1980 Sceptre 36 ‘Brandywine’
Seattle, WA
US $37,500
Description
s/v Brandywine
Here is another Sceptre 36, the red hull s/v Brandywine (Note Price Drop). This nice Sceptre was repowered with a Yanmar 3GM30 diesel in 2001 and comes with a 9’ Zodiac RIB Dinghy and a Wallace 30D diesel heater! Designed by Hein Driehuyzen, and built by Sceptre Yachts Ltd. in Vancouver, thirty-six Sceptre 36 sailboats were completed between 1978 and 1984. Brandywine is hull number ten. The most interesting and thorough review of the Sceptre 36 is in The Best Boats to Build or Buy by Ferenc Máté. With 10 pages of copy and drawings, it’s well worth a read!
The Sceptre 36 hulls are solid fiberglass and the deck and coach-house are fiberglass with balsa core. The rig is a modern masthead, with rod rigging footed well inboard, enabling the Sceptre to point well upwind and allowing for wide decks outboard of the chainplates. The Sterns mast is supported by four shrouds per side with rod rigging and rod backstay with hydraulic backstay adjustment. There’s a PROFURL furling system on the forestay for the genoa. While there is a Barient #18-halyard winch on the deck near the mast, most lines lead to the cockpit, with Barient #21 trim winches on each side of the companionway under the dodger. The primary winches are self-tailing Barient #27’s. The tall, skinny main sail has three full battens and one partial on large slugs. Reef rings are hand-stitched with sewn webbing for both reefs.
The interior is light with four opening Hood SS portlights, varnished woodwork details like corner gaps in table fiddles, good storage, and a pass-through for the trash can in the lazaret. Like many boats of the day, you could load the ice box or reach a beer from the cockpit. A refrigerator has been installed under the nav table, which is larger than most recent boat designs. The galley is well laid out, with more storage than you’d find in bigger boats. Just check out the v-berth and storage across from the modest head. You will appreciate the cockpit design with a real propane tank and the protected engine controls.
This strong classic racer/cruiser is a straightforward sailing machine, a great sailing boat that could take you anywhere in the Salish Sea or around Vancouver Island. Nobody builds boats like this anymore! Come see her before she sails away. . .
Full Specifications
Specifications
- LOA: 35′ 6″
- LWL: 29′ 1″
- Beam: 11′ 5″
- Draft: 6′
- Displacement: 12,000 lbs
- Ballast: 5,500 lbs
- Sail Area: 596 sq ft
- SA / Disp: 18.2
- Ballast / Disp: 45.83
- Comfort Ratio: 23.34
Deck & Hull
- Balsa-cored deck and coach house
- Bruce 33 lb anchor on bow roller with approximately 100 ft of chain
- Danforth anchor with bow anchor davit
- Bow pulpit with rails; side stanchions with lifelines
- CE Hood stainless portlights with screens (4) – replaced 2000
- Lexan portlights replaced – 2000
- Window seals and caulking replaced – 2000
- All window openings backfilled with epoxy – 2000
- Newer through-hull fittings
- Red hull color
- Main bulkheads glassed directly to hull and deck
Sails & Rigging
- Equipped for cruising and racing
- Stearns aluminum keel-stepped black mast
- Stainless steel rod rigging
- ProFurl R-35 race double-groove furler
- (2) Barient Model 27 – 2-speed self-tailing primary winches
- (3) Barient Model 21 – 2-speed winches
- Spinlock automatic XA cams
- Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster
- Manual boom vang
- Full-batten mainsail with two reef points
- Jib and genoa
- Spinnaker with pole
- Mainsheet traveler and main halyard replaced – 2000
- Recessed bridgedeck traveler
- Recessed genoa tracks on wide side decks
Interior
- Varnished teak interior
- Refinished teak & holly cabin sole
- Custom cabinetry throughout
- Navy & white upholstery (excellent condition)
- Headliner and body liner replaced
- Hull insulated below waterline
- Halogen lights in main cabin & V-berth
- Fluorescent under-cabinet lighting in galley & head
Galley
- GE 2.5 cu ft 110V high-efficiency refrigerator
- Icebox with drain & ample storage
- Gimbaled Atwood 3-burner propane stove with oven
- Large stainless sink with saltwater foot pump
- 5-gallon propane tank
- Sea-B-Que barbecue
Electrical System
- 12V DC and 110V AC panels
- (4) 6V Dyno house batteries
- (1) Start battery
- Trace Voyager Series 1500W inverter/charger
- 110V shore power at dock or underway
- Marinetics LPG remote control system
Electronics & Navigation
- King Marine VHF 7000 transceiver
- Pioneer Premier CD sound system with remote
- Alpine 6″ x 9″ speakers with custom boxes
- Lowrance plotter (stored below)
- Windex 15 wind indicator
- Ritchie Navigator compass
- Echomaster radar reflector
- Signet knot meter
- Navigation and deck lights
- Tricolor masthead light
Mechanical & Engine
- Yanmar 3GM 30 HP diesel – repowered 2001
- Transmission included
- Freshwater cooling system
- Racor fuel filter
- Engine alarm with cockpit controls
- Groco raw water strainer
- Fixed bronze 2-blade propeller
- (2) Rule Mate 2000 bilge pumps
- Manual fire extinguishers
- Wheel steering with binnacle compass
Keel
- Fin keel – 6′ draft
- Skeg-hung rudder
- Keel removed and reinstalled by Seaview Boatyard (Seattle) – 2001
- Fiberglass reinforcement added at keel joint (hull & keel)
Dinghy
- 10′ Zodiac RIB inflatable
- 4 HP Johnson outboard on stern mount
- Includes oars, fuel tank & foot pump
Additional Equipment
- Foul weather suit (fits 6′ male)
- Classic fabric dodger
- Stern swim ladder
- Sail & winch covers
- Cockpit cushions
Please call Lee Youngblood for an appointment to view this boat in Seattle.
1980 Sceptre 36 ‘Brandywine’
Seattle, WA
US $37,500
