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Hello All
I 'm looking to buy a Colvic Watson Jura 35 ft, (or may be similar looking).Has anybody experience on what has to be looked on .
I have no experience in motorsailer but only concerning motor boats.
Thank's you for your comments
John
 
Very few Jura class CW ever built. Caer Uffa of this parish is the expert though. Thee is a.CW Yahoo group and a Facebook group that would be worth looking at.
 
I'm an ex CW 35 owner. Speak with Caer Uffa who is the archivist for CWs. What he doesn't know.....


You will find it very very hard to prise current CWJ owners from their vessels, so consider the 35'6" which comes in varying formats of cabin, cockpit and motors. Wonderful boats.
 
Gion said:
Hello All
I 'm looking to buy a Colvic Watson Jura 35 ft, (or may be similar looking).Has anybody experience on what has to be looked on .
I have no experience in motorsailer but only concerning motor boats.
Thank's you for your comments
John
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Hi John

Further to your post on the Colvic Watson Facebook site I have now emailed you a copy of my History of the Colvic Watson Motor Sailer which also includes a section on the famous Jura Class.

There was only six 'Jura Class' ever built and I know where they all are, but funny enough one of them was recently for sale (Spirit of Jura now called Rasmus) and I will have a look to see if she is still for sale.

For the past 14 years I also help new buyers find a suitable Colvic Watson of all sizes (on line for free) and also do Pre Buying Inspection Visits ( fee depending on where the boat is), If you are interested I know of a number of CW's for sale but beware that you sure get what you pay for and believe me just 'do not buy a project'.

You must also realise that the Colvic Watson 34'-6" is quite a boat and if you are thinking single handed trips then I would look at a smaller CW.

I will wait to hear from you

Regards
Mike
 
sailorman said:
I thought that the OP had bought CW a bottle of Scotch :)
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No he hasn't, though I think he ought to. He's welcome to come and look at my 35 and marvel at the magnificence of a true beauty. A Colvic Watson 35 is a thing of grace and beauty and sheer brute displacement; a doddle to sail bit tricksy to sail well, so I settle for sailing her averagely. I usually sail single handed because none of the five crew have the slightest interest in pulling ropes though all of them profess to enjoy the actual experience of sailing. A Jura is a real beauty but they are composite so careful maintenance of the wooden deck, coachroof and wheelhouse are needed - tell the surveyor to get up close and personal with the under deck areas. I have an all GRP boat but with a wooden wheelhouse and it's the join between the two that we've had a bit of work done on.

Overall they are pretty much a boat for life, the wheelhouse has a remarkabley positive effect on the English weather, in fact I hear that the last few summers have been iffy whereas our recollection is that they've been delightful. Bags of accommodation, three separate sleeping cabins for those of us with crews and dogs and all the deck space for a rave. Ideally suited for young families because of the high side rails, bulwarks and easy motion and lack of heel. They don't point very high - at all - and the 35 is woefully under canvassed but compromises have to be made.
 
Hadenough said:
What is so special about them apart I assume the accommodation? That is one ugly wheelhouse.
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Yowza - I haven't seen one like that before, only its mother would think that wheelhouse was pretty. Juras are supposed to be graceful and beautiful, Caer Uffa please tell us they're not all like that!
 
First Mate and I were considering looking for a good Jura but in the end-as our sailing career is likely to be for only a few more years-we thought sod it and are negotiating for an Island Packet SP Cruiser. Should be fairly issue free compared to an older craft of composite construction.

This is to all intents and purposes an up to date Jura but a bit bigger.

After 12 years sailing in UK waters with aft cockpit yachts we decided that a large wheelhouse and a big engine with the ability to make a fair fist of sailing was a good thing.

We consider ourselves to be travellers by boat rather than purist sailors so a Motor Sailer should suit us fine.

We will let you know should the purchase go through..............................
 
Hadenough said:
What is so special about them apart I assume the accommodation? That is one ugly wheelhouse.
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The Jura and Veracity class were the most expensive Colvic Watsons ever built, so much that after the sixth Jura class was built the boatyard went bankrupt. and a similar fate happened to the Aberdour Marine who built the Veracity class.

The GRP Hull is based on the Colvic Watson 34'-6" and the fit outs were all in solid teak and mahogany and all to the owners specifications when built, if you are ever in a storm then they are the boats to be in, fast they are not as I have only achieved 8 knots maximum when I sailed them, but as an offshore and long distance cruising boat they have a pedigree second to none.

Mike
 
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