Fin keel, tiller Steering, Beta 30hp with 3 bladed folding prop - 2012. 252 hours, 6 berths in 2 cabins, equipped with electric windlass and Garmin electronics.
A 2016 condition survey did highlight some osmotic blistering
Electrical
SmartGauge Battery monitor (2008)
BEP Voltage Sensitive Relay
New batteries (2x 110ah Varta 2018)
100A alternator
New Engine battery 2015
Navigation
Sea-Me –Radar target enhancer
NMEA 2K network installed 2009
Garmin 5008 touch screen chart plotter (refurbished 2016)
Garmin GWS10 (wind) 2009
3x Garmin GMI 10 colour displays 2009
Garmin GMR18 Radar 2009
Scanstrut self-levelling mount 2009
Raymarine SPX-5 tiller pilot. inc control head
Digital Yacht AIS receiver
Garmin 130 GPS
VHF/DSC - Silva S10
Deck
Tiller steering
GRP deck with teak slats in cockpit
Anchor locker
Lewmar V2 Windlass 2010
15kg Spade Anchor, 40m Grade 40 calibrated chain
2 x Barient 22 primary winches
2 x Barlow 16 winches
3 x coach roof winches
2 x Genoa tracks
Aluminium toe rail
Canvas
Sprayhood (C&J Marine Offshore spec) 2013
Stackpack
Safety
Horseshoe lifebuoy
KIM life sling
Dan buoy
Wire jackstays
Miscellaneous
Coppercoat antifouling
Electrical Ultrasonic antifoul
By Separate Negotiation
Marlec Rutland 913 wind gen (Currently removed for new bearings – 2019)
Crusader Mylar Magic Code Zero (retractable pole to remain)
Bombard AX2 Inflatable
Yamaha 2.5 2 stroke outboard engine
Documentation
Evidence of VAT status
All Bills of Sale
Registration certificate
Owners comments
Designed by David Sadler as a refinement to his classic the Contessa 32, the Sadler 32 in comparison has more interior volume and increased headroom while still giving well-mannered and respectable performance. She’s a tough cruiser with a practical interior arrangement that makes the most of the space below.
Pixie, is the deep fin keel version, which offers better upwind performance, she has been set up for ease of use, and can be safely sailed single-handed or by a couple.
For the last 10 years Pixie has been exceptionally well upgraded for long distance coastal and offshore cruising. In 2010/11 she was sailed double-handed to from Portsmouth to Orkney and back and could undertake a similar cruise, or something more adventurous, tomorrow with no further modifications required. All the equipment added has been the best for quality, safety and longevity.
She’s owned by Yachting Monthly’s Graham Snook, and has regularly featured in the magazine. As one might expect from an owner who regularly tests yachts, she has had many small refinements to improve life on board, from Oceanair blinds – to maximise the light below – to an adjustable genoa sheeting system – allowing the helm to adjust the sheeting position without leaving the cockpit.
She was recently fitted with a Seldén retractable pole and there is a furling code zero which has transformed her light- and off-wind performance while still keeping her easily manageable. Put simply, Pixie and her specification makes her a unique yacht.
Mechanical
Beta 30hp Engine 2012
252 hours
Flexofold 3 bladed propeller 2012
Disc rope cutter
PSS Stern Gland and new 25mm prop shaft 2012
Serviced annually by the owner
70L fuel tank
Cutlass bearing 2016
Rudder bearings 2016
Spars and Rigging
Mast head rig
Headsail furling Furlex 204 - 2018
Slab reefing mainsail
Standing rigging replaced in 2009 and surveyed in 2017
Crusader Stack Pack (serviced and re-stitched/re-zipped 2018)
Most lines led aft
Gas strut
Mast winch
Spinnaker pole
Sails
Crusader Hydranet Mainsail, 3 reefs, fitted with Crusader Magic Stack. 2009 – serviced 2018
Crusader Hydranet 135% Genoa (Dyneema Halyard and sheets, serviced and new UV strip 2018)
Storm Jib (age unknown)
Spare Mainsail and Genoa
Crusader Cruising chute in sock (age unknown)
Symmetrical spinnaker (age unknown)