SOLD

1998 Sydney 36

"Shearwater"

$69,800 USD
Bristol, RI, US

Key Specifications

Length35.99'
Beam11.25'
Draft7.58'
LWL32'
Year1998
CategoryRacers and Cruisers, Racers, Racers and Cruisers
TypeSail
Hull MaterialFiberglass
Fuel Typediesel
DesignerMurray Burns Dovell
Hull IDBHX036011298

Weight & Displacement

Ballast Weight4,600 lbs
Dry Weight11,660 lbs

Accommodation

Cabins1
Heads1

Tankage

Fuel Capacity12 gal
Water Capacity37 gal
Holding Tank23 gal

Description

Price Reduced 10k

The Sydney 36 is the perfect cruiser/racer platform and "Shearwater" has been outfitted to meet everyone's needs and wants.  She has been comfortably cruised from Long Island Sound to Canada and raced from Bermuda to Halifax.  She has been thoughtfully cared for by her conscientious owners and regularly updated with new sails, running rigging, hardware and more.

PHRF - 58

Structural
  • Foam cored hull and deck
  • Composite main bulkhead
  • Composite grid
  • Steel keel with lead L-shaped bulb
Interior
  • New 2016 Sunbrella interior cushion covers
  • Lee cloths
  • Varnished Sapele bulkhead folding table
  • Origo 2-burner alcohol stove
  • Icebox
  • White composite cabinetry with Sapele wood trim
  • Enclosed head with manual marine head
Mechanical
  • Yanmar 3GM30 inboard diesel  engine with a sail drive transmission
  • 2-blade Gori folding prop
  • Racor fuel filter
  • Saltwater strainer
  • Pressure freshwater in the galley - foot pump in head
  • Pressure freshwater Cockpit shower
  • Manual marine head
  • Manual Bilge Pump
  • 2 x Group 27 batteries with parallel switch
Sail and Rigging

Rigging

  • New 2007 aluminium triple spreader mast and boom with rod rigging
  • Tides Marine mainsail track with slides
  • Harken roller furler
  • Tuff Luff headstay foil (not currently aboard)
  • Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster
  • New 2015 carbon fiber fixed bow sprit with Dyneema bobstay
  • Symmetrical carbon fiber spinnaker pole (not currently aboard)
  • Running rigging regularly updated

Sail Inventory

  • Mainsail - 2015
  • #1 Genoa - 155% - 2014
  • #2 Genoa - 145% - New 2018
  • #3 Jib - 105% - 2007
  • #4 Jib - 85% - 1998
  • Asym Spinnaker - A1 - 2015
  • Asym Spinnaker - A2 - 2015
  • Asym Spinnaker - A3 - 2014
  • Code Zero on furler - 2014
  • Symmetric Spinnaker - 2007
  • Spinnaker Staysail
  • Storm Trysail
  • Several older spare sails
Electronics
  • B&G wind, speed, depth - 2 units in cockpit, 3 repeaters on mast
  • Garmin GPSmap 3210 GPS chartplotter on swing arm at companionway
  • AIS
  • Furuno GPS/WAAS Navigator GP-32 GPS
  • Autohelm tiller pilot
  • Uniden Oceanis VHF
  • Sony AM/FM/CD stereo with cockpit and interior speakers
  • Wired for Iridium satellite phone
Updates and Refits
  • New 2016 primary winches
  • Updated Bermuda Race equipped safety gear (owners have rented life raft, EPIRB and Iridium phone)
  • Custom carbon swim ladder
  • Custom removable carbon fiber outboard engine mount
  • 2018 engine rebuild - new starter, alternator, fuel pump, hoses, etc
  • New 2015 custom carbon fiber fixed bow sprit
  • New 2014-2015 Asymmetric spinnaker inventory
  • New 2016 interior cushion covers
Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Engines

Yanmar 3GM30
Inboard
Power30 HP
Fueldiesel
Year1998
DriveSail
Propeller2 Blade, Bronze, Folding