Maurice Griffiths Good Hope Class

1971 38.6ft (excl.bowsprit) wooden 6-berth Sailing Ketch powered by a single Yanmar 47hp inboard diesel engine.
An extremely well built and designed cruising ketch offering well planned, re-fitted accommodation ideal for extended cruising or living aboard.
'Matapan' has been the subject of much expenditure over the years.
Hard Standing at Portland
HISTORY & DESCRIPTION:
Maurice Griffiths was a great influence in post-war yachting and as editor of Yachting Monthly for many years, he persuaded numerous people to take up yachting at that time. In his designs, he took much of his inspiration from the East Coast working boats built for those shoal waters but was also influenced by some American designs.
Maurice is certainly most well known for his smaller shoal draft designs which appealed to the growing number of new yachtsmen at the time. His designs were built in quite large numbers by the small East Coast boatyards and several designs were aimed at the home builder.
Maurice describes in his book Little Ships & Shoal-Waters the evolution of the ‘Good Hope’ design which was produced immediately after his retirement from Yachting Monthly for a sailing friend.
The ‘Good Hope’ is one of his larger design, Maurice talks of three being built in the late 1960’s followed by two in 1971, Cinnamon Lady built by Rossiters of Christchurch for a local clergyman and Matapan built for the Barclay family.
The yachts were very well received and proved to be good sea boats so he went on to modify the design for ferro-cement construction which proved popular in South Africa and Australia. The design features a long straight keel which carries the external ballast keel right up to underneath the mast with a slightly cut-away forefoot up to the stem and an overhanging transom stern.
Matapan was built in 1971 for Mr C E S & Mrs M I M Barclay of Whittingham Hall, Fressingfield, Suffolk. After the launch at Woodbridge, the vessel was initially stationed at Aldeburgh and later Levington after the Barclays move to Oakley House, Diss in 1979. The family continued to own Matapan throughout the 1980’s. The current owners purchased the vessel on the East Coast in 1996, where a five-year re-fit began prior to an extensive Mediterranean cruise. Matapan was re-launched in 2003 with a new engine, sails, rigging and deck gear together with a modernised interior yet retaining the original character and style. An extensive live-aboard cruise to the Med proved the vessel to comfortable and safe resulting in an extended stay in Fethiye, Turkey.
Radio Icom IC-M401
Hand-held Icom IC-M31 Radio
Sangean ATS 909 Radio Receiver
Nasa Target HF3 Radio SW Receiver
Garmin 152 GPS
Standard Horizon CP1000C Chart-Plotter
Nasa Clipper Navtex
Raymarine ST60 Wind Indicator
Raymarine ST60 Tridata Depth/Speed Log
B & G Auto-Pilot
Siva Star Nav Repeater
47hp Yanmar TCE diesel engine (2003), shaft driving a three-bladed propeller.
70-gallon stainless steel fuel tank.
Hona EU1i Generator.
60 gallon fresh-water supply with a pressurised system.
20-litre water heater.
2x 12v batteries
Shore power
The accommodation for five in three cabins offers a separate double owners state-room aft with storage and hanging locker. The forward cabin has a V berth with storage below, fore-hatch and sail locker. Spacious saloon with settees to port and starboard and pilot berth to port. Drop leaf table, TV and stereo JVC KD-DV5000 Radio / CD/ DVD Player sound system with iPod docking station. Dickinson diesel heater. Heads compartment with Jabsco marine WC, wash-basin and shower. Hanging locker and shelving opposite the heads compartment. Full-sized chart table to starboard with storage below. Re-fitted galley with double sink, two burner Force 10 cooker with oven and grill. Solar powered fridge. Companionway up to centre-cockpit with wheel shelter, lockers and access below to engine room.
Manual and Electric Bilge Pumps
Four Fire ExtinguishersAutomatic Fire Extinguisher
Life Sling
Horse-Shoe Buoy
Self-Steering Gear
Life Jackets
Harnesses
Flares, Jackstays.
Seago Four Person Life Raft
Cutter Ketch Rig sets about 626 square feet sail area. Alloy masts and spars. In mast reefing, roller reefing head-sails. Lewmar self-tailing winches. Stainless steel standing rigging.
Dolphin Sails, West Mersea (2003)
Mainsail, yankee, staysail, mizzen, mizzen staysail, cruising shute
Full, round bilge gives plenty of hull stability without excessive draft as well as a good width of cabin sole. The rudder is hung on the stern post under the counter overhang. Carvel iroko planked hull on steamed oak timbers and frames, copper fastened.
On deck, Matapan has a centre cockpit which allows a separate aft cabin under its own aft coach-roof. The forward coach-roof reaches from the cock-pit to forward of the main mast leaving generous side decks and a clear foredeck.
Avon Rover 260 Dinghy
Sharp Aquos LCD TV
CQR Anchor, Spade Anchor, Fortress Kedge Anchor
Electric Windlass
Full Winter Cover with PVC skirts, Cockpit Cover, Sun Awnings
The particulars detailed herein are intended to give a fair description of the vessel but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed, these particulars are not a part of any contract or offer and are supplied on the understanding that all negotiations shall be through this Brokerage, who are acting as brokers for the vendor. The vendor is not selling in the course of a business unless otherwise stated. The prospective purchaser is strongly recommended to check the particulars and where appropriate, at his own expense, to employ qualified agents to carry out surveys, structural and/or mechanical & electrical.