Fairey Swordsman 30

Price Reduced December 2025

This beautifully presented Swordsman 30, Swordsman's award-winning powerboat, is ready for a new home after a 2024 refit.

The Swordsman 30 is a great boat for Coastal cruising and long weekends. She can sleep four comfortably and the cockpit is large enough to entertain more. She has always been "dry sailed", and spent 8 years in storage under shrink wrap "superfluous to the first owners' needs prior to the current owner recommissioning her, accounting for her exceptional condition.

Some of the systems on this Swordsman 30 have remained unused by the current owner: VHF radio, shower/wash basin and scavenge system, calorifier, water storage/pressuriser/sink, ceramic hob. (There has never been any cooking onboard, so there are no residual odour in the upholstery).

There is also a new/unused VHF radio Raymarine handset on this Swordsman 30 (The current owners use an ICOM handheld radio which is included).

Based on the successful Fairey Spearfish design, this modern Swordsman 30 version outshines the original. The 440Hp engine coupled with Hamilton jet propulsion both with minimal hours on this Swordsman 30 together with a powerful bow thruster makes this boat very manoeuvrable.

In addition to her 2024 refit, this Swordsman 30 benefits from Raymarine navigation equipment, Victron 2.5Kw inverter, heating to all internal areas, microwave, radiant heat ceramic hob, deck and cockpit fridges, low-level table/cushion to convert forward space into double berth, substantial bathing platform, anchor/windlass and, winter-cover protecting entire boat and keeping her in pristine condition all year long.

Cabin upholstery on this Swordsman 30 is "as new", Morpheus has been principally used as a day boat within the Solent.

2024 Refit

New spray hood
New full cockpit enclosure cover
New topsides vinyl wrap in dark blue
New yellow boot top
New batteries
New fire extinguishers
New exhaust hose (straight through)
New raw water intake and shut-off valve
New battery charger (Alpha 12v/60 amp upgrade)
New jet drive anodes throughout
New jet drive cutlass bearing
All thru-hull shut off valves inspected and greased.
Brokers Comments

Swordsman 30 traditional boat of the year 2007.

MORPHEUS was originally built as a Solent weekender and run-around for the owner of one of the UK's largest marina operators and as such no expense was spared on her build and maintenance. She is now offered for sale by her current experienced and careful owner with low hours. Dry stack stored to reduce wear and tear.

MORPHEUS is privately owned with UK VAT paid. She is superbly equipped and has been lightly used.

More pictures and video available on request.

Owners Comments

She is currently 376 hrs. And fully functional before laying up for the winter '25/26.

She continues to be under her covers with electric heating in the cabin and engine compartment. She will be serviced before re-entering service in early April: new oil, filter, anodes, impeller etc.

Gearbox.

Morpheus benefits from an electrically activated ZF reversing gearbox, permitting rapid and convenient expulsion of any ingested detritus into the jet drive (it is not for the purpose of going astern). Without this, removal is a slow arduous process involving the unbolting of a hatch, manual clearing of debris, and then refitting. Until this is completed, both power and steerage may remain entirely lost, though more commonly the effect of more minor debris ingestion is to cause inefficiency and heavy vibration at cruise, leading to increased jet drive wear if not addressed. Given that heavy weed that may cause the more pronounced manoeuvring loss is most likely to occur inshore or within port, where other traffic washes it into the channel and continues to pass nearby, time may often be of the essence for regaining thrust and control if misadventure is to be avoided. The current owner routinely clears the jet drive upon leaving, as a matter of good practice before cruise power is applied. This is not realistically feasible without such a gearbox.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Construction
Deck moulding and deep "V" hull laminated with isophthalic resin, chopped strand mat, and woven rovings with foam core stiffening topsides and deck.

All bottom stringers, longitudinals and engine beds are constructed to the same standards as used in the original production Fairey Spearfish.

Hull to deck laminated together to provide strength and ensure watertight joint, three sets of spray rails to ensure a dry ride.

The large cockpit area is finished in laid teak. Hinges and catches to engine hatch and lazarette are stainless steel, flush fitting with discreet fastenings.

Plenty of locker space beneath cockpit seating.

Laid teak to side decks and foredeck all teak is solid and bonded to the GRP deck with no visible fastenings. 6 substantial, custom-made stainless-steel bollards for mooring lines.

Mechanical
IVECO 440 hp Intercooled Turbo Diesel 334 hours serviced every 50 hrs
Seller will either service the engine when due, or service it once a sale is agreed.
ZF Marine Gearbox (reversing)
Hamiltonjet H274 Waterjet offers a number of advantages over conventional shafts & propellers:
· Greater efficiency at speed
· Precise steering control at all speeds
· Shallow draft with no underwater appendages
· Smoother and quieter.
Large seawater strainer above the water line.
Bow Thruster with helm controls for ease of operation.
Rear lazerette and engine compartments have lighting for inspection and maintenance purposes.
Rear lazarette has 240v RCB protected ground power and 12v, useful for maintenance tasks onboard.

DIESEL:
Capacity - 400 Litres in 2 stainless steel tanks.
Bilateral fuel filler caps.

WATER:
Capacity is approximately 125 Litres in one centre tank.
Filled through deck inlet.
Stainless steel Calorifier.
Water heated by engine and 230v immersion element.
Pressurised hot and cold fresh water delivered to galley, heads/shower.
High-capacity manual bilge pump.
Electric bilge pumps.

Navigation and electronics
Raymarine C80
Raymarine Radar
GPS
Raymarine Autopilot
Removable Radio with deck mounted handset
ICOM handheld VHF (New rechargeable battery 2003)
Depth
Log
3x 140 amp batteries new 2024
2x long power leads, one with electric meter for marinas that require it.
Victron 2.5Kw Inverter
3-pin 240v shore power available in cabin and rear lazarette
Cabin ambient lighting to all areas
Shore power with dual pole breaker
Alpha 60A automatic charger
Cockpit sole lighting


Accommodation
Cabin still in showroom condition.
Cabin Heating to all internal areas including head.
Plenty of stowage
Sink, hot and cold pressurised water system never used
Microwave
Radiant heat ceramic hob
Deck and cockpit fridges
Low level table/cushion to convert forward space into double berth
Teak folding table for forward Vee Berth in place of above double berth conversion

Head
Hand-flushing sea toilet
Hand basin
Shower

Deck equipment
Sprayhood (new 2024)
Varnished teak mast with radar, radio mast, and running light
Bespoke teak handrail surrounding the seating area
Substantial bathing platform with collapsible S/S ladder
Substantial polished S/S cleats forward, midships and aft.
Two S/S fishing rod holders
Side-power bow thruster with cockpit mounted joy-stick
Anchor/Windlass with deck switches and cockpit repeater switches
Port and starboard navigation lights
Cockpit low-level lighting
Bucket seats with lift-up bolster for helmsman and navigator.
2x Sony speakers
Raymarine radio deck repeater
Blue seat cushions for entire cockpit seating area
New sprayhood and rear cover
Winter-cover protecting entire boat
Fenders and warp

Fairey Marine and Swordsman Marine
"The Legend Rekindled"

The most sought-after power boat of the 1960s was undoubtedly the Fairey Boat. A list of owners sounds like a who's who of one of the most exciting and innovative decades of British design; Sir Max and Lady Violet Aitken, Tommy Sopwith, actress Deborah Kerr, band-leader Billy Cotton and many others all owned at least one and a number of Fairey boats featured in the James Bond film "From Russia With Love".

Fairey boats combined comfort with spacious accommodation; a renowned seaworthiness with handling qualities second to none; and delivered performance, courtesy of the deep-V planing hull, such that the cruiser classes of numerous Cowes-Torquay and London-Monte Carlo races were successfully campaigned by Fairey boats.

Fairey Marine's designer was Alan Burnard, and today his proven hull design from the Fairey Spearfish forms the basis of the Swordsman 30.

DISCLAIMER
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

This vessel is UK VAT paid.
As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.
This boat is lying in Southampton, England.
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