1973 Snapdragon 747 - £7,500

Status : SOLD

Lying : Norfolk Broads - Viewing strictly by appointment through Topsail

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General Specification

LOA : 7.47m (24ft 6in)
LWL : 6.25m (20ft 6in)
Beam : 2.45m (8ft 0in)
Draft : 0.76m (2ft 6in)
Displacement : 1,678kg
Ballast : 703kg
Keel : Bilge/Twin

Construction

• GRP construction
• Built by Thames Marine, Canvey Island
• Paint finish
• Hull professionally sprayed
• Moulded non-slip decks
• Anchor locker
• Air draft approximately 1.83m (6ft)
• Antifouled winter 2008/09
• Last surveyed 2007 (copy available)

Rigging & Sails

• Bermudan Sloop
• Alloy mast/spars
• Mast stepped in tabernacle with stainless steel A-frame for lowering
• 2 x sheet winches in cockpit
• Halyard winch on mast
• Slab reefing mainsail (age unknown, condition good)
• Furling jib (age unknown, condition good)
• Spare slab reefing mainsail (not used by current owner)
• Spare hank-on jib (not used by current owner)
• Cruising chute (not used by current owner)
• Sail cover

Mechanical & Electrical

• Yanmar YSE8 8hp diesel inboard
• Engine serviced annually
• New starter motor 2008
• 10 gallon fuel tank
• 2 x batteries

Accommodation

• 5 berths in 2 cabins
• Main cabin with L-shaped dinette which converts to double berth to port and quarter berth to starboard
• Galley to starboard with stainless steel sink (hand pumped cold water supply) and ample storage lockers and work surface
• Space to fit cooker but none fitted at current time
• Separate heads compartment (relined September 2009) to port with sea toilet (no holding tank)
• Hanging locker to starboard
• Forecabin with v-berth/double berth
• Lockers under all berths and under side decks
• 12V cabin lighting
• Radio/CD player (2009)
• White PVC berth cushions
• Curtains
• 25 gallon freshwater tank
• Headroom approximately 1.75m (5ft 9in)

Equipment

Navigation Equipment

• VHF
• Echosounder
• Masthead and deck navigation lights
• Masthead windvane

Safety Equipment

• Horseshoe buoy with light
• Life lines
• Stainless steel boarding ladder
• Fire extinguishers (not guaranteed in date)
• Manual bilge pump (in cockpit locker)
• Boat Safety Scheme certificate (expires 2013)

Deck Equipment

• Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit, stanchions and guardwires
• Cockpit dodgers (blue) with name
• Sprayhood (frame good, but hood needs replacing)
• Cockpit cushions (blue PVC)
• Boathook
• Mud weight
• Rhond anchors
• Fenders
• Mooring warps

Other Equipment

• 2m Bombard inflatable tender
• Suzuki 2hp outboard

Remarks

Following in the footsteps of her predecessor, the Snapdragon 24, the Snapdragon 747 is a very popular family cruising yacht, with great accommodation for her size. With her shallow draft, she is ideal for exploring the East Coast or, with her easily lowered mast, the Norfolk Broads, where this boat has cruised with her current and last owners. The Snapdragon 747 is a capable small cruiser and it is understood that this boat circumnavigated the British Isles with a former owner. She would make an excellent first boat and is in commission and ready to sail, having clearly been well looked after by her current owner. It is understood that her Norfolk Broads mooring is transferable to the purchaser, subject to negotiation with mooring owner. Photos taken by Topsail (31st July 2009 & 5th November 2009).