Small craft
Brooke Marine River Launch
(REF: 31524)£22000
Full specification
Built by the owner and completed in 2023 on the lines of a Brooke Marine design from the 1930’s.
Constructed and finished to a professional standard with very little use since launch so being sold as a virtually new boat.
This is a very elegant river launch, clearly displaying her pre-war design from Brooke Marine. She will slip along at river speeds with virtually no wash, but is capable of reaching speeds of 10 knots.
Up to date Boat Safety Scheme Certificate for use on inland waters.
Complete with a custom fitted cover
Length 20’
Beam 5’10”
Draft 2’
Construction
Strip plank hull using Red Meranti wood, epoxy bonded together.
Sheathed externally in 400gsm epoxy glass cloth. Hull spray finished in Jotun 2 pack paint.
Decks laid in 6mm marine plywood overlaid with 7mm sapele deck planks with black epoxy seams. Finished with Epifanes 2 pack varnish.
Varnished sapele sheerstrake and rubbing strakes.
Stainelss steel deck fittings with 8 pop up fender cleats.
Insulated engine box with a laid sapele top and fiddle rails so it can be used as a table.
Stainless steel quarter plates on the hull.
Small plate rudder with cables to an antique bronze wheel.
Cockpit sole boards in red meranti glued over plywood and finished in 2 pack varnish.
Moulded sapele bucket seats on plinths with fore and aft thwarts further aft with lockers beneath.
Machinery
Volvo Penta 2040 40hp 3cyl marine diesel. Engine fully reconditioned in 2023 with new pistons and bearings, new alternator and salt water pump.
Max speed of 10 knots, cruising speed of 6 knots.
Engine console at the helm made from sapele with gauges inset.
PRM 120 gearbox to a 3 blade bronze propeller. GRP stern tube with a Volvo dripless water lubricated stern gland. Bronze P-bracket to support the shaft.
12 volt Vetus battery charged from the engine alternator
Copper fuel tank of 38 litres with a CAV Delphi water separator filter.
Equipment
Reconditioned Volvo Penta 2040 40hp diesel engine
Copper fuel tank
Vetus 12 volt battery
6 x fenders
Mooring warps
Boat hook
Auto electric bilge pump
Auto fire extinguisher in engine box
Manual fire extinguisher in the locker
All over supported cover with supporting frame
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