Howard Ford Marine Sales
Tidemill Yacht Harbour
Woodbridge, Suffolk, GB, IP12 1BP
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1988 Nimbus 2600

location icon Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Year 1988
Length 28'0 ft / 8.54 m
Builder/Manufacturer Hansson & Lundbom, Frolunda, Sweden
Price
£24,950

The Nimbus 2600 is a semi-displacement motor cruiser, built to a high standard. It combines comfortable accommodation with good seakeeping and low speed handling qualities. This example has had recent upgrades and is presented in very good order. An excellent opportunity to acquire a quality cruiser, equally at home on both river and sea.

Specifications

Year Built 1988
Category Power
Length Overall 28'0 ft / 8.54 m
Beam 9'4 ft / 2.85 m
Max Draft 2'9 ft / 0.85 m
Construction Fiberglass
Min Draft 2'9 ft / 0.85 m
Drive Type Direct
Engines 1
Total Engine Power 130 hp
Cruising Speed 17 kn
Maximum Speed 20 kn
Fuel Tanks 2
Fuel Tank Cap. 0 L
Water Tanks 1
Water Tank Cap. 108 L
Water Heater Cap. 0 L
Holding Tank Cap. 0 L
Displacement kg

Engine 1 Specifications

Make: Volvo
Model: TAMD31A
Fuel: Diesel
Engine Power: 130hp
Type: Inboard
Propeller Type: 4 BladeBronze
Engine Location: Center
Drive Type: Direct
Year: 1988
Engine Hours: 565
Accommodation

The accommodation offers up to five berths in two separate cabins. 

Access to Saloon/Wheelhouse from side deck via canopy. Part hard top with sliding sun hatches and part canopy provides all weather cruising. Linear galley to port with Origo 3000 spirit 2 burner hob, stainless steel sink with cold water supply, microwave and Waeco 12V refrigerator. Helm position forward to port which pivots forward. Double navigators seat to starboard side with chart stowage. Roll up canvas privacy blinds. Navigators seat pivots backwards to create dinette with fold away table providing lots of space in the cockpit area. Large sun pad with cushions on aft cabin top. Aft cabin with double berth and new 4ft mattress to starboard side and a range of teak cabinets to port and built in electric heater. Forward cabin/second saloon area with V shaped dinette forward with storage beneath and drop down table converting to a double berth. Drinks cabinet to port and additional quarter berth under wheelhouse to port side. Escape hatch to foredeck. Separate heads accessed via forward saloon with Jabsco marine toilet and vanity unit with sink and cold water supply. New carpets. Teak and Holly style laminate to saloon/cockpit area. New cockpit upholstery 2022.  TV

Mechanical Systems

Located beneath the saloon floor. Single Volvo Penta TAMD31A 130hp turbo charged diesel engine. Fresh water cooled via heat exchanger. Shaft drive to fixed pitch 4 blade propeller. Single lever control with electric start. Bennet hydraulic Trim Tabs. Curtis hour meter.  Maximum speed approximately 20 knots, Cruising speed approximately 17 knots.

2 x 12V Batteries charged via engine alternator and battery charger

240V Shore power supply

12V Switch panel

Aerial connection for TV 

Navigation Equipment

Steering compass

Standard Horizon CP180i Chart Plotter

Cobra DSC VHF Radio with aerial

Autohelm depth sounder

Sumlog SL log

Full navigation lights

Deck Equipment

Manual anchor winch

Bruce anchor with chain and warp

Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit, stanchions and guard wires

Stainless steel coach roof grabrails and handrails

Stainless steel boarding ladder

Cockpit canopy

2 x Windscreen wipers

Various warps and fenders

Boat hook 

Safety Equipment

3 x Bilge pumps

5 x Fire Extinguishers (expiry date unknown)

Fire blanket

2 x Lifebuoy

Foghorn 

Comments

The Nimbus 2600 is a semi-displacement motor cruiser, built to a high standard. It combines comfortable accommodation with good seakeeping and low speed handling qualities. This example has had recent upgrades and is presented in very good order. An excellent opportunity to acquire a quality cruiser, equally at home on both river and sea. Viewing by appointment through Howard Ford Marine Sales.

Construction

Nimbus 2600 Motor Yacht built in 1988 by Hanson & Lundbom of Frolunda, Sweden to a design by Rolf Aliasson. White semi displacement GRP hull with white GRP superstructure, moulded non slip to decks, Moulded bathing platform. Wheel steering. Hull antifouled June 2023.

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.