V 131 Zingela (ex Sekyd)

V 131 Zingela (ex Sekyd)

  • Posted on 30/05/2021
V 131 Zingela (ex Sekyd)

Zingela is currently for sale in the Solent. 

Further details are:

4 berths, sea toilet, charcoal stove, spirit cooker & sink. Full matching upholstery 2 years old.

Yanmar 2 GM 20 diesel 400 hrs. use since new, new prop shaft seals and cutlass bearings, 2 gel batteries.

Aries wind vane. Garmin 551 Chartplotter. Radio. Tiller pilot full nav equipment.

Aluminium mast with nav lights and ladder, alloy boom and new alloy spinnaker pole, genoa furling and Lewmar winches.  Overall & mains’l covers, sprayhood.

2 Mains’ls, 2 furling genoas, new spinnaker.

Anchor winch, CQR & 100m chain. Sea anchor. Rib with outboard.

Numerous spares including oak tiller, wind vane, alternator, water pump impeller.

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Description

Zingela is an interesting Vertue with an unusually rich history.

Zingela moored alongside her pontoon.

 

Ashore being refitted.

Zingela was originally called Sekyd by her first owner, a baker called Dykes.  Having been bought by John Ryley she was sailed to Durban via both the French and Suez canals.   She hit some extremely bad weather before reaching her destination and was subsequently bought by Ron Atkinson in 1971, who sailed and raced her up and down the East African coast, from Mozambique to Cape Town.  He renamed her Zingela after a Zulu warrior.  A decade later Ron sold her to Austen Perkins who had her shipped to the UK, where she was subsequently bought by the well-known marine photographer, Lester McCarthy in 1993.  Her current owner keeps her in the Solent.

 

 

 

Specification

  • Laurent Giles design No: 502
  • Builder: Robertsons, Woodbridge, Suffolk.
  • Launch Date: 1965
  • Hull Material: Iroko on Oak
  • Deck: Sheathed ply
  • Engine: Yanmar Diesel 2 GM 20
  • Ballast keel material: Iron
  • Doghouse: Long
  • Cockpit: Short
  • Berths: Four
  • Rig: Masthead bermudan sloop.
  • Mast: Metal with single spreaders (1971)
  • Heads'ls: Roller furling genoa.
  • Backstay arrangement: Twin standing backstays to quarters. No runners.
  • Home Port: Emsworth, Hampshire.
  • Current Owner: Peter Enticknap
  • Contact details: 01544 318 422
  • Email address:
  • Other comments: Zingela (ex Sekyd) has had her rig modified with a simplified masthead rig based on a metal mast and boom arrangement.