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A General Description of Motor Yacht FIFER

This well sized luxury yacht FIFER is a motor yacht. This 32 metre (105 foot) luxury yacht was manufactured by Burrard Drydock in 1939.

New Build & Naval Architecture with respect to Luxury Yacht FIFER

The yacht's wider design collaboration came from R Allan. The technical naval architecture drawings are the products of R Allan. Canada is the country that Burrard Drydock built their new build motor yacht in. After the formal launch in 1939 in Vancouver Bc she was released to the proud new owner after sea trials and testing. A reasonable proportion is achieved with a maximum beam (width) of 6.1 metres or 20 feet. With a 2.44m (8ft) draught (maximum depth) she is reasonably shallow. The material steel was used in the building of the hull of the motor yacht. Her superstructure above deck is fashioned out of steelandwood.

M/Y FIFER Engines & Speed:

This ship utilises twin WAUKESHA main engine(s) and can attain a prudent top end speed of around 12 knots. The engine of the yacht generates 335 horse power (or 247 kilowatts). Her total HP is 670 HP and her total Kilowatts are 493. She is driven by twin screw propellers.

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She has a teak deck.

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‘Fifer’ is a 98.43ft  /30m  Custom motor yacht built in 1939 by Burrard Dry Dock.

Fifer offers accommodation that is comfortable and nicely appointed, and you’ll have the perfect place to rest after a busy day of adventure and exploration.

You’ll find many leisure and entertainment facilities onboard, making her ideal for entertaining friends and family on your charter vacation. There’s ample space for enjoying an alfresco lunch or dinner on deck, or simply lounging in the sunshine and working on your tan.

She is built with a steel hull and steel superstructure, has a cruising speed of 11 knots, a maximum speed of 12 knots and a range of 3,000nm from her 6,000 fuel tanks, she is the perfect combination of performance and luxury.

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Fifer Yacht 1939

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J N Miller & Son 45 ft Ketch “Fifer” Motor Sailer 1979 - Sold

CONSTANCE OF FIFE

J n miller & son 45 ft ketch “fifer” motor sailer 1979.

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BROKER'S COMMENTS

The Miller Fifer owes not a little to the inspiration of John Bain, doyen of this genre of displacement motor yachts whose designs had been used by Millers over the years. This boat has proved herself as capable in this ownership as she did in her first – latterly as the ultimate family cruising boat in British waters offering superb protection from the elements, in her high volume interior and layout, privacy for 2 families in comfort.

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This Miller 43 was originally launched as CONTESSA OF DEE in 1979 and soon thereafter sailed south; first to the English South Coast encountering heavy weather on the way. At no stage however did the boat – or her crew show any sign of stress. Similar conditions were encountered off the Brittany coast. Subsequently she has sailed off Portugal, throughout the Mediterranean and latterly in British waters. She has been renamed; firstly CONTESSA and again CONSTANCE OF FIFE.

Construction and finish

- 1 3/8th inch mahogany above, iroko below WL planking - each plank double fastened to each frame - 3 inch oak frames at 12 inch centres clamped and secured to keel with galvanised bolts - 6 inch thick oak stem, 7 inch thick oak sternpost - 9 inch tapering to 6 inch section oak and lead ballast keel - 3 x 3/8th inch galvanised steel keel strip - Oak aprons - 4 x 1 ½ inch mahogany gunwales - Oak and larch deck beams and oak knees - Larch beam shelf - 4 ½ x 1 ½ inch mahogany bulwark - Double marine ply sub deck with ¾ inch teak bronze screwed swept planking over - Hull Casco sheathed to the waterline - Mahogany deck house with marine ply roof completely rebuilt winter 2012 -13 - Galvanised steel rudder - Mahogany ply interior bulkheads - Mahogany joinery in accommodation

Accommodation and domestic equipment

Deck House accessed by double doors starboard side and companionway steps down - 22 inch 6 spoke teak helm wheel at main helm position - Morse single lever engine control - Engine instrument panel - Navigation instruments qv - Sideboard to stbd; 2 drawers and cupboards - Chart table to port with lift top and 3 drawers under - L shaped settee aft and to port - Tall hanging lockers and other locker space built in to aft bulkhead - Yew topped drop leaf table - Drawers, lockers and bookshelves starboard - Lifting panel in sole accesses engine room - Forward by lift up flap, double doors and 3 full height companionway steps down to Galley - Gimballed 2 burner gas stove grill and oven to port - Stainless steel sink in L shaped extensive worktop with cupboards over and under to stbd - Gas water heater - Exhaust ventilator - Vibocold wall mounted fridge - Doorway to port to Single guest cabin to port - Long single berth with drawers and locker under - 3 x lockers outboard over - 3 drawer chest forward and hanging locker aft - Berth and deck head lights Head forward to starboard - Vanitory unit with oval Perspex basin and H&C taps - Shower - Lavac WC - Opening port - Teak grating Fore cabin with doorway access - 2 x Single vee berths - Lockers and drawers under - Hanging locker to port - 2 x lockers up on fore peak bulkhead to chain locker - 4 x Opening ports - 2 x berth lights, one deck head light and port lights each side Aft from bridge deck to owners cabin by sliding hatch in trunk cabin roof and steps down - 2 x single vee berths with lockers under - 3 x lockers over and outboard each side - Large walk in wardrobe with shelf and stowage stbd - 4 x Opening ports - 2 x berth lights and 1 deck head light - Hatch in deck head - Separate access to engine room - Varnished cabin sole - En suite head with Lavac WC, shower and large opening port

Rig spars & sails

Ketch rig - Schaefer jib furler - Single spreader main and mizzen masts of wood with galvanised steel fittings - Jib, main sail and mizzen sail in Terylene

Deck layout, equipment and ground tackle

- Stainless steel pulpit - 2 Roller stem head - 2 x Stainless steel guardrail wires via stainless steel stanchions to pushpit - Varnished teak hand rail over stanchions with boarding gates each side - Simpson Lawrence manual 1500 windlass with cable lifter and warping drum - 45 lbs CQR plough anchor - Fisherman’s anchor and spare plough with chain all stowed below - Bronze capped teak mooring posts; one each side by winch - Bronze fairleads each side - Bronze cleat - Foredeck hatch with Perspex light - 2 x Vetus cowl vents foredeck - Main mast on tabernacle step - 2 x Lewmar 24 halyard winches - Hatch with Perspex light over galley - Steps down from foredeck to wide safe side decks - 2 x Vetus cowl vents with water tight flaps at bridge - 2 x Lewmar 44 winches; one each side by companionway for jib sheets - Bronze tracks; 1 each side deck with Tufnol blocks for jib sheets - Bronze main traveller over deck house roof - Tufnol main blocks - Main boom gallows - Double doors and sliding hatch access to bridge deck house - Bridge deck house with 4 fixed windows to front, 2 fixed and 1 sliding window each side - Handrails atop deck house - Teak wheel helm at bridge deck on aft bulkhead of deck house - Breakback hinged doors port and stbd - Double doors and sliding hatch access - Gas bottle locker - Tufnol mizzen sheet blocks - Access to Engine room by helm - Aft mahogany trunk over owners cabin with sheathed teak top and mizzen mast step - GRP tender stowed on teak chocks - Mizzen mast on tabernacle fwd of dinghy

Mechanical, electrical and tankage

- Perkins Sabre M 130C 115 HP 6 cyl Diesel c 2006 - Fresh water cooled with heat exchangers - Gaines 28 x 18 inch 3 bladed bronze propeller on stainless steel shaft - Starter - Alternator to 240 V AC - 4 x 6 V HD batteries in series for 24 V starting and lighting - Par fresh water pump - 2 x fuel tanks outboard and fwd of engine; total capacity 300 gallons - 2 x Fresh water tanks total circa 200 gallons - Shaft connected steering gear from bridge - Eberspacher warm air system for accommodation

Navigation communications and electronics

- Raymarine ST 60 Multi system - Raymarine 6001+ autopilot - Original Sestrel steering compass - Furuno Navnet plotter and radar - Autohelm depth, speed , rudder - Icom M421 VHF

- Gastec system warning on low pressure with detector alarm and isolating functions - Engine belt driven clutch isolated bilge pump - Pluger manual bilge pump by external helm - 6 person life raft stowed on chocks on aft deck (needs service)

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Historical Summary:

Fifer is one of the few remaining Hoffar Beechings, also referred to as the “Boeing Yachts” due to the yards acquisition by the aircraft company in 1929 to assist in building Seaplanes. She began life in 1928 as Deerleap , but was deemed too small for her intended use as a floating hunting lodge, and thus was traded in after one season for the Deerleap we know today. This pattern was repeated in 1939, when she was traded in once again for a larger (105 foot,) “ Fifer .” Through the years she was renamed Grampian, Kitten F, Bardick and then finally back to Fifer.

Originally powered with Hall and Scott gas engines, she was repowered in 1935 with Gardner 6L3 diesels, Glennifer reversing gears, and Hyland Hydraulic windlass and remote operated gear shifts via the engine order telegraphs, which she retains to this day. In 1999 she ran aground, and thus began a series of repairs that ran over budget, over schedule, and incomplete until she gradually fell into disrepair. While yacht shopping for a friend (who ended up buying another Hoffar Beeching,) we found Fifer tied up at Tom Mac Shipyard in Richmond B.C., where most expected her to be broken up.

Once a deal was struck, thus began a year long process of arranging to have her parts shipped to and installed at Tom-Mac. The Engines were rebuilt but at “Alpi’s tire depot in Surrey, and the new shafts, props, and other equipment were in storage in Langley. The process of getting everything operational for the trip to her new home in Port Orchard was accelerated when the owner of her big-sister ship, Deerleap offered the use of his boathouse through October, in order to better repair the decks, and the saloon cabintop (which was cut to remove and reinstall the machinery.)

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Miller Fifer Motor Sailer

• Designer: Miller, James
• Builder: Millers of St Monans
• Location: Scotland
• Length on deck: 33'
• Beam: 10'7"
• Tonnage: 13TM

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Wooden Ships Comments on this Miller Fifer Motor Sailer

Designed and built by Millers of St Monans in 1967.

Millers of St Monans were a prolific yard, known for building sturdy fishing vessels for the North Sea, but they also produced a large number of yachts.  The Miller Fifer became famous for their strength and capability at sea, a fishing boat hull but with a more refined finish and nice interior of varnished mahogany.  They came in a range of sizes between 26′ and 45′ but the 33′ version such as this boat was the most common and popular size as it offered spacious accommodation while still being easy to handle by 2 people.

The history of this boat is well documented and she has been sold by Wooden Ships on a number of occasions.  Currently she is in need of cosmetic attention externally but a recent survey reports her to be generally sound.  Machinery and systems are all in good working order and she is capable of being sailed away.

With 7 berths including a double, large wheelhouse and deep sheltered aft cockpit she is a fine cruising vessel for our waters with our unpredictable climate.  Her large engine gives 7 knots of economical cruising speed and with an easily managed rig there is enough sail to aid the engine and get you home if necessary.

2017 survey report available.

Length on Deck                 33′

Length Waterline             30’11”

Beam                                    10’7″

Draft                                      4′

Construction

Carvel planked in Larch below the water line, mahogany above.  All fastened with galvanised iron boat nails to heavy grown oak frames.

Hull sheathed from new with Cascover below the waterline.

Oak back bone with oak floors across the centreline

Internal ballast under the cabin sole.

Yacht laid teak deck over a marine plywood sub deck.  step in the deck midships to give a raised forward section and therefore more headroom below.

Mahogany coachroof coamings, all painted externally, with bronze portholes

Mahogany wheelhouse aft, also painted externally, with full height doors from the aft cockpit.

Deep safe self draining cockpit aft  with seat lockers either side and high painted coamings for protection.

Bermudan ketch rig on deck stepped varnished wooden masts in stainless steel tabernacles.

Stainless steel standing rigging to internal chain plates mounted through the cover boards.

Mainsail, jib and mizzen sail.

Slab reefing main and mizzen, hanked on jib to the forestay.

Parsons 70hp 4cyl fresh water cooled diesel, based on the standard Ford engine.

Parsons 3:1 gear box with single lever control and stainless shaft to a centreline 3 blade bronze propeller

7 knots cruising speed at 1800rpm.

100 gallons of diesel in 2 painted steel fuel tanks one either side of the engine.

60 gallon galvanised steel water tank under cockpit sole.

3 x 12 volt batteries for engine starting and domestics charged from engine alternator or 240v charger.  Installed shore power system.

Accommodation

7 berths with good headroom throughout.  Nice varnished mahogany joinery throughout.

Full height door in from the cockpit to the wheel house with starboard side helm position and port side crew seat.

Centre doorway down into the cabin with heads compartment to port and galley to starboard.

Heads has a manual sea toilet with porcelain hand basin with pressurised hot and cold water.

Galley has a 2 burner Vanessa Flavel gas stove with oven and grill, single stainless sink with pressurised hot and cold water and storage drawers below.  12 volt fridge under crew seat in the wheelhouse.

Main saloon with dinette seating to starboard with a table that can be lowered to create a double berth.  Single settee berth to port.  cabin heater in the forward bulkhead.

Centreline door into the forecabin with twin V-berths and lockers under.  Canvas pipe cots either side above.  Very nice original mahogany joinery.

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