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Well known classic short-handed race boat with three circumnavigations undertaken. Low purchase and maintenance costs make this an obvious route for the first time short-handed sailor whether for purchase or charter.
Class: Open 50
Designer: Rodger Martin
Builder: Mike Plant
Year: 1986
Length overall: 15.24 m (50’)
Beam overall: 4.8 m (15’ 9”)
Draft: 2.94 m (9’ 7”)
Displacement: 12,200 kg (26,900 lbs)
Water ballast: 1,280 kg (2,821 lbs)
Rig: Aluminium built in 1986, rigged with Dyeform rigging in 1996 and a new boom in 1994
Deck gear: Lewmar winches, Antal hardware and clutches/jammers
Keel: Conventional lead, no bulb
Rudder: Single
Engine: Yanmar 3GM, 27 hp ST20 saildrive
Electronics: Raytheon ST60 and Raytheon pilots, all new in 2003
Interior: Three berths, cooker, sink, WC
Miscellaneous: Anchor, ground gear, sheets and halyards new in 2003.
Construction: Glass and foam construction on male hull plug. Watertight bulkheads and accepted for IMOCA certification under grand-fathering rules
Sails: Large sail wardrobe, with recent wardrobe sufficient as race sails and many spares for deliveries. Mainsail Doyle Spectra 2003 Hyde Spectra 1994 N/A Dacron N/A Genoa Westaway Spectra 2000 N/A Spectra N/A N/A Dacron N/A N/A Dacron N/A Staysail Westaway Dacron 2001 N/A Dacron N/A Storm jib North Dacron 1997 Trisail Doyle Dacron 2000 Asymetric Spi North 2.2oz nyl 1997 Symetrical Spi Westaway 0.75 oz 2000 North 0.5 oz 1997 Code 0 Doyle D4 2003 MPG Hood Dacron 1997
Olympian Challenger was built as Airco Distributor in the United States by Mike Plant for the 1986 BOC Around Alone singlehenaded round the world yacht race. She completed this event a further two times in 1990 with Josh Hall as Spirit of Ipswich and 1994 with Niah Vaughan as Jimroda. Since that time the yacht has taken part in numerous trans-atlantic short handed races as well as being used for corporate and management training events. Designed by Rodger Martin, well known for his early BOC/Transat sixty foot designs such as Grinnaker and Coyote, the boat was built in an era when completing the course and not extreme lightness were very much key factors. The construction could be described as robust and heavy compared to modern designs and the result of this has been her long life. She is also a simple and forgiving boat to sail and as such ideal for a sailor making there first foray into long distance short-handed sailing. She has been owned and operated partly for charter since the late nineties by a professional BT Challenge boat skipper and has as a result been MCA coded, although this has been allowed to lapse recently as the boat has not been chartered since 2003. The vessel was last surveyed in October 1999 before it was purchased by the present owner, In 2003 the yacht undertook a complete refit and was chartered for the Transat Jacques Vabres. Olympian Challenger has not been sailed a great deal since then and so is very much ready for long passage making.
Berthed: South coast of the UK
Asking Price: £45000 - PRICE REDUCTION FROM 85,000
Lying: South Coast, UK
Inventory and description to be confirmed and subject to contract.
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