Details
- Make: Hallberg-Rassy
- Model: 29
- Engine Make & Model: Volvo Penta MD2002
- Horsepower: 18
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Price: £34,995
- Location: In Blyth
- Keel: Fin
- Hull Construction: Fibreglass (GRP)
- Drive Type: Shaft
Dimensions
- Beam: 2.83m
- Draft: 1.6m
- LWL: 7m
- LOA: 8.9m
- Displacement: 3801kg
- Fuel Tank Capacity: 60l
- Water Tank Capacity: 120l
- Builder: Hallberg Rassy
- Hull Type: Monohull
Summary
'Swallow' is an excellent example of the ever popular mid range cruiser from the renowned builders Hallberg-Rassy. This model was in production between 1982 and 1994 with 571 being built. 'Swallow' is number 523 and was built and launched in 1993.
Upgraded over the years including 'Copper Coat', new autopilot, hot pressurised water, Mikuni heating, upgraded standing rigging, new saildrive seal and much much more.
Her teak decks are in fine order and she has the added bonus of a full cockpit enclosure.
'Swallow' is fitted with an 18hp, 2-cylinder Volvo Penta MD2002 with saildrive unit and 2-Blade folding propeller. The engine has completed 1833 serviced hours with most recent in April 2024.
The engine is located beneath the companionway. This allows easy access for daily checks and servicing requirements. The saildrive and stop cock are accessed from the cockpit through a hinged watertight hatchway. Engine start panel built into cockpit coamings. Sail drive seal replaced within the last 5 years.
Bank of 3X12V batteries providing engine start and domestic power. The batteries are fitted with key style isolators on both the domestic and engine side. Vessel is fitted with shore power and a battery charger.
- Shore power including cable
- Saildrive Seal Replaced 2017
Bermudan masthead sloop rig with deck stepped aluminium spars by Selden. Stainless steel standing rigging replaced in 2017. Terylene braid on braid running rigging brought aft with a series of turning blocks, deck organisers and spinlock clutches. All winches are by Lewmar and include ST40 2-speed. self tailing sheet winches, ST16 2-speed halyard and spinnaker winches and a mast mounted single speed reefing winch. Inner forestay attachment and rigging added in 2018.
Sails are in excellent condition with a boom mounted Hood slab reefing mainsail, a Hood roller furling genoa. Mainsail is mounted in a HR branded lazy jack bag and the genoa is fitted with a UV strip. Storm jib for inner forestay.
- Hood Mainsail - New 2017
- Hood Genoa - New 2017
- Storm Jib
- Standing rigging replaced in 2017
Navigation Aids
- Plastimo Mini Contest bulkhead mounted compass with cover - NEW 2022
- Raymarine ST60 Tridata Speed/Log/Echo sounder
- Autohelm Windspeed/Direction
- Standard Horizon 180i colour plotter
- Raytheon SL70 marine Radar
- Standard Horizon Explorer DSC VHF with command mic - NEW 2022
- Raymarine i70 Autopilot - NEW 2018
- Digital Yacht AIS100 Dual Channel AIS Receiver
Safety Equipment
- Life raft with cradle – in date
- Gas Detector
- Trumpet horn
- Inflatable Danbuoy
- Manual Bilge Pump
- Electric Bilge Pump
- Throwing Line
- Fire blanket
- Fire extinguishers x2
- Adjustable jackstays
- Life jackets x4
- Barometer
Deck Equipment
- Anchorman manual windlass
- Racnor anchor with chain and warp
- Fortress folding anchor
- Towing rope
- Mooring warps
- Fenders
- Navigation Lights
- Stainless steel bathing ladder
- Dinghy
- Honda 2.5hp Outboard
Canvas Work
- Sprayhood
- Full Cockpit Enclosure
- Mainsail Lazy bag with Boot top
- Fender skirts
- Winter Sprayhood
- Winter Cockpit Cover
Below decks is in superb condition with spacious saloon and a comfortable fore cabin. The interior is what you would expect from a builder of this pedigree and features solid teak pieces and teak veneered marine ply. Easy clean GRP inner hull and roof liner with built in lights. Upholstery is original but in excellent condition. New carpets in saloon. Hot & Cold pressurised water introduced in 2017.
Saloon
- Entered via the sliding companionway hatch with removable washboard.
- Settee/berths port and starboard of drop leaved saloon table. Back rests raise to provide a larger sleeping area.
- Port settee will convert to a double berth
- Hull mounted storage lockers
- 12V brass lights
- Full curtains
Chart table
- Located at the companionway with chart storage and drawers below
- Electronic navigation aids including DSC VHF and swing out Plotter.
- Chart reading light
- 12/240V switch panel with individual fused selector switches
- Tank and electric gauges
- Storage cupboards
Galley
- L-Shaped galley on port side
- Top loading fridge
- Gimbaled gas fuelled oven with 2-burner hob and grill
- Stainless-steel sink with hot & Cold pressurised water
- Hull mounted storage cupboards
- Below worktop storage
Forward cabin
- V - double berth with infill and storage below
- Opening deck hatch for light and ventilation
- 12V reading lights
Heads Compartment
- Jabsco Sea toilet with ‘Twist n Lock’ handle
- Moulded sink unit with pressurised hot & cold water
- Mirrored storage cupboard
- Hanging Wardrobe
GRP constructed vessel with 1.60M draft long fin with encapsulated ballast. Counter and skeg mounted rudder with varnished tiller steering. Her underwater areas were taken back to the gelcoat and she was Copper Coated by local boatyard in 2020. The boat comes ashore every year for a wash and a burnish with anodes checked/replaced.
White gelcoat topsides with signature Hallberg-Rassy blue hull band. Moulded rubbing strakes from forward of mid-ships aft with steel band. Hull topsides were professionally polished in May 2024.
Teak topped raised gunwale around the decks with scuppers to quickly dispel any water. Raised foredeck with Hatch to fore cabin. Bow with anchor locker and Anchorman deck mounted manual windlass.
Teak decks in excellent condition. Cockpit with teak topped lockers and cockpit sole. Transom with stainless steel ladder.
- Copper coated hull - 2020
- Topsides polished 2024
- Anodes replaced 2024
Disclaimer
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The Company 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.
Unless otherwise stated on the specification sheet the following presumptions are made
- Sail drive and shaft seals are more than 5 years of age
- Fuel and gas hoses and regulators are over 5 years old
- Standing rigging and sails are more than 10 years old
Please note that as the broker/agent, we cannot guarantee or warrant the serviceability of any safety equipment included within the inventory, including but not limited to the condition, operation, or service dates of such equipment. It is the responsibility of the buyer to thoroughly inspect and assess the condition of all safety equipment prior to purchase.
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