Mechanical
2 x Volvo Penta KAD43A 230hp inboard diesel engines (1994), shaft drive to fiex 4 blade propellers. Bennett trim tabs. Cruising speed is around 14 to 16 knots with a max of around 18 knots.
BOWTHRUSTER
Sidepower bowthruster with control at helm.
Electrical
Alternator charging to 6 x 12v batteries, 240v shore power and solar panel. Battery charger.
Navigation
Compass, Autohelm ST50 depth and speed, wind, Icom IC-M505 DSC VHF radio, Raymarine radar, Raymarine P70 autopilot, Raymarine RL70c charter plotters, clock and barometer, navigation lights.
Safety
Rope cutters on propellers, manual bilge pump, 2 electric bilge pumps, horseshoe lifebuoy and light, fire extinguishers, smoke detector.
Deck Gear
Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and rail, cockpit cushions, dodgers, external cockpit covers, aft deck bimini, top deck cover, bathing platform and boarding ladder, 33lb Bruce main anchor with chain, electric anchor windlass, mooring warps and fenders.
Domestic
Eberspacher Airtronic D4 hot air heating. Her galley has a Parker gas cooker with oven, pots, pans, cutlery and crockery, hot and cold water to sink, hot water is via calorifier or 240v immersion heater, Isotherm Cruise 130 marine refrigerator. Her separate heads compartment has a marine toilet, washbasin and shower. Holding tank. Curtains and carpets.
ACCOMMODATION
6 berths, her saloon table lowers to form a double berth, with double V berth in the forward cabin and double berth in the midships cabin.
Owners Comments
FEATURES
New cutlass bearing fitted to prop shafts April 2024
Hull stripped of antifoul and epoxy coated before fresh antifoul April 2024
New leisure batteries fitted 2023
Hull polished 2025
Engines serviced 2025
REMARKS
"Wight Star" was purchased by her present owner at Titchmarsh Marina in March 2022 and has been berthed here since. She was built to an extremely high standard by a quality manufacturer, her lovely interior has 6 berths in 2 cabins plus saloon, with heating and hot water. Her hull was stripped of antifoul and epoxy coated in April 2024 plus she's had recent cutlass bearing and engines have been serviced.