Nantucket Clipper (1980) 30ft Long Keel Yawl Ketch Ready To Sail Away

VIEWING BY ARRANGEMENT ONLY PLEASE I have owned Honey Badger since early 2016 and we have had a great time sailing all over the UK and Ireland including three trips to Dublin and five to the Outer Hebrides in 2019 alone. She is a very stable, secure, long keeled yawl (two masts, three sails). She is well known in many of the marinas and bays up and down the west coast of Scotland and is often complimented on her classic lines and distinctive deep red sails. Being a yawl (like a ketch with the mizzen overhanging the stern) she has a wide variety of sail configurations including full sail, fore and mizzen only, fore and main only, main and mizzen only. With her addition of the easy reefing lines all fed to the foot of the mast you can reduce sail quickly and effectively when it gets blowy.

With the fore reefed a bit, with or without the mizzen, I can reef the main while sailing into the wind without the need to start the engine. Sail handling is very easy and light and can all be achieved by hand, no winching is necessary. The boom is loose, so you raise the main and as you do, it lifts the boom, then you pull down on the clew pulley then the kicking strap to balance the sail. The sails easily balance to give a very smooth sail and she is very light on the tiller. You can actually leave the tiller and she will happy sail along in a straight line without any input (although she comes with a great tiller pilot).

The cockpit is deep, safe, large and comfortable; I often sleep in the cockpit under the stars on a summer night. She comes with two removable tables that can be used in the saloon or the cockpit; one round and one rectangle. Sitting behind and under the canopy you can keep out of the rain and be protected from the wind. I regularly sail her single handed (over 2500nm single handed in 2019 alone) and she is easily managed. She sits at anchor very comfortably and quietly.

She has a max hull speed of circa 6.5kn and cruises along at 5.5kn very happily under sail or on the motor. The engine is as reliable as they get and starts on the button every time. It is serviced regularly and professionally by a local Volvo specialist and has all Volvo parts. It has the glass-bowl visible filter as well as a coarse and fine fuel filter all replaced every year (I use the motor less than 50 hours per year). The gas stove has two hobs, a cracking grill and a good sized oven.

I have baked bread, made a roast beef, and baked potatoes all while at sea. I can even include an inflatable dingy and a couple of automatic life-vests (serviced end-2019). The reason for the sale is I have bought a new boat and I'm not allowed to keep two! Make: Nantucket Clipper Model: Mk3 Year: 1981 LOA: 30ft 9.2m Class: Cruiser Hull: Glass Reinforced Plastic Keel: Long Keel Rig: Yawl Engine: Single Diesel Berths: 5 Cabins: 1 Vessel Name: Honey BadgerBuild 1981 Nantucket Clipper Mk3 Cruiser Yacht designed by Alan Buchanan and built by Offshore Yachts England Sail number GBR 2125LConstruction White GRP hull with Balsa insulation and white GRP deck and superstructure Iroko laid cockpit seating Tiller steering Spade rudder Full KeelStatistics L.O.A. – 9.2m (30') L.W.L.

– 6.4m (21' 0") Beam – 2.77m (9' 1") Draft – 1.3m (4' 3") Displ. -- 3741 kg All figures approximateRig Fractional Sloop Rig Sparcraft anodised aluminium spars Mizzen standing rigging, renewed 2014 (not in great condition; the eyes the previous owner put in were the wrong strength of metal and are deteriorating; I would consider replacing next season if I were keeping her) Low stretch running rigging, regularly replaced (last replacement 2018) Slab reefing mainsail (2 reefs all routed to base of mast) Spinnaker gear with snuffer and aluminium poles Barton backstay tensioner 2014Winches 2 x Lewmar 16 self-tailing winches with handles (unbranded)Sails Owen Sails Dacron Oxblood Red fully battened mainsail 2009 (very good, cleaned and serviced 2019 by Owen Sails)Stack pack and lazy jacks 2014Owen Sails Dacron Oxblood Red furling No 1 2009 (very good, cleaned and serviced 2019 by Owen Sails)Owen Sails Dacron Oxblood Red fully battened Mizzen 2009 (very good, cleaned and serviced 2019 by Owen Sails)Stack pack and lazy jacks 2014Downwind sail unbranded (old) spinnaker (I don't use it) Accommodation Sleeps up to 5 in 1 double cabins plus saloon berths. Accommodation provided by double 'V' berth forward with en suite. Saloon has a large folding settees which can be used opened for a Queen Size double or left folded for large single berth. All fully re upholstered 2009 (excellent condition) Pilot berth aft of chart table Chart table with dedicated seating and stowage Galley equipped with 2 burner electric ignition gas stove with oven, and large stainless steel sink (2014) Iroko worktop (2014) Heads compartment equipped with marine WC new 2010, Access to heads from forward cabin and saloon Teak and Iroko interior joinery with a round and rectangular removable table.Machinery VOLVO MD2030 30HP DIESEL ENGINE (new 2008 at a cost of £8000 ) Approx.

1092 hours run (serviced annually, last June 2019) There are a variety of spares including filters, starter motor, impeller, etc. The engine bay is well insulted for sound and the bilge is sealed and painted in bilge paint throughout.Electrics 2 x 12v batteries charged by engine alternator. Inc 2019 Numax 120Ah Deep Cycle Battery crossover switch 240v battery charger / conditioner Shore power with circuit breaker & distribution board 2019 Ebersbacher D2 Diesel Heater plumbed in with 2 outlets, separate Diesel Tank, Digital Control with Diagnostics all ducting fully insulated (brings main saloon up to 21C in winter in Scotland).Tankage Fuel capacity approx. 45 lts Fresh water capacity approx. 55ltsInstruments NASA Target 2 DepthNASA Target WindNASA Log (Non Op)NASA Battery Monitor (2 channel: Domestic / Engine)Garmin GPSmap 551s colour chart plotter with G2 UK & Ireland maps with Depth linked to Standard Horizon VHF so it shows AIS on Chartplotter and to a WiFI so it shows in iPad/Android Tablets & Phones.Standard Horizon GX2200 DSC VHF with AIS interfaced to Chartplotter & WiFiRaymarine ST60+ Tiller Ram Pilot with 2 x ST4000 rams (I always kept a spare in case).Toe rail and seating last rubbed and oiled March 2019.

Hull anti fouled May 2020. The mizzen mast's shrouds were poorly replaced in 2014 and the eyes in the splices are badly deteriorated. I would be replacing these next season if I still have her.The cockpit seating (laid iroko) is starting to look a bit tatty and I would probably plan on refurbishing it in the next few years.The gas was fully serviced this year with new regulator and pipes.She has been anti fowled in June 2020 and is ready to go sailing.