Contessa 35 for sale in Plymouth United Kingdom

Contessa 35  -  1975  -  £29,950

The Contessa 35, designed by Doug Peterson and built by the well-regarded Jeremy Rogers Yard at Lymington in the mid-1970's, blends the pace of a competitive one-ton design with ample accommodation for comfortable cruising - one of the best-looking and performing dual-purpose "cruiser-racer" yachts of that era,

Contessa 35’s were intended as cruiser-racers, and around 80 were built, some of these were fitted out and used more for racing than cruising however ‘Intuition’ has been used almost entirely for cruising by her only three owners from new. In her first ownership of over 30 years, she was kept in France from 1990 and only afloat for two months each summer. Her next owner from 2006 until 2020 kept her in Cornwall, and over that time, "Intuition" has received knowledgeable maintenance and regular renewals making this a fine example of the model.

Even now a Contessa 35 is a very fast boat for her size, particularly to windward. However, unlike more modern designs, she gets her speed from a big rig on a hull with a very high (over 50%) ballast ratio. This makes her an easy to handle and surprisingly docile cruising boat.

When a modern production cruiser is getting overpowered and rounding up, the Contessa 35 will just heel a bit more and carry on going the way you want - You can always slow down a fast boat, but you cannot speed up a slow one.....

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Accommodation:

7 berths in saloon and forecabin with good headroom.
GRP Moulded roof headliner throughout (NOT vinyl linings!) with teak side lining strips to fore cabin and saloon pilot berth areas
240v Shore power system fitted 2020/2021, 4 X UK Sockets with USB ports.
Taylors 079 Diesel Heater mounted on forward saloon bulkhead with flue, installed new in 2012/13
Forecabin:
Double Vee berth with 6 inch thick mattress. Overhead opening deck hatch.
Hanging and shelved storage to starboard opposite heads compartment to port.

Heads Compartment:
Lavac Zenith Sea Toilet (pump replaced 2017/18)
Tek Tanks’ 36L polyprop holding tank installed in 2017/18 with Y-valve and new pipework
Moulded basin with pumped fresh water supply.
Saloon:
Two settee berths either side of a central table with two drop leafs
Lee cloths
Two pilot berths each side outboard of settee berths
Single Quarter berth with lee cloth on the starboard side aft of the chart table seat.
Galley area:
Good sized U shaped galley area with ample storage 
Origo 6000 gimballed alcohol stove with two burners and oven
Cool box
Stainless steel sink with wooden cover and pumped fresh water supply
 
Nav area: 
Full size forward facing chart table to starboard with internal chart storage
Upholstered navigators seat with backrest 

Sails & Spars:

Tall masthead sloop rig, alloy double spreader mast & boom, rod kicker and hydraulic backstay tensioner with pressure gauge.
Harken roller furling system
Stainless steel S/S standing rigging of varying ages (forestay and backstay 2019, lower shrouds 2020, with cap shrouds and intermediates from 2008).
2 X Alloy Spinnaker poles
Stackpack type mainsail cover with lazyjacks (New in 2014/15)
Winches:
2 x Lewmar 55 three speed Primary sheet winches
2 x Lewmar 43 two speed Secondary winches
Other winches:
3 x Lewmar 40, 3 x Lewmar 15,1 x Lewmar 25 and 1 x Lewmar 16
Sails:
Parker & Kay roller furling genoa with foam luff (new UV strip 2019/20)
Parker & Kay slab reefing Mainsail
North Sails starcut Spinnaker
Second Spinnaker
Light No 1 'Ghosting' genoa
Heavy No 1 genoa
Staysail

Navigational Equipment:

In the cockpit:
Raymarine Axiom touch screen chart plotter (New in 2022)
Raymarine i70 combined display for Wind speed/Direction and depth boat speed (New in 2022)
Raymarine Evolution Tiller Autopilot with P70s controller and ACU100 computer, and tiller drive - All fitted new in 2019 
Silva Star Nav/GPS repeater 
Plastimo Contest Steering Compass

At Chart Table: 
Raymarine Ray53 Fixed VHF/DSC Radio (New in 2022)
Raymarine AIS700 Class B AIS transceiver with a built-in antenna splitter
Garmin GPSMap 230 monochrome Plotter
Standard Horizon HX300e Handheld VHF (New in 2020/21) 

Mechanical and electrical systems:

Watermota Sea Panther 30hp 4-cylinder indirectly cooled diesel engine.
This engine was a popular marinised version of the Ford 1600cc diesel engine, it was removed and totally rebuilt in 2010 by a previous owner, and has only done a few hundred hours since then. This rebuild included new liners, main bearings, big end bearings, rings, head set, sump set, valves, timing chain, tensioner & duplex pump chain, pump bearing and oil pump. All fuel injectors were overhauled and the starter motor re-wound to increase torque.
A professional engine survey was carried out in September 2020 & reported positively 
Engine last professionally serviced in late 2022
Conventional Shaft drive to 2-bladed Brunton Varifold prop
Electrical:
Custom made electrical distribution panel with Maretron Digital Switching (New in 2022)
Victron Energy Blue Smart IP22 240v Battery Charger (New in 2021)
240v Shore power system fitted with Galvanic isolator (Winter 2020/2021) 4 X UK Sockets with USB ports.
2 X 12v Deep Cycle Batteries charged by engine driven alternator or shore support
New Engine start battery (Hybrid BOS LE 300 Lithium LiFePO4 smart battery) fitted in Spring 2021 

Tankage:
Fuel - 50 Liters
Water - 200 Liters
Holding Tank - 39 Liters

Deck Equipment:

15 Kg Rocna anchor with approx 40 meters 8mm chain
Lofrans Royal manual anchor windlass
15Kg CQR Kedge anchor
Mid-ships spring cleats
Sprayhood with integrated stainless steel handrail (New windows fitted Feb 2022)
Teak laid cockpit seats (Renewed in 2009/2010)
Outboard storage mount on stern rail
Stern boarding ladder

Safety Equipment:

Manual bilge pump
Mast mounted Echomax passive radar reflector
Fire extinguishers
Webbing Jackstays
Horseshoe Lifebuoy & light

General note on any safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as life rafts, EPIRBs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.