The Nicholson 31 built by Camper & Nicholson is a very capable coastal and offshore cruiser. "Ursa Minor" has herself completed many long passages including trans Atlantic crossings.

6 berths including 1 double and a large thwart ships heads. Pressurised hot and cold water system and Eberspacher heating add to her comfort.

She remains in excellent condition having been well maintained and benefited from regular upgrades.

Dimensions & general Info.

• LOA - 30' 7" / 9.32m
• LWL - 24' 2" / 7.36m
• Beam - 10' 4" / 3.14m
• Draft - 5' / 1.52m
• Displacement - 14774lbs / 6701kg
• Ballast - 5300Lbs / 2404kg
• Year - 1977
• Commissioned - 1978
• Yard No. - 31040
• Builder - Camper & Nicholson
• Designer - Raymond Wall

Hull deck & superstructure

• GRP hull, professionally repainted 2018.
• The underwater hull was epoxy coated with 8 coats of Blakes SF2000 in 1997.
• GRP deck and superstructure, professionally refurbished and repainted 2019. 
• Long keel with lead ballast.
• Keel hung rudder. New Delrin washers and top hat bearing 2021.
• Tiller steering.

Interior & accommodation

• 6 berths and a separate heads with shower.
• 5'11" / 1.80m headroom.
• Teak interior in good condition.
• Satin varnished Teak furniture and bulkheads and Teak & Holly striped floor panels.
• White deck head picked out with timber battens.
• Re-upholstered 2017-2018.
• Internal woodwork refurbished and varnished 2015-2016.
• Eberspacher diesel fired, warm air central heating.
• Sony stereo/radio.

Forecabin

• V berth with infill to create a double as required.
• Hull side shelves and lockers forward.
• Deck hatch with vent. There is a step on the bulkhead for emergency exit.

Heads

• Thwart ships heads situated between the forecabin and saloon, with sink to starboard and toilet to port.
• Lavac Zenith manual toilet with holding tank and sanitiser flushing system.
• Hanging locker.
• Oval Porcelain sink with pressurised hot and cold water system via mixer tap.
• Shower which connects to the mixer tap with bulkhead bracket.
• Manual secondary fresh water pump with water filter.
• Mirror fronted lockers and storage beneath the sink.
• Coachroof windows, port and starboard.

Saloon

• Port and starboard settee berths with a pilot berth above the port settee and storage above the starboard one.
• Folding leaf table.
• Long coachroof windows port and starboard and central deck hatch.

Galley

• Secure U shaped galley, aft to port.
• Galley crash bar and worksurface rimmed with an aluminium fiddle.
• Stainless steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water system via a mixer tap
• Manual secondary fresh water pump with water filter.
• Plastimo Neptune 2300 gimballed, stainless steel gas cooker with 2 burner hob, oven and separate grill.
• Gas system replaced in 2011.
• Refrigerated top loading cool box. New Penguinfrigo refrigerator plate and compressor.
• Table wear storage, cutlery drawer.
• Good general storage for cookware and provisions.

Navigation station & quarter berth

• Large forward facing chart table with internal storage for charts.
• There is an additional folding table to the side.
• Instrumentation and ships electrical distribution panel.
• Running aft is the quarter berth with storage locker and a shelf running along the hull side.

Deck & deck equipmnet

The deck is easily navigated with a wide open foredeck and deep cockpit. Secured with a wrap round stainless steel pulpit with twin guard wires, leading aft to a wrap round stainless steel pushpit. 

• New guard wires 2022. 
• Stainless steel pushpit mounted cradle for the Liferaft.

Deck gear

• Lofrans Cayman 88 1000W electric anchor windlass with deck up and down deck mounted foot controls.
• Knox 13kg anchor with 52m chain 2017.
• Double bow rollers enabling a mooring to be picked up without removing the anchor.
• Forward, midship and aft mooring cleats.
• Outboard bracket.
• Outboard crane.
• Mooring warps and fenders.
• Teak cockpit grating.
• Cockpit table.

Winches

• 2 x Lewmar 7 halyard winches.
• 2 x Anderson 40ST 2 speed self tailing primary winches.
• 1 x Anderson 12ST self tailing Headsail roller reefing winch.
• 1 x Anderson 10 mainsail furling winch.
• 4 x winch handles.

Rig, rigging & sails

• Sparlight gold anodised aluminium mast.
• Easyreef in-mast roller reefing mainsail system.
• New stainless steel standing rigging 2023.
• Proctor gold anodised boom.
• Sailspar Boomlock II preventer system with single line cockpit control.
• Harken roller furling headsail system and forestay 2021.
• Mast mounted whisker pole.
• 2 x spinnaker poles.

Sails

• MC Sails mainsail, new 2021.
• MC Sails genoa, new 2021.
• Storm Jib.
• Cruising chute with snuffer + spare chute.

Engine

• Yanmar 3YM30, 29hp 3 cylinder fresh water cooled inboard diesel engine, new in 2008.
• Approx. fuel consumption 1.8L/hr.
• New water pump 2022.
• New alternator belts 2022.
• New shaft 2020.
• New cutlass bearing 2020.
• New Featherstream feathering prop 2020.

Electrical

• 12v ships electrics with distribution panel at the chart table.
• 2 domestic and 1 engine start battery.
• Rotary battery link switch.
• 80amp/h engine alternator.
• Shore power with cable.
• 240v battery charger.
• Adverc DCM Mark III engine management system.
• Inverter.
• Sunware SW5065 48w solar panel.

Electronics & navigation equipment

• Sestrel magnetic compass.
• Simrad RD68 VHF.
• VHF cockpit speaker.
• Garmin 128 GPS.
• Hummingbird AIS/SART plotter.
• Simrad TP32 tiller pilot.
• Raymarine wind speed/direction.
• Clipper speed/log.
• Clipper depth.

Tankage & systems

• S/S stern post for mounting a wind generator. Pre wired, no turbine.
• Fuel - 88L GRP tank. Cleaned and new valves 2021.
• Water - 280L GRP tank.
• Black water holding tank.
• Pressurised hot and cold water system.
• Additional manual cold water system for heads and galley. Both with filter systems.
• New gas system installed 2011.
• New flexible gas hose and regulator fitted 2019.

Canvaswork

• Owen sails sprayhood.
• Saturn Sails cockpit tent, new 2023. The cockpit tent connects to the sprayhood with a zip.
• Cockpit cushions.
• Tiller cover.

Safety gear & equipment

• Navigation lighting including masthead tricolour.
• Liferaft, next service 2026.
• EPIRB.
• Jabsco bilge pump with float switch.
• 3 x powder fire extinguishers. 1 x new in cockpit locker 2024.
• 1 x engine compartment automatic powder fire extinguisher. New 2024.
• Fire blanket.
• Nereus gas detector.
• Softwood bungs for seacocks.
• 1 x cockpit harness point.
• Jackstays.
• Horseshoe lifebuoy with light and throwline.
• Lifesling.
• Mast mounted radar reflector.
• Danbuoy.
• Mast mounted stainless steel climbing steps.
• Markus pull down ladder by shrouds.