Description
Colvic Countess 37CC motorsailer built by Cox Marine as a Cox 12 Metre. The best of both worlds, the good sailing qualities the Colvic Countess is renowned for, alongside the practicality of a motorsailer. Internal steering position and centre cockpit wheel steering. She sleeps 7, including an owners en-suite aft and has a lovely ambient saloon.
These are well built, substantial boats, ideal for extended cruising in northern climates.
Dimensions & general info.
- LOA - 11.40m
- Beam - 3.86m
- Draft - 1.68m
- Displacement - Approx. 8640kg.
- Hull design - Ian Anderson.
- Hull build - Colvic Marine.
- Internal construction - Cox Marine Ltd.
- Built - 1986/87.
- Launched - 1989.
Colvic Marine built complete boats and hulls for other builders and the DIY market. "Valfreya" is a Colvic Countess 37 CC hull which was internally fitted out by Cox Marine Ltd. of Brightlingsea in Essex. She was built as a motorsailer although with the pedigree of the Colvic Countess hull she is just as much a sailing boat, but with the added advantage of an internal steering position.
Hull, deck & superstructure
- White GRP hull with broad dark blue deck line and cove line.
- White GRP superstructure.
- Hull professionally epoxy treated (hull shot blasted and filled with 5 coats of epoxy solvent-free Gelshield, all work done in temperature-controlled shed).
- Encapsulated fin keel with lead ballast.
- Substantial rudder assembly.
- Vetus hydraulic internal and external wheel steering.
- Teak decks.
- Self-draining centre cockpit.
- Aluminium toe rail.
- Large self-draining anchor locker.
Bilge
- Dry bilge area with lots of room for storing provisions.
Interior & accommodation
- Interior finished in light Oak and Oak veneer.
- Mikuni 5kW diesel fired heating boiler. Water fed system via radiators. Fitted 2001.
- Cello TV on bulkhead bracket.
Forward cabin
- V berth with infill to create a double.
- Starboard side dressing seat.
- Raided hull side storage lockers.
- Central deck hatch.
Forward heads
- Situated to port aft of the forward cabin.
- Jabsco 2000 manual marine toilet.
- Wash basin with pressurised hot and cold water.
- Shower.
- Hull side opening portlight.
- Plenty of storage lockers.
- Mirror, towel ring & toilet paper holder.
Hanging cupboard
- Large full height hanging locker opposite the heads compartment.
Sail locker
- Walk in sail locker aft of the hanging locker.
Saloon / Pilothouse
- Large coachroof windows providing lots of light and a panoramic view.
- To port is a C shaped seating area with table. The table is height adjustable and lowers to create a double berth when required.
- Large open fronted shelf locker.
- Coachroof opening portlight.
Pilot station
- Opposite the seating is the internal helm.
- Forward facing navigation desk.
- Wooden wheel with hydraulic steering.
- Instrumentation.
- Engine controls and engine management.
Galley
- Secure U shaped sunken galley aft of the saloon seating.
- One and a half stainless steel steel sinks with pressurised hot and cold water system.
- Additional hand pumped fresh water.
- Eastham Maxol BG21 cooker with two burners, grill and oven.
- Large 12v top loading refrigerated cold storage box. Serviced 2023.
- Extractor fan.
- Microwave oven.
- Plenty of storage in lockers and cupboards.
Passage way to aft cabin
- Single pilot berth with storage under.
- Opposite is a large panel for access to the engine.
Aft en-suite cabin
- Twin berth, with infill to convert to a double.
- Aft coachroof hatch and two opening portlights.
- Raised open fronted shelf lockers aft and door fronted side lockers.
- To port is the en-suite heads with Jabsco 200 manual marine toilet and wash basin with pressurised hot and cold water system.
Workshop
- Fitted workshop.
Deck equipment
- Easily navigated deck secured with a stainless steel pulpit, stanchion posts running twin guard wires back to two stainless steel quarter pushpits.
- Deep anchor locker forward housing the anchor windlass.
- Seawolf electric anchor windlass with warping drum.
- Anchor and 80m chain.
- Secondary kedge anchor with chain and warp.
- Stainless steel dinghy davits.
- Stainless steel boarding ladder.
- Mooring warps and fenders.
- Forward, mid-ship and aft mooring cleats.
- Deck mounted radar post.
Winches
- 2 x Lewmar 54ST, 2 speed primary winches.
- 2 x Lewmar 30ST, 2 speed secondary winches.
- 4 x Lewmar 16 winches for halyards and reefing.
Rig, rigging & sails
- Cutter rigged masthead sloop.
- Sailspar silver anodised deck stepped, single spreader mast.
- Sailspar silver anodised slab reefing boom.
- Rod kicker.
- Stainless steel standing rigging. last renewed 2006.
- Roller reefing Genoa.
- Cutter stay.
- Aluminium spinnaker pole.
Sails
- Owen Sails fully battened mainsail. 2000.
- Blue, mainsail stack pack with lazy jacks.
- Owen Sails Genoa with blue UV strip. 2000.
- Staysail.
- Cruising chute with snuffer.
- Spare old mainsail.
Engine, propulsion & machinery
- Perkins Prima 60hp 4cyl fresh water cooled diesel engine.
- Shaft drive via Hurth gearbox to fixed 3 blade Bronze prop. The shaft is contained within a substantial skeg.
- Last serviced Spring 2022.
- Rope cutter.
- Engine hours - Unknown.
- Single lever Morse controls to internal and external helms.
Electronics & navigation equipment
- Binnacle mounted steering compass.
- Garmin 160C fishfinder/depth.
- Stowe Navigator 2 log/speed. Internal helm.
- Stowe wind speed/direction. Internal helm.
- Stowe Navsounder. Hatch Garage.
- Stowe speed. Hatch Garage.
- Stowe wind speed/direction. Hatch garage.
- Standard Horizon GPS Map 180i chart plotter.
- External VHF speaker. Hatch garage.
- Garmin 65 GPS.
- Silva 515 DSC VHF.
- Simrad RS8300 VHF.
- Raymarine autopilot.
- Furuno 188-0 24 mile radar with radar dome mounted on a stern post.
- Raymarine E80 display mounted in a binnacle pod. This unit has power but is not connected and needs further installation.
Electrical
- 240v system via shore power or generator.
- 12v system - 2 x 110Ah domestic batteries, 94Ah engine start battery and 60Ah generator start battery. Batteries new 2022.
- Charging via engine alternator or Newmar 40A automatic charger with liveaboard capability.
- 13A ring main with sockets in all cabins.
Generator
- 3.5kVA generator mounted in the engine room.
- Serviced spring 2022.
- Top end rebuild July 2025.
Tankage & systems
- Fuel - 272 stainless steel tank.
- Water - 360L in 2 x stainless steel tanks.
- Hot water via 2kW immersion heater or via Makuni boiler.
- Holding tank - Not in use.
Safety gear & equipment
- Navigation lighting.
- Mast climbing steps.
- Visiball radar reflector.
- Hydraulic bypass valve and emergency steering tiller.
- 2 x manual bilge pumps.
- Horseshoe life buoy.
- Dan buoy.
- Webbing jackstays.
Additional equipment
- 9ft Zodiac inflatable dinghy.
- 2.2hp Mercury outboard.
- Both well used but serviceable.
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