Friday, March 27, 2009

Cowes. 1965.















1964 Classic 37ft Franz Maas Dutch steel sloop with impressive racing pedigree and cruising history. Excellent condition.
Expertly maintained and updated.
M30 Perkins diesel.
Newly rebedded teak deck. New Dyform rigging, topsides and cabintop LP paint. SSB, GPS, weatherfax, radar. New wind, depth and speed instruments. Autohelm and Aries. Solar panels, wind generator, watermaker.Six berths in two cabins. Mahogany interior. Teak and holly soles. All systems in excellent condition and easily accessible. Dodger, bimini,6-man liferaft.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Friday, April 18, 2008

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Details

This solidly built vessel has been improved upon and expertly maintained to a very high standard. 10.5 beam. 6ft draft. Excellent access to the freshwater-cooled M30 Perkins diesel engine with Hurth transmission and multiple fuel-filter systems.New propeller shaft and cutlass bearing. Recently rebedded teak deck in pristine condition. Cabin top, cockpit and topsides also newly repainted with two-part polyurethane. Lexan ports, v-berth hatch and dorades provide for good ventilation. 6 berths in 2 cabins. Salon has a gimballed table that locks in position when underway and opens when in port. Classic teak and holly soles throughout. Galley is to port, chart table to starboard. Galley has an excellent Taylor propane stove with two burners, oven, grill, broiler and fuel shut-off solenoid. Magnum propane cockpit grill. Adler Balbour refridgeration system with freezer compartment. Fresh and saltwater manual footpumps in the galley. Pur35 watermaker. 2 watertanks 50 gallons. 2 fuel tanks 50 gallons.
New Lavac head and holding tank with deck pump-out. Interior is in mahogany.
The comfortable and practical chart table area is loaded with SSB, VHF, GPS, weather fax, and radar equipment. New wind, speed, depth and temperature instruments. Autohelm 3000 and Aries windvane steering equipment. Emergency tiller. Cockpit-mounted Whalegusher manual bilge pump. 2 electric bilge pumps with float switch.
Easily accessible house and starter battery banks. Freedom 10 invertor charger.Two 85 watt solar panels with charge controller. Air Marine wind generator.
Deck equipment includes a 35lb Delta anchor and 33lb Bruce on bow rollers and a 21lb aluminum Fortress. Electric Muir windlass with deck foot-switch.
All new Dyform rigging with Staylock ends and new bronze and stainless turnbuckles. Recently repainted and rewired aluminum tapered and reinforced mast with tricolor, strobe and anchor light.
Bow pulpit, lifelines, dodger, bimini with side-curtains. Avon 6-man liferaft. Emergency equipment includes lifejackets, flares and fire extinguisher.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Below


The entire interior has been treated and then coated with two-part submersible epoxy paint. This boat is in better condition than when she was first built. See it to believe it.

Friday, March 14, 2008

Built To Last

Sandettie's solid hull and beautiful shape still impresses after 40 years. People can't believe it's steel.

Thursday, March 13, 2008

History of Sandettie



Sandettie was designed and built for her first owner in early 1964. She was completed and launched on May 20th of that year. She was designed as a "racer/cruiser" which was a respected class of boat in Europe at the time. Original construction contracts and invoices are available for inspection.
Sandettie raced around the British Isles and Europe from 1964 though to 1967, participating in the Fastnet and the Santander, among others. Her respectible places, in these and other races, are RORC recorded in Sandettie's historical log.
Sometime during 1967, Sandettie also cruised the Baltic Sea. In 1968, the original owner sailed her to Malta, his retirement home. She remained there in his care until 1982, making trips to Libya, Tunisia, Italy and Greece. During that period she also participated in the Middle Sea Race around Sicily.
Sandettie was purchased by her second owner in 1982. With her new owners she made summer voyages to Western Greece in 1982 and 1983.
In February 1984, preparations started for an extensive cruise which took Sandettie across the central Agean Sea to the island of Rhodes, the southern Turkish coastline and Cyprus. After wintering in Cyprus, Sandettie later proceeded westward around the Turkish coast to the northern Agean, crossing northeast to southwest, into the gulf containing Athens, through the Corinth Canal and the Gulf of Corinth to the Ionian again. 1987 was spent cruising the eastern coast of Spain to Gibraltar, through the Straights of Gibraltar and then 600 miles south to the Canary Islands. In November of 1985, Sandettie departed Gran Canary Island for the Atlantic crossing to St Lucia in the Caribbean. She then cruised St Lucia and Martinique until leaving on a fast trip north through the Caribbean, the Virgins, and the Bahamas, arriving in Florida in April of 1988. In September of the same year, Sandettie was trucked to San Francisco Bay and relaunched in the same month.
In the late 1980's, there was a change of ownership and destination with Sandettie's new home port being Seattle and cruising from Alaska to Mexico, where she is based now with her current owner who has brought her back to better than original condition.

Original inclinometer

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Galley



Sandettie's galley has been completely update and comes with 2 manual footpumps for fresh and saltwater, fridge with freezer and the star of the show: the Taylor oven. All cupboards and drawers on the boat have safety latches.

Engine



The Perkins M30 is conveniently located under the companionway steps, is in excellent condition and includes a multi-filter system.

Batteries

Sandettie's battery banks are conveniently located under the companionway steps.

Sunday, March 9, 2008

La Paz, Mexico


New polyurethane topsides, cabintop and mast.

Navigation Station



Comfortable and practical in all weather conditions.
SSB,VHF,weatherfax,radar, invertor charger and electric control panel.

Main Salon
















The comfortable main salon includes a gimballed table that locks when in port and opens to double in size.



Saturday, March 8, 2008

V-Berth





Beautiful mahogany v-berth easily converts to a double stateroom. Lexan hatch.