Albin Ballad (1973) for sale in Millport, United Kingdom

General information
Make/model
Albin Ballad
Category
Used sail boat for sale
Price
Price comment
Tax Not Applicable
Name of boat
Long John 3
Year
1973
Length overall
9.14 metres
Length waterline
6.88 metres
Beam
2.95 metres
Draft
1.50 metres
Displacement
3,300 kg
Keel
Fin Keel
Location
Millport, United Kingdom

About this Albin Ballad

English

Boat Details

Designed by Swedish designer Rolf Magnusson, the Albin Ballad was a hugely successful production cruiser-racer yacht with over fifteen hundred being built by Albin Marine in Sweden. The Ballad is a well-balanced, easily driven yacht and was ahead of her time in many ways. Sleeping a potential six across the fore cabin and saloon, she has a practical interior with everything you need for family cruising.

Please call our Kip Marina office to arrange an appointment to view.

Dimensions

LOA 9.14m LWL 6.88m Beam 2.95m Draft 1.5m Displacement 3300kg

Hull, Deck & Keel

  • Blue GRP hull (Painted 2023)
  • Cream GRP deck and superstructure
  • Fin keel
  • Aft cockpit
  • Skeg mounted rudder
  • Tiller steering

Deck Equipment

  • CQR anchor with 10mm 60m chain
  • Simpson Lawrence manual windlass
  • Stainless Steel pulpit
  • Double guard rails
  • Stainless Steel pushpIt
  • Teak grabrails on the coachroof 
  • Five mooring cleats
  • Genoa side tracks
  • Main sheet traveller in cockpit
  • Tiller steering with tiller extension
  • Cockpit lockers
  • Removabale cockpit table
  • Composite decking on cockpit seating
  • Slatted teak cockpit sole
  • Transom mounted boarding ladder 

Interior & Accommodation

Saloon

  • Linear settee's on port and starboard
  • Storage draws and compartments below settee's 
  • Berth conversion
  • Over head lights 
  • Deck head hand rails
  • Reading Lamps
  • Quarter berths port and starboard  
  • Deck windows with curtains
  • Clock and barometer
  • Removable saloon table

Galley
  • L shaped galley
  • Flavel gas cooker with 2 burners
  • Stainless Steel sink 
  • Fresh water supply via foot pump supply
  • Shelves and draws
Navigation Station
  • Chart table and seats 
  • Storage locker and draws
  • Electronic distribution controls 
  • Simrad RT1400 VHF 
Forward Cabin
  • V berth with storage below
  • Opening deck hatch
  • Reading lamps 
  • Storage compartment 
Heads
  • Located between the main saloon and fore cabin, midships starboard 
  • Jabsco flushing toilet 
  • Slide out wash basin 
  • Storage shelf 

Navigation Equipment

  • Simrad RT1400 VHF 
  • Autohelm Tri data screen (Speed, Depth and Trip)
  • Autohelm Compass
  • Autohelm data screen (Wind speed and direction)

Machinery & Propulsion

  • Yanmar 3YM20 20HP diesel engine (Serviced 2023)
  • Professionally fitted new at Kip Marina 2018
  • 270 Hours (Approx to date)
  • Shaft driven 
  • 3 cylinders
  • Fresh water cooling
  • Yanmar gear box
  • 3 bladed propeller 
  • Rope cutter
  • Morse engine controls

Rig & Sails

Rig
  • Bermudan sloop rig
  • Deck stepped aluminium mast with a single set of spreaders
  • Stainless Steel rigging (Replaced 2013 Not Verified)
  • Spinnaker poles and track
  • Running rigging leading back to cockpit
  • Spinlock clutches
WINCHES

  • 1 x 1-speed manual  halyard winch Antal W7
  • 2 x 2-speed Lewmar 40 manual genoa sheet winches
  • 2 x 1-speed manual secondary winches
Sails
  • 2 x Main sails
  • 2 x Genoa

Electrical Systems

  • Prestige 12v 60AH domestic battery (2018)
  • Halfords 12v 680 engine battery (2016)
  • 240v Shore power with shore power cable
  • Solar panel 
  • Solar panel controller
  • 2 Amp Charger

Audio Visual

  • Maxtek 65671 Stereo and Speakers 

Plumbing & Tankage

  • 1 x Fuel tank -33L (Removable, Cleaned April 2022)
  • 1 x Water tank - 60L

Canvas work

  • Sprayhood - Blue 
  • Boom sail bag - Blue 
  • Dodgers - Blue
  • Cockpit cushions - Blue

Safety Equipment

  • Fire extinguishers
  • Full set of navigation lights
  • Ocean Safety horseshoe lifebuoy
  • Ocean Safety emergency ladder 
  • Manual bilge pump

Additional Equipment

  • Various fender and warps 
  • Zodiac Hypalon dinghy (by separate negotiations)
  • Suzuki 2.5hp outboard (2014) (by separate negotiations)
  • Outboard bracket 
  • Clan Bruce anchor with 20m of 10mm chain and 30m warp

SHIP's papers

  • Bill of Sale to Current Owner

Read more

Propulsion
Engine
Yanmar 3YM20
Engine hours
260
Fuel
Diesel
Fuel capacity
33 litres
Accommodation
Number of cabins
1
Number of berths
4
Drinking water capacity
60 litres

FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE - WWW.MICHAELSCHMIDT.CO.UK

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Broker/Dealer Information

Michael Schmidt and Partner - Kip

Mr James McPhail
Kip Boat Sales Kip Marina
Inverkip
Renfrewshire, Scotland
PA16 0AS
United Kingdom
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