1984 15 (M.) BOWMAN Rival

This very nice sailing yacht has a new teaks decks, new headlinings, new upholstery, new pipework, new cooker, new radar along with major overhaul of the engine and generator.

Length (m.): 15

Beam: 4.72

Depth: 1.88

Material: GRP

Year: 1984

Engine: Perkins 4.236 4 cylinder 72 hp diesel

Location: Holland

CONSTRUCTION

Lloyds Hull Release Certificate

White grp Hull, deck and superstructure.

Topsides Awlgrip white 1998/9

Underwater areas stripped, new gelcoat 1998/9

Lead bolt-on fin keel – 13,100lb / 5,950kg.

Skeg-mounted rudder.

Gear controlled wheel steering.

S.steel wheel with hide rim.

INTERIOR

Interior joinery of satin varnished teak and teak-faced plywood.

Teak faced plywood cabin soles.

Headlinings troughout of off-white foam-backed plastic with teak battening between the panels (renewed 1999.9)

2x manual Lavac WCs. with 2 x s.steel wash basins and 2 showers

Forecabin

Blue cloth covered berth cushions form a large V double berth with head/shower compartment

A large hanging locker on its starboard side

Saloon

2 overhead hatches one with “roller blind” screens

Settee seating and backrests are covered in blue cloth

Large teak/teak-faced plywood twin leafed dinning table with high fiddles to its centre part in which a lifting trap covers further storage for wine bottles.

To port is an L-shaped settee, upholstered as the starboard of seats backs. The saloon sole is fitted with a carpet with bound edges and there are yellow curtains at the windows.

Chart-table

To port is the chart table with blue plastic covered hard foam seat. On the low forward facia is a combined unit of clock/barometer/pencil and dividers stowage.

Outboard is the yacht’s electrical panel, a B&G sailing monitor, Magellan 1200XL GPS, Icom IC-M80 VHF with handset, Sailor SSB TRP 82509 with handset, Raytheon Pathfinder SL70 radar and shelf containing pilot books and almanacs. There are 3 drawers in the inboard side of the table pedestal. Aft of the seat backrest is an oilskin locker

Owners cabin

One single berth to port and double berth to starboard which uses two cushions with a fore-and-aft join such that the berth can be separated by leecloths to convert to a wide outboard single berth and a very narrow inboard single berth.

A large locker is fitted below the starboard berth and there are 3 suspended lockers above it.

A large hanging locker and a smaller locker with drawers.

A 1 kg dry powder fire extinguisher is fitted adjacent.

The sole has a fitted carpet with bound edges. The head/shower is identical as to its finish and services to forward head/shower compartment.

GALLEY

The galley is just aft of the saloon and separated from it by half bulkheads. The galley is to starboard

2 x top-opening refrigerated boxes powered by compressor

2 x s.steel sinks with additional salt water supply by manual pump and hot and cold fresh water by pressure pumps &, a cold water manual pump

Taylor 041 gimballed cooker with over, grill, hotplate and 2 burners (1999)

White Formica worktops

Saucepan stowage between the sinks and the cooker

Beneath the sinks is a good locker with plastics racks for vegetable storage and an upper shelf.

Manual diaphragm bilge pump

Outboard and aft are good lockers for foodstuffs and crockery.

DECK

Perforated natural anodised alloy footrails incorporating warp fairleads forward / aft / midships.

Teak laid over deck, coachroof and cockpit – replaced 1998/9.

2 x alloy mooring cleats to foredeck, 2 x alloy mooring cleats aft, 2 x alloy mooring cleats amidships

S.steel twin rail bow pulpit. Bi-colour P&S light.

S.steel tube stanchions set into alloy sockets bolted to footrails. Opening gates with braced stanchions to port and starboard.

Double rail sternguard with central opening. Mounted on sternguard are outboard motor stowage pad, s.steel lifebuoy brackets, stainless steel GPS aerial strut and ensign staff socket.

1 x 19 s.steel wire jackstays run along deck.

4 x folding pad-eyes at fwd end of aft deck

Screw cover plate in centre of aft deck over rudder stock

Lewmar deck hatches (1998/9): 1 x large on forward coachroof = forehatch, 1 x small over forward head, 1 x rectangular medium just ahead of main mast and serving forward end of saloon, 1 x square medium on coachroof a midships serving saloon, 1 x small on aft coachroof serving owner’s ahead, 2 x square medium over owner’s cabin, 1 x lazarette hatch in aft deck

4 x plastics Dorades to forward coachroof

2 x Vetus mushrooms on midships coachroof

2 x plastics Dorades to aft coachroof – one for head, one for owner’s cabin.

Natural anodised alloy genoa and staysail tracks

Staysail tracks each have one roller lead.

Genoa tracks each have one roller lead and one plain sliding eye

Black anodised Lewmar X section mainsheet track with Lewmar car, positioning controls and 3 cleats adjacent.

Natural anodised IYE X section mizzen sheet track with s.steel car and 2 adjustable strops.

Double s.steel footblocks set on integral GRP plinths.

Double rope clutch on deck adjacent to port footblock serves headsail roller lines.

1 x small Lewmar double footblock on starboard coaming.

WINCHES

By Lewmar

On main mast

1 x 30ST reefing pendants

1 x 46ST halyard

2 x 43ST halyards

At cockpit

2 x 55ST primaries

1 x 16ST

2 x 48ST secondaries

1 x 40ST main sheet

2 x 30ST plain

6 x cleats adjacent

On mizzen mast

1 x 16ST reefing pendants

2 x 16ST halyards

Lofrans Tiger 1000W 24V anchor winch with remote control

RIGGING

SPARS Bermudian ketch rig

Natural alloy spars. Standing rigging replaced 1999.

Twin spreader main mast with s.steel backstay

Twin forestays are set in tandem and each with manually operated Harken roller system

Aft stay has headsail fitted and protected by full length zipped acrylic cover.

Running backstays on simple tackles are stowed on genoa track slider.

Foredeck floodlight, steaming light and radar reflector are fitted to main mast.

Main boom vang has wheel screw adjuster.

Single spreader mizzen mast has SSB aerial between it and mainmast. Cap shrouds / aft lowers / intermediates inclined forward. Running backstays on simple tackles. Radarscanner and cockpitfloodlights to foreside of mizzen mast.

Mizzen boom vang has tackle adjuster.

Spinnaker pole.

S.steel double roller stemhead fitting

SAILS

By Hyde Sails

Beige mainsail and mizzen sail covers (2005)

Fully-battened mainsail (2001)

Mizzen (1999)

Roller genoa (1990)

Roller No 2 genoa (1999)

By Ratsey, 1984:

No 1 heavy genoa

Staysail

Storm jib

Mizzen staysail

Cruising chute

By Banks, 1984:

Spinnaker

MACHINERY

Hurth 2:1 reduction gearbox

2 blade fixe propeller & Spare 3 blade propeller

Single lever engine controls

Cruising speed – 8,5 knots approx

Fuel consumption: 1 imp gallon / 4,5 litres per hour

ELECTRICS

Petter 4 kW generator

Cetrek battery charger

Batteries: 6 x 12V 110 Ah lead acid (2007)

Heating: gas calorifier heater in pedestal of chart table

Bilge pumps: 2 x manual diaphragm pumps: in galley, in cockpit, 1 x Rule electric pump by engine box

Audioline radio cassette player

Washing machine

TANKAGE

Fuel: approx 95 imp gallons / 432 litres

Fresh water: approx 200 imp gallons / 910 litres in 2 x tanks

INSTRUMENTS

Neco autopilot

Brookes & Gatehouse sailing instrumentation with MDF at chart table and analogue displays at helm position for 0°-360° / wind speed / boat speed / depth

Magellan 1200XL GPS

Icom IC-M80 VHF radio telephone

Sailor TRP 82509 SSB radio telephone

Raytheon Pathfinder SL70 radar

Steering compass

ADDITIONAL

Bombard A43 inflatable dinghy with Yamaha 2 hp outboard motor (2001)

Beige cockpit sprayhood with windows on folding s.steel frame

Aries steering wind vane

Deck wash

2 x bosun’s chairs

White plastic covered cockpit cushions

2 x sun awnings to shade cockpit and aft deck

Cockpit table

S.steel boarding ladder

SAFETY

Avon 6-person valise packed liferaft

20 x 60lb CQR anchors with chain

Danforth anchor with chain and warp

Radar reflector

Plug-in handheld searchlight

2 x horseshoe lifebuoys, one fitted with light Danbuoy

7 x fenders

Emergency tiller