Overview

Designed by Sparkman and Stephens, the classic 44 ft 'Sirocco' was built by Taylor Brothers Shipwrights at Battery Point in Hobart and launched there in 1939. She is planked in full length Huon Pine on hardwood frames with laminated floors and ribs, copper nailed and roved in the traditional manner. 'Sirocco' was one of the first yachts designed by Sparkman and Stephens ever to be built outside of the USA. She features a long keel with keel hung rudder and is tiller-steered. In her earlier life, she was raced offshore including three successfully completed Sydney-Hobarts.

In recent years she has undergone a comprehensive refit and refurbishment by professional shipwrights here in Melbourne. Her decks have been fully replaced and almost all her deck equipment is new. She has been fitted with a Harken headsail furler, self tailing winches, rope clutches and sheeting systems with upgraded sail handling systems and a newly designed rig making her a much easier yacht to sail and needing fewer crew than was previously required. Anew Whale Spars mast and boom, stainless steel wire standing rigging and Doyle sails Mainsail, Furling Genoa and Asymmetric spinnaker(unused)were fitted late in 2021. She has a new suite of Brookes and Gatehouse electronics including a Vulcan 9" multi function display with GPS and Plotter plus Garmin displays on the mast. Her electrics, wiring and lighting are all new with switch panels and a Victron power management system with Inverter. Similarly, her plumbing, through hull fittings, hoses and related systems have all been renewed. To maintain her traditional appeal below decks, the new switch panels and electronics are cleverly concealed behind a timber door panel.

Sirocco sleeps 4 in a traditional layout with comfortablyupholstered berths, a well equipped galley with gas stove and oven, sink with pressure hot & cold water and a fully enclosed marine toilet. She has good headroom throughout and plenty of light and ventilation below by way of the classic overhead butterfly hatch.

The yacht is powered with a new (2021) Volvo Penta D2 40 HP 4 cylinder diesel engine with a centreline shaft and a three-bladed feathering propeller. The engine has runonly 40 hours since new.

All the hard work is done and with so much of her equipment new, all that remains is to enjoy sailing this magnificent Classic Yacht. Our Motivated Vendor may consider Trade or Payment Terms.

Features

Designed by Sparkman and Stephens
Built by Taylor Brothers Shipwrights at Battery Point in Hobart and launched 1939
Planked in full length Huon Pine on hardwood frames with laminated floors and ribs, copper nailed and roved in the traditional manner
Long keel with keel hung rudder and tiller-steered
Comprehensive refit and refurbishment by professional shipwrights in Melbourne
Decks fully replaced and almost all deck equipment new
Harken headsail furler, self tailing winches, rope clutches and sheeting systems with upgraded sail handling systems and newly designed rig
New Whale Spars mast and boom
Stainless steel wire standing rigging
Doyle sails: Mainsail, Furling Genoa and Asymmetric spinnaker (unused) fitted late in 2021
New suite of Brookes and Gatehouse electronics including Vulcan 9" multi function display with GPS and Plotter plus Garmin displays on the mast
New electrics, wiring and lighting with switch panels and Victron power management system with Inverter
Renewed plumbing, through hull fittings, hoses and related systems
New switch panels and electronics concealed behind a timber door panel
Sleeps 4 with comfortablyupholstered berths
Well equipped galley with gas stove and oven, sink with pressure hot & cold water and fully enclosed marine toilet
Good headroom and plenty of light and ventilation below via classic overhead butterfly hatch
New (2021) Volvo Penta D2 40 HP 4 cylinder diesel engine
Centreline shaft and three-bladed feathering propeller
Engine has run only 40 hours since new