DETAILS
Owners notes
Launched in 1989, Orvieto has been well maintained and continually updated almost regardless of cost.
She had a complete refit at the start of 2006 when my ownership began. She had been laid up in Anglesey after the 2003 Fastnet and I had her trucked back to Hamble and placed under the care of Yachting Sports where she was stripped down to a virtual shell, keel off and refitted from there. She has a redesigned fin and bulb keel making her stiff and stable for the solo and double handed racing for which I’d bought her, rewired, re-plumbed, re-rigged. She regularly gets into double figure speeds in any decent breeze.
There are three cockpit lockers, a huge one under the seat that takes sails, a dinghy and just about anything else you want, at the stern there are two smaller lockers, one takes a liferaft, the other two 907 Camping gaz bottles
She had a complete new Jefa rudder and bearings fitted 2014 by David Heritage in Cowes, she is currently tiller steered but I have a direct drive Whitlock Cobra pedestal with a new wheel and Lewmar quadrant which comes with the boat should the next owner prefer – I’m an ex-505 dinghy sailor and personally prefer the feel of a tiller and the fact that in port it folds up out of the way making the cockpit space much more useable.
Her last race in 2012 from Cowes to Brixham in a 25 knot SW’erly and in which she was 3rd on CHS handicap, on the return ‘cruise’ downwind in 25 – 30 knots of SW’erly we hit 18.4 knots of boat speed surfing off Portland Bill and were averaging 10 to 12 knots most of the way
Accommodation and Domestics:
Sleeps 2 in each of two cabins plus 4 in the saloon
Large ‘V’ berth with infill to forward cabin, storage in four drawers and two full length shelves
Saloon has two long settee berths with lifting backrests that provide 2 further berths, two stainless steel water tanks with shut off valves, one each side, there is lots of storage behind the seat backs, under the seat cushions and along the top of the seats
Re-upholstered in 2014, new teak and holly flooring in 2013
A large extending teak dining table folds flat against the forward bulkhead
Heads with sliding door storage shelves, standard size Jabsco WC (new pump fitted 2024) , hot and cold pressurised water, basin with cupboard under (recent new Tru-design thru-hulls, WC outlet and Vetus sanitary hoses), mixer tap, shower and drain pump, large hanging locker opposite
There is a large aft cabin with two hanging lockers and shelves
Internal LED lighting.
Nelson Spinflo twin hob, grill and oven
Gas pipework all replaced in 2022
Large 12v / 230v Frigoboat upgraded top loading fridge (new in 2017)
Lots of storage space, the original sliding Perspex Saloon locker doors were replaced with Teak veneered drop down doors in 2022
Lewmar 70 forward cabin hatch is new in 2024, 3 of 4 Lewmar Portlights have been replaced with new seals to the 4th
Electronics:
Raymarine C90W chartplotter, ST60+ wind, Tridata – speed, depth, log, a Multi graphic display, ST6002 pilot control head with S1G gyro pilot and underdeck Raymarine Type 1 linear Ram.
Digital Yacht Systems GPS antenna
Raymarine backup stand-alone tiller pilot
Comar AIS transponder with separate Digital Yacht Systems VHF / GPS antenna (also provides backup GPS)
NASA Navtex receiver
JVC CD / stereo with two saloon and two cockpit speakers
Cobra fixed DSC VHF radio and hand held
Wiring, deck socket and charge controller for the two Aurinco solar panels.
LED bulbs to Navigation lights
Mastervolt 3 output battery charger, two 2021 Exide 110ah service batteries, one 2018 70ah engine start battery, Sterling Pro-split R charge controller, Hitachi high-output 120a alternator
13A domestic 240V mains, shore power socket to cockpit, mains immersion heater to calorifier, single socket to aft cabin with USB charge point, double socket to galley.
Battery charge and current monitoring display
Sails and Rigging:
Kemp/Selden keel stepped mast and boom, custom mast floor (part of the keel replacement work), slab reefing
Retracting bowsprit (to be fitted)
Carbon fibre spinnaker pole
Standing rigging replaced 2016, Dyneema running rigging mostly replaced since
Furlex 300S headsail furling
Lazyjacks with stack pack
Two furling headsails – one hardly used Kemp and one ‘Incidences’ high clew (La Rochelle sailmaker)
Sanders fully battened mainsail
Two symmetric spinnakers – light and medium
Large Asymmetric spinnaker (one repair but all good
Older kevlar racing main and headsails
Deck gear:
Two Lewmar 52 primary winches
Two Lewmar 40 Halyard winches
Two Lewmar 44 Spinnaker sheet winches
Spinlock clutches – some recent, others serviced
SL Anchorman manual anchor winch (not fitted)
Mechanics/ propulsion:
New Yanmar 3YM30AE fitted 2015 (currently 800 hours), new engine mounts, regularly serviced and oil/filter changes, professionally winterised when laid up, new raw water pump and belts June 2024
New prop shaft, PSS shaft seal and cutlass bearing 2022
Maxprop feathering propellor, refurbished by Darglow 2016
80 litre stainless steel fuel tank – tank, fuel system and pipes all cleaned and new fuel filters fitted in 2022
Equipment:
FX23 Fortress and Delta 16kgs anchors with 25 metres of 8mm chain and lots of rope rode, two anchor snubbers, many mooring lines, 8 large fenders plus one ladder 4 step fender
Jackstays
4 Man Ocean safety liferaft (currently in date for a further 2 years, new in 2017)
Telescopic boathook
Boarding ladder
Dyneema running rigging - Genoa sheets, spinnaker sheets and guys
Shore power cable
Ocean Signal Epirb1
Engine spares – belts, impeller, fuel filters
Two large new stainless steel Rutgerson opening portlights (to be fitted to saloon)
Autohelm digital hand bearing compass
There’s a pad to carry an outboard on the pushpit
Other
Large files containing original boat test, invoices, receipts plus manuals for all onboard equipment
Hull survey done by Barney Sollars of Cowes 2021 – www.sollarsmarinesurveys.com - pronounced very good for her age…
Two Plastimo deck compasses (not fitted)