Westerly Merlin – Bilge Keel £12,750
Poole Harbour – Dorset
Our Westerly Merlin, Fairspell, is sadly for sale due to my age related sailing limitations.
Fairspell has had two careful owners from new and has been in my ownership since 2004.
We have enjoyed sailing her in the Solent and South Coast areas.
Fairspell is moored in Poole Harbour and is well maintained being stored on the hard every winter.
Specification
Builder Westerly Yachts (Lloyds Register)
Model Merlin 28
Year Constructed 1984
Sail Number MN40
Length overall 8.78
Beam 2.78
Draft 1.07
Displacement 3.5 Tonnes
Engines one
Fuel Type Diesel
Keel Type Twin cast iron bilge keels
Hull Material GRP
Hull Colour White
Fuel Capacity 80 litres (stainless steel tank with isolating valve)
Water Capacity 80 litres (stainless steel tank)
Accommodation
The Westerly Merlin offers a comfortable and spacious thee cabin layout comprising seven berths
including:-
– 2 berth fore cabin with removable central infill (forecabin headlining requires some attention)
– Spacious main cabin with port and starboard settees with port side extending to provide double bed and starboard side single berth
– A spacious aft cabin provides a large double berth and standing dressing area
The Merlin also accommodates a chart table, fold down saloon table and wet locker in main cabin and an aft heads with wash basin and marine toilet.
Auxiliary Power
Auxiliary power is provided by one Bukh 20 two cylinder 20hp diesel engine driving a two bladed propeller.
Engine serviced yearly including oil change, oil and diesel filter replacement. Shaft seal and cutlass bearing replaced 2 seasons ago. Spurs rope cutter anode replaced for this season.
Sails
Main sail with two reefing points with reefing lines led back to cockpit and complete with lazy-jacks and sail catcher with zipped cover.
Furling Genoa with UV protective strip with furling line led back to cockpit.
Spinnaker pole deck stored.
All running rigging led back to cockpit.
Navigation Equipment
Depth sounder
Log
Wind vane
Fixed VHF radio
Standard horizon chart plotter
Autohelm tiller pilot
Hand-held Icom VHF
Garmin GP5
Hawk VHF antenna and wind indicator
Plastimo Contest steering compass
General Equipment
Two burner gas stove with grill and oven
Non pressurised water system supplying water to gallery sink and heads basin
Jabsco manual toilet
Set of fenders and warps
Spray hood
Cockpit dodgers
Stainless steel swim ladder
Mooring buoy, mooring rope strops, shackles and swivel
Camping gas cylinder
New 110amp deep cycle battery
Eberspacher diesel air heater, single outlet
Three winch handles
Set of PVC cockpit cushions
Anchor
CQR hinged anchor including chain, warp and marker buoy.
Safety Equipment
Fire Blanket
Fire Extinguishers
Flares
Spurs rope cutter
Six self inflating life jackets (Co2 cylinder dates should be checked before use)
Two safety lanyards with snaphooks
One electric and one hand operated bilge pumps
Mast mounted radar reflector
To be sold separately:
3 metre Honda Honwave Inflatable with aluminium floor (3 years old)
3.5 Tohatsu outboard engine (2 stroke)