1979 Finesse 24

The accommodation offers up to four berths in two cabins. 

V berths forward in forepeak with stowage under. Jabsco sea toilet. Portable refrigerator. Opening hatch to foredeck. Main saloon with two settee berths. Stowage under berths and outboard. Two Tannoy vents. Plastimo gas heater. Fold down table. Galley aft to port with stainless steel sink/drainer, with manually pumped water supply. Two burner gas hob with grill. Good stowage. Tannoy vent above. Navigation area opposite to starboard, with hanging/stowage locker under. Steps up to cockpit with seating and stowage under. Full interior lighting. Carpets & curtains. Upholstery replaced in 2022

Located beneath the cockpit sole Nanni 375HE, 20hp, three cylinder diesel engine (2005). Electric start. Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Flex mounts. Shaft drive to fixed three bladed propeller. Single lever engine control. Cruising speed 5 knots. Maximum speed 6 knots. Service history.

Alternator charging to 2 x 12 volt batteries

12 volt switch panel

240V Shore power supply

Battery charger

Masthead rigged sloop. Anodised aluminium mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging (2006). Terylene running rigging (2010). Slab reefing to mainsail. Furlex headsail furling system (2006).

Mainsail - Poor - 2010

Genoa - Good - 2010

Moyle manual anchor windlass with 20lb CQR anchor with chain & warp

Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions & lifelines

Cockpit cover x 2

Sail cover

Spray hood

Winter cover

Barlow 15 sheet winches x 2

Various fenders & warps

Boathooks

Full winter cover with supports

Heath Bosun steering compass

Icom IC-M421 VHF DSC radio with aerial (2006)

Autohelm autopilot

Clock & barometer

Kenwood radio/cd player (2008)

Navigation lights

Electric and Manual Bilge pumps

Fire extinguishers (expiry dates unknown)

Lifebuoy

Foghorn

Gas detector

Fire blanket

Built by A F Platt in 1979. White painted clinker iroko on oak hull. Marine ply sheathed decks, with cream painted non-slip  to surfaces. Varnished cabin top and cockpit. Glass sheathed plywood coachroof with cream non-slip to surfaces. teak coachroof rails. Long, cast iron centre ballast keel, with steel lifting centre plate (keel bolts checked 2021) Tiller steering to iroko transom hung rudder.

The Finesse 24 is a traditional cruising yacht ideally suited to the shoal waters of the East Coast and beyond.  This particular example has been well maintained and benefits from a replacement engine in 2005 (serviced annually) and new upholstery in 2022. Viewing by appointment through Howard Ford Marine Sales.

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.