Beautiful and rare Murray Cormack-designed Talisman, built '88, on twin Iveco 540s. Supreme all-weather sea-keeping, 8 berths, huge inventory and massive build with delightful joinery.
Construction:
RCD Status: Our understanding is that the yacht is exempt from the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) as she was built and placed into use within the EU prior to 1998.
Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:
- Solid GRP hull, decks and superstructure with balsa core.
- Flag Blue Awlgrip paint to hull (2004).
- White GRP superstructure and deck mouldings.
- Forward coach roof painted in light grey non-slip (2012).
- Teak laid decks and aft deck (2004).
Machinery:
Engine & Gearboxes:
- 2 x Iveco 8281 540hp V8 turbo-charged diesel engines.
- Fresh water cooled by heat exchanger from raw water intakes to wet exhaust.
- Twin Disc MF 5111SA 2:1 reduction gearboxes.
- New raw water pumps (2012).
Maintenance & Performance:
- Intercoolers refurbished, tested and painted (2012).
- Turbo units refurbished, tested and painted (2012).
- Oil and water pipes replaced (2012).
- Injectors removed and checked (2012).
- Rocker cover gaskets replaced (2012).
- All seacocks serviced or replaced (2012).
- Engines serviced 2012; coolant flushed and new antifreeze added, oil and filters changed, fuel filters changed, belts and alternators load tested.
- Engine Hours: Port 1,164 and Starboard 972 (starboard engine believed to have been changed at 100 hours) as of November 2012.
- Cruising Speed: 18-20 knots.
- Maximum Speed: 25 knots.
Propulsion & Steering:
- Stainless steel shafts to 3-bladed bronze propellers.
- More controls and gauges at upper and lower helm positions.
- Upper and lower helm wheel hydraulic steering to stainless steel rudders (Wagner rudder angle indicator).
- Double hydraulic steering rams with tie bars.
- Emergency tiller.
Electrical Systems:
Voltage Systems:
- 24V battery system with 12V droppers
Battery Banks:
- 8 x 6V gel engine start batteries in series and parallel outputting 24V (2012).
- 8 x 6V gel service batteries in series and parallel outputting 24V (2012).
- 12V gel generator battery (2012).
Battery Chargers:
- Mastervolt MAS 24/75 24V 75amp battery charger for service and engine batteries (2012).
- Intrac Duovolt switch mode charger for generator battery (2000).
Alternators:
- 2 x 24V engine alternators (load tested 2012).
Generator:
- G&M 17kW generator based on Volvo 2003; serviced 2012.
Shore Power:
- 230V 2-phase 50-60Hz shore power to main charger and ring main.
Other Electrical:
- 24V to 12V droppers (2012).
Plumbing Systems:
Fresh Water & Water Heating System:
- Pressurized hot and cold water system.
- 2 x 24V self-priming fresh water pumps (2012).
- Water heating from 14 gallon hot water tank by engine or by 230V immersion heater.
Bilge Pumps:
- Engine driven fire-pump can be used as an emergency bilge pump.
- Automatic and manual bilge pumps.
Tankage:
Fuel:
- Total capacity of 3,329 litres (730 gallons) in 2 x tanks; aft tank flushed in 2012 and inspection hatch re-sealed.
- Manual fuel tank gauges at lower helm.
- Bronzed deck fillers for diesel tanks.
- Fuel manifold system with 24V pump and manual pump.
Fresh water:
- Total capacity of 1,010 litres (223 gallons) in 3 x GRP tanks moulded to hull.
- Stainless steel deck fillers for tanks.
Grey/Blackwater holding tanks:
- 2 x plastic black water holding tanks, servicing forward and aft heads, discharging overboard as required.
Navigation Equipment:
- Brass clock and barometer.
Lower Helm:
- Simrad NSE GPS plotter with AIS (2012).
- Furuno FR-802D 12” raster scan radar with open array scanner.
- Wagner MK 4 autopilot.
- Stowe Navsounder depth display.
- Stowe master log counter.
- Speed/log display.
- Sestrel steering compass.
- Autohelm handheld compass.
- Icom IC-M601 VHF with DSC and Icom IC-M55 VHF.
- Engine room monitoring cameras.
Upper Helm:
- Stowe analogue speed display.
- Stowe digital depth display.
- Autohelm speed/log.
- Cetrek compass.
- Icom IC-M55 VHF at companionway with external VHF speaker.
Domestic Equipment:
Galley:
- Neff 4-ring electric hob.
- Sharp convection microwave.
- Twin stainless steel sinks and drainer.
- Waeco 24V front-opening refrigerator.
- Waeco 24V front-opening freezer.
Heads/Showers:
- 2 x heads compartments, both with separate showers.
- 2 x 24V pump outs for shower tray sumps.
- 2 x 24V macerator pumps (2012) for discharging heads to holding tanks, or overboard via diverter valves (2012).
Heating & Ventilation:
- Cruisair air conditioning throughout (four units installed).
- 4 x Dimplex fan heaters.
- 4 x fixed bar heaters.
Entertainment:
- Alpine CD/radio with iPod jack and selector switch for speakers.
- Glomex TV aerial.
Lighting:
- IMCO navigation lights.
- Search light; controllable from upper helm.
- Down-lighting throughout and reading lights to cabins.
Accommodation:
Summary of Accommodation:
- Berths up to 8 in 2 cabins plus dinette.
- Teak interior joinery.
- Light blue cloth upholstery.
- Blue and white striped curtains in cabins, galley and heads.
- Light blue carpets throughout.
- White vinyl padded headlining throughout.
Description of layout:
Forward Cabin:
- Double berth to port and single berth to starboard.
- Storage in lockers, under berths and outboard in lined lockers.
- Dressing table aft to starboard and full length hanging locker through separate door access.
- En-suite access to forward heads compartment.
Forward/Day Heads:
- Forward to port with ensuite and dinette access doors.
- Jabsco quiet flush electric WC.
- Handbasin with hot and cold taps.
- Separate shower with curtain and Grohe mixer tap.
- Locker.
- Mirror.
- Towel rails.
- Extractor fan.
Galley:
- Located down four steps to forward starboard of saloon.
- Plenty of storage in lockers, drawers and cupboards.
Dinette:
- Opposite the galley to port with large dining table with central stowage recess.
- The table drops to form a large double, alternatively two settees create two single berths with trotter boxes outboard.
- Chart drawer beneath seating.
- Air-co controls to aft bulkhead.
Saloon:
- L-shaped seating to starboard with open leaf table and two upholstered stools.
- Bookshelf aft to starboard.
- Teak cabinet to port with drinks cabinet and space to fit a TV.
- Engine and generator access through hatches in saloon floor.
Aft owner’s cabin:
- Large centreline double berth with stowage beneath, access to aft fuel tank and steering cylinders
- Bedside tables to port and starboard.
- Dressing table to port with drawers and mirror and 2 x upholstered stools.
- Forward locker and large locker forward to port with shelves and hanging rail.
- Settee to starboard with stowage, seat back rises to form additional Pullman-style berth.
En-suite heads compartment:
- En-suite heads forward to starboard.
- Jabsco quiet flush electric WC.
- Hand basin with hot and cold taps.
- Separate shower compartment with curtain and Grohe mixer tap.
- Locker.
- Mirror.
- Towel rails.
- Extractor fan.
Deck Equipment:
General:
- Horn.
- Stainless steel stanchions capped with varnished guardrail, boarding gates to sides and pushpit.
- Stainless steel and teak ladder from aft deck to bathing platform; folding ladder to bathing platform.
- Windscreen washers and pantographing wipers with screen demisters.
Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:
- Simpson Lawrence Sealion 24V windlass (serviced 2012) with deck mounted buttons.
- Chain counter.
- 50kg Bruce anchor with 110m chain.
- Fore and aft mooring cleats with twin fairleads.
- Fore and aft quarter spring cleats.
- Stainless steel fender baskets at transom with stowage for 6 x fenders.
Covers, Canvas & Cushions:
- Sprayhood for upper helm position in Navy blue canvas(2012).
- Bimini for aft deck.
- Blue canvas covers for upper helm (2012).
- Light grey vinyl upper helm and navigators seats (2012).
- Dark grey canvas covers for upper helm seats (2012).
- Screen cover (2012).
Safety Equipment:
- Flare pack & first aid kit.
- 2 x Horseshoe buoys (2012).
Fire-fighting equipment:
- Engine driven fire-pump can be used as an emergency bilge pump.
- Automatic fire extinguishers to engine room (2008).
- 5 x manual fire extinguishers (3 x 4kg and 2 x 1kg).
- Fire-Eater fire alarm system.
Brokers comments:
Murray Cormack Associates of Argyll designed the round-bilged semi-displacement Talisman 49 in 1974. The hull was variously used as a commercial base for pilot and patrol craft, with fine motor yacht versions also being fitted out – in this case by Halmatic Ltd. of Vosper Thornycraft, Portsmouth.
The success of the Talisman hull-form was translated into both larger and smaller derivatives with the capacity to operate at speed in all weather applications.
‘RHINO’ is thus a massively constructed ( the original plans are photocopied and lovingly laminated in her chart drawer ) and highly-capable, true semi-displacement motor yacht, crafted at a time when solid timber was still available for the attentions of highly-skilled shipwrights. She was overseen by a Lloyds surveyor at original build, and benefits from a 2000 refit at Fairline Restorations ( including a new 14mm hand-picked teak deck ), and a re-spray in Flag Blue Awlgrip in 2004. In 2012, her engines were broken to allow a major overhaul on top of general servicing to include new raw water pumps, injector removal and checks, intercooler and turbo strips and re-furbs, with all seacocks serviced or replaced as necessary.
Thus her Iveco engines and generator run sweetly on the button, and her heavyweight pedigree should delight any future owner looked for a seriously capable sea-boat with generous storage space and remarkable good volume for such a fine sea-keeper.
She is a handsome yacht in the water, with teak badging rails, commercial D-section fendering and prominent ribs giving her a purposeful air of authority. Her teak deck is substantial, giving good grip underfoot and excellent insulation properties, and below decks she has a proper yacht interior whilst losing none of the excellent machinery access of her commercial sisters.
A very rare opportunity.
