Sparkman & Stephens 44 Custom cruiser-racer

Huge Price Reduction - Designed by Sparkman and Stephens, the classic 44 ft 'Sirocco' was built by Taylor Brothers Shipwrights at Battery Point in Hobart and launched 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. She has raced offshore in her earlier life including three 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 making her a much easier yacht to sail and needing fewer crew than was previously necessary. For her upgraded sail plan, a new Whale Spars mast and boom, stainless steel wire standing rigging and Doyle sails 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 upholstered berths, a well equipped galley with gas stove and oven, sink with pressure hot & cold water and a fully enclosed toilet forward. 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 offset shaft and a three-bladed feathering propeller with only 40 hours running time.

All the hard work is done and with so much of her equipment new, all that remains is to enjoy sailing this beautiful classic yacht.

For further information or to arrange inspection at Sandringham, please call Chris Furey on O4IO 55I 977 or complete the on-line enquiry form.