Hi guys, my name is Sam and I am 14 years old.

The purpose of thi blog is to let you all know that my Dad is selling a boat so

here are some pictures:

This is her in 2003.

This is the aft cabin.

This is the main cabin but the furniture has changed a bit.

This is the aft deck.






This is a view of the generator from inside the engine room.

Her current name is Sea Warrior.

Here is what my Dad wrote about her on apolloduck

Substantial Cruising Yacht suitable for Living aboard and long distance voyages. She is very well equipped with all the neccessary gear to allow independent sailing including a large westerbeke generator, watermaker, wind generator, four large anchors, wind and electric self steering, B and G electronics, bow thruster. She has a fuel capacity of 400 gallons and a water capacity of 80 gallons as well as a 10 gallon grey water and a 30 gallon black water tank. She also has the following equipment: Epirb, hot water tank heated by engine, maconi heater and by immersion, hot water radiators, force ten cooker with oven, dehumidifier, frigomatic fridge and freezer, extractor fans in engine room and galley, pressurised water system, electric and manual windlass, radar, vhf, ssb. She has a v berth in the bow, a double and single in the saloon and a double aft cabin with extra heads. She is sailing the Caribbean at present and willl return to the uk in the summer 2010.



Vessel Type: Great Barrier 48

Builder: Chris Warren

Model: Great Barrier 48

Designer: Dennis Ganley

Year: 1993

Length Overall: 48 feet

Waterline Length: 42 feet

Beam: 14 feet

Draft: 6 feet

Air Draft: 58 feet

Engine(s): 1 x Diesel - Shaft drive. Marinised ford 2725, 6 cylinder, 120 horsepower 1993, shaft drive, freshwater cooled, fixed prop, cruising six knots, maximum eight knots. Range 2000 nautical miles. Westerbeke 7.5kw diesel generator. Yamaha 8 hp outboard

Construction: Steel hull, teak deck on steel frames, glued not screwed. Length including bowsprit 52 feet. Hull recently painted awlgrip. Long keel with bilge plates, skeg rudder, self draining cockpit, wheel steering, mahogany joinery interior finish, mahogany inlaid with beech polished flooring.

Hull Type: long keel

Hull Material: Steel

Displacement: 20 metric tons

Status: Available

Price: GBP 120,000 or $459,155.77 Approximate East Caribbean Dollar Equivalent

Location: uk Isle of Wight UK

Contact: Scot Hermiston

My parents E-mail is: hermistonsatsea@yahoo.com

My E-mail: samhermiston@hotmail.com