Albin Ballad for sale in United Kingdom for £10,950 ($13,538)

1974 GRP 30ft 4-berth Sailing Cruiser-Racer. 2009 Yanmar 3YM20 20hp inboard diesel engine with shaft drive. The Albin Ballad is a fast, seaworthy cruiser-racer from the 1970s, a time when competitive racing boats actually made effective cruisers. The Ballad was designed by Rolf Magnusson, 1,500 Ballads were built, and many have made long offshore passages, including at least one circumnavigation.

1974 GRP 30ft 4-berth Sailing Cruiser-Racer. 2009 Yanmar 3YM20 20hp inboard diesel engine with shaft drive. The Albin Ballad is a fast, seaworthy cruiser-racer from the 1970s, a time when competitive racing boats actually made effective cruisers. The Ballad was designed by Rolf Magnusson, 1,500 Ballads were built, and many have made long offshore passages, including at least one circumnavigation. The Ballad hull is solid GRP, with lead ballast encapsulated into the keel. The deck is a GRP sandwich moulding, with a smooth inner skin forming the headlining. The mast is keel-stepped. Ballads are both fast for their size and seaworthy, and have a reputation for good, predictable handling. Lying at Portland on the water.

MECHANICAL

2009 20hp Yanmar 3YM20 inboard diesel engine with shaft drive.

ELECTRICAL

2x12v batteries Isolator switch Shore power

NAVIGATION

Cockpit compass Seafarer Depth repeater in cockpit Original Seafarer 700 inside Garmin Chartplotter Lowrance Hook 4xGPS Standard Horizion Explorer DSC VHF Radio Cockpit Depth/Wind/Speed gauges not working Tiller pilot

SAFETY

Liferaft (needs a service) Manual bilge pump Horse shoe life aids Fire extinguishers

DECK GEAR

Standing rigging replaced in 2019 2x Anchors Anchor locker Anchor roller Avon Dinghy + 3.3hp Mercury outboard Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit. Stanchions and guard wires. Cockpit table. 3 x cockpit lockers. (1x gas locker) Sprayhood . Full Dodgers. Boarding ladder. Spinnaker Pole.

SAILS

Spinnaker Furling Genoa Main Sail Storm Jib

DOMESTIC

Forepeak with V-berth. Separate Heads compartment with sea-toilet and hand basin, Hanging locker opposite. Main cabin with dining table. 2 full length settees / berths with additional pilot berth on the port side, lockers on the starboard side. Chart Table with drawers. Galley with Plastimo Atlantic gas oven/2 burner hob/grill. Sink with manual pumped cold fresh water. Stereo Radio Cassette. Clock & Barometer.

HULL

The Albin Ballad is a 29 feet long. It boasts a 9.8 feet beam. This 1974 diesel Albin Ballad, with 20 horsepower. The Albin Ballad is made of grp.