For Sale:  Steel Murray 33 "Chouette" 

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A Murray 33 bluewater cutter by Ted Brewer. Designed, built and equipped for ocean cruising with 20,000 nautical miles to prove it. She is in top condition after a 2003-4 refit, ready to cruise. Lying Shelburne Nova Scotia.

$73,000 Can.   $57,000 US

LOA 35 ft. LOD 33 ft. Beam 11 ft. Draft 5 ft. Disp. 16,000 lb. Ballast 4200 lb. lead.

Hull & Coatings 

This is a hard chine steel hull. Hull, cabin and cockpit are all welded 10 ga. (1/8+'') steel and the bottom of the keel is ½" steel. All seams are welded both outside and inside. Framing is mostly longitudinal with a full section web frame by way of the mast, four partial bulkheads in the main cabin and a full bulkhead forming the lazaret. There are three hull plates on each side and they are full length, no butt welds, so she is very fair. There is no filler or fairing compound anywhere. The exterior was sand blasted and coated with 7 gallons of Mobil Zinc Epoxy. This consists of about 85% zinc dust and is as close to hot dip galvanizing as you can get. This was followed by the complete AwlGrip system which stood up well for years but eventually got dull and was recoated in 2003 with Interlux Brightside polyurethane. The decks have Interlux nonskid. The interior was given a manganesed phosphelene wash followed by zinc chromate paint to the waterline and coal tar epoxy in the bilge area. Urethane foam insulation to 1 ½'' was sprayed on the interior, to the waterline. This seals out moisture, prevents condensation and provides thermal and sound insulation. There is no pitting, electrolysis or corrosion anywhere.

Rig 

Outboard cutter 

Sails

 Six sails, all in good condition, by Sobstadt/Storer. 

1. Main with two reefs. 
2. Storm trysail. Can be bagged and hoisted on separate track. 
3. Staysail. One reef, boomed, self-tending. 
4. Yankee jib (on Profurl furling gear). 
5. Genoa jib (furling). 
6. Nylon drifter on luff wire.

Mast

LeFille, single spreader, painted aluminum, double internal tracks, deck stepped with folding "Mastwalker" steps.

Steering 

Skeg hung rudder. 

Two inch solid shaft in delrin bearings projects through cockpit sole for emergency tiller. Wheel (28") is on forward mounted pedestal which is bolted to the bridgedeck. Chain/wire linkage with large sheaves and radial drive.

Two Autohelm autopilots.

Windvane steering. John Belcher's most refined design auxiliary rudder with trim tab control and horizontal axis vane.

On Deck 

Bowsprit is welded A-shaped steel pipe. There is a heavy welded SS anchor chute & roller. Bobstay is solid roundbar.

Anchor windlass is Simpson/Lawrence Hyspeed on a raised pedestal which also serves as the staysail stay chainplate and the staysail boom gooseneck.  Anchor chain drops into a "tank" in the forepeak. This can be pumped out but in fact it has never shipped water at sea.

There are full length painted mahogany bulwarks 1 1/8" x 5 ½", raised 1" and secured to steel tabs which also form attachments for rails and stanchions.

Bronze hawse holes through the bulwarks and two steel mooring bitts on the bow deck.

Side decks are wide, cabin sides and front slope inboard.

Wide boarding gates both sides, close to midships.

Lifelines are dacron line. You can walk around the boat on these without fear of them parting or bending stanchions.

Cockpit has a wide bridgedeck and 7' teak slat seats over steel. There are two huge cockpit lockers and a large lazaret which can be secured at sea.

There is a narrow boarding gate in the stern rail. Boarding from the dinghy over the stern is easy, the windvane mounting bracket forms a step and hand grip.

Jib sheet winches are new Lewmar #42, two speed, self-tailing. Jib and main sheets can be handled by the helmsman.

Ventilation is provided by two 4" Dorade boxes on the cabin top and removable cowl vents on the bow and stern decks.

The 7 ½ ft. dinghy has floatation chambers, a sailing rig, and stores inverted in chocks on the cabin top. The dinghy can easily be brought aboard or launched by two people through the boarding gate, without using a halyard to lift it.

There is a spray dodger but it has not been installed since the refit. The frame is sound but the fabric needs replacing.

Portlights and Hatches 

There are eight cast aluminum Atkins & Hoyle opening ports, two A&H deck hatches and an A&H roller hatch for the companionway. The companionway has 1" thick teak drop boards in stainless steel channels.

Interior Layout 

Headroom is 6' 1 1/2"

Designed for liveaboard cruising. 

Double "harbour berth"  (6'9" X 48") forward.

Head on port side, lockers on starboard to mid-ship. 

Galley in widest part. On port side are double sinks, two burner Taylor's kerosene range and a gimbaled one burner propane stove. On starboard is a well insulated, 4.6 cubic foot  icebox, dish and liquor lockers and a Force 10 cabin heater (kerosene) in a safe recess.

The main cabin has settees with deep pilot berths (6'5"X24") outboard and a solid cherry drop-leaf table. The navigation table is on port side, facing aft with the end of one settee forming a seat. -A wet locker is to starboard, under the bridgedeck. -

All locker doors are solid cherry frames with caning for ventilation. 

The top and front of the engine compartment can be removed for engine inspection and oil check. The nav. table slides out for complete removal of engine box (top, front, and one side). Since the engine is under the bridgedeck, not the cockpit, this provides easy access to the engine and stuffing box.

There is a 40  gallon (48 US gal.) fuel tank under the cockpit.