Description

Kite is a gaff sloop-rigged, with a centreboard with a light and airy two-berth cabin, a generous cockpit, light carbon fibre spars and a weight that allows her to be trailed easily behind a family car.
A trailer/sailer, designed by Andrew Wolstenholme and built by us at Demon Yachts. Aldeburgh 2015, built a "demonstrator", she has been kept in excellent condition, fully set up for racing. She has a current IRC certificate.
A very robust, but lightweight vessel for good for towing, launching and recovery,
Her inventory includes a selection of covers for all situations including a boom tent (enabling full use of the large cockpit) , and an all-over winter cover.
A braked, galvanised trailer in good condition.
Fitted with a Torqueedo electric outboard, a new spare battery. Her sale includes many extras.
She also has her own ‘dry dock’ which could be included in the sale, (provides hassle-free dry sailing!)
She is currently owned by an ex-Olympic sailor, so she has been optimised in a way that only an Olympic medal-winning sailor can!! In the Nore race she came 2nd out of 1100 boats! Mostly sailed on the East Coast, she has also taken part successfully in OGA events on the South Coast and the West Country.
She is equally suitable for lake, estuary and coastal cruising with family and friends.
Sailing Review of the KITE:
N.B some of the images dated 2015, 2022 use for reference only.
Watercraft magazine: https://demonyachts.co.uk/files/Kite.pdf
Classic Boat: https://demonyachts.co.uk/files/kite-test-classic-boat-oct-2015.pdf

Specifications

Accommodation

Wash boards at the companionway. In the cabin, twin bunks, a satin white finish with varnished mahogany trim, lighting and ventilation provided by two oval cabin side portholes, and two cabin front portlights.
Inbuilt lockers for plate and cutlery stowage under the bridge deck plus storage space for personal and essential equipment.
Removable sink bowl, and ample provision in galley area for portable stove.

Construction

RCD Cat C and conforms with Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) for inland waters. Hull and deck: Gelcoat finish glass fibre with a closed cell foam core.
Marine grade BS1088 Gabon plywood used
Osmosis protection to underwater hull. Antifouled with hard racing antifoul.
Deck: Moulded in easy to clean non-slip finish. Mahogany varnished comings offer protection around a spacious, sit in cockpit. The four cockpit lockers (includes dedicated outboard stowage)
Raised cockpit seating with deck scuppers to drain any water away from the seats. Removable cockpit sole boards with a sump beneath for bilge pump. Companionway, sliding hatch over and varnished ply washboards with teak trim. A draining well forward for anchor stowage.
The rudder is an NACA sectioned balanced lifting rudder. Rudder and centreboard constructed with epoxy resin and glass fibre multi axial cloth. The centreboard incorporates an integral stainless steel wear strip around the tip.
The internally lead-ballasted centreboard is raised and lowered via a differential winch and easily operated from the cockpit.

Equipment

Braked Galvanised Road trailer
Torqueedo electric outboard, including new additional battery
Coppercoated centreboard
Road and mooring boom crutches
Grapnel anchor, chain and warp
Overall winter cover
Tent cover
Boom cover
Trailing boom cover
Tiller cover
Bowsprit cover
Three fenders
Bow and stern lines

2022

Navigation Equipment

A lifting rudder with an ash and mahogany tiller with tiller extension, plywood rudder stock, with custom pintles and gudgeons.
Depth sounder

Engine(s)

Outboard well with hull infill, up to a 6hp engine
petrol storage with lid, in cockpit

2015

Sails & Spars

Sail Area: 19.7m2 212sqft
Spars and rigging: Lightweight white painted carbon fibre tubes, mast Boom gaff, a varnished spruce bowsprit. Carbon fibre whisker pole.McNamara sails in cream Dacron with two reef points in the mainsail and three leech battens. Furling jib. Two custom sail bags. New jib never used.
Light and heavy jib sheets. All stainless steel fittings.
Stainless steel standing rigging.
Spruce varnished bow sprit with bobstay. Varnished ash gaff jaws.
The mast, gaff and boom easily raised and lowered or stowed for trailing.
On the boom: Cleats for outhaul and reefing lines Hooks on gooseneck for ease of reefing.
Running rigging: braid on braid polyester.
Deck fittings: Barton deck gear a bespoke stainless steel tabernacle.
Three mooring cleats, fairleads forward.
Main, throat, peak and jib halyards lead back to cleats on coach roof.
Sheets and furling lines lead back to cleats in the cockpit.

Safety Equipment

Manual and automatic electric bilge pump
Teak hand rails on coach roof.

Disclaimer

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.

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