Fairmile Custom Steel North Sea Trawler

Fairmile Custom Steel North Sea Trawler

Built for Marconi International Marine Company in 1962, she was their third \'ELETTRA\' and truly no expense was spared in the construction of this company\'s research yacht! Today she sports her original name, much of her original gear, historic documentation (with photos, original manuals, etc.) and many modern upgrades including a bulbous bow (with water storage), bow thrusters, watermaker, rebuilt mains, navigational electronics, etc. 

Uniquely functional layout includes a main deck with forward lounge (that originally housed Marconi\'s array of radio equipment), updated midships galley with granite & maple, day head, and main salon opening to the aft deck. Below are two staterooms and heads with showers forward, plus office and two staterooms aft with head and shower. Engineroom is amidships with full standing headroom.

All the best true ship features are on board: serious steel bollards, Freeman hatches, wide walk-arounds with high bulwark protection, (3) cranes plus Nordic hydraulic windlass, all watertight doors, drystack with passage up and down, and more. Originally rigged with Vosper active fin stablizers, the fins were removed in favor of rolling chocks, but may be restorable for offshore passagemaking.

An amazing sea boat, she carries 3,400 USG fuel and 4,000 water (including 1,000 in the bulbous bow). It would be nearly impossible to find a vessel with this much documented nautical heritage that is as capable and functional for global long range cruising and/or living aboard. Next time you see a yacht trying to look like a working vessel, THIS IS WHAT THEY\'RE TRYING TO BE...

See her full specifications and recent color photos online here at our homepage, then CALL for additional details and an appointment to go aboard. ***THIS VESSEL KEPT IN SECURED MOORAGE - PLEASE CALL AHEAD TO INSPECT - VIEW freshwater slip may be transferrable - two boat owner is ready to SELL!***

-----PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATIONS ONLY-----
Sleeps up to (10) owners and guests in (2) triple and (2) double staterooms; (3) full heads including two with separate stall showers and one with tub/shower plus a day head on the main deck. LAYOUT FROM FORWARD, BELOWDECKS: Forepeak offers a large clear area with skylight loading options. Next aft is the MASTER CABIN with king berth offset to port; built-in cabinetry and entertainment forward; private ensuite head with separate stall shower forward to starboard; and privacy door aft.

Following from the FORWARD COMPANIONWAY finds a UTILITY ROOM to port; FORWARD GUEST STATEROOM to is starboard with stacked single berths outboard, built-in storage, and private ensuite GUEST head with separate stall shower forward. *NOTE that this forward area could potentially be reconfigured as all-master with walk-in closet and \'his and her\' heads. Forward companionway steps on centerline lead aft and up to the main deck level.

Expansive ENGINEROOM is amidships belowdecks, and accessed via the DRY STACK passage/ladder on the main deck. BELOWDECKS, AFT are two AFT GUEST STATEROOMS, each offering a full berth outboard plus a single raised berth athwartships, built-in locker and drawer storage, ample lighting, and privacy doors. AFT COMPANIONWAY is on centerline, with access to the port side SHIP\'S OFFICE with built- in storage; to starboard is the spacious AFT HEAD with step-in tub/shower.

MAIN DECK begins forward with the SHIP\'S LOUNGE, which may be used as a formal dining salon; complete BAR with sink and storage is set aft to starboard. Following aft is an athwartships companionway with access to both port and starboard watertight SIDE DECK access doors at either side and a dedicated cabinet with ship\'s spare parts on centerline. PORT COMPANIONWAY leads aft past the DAY HEAD situated inboard.

From midships aft on the main deck are the light and bright MAIN CABIN living areas, including modernized UP GALLEY with granite countertops and butterfly-style opening skylight hatch, followed by and open to the MAIN SALON. Salon offers a breakfast table with chairs forward, a watertight starboard side deck access door, comfortable sofa seating at either side, hardwood herringbone sole, free standing fireplace at the aft starboard corner, and double opening watertight doors to the AFT DECK.

UPPER DECK and WHEELHOUSE are accessed via stair ladder behind the ship\'s lounge or via the aft deck stair ladder with doghouse and watertight door. Pipe rails surround the upper expansive upper deck, with stainless BBQ and large dining table, operational deck cranes, the midships forward butterfly hatch over the galley below, and DRY STACK just aft of the wheelhouse.

Wheelhouse offers watertight port and starboard access doors; centerline HELM with full instrumentation; modern navigational gear forward and to starboard; chart table and original nav gear aft on centerline; bench guest seating aft to starboard; and passage down to the main deck aft to port. On deck and forward of the wheelhouse is the protective PORTUGUESE BRIDGE; centerline door opens to a FORWARD DECK with pipe rails and ladder to the FOREDECK with ground tackle, bollards, and two chest freezers.

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