NICHOLSON 32 MK II

The Nicholson 32 Mark II is a safe comfortable all weather family cruiser with spacious five
berth accommodation. She is easy to handle under sail or power.
Rhuna has benefits from Beta 1005 Engine with 30 Hp New Simpson Lawrence windlass and resent  GPS chartplotter upgrades.

Excellent project to buy and spend time finishing her to high standard. 

Construction

The Nicholson 32 was designed in 1962 by Peter and Charles Nicholson of Camper & Nicholsons, then one of Britain's most prestigious custom boatbuilders, as a good value mid-sized cruising boat.
The Nicholson 32 was the first time the company had set up series production, and early boats were completed by an aircraft company under contract, as Nicholson's yard was not set up for mass production.
Hull
The hulls were all moulded by Halmatic, and from 1966 onwards the boats were both moulded and completed by Halmatics.

The design went through many minor modifications over the years from Mk I to Mk VIII,
The cockpit is deep, safe and self draining.
Wheel steering.
Cockpit lockers.
Fabric sprayhood with stainless steel grab bar.
Long Keel with protected rudder.

Engines and Mechnicals

Beta 1005 28 H.P. Diesel engine.

Shaft drive to the propeller.

The vessel was re-engined in 2010

Cruising speed 6 knots.

Maximum speed 8 knots.

The ships electrical system is 12 volts throughout with power being supplied by Three 12 volt heavy duty batteries via an engine driven alternator

12 volt with 3 batteries all replaced 2008 with fibreglass Optima batteries

Shore power and cable

Tankage

1 x Water Tank 45 Gallon's  

1 x Diesel Tank 16 Gallon's  

Mast and Rigging

Mast and Rigging
The vessel is sloop rigged and all masts and spars are alloy.

All standing rigging is 1/19 stainless steel 

Rotostay For Genoa Furling 

Slab Reefing main 

Winches

2 Genoa, Lewmar  2 Speed self tailing winches

1 Reefing winch below boom 

1 Halyard Winch on Mast

Sails
One Genoa Roller Reefing 

One Mainsail Slab reefing 

One Mainsail Boom Furling 

Accommodation

Accomodation for 5 persons in two cabins (includes the saloon)
The forward cabin has two single berths in the usual 'V' configuration.
Just aft of the forward cabin is the head with sea toilet to port and wash hand basin to
starboard.
The saloon has one single settee berth and one double berth. A single sea berth is to port just aft of the chart table.
Within the saloon there is a dining area that will seat a full crew. This area is local to the galley for ease of catering and entertaining.
The galley is to starboard at the after end of the saloon and equipped with a gimballed Taylors Parafin 2 burner cooker at the  end of the saloon to port.
Eberspacher warm air heating 
Headroom six feet.

Inventory

Navigation 

Steering Compass 

Echo Sounder 

GPS Chartplotter

2 x Autohelm TIller pilots 

VHF

Deck gear

Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit

Full stainless steel guardrails.

Navigational lighting to M.C.A. standard.

2x C.Q.R. anchor with chain.

1x Danforth 

Simpson Lawrence anchor windlass.Never used. 

2x Boat hook.

Tinker Tramp Dinghy 

3 Warp 

3 Fenders 

Sprayhood

Safety 

Bilge pump.

Boarding ladder.

Horn

Horseshoe lifebuoy 
Fire Blanket 

Clock and Barometer 

Tableware 

Owner Comments

Project Boat. 

I Started this project in 2000 

Items replaced 

New Engine 2010 

New Marine Heads 

New GPS and Plotter 

Replaced Genoa Winches with 2 speed self tailing units 

New Simpson Lawrence Windlass 

Features

• Vhf
• Heating
• Depthsounder
• Tender
• Battened mainsail - x 2
• Tiller
• Manual bilge pump
• Marine head
• Gps
• Plotter - Raymarine A65 and Magellan Colour handheld linked to Yeoman Plotter
• Shore power inlet
• Furling genoa - 2000: Crusader
• Autopilot - x 2 Tiller pilots
• Compass