Description

The Cornish Crabber 24 with her traditional lines and rig is a greatly admired design in any marina. With the retractable bowsprit enhancing the sail area considerably her performance in all weathers is admirable while with the sprit retracted berthing prices are more reasonable. Offering accommodation for 5 below decks the Crabber 24 is a proper little yacht with galley, heads compartment and chart table. Easily handled her shallow draft lets her crew explore waters others can’t.

With her original owners since leaving the factory the Cornish Crabber 24 DEIRDRE was displayed at the Earls Court Boatshow in January 2000. A cherished member of the family, wintering ashore under her full boat cover annually and professionally serviced since new. Her inventory highlights include:

Topsides washed and professionally polished spring 2025.
Below waterline surfaces finished in red antifouling, applied spring 2025
Optional larger Yanmar 2GM20 (19hp) marine diesel engine
Raymarine ST2000+ Tiller pilot
Raytheon ST60 depth instrument
Cobra Marine Submersible DSC VHF with in-built GPS
Plastimo Neptune 2000 gas cooker, 2 burner, grill and oven, gimbal mounted
Jabsco manual marine toilet
Eberspacher diesel fired blown air heater
Gaff rigged, masthead cutter rig with jackyard topsail.
Mast replaced with new item in 2022

A lightly used example the Cornish Crabber 24 DEIRDRE has just recently been launched for the season and is now available for viewing on her mooring at Creran Marine, near Oban.

CONSTRUCTION

Hull Construction:
GRP traditional moulded single-piece hull in a simulated planking style.
Full-length traditional long keel.
Moulded internal structural lining forming the base to the furniture unit in the accommodation
Hull portlights forward, port and starboard.
Hull finished externally in the original navy gelcoat with white boot.
Topsides washed and professionally polished spring 2025.
Below waterline surfaces finished in red antifouling, applied spring 2025

Deck & Superstructure Construction:
GRP traditional moulded deck with an incorporated cockpit with moulded bench seats and moulded toerail outboard.
Deck moulding finished externally in the original cream gelcoat.
Stanchion supported double tier guard wires running the length of the decks.
Port lights in elevated coachroof superstructure sides.
Solid teak grab rails on coachroof top.
Port and starboard cockpit lockers, lazarette locker aft of cockpit, lined and self-draining for use as gas bottle storage
Wooden cockpit grating.

Keel & Rudder:
Traditional full-length GRP moulded keel
Encapsulated ballast
Skeg hung rudder aft.

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:
Yanmar 2GM20.
19hp
2 cylinder, naturally aspirated, directly cooled marine diesel engine.
Kanzaki mechanical reversing marine gearbox.
Single lever morse control

Maintenance & Performance:
Engine professionally serviced since new
Engine serviced spring 2025
Cruising speed 5.5kts

Propulsion & Steering:
Conventional stainless steel shaft
Greaser type sterngland
Fixed, 3 blade, bronze prop.
Tiller steering

Autopilot:
Raymarine ST2000+ Tiller pilot

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Voltage systems:
12VDC onboard power system

Battery Banks:
Battery 1 – 12VDC Lead-acid
Battery 2 - 12VDC Lead-acid

Alternator:
Single-engine driven 12VDC alternator

Solar Panel:
NASA 10w panel with trailing lead

General Electrical:
12VDC charging socket at companionway
Voltmeter showing voltages in both batteries

PLUMBING

Fresh Water:
Manually pumped cold water only system
Manual tap in galley

Bilge Pumps:
Manual bilge pump

TANKAGE

Fuel:
Single diesel tank
Approximate capacity 55ltr

Fresh Water:
Single fresh water tank.
Plastimo flexible tank
Approximate capacity 100ltrs

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

On Deck:
Depth – Raytheon ST60
Magnetic compass

Communications Equipment:
DSC VHF – Cobra Marine Submersible DSC VHF with in-built GPS

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:
Galley Stove – Plastimo Neptune 2000 gas cooker, 2 burner, grill and oven, gimbal mounted
Sink
Brass manually pumped tap

Heads:
Jabsco manual marine toilet

Heating:
Eberspacher diesel fired blown air heater
Thermostatic cabin controller with timer
Outlet in cabin and heads

Lighting:
Overhead lighting below decks
Red/White chart table working light

ACCOMMODATION

Summary of Accommodation:
5 berth layout
Two occasional forepeak berths
Two large singles, converting to an occasional double berth
Quarter berth
Removable saloon table.
Separate heads compartment with manual marine toilet.
Accommodation Finish:
Internal GRP moulding forming base to furniture units
Joinery in teak veneered marine plywood with solid teak trims
Timber slats to line hull sides
Navy upholstery, stored off boat when laid up

Description of Accommodation from Forward:

Large storage locker forward with double opening louvered doors
Forward bulkhead can fold down flat to create elevated double bunk with additional cushions
U-shaped settees wrapping around stainless steel compression post
Saloon table mounted on compression post, height adjustable or can be stowed against deck head when not in use.
Galley stove mounted to port aft of seating, gimbal mounted gas cooker with stainless steel crash bar
Nav-Station/Galley unit to starboard opposite cooker
Teak-topped working area with inset stainless steel sink beneath covering panel
Lined, top loading locker outboard of sink, beneath covering panel
Storage locker beneath worktop unit
Navigators seating at forward end of quarter berth with foot well tucking beneath chart table
Storage unit outboard of forward end of quarter berth
Quarter berth extending aft along starboard side
Self-contained heads compartment to port with Jabsco manual marine toilet
Companionway steps lift out to provide access to engine

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:
Gaff rigged, masthead cutter rig with jackyard topsail.
Timber mast and spars
Mast replaced with new item in 2022
Retractable timber bow sprit
Roller reefing head sails
Gaff rigged, slab reefing mainsail
Running backstays with block and tackle style tensioners

Winches:
Jib Winches - 2x Lewmar 8, single speed.
Stay Sail Winches - 2x Lewmar 8, single speed.
Cockpit Halyard / Reefing Winches - 2x Lewmar 8, single speed.

Sails:
Mainsail – Gaff rigged, slab reefing.
Yankee – roller reefing
Staysail – roller reefing
Jackyard Topsail

Canvas Work:
Mainsail Cover – Burgundy
Jackyard Topsail Deck Cover – for storing sail on deck when bent onto yards
Sprayhood – Burgundy
Full Winter Cover – With wooden supporting framework

Anchoring & Mooring:
Bower Anchor – 25lb CQR on 35m chain rode
Kedge Anchor – Danforth style anchor with short chain rode
Anchor Windlass – Simpson Lawrence type, low profile, manual
Mooring Warps – Selection
Fenders - Selection

General:
Bow rollers to port and starboard sides of bowsprit
Anchor stowing in port side bow roller
Stainless steel forward mooring cleats as part of stainless steel bowsprit mounting
Stainless steel midships and aft mooring cleats to port and starboard
Stainless steel stanchions supporting double-tier guardwires
Stainless steel deck rings for securing rolled up tender on foredeck
Teak grabrails mounted on coachroof to port and starboard sides of the mast
Rope clutches on coachroof for lines lead aft to cockpit
Stainless steel boarding ladder forming central fold-down section of stainless steel pushpit rail

SAFTEY EQUIPMENT:

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.

Navigation Lights:
Masthead anchor light/steaming light
Low-level navigation lights

Life saving:
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Webbing Jackstays
Collapsable Radar Reflector

DISCLAIMER
In this case we are acting as brokers only.
The Owner is not selling in the course of a business. whilst every care has been taken in their preparation , the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The Purchaser is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at their expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part.
This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice