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Callisto 435 Centre Cockpit Steel Cutter to Bill Dixon design built by Croft Marine 1990 and fitted out by Foxs in 1995, Cummins 80hp diesel, diesel generator, solar panels, good selection of cruising sails, plotter & autopilot, heating, 2 heads, great boat for offshore adventures!
MECHANICAL
Cummins 4 cylinder 80 hp diesel engine in sound deadened fan vented compartment, approximately 2387 hours. Closed circuit freshwater cooled with heat exchanger. Electric start. Single lever control. Shaft drive to three bladed fixed propeller through a hydraulic reversing reduction gearbox. The engine has been regularly maintained. 120 gallon stainless steel main engine diesel tank in the keel feeds 10 gallon day tank. Rope cutter on shaft. Hydraulic shaft lock. Remote greasers for shaft and rudder glands.
BOWTHRUSTER
Sleipner side power SP95T bow thruster with own dedicated batteries.
ELECTRICAL
Mitsubishi HFL diesel 10 kW 240v generator, approximately 1000 hours. Dedicated 100 gallon generator fuel tank under saloon floor, this can be switched to provide additional fuel to main engine tank if required.
Spectra 300 watermaker (never used), which is capable of producing approximately 16 gallons per hour
All batteries can be banked or run separated
3 x heavy duty 170 Ah batteries domestic
1 x heavy duty 180 Ah battery engine
1 x 12v generator starting battery
2 x heavy duty 200Ah (400Ah) bow thruster / windlass battery
All batteries are charged via 70Amp engine driven alternator
Adverc battery management system
2 x 55 Watt solar panels
50A Victron marine battery charger via shore power or generator, 25A Victron marine battery charger, both via shore power or generator. Link 10 battery monitoring system
1500W inverter.
NAVIGATION
COCKPIT:
Azimuth 1000 Fluxgate compass on binnacle, Raymarine Chart Plotter new in 2015 (a number of UK & Mediterranean C-Map charts), Autohelm, Navdata repeater, wind speed, wind direction, log / speedo and echo sounder on binnacle with second set above the companionway in the doghouse, including extra Navdata repeater, VHF speaker, switched from chart table, ST 7000 linear drive Autopilot, two fixed control units (1 x binnacle and 1 x doghouse) and one remote control.
CHART TABLE
2 x Phillips AP GPS navigators, Magellan Meridian handheld GPS, Yeoman chart plotter, Raytheon Radar (2015), Autohelm multi-repeater for echo sounder and log / speedo, NAVMAN 7100 DSC VHF with masthead aerial, Icom VHF R/T (Standby set), Icom M15E handheld VHF radio, Icom ICM800 HF/MF SSB radio with backstay aerial, Digital electronic barograph
2 x brass clocks (local and GMT).
Windpilot Pacific plus self steering gear with Autohelm A800+ tillerpilot for use instead of windvane when required.
SAFETY
Assorted harness points, Firdell Blipper radar reflector on mast, Jonbuoy on aft gantry, MOB recovery system, covered stainless steel wire jackstays to port and starboard, 4 x stainless steel harness points in cockpit, 5 x fire extinguishers below including auto in engine room and heater compartment, fire blanket, 4 person Autoflug vacuum pack life raft in canister mounted on stainless steel frame on aft pushpit (2015), 3 x life jackets, 2 x 406 EPIRBs, pneumatic bilge alarm system
Automatic / manual electric bilge pumps forward and aft, Para-Tech sea anchor [never used], Para-Tech Delta Drogue [never used], 100m of 50mm2 braided to rope and separate bridal [also used for sea anchor and drogues], 1 x horseshoe life ring with floating light, foghorn.
DECK GEAR
1 x mast stowed spinnaker pole, 2 x rail mounted running poles. 4 x jammers on mast, 4 in cockpit and 8 forward end of cockpit under doghouse. Lewmar winches: 2 x 40 halyard winches at mast, 2 x 52 Chrome self-tailing primary, 2 x 44 Chrome Self-tailing secondary, 2 x 30 Chrome Self-tailing main sheet and 2 x 30 Chrome Self-tailing main / halyard reefing.
Stainless steel opening pulpit with seat and passarelle pivot continuing into 30” stanchions and triple rails running aft to join stern guard with o/b stowage bracket. Gates to port, starboard and aft. Stainless steel gantry aft for aerials. Removable long stainless steel swim / boarding ladder with teak treads. Stainless steel Davits aft. 2 x transom steps. Heavy double bow roller with heavy anchor retaining pin, 5 x stainless steel sampson posts plus 2 x bow bollards, granny bars either side of the mast
Teak grab handles on deck saloon, stainless steel on doghouse top and aft corners, Whitlock shaft type steering pedestal with hide covered wheel, 7 x cave lockers in the, cockpit, 2 x lockers to the side decks, Dorade vent forward with stainless steel guard, 2 x stainless steel mushroom vents on the coach roof, 2 x stainless steel Tannoy ventilators by cockpit, 2 x teak chest lockers on the aft deck, 2 x aft lazarette lockers, Cockpit cover on stainless steel frame with side and aft panels.
Alloy passarelle, fender board, 5 x opening deck hatches, 2 x boathooks, varnished teak folding cockpit table and drinks holder, cockpit cover in cream (2015) and spare cockpit cover in navy blue, sun awning cover that can be rigged over aft deck in navy blue, many mooring warps and fenders, Simpson Lawrence Sprint 3000 electric windlass with foot up & down, and cockpit remote controls (wired and wireless), self stowed 40kg Delta bow anchor, 90 metres 10mm chain, 15kg Bruce
Fortress Danforth type alloy anchor, snubber with chain hook, kedge warp and chain, Anchorolina braid reel.
SAILS
SAILS
Mainsail - 1999 Parker & Kay fully battened
Furling Yankee Jib - 2004 Dolphin with UV strip
Furling staysail - 1999 Parker and Kay with UV strip
Storm Jib - 2004 unused
Lightweight Yankee Jib foresail - 1999 Parker & Kay
Cruising chute with snuffer - 1999 Parker & Kay
Trisail orange - unused
SPARS
Deck stepped staysail cutter rig. Selden silver anodised alloy double spreader mast with jumper struts, full height mast steps. Selden silver anodised boom with single line slab reefing and lazyjacks. Fully battened main with Selden batten cars. Scott Boom Lock anti gybe preventer. Selden rod gas kicker. Furlex 300 furling headsail and Hood furling staysail system.
1/19 Stainless steel standing rigging with separate uppers and insulated twin backstays (all replaced in 2013) Dyneema / polyester running rigging. 4 x Lewmar alloy headsail sheet tracks with roller cars. X section mainsheet track with traveller and adjusting tackles.
DOMESTIC
ACCOMMODATION
There are four berths in two cabins and two in the saloon. There is a large aft double cabin with dressing table, ample cupboards & wardrobes and ensuite heads. The forward cabin has two bunk berths and ample storage space in drawers, lockers and wardrobes, and an ensuite head.
The saloon has a large settee to starboard with a U shaped dinette to port. The seating provides for extra berths when required. The comfortable saloon has a mahogany veneered table, brass paraffin lamps, a flat screen 12v TV with built in CD player. Eberspacher diesel heating keeps the boat warm and dry in the colder months.
The midships galley to port has an extensive range of storage units, twin stainless steel sinks, hot & cold pressurised water, separate seagull filtered drinking water tap, a large deep 240v freezer with Grunert refrigeration unit, a separate 12v Italian built, front opening fridge with small freezer compartment (new in 2014), a Taylor 30l two burner paraffin cooker with oven and grill (30 gallon dedicated fuel tank) which has been fully serviced by the current owners. There is a Zanussi Aquacycle 1300, 240v washing machine dating to 2009 & in need of repair / replacement. The saloon contains the navigation desk and has a very handy separate workshop.
OWNERS COMMENTS
Designed by Bill Dixon, Distant Drum was one of three Callisto 435s of eight Callisto yachts built in total. She is a tough, go anywhere blue water cruiser. She is well designed both internally and externally as a live aboard boat to be easily handled by a couple.
HISTORY
Once commissioned, Distant Drum was sailed around Great Britain before being sailed to the Mediterranean where she cruised for several years finally returning to the UK in October 2002. New owners purchased distant drum in 2003 when she was refurbished and the bow thruster and updated navigation equipment was added. They sailed Distant Drum to the Mediterranean via a cruise of the Atlantic coast of France, the north coast of Spain and Portugal and after cruising the Mediterranean for four years Distant Drum returned to England in 2009.
She has been extensively maintained by all her owners, including the current owners. She comes with an impressive inventory of both equipment and spares, too many to list however the current owner has itemised and documented the contents of the lockers.
The current owners purchased Distant Drum in March 2013 and sailed her from Gillingham, Kent to Fox’s, Ipswich where she was derigged and her hull was gritblasted to the waterline, placed in the warming shed and had numerous coats of Hempels Hempadour two pack epoxy applied to the hull including the rudder and keel areas, using airless spray to a minimum 400 micron dry film thickness. This was sealed with Hempels Hard Racing antifouling.
The original deck mounted stanchions & wire rails were replaced with stainless steel stanchions and rails at the edge of the deck.
As advised by their surveyor, the teak deck was lifted and replaced with Permateak decking.
She had all new standing rigging along with a new stainless steel mast support and all new sheets for the sails. New navigation equipment was installed at this time and charts and maps are updated annually.
In spring 2015 her engine was removed and completely overhauled by Seapower Marine of Woolverstone after identifying an oil leak from the sump cover, which had a new replacement at this time.
The current owners have sailed her extensively along the east and south coast of the UK and across to The Netherlands, Belgium and France.