1979 Vancouver 27 ‘MARTHA MARIA’ – SOLD

Wednesday 22nd November 2023

Mark Cameron Yachts are delighted to announce the successful sale of the 1979 Vancouver 27 ‘MARTHA MARIA’.

Robert Harris set up his own design office in Vancouver, Canada during 1972; following an early career in the Navy and cutting his teeth in yacht design with Crosby Yachts and Sparkmans and Stephens. The Vancouver 27 was the Robert Harris design offices first design, a client commission to design a pocket ocean cruiser for a crew of two to sail from Canada to New Zealand. The Vancouver 27 proved to be highly successful with the boat built under license in Britain and Canada, establishing the Vancouver brand.

The British Vancouver 27’s were built by Pheon Yachts and differ slightly with only the UK hulls having tumblehome, increasing stiffness when compared to the Canadian hull shape. MARTHA MARIA is a UK built example of the Vancouver 27 with the traditional three berth layout below decks. She has benefitted from regular maintenance and upgrading with her inventory including:

• Full osmosis treatment to underwater hull in 2004
• Nanni 20hp marine diesel engine
• Raymarine ST2000+ tiller pilot
• Aries windvane self-steering
• Tacktick wireless multi display showing Depth/Speed/Log information
• Icom M421 DSCVHF
• NASA AIS Radar display
• Taylors Spirit stove, two burner, gimbal mounted
• Refleks diesel stove cabin heater
• Standing rigging, fully replaced in 2004
• Selden Furlex 200Sroller reefing system on forestay for Genoa/Yankee (2009)
• Selden Furlex 100S roller reefing system on cutter stay for staysail (2015)
• Stackpack style mainsail cover (2014)
• Sprayhood (2015)
• Cockpit Tent (2016)
• Mainsail (2013)
• Staysail (2015)
• Lodestar inflatable dinghy

Lying ashore at Creran Marine in Argyll, the Vancouver 27 MARTHA MARIA will be loaded onto a lorry in the coming weeks to make the trip to her new home port in the south west of England.