The Boat.
She is called Ten Bob Note and is a 60ft cruiser stern built by Stephen Goldsburough. She is Goldsburough boat number 104 and was launched in May of 2002 at Knowle.
She was built to the original owners specification and was designed with continuous cruising in mind (I believe this to be the case as she was fitted with a washer dryer from new which is not something you would generally want for weekending and the odd fortnight holiday).
I have never managed to contact the original owners to find out the reasoning behind the name. Many people comment on the name when we are out and about cruising and the best suggestion I have heard so far is that it could be a rhyming slang for boat as in ‘my Ten Bob Note’ – for ‘my boat’ ???
It is thought that the original owners suffered health problems and never managed to fulfil their plans for their future. The boat changed hands (I don’t know when) to the second owners. Again, second owners didn’t manage to use her very much and sold her on due to ill health. When we picked her up, she had 525 hours on the engine, which I am advised is not a lot for a 4 year24 March, 2007 9:16 AMked as if she had never been used.
If anyone can shed any light on the history of Ten Bob Note, we would love to hear from you (email address is at the bottom of my home page). I contacted Goldsburough who couldn’t give me the names of the original owners but they did write to them to see if they wanted to make contact with me – they never answered.
Any now (I use this phrase a lot!!), back to Ten Bob Note.
She is a reverse layout design which is what we were looking for.
Entering from the stern takes you into the living room. The first 3 feet as you enter is mostly taken up by the solid wooden steps that take you down from the stern deck to the cabin. In the space to the sides of the steps are all of the electrics (all the breakers etc.). Also mounted in the electrics area is a Synergex 1500W pure sine inverter, the big control box for the Electrolux Travel Power 240V system that is powered by it’s own alternator on the engine. There is a Sterling 30Amp Pro Digital charger that was wired to the shore power only (I have since changed this so that it will run from whatever is providing the 240V supply at the time). I have since added an additional charger to handle the larger battery bank that I have fitted. The additional charger is a Sterling 50Amp pro digital.
The living room is heated by a bubble diesel stove and has (had – but more of that later) a built in L-shaped seating area that transformed into a double berth.
Next comes the raised dinette that also transforms into a double berth. The dinette is raised on a plinth about a foot off the floor. Under the plinth resides the large stainless steel pump out tank for the toilet.
Next comes the galley. There is a built in Shoreline 12V fridge and separate Shoreline 12V freezer. Also a Vanette gas oven and hob. There is also a Sony (complicated to work) microwave mounted on a high shelf. There is an in-line water filter under the sink that feeds the cold water tap.
Moving on to the bathroom, there is a large corner unit shower cubical, a built in Hoover washer/dryer and a Tecma macerating toilet. There is also a small airing cupboard with the calorifier mounted in the bottom. Finally, there is the Alde gas heating boiler that runs 4 radiators and heats the calorifier.
Finally (well almost) comes the bedroom. Not much to say here, a built in double bed with draws under. Two built in wardrobes. A base drawer unit and a couple of small storage cupboards at roof height. There is an access hatch into the space under the bow deck. In this space is the bow thrusters and it’s battery, the water pump and the accumulator that goes with it.
Finally, exiting through the double doors from the bedroom takes you into the covered cratch. There are two lockers in the cratch, one for the two 13kg gas bottles and the other for general purpose storage which is now used to store a third, spare bottle of gas. At the sides of the cratch are two lockers that double as seats. The cratch is covered by, wait for it…. A cratch cover. Forward of the cratch is the built in water tank.
Finally, finally – the most important bit that I almost forgot, the engine. The 4.219 Nanni Diesel engine is accessed by lifting 3 heavily sound proofed aluminum sections of stern decking. As noted earlier, the engine had only done 525 hours when we took ownership. It looked (and still does) like new. The engine was fitted with a 90Amp alternator for battery charging and a 3.5kW alternator for 240V mains power. The 90Amp alternator failed last year and I replaced it with a new Prestolite 110Amp unit supplied by the engine importers, A R Peachment at a very reasonable price. The bracket that holds/adjusts the 3.5kW alternator has fractured twice over the last 12 months, I am hoping that the current one last longer. A R Peachment have been very helpful and have sent me a new replacement free of charge on both occasions.
Some photos of Ten Bob Note
Inside 1
Inside cabin 2
Mabel On The Table!!
BBQ
Moored near Rugby
There is a real ten bob note in a frame in the cabin with the same serial numbers as the name on the side of the boat. It must have been photographed and blown up into a transfer.
Material Copyright © 2007 Ernie Williams
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23 March, 2007 4:11 PM