Howard Ford Marine Sales
Tidemill Yacht Harbour
Woodbridge, Suffolk, GB, IP12 1BP
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1984 LM 27

location icon Pinmill, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Year 1984
Length 27 ft / 8.23 m
Builder/Manufacturer LM glasfiber a/s
Price
£16,450

Very good example of this well proven Danish twin helm motor sailer with good seakeeping qualities and comfortable accommodation for up to six below deck.

This particular example is presented in great order with lots of new and updated equipment including new standing and running rigging, 2 new Antal winches, replacement sink, fridge and Corian worktop, diesel heater, Bainbridge hatch, boom and much more.

Hull sanded, epoxied and antifouled and engine serviced with all filters replaced this season.


Specifications

Year Built 1984
Category Sail
Length Overall 30'3 ft / 9.22 m
Beam 9'2 ft / 2.80 m
Max Draft 3'2 ft / 0.97 m
Cabins 2
Construction Fiberglass
Keel Full Keel
Min Draft 3'2 ft / 0.97 m
Drive Type Direct
Engines 1
Total Engine Power 20 hp
Fuel Tank Cap. 7 gal (UK)
Water Tank Cap. 7 gal (UK)

Engine 1 Specifications

Make: Bukh
Model: DV20
Fuel: Diesel
Engine Power: 20hp
Type: Inboard
Propeller Type: 3 Blade
Drive Type: Direct
Year: 1984
Accommodations

Accommodation for up to six in two cabins with good headroom throughout.

Wheelhouse with internal helm to starboard side, galley to port with two burner Neptune 2000 gas cooker and grill, new stainless steel sink, cool box and fridge and Corian worksurface, ample stowage above and below. Glazed double doors leading to spacious self draining cockpit with large folding stow-away cockpit table, varnished teak locker tops, teak and holly sole hatches and external tiller position and engine controls.

Saloon with settee berths to port and starboard side, both converting to doubles with storage above, behind and below, drop leaf table to centre. New Bainbridge hatch. Heads to port with Jabsco sea toilet (2023) and pull out washbasin.

Concertina style door leading to fore cabin with 'V' berth and infill creating a double with storage below. Escape hatch to foredeck.

Curtains, carpets, 12V interior lighting and diesel heater.

Mechanical Systems

Located under the cockpit, Bukh DV20ME twin cylinder 20hp diesel engine (major overhaul 2011). Seawater cooled. Single lever controls with electric start. Shaft drive to fixed pitch three blade propeller. Full engine instrumentation. Approx. max speed 6 knots. Approx. cruising speed 5 knots. Engine serviced and all filters changed 2025.

Alternator charging to 3 x 12V Batteries 

240 volt Shore power supply

12V Cigar lighter socket

Sails & Spars

Masthead bermudan rigged sloop. Silver anodised aluminium mast. Boom and strut recently replaced. Stainless steel standing rigging (2023). Terylene running rigging (2023). Mainsail with in mast reefing. Roller furling genoa. Spinnaker pole. All lines led aft to cockpit with new Spinlock clutches

Main sail  - Westaway 2016 (recently serviced and valeted)

Genoa - Westaway 2016 (recently serviced and valeted)

Spare smaller genoa

Cruising chute

Deck Equipment

Spade Anchor with 20m of chain and warp

Kedge anchor

Simpson Lawrence manual anchor windlass

Stainless steel stanchions and guard wires

Stainless steel cleats

Stainless steel dinghy davits

Stainless steel pulpit 

Stainless steel push pit 

Stainless steel boarding ladder with tail gate

Boat hook x 2

Cockpit cushions

Various fenders and warps

Winter covers

2 x Antal XT16.2 2 speed winches Primary winches

1 x Gibb Mast winch

Navigation Equipment

Sestrel steering compass

Garmin Colour GPS map 192C plotter

Autohelm 3000 Autopilot
 
Humminbird Wide Optic Fish finder

Furuno GP-32 radar

Icom ICM323 DSC VHF radio with aerial

NASA Wind instrument (recently replaced)

NASA Depth sounder (recently replaced)

Brass clock and barometer 

LED navigation lights

Safety Equipment

2 x Bilge pumps

3 x Fire extinguishers (expiry date unknown)

1 x Fire blanket

2 x Horseshoe lifebuoys

Fog horn

Danbuoy

Gas detector

Construction

Built in 1984 by LM Glassfiber A/S to a design by Palle Mortensen. White GRP hull with dark blue style line and teak toe rails. White GRP superstructure with moulded non slip decks. Long keel with encapsulated ballast. Wheel and tiller steering to skeg hung rudder. Aft self draining cockpit. Teak grab rails. Enclosed wheelhouse with full cockpit cover. Hull recently sanded and sealed with International VC tar, primed with Primacon and antifouled.

Comments

Honest example of this sturdy long keeled double ender, presented in clean original condition.  Priced competitively with a good inventory and scope for improvement. Viewing by appointment through Howard Ford Marine Sales.

Disclaimer

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.