Built by Southern Ocean Shipyard Ltd., on Tyler moudings
LOA
36' 0"
Sail area
670 sq ft main and genoa
LWL
26' 3"
Rig
Sloop
Beam
10' 0"
Cabins
Forecabin and saloon
Draught
5' 11"
Berths
5
Displacement
14,448 lbs
Engine
Yanmar 3GM30
Ballast
5,241 lbs
BHP
28
Keel
Long fin keel (encapsulated lead ballast) with spade rudder
In the same ownership for over 25 years, "Magula" is in commisson afloat in Falmouth, but is now somewhat reluctantly for sale as age is catching up with the long-term owner. She has a reliable Yanmar diesel (newer than the hull) and had a new mast in the present ownership. She has sound sails, a VHF radio, GPS and echo sounder.
E. G. van de Stadt designed the Excalibur in 1962, the design looking very like an enlarged version of his already very successful Pionier designs for GRP production, which were early examples of cruising boats with separate spade rudders, at a time when most cruising yachts still had long keels with keel-hung rudders.
All the Excalibur hulls were moulded by Tylers, with encapsulated lead ballast, and a GRP headlining moulding. Hulls were finished mainly by Southern Ocean Shipyard
in Poole, who built about 50 of these yachts, but some were also finished in Holland by various yards. It is reported a that a very few later examples had a modified underwater profile with a fin and skeg rudder.
Despite being designed primarily as a cruiser, Excaliburs
won the RORC Class II Championships in 1963, 1964 and 1965, but as racing designs evolved with more beam and smaller keels they ceased to be competitive, except in heavy weather.
They are now a good example of a classic cruiser-racer. Bigger and faster than a Contessa 32, and not dissimilar to a Nicholson 35, they are a very capable and strongly built yacht for bluewater or coastal cruising.
Contact: Jim Innard on 07775-680583
Moored in Falmouth July 2024
Photos
July 2024
Heads compartment to port forward
Pilot berth to port, and heater on the forward bulkhead a Refleks heater
