Spirit Yacht 46 ft Mk II 2003 - Sold

“We have enjoyed sailing DIDO under all conditions, whether inshore or offshore racing in the UK and Caribbean, cruising in the Channel Islands, or even rowing in Scotland! Her speed to manpower ratio is very high; you can sail her with two people in substantial breeze at speeds of up to 15 knots without feeling over-powered. This makes the weather window for sailing much broader.........

.......When racing, she performs best in big winds and you feel perfectly safe; she is very rewarding to sail whether you are cruising or racing and her handling is relatively easy. DIDO’s great advantage is that she is small and light; below 7 knots of wind she competes very competitively against other boats of a similar size. With DIDO, it’s not about assisted sailing with electric winches, it’s very much man against the sea!”

Following her launch, DIDO was kept in Suffolk before her owner took to her to Jersey for family cruising in the Channel Islands. While happy to enjoy a relaxing weekend sail, her owner has also always been keen on a challenge. In 2013 he entered DIDO in the high endurance Three Peaks Yacht Race from Barmouth, north Wales, to Fort William in Scotland. This epic adventure is not for the faint-hearted; each boat has three sailors and two runners, who between them sail up the west coast of Great Britain (nearly 400 nautical miles), stopping to summit the peaks of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis en route. After fierce competition and intense phases of coastal racing, DIDO and her crew won the race, despite having to row the last leg through the narrow Corran crossing to Fort William.

In 2014, DIDO was shipped to warmer climates to take part in the Panerai Antigua Classic Regatta and the Caribbean 600, in which she raced with five people and a total of fourteen sails (which says a lot about her sail wardrobe!).

After a taste of the Caribbean, DIDO made her way back to the UK for racing, day sailing and weekend cruising. Competing at the Panerai Classic Cowes Regatta in 2016, she won the Modern Classic Class in the Round the Island race in an impressive 6 hours and 40 minutes. During this race, DIDO reached her top speed - and the fastest speed for a Spirit yacht to date of 20.5 knots; even more remarkable given she would have been in coastal waters, and not benefitting from following waves in open water.

Hull
- Brazilian cedar planking over mould, 15 mm x 40 mm speed strip cover
- Planking cross laminated with 2 x 3 mm Khaya veneers at 45 degrees
- Epoxy bonded and bronze fastened
- Hog, keel, stem and stern posts, horn timber solid or laminated straight grain Brazilian cedar
- Floors and beam shelf solid or laminated straight grain Brazilian cedar
- Lightening holes drilled where necessary strength not compromised
- All interior furniture in plywood bonded to the hull forming a monocoque structure for stiffening
- Laminated ring frame chain plate mounts and mast partners transmit loads to hull and floors
- All plywood Brynzeel brand manufactured to Lloyds specification
- Hull planking sheathed with 600 gsm bi-radial glass / epoxy
- Hull faired with two layers of epoxy fillers and spray coated with Awlgrip paint system
- Hull is coated below the waterline with self polishing antifouling paint

.Rudder and Keel
- Multi laminate timber blade rudder, epoxy glass sheathed
- Slid 50 mm stainless steel stock rotating in a moulded GRP tube with nylon bushes top and bottom
- Cast stainless steel rudder head with tiller lifting facility and load bearing bronze ring
- Adjustable tiller extension
- Flattened bulb keel with maximum righting moment and optimum high/low pressure separation
- 2,240 kg keel bolted to hull with 5 x centre line 24 mm keel bolts and 8 x 15mm secondary bolts

Deck and Cockpit
- Brazilian cedar or mahogany deck beams, beam shelf and carlins
- 6 / 9mm plywood structural bulkheads braced with solid mahogany where necessary
- Beams overlaid with 6 mm plywood
- Bright finished mahogany margin boards and king planks
- Swept teak deck planking following the margins
- Solid varnished mahogany cockpit on a plywood substructure
- Cockpit seats fitted with stowage below
- Storage areas dedicated for life raft and fender stowage

Trunk cabin
- Varnished mahogany trunk cabin over plywood substructure
- Mahogany sliding hatch fitted in coach roof on stainless steel runners
- Companionway doors folding into recesses in the trunk cabin enable unhindered access
- Flush fitted hatches over fore end of coachroof above saloon table
- Six oval chrome bronze port lights in trunk cabin sides
- Deck prisms fitted in fore deck over forward berths


Internal structure and joinery
- 6 mm plywood interior joinery bonded and filleted to the hull
- All interior surfaces finished in white eggshell paint and satin varnish
- Main saloon finished in fielded and raised mahogany paneling, satin finished
- All interior fitments trimmed with solid mahogany, satin finished

From aft
- Varnished toe rail and cover boards
- Teak deck
- Screw- in demountable stanchions
- Frederiksen deck fittings in chrome plated bronze or polished stainless steel
- Stainless steel fairleads each side
- Ensign staff socket recessed in aft deck
- Air vent
- Mooring cleat on centre line
- Flush lazarette hatch offset to stbd
- Varnished tiller and extension
- Varnished mahogany cockpit coamings rising to trunk cabin forward
- Teak cockpit seats over deep lockers each side
- Teak cockpit sole
- Single lever engine control, ignition and stop
- Mainsheet traveller and Harken car; mainsheet on 6:1 / 12:1 system with jammer
- 2 x Andersen 28 ST secondary winches
- 2 x Andersen 40 ST primary winches
- 2 x Steering compasses; one each side of trunk cabin aft bulkhead
- Raymarine instrument repeaters
- 2 Andersen 28 ST halyard winches on coach roof
- 3 x Spinlock halyard clutches each side on coach roof
- Raw teak hand rails running each side of coach roof
- Flush hatch in coach roof over saloon
- Mooring cleats; one each side amidships
- Foresail cars on tracks inside shrouds each side on deck
- 2nd flush hatch fore end of trunk cabin over head compartment
- Teak mountings for spinnaker poles on deck; one each side
- Prism light in foredeck
- Chromed mooring cleat on centre line in varnished king plank
- Chromed bow fairleads at stem head
- Fortress F16 Aluminium anchor with 5 m chain and 35 m rope in bow locker, tripping line with float
- Anchor bell

Accommodation for five in comfort
- Sliding hatch and doorway in trunk
- 3 x Companionway steps down over engine casing

Galley to port
- Origo 3000 Domestic gimbaled 2 burner hob and oven
- Double stainless steel sink, manual tap and foot pedal tap
- Plate racks
- Lockers for provisions, crockery, pans and cutlery
- Large top loading fridge

Chart table to stbd
- Isolator panel as detailed in Mech & E
- Navigation instruments and comms as detailed in Nav section
- Pilot / quarter berth aft

Main saloon area
- 2 x Settee berths with upholstered seat cushions and backs; one each side
- Shelving outboard and above each side
- Dining table on centre line; demountable seats six
- JVC radio and CD player
- 2 x Reading lights
- Deck head light

Head compartment fwd to port
- Lavac manual marine WC
- Stainless steel hand wash basin with manual pump and tap
- Lockers including hanging locker
- Deck head light

Fore cabin

- Large vee berth
- Shelves outboard each side
- 2 x Bulkhead lights
- Deck head light
- Prism in deck head

- Well set up and finely tuned rig
- Carbon mast and boom painted white
- Twin spreader rig with 8 mm cap and intermediate shrouds and 6 mm lowers
- Nitronic rod discontinuous standing rigging
- All shrouds with open barrel stainless steel rigging screws
- Spinnaker pole
- Jockey pole
- Spectra backstay controlled by 12:1 purchase at helm
- 10:1 Kicker, controlled from cockpit
- 12 mm pre-stretched multi-plait halyards running internally
- All halyards led aft to the cockpit through deck organizers and Spinlock clutches
- Reefing lines and clew outhaul lines led aft to cockpit controls
- Lazy jacks fitted to boom to collect sail and to act as topping lifts


Sails all by One Sails reported in VGC

- Code 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 jib top
- Racing main
- Cruising main and jib
- 2 x Asymmetric spinnakers
- 5 x Symmetric spinnakers
- Trysail
- Storm jib


Covers for
- Full cockpit and coach roof
- Mainsail

- Yanmar 18 HP diesel inboard, direct cooled
- Hurth 2:6 gearbox; soft mounted flexible coupling and stuffing box in sound insulated space
- Wet exhaust system with water sump and swan neck to outlet in counter
- 25 mm stainless steel prop shaft through bronze 'P' bracket
- Gori 3 blade folding bronze propeller
- Engine control panel by helm with audible alarms
- Morse single lever control and engine stop lever
- Mastervolt 10 switch individually fused electric panel in saloon
- 12V battery charger
- Shore power and extension; socket in cockpit
- 2 sockets
- 2 Mastervolt 110 AH marine batteries
- 1 x 80 litre nylon fresh water tank supplied under cockpit
- 1 x 80 litre nylon translucent fuel tank
- Holding tank for WC

- 2 x Contest steering compasses with night illumination
- Raymarine ST 60 Multi
- Raymarine ST4000 + auto pilot
- Raymarine ST 60 wind
- Raymarine ST 60 Tridata
- VHF radio
- Tri colour navigation and steaming lights

- Ensign and staff
- Boat hook
- Motor sailing triangle
- Anchor ball
- Bucket and funnel
- 2 x 5 m, and 2 x 8 m mooring warps
- Fenders

Tools, utensils, engine spares, deck gear, electronic / paper charts and nav pilots; not itemised but expected to be very useful to the new owner.

- 1 x 6 person life raft
- Pack offshore flares
- Self inflating Dan buoy
- 2 x Electric bilge pumps
- Large capacity Whale manual bilge pump in cockpit
- Fire extinguishers
- McMurdo EPIRB (WC bulkhead)

- Full refit at Spirit Yachts in 2017
- Strengthening of bonding between ribs and hull skin
- Full re varnish of exterior and interior bright work