saltiest1 said..
www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/sparkman-stephens-s-s39-built-by-prestige-yachts-bayswater-wa/286661


I'd sell mine tomorrow if it would achieve that level of coin.

Very nicely fitted out vessel but a little over priced.

Seems like a bargain!

www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6480051428745169/?mibextid=6ojiHh

Phoney said..
Seems like a bargain!

www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/6480051428745169/?mibextid=6ojiHh

Interesting choice of battery!

Absolute gift!

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/moss-vale/sail-boats/yacht-french-built-dufour-24-feet/1315014338

Bananabender said..

Ramona said..
Absolute gift!

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/moss-vale/sail-boats/yacht-french-built-dufour-24-feet/1315014338

This is the interior . I have not seen this kind of strengthening before.

As far as I recall this is the way the hull and topsides of all the Dufour 24 1/4 tonners of that very specific model and type were laid up - so foam sandwich for increased panel stiffness but no weight increased penalty, maybe a bit less weight. The idea was to fuse the outer and inner grp laminates together to prevent them delaminating from the foam core and also providing more in panel shear strength. A Javelin 14ft skiff I sailed on in the mid 70s did the similar "waffle panel" lay up with circular foam panel cut-outs not square and I thought it was a great idea and it certainly works as regards strength and stiffness but the circular cut-out geometry of the configuration became apparent on the hull and topside outer surfaces after a few months - it might have been the polyester resin long term age curing or the significant panel stiffness mismatch transition between the full foam sandwich thickness and the laminate only thickness squares. As far as I am aware the Dufour boats built with that type of foam sandwich panel in hull and topsides didn't have a structural problem. Believe it was solid glass laminates where needed. Not sure why this boat hasn't been sold by now. The original hull was a 1/4 ton title holder if I recall right and a pearler.

r13 said..

Bananabender said..

Ramona said..
Absolute gift!

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/moss-vale/sail-boats/yacht-french-built-dufour-24-feet/1315014338

This is the interior . I have not seen this kind of strengthening before.

As far as I recall this is the way the hull and topsides of all the Dufour 24 1/4 tonners of that very specific model and type were laid up - so foam sandwich for increased panel stiffness but no weight increased penalty, maybe a bit less weight. The idea was to fuse the outer and inner grp laminates together to prevent them delaminating from the foam core and also providing more in panel shear strength. A Javelin 14ft skiff I sailed on in the mid 70s did the similar "waffle panel" lay up with circular foam panel cut-outs not square and I thought it was a great idea and it certainly works as regards strength and stiffness but the circular cut-out geometry of the configuration became apparent on the hull and topside outer surfaces after a few months - it might have been the polyester resin long term age curing or the significant panel stiffness mismatch transition between the full foam sandwich thickness and the laminate only thickness squares. As far as I am aware the Dufour boats built with that type of foam sandwich panel in hull and topsides didn't have a structural problem. Believe it was solid glass laminates where needed. Not sure why this boat hasn't been sold by now. The original hull was a 1/4 ton title holder if I recall right and a pearler.

Thanks for that response. I would love to have her to put in some tlc and a $ or two and flog around the cans but wrong state and too old ( me that is).

sydchris said..

r13 said..

sydchris said..

r13 said..
Expect this won't last long

www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/moss-vale/sail-boats/sparkman-stephens-ior-quarter-ton-26-feet-/1312450143

I'm looking for something like that but not sure I can "clearly see" the top end overhaul. Might be a missing photo?

Yes expect so - be worth phoning him.

Boat is still for sale. Spoke to the owner today. He was a bit evasive but has some technical issue preventing him providing more photos. Has never had engine running and only assumes it is good "because you wouldn't reco the top end if the bottom end was no good". Very hard to get more details from him other than that a google search on the model would help. Suggested I buy it right away without seeing more.

I believe the owner is ill. That's why he is selling both boats.

Looks good but a concise advert. The prior post is as below. The cabin line is stepped and hence different to the grp Compass / Easterly 30 built as in the below link. Maybe the boat for sale there was the timber plug for the hull mould? And the deck and cabin was all timber also? Maybe they changed the cabin geometry for the grp mould? Still a top boat.

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Sailing/General/Anyone-know-the-brand-of-this-yacht

I spent sometime finding a mooring for the SS26. The owner was trying to get a mooring closer to his residence. We conversed by Facebook messages and he seemed keen on the SS26 and there was no mention of the Dufour so I would say the preferred boat for him was the Yankee SS26. A mooring did become available near mine when when the owner of a Clansman became too crook with cancer to continue sailing. It does not pay to wait till retirement to get out sailing your own yacht!

The Yankee 26 is down to 3 grand! Good value for a fibreglass yacht with an inboard diesel. 7 bags of sails.



SPARKMAN & STEPHENS YANKEE 26 | Sail Boats | Gumtree Australia Bowral Area - Moss Vale | 1314095025

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I have a thing for Wharram Cats, got one for old Landrovers as well, neither make sense but the heart wants what it wants.

Yup...


www.boatsales.com.au/boats/details/1982-sparkman-stephens-39/SSE-AD-15617615/

Blue Moon said..
Not bad for the same price as a new surfboard www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/306392225134550/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A154ea105-8f0f-446b-814e-c3d995aa82cb

That is Bill Hatfields Old Triton that he sailed around Cape Horn.

jbarnes85 said..
yachthub.com/list/yachts-for-sale/used/sail-monohulls/j-boats-j-35/298084
This boat was beside me and I wanted to buy it. The owner had let it go. Engine was sitting in water. There was a smashed bong, yes bong, in the v berth. I had gone about a few times to tie up the main sheer and other halyards flapping in the wind.
I contacted the owner and met up with him. Told me he bought it on a whim for 50 or 60k and couldn't sail. Told me a story about needing to be rescued when he took it out but the engine stopped or he couldn't work out how to start it. Carbon headsail stuffed into a quarter berth. I looked at the engine and offered him like 30k. He scoffed and said he wanted 50 or 60.

Yep, we were moored a couple of boats west of it for a while years ago. The hatches had been left open and the mainsail was flopping around. I'd normally go on board and close the boat up etc but the whole thing was so weird that I wasn't sure whether the owner was sane. I can't work out how someone like that could get the money for any boat.

The 35s are a lovely boat, and it's sad to see one looking like that. The cracks at the base of the settees are surprising; as far as I know all J/35s and J/36s (same hull and deck mould) have a properly 'glassed in keel frame and their keels and hulls stay solid unless they get a core issue (which is something that seems to happen in the USA much more than here).

saltiest1 said..

Ramona said..

saltiest1 said..
www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/sparkman-stephens-s-s39-built-by-prestige-yachts-bayswater-wa/286661


I'd sell mine tomorrow if it would achieve that level of coin.

Very nicely fitted out vessel but a little over priced.

www.boatsales.com.au/boats/details/1982-sparkman-stephens-39/SSE-AD-15617615/

slightly more reasonable perhaps

Lovely boat. Fine choice of autopilot. I take it the whole steering system is hydraulic?