1972 Elizabethan 309m

• Yanmar 2GM20 raw water cooled (1990)
• Top end overhaul 2018 with new (refurb) injectors and exhaust elbow.
• New engine mountings 2019.
• Darglow 3 blade 13" "feathering" propellor (shaft driven).

• New stern tube 2014. New Cutlass bearing 2019.

• Cruising speed 5kts (approx)

• Last serviced Spring 2022

Electrical

• Engine battery start 75ah (new 2021)
• Domestic  battery120ah AGM deep cycle (new 2021)
• Split charging via Blue Sea Systems automatic charge rectifier
• Power switch with "single or both" battery link.
• Shore power supply via RCD in pilot berth.
• Christec battery charger
• 100w solar panel with LED charge controller
• 12v outlets in cockpit and at the chart table/pilot berth
• 12v - 240v A.C. inverter
• Battery monitor

• Masthead Sloop Rig
• Stainless Steel Standing Rigging (new 2010)
• Aluminum Mast & Spas
• 6:1 Dynema backstay adjuster
• 6:1 kicker with line led aft to cockpit
• Rotastay headsail furling system​
• Lazyjacks
• 3m carbon fibre spinnaker pole, sheets and guys

Sails

• 110% Ultimate Sails laminate Genoa with UV protection(new 2014)
• 140% Momentum Sails laminate Genoa (1995 approx) with separate headsail cover
• Slab reefed (3 reefs), Hyde Sails tri-radial cut laminate fully battened main (new 2021)
• Storm jib (Bruce Banks no date)
• Asymmetric Spinnaker (Ultimate Sails) with sock and snuffer (2014)
• Lightweight Symmetrical spinnaker

Navigation

• Silva Cockpit Compass
• Garmin 923 chartplotter mounted in cockpit with "Gold" chart chip (new 2021)
• Raymarine i50 Tri-Data
• Raymarine i60 Wind
• Raymarine ST60+ Compass Head unit, fluxgate compass (replaced 2019)
• Two ST40 "Autohelm Seatalk" repeaters at the nav station
• Raymarine ST1000+ Tiller Pilot (new 2017)
• Airmar speed log
• Echomax X-S Band radar target enhancer
• Digital Yachts AIS2000 Class B transponder with VHF spitter
• Icom M423GE (internal GPS) VHF with HM 195 GB Command Mic mounted in cockpit
• Masthead LED Tricolour light
• Masthead LED Anchor light (Dusk to Dawn)
• Pulpit Bi-colour and transom mounted stern light
• Mast combination "steaming" and LED "deck flood" light
• NAVTEX bluetooth with Vector antenna mounted on pushpit
• JVC AM/FM stereo with Bluetooth connectivity

Deck

• Vulcan 9kg anchor (new 2020) 35m x 8mm chain and 30m warp
• Lofrans manual windlass (new 2020)
• Danforth kedge anchor with chain and warp
• Two Lewmar ST40 (Evolution) self tailing genoa sheet winches
• Two Lewmar 8 spinnaker sheet winches
• Two halyard winches at the mast
• Reefing line winch at the mast
• Two cockpit lockers with protective canvas covers.
• Starboard locker for line etc, with gas bottle holder and regulator.
• Port locker deep locker with access to engine and stern gear.

Safety

• Danbuoy with light
• Horseshoe life ring with Apollo light and drogue
• Lifesling rescue system
• Jackstays with "luminous" stitching
• Guardwires with "pelican" hooks in cockpit
• Stainless steel stanchion posts (new 2017)
• Avon 4 man life raft (service now due)
• Boarding ladder
• Manual bilge pump in cockpit
• Electrical bilge pump (automatic)
• Pilot Gas Alarm (new sensor fitted 2021)
• Three fire extinguishers
• Two fire blankets

Canvas

• Companionway canvas flap with privacy screen
• Habitent cockpit enclosure
• Sprayhood with glazed panels
• Mainsail cover
• Tiller cover

Miscellaneous

• Dometic, "mushroom" sealing saloon vents (new 2019)
• Warps, fenders, boathook,
• Seago 260 dinghy with air floor (transom leaks - needs attention, circa 2004)
• Mariner 2.5 two stroke outboard with bracket on pushpit
• 3mm checkerplate security washboard

• Five berths in two cabins (saloon & forepeak "V" berth)
• Saloon with upholstered settees to port and starboard, with lee cloths
• New cushions throughout in 2020
• Pilot berth aft to starboard.
• Cabin soles with fitted carpet throughout (new 2020)
• Galley with two burner cooker with oven (new 2015)
• Stainless steel sink, various cupboards and drawer for cutlery.
• Electric and manual fresh water pump to sink
• 12v fridge (faulty at the moment, awaiting new part - on order)
• Heads compartment with Jabsco marine toilet (new seacock and plumbing 2013, new pump 2020),
• Vanity unit with storage above and below sink unit.
• Electric and manual fresh water pump to sink.

• Hull number 39, “yard finished” by Peter Webster of Lymington in 1972
• Launched in 1973,
• David Thomas designed

Documentation

• Original British Registry Blue book
• Bill of Sale to current owner confirming 5 years clear title
• Location letter confirming Uk berth on Dec 31st 2020

Owners Comments

Snowbird came to us in 2010, as the fourth owner. She was lying ashore in Shoreham when we took ownership of her. In the years we have owned her, we have mainly cruised the South Coast of England, taken part in the Classic Channel Regatta and several "Round The Island Races". 

Having researched her history, she was entered the first AZAB (Azores and Back) race in 1975, by N.W.Neal.  

Her next owner(s) were brothers who spent some 17 years racing Snowbird in and around Salcombe, Devon. 

The owner prior to us was a gentleman from Hever in Kent.

For a full, detailed specification with additional photographs and direct contact details for the listing office visit our website 

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.

Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old

NOTE - Please ring our offices prior to visiting, as the boat may be unavailable for viewing or located at a different marina.