Albin Ballad Boat for Sale

• Manufacturer: Albin
• Location: Plymouth
• Year: 1974
• LOA: 30'0" (9.15m)
• Beam: 9' 8'' (2.95m)
• Berths: 5
• Draft: 1.55
• Keel: Fin keel
• ID no.: 1011332

• Cabins: 2
• Heads: 1
• Watertank Size: 150 Litres
• Engine Make: Yanmar 2GM20
• Horsepower: 18hp
• Drive Type: Shaft drive
• Fuel Type: Diesel
• Fuel Tank Size: 30 Litres
• Cruise Speed: 5 Knots
• Top Speed: 6 Knots

Broker Remarks

The Albin Ballad is well known as a popular well built fast cruiser, she has a classic tumblehome hull that is well balanced and sits easily in her track once trimmed correctly. These yachts have a huge following, they offer excellent sailing ability and excellent cruising capabilities. 
Noontide has been in the same ownership for 25 years, she has been upgraded and refitted during those years to a high standard. She has had a replacement engine, new spars, standing rigging, deck gear, electronics, and sails during these years, she is having a professional respray, new upholstery, new foam for the cushions, Eberspacher diesel fired heating, canvas sprayhood, canvas lazybag and has had Permateak installed in the cockpit.
The yacht has mainly been cruised, with trips along the southwest coast, Scilly's, Channel Islands and France. 
The boat can be viewed on the hard standing in the coming weeks once she comes out of the shed from the respray!

Accommodation

Sleeps five in one cabin as well as the saloon
Double V berth in the forward cabin
Port & starboard single berths in the saloon
Lots of storage above, below & behind the saloon berths
Aft quarter berth to port behind the chart table
Forward-facing chart table to port

Mechanical and Rigging

Construction:
Built by Albin Marine Sweden in 1974
Designed by Rolf Magnussen
Tumblehome hull design
GRP hull, deck & superstructure
Lead ballast encapsulated fin keel 47% ballast ratio
Tiller steering with a stainless steel tiller (NEW 2015)
Skeg hung rudder
Major refit in 2015
Hull professionally spray painted in 2022 
Permateak cockpit seating & cockpit sole (NEW 2015)

GBR 137

Mechanics:
Yanmar 2GM20, 18hp diesel engine (REPLACED IN 1994)
New injectors 2012
Shaft driven
Volvo stern gland (NEW 2019)
Two blade, bronze folding propeller 
Single lever morse engine control
Fuel gauge

Tankage:
Fuel capacity 150 litres
Freshwater capacity

Water System:
12v Pumped water supply to Whale outlets in the Heads & Galley
Coldwater only

Electrics:
12v Electrical system with stabilised 12v to instruments
Switch panel with Navigation light mimics & MCB protection (NEW 2010)
240v horsepower system with RCD/MCB distribution to the battery charger & saloon sockets 
25A mains powered battery charger
Solar-powered charging
12vDC 240vAC inverter to saloon socket 
12v USB charger points
Voltmeter

Rigging:
Mast & rig check 2021
Aluminium anodised silver spars (NEW 2001)
Z Spars 2351 aluminium mast & boom (NEW 2001)
Aluminium spinnaker pole
Single spreader rig
Keel stepped mast (WELL KNOWN KEEL STEP MOD/REPAIR HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT!!!)
Stainless steel standing rigging (NEW 2021)
Mix of Dyneema running rigging (NEW MAIN HALYARD 2017, SPINNAKER HALYARD 2015)
Facnor genoa furling system (NEW 2012)
Slab reefing with three reef points
Lazybag with lazyjacks (NEW 2018)

Sails:
All sails from Saunders Sails
Battened mainsail 
150% furling genoa (NEW 2012)
Spinnaker

Inventory

Navigation Aids:
In The Cockpit;
Raymarine P70 Autopilot head (NEW 2013)
Raymarine ST60+ wind speed & direction
Autohelm GPS

At The Chart Table;
Raymarine ST40 Wind 
Raymarine ST40 Speed & depth
Raymarine S2G course computer with Inboard hydraulic autopilot, Octopus 38mm Linear drive (NEW 2013)
Seatalk to NMEA bridge
Actisense NDC4 NMEA multiplexer (NEW 2017)
Digital Yachts WLN10 NMEA to Wireless for the wireless chart plotter (NEW 2017)
Icom M323 DSC VHF radio (NEW 2017)

Ground Tackle:
12V Quick DP3 anchor windlass & controller (NEW 2015)
15kg CQR anchor with 8mm calibrated chain & polyester warp  (NEW 2015
Quick Anchor Rode 33’ Chain 30m Polyester rope
Stainless steel bow roller

Deck Gear:
Lewmar 44 self-tailing, two-speed sheet winches
Lewmar 8 single speed halyard winches (RE-CHROMED 2015)
Lewmar 16 two speed secondary sheet winches (RE-CHROMED 2015)
Harken ball bearing mainsheet traveller (NEW 2015)
Harken ball bearing genoa tracks with adjustable cars (NEW 2015)
Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit & stanchions

Safety Equipment:
All Safety equipment listed is included in the sale but the vendor offers no warranties
The purchaser must service the safety equipment and ensure that it is appropriate for their purposes and check expiry and service dates on all items. Expiry and service dates cannot be guaranteed!
Horseshoe lifebuoy & light
Danbuoy
Manual/Auto 12v electric bilge pump
Manual Whale bilge pump
12v gas detector
Fire extinguisher
Navigation lights
LED Hella steaming light (NEW 2015)
LED Hella deck light (NEW 2015)

Equipment:
Canvas sprayhood (NEW 2018)
Canvas lazybag (NEW 2018)
Canvas tonneau cover (NEW 2018)
Outboard engine bracket mounted on the pushpit
Various warps & fenders
BEAT 200 Radio/CD/MP3/SD/MMC/USB player
Cockpit speakers
Tiller extension