Designed by Harrison Butler and built by the acclaimed Whisstocks of Woodbridge, Lady Mary is a charming classic cruising yacht of carvel construction, with a slim and graceful canoe stern. She features a safe, comfortable self-draining cockpit, uncluttered decks, and thanks to her generous beam and cleverly utilised space below, she is well suited to a couple looking to do longer passages. During her current ownership of over 40 years, she has clearly been loved and a comprehensive restoration has been carried out, but the time has come to pass custodianship of this very special yacht to an enthusiastic new owner. Anyone looking for a practical, highly useable classic sailing yacht with an excellent pedigree should put her on the top of their list! 

Viewing by appointment through the Essex office 01621 785600 or via email - Essex@clarkeandcarter.co.uk

Accommodation

The accommodation offers up to three berths with standing headroom at the companionway, reducing forward.

FOREPEAK:   Multi-purpose forepeak fitted with a Baby Blake marine toilet, chain locker, useful stowage space ideal for sails and wet clothing, and a folding pipecot to port.

SALOON:   Laid out with a settee berth to port with trotter box aft of a Faversham cast iron solid fuel stove (2013), and a settee berth to starboard with a folding dining table. 

GALLEY:   Linear galley aft to starboard equipped with a Force 10 stainless steel 2-burner gas cooker with oven and grill, stainless steel sink with manually pumped cold water supply, and useful fitted storage. Vetus 55 litre flexible water tank (new 2018). CoolFreeze 25 litre 12/24v compressor coolbox (2013).

CHART TABLE:   Large chart table aft to port with storage, instrumentation, and electrical distribution panel.

During her comprehensive restoration all internal woodwork was sympathetically restored where possible, whilst also updated to offer improved storage and practicality. 

Mechanical Systems

Located abaft companionway, Yanmar 3YM20, 20hp three-cylinder marine diesel engine (new 2016). Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Shaft drive to three-bladed propeller. Single lever controls with electric start. Stainless steel 50 litre fuel tank. 

The engine is in excellent cosmetic condition, was last professionally serviced in November 2022, and has been lightly used since.

Electrical Systems

2 x 12v batteries charged via engine alternator. Simple shorepower system with Waeco Perfect Charge IU 152A automatic battery charger (new 2013). Electrical distribution panel. Battery isolation switch. Full cabin lighting.

Spars & Sails

Masthead rigged Bermudan sloop. Keel-stepped Spruce mast and boom. Stainless steel standing rigging. Terylene running rigging. Running backstays with Highfield levers. Small galvanised steel horse aft. Slab and round boom roller reefing mainsail. Sailspar headsail furling system. 2 x Lewmar 16 bronze self-tailing sheet winches. Antal coaming-mounted bronze ancillary winch. 2 x Antal mast-mounted self-tailing halyard winches. Mast unstepped over winter 2022/23 and stored under cover, re-stepped in Aril 2023.

• Mainsail - Wilkinson Sails - 2019
• Genoa - Loose luffed - Fractional hoist
• Furling working jib - Wilkinson Sails - 2016
• Storm jib
• All sails in good serviceable condition

Deck Equipment

• CQR type anchor with 45m chain
• Manual windlass
• Kedge anchor
• Blue mainsail cover
• Warps and fenders

Navigation Equipment

• Steering compass
• Icom M323G DSC VHF radio with integrated GPS receiver
• NASA Target depth sounder
• Nasa Clipper wind speed/direction
• Lowrance Globalmap 3500C colour GPS chart plotter
• Clock and barometer
• Navigation lights

Safety Equipment

• 2 x Fire extinguishers
• Engine compartment fire extinguisher
• Fire blanket
• Carbon monoxide detector
• Horseshoe lifebuoy
• Danbuoy
• First aid kit
• Manual bilge pump

Available by Seperate Negotiation

• Honda Twin Air 230 inflatable dinghy (2015)
• Torquedo Travel 1003S electric outboard engine (2016)

Construction

Lady Mary is a sistership to Edith Rose, designed by Harrison Butler to be an improved version of his own yacht, Vindilis. Built in 1937 by Whisstocks of Woodbridge of Carvel construction with pitch pine planking, copper fastened to steam-bent oak frames. Straight-laid teak deck planking on plywood sub-decks. Varnished mahogany coachroof coamings and grabrails with sheathed top. Long keel with a combination of cast iron ballast keel and additional lead ballast weights. Tiller steering to keel hung rudder. Self-draining aft cockpit.

Additional Comments

Her current owners carried out a comprehensive and extensive keel-up restoration over a ten-year period which was completed in 1992. During their ownership, she has been regularly maintained and upgraded with expensive items such as self-tailing winches and a modern engine, and looks to be in very solid ready to enjoy condition. An impressive folder covering her restoration and history is included within the sale and her providence is well established, with a number of surveys on file, the last being carried out in 2018 and stating she was 'built to a remarkably high standard and has been generally well maintained and has been extensively refitted and updated over the years'.