Description

Due to a change in family circumstances she is sadly now for sale "as is, where is", which is in the picturesque and very sheltered Mount Hartman Bay, Grenada, Windward Islands, (Southern Caribbean)

This is a great opportunity to get a classic yacht (GRP hull) already in situ for the "Caribbean dream" or simply a Caribbean holiday base at very low cost, both in terms of investment and ongoing costs (only appx £160 (USD200) per month for mooring with caretaker if you want to take over my mooring - see below)

As a holiday home she is usable now (I spent four months onboard last year and I've just spent the last three months onboard) but she needs work to cruise, so I would describe her as a "semi project boat"; in my three-odd years of ownership I have made a lot of improvements down below and now she is set-up to be a comfortable live-aboard in a marina (I say "in a marina" as all her domestic systems are currently run off shore power)

When I use her as a floating holiday home I stay in a marina attached to a luxury hotel (just across from her usual swinging mooring) at a cost of just £450 per month (approx, billed in USD) My last three month electric bill for was under £40. Apart from the convenience of being able to use the usual marina facilities (including a very nice restaurant) you can also use the pool which is great at the end of a day sanding or painting! Obviously other options available, but local marina prices are all much in the same range.

When I'm not onboard she lives on a swinging mooring where she can remain for the new owner if required at approximately £160 per month including caretaking (by the same guy who has looked after her for me since 2021 and for previous owners for at least another six years before that).

NB: Although I use shore power all the 12v systems are in place and worked when I bought her in Oct 21, but she needs new batteries and additional solar to be able to live off-grid or to go cruising. She needs various other additions too, basically she needs someone to do what was next in my plans, which is to take her to the next stage of bringing her up to cruising scratch.

Her Grenadian cruising permit is paid until Oct 25, but renewal is dead simple, takes ten minutes at USD160 per annum. All mooring fees are up to date and will remain so (I pay monthly by Western Union - simple & cheap). My purchase Bill of Sale (through a UK broker) and past permits available.

I believe my low price fairly reflects her current usability and what needs to done given the value of these sort-after classics when in good cruising trim, especially with the amount of tools, spares and equipment onboard, and considering the Hydrovane self-steering alone is worth around £2.5k on the second-hand market and the watermaker not much less.

Viewing by arrangement (I'm in the UK but I have a local agent in Grenada (with boat keys) who can meet you at the marina and take you out to the boat.)

Masthead sloop rigged with slab reefed main & roller furling foresail (with additional removable forestay)

Mainsail - Dacron - Saturn: Excellent condition - White

Genoa - 140% roller furling Dacron - Saturn: Excellent condition

Sheet winches:

2 x Lewmar 25

2 x Lewmar 40

Halyard & reefing winches (at mast) 3 x Lewmar 8s

(Numerous winch handles onboard)

(Some running reefing will need replacing, but not all, e.g. the main halyard is new)

Perkins 4108 42hp diesel, through hydraulic drive to fixed two-blade prop

Tender - Caribe 2.6m RIB; tatty but holds air for a couple of weeks, and even then just needs a quick pump on one chamber; with thwart & pair of the correct Caribe oars with captive rowlocks

Yamaha 4hp (2stroke), with remote tank

(Small derrick on pushpit aids recovery of engine onboard)

Folding grapnel on warp & chain for tender

Ground tackle etc:

New Delta anchor, 35lb, on 130feet of 1/4inch chain

Lofrans "Royal" manual windless to single bow roller

Folding "fisherman" kedge, circa 30lb, on

125ft 22m three-strand

50ft 22mm multiplait

Six main mooring lines: 18mm three-strand nylon 2@15ft 2@25ft 2@35ft

Plus many other spare lines too numerous to list

Three (very) large fenders, one medium, and two fender boards

Two very large cockpit lockers port & starboard (I'm six foot and the lip is up to my chest when I stand on the bottom) and smaller locker aft

Cockpit cushions for the long side benches, various other small cushions

Removable cockpit table (my own Heath Robinson set up, but it works!)

Sprayhood & bimini, both in good condition (see pics). Bimini can stay up when sailing

Large awning which covers from the bimini to ahead of the mast - heavy duty & very functional but stained. (I was quoted £1500 for a replacement, so although tatty it's a valuable extra to have with the boat)

Further small awning to cover forecabin

(NB full-length (& deep-sided) shade is vital in the Caribbean, lowers cabin temps by double-digits of degrees, and also means all hatches can remain open during rain showers (which tend to be short but heavy))

Plastimo 6man Coastal life-raft in canister (out of date, but servicing available in Grenada)

XM Oscar MOB life-sling

Horseshoe lifebuoy (tatty) in cradle on pushpit

Midships boarding step (i.e. use from dinghy)

Swim boarding ladder

Hydrovane self-steering, believed to be complete and in working order (has spare vane sleeve)

AquaAir dual wind or water-towed generator; believed to be complete and in working order

Sestrel binnacle compass at helm

NASA Target combo log, depth & wind at chart table

ICOM M330 VHF (new, no MMSI assigned so easy to set up for the new owner)

LOKATA 406 2M/23/165 EPIRB (not known if working)

Xantrex battery monitor

Spinlock MastPro bosun's chair

Four safety harnesses

Large hanging locker immediately to port of companionway steps

Aft of that is a rear-facing nav station with chart storage etc

Engine access is behind removable steps

Opposite is U-shaped galley

Two v-berths in forecabin

Port & starboard settee berths in saloon

Port settee berth can be made into a small double or very roomy single (extra mattress onboard that makes this very comfy)

All berths have lee-cloths fitted.

All berths reupholstered last year

Folding saloon table

Storage behind and under all berths with additional lockers & bookshelf to port

New curtains on all windows (also important for shade)

Galley has a safety strap and sink with pressurised hot & cold water, plus manual sink pump

Nearly new (mains) microwave, kettle, toaster

Fire blanket

Variety of crockery, cutlery, pots, pans, cleaning materials etc etc.

Waeco Coolmatic CF25 12/220v fridge (top opening, gets very cold), plus large traditional icebox (as fitted when built)

Two burner gimballed gas stove, but on the basis of appearance visual I would not consider it safe to use. I use a portable gas grill in the cockpit, which also keeps heat out of the cabin (there are eight spare gas canisters onboard). There is also a tatty but useable Cobb multi-function charcoal BBQ

Various galley lockers, giving plenty of storage.

Lavac sea toilet

Hanging locker behind

Shower unit & taps to washbasin (inoperative)

Cabinets above & below sink

PUR Powersurvivor 40E watermaker, believed to be in working order

Large selection of tools, general spares, and engine spares too numerous to list, but including numerous drive belts, a spare prop, and a spare furling drum.

Complete spare bimini (I was planning on using the frame for solar panel installation)

TO REITERATE:

All pics are recent - how she looks in these photos is how she looks today.

She is 53yrs old and well travelled with the scars to prove it: do not expect a boat that looks like or is laid out like, a showroom fresh French cruiser

She needs work to get her into cruising trim

She can be used TODAY as a marina-based liveaboard, as described above. I know this to be the case as I have done just that for multiple months since Oct 21.

She is (as far as I am aware) the cheapest Nic35 for sale today anywhere.

The price is negotiable

Specifications

Accommodation

Large hanging locker immediately to port of companionway steps

Aft of that is a rear-facing nav station with chart storage etc

Engine access is behind removable steps

Opposite is U-shaped galley

Two v-berths in forecabin

Port & starboard settee berths in saloon (Port settee berth can be made into a small double or very roomy single (extra mattress onboard that makes this very comfy)

All berths have lee-cloths fitted.

All berths reupholstered last year

Folding saloon table

Storage behind and under all berths with additional lockers & bookshelf to port

New curtains on all windows (important for shade)

Galley has a safety strap and sink with pressurised hot & cold water, plus manual sink pump

Nearly new (mains) microwave, kettle, toaster

Fire blanket

Variety of crockery, cutlery, pots, pans, cleaning materials etc etc.

Waeco Coolmatic CF25 12/220v fridge (top opening, gets very cold), plus large traditional icebox (as fitted when built)

Two burner gimballed gas stove, but on the basis of appearance visual I would not consider it safe to use. I use a portable gas grill in the cockpit, which also keeps heat out of the cabin (there are eight spare gas canisters onboard). There is also a tatty but useable Cobb multi-function charcoal BBQ

Various galley lockers, giving plenty of storage.

Lavac sea toilet

Hanging locker behind

Shower unit & taps to washbasin (inoperative)

Cabinets above & below sink

Construction

GRP, fin keel with skeg & rudder

Equipment

Tender - Caribe 2.6m RIB; tatty but holds air for a couple of weeks, and even then just needs a quick pump on one chamber; with thwart & pair of the correct Caribe oars with captive rowlocks

Yamaha 4hp (2stroke), with remote tank

(Small derrick on pushpit aids recovery of engine onboard)

Folding grapnel on warp & chain for tender

Hydrovane self-steering, believed to be complete and in working order (plus spare vane sleeve)

AquaAir dual wind or water-towed generator; believed to be complete and in working order

PUR Powersurvivor 40E watermaker, believed to be in working order

Xantrex battery monitor

Sprayhood & bimini, both in good condition (see pics). Bimini can stay up when sailing

Large awning which covers from the bimini to ahead of the mast - heavy duty & very functional but stained. (I was quoted £1500 for a replacement, so although tatty it's a valuable extra to have with the boat)

Further small awning to cover forecabin

(NB full-length (& deep-sided) shade is vital in the Caribbean, lowers cabin temps by double-digits of degrees, and also means all hatches can remain open during rain showers (which tend to be short but heavy))

New Delta anchor, 35lb, on 130feet of 1/4inch chain

Lofrans "Royal" manual windless to single bow roller

Folding "fisherman" kedge, circa 30lb, on 125ft 22m three-strand

50ft 22mm multiplait

Six main mooring lines: 18mm three-strand nylon 2@15ft 2@25ft 2@35ft

Plus many other spare lines too numerous to list

Three (very) large fenders, one medium, and two fender boards

Large selection of tools, general spares, and engine spares too numerous to list, but including numerous drive belts, a spare prop, and a spare furling drum.

Complete spare bimini (I was planning on using the frame for solar panel installation)

Navigation Equipment

Sestrel binnacle compass at helm

NASA Target combo log, depth & wind at chart table

ICOM M330 VHF (new, no MMSI assigned so easy to set up for the new owner)

Engine(s)

Perkins 4108 diesel, to two-blade prop via hydraulic V-drive

Sails & Spars

Mainsail - Dacron - Saturn: Excellent condition - White

Genoa - 140% roller furling Dacron - Saturn: Excellent condition

Sheet winches:

2 x Lewmar 25

2 x Lewmar 40

Halyard & reefing winches (at mast) 3 x Lewmar 8s

(Numerous winch handles onboard)

(Some running reefing will need replacing, but not all, e.g. the main halyard is new)

Safety Equipment

Plastimo 6man Coastal life-raft in canister (out of date, but servicing available in Grenada)

LOKATA 406 2M/23/165 EPIRB (not known if working)

XM Oscar MOB life-sling

Horseshoe lifebuoy (tatty) in cradle on pushpit

Midships boarding step (i.e. use from dinghy)

Swim boarding ladder

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