lifebuoy with light
• MOB throw bag
• Transom boarding ladder
• Portable fog horn
• Fire extinguishers plus auto extinguisher for the engine space