This is your chance to own a legendary Australian pocket cruiser - the Top Hat 25. With a 51% ballast ratio, admirable capsize screening rating and solid fibreglass hull, these yachts are excellent blue water cruisers for the single handed/short-handed sailor.
All lines are led to the cockpit, and the lexan windows have been modified to ensure robustness in the event of a side wave.
Sea Monkey Mk 3 outboard version (in well) $9500.
Lying at Batemans Bay and I can assist with delivery within NSW.
Highlights of improvements made (there is a big list)
- brand new outboard (2024) in well
- new upholstery
- new B&G V60 with AIS RX
- new GPS antenna
- new B&G Triton and Airmar sensor
- new tender (plus old one) and near new (2022) 2.5 hp outboard
- new lazy jacks and stack pack
- all new safety gear
- new wiring
- new 2x100w solar panels
- new Victron MPPT
- new Victron Shunt
- new 60ah Lifepo4 batteries X 2
- new charger/shore power
- new 1000w inverter
- new LED lighting internal and external
- new plumbing with new 50L bladder and cockpit shower
- new tiller pilot
- refurbished galley
- downwind gear (preventer and pole rigging
- running rigging 2023
- BBQ
- Dolphin clips to lifelines
- boarding ladder
- cockpit sole planking
- new main 2024 with 2 reefs (single line slab reefing)
- furling Genoa with plenty of life
- heaps of additional sails (jib, spinnaker)
- self tailing sheet winches
- 30m 8mm chain plus rode and snubber
- new winch covers
And more. Inspection is welcomed and she'll fly through survey.
Standing rigging is old but in good order. I have had shroud ubolts fabricated but not yet fitted.
Antifouled in June 2023 but needs a good scrub. Topsides are tired but clean.
Region
New South Wales
Vessel Location
South Coast Region Batemans Bay NSW
Usage
Family, Cruising, Live Aboard
Launch Year
1984
Rego Expiry
15/03/2025
Designer
Illingworth and Primrose
Builder
Formit
Length
25' - 7.62m
Beam
2.44
Draft
1.4
Displacement
2540
Keel / Ballast
Lead encapsulated
Hull Material
Fibreglass/GRP
Deck Material
Fibreglass
Engine Make
Tohatsu
Engine
Sailpro
Number Engines
1
Horsepower
6.8
Fuel Type
Petrol
Engine Hours
30
Fuel Consumption
1
Max Speed
6 kt
Cruise Speed
4.5 kt
Fuel
25L
Water
50L
Accommodation
Double V-berth forward. Single quarter berths port and starboard
Cabins
1
Berths
4
Galley
2 burner metho, gymballed. Basin with new salt and fresh water faucets and manual pumps.
Refrigeration
Small electric refrigerator/freezer. Two large ice boxes
Freezer
Yes
Stove
Yes
Water Maker
No
Hotwater System
No
Shower
Deck shower (cold)
Toilet
Jabsco manual
Entertainment
The pure joy of sailing a wonderful boat
Air Conditioning
Hatches and dorades
Dinghy
Yes
Outboard
Yes
Covers
On all winches, outboard and tiller. New (2024) boom bag/stack pack
Ground Tackle
30m 8mm galvanised chain with 10kg danforth
Safety Gear
Cat 5
Bilge Pumps
1 manual in cockpit. 1 Automatic.
Life Raft
No
Epirb
Yes. In date.
Life Jackets
Yes
Flares
Yes
Fire Protection
3 extinguishers and smoke alarm
Electrics
All new wiring and LED internal and external lighting
Electronics
New airmar depth transducer
New B&G triton head unit
New external GPS antenna
New B&G V60 VHF with AIS rx
New Raymarine ST1000 tiller pilot and cover
Sail Inventory
New main
Genoa
Several headsails
Spinnaker
Mast / Rigging
Rigging inspected 2022
New shroud anchors fabricated but not yet installed