Description

For Sale – 1984 Sadler 29 Fin Keel | Classic Build, Modern Systems.

A solid, capable cruiser with pedigree — this Sadler 29 is ready to sail and packed with serious upgrades. She’s not a project, but like any classic, she’ll benefit from ongoing cosmetic TLC. Mechanically and electrically, though, she’s several steps ahead of most boats in her class.

Berthing paid at Chichester Marina until May 2025. Rolling monthly contract means the buyer can inherit the berth or claim the time value. Recently relaunched (December 2024) with fresh antifoul and new anodes.

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Quick Specs
• Model: Sadler 29
• Year: 1984
• Keel: Fin keel (1.5m draught)
• Hull: GRP, double-skin foam sandwich (Sadler’s “unsinkable” design)
• Berths: 6
• Engine: Bukh DV24 (reconditioned 2019, ~370 hrs), regularly serviced
• Drive Type: Shaft drive
• Length overall: 8.5m
• Location: Chichester Marina, West Sussex

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Key Features – Classic Build, Modern Systems
• Navigation Suite:
• B&G Vulcan 7” plotter with iPad mirroring
• Triton 2 displays (2 on deck, 1 below)
• WS320 wireless wind sensor
• DST800 depth/speed transducer
• ZG100 GPS antenna
• Garmin GPS 152
• Comms & AIS:
• Vesper Cortex VHF radio with Class B AIS transceiver, collision avoidance, anchor watch
• Wireless and wired handsets (main unit new 2023)
• Power Systems:
• 270Ah LiFePO? lithium house battery
• Red Flash 1100 AGM starter battery (2022)
• Victron BMV-712 Smart Battery Monitor (Bluetooth app monitoring)
• Victron IP22 smart charger (12V 30A, 3 outputs)
• Victron MPPT 100/15 solar controller
• Victron Orion 12/12–18A isolated DC–DC charger
• 3 x 12V semi-flex monocrystalline solar panels (black finish)
• Heating: Eberspacher D2 diesel heater (2019) with saloon and forecabin outlets
• Galley: Dometic Moonlight oven (2018), 2-burner hob, sink, Whale hand pumps, Plastimo 100L soft tank
• Water filtration system (tap filter replaced annually)
• Lighting: Gimballed oil lamp, 12V system
• Interior: Teak joinery, 6 berths (V-berth, double & single saloon, quarter berth), Jabsco sea toilet, wet locker

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Sails & Rigging
• Main: Jeckells, 3 reefs
• Genoa: 150%, cleaned and new UV strip (2022)
• Spinnaker: Symmetric with snuffer & pole
• Storm jib (with parrel beads for furling)
• Standing rigging: Replaced April 2018
• Running rigging: Dyneema, replaced 2021 (sheets, halyards, spinnaker gear)
• Covers: Mainsail cover & bags (new 2022)

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Deck & Safety Gear
• Winches:
• Harken Radial 40ST self-tailers (primaries)
• Harken Radial 16ST (halyards)
• Gibb spinnaker winches
• All winches serviced annually – Harkens installed c.2018, still in excellent condition
• Anchors:
• 12kg Bruce with 45m 8mm chain (2018)
• 6kg CQR kedge with chain and warp
• Stainless prop shaft & Volvo dripless seal (2019)
• Ambassador rope cutter (not yet fitted)
• Liferaft: Crewsaver 4-man (service due May 2022)
• Flares: Coastal pack (expired)
• Other: Horseshoe buoy (2018), dan buoy, throwing line, fire blanket, extinguishers (manual & automatic), alarms (smoke, CO, gas), manual bilge pump

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The Honest Bit

She’s 40 years old, and her topsides show it — the deck would benefit from repainting, and a few cosmetic jobs remain: stanchion socket repairs, minor GRP tidy-ups, that sort of thing. Nothing structural, nothing major — just the kind of routine upkeep that comes with owning a proper sailing yacht.

Below deck, she’s dry, functional, and full of potential. Not flash, but comfortable and warm. Above all, she’s mechanically sound and fully operational, with thousands spent in the right areas: electrics, nav, rigging, and safety.

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Media & Features

This Sadler 29 has featured in Yachting Monthly and in a few YouTube videos over the years — a testament to her character and capability.
• Yachting Monthly: When to replace yacht sails and how to make old sails last longer
• Yachting Monthly: How to install a diesel heater on your boat
• Yachting Monthly: Tested – Vesper Cortex VHF radio, AIS and remote monitoring

(Additional links available on request.)

Sensible offers considered
Located Chichester Marina. Viewings by arrangement.

Specifications

Accommodation

Equipment

Engine(s)

Buhk DV24 less than 400 hours

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