Custom Woods Nimbus 42 - “Whitebird ”
Custom Woods Nimbus 42 - “Whitebird ”
“Whitebird” is a Nimbus 42 cruising catamaran designed by well-known UK catamaran designer Richard Woods. She was built on the UK east coast in fiberglass foam sandwich by two Air Force engineers. The original design was extended by two feet, creating additional space in the bridgedeck salon. She was initially launched in 1998, although she was unrigged and interior, engine and instrumentation work was incomplete. The project languished afloat until purchase by the current owners in 2002. The new owners stepped the mast and completed the interior, instrumentation and engine installation from 2002 to 2005.
“Whitebird” completed an 800-mile maiden voyage to Bristol in the southwest UK. In 2005 she made a summer cruise to the south coast of Ireland. In June 2006 she left England with her husband and wife crew and sailed to the Mediterranean via the coasts of France, northern Spain and Portugal. Her owners lived aboard for two years in Spain, the Balearic Islands and Morocco before crossing the Atlantic Ocean via Tenerife in the Canary Islands to Tobago at the beginning of 2009.
“Whitebird” is a spacious and comfortable live-aboard catamaran. She has three sleeping cabins fitted with 2 x full-size double berths, one queen-size berth and one single berth. There are 2 x heads. The galley is “down” in the starboard hull and the dinette area, navigation station and a workshop area are in the bridgedeck salon. “Whitebird” is a strongly built and capable cruising catamaran. She is perhaps not as “glitzy” as a typical production catamaran of similar size, but her practical finishes will be easier to maintain.
“Whitebird” is reluctantly for sale because of family obligations in the UK. Here’s your chance to acquire a well-found cruising catamaran that’s already in a wonderful cruising area.
| LOA: | 42' |
| TYPE: | Custom |
| MODEL: | Woods Nimbus 42 |
| YEAR: | 1998 |
| USD: | $150,000 |
| LYING: | Grenada |
Additional Specs, Equipment and Information
Woods Nimbus 42 catamaran “Whitebird”
State Reg.: UK SSR 104569
HIN: None
Built in 1998
Located in Grenada
Asking $175,000
Boat Name: “Whitebird”
Builder: Custom built
Designer: Richard Woods
Dimensions:
LOA: 42’0”
LWL: 38’0”
BOA: 25’0”
Draft: 4’0”
Bridge clearance: 67’
Displacement: 9 metric tons
Engines
Engines: Single Ford diesel with hydraulic drive to props in each hull
Engine model: Ford XLD 418 marinized by Mermaid Ltd. in UK
Engine horsepower: 54
Engine hours: Less than 1500
Cruising speed: 6 knots
Maximum speed: 7 knots
Tanks
Fuel: 215L (Engine) + 60L (Gen)
Water: 510L
Holding: 150L
Additional Specifications
Bridgedeck clearance: 1’8”
Accommodation
“Whitebird” sleeps up to 8 x persons in 3 x sleeping cabins. She has 2 x heads. The galley is “down”. The interior is finished with a combination of painted and varnished timber surfaces and trim. Seats and berths are upholstered in foam with fabric coverings. Cabin soles are Teak faced plywood with Rosewood inlay.
Vessel Walk-Through
Bridgedeck Salon
Workbench to port
Navigation station in port forward corner
Chart table accommodates full-size charts
Dinette with U-shaped seating to starboard
Steps down to hulls port and starboard
Port Hull
Forward cabin with single berth in bow area, full-size double berth and storage lockers
Head compartment amidships with W.C. and sink
Hanging locker aft of head compartment
Aft cabin with full-size double berth and storage lockers
Starboard Hull
Forward cabin with queen-size berth, large storage area in bow (could be converted to additional single berth) and storage lockers
Galley amidships
Large head compartment aft with W.C., sink and shower
Galley Equipment
Waeco 110 liter refrigerator
Large sink
Manual saltwater pump
Electric stove with 2 x burners, oven and grill
Microwave oven
Wood epoxy counter tops
Design and Construction
Very strong fiberglass foam sandwich construction
Low aspect keel on each hull
Spade rudder on each hull
Trampoline foredeck
New antifouling, August 2009
Rig
Sloop rig
Zspars 56 ft. aluminum mast
10mm 1 x 19 stainless steel standing rigging, 7 years old
Lazy jacks
Sails
Mainsail, full-batten, Zspars batten cars, 5 years old
Roller-furling 100% genoa with Zspars furler
Asymmetrical spinnaker, 1400 sq. ft., needs repair
Mainsail cover, blue
Deck and Hull Equipment
10 x Gebo hatches
2 x Vetus hatches
2 x Lewmarr 44 winches
2 x Lewmar 40 winches
Lewmar full width mainsail traveler
12mm running rigging, 5 years old
6 x 25cm deck cleats
4 x 35cm deck cleats
CQR 20kg anchor with 65m x 10mm chain (chain new 2009)
Bruce 10kg anchor with 30m x 10mm chain
Lofrans X2 electric anchor windlass, new 2009
Custom trampoline, 2006
Assorted bumpers
Stainless steel stern arch with davits
Machinery
Hydraulic drives in each hull are reversible
Hot water heater with electric element, new 2009
Electrical System
220 VAC electrical system
500 ampere-hour house battery bank, new 2009
Dolphin 6kVA 220 VAC generator with 2075 hours
400 watt inverter
220 VAC 50m shore power cord
Mobitronic 45 ampere battery charger
High output alternator on main engine, new 2009
2 x 130 watt solar panels, new 2009
13 ampere UK electrical outlets in all cabins
12 volt interior lighting
Electronics/Navigation
Sestrel compass
Garmin 152 GPS
NASA depth sounder
Raymarine 60 wind speed/AWI (currently in UK for repair)
Vetus autopilot
Icom M601 VHF with remote handset
Raymarine RL70 radar, 2005
Safety Equipment
Life raft, 6-man, offshore, last service 2006
Assorted flares
6 x life vests
GME MT400 Class 2 manual EPIRB, 2006
2 x electric bilge pumps
Horn and hailer (function of VHF radio)
Miscellaneous
2.9m RIB with Hppalon tubes and aluminum hull, new 2009
Mercury 2.5hp outboard motor
Many assorted tools and spare parts
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.
Disclaimer: The Multihull 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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