Dehler 31 for sale in Burnham Yacht Harbour CM0 8BL United Kingdom

Description

The Dehler 31 is a stylish fast cruiser combining race-winning performance with good cruising accommodation along with a modest draught. Although still well suited to club racing, 'Slippy' has also been optimised for cruising so has a Furlex headsail furling and a stack pack main.

Description

The Dehler 31 is a stylish fast cruiser combining race-winning performance with good cruising accommodation along with a modest draught. Although still well suited to club racing, 'Slippy' has also been optimised for cruising so has a Furlex headsail furling and a stack pack main. She is presented in good condition and has been regularly maintained by her current owners who are moving to a slightly larger cruising yacht and retiring from racing.

Viewing by appointment only at our Essex office onor via email: essex@clarkeandcarter.co.uk

Accommodation

Six berths in three cabins with 6' maximum headroom. V-berth in forepeak with opening hatch to foredeck, overhead lockers and storage beneath berths. Saloon consisting of a central table with folding leaves, single berths to both port and starboard with lockers above and beneath. Chart table to starboard facing aft with instrumentation, electrical panel. Galley area to port equipped with a Techimpex two burner gas cooker with oven and grill, twin stainless steel sinks, coolbox and ample storage. Separate heads compartment with marine toilet (refurbished 2021), wash basin, opening portlight and storage lockers. Aft cabin with double berth, opening portlight and locker. Pressurised cold water supplied to galley sink and heads basin. Light brown upholstery. Teak and holly sole boards. Curtains. Opening portlight hatch in main cabin. Cutlery and crockery included.

Mechanical Systems

Yanmar 2GM20, twin cylinder, 16hp marine diesel engine, located under companionway. Direct seawater cooled. Shaft drive to two bladed folding propeller. Electric start. Single lever engine controls.

The engine appears in very good cosmetic condition and was overhauled/rebuilt in 2019 and serviced annually since, including 2023.

Electrical Systems

2 x 12v Batteries (new 2021) charged via engine alternator. Battery isolator switch. Full LED interior lighting. 240v shorepower system with battery charger (new 2021) and two double sockets. Solar panel with solar charge regulator.

Sails and Spars

Fractional rig sloop. Kemp silver anodised aluminum, deck stepped, single spreader mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging (new 2022). Terylene running rigging, renewed as necessary. Slab reefing to mainsail with lazyjacks. Furlex 200S headsail furling system. Spinnaker pole. 2 x Lewmar 30 self-tailing sheet winches. 2 x Lewmar 16 halyard winches on coachroof. Lines led aft to Spinlock clutches.

• Mainsail - ADM Sails - 2021
• Furling genoa - ADM Sails - 2021
• Spinnaker - 2021
• Old genoa

Deck Equipment

• 25lb CQR anchor with chain and warp
• Stack pack zipped mainsail cover in blue with lazyjacks
• Sprayhood in blue
• Stainless steel boarding ladder.
• Various warps and fenders.

Navigation Equipment

• 2 X Plastimo steering compass
• Garmin GPSmap 521 plotter
• Garmin 128 GPS
• ICOM M421 VHF radio with DSC
• Furuno Navtex
• Clock and barometer
• Deck level and masthead navigation lights

Safety Equipment

• Fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
• Jackstays
• Horseshoe buoy
• Manual bilge pump

Construction

Dehler 31 built by Dehler Yachtbau GmbH in 1986. Light grey grp hull with blue style stripe. Light grey grp coachroof with non-slip decks. Cast iron fin keel. Underwater hull blasted clean in 2022 and keel re-epoxied. Tiller steering to a balanced rudder. New rudder bearings 2002. New tiller 2021. Self-draining cockpit and anchor well. Stainless steel rails. Treadmaster non-slip to cockpit seats.