Sailing yachts
Kim Holman Twister
(REF: 33238)£10950
Full specification
Wooden Ships Comments on this Kim Holman Twister
Kim Holman designed Twister built by Cardnell Bros., Brightlingsea in 1969.
The Twister is one of Holmans most famous designs, known for being fast, fun and very capable boats. The design was so popular it went on to be produced in GRP in great numbers and is a very popular small cruising boat to this day.
Cardnell Bros. produced a small number of Twisters and are thought in some circles to be the best of the class. They differ slightly with a small rise in the coachroof aft giving a little more headroom in the galley area and making for a slightly prettier coachroof line. The quality of work turned out by Cardnell Bros. was well known so it is no surprise this is a particularly special Twister.
Understood to have won her class in the Round The Island Race some years ago, these boats have an impressive turn of speed and go to windward beautifully with perfect balance. This yacht has been upgraded in recent ownerships with a low hours Beta engine, new nav systems and a good quality rig.
A superb small cruising boat capable of classic regatta racing if desired.
Length on Deck 27’9”
Length Waterline 21’
Beam 8’1”
Draft 5’5”
Thames Tonnage 7TM
Sail Area 407sqft
Construction
Hull
Planked in iroko below the waterline, mahogany above.
All copper rivet fastened to steam bent ok timbers.
Mix of sawn oak and galvanised strap floors across the centreline.
External iron ballast keel with ferrous bolts. 1 bolt drawn in 2022 and found to be sound.
Decks and Cockpit
Marine plywood decks sheathed in GRP and finished in non-slip deck paint.
Varnished teak toe rails all round.
Stainless steel stanchions and guard wires with stainless pushpit and pulpit.
Self draining cockpit with varnished teak coamings and thwarts tops. Lockers under the port side thwarts. Scrubbed teak cockpit sole grating.
Double varnished teak doors and sliding hatch companionway.
Superstructure
Varnished teak coachroof coamings with chromed bronze windows.
Sheathed plywood coachroof decks on mahogany deck beams.
Rig
Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped alloy Z-spars mast in a stainless steel tabernacle.
Alloy slab reefing boom with StackPack system and lazyjacks. Compression kicker on the boom.
Standing and Running Rigging
Stainless steel standing rigging to internal stainless steel chain plates. Full rig inspection by Eurospars 2021.
Twin standing backstays with single spreaders.
Running rigging lead aft through turning blocks to the cockpit for ease of handling. New running rigging 2021.
Selden Furlex 200S roller furling headsail system.
Sails
Cruising mainsail and genoa.
Racing sails by McWilliam:
2 x headsails
1 x laminate headsail
1 x mainsail
2 x spinnakers.
Winches
2 x Lewmar 30ST primary cockpit sheet winches.
2 x Lewmar 7 non-ST secondary cockpit sheet winches.
2 x Lewmar 7 non-ST winches on the coachroof with clutches.
Machinery
Engine
Beta Marine 20hp 3cyl diesel installed new in 2007. Approximately 250 hours.
Fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.
Tanks
30 litre diesel tank.
30 litre water tank.
Batteries and Electrics
2 x 12 volt 115ah batteries charged from the engine alternator.
Bucaneer Alternator boost controller system plus an X-Split charge splitter.
Accommodation
Berths and Headroom
5 berths including quarter berth, 2 x saloon settee berths and 2 single forepeak berths.
6’ headroom in the saloon.
General Description
Joinery is all original in solid teak.
Steps down over the engine box with galley to port.
To starboard is a quarter berth that stretches aft under the cockpit thwarts. A chart desk folds down over the berth, and folds up when berth is in use.
Shelving outboard under the side deck with instruments easily to hand.
Main saloon has a settee berth either side, each one with a trotter box stretching aft under the galley and quarter berth respectively. Storage behind the settee backs. Original joinery with lockers and shelves under the side decks.
Saloon table folds up against the forward starboard bulkhead when not in use.
Centreline door and passageway going forward with heads to starboard and hanging locker to port.
Forecabin has twin V-berths with forehatch above and storage below. Chain locker in the bows below the berth.
Galley
Origo 3000 2 burner spirit stoves set on gimbals. Manual hand pump for fresh water with a plastic bowl let into the work top as a sink. Shelves and lockers around the galley for storage.
Heads
Jabsco manual sea toilet discharges directly overboard. Doors of the heads fold open to create a larger heads compartment in the passageway.
Equipment
Steering compass
Depth sounder
Tacktick MN 100-2 log
Tacktick MN 100-2 wind indicator
B&G Vulcan 7 chart plotter (2022)
Standard Horizon Eclipse DSC VHF (2023)
Entel HT Series submersible handheld VHF
Clock and barometer
Fire blanket
Fire extinguisher
Horse shoe lifebuoy
MOB rescue sling
CQR anchor
20m x 8mm chain + 20m warp
Mooring warps
Fenders
Sails?
StackPack boom system
Alloy spinnaker pole
Selden Furlex 200S headsail furling system
2 x Lewmar 30ST primary cockpit sheet winches
2 x Lewmar 7 non-ST secondary cockpit sheet winches
2 x Lewmar 7 non-ST winches on the coachroof with clutches
Bunk and berth cushions
Origo 3000 spirit stove
Jabsco manual sea toilet
Fold out saloon table
Boat hook
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