Wooden Ships Comments on this Ron Berry Converted Fishing Boat 30’ fishing boat designed and built by Ron Berry of Weymouth. Worked as a fishing vessel most of her life until bought by the present owners who carried out a major refit with the help of Tim Gilmour in Birdham Pool, Chichester. The hull was found to be in generally good condition, but the wheelhouse, cappings and interior was all largely renewed. The Original Foden engine was rebuilt and all the systems and wiring replaced. An excellent sea boat with large aft deck area surrounded by high bulwarks. Spacious wheelhouse with excellent headroom has a galley, heads and 3 bunks in the fore peak. Big solid fun boat for fishing or family adventures. Length on Deck 30’ Beam Draft Construction Hull Carvel planked in iroko all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak frames Internal trimming ballast. Steel plate rudder with manual hydraulic controls. Decks and Cockpit Foredeck in solid straight laid mahogany planking, caulked and payed. Large open aft cockpit with high varnished iroko capping all round makes for a safe working deck. Cockpit sole all new in laid iroko over a plywood sub deck with water tight hatches. Laid varnished mahogany aft deck. Large bronze fairleads an bollard cleats. Superstructure Rebuilt wheelhouse in a mix of sheathed marine plywood and iroko. Iroko framed windows all round. Sheathed plywood wheelhouse roof. Machinery Engine Foden 4cyl 2 stroke FD4 MK1 80hp engine. Totally rebuilt in present ownership and running smoothly. Mechanical gearbox with twin lever controls to a centreline 3 blade bronze propeller. Easy 6-7 knots cruising speed at economical rpm. 9 knots max. Tanks Approximately 250 litre plastic fuel tank under the aft deck, fitted new in recent refit. Plastic water tank under the cockpit sole. Batteries and Electrics 2 x 120ah domestic batteries. 1 x 180ah engine start battery. Charging through the engine alternator or 240volt battery charger when connected to shore power. Accommodation Berths and Headroom 3 berths in the forecabin. 1.97m headroom in the wheelhouse. 1.8m headroom in the forecabin. General Description Starboard side door into the wheelhouse with a fold out mahogany table on the starboard side. Bench seat at the forward end of the table. Galley unit against the aft bulkhead of he wheelhouse. Door to heads compartment on port side at aft end of wheelhouse. Helm position to port. Centreline doorway into the forecabin. Forcabin arranged with 2 single V-berths and higher level single berth on the port side. Smart recent upholstery and varnished mahogany trim. Galley Techimpex 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Single stainless sink with pressurised water. Storage space beneath the galley. Heads Baby Blake sea toilet discharges directly overboard. Equipment Garmin chart plotter Standard Horizon Explorer DSC VHF 20lb CQR anchor with chain Mooring warps Fenders Rule 500GPH auto bilge pump Life ring 2 x 120ah domestic batteries 1 x 180ah engine start battery Battery charger Shore power cable Techimpex galley stove Baby Blake sea toilet 2 x gas bottles Paraffin cabin lamp Fusion Bluetooth music system