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1978 Newbridge Virgo Voyager 23

location icon Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Year 1978
Length 22'12 ft / 7 m
Builder/Manufacturer Newbridge Boats Ltd
Price
£4,450

The Newbridge Virgo Voyager is a comfortable, five berth family cruiser, easily handled with bilge keels and a shallow draft, ideal for exploring the East Coast and local rivers.

This particular example has been in the same ownership from new, until recently and benefits from a replacement Beta B10HE diesel engine, shaft and fuel tank, all fitted in 2010 (305 hours run). Fuel injectors overhauled in 2025 and new VHF radio in 2026.

Specifications

Year Built 1978
Category Sail
Length Overall 22'12 ft / 7 m
Beam 8'4 ft / 2.55 m
Max Draft 2'9 ft / 0.84 m
Cabin Headroom 5'12 ft / 1.82 m
Construction Fiberglass
Min Draft 2'9 ft / 0.84 m
Drive Type Direct
Engines 1
Total Engine Power 10 hp
Cruising Speed 4 kn
Maximum Speed 5 kn
Ballast 1000 kg
Displacement 2000 kg

Engine 1 Specifications

Make: Beta
Model: B-10 HE
Fuel: Diesel
Engine Power: 10hp
Type: Inboard
Propeller Type: 3 Blade
DriveType: Direct
Year: 2010
Engine Hours: 305
Accommodation

The accommodation offers up to five berths in forward cabin and saloon with 6' maximum headroom.

Saloon with L shaped dinette to port and infill cushions creating a double berth with stowage above and below, adjustable height, stow-away table. Quarter berth to starboard side with stowage beneath. Galley with stainless steel sink and cold pumped water supply, Origo 3000 spirit two burner stove, ample storage above, behind and below.  Cupboard to aft bulkhead.

Heads to starboard side with sea toilet and shelf above, hanging locker opposite to port.

Forward cabin with V Berth and infill creating a double, storage above and below and escape hatch to foredeck.

Carpets, curtains and 12V interior lighting.

Mechanical and Electrical Systems

Located abaft the companionway Beta B-10HE 10hp diesel engine (2010). Shaft drive to fixed 3 blade bronze propeller. Electric start. Single lever engine controls. Approx cruising speed 4 knots, approximate maximum speed 5 knots. Engine serviced and fuel injectors overhauled Spring 2025 

Alternator charging to 2 x 12V Batteries

Sails, rigging and spars

Masthead rigged with single spreaders and deck stepped with support provided by the main bulkhead and moulded GRP beam. Silver anodised aluminium alloy Proctor mast and spars. Stainless steel standing rigging (2005). Terylene running rigging. Slab reefing to mainsail. Plastimo headsail furling system. Spinnaker pole.





Navigation Equipment

Contest bulkhead steering compass

VHF Radio with aerial (new 2026)

Seafarer 3 depth sounder

Raymarine ST1000 tiller pilot

Wind direction/indicator

Radar reflector

Navigation lights

Brass clock and barometer

Deck Equipment

Bruce anchor with chain and warp

Stainless steel stanchions with stainless guard wires.

Manual windlass (new 2016)

Various fenders and warps

Sprayhood

Named dodgers

Mainsail cover

Boarding ladder

Winter cover

2 x Lewmar 6 primary winches

1 x Small halyard mast winch

Safety Equipment

Henderson Chimp manual bilge pump

Searchlight

Fire extinguishers (expiry date unknown)

Fire blanket

Harness

Fog horn

Construction

Built in 1978 by Newbridge Boats Limited to a design by Ron Lunney. White GRP hull with blue style band and white GRP superstructure with Treadmaster to decks. Hardwood coach roof grab rails. Bilge keels. Tiller steering to skeg hung rudder. Aft self draining cockpit. Cockpit locker to port side. Self draining anchor locker.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.