Excalibur 36 "Magula" for sale - £8,500

Builder

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.

Sailplan

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

Excalibur 36 for sale

Moored in Falmouth July 2024

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Moored July 2024
Deck

Photos

July 2024

Bow detail

Deck aft

Cockpit
Cockpit forward
Stern
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Forecabin
Forecabin and heads
Heads

Heads compartment to port forward

Saloon table

Pilot berth to port, and heater on the forward bulkhead a Refleks heater

Heater
Brochure plan

Saloon

Galley
Saloon aft
Chart table
Yanmar 3GM30
Rig

Contact:     Jim Innard on 07775-680583