Description

SIRA is a unique and the last example of the well-known Oceanranger range from Westerly. Her hull was laid in 2000 at the Westerly factory in Waterlooville, Hampshire, UK. But, after Westerly’s collapse into administration her first owner had her moved to Meridian Trust where she was completed employing ex-Westerly staff and launched in 2002. The current owner (only SIRA’s second) has every one of the invoices resulting from the original build and a visit to her will testify to the fact that only the best equipment available at the time was used in her construction. The original build and the diligence with which she has been looked after since her launch allows us to say that SIRA is probably the best-looking and most up to date Oceanranger on the market currently.
Down below she is a dream of a modern take on the best of classic British yacht design. The teak work is exquisite both in the quality of material, the design and the workmanship – deeply atmospheric and wonderfully comforting. A wonderful place to spend a cosy evening.
My wife and I have owned her for 12 years. She has been cruised extensively throughout the UK including Orkney and Shetland having this year completed a 5 year circumnavigation of the UK. We have loved and respected her but are upgrading to an equally lovely Oyster 45.
So it is with great sadness that we are offering SIRA for sale but know that if the new owner continues the love, she will provide copious amounts of trustworthy safe adventures for many years to come.
SIRA is all ready and waiting to sail off on new adventures! Viewing is recommended to appreciate her fully.

Specifications

Accommodation

7 berths in 3 cabins. Saloon berths fitted with lee clothes.
Access to main cabin by solid teak companionway steps. The main cabin is extremely cosy with loads of handholds everywhere. It is also deeply atmospheric with you surrounded by the beautiful teak work. There is a folding table (also in teak) that will easily seat 7.
Joinery is teak and in superb condition.
Cabin soles in teak veneer. Sanded and re-varnished 2023
All upholstery finished in Teal. All replaced 2023.
Curtains are all in Teal.
There is a barometer and matching clock.
The aft ‘owners’ cabin has a large double berth to starboard with an en-suite head. Plenty of cupboard space and a hanging cupboard to port.
The forward cabin has a double berth and hanging cupboard with a en-suite head.
The two head compartments are fitted with washbasins with mixer taps incorporating shower heads. Both with Jabsco PAR toilets. Both have Dimplex 240v heaters for use when on shorepower. Each head has a shower (from the mixer tap) with electric pumps discharging overboard.
Headlinings in Cream throughout. Aft cabin renewed in 2024, Forward in 2026.
Aft and Forward cabin fitted with Oceanair blinds.

Construction

Fibre glass hull, top sides, deck and cockpit laid with 12mm teak.
Coppercoated 2014 and redone 2026 (see photos)

Equipment

Eberspacher diesel central heating.
Hot water from engine calorifier and 220v thermostatically controlled immersion heater. The calorifier is estimated at 20l.
Electrics

Supply 12v every circuit breaker protected
Shorepower 220/240v ring main with outlet sockets including USB outlets for phone charging. 16 Amp dockside power cable, 3 core. Two lengths making up 25m in total.
Batteries Domestic: 3 x 85 ah deep cycle batteries new in 2020
Cranking: 1 x 125 ah deep cycle. Also 2020
Battery Management Sterling smart charging system. Link between domestic and cranking.

Solar 2 x 45W solar panels on transom gantry with Victron charge controller
Wind Rutland wind generator running through the Victron controller.
Lighting All LED downlighters. Spot reading lights (LED) at berths, all locally controlled. Red Chart area downlighter. Flexible chart light. LED Utility light in engine compartment.
All navigation lights now LED.

Navigation Equipment

Nav Pod fitted at binnacle. 36” Whitlock steering pedestal with leather covered wheel and compass.
NavPod has Raymarine 9” Axiom chartplotter running Raymarine ‘Lighthouse’ software and Navionics charting software. AIS integrated.

Engine(s)

The standard Oceanranger was fitted with a 27 bhp Volvo Penta which was often seen as underpowered but SIRA is fitted with a 39 bhp Yanmar which allows her to cruise quietly and comfortably at 2000 revs, sipping a mere 2 litres of diesel an hour and happily doing 6kns. Although no engine counter is fitted we estimate that she has done about 3,500 hours. The engine was completely overhauled over the winter 2024/25 and a full top end rebuild was carried out (photos available). She has her oil and filters changed each year despite having run for less than 200 hours over some summers.
Engine Yanmar 3JH3E 3 cylinder 39hp, 2002
Saildrive Yanmar SD31. Seals all replaced 2025
Prop Bruntons D5 Autoprop. New 2023
Fuel 135 litres Stainless Steel tank. One inline and one engine mounted filter. In-line fuel filter.
Access to the engine is from one removable panel on each side. One adjacent the quarter berth, the other from the cockpit locker. There is a large opening hatch to the rear of the engine/saildrive in the aft cabin.
LED utility lights.
Fully soundproofed.
Alternator 60A/12v alternator charging both banks.

Sails & Spars

Standing rigging replaced 2020. Sailplan is sloop with Selden mainsail reefing with roller reefing genoa. The sails are Hyde, made by Mark Flew at Flew Sails – main in 2019, genoa 2016 - so she is powerful and fast upwind and relaxed and fast off the wind. Her fastest point of sailing is a fetch, when she can easily hold 7kns in a force 3 to 4. This year (2026) she sailed from Ijmuiden (Holland) to Lowestoft, a distance of 104 miles in 14 hours at an average exceeding 7 kns. There is a large asymmetric, also from Flew, allowing her easy and fast reaching in winds up to 15kns. The symmetrical spinnaker hasn’t actually been out of the bag often as the other sails available give so many options.
There is a spinnaker pole attached to the front of the mast with a pulley system for easy one man handling. All running rigging included.
There are 3 matched pairs of Lewmar winches for ease of sail handling.
2 x 48 chromed Lewmar sheet winches
2 x 44 chromed Lewmar spinnaker winches
2 x 40 chromed Lewmar halyard winches mounted on the coachroof.

Safety Equipment

Integral liferaft storage to transom with 6man Ocean Safety life raft (2027)
Horseshoe lifebuoy with hydrostatically switch emergency light.
Dan buoy with light

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