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This Ocean Flyer 50 yacht has graced Shoreham's skyline for over 30 years and has never been launched! As you can see, there is much to be done to complete her build and there are boxes of gear to be opened and the contents installed - her engine has never been run since commissioning! No sails and she needs a complete rig! Ballpark estimate £40k-£50k. She comes with a very unique Warwick Collins Tandem Keel, which apparently lends to a finer performance under certain conditions (we have details available). Her interior is vast and, once finished, could be an amazing place for cruising locally, or much longer voyages with crew. Her upper deck and exterior obviously need work, but don't seem to suffer from anything serious. Down below, she seems surprisingly pleasant, despite years of inactivity. All in all, we think that she's a great springboard to a lovely larger boat, with a lot of equipment included, a zero hours engines and an interior that you can tailor to your own needs. Dimensions approximate and to be confirmed by purchaser. From her owner (sic): "The way boats are completed today is very different from the traditional way of using underfloor trunking for plumbing, cabling etc. Companies such as Oyster, Hallberg Rassy, Sunseeker and others, all route everything possible above cabin floor level to ensure maximum protection from bilge water, etc. This boat is designed for completion by trunking everything through and behind lockers, bunks and seating. Also all of the furniture in the forward heads is precision fitted but not fixed. It can all be removed within an hour. This is the same in the whole of the saloon area, so all can easily be removed here too. The bunks in the two forward double cabins are fixed but he should have seen that there are opening panels throughout the cabins including complete access to the inside of the hull and keel bolts. It is designed so that the pipework for the two grey/black water tanks under each side can be connected up through access panels in the top of each tank and routed to macerator pumps under the bunks and out to deck fittings through the two full height lockers in the forward heads. The whole of the saloon floor can be removed to install Vetus flexible water tanks amidships and pipework can easily be taken to the heads and galley. The gallery furniture including the built in fridge and freezer lockers are fixed at the lower level only. Beside the seating on th port side there is a space designated for the refridgerant pumps and space under the galley floof for the keel cooling plate. As with ALL parts of the boat there are a series of access panels in the cabin floors to reach any seacock. The engine compartment is divided between the main engine which has removable furniture surrounding it so it can all be completely removed for overhaul. There are several access panels to enable servicing and access to the stern gland gear. The large undercockpit locker has large side and back door panels to be able to install a 4KVA generator, battery boxes already provided and space for a water heater. The furniture in the large double aft master cabin is epoxy glued to the hull, but there is complete access to the hull throughout. The engine exhaust is already in situ with silencer and water trap and designed to exit through hull in the starboard tall locker. There is full access through the lockers and seats for trunking pipework and cabling and for the under seat grey/black water tank piping for the amidships heads. The cabin floor immediately aft of the engine compartment has full access panels to facilitate all electrical and plumbing to be distributed to both sides of the hull. The twin fibreglass diesel tanks under the large double master cabin bed are made of special fuel resistant Resin and have access for connections for fuel supply from the top panel countersunk under the bed top. The fuel filler pipes are designed to feed from the aft deck locker directly into the rear of the tanks with vertical filler pipes from deck fittings. This design gives maximum speed filling with no air locks. Cabling to the stern gantry is easily acheived from the navigation station through lockers and stringers. All stringers around the hull are made hollow to facilitate electrical 12V/240V looms to be installed throughout the whole length of the hull on both sides. There is ample room and it can be accessed in any cabin. The whole design was to ensure that modern specifications can be easily achieved. The most important principle is to ensure the absolute minimum of installation below cabin floor level and the maximum above inside furniture to make installation, service and maintenance easy without having to lift floors to gain access to the bilges. I'm sure you will now realise that the reason for a reduction in the price is a misunderstanding of the different ways of completion of fitting out and that these design principles currently used by the industry are approved by all designers and surveyors." These boat details are subject to contract. Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered. Register with Boatshed to see 70 extra photos of this Aquastar Ocean Flyer 50 . This Aquastar Ocean Flyer 50 has been personally photographed and viewed by Ben Coe of Boatshed Brighton.