Custom Wilf O'Kell

'Bluestone', a massively strong yacht

Bluestone was professionally built in Port Adelaide, Australia.  The attending surveyor during construction was a well respected surveyor, Alan Rice.  By coincidence the present owners employed Alan for their pre purchase survey and he told them that the yacht was the best built ferro he had ever seen.

Accommodation

The forward cabin consists of a V-berth and also an optional upper additional berth on the port side.
There are drawers underneath the port side lower V-berth, cupboards above the berth and a wardrobe
on the starboard side. There are substantial lockers underneath both berths and the cabin sole.
The saloon has a dinette on the port side with a large table. On the starboard side is a settee/bunk,
with a TV cupboard on the forward end and a cupboard on the after end, with a storage shelf
adjoining these two units. Behind and under the dinette and the settee provide many lockers behind
the upholstery. There is substantial underfloor storage.
Adjoining the saloon on the port side is the galley with stainless steel sink (pressurized water), Waeco
12 volt refrigeration 100lt top loading fridge and separate Waeco 12 volt 120lt freezer or second
fridge, Roden brand four-burner LPG stove with grill and oven and a microwave is fitted above the
sink. Pressurised and hand pump water supply.
Opposite the galley is a two-berth cabin with built-in drawer unit on the forward end and a small seat
at the after end. Under the seat is a 240volt isolating transformer. From the galley there are steps
ascending to the navigation area with chart table on the port side and a separate wet area on the
starboard side with shower, sink and electric marine toilet. There is access to the engine and
generator under the cabin sole in the navigation area.
On the port side of the navigation area is a passageway leading to the engine room that features a
small workshop on the starboard side. The workshop contains the hot water unit and a bank of seven
batteries.
Moving after along the passage is the after state-room with cupboards on the port side and small settee
on the starboard side with hanging space behind, attached to a chest of drawers. Taking up the after
end of the cabin is a large double berth. There is dressing mirror on the forward bulkhead.

Galley

• 100 litres top loading fridge
• WAECO 120 litres freezer/fridge
• RODEN four gas stove with grill and oven
• microwave
• stainless steel sink
• pressurized and hand pump water

Electrics & Batteries

• The yacht's AC system is 240VAC, shore power inlet and cabin outlets. 3000W continuous inverter with remote control and an additional 600W continuous inverter. Both units are hard-wired with a remote selection switch.
• The yacht's DC system is 12VDC.

Additional charging capacity from Glename prop shaft alternator (brilliant when sailing), 4 x 100 watt solar panels a D400 wind generator and KUBOTA generator.

Electronics & Navigation

• BARRETT HF radio
• ICOM VHF radio
• COURSEMASTER 500
• RIVIERA 85mm diameter compass
• RAYMARINE SL72 radar
• FURUNO chartplotter GPS (charts of SE Asia preloaded)
• EM-TRAK B100 class B AIS (connected to on board NMEA Yakker WiFi for nav data on devices)
• 2 x barometers
• TACK TICK wind speed instruments
• CLIPPER depth sounder
• ECHOPILOT sonar

Machinery

FORD LEES 120hp six-cylinder marine diesel engine, 2050 engine hours. The cylinder head was removed and reconditioned approximately 200 hours ago. The engine has been fitted with a new exhaust system, renovated and enlarged heat exchangers, a reconditioned transmission, and an 80AH alternator with high-input regulator.

KUBOTA water-cooled single-cylinder auto-start auxiliary generator, recently rebuilt. Fitted with a 100AH 12V Leece Neville alternator with high-input regulator. The genset can be programmed to run for a predetermined time or to auto-start on low voltage.

Mast & Rigging

Aluminum masts and booms. The main mast carries a double spreader rig, while the mizzen mast in configured with a single spreader. The main chain plates were replaced in 2019 with new stainless steel units.

The standing rigging is stainless steel, dated between 2006 and 2020, with the forestay replaced in 2023. All rigging was inspected in 2023 and has remained unused since that time.

Sail Inventory

• PROFURL headsail furler (rebuilt in 2023)
• 2 x mainsail
• 2 x mizzen
• 2 x genoa 
• 1 x multi-purpose sail
• boom covers for main and mizzen
• Shade covers: 3 piece set, main cover fitted with rainwater catching capability

Deck Gear

• Sheet winches: 2 x BARLOW 28, 1 x BARLOW 22
• Aft winches: for furler & boom brake
• Halyard winches: BARLOW 25 (main mast), BARLOW 22 (main mast), ARCO 16 (main boom)
• Walder style boom brake
• Full hard-rail handrails (32mm stainless tube, 900mm high), with integrated pulpit and pushpit
• Stainless steel davits
• Hatches: stainless steel forward accommodation hatch with Perspex, 4 × 290mm cabin hatches, aluminium aft cabin hatch, stainless steel/ply lazarette hatch – all fitted with mesh security/insect screens
• Timber-capped low bulwarks (toe rails)

Safety Gear

• Fire extinguishers
• 10 x adult life jackets 
• 1 x child life jacket
• EPIRB (need replacing)
• Lifebuoys
• Life raft (last service in November 2019)
• Electric bilge pump
• Manual bilge pump
• 1 x parachute anchor with 100m x 1.5" rode

Ground Tackle

• MAXWELL NILSSON electric windlass
• SARCA #10 main anchor with 100m of 13mm short-link galvanised chain
• spare 35lb QCR anchor
• 65lb Fisherman's anchor
• Danforth stern anchor

Dinghy & Outboard

• 10' POLYCRAFT dinghy
• spare inflatable dinghy (never used)
• TOHATSU 9.8hp

Hull and deck

The yacht is a complete ferro build, decks and bulkeads are all ferro, making for a very strong boat.  The hull has recently been taken back bare revealing perfect condition and then several coats of epoxy were applied before a barrier coat.  The topsides had a fresh coat of paint.  The rudder is grp sheathed steel.

Water tanks

Four built-in tanks made of composite. These all have a removable top for
inspection and cleaning purposes. The tanks have been sealed with West System epoxy coating. The
total capacity is approx. 1,000 litres.

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.