Julian Everitt Channel 32 for sale (1988) in Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Boat Overview

Mention "Wavetrain" to anyone familiar with keelboat racing in the UK and they will instantly know this boat. Designed by Julian Everitt in the heydays of the CHS Rule, the forerunner to IRC, she was way ahead of her time. A stunning design, superbly built, well maintained and constantly updated, this yacht still turns heads and can hold her own on the race track with aplomb.

"Wavetrain" is a lot of fun per £ and gives that rare commodity - Pride of Ownership. The current proud owner has new adventures in the pipeline and would like to find a nice new home that can give this marvellous yacht the justice she deserves.

An added benefit is that the boat comes with a double axle road trailer with moulded poppets to support the hull. The boat has been dry sailed under the current ownership.

Yacht Information

• Boat Name: WAVETRAIN
• Year built: 1988
• Wooden Classic Racing Hull
• Designer: Julian Everitt
• Engine: Beta Marine 16hp
• Keel & Rudder: Updated bulb keel and larger carbon rudder with input from Mark Mills & Julian Everitt
• Double axle road and storage trailer with poppets moulded to hull shape
• Location: Hamble Yacht Services

Dimensions

• LOA: 32 ft 2 in / 9.82m (plus short bowsprit)
• Beam: 10 ft 4 in / 3.17m
• Draft: 6 ft 8 in / 2.09m
• Weight: 2970kg (RORC weighed)

Engine

• Beta Marine saildrive diesel engine based on Kubota 16hp
• Max speed up to 7 knots
• Anode on sail drive
• Folding 2 blade propeller
• Tankage:
• Fuel: 50 litres
• Tank located under the cockpit, consumption 1.5 litres per hour at 6 knots
• Range of 30+ hours motoring

Systems

• 2 x service batteries
• 1 x engine start battery
• Built in battery charger, voltmeter on instrument panel
• LED Nav lights to meet IRC regulations
• LED interior lights in main cabin and forepeak with red light option
• USB charging sockets

Deck Equipment

• Bermudan sloop
• Selden alloy mast and boom, new 2019
• Spinlock tiller extension
• Carbon foot bar for mainsheet trimmer and separate foot bars for helmsman
• Stoppers and deck organisers for lines coming aft including new reefing line and in haulers for the jib
• Twin backstay controls (port and starboard) and safety line added
• Cyclops forestay load cell which shows on B&G instruments
• 2-sheet lead tracks for genoa based on headsail used
• Spinnaker pole for symmetric spinnakers
• Foredeck hatch for spinnaker drops
• 2-speed mainsheet system
• Anchor chain and warp to meet regulations
• Carbon tiller bar for when moored
• Wavetrain comes with all sheets and guys ready to sail. Also mooring warps and foam fenders
• Earthed D ring on deck for separate hanging anode used when moored
• Updated bulb keel and larger carbon rudder with input from Mark Mills and Julian Everitt

Sails

• Main and overlapping genoa by North in 3Di 2019. Single reef added to main in 2022
• Non overlapping jib and spinnaker by Technique Voile 2022
• Heavy weather jib J3 and small spinnaker
• North Code 0 from 2023 which attaches to carbon sprit fitted in 2023

Covers

• Main hatch cover with clear panel for offshore use
• Mainsail cover
• Overall cover set including hull side covers to protect varnish from UV light

Domestic Inventory

• Simple interior layout with storage, batteries and Porta Potti ahead of the main bulkhead
• Saloon with two settee berths port and starboard with lockers under and storage bags on hull sides behind berths
• Cushions, upholstery and storage bags new in 2022
• Two quarter berths under cockpit cushions, replaced in 2022
• Jet Boil stove on main bulkhead with simmer function
• Mounting fittings for life raft valise on cabin floor if needed

Navigation Instruments

• B&G Triton instruments in cockpit with 2 x mast repeaters
• B&G plotter in binnacle over main hatch
• Horizon VHF on instrument panel
• Class B AIS transceiver
• Raymarine tiller pilot

Maintenance

• New Selden mast, boom and standing rigging 2019
• North 3DI Main and No. 1  in 2019
• 3DL No. 3 in 2017
• New carbon rudder and stock in 2020
• Keel re-profile design by Mark Mills
• New B&G instrumentation
• New Beta engine 2015
• New mattresses and settees in cream Alcantara, new canvas saloon hull side bags in cream Sunbrella
• Renovation by the Elephant Boatyard in 2023:
  • Main bulkhead and berth fronts re-veneered in light oak
  • All new wiring fitted with waterproof switches and instrument panel on port side behind settee berth
  • Master battery switch adjacent
  • The hull was prepped, primed and then sprayed 11 times to produce its amazing finish

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.