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SOLD

S49411

Nicholson 35 Mk VI

Lying

Hampshire

Builder

Camper & Nicholsons/Spectrum Marine

Year

1979

Price

£44,500

LOA

35' 3"

Sail area

736 sq ft

Brief details

LWL

26' 9"

Rig

Sloop

A rare find - a really lovely later-built example of one of the the classic Nicholson 35 cruiser-racers. This 1979 Mk VI example has been in her present second ownership since 1987. She has glossy topsides in original gelcoat, interior joinery in lovely condition, and has very clearly been beautifully maintained. The Nicholson 35 was regarded as moderate displacement when designed, although by modern standards she is fairly heavy, with an excellent 47% ballast ratio and a deeper cockpit than you will find in most current yachts.

Beam

10' 5"

Cabins

Saloon & forecabin

Draught

5' 6"

Berths

6

Displacement

15,652 lbs

Engine

Watermota Sea Panther diesel

Ballast

7,392 lbs encapsulated lead

BHP

29

Keel type

Fin and skeg

Nicholson 35

The Nicholson 35 was designed in-house by Camper & Nicholsons in 1970/71, and remained in production from 1971 to 1990, with various minor model changes from Mk I to Mk VII. Whilst the hull mouldings of some boats were contracted out, always to quallity moulders, all Nicholsons 35s were finished by Camper & Nicholson themselves, to a very high standard.

 

Although designed as a cruiser-racer, the Nicholson 35 is now very highly sought after as a solid, fast, and very seaworthy cruiser. About 230 were built over their long production run, and they have a superb reputation as a safe, fast passage-maker. It is is thus very rare now to find one like this that has not had the wear and tear of multiple extended ocean passages, or hard racing early in her life.

Various sources quote slightly different ballast and displacement figures for these boats: the figures here being taken from a Nicholson-supplied manual for this boat. This is a Mk VI boat, with the later conventional shaft drive to a P-bracket instead of the hydraulic drive to a prop mounted in the aft end of keel that was fitted to early boats. She also has the later internal layout with a quarter berth aft of the chart table, but does not have the taller rig of the later boats, a feature probably introduced for the American market, where a significant number of boats were sold by a dealer in Annapolis.

Nicholson 35 for sale
The hull has the original gelcoat finish still in very good condition.
The underbody was given a preventative Gelshield epoxy treatment ten years ago.
Nicholson 35 for sale

Photographs April 2011

Nicholson 35 for sale
Nicholson 35 for sale
Nicholson 35 for sale
Nicholson 35 for sale

A large refrigerated icebox is fitted to the right of the cooker. The smaller opening
in the worktop to the left of the cooker is a storage locker.

Nicholson 35 for sale

She has the original Brookes & Gatehouse wind/speed/depth instruments,
all still working, with displays above the main hatch, and has had a
Garmin 4008 8" colour chartplotter and fishfinder installed in 2010

This yacht has a 29 hp Ford-based Watermota diesel driving a conventional sternshaft, instead of the bigger Perkins engine with hydraulic drive that was fitted to most early Nicholson 35s. This change in the later models was a definite improvement, as 29 hp is entirely adequate power, and the older boats engine compartments were very cramped with the bigger engine, and access was awkward for the hydraulics to drive the keel-mounted prop. The engine has run about 2,000 hours.

Photographs
April 2011

Nicholson 35 for sale
Nicholson 35 for sale

Equipment List:

Engine details

Watermota Sea Panther (based on Ford block) 4-cylinder 29 hp diesel, fresh water cooled

Fuel tank capacity

42 gallons

Propeller

2-bladed on shaft and P-bracket

Batteries

2 x 102AH service batteries and 102AH engine start battery

Battery charging

Engine alternator

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Sloop rig, Sparlight alloy mast with S/S standing rigging believed original - ie 31 years old, except for forestay (20040 and backstay (2005).

Mainsail

Sobstad Sails, slab reefing with 2 reefs, new 2004

Genoa

Sobstad Sails roller genoa, new 2004

Genoa furling

Harken Mk II, new 2004

Cruising chute

believed original from 1979

Storm jib

Unused

Primary winches

2 x Lewmar 44ST two-speed self-tailing

Halliard/reefing winches

5 x Lewmar 8

Bower anchor

35 lb CQR with 180 ft 5/16" chain

Anchor windlass

Simpson-Lawrence Seawolf electric windlass

Kedge anchor

30 lb Danforth

Steering

Wheel

Autopilot

Autohelm wheel pilot

Steering compass

Plastimo on binnacle

Warps & fenders

10 warps and 5 fender

Miscellaneous

Cockpit sprayhood and dodgers, flat cockpit cover to protect cockpit varnishwork on mooring.

Navigation Equipment and instruments

Radar

Garmin - new 2010

Chartplotter

Garmin 4008 8" colour radar/plotter/fishfinder with Blueray chart cartridge for Europe - new 1010

GPS

Garmin 120

Log/speed

Brookes & Gatehouse

Depth sounder

Brookes & Gatehouse, also fishfinder on Garmin 4008 plotter

Windspeed/direction

Brookes & Gatehouse

VHF radio

Sealine

Safety/emergency equipment

Lifebuoys

2 x

Bilge pump

manual Henderson

Fire extinguisher

4 x dry powder and fire blanket

Interior

Cabin layout

Forecabin/heads/saloon

Cabin heating

Ardic hot-air diesel heating

Berths

6 (vee-double in forecabin, saloon port berth converts to double, saloon starboard berth, quarterberth)

Water tank capacity

61 gallons

Hot water

from engine calorifier

Cooker

Flavel Vanessa 2-burner, grill and oven

Coolbox

refrigerated coolbox

Heads

Blakes Lavac

 

Miscellaneous

 

Dinghy

Avon Redstart

Outboard

Honda 2 hp

Cradle

lay-up cradle

These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available.

For further information or to arrange a viewing,

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The particulars detailed herein are intended to give a fair description of the vessel but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. These particulars are not a part of any contract or offer, and are supplied on the understanding that all negotiations shall be conducted via Yachtsnet Ltd., who are acting as brokers for the vendor. The vendor is not selling in the course of business unless otherwise stated. The prospective purchaser is strongly recommended to check the particulars, and where appropriate, at his own expense, to employ qualified agents to carry out surveys, structural and/or mechanical & electrical checks or tests

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