1962, Custom, River Cruiser

Dutch Steel Cruiser built in approximately 1962. She has a 57 hp Thornycroft engine in full working order. She has been navigated regularly. Her dimensions are 11 metres length, 3 metres width and she has draft of 0.80 metres, air draft approximately 2.30 metres. Her water tank is 600 litres. Four new 100 amp hour leisure batteries and a new 140 amp hour starter battery were installed in 2016 along with two new 250 watt solar panels and a new 2600 watt invertor together with a new MPPT charger regulator. All lights are either 12 volt or 220 volt LED. The water heater is a Farstar gas water heater new in 2016. This provides hot water to the galley and to the shower room. The heating is by a wood burning stove in the wheel house and two 500 watt electric heaters, one in the rear cabin and one in the galley. Santa Maria was lifted from the water in 2019 to be scrubbed and bottom repainted. New anodes were fitted. Refitted the shower room in 2016 and fitted a new automatic shower sump plug. In 2015 a new Jabsco sea toilet was fitted. Some superstructure wood replaced 2023