Description

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VERITY K
Berthed at Port Solent Marina, Portsmouth

A Countess 35, built by the Colvic Countess designer Ian Anderson as a wheelchair accessible cruiser launched by HRH Princess Anne in 1996 for the registered charity the Disabled Sailors Association. 1028993

Length = 35 feet
Beam = 12.5 feet
Draft = 4.5 feet
Weight = 7 tons
Cutter rig with tall mast option
Bilge keel
Engine Yanmar 30
Fuel 250 ltrs
Water 250 ltrs.

The side cut out to allow wheelchair access does not allow water into the cockpit at anytime as it is above the waterline at all times. All the main controls can be reached by a person on a wheelchair but deck and mast access is not wheelchair accessible. The hydraulic lift from the cockpit to the saloon is very reliable but should not be used unless the yacht is upright, i.e. sailing down wind or motoring upwind. The sole (floor) below decks is raised to allow wider doors for wheelchair access to front and rear cabins. The mast post was replaced by a reinforced grp ring around the hull to allow a spacious saloon.

Pros.
2018 New Raymar instruments, 12 inch chart plotter and radar.
2018 Second domestic battery fitted.
2019 New mast, boom and all rigging, metal and ropes.
2025 New Yanmar 30hp engine.
2026 New oven and hob.
2026 LED lights fitted throughout.

Copper coat anti-foul is used and is very successful.
The yacht has been MCA coded in the past and could be again.

Cons.
Upholstery is useable but showing signs of age.
Some interior woodwork could be re-varnished.

Specifications

Accommodation

Construction

A Countess 35, Personally built by the Colvic Countess designer Ian Anderson as a wheelchair accessible cruiser launched by HRH Princess Anne in 1996 for the registered charity the Disabled Sailors Association. 1028993

Engine(s)

New Yanmar 30 fitted last year and used very little since

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