Classic 33' Fantasi Yachts Sloop for sale in Sussex United Kingdom

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33’ Bermudan sloop built by Fantasi Yachts of Sweden in 1967.

Built for the importer of Fiat cars in Sweden, she was designed as a spacious and capable cruising boat for northern waters.

Fantasi Yachts is a well-known yard that has designed and built many boats, including some much larger yachts.

33′ Classic Boat For Sale

33’ Bermudan sloop built by Fantasi Yachts of Sweden in 1967.

Built for the importer of Fiat cars in Sweden, she was designed as a spacious and capable cruising boat for northern waters.

Fantasi Yachts is a well-known yard that has designed and built many boats, including some much larger yachts. The build quality of this yacht is superb and a testament to the yard that built her. Her previous owner carried out a major boat refit sometime between 2006 and 2010.

The current owner bought her in the Lofoten Islands, Norway and sailed home via Scotland, Ireland and the West Country. Since then she has been professionally maintained by a very good specialist wooden boat yard and has had work done to remedy the small issues raised by a 2016 survey.

List of main jobs done in recent years:

New mast from Collars – 2017

New standing rigging – 2019

New halyards – 2019

New guard wires -2019

Completely re-wired with new charger and inverter – 2021

New batteries – 2021

Small hull repair with 1 new plank

Deck re-caulked and re-payed, then coated with Coelan

Hull stripped to bare wood and re-painted above and below waterline – 2021

Recently undergone extensive works in 2023 and 2024 total cost approximately £15,000

• Rebuild Deadwood following removal of Engine and Shaft
• Fit 9 new Stainless Steel Bolts
• Refit lower Rudder Pintle
• Repaint under engine tray
• Install new Whale MRV bilge pump
• Hull repainted in Epifanes White and Blue Antifoul

Regular annual maintenance

An elegant and very spacious yacht, a very capable cruising boat that has been proven and used properly. Ready to go this season

Length on deck 33’

Beam 8’10”

Draft 5’3”

Construction

• Carvel planked in Honduras mahogany all bronze screw fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
• Timbers are 30mmx25mm at 25cm centres
• Sawn timber floors across the centreline fastened through with stainless steel centreline bolts.
• Cast iron ballast keel fastened with stainless steel keel bolts.
• Solid yacht laid teak deck screwed to the oak deck beams. Seams caulked and payed with Sikaflex, this was professionally re-caulked recently. Deck finished in Coelan. Deck beams sit on a pine beam shelf.
• Varnished mahogany covering board and toe rail all round with stainless steel stanchions and guard wires, new in 2019.
• Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings with chrome framed portlights. Sheathed plywood coachroof deck finished with non-slip deck paint.
• Self draining cockpit with varnished mahogany coamings and thwarts. Port side thwart lifts to access large locker and gas locker.
• Wheel steering with chain and cable to the rudder quadrant.

Rig

• Masthead Bermudan sloop rig on a deck stepped varnished wooden mast. Mast new in 2017 from Collars
• Solid varnished spruce mast sits on a stainless steel shoe on the coachroof deck.
• Varnished spruce slab reefing boom.
• Single spreaders with single lower shrouds and a single cap shroud. Twin standing backstays.
• Stainless steel standing rigging, all new in 2019. Internal bronze chain plates.
• Furlex 204S headsail furling system, new in 2017.
• Mainsail and genoa in excellent condition. As new storm jib.
• Halyards and sheets new in 2019.
• Pair of Lewmar 43 non-self tailing sheet winches.
• Pair of bronze non-self tailing mast winches.

Machinery

• Vetus 25hp 3cyl diesel. Year of installation unknown but only 520 hours and well maintained.
• Stainless steel shaft to a centreline fixed 3 blade bronze propeller.
• 2 x 105ah 12 volt batteries. Charging through engine alternator. Installed shore power system with Sterling Power 30amp battery charger.
• Mastervolt 300 watt Sinewave inverter provides 240 volt power from the batteries.
• Wiring loom around the boat all new.
• Stainless steel fuel tank with in line filters.
• Auto electric bilge pump and a manual bilge pump.
• Calorifier tank connected to main engine to provide hot water.
• Water tanks under the saloon settee berths.

Accommodation

• 5 berths in a spacious interior. Double berth in the forepeak, 2 single settee berths and a quarter berth.
• Upholstery all new of highest quality.
• Steps down over the engine box with galley to port and quarter berth to starboard.
• Galley has a 2 burner gas stove with oven and grill. Single stainless sink with pressurised hot and cold water. Good storage space and lockers around the galley.
• Large quarter berth on starboard side extends under the cockpit thwart. Varnished mahogany chart desk on slides pulls out over the berth when needed.
• Half height bulkheads separate off the main saloon. Large settee berth either side with lee cloths. Lockers and shelves under the side decks. Varnished teak cabin sole boards with removable saloon table.
• Cabin heating with hot water radiators run off the main engine
• Centreline passageway going forward with storage space to port and heads compartment to starboard.
• Heads has a Blakes Lavac sea toilet that discharges directly overboard.
• Forepeak with twin V-berths that converts to a double. Forehatch above.

Equipment

• Sestrel steering compass
• Garmin Echomap 55DV chart plotter
• Standard Horizon Matrix AIS/GPS DSC VHF
• Clipper depth sounder
• Autopilot
• Set of paper charts
• Simrad chart plotter

• Mooring warps
• Fenders
• 15kg Rocna anchor
• CQR anchor
• Chain and warp

• Auto electric bilge pump
• Manual bilge pump
• Horse shoe lifebuoy
• 2 x jerry cans for diesel
• Drogue

• All new upholstery to bunk and berth cushions
• Gas cooker with oven and grill
• Galley equipment
• Calorifier
• Blakes Lavac sea toilet

• 2 x 105ah batteries, new 2021
• Sterling Power 30 amp battery charger
• Mastervolt AC Master 12/300 sine wave inverter
• New switch panel and wiring loom
• Various tools and spares

• Winter cover
• Mainsail cover
• Summer cover
• Cockpit cushions
• Inflatable dinghy
• Deck bucket
• Spray hood
• Ensign and staff

• Fully battened mainsail
• Genoa
• Storm jib
• Furlex 204S furling headsail system
• Pair of Lewmar 43 non-self tailing sheet winches.
• Pair of bronze non-self tailing mast winches.
• Pole for genoa
• Spare sheets