Our final voyage - Quercy for sale *AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2018* SOLD

Quercy - Piper 55 for Sale - October 2018 SOLD

I love cruising on Quercy, gliding along at 6 km down a tree lined waterway, I enjoy the locks and relish the often tight manoeuvring into a crowded mooring. So why am I now putting Quercy up for sale?

Well, we have enjoyed four years of cruising although our commitments mean that in any one year I have been lucky to manage two month's on the water. During the four years we have accumulated a number of grandchildren and feel ourselves pulled in their direction. Rather than maintain Quercy for possibly just a few weeks in any year we will focus for the next few seasons on family.

My hope is that somewhere down the road I will be allowed to get  back into boating.

Quercy floor plan.

Description

Quercy is fitted to full year-round luxury live-aboard spec with top of the range equipment.

The rear sundeck is fitted with a custom made awning and dodgers and this is easily

and conveniently accessed through the hardwood wheelhouse.  

Wheelhouse and Sundeck

The interior layout consists of a spacious saloon with galley area, two double cabins

and two shower/toilets. The wheelhouse has a table and seating for 4 people, which

converts into a further double bed.

Saloon and Galley with steps to Wheelhouse

Certificated to Category C, the boat is fitted with all the necessary equipment to meet

this specification and is ideal for river and canal navigation, whilst also being licenced

to cross the channel. Sold fully equipped and ready to cruise.

Saloon with corridor to cabins 

Quercy’s striking colours and beautiful lines are much admired along the waterways.  

With a length of just under 17 meters she is small enough to find overnight accommodation

in almost any marina on the French canal system, whilst being large enough to

accommodate 6 people in comfort should the need arise. The boat has been well maintained by two
careful owners and has suffered little wear and tear - she really does look younger than her 9 years!

Built by Piper Boats in the UK and completed in November 2009.

She was delivered by road to Saint-Jean-de-Losne, in France, and has never been in salt water.

Hull and Superstructure: Steel with Wheelhouse in hardwood

Propulsion: Beta Marine 120hp 6-cylinder diesel with PRM hydraulic gearbox

Bow Thruster: Hydraulic - driven from engine gearbox.

Electrical System: Fully integrated Mastervolt system backed up by solar panels.

Specification

Length: 16.97m

Beam: 3.82m

Air Draught:

1. with the wheelhouse folded: 2.10m

2. with the wheelhouse in place: 2.80m

3. With the awning in place: 3.07m

Draught: 0.70m

Engine power: 120hp

Bow-thruster: 10hp hydraulic

Engine fuel tank: 1200 litres

Heating fuel tank: 300 litres

Drinking water tank: 1440 litres

Black water tank: 1000 litres with evacuation pump.

Technical

The following specification exceeds the standard Piper offering.

Propulsion:

Beta Marine 120 hp 6 cylinder engine with PRM gearbox.

Hercules 10hp  hydraulic bow-thruster powered from a gearbox take-off.
Electrical

Fully integrated 24 volt Mastervolt system comprising:
12x580 Ah 2 volt gel batteries, replaced in 2014
Whisper Ultra 6kVa generator with fully silenced exhaust and remote operating panel in cabin;
150 amp engine-driven alternator;
Mass Combi 4kW inverter charger;
Mass GI 3.5 shore-power isolation panel;
MasterView Easy integrated monitoring system with readouts at helm position and in cabin;
Battery charger.
100 watt solar panels for battery charging when boat is unoccupied.

Cabin lighting throughout by energy saving leds.

Separate engine starter batteries, replaced in 2014.

Separate generator starter battery, replaced in 2016.

Navigation
Raymarine A50 chart plotter with GPS incorporated;

Raymarine Ray 218E marine VHF radio with loudhailer and intercom to front deck;
Raymarine ST60 depth gauge;
Raymarine ST60 rudder position indicator

Other equipment

Harworth ‘Bubble’ marine oil-fired boiler, upgraded in 2016 with a new enhanced burner.
Jabsco deluxe electric flush toilets;
Seagull IV water purification system;
Challenge laptop sized safe in engine compartment;
Lofrans mechanical windlass with anchor and chain;
Sony radio/CD player at helm position.
General

Quercy is fully insulated and double-glazed throughout. Heating is provided by

Harworth oil-fired boiler with radiators throughout including the wheelhouse

and shower rooms. Hot water is provided by the oil-fired boiler, electric immersion

heater or from the engine.

The galley is equipped with: a 4 ring gas cooker with grill and oven; a large marine-spec

fridge/freezer; a microwave; sink and drainer with an additional filtered drinking-water tap;

top of the range Miele washer/dryer with extremely low water and power consumption;

an extractor cooker hood; a good amount of storage.

There is also a gas detector and safety cut-out. Gauges are provided to show all tank levels

and there is a generator control panel and an electrical system monitoring screen.

Bathroom facilities consist of:

A main washroom with a separate shower cubicle, a washbasin and an electric macerator toilet.
compartment can be integrated with the guest cabin as an en suite.

A wet-room with a shower, washbasin and electric macerator toilet which is en-suite with the

main sleeping cabin.

The wheelhouse is double-glazed and heated for comfort in colder months and the entire

front windscreen panel is easily folded forward in hot weather.

Access to the engine room is by a hatch and stairway concealed beneath one of the seats.

The upper part of the wheelhouse can be lowered in the unlikely event of this being necessary.

Quercy has cruised most of the smaller canals without needing to even lower the awning.
Other

Quercy will be offered for sale with everything needed to start cruising and this includes:

Ample ropes, hoses, life-jackets, fire extinguishers, binoculars, charts for just about

everywhere in France.

Two fold away bicycles in the engine room.

All furniture, crockery, pots pans and kitchen utensils, vacuum cleaner.

A small collection of useful spares and engine room equipment.

Outside folding deck furniture.

Note: We are enjoying our last cruise and the boat will not be available until

sometime in October. Viewing can be anytime, we are currently heading North

on the Champagne canal.

Sundeck through to Wheelhouse and steps to Saloon

Possibly one of the most photographed barges on the waterways of France.

View in the wheelhouse of instruments.

Sitting room, note all photo's taken with a phone camera.

 Again sitting room, showing kitchen and steps up to wheelhouse.

Kitchen area, above microwave are master 24v switches, tank gauges, generator control and control panel for all the Mastervolt equipment.

Ample radiators in all rooms.

 Kitchen showing cooker on right, there is an extractor above cooker.

The kitchen sink has a second tap for filtered water.

Sundeck

Sundeck

 View into sitting room, left door is to main bathroom, right into second cabin.

Master bedroom showing walk round 5' king size bed.

Master cabin showing way out.

Master cabin showing en-suite.

En-suite with shower.

En-suite showing shower control.

 Radiator in the en-suite.

Main bathroom images.

Full size shower in main bathroom.

Second double cabin images

Fold down desk in spare bedroom for office use if needed.

Central heating boiler in engine room.

 Generator in engine room.

 Beta Marine 6.7 litre 120 hp engine.

Domestic battery bank and solar controller on side.

 Mastervolt inverter charger.

Mastervolt galvanic isolator, also consumer units and battery isolation.

 Pressure vessels, filters and pumps in engine room.

Wheelhouse

Wheelhouse, also converts to a double bed.

 Front screen folds forward on hydraulic dampers. Great in hot weather.