Home built Ovni 395 Aluminium Yacht

I surveyed this home built Yacht yesterday down in Filby, North Norfolk. The Survey was requested by the owners insurance company prior to launch.
Cuckoo is a 12 meter aluminium sail boat which the owner had built over the past 5 years. She is built on the same lines as an Ovni 395 which were built by Alubot. Plates were 10mm on bottom and 6 mm on the sides and top. Engine was a 45 hp Perkins also running hydraulics for the engine and winch. She was sailed from Lowestoft as a hull before the owner started fitting her out at his business premises.

Now then... how do we move her out of here!

Rudder designed so the vessel can dry out on the North Norfolk beaches... perfect

Unique dagger boards that are lifted with winches so the Yacht can sit down on the beach

Have you ever seen Cruches so big.... the mast can be lowered by one person with a huge A frame... great design

Just checking the rigging!

An old Perkins 45HP bought in a box... had never been run... what a find!

Any ideas!

Surveyors comments: What can I say... a huge pat on the back for the owner I think.

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