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Offered
for: EUR 7,000,000
(VAT exempt)
L.O.A.: 40.79
m / 133' 10''
Engines: 275 BHP Gardner 6 L x DT
Beam: 6.25
m / 20' 6''
Cabins: 5
Draught: 4.2
m / 13' 9''
Year build: 1931
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ALTAIR set the
standard for vintage yacht restorations and she is a benchmark to which
many are compared but that none match.
In her restoration
it has been proved that not only is an authentic restoration possible
but that having achieved it, the end result is superb
in all respects.
The press coverage that Altair has received is a pale reflection of all
that she stands for, but saying this, she has
been featured on more than a dozen front pages and many complete
articles.
Of the large
high-quality pre-war yachts that survive today be they restored or not,
only a very few will ever be able to match ALTAIR's
originality.
The unique nature of this yacht is beyond question and her future is of
an importance way beyond that usually associated
with a particular yacht.
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ALTAIR,
built in Fairlie by William Fife & Sons as yard number 789 was
launched in May 1931. As such, she is one of the last descendants
of the famous fleet of schooners that revitalized schooner racing around
the turn of the century.
ALTAIR's origins lie in
the desires of her first owner
Captain H. MacCaw for a sound, safe cruiser; safe to go to the South Sea
Islands in with no difficulty as he wrote to William Fife
in 1929. After some considerable correspondence, a design was finally
settled on and the price agreed at £21,500.
In actual
fact the rather elderly MacCaw never made the world voyage he had
planned, and after two years of ownership he sold her to
Walter Runciman (later Viscount Runciman) Liberal MP for St. Ives.
Sailing her on the south coast of England and west coast of Scotland,
he in turn sold her in 1938 to Sir William Verdon-Smith who enjoyed her
for two seasons until she was bought by the Admiralty
to play her part in the war effort. Following the war, ALTAIR was
extensively refitted in 1948 and left England under Portuguese
ownership passing into the hands of Miguel Sans Mora two years later. In
this ownership she remained based in Barcelona
until acquired by her next owners in 1985. It is largely thanks to the
great love that Sans Mora had for ALTAIR that during 34
years she was maintained in the tradition within which she was built.
ALTAIR's
new Swiss owners committed her to the now famous and much written about
restoration / refit at Southampton Yacht Services
with a dedicated and hand picked team that would go on to create Fairlie
Restorations, this was completed in 1987 and her owners
set about cruising, racing and enjoying ALTAIR.
ALTAIR was
then sold to a well known Spanish family and again in 2005 ALTAIR was
sold to her current American ownership .
(Notes on
the layout plan )
the head to starboard of the companionway is now a shower room and
forward of the Captains cabin (forward
of saloon to starboard) where the plan shows a double bunk cabin, there
is now a crew head and bathroom and the berths forward of this are now
symmetrical with the port side crew berths.)
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SY ALTAIR
main characteristics
Type Gaff
rigged Topsail Schooner
Construction Teak
on oak with teak deck
Builder William
Fife & Sons, United Kingdom
Designer William
Fife
Year of build 1931
Last refit 2007
Flag British
Port of registry
Southampton
Class Lloyds
(Maltese Cross) 100A LMC Yacht
Length Overall
(LOA) 40.79 m /
133' 10''
Beam 6.25
m / 20' 6''
Draft 4.2
m / 13' 9''
Gross Tonnage 93
Full load
displacement 155
Main Engines 275
BHP Gardner 6 L x DT main engine (rebuilt 2007, last service Oct 0
Generators 2
x 2 x 25kva ONAN MDL 6 cylinder generators (rebuilt 2007, last service
Oct 09)
Propulsion 32.
Variprop feathering propeller
Fuel capacity 3200
litres (2 x 1,000 litres in Bilge 2 x 600 litres in E/R)
Fresh water
capacity 3000
litres (2 x 1500 litres tanks)
Grey water tank
capacity 450
litres (1 x 250 litre & 1 x 200 litre stainless steel tanks, new
2007)
Paint job Hull
painted in June 2007
Last
ashore and antifouled in October 2009
Accommodation
French polished
walnut throughout for guest accommodation. The interior of Altair is
considered one of the most
beautiful and authentic interiors in any yacht. The paneling, door
furniture and bathroom
fittings are all from 1931 .
In 2007 all nickel and chrome interior fittings
removed and re-plated with the interior freshly French polished and
painted.
Owner:
Double cabin
Guests: 1
x VIP (small double) & 3 x Single guest cabins
Bathrooms:
2 showers and 1 bath. The original Blakes toilet has been beautifully
preserved, but
while appearing to be manual, it is actually electrically operated.
Safety
equipment 2 x
manual bilge pumps
1 x engine
driven
1 x 220V
bilge pump- these pumps double as fire pumps
1 x 24V
bilge pump
17 fire
extinguishers
Emergency
tiller
25 Life
jackets
2 life rings
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pictures and price confirmation please e-mail or call us
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