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Snapdragon Classic Boat for Sale

£3,250 |
  • Manufacturer: Snapdragon
  • Price: £3,250
  • Location: Dover Marina, Kent
  • Year: 1972
  • LOA: 29'0" (8.84m)
  • LWL: 24'0" (7.32m)
  • LWL: 24'0" (7.32m)
  • Displacement: 3,402 kg
  • Ballast: 1,361 kg
  • Colour: White
  • Designer: Thames Marine
  • Beam: 9' 6'' (2.90m)
  • Berths: 4
  • Keel: Bilge Keel
  • ID no.: 38764
  • Cabins: 1
  • Aircon: No
  • Heating: No
  • Heads: 1
  • Engine Make: Yanmar
  • Drive Type: Shaft drive
  • Fuel Type: Diesel
  • Cruise Speed: 4 Knots
  • Top Speed: 6 Knots

Broker Remarks

Snapdragon for sale in Kent

This 1979 Snapdragon offers a simple yet practical layout. This Snapdragon benefits from stainless steel stanchions and a pulpit. This boat is currently out of the water but is ready for viewing. This vessel is being sold via a sealed bids process; the closing date of the sealed bids is the 4th August 2025

The vessel is being sold by way of sealed bid, as is, where is, at the time of sale.  A copy of the conditions of sale can be obtained upon email request from us. 

All sealed bids must be submitted using the appropriate sealed bid submission form by post or email by 12:00 GMT on Monday, 4th August 2025 

Please call our Kent Office +44 (0)1634 571605 for further information or to arrange a viewing.

Accommodation

The Snap Dragon offers 5’ 5 head room though out the vessel, while offering 4 berths in one cabin. There is a v berth forward that converts into a double berth with storage underneath the berth.

Aft of the forward cabin area to the portside is the heads compartment with a chemical toilet.

Moving aft, the main saloon offers a booth table to the portside which drops to make a double berth and a single settee berth to Starboard.  

The galley to starboard and has a 240V oven and grill, a single stainless-steel sink, and storage cupboards.  

There is a cockpit offer bench seating to both port at starboard side with tiller steering, engine controls, and three storage lockers.   

Mechanical and Rigging

Sails and Rigging:

Snapdragon has a Bermuda masthead sloop rig with a deck-stepped alloy mast and boom, with stainless steel standing rigging.  The age of the standing and running rigging is unknown.  The vessel features a mainsail with slab reefing and stack pack, and a furling headsail.

Winches:

  • 2 x Sheet winches

Sails:

  • 1 x Mainsail, age unknown, condition poor
  • 1 x Genoa, age unknown, condition poor

Mechanical Systems:

This Snapdragon has a single Yanmar diesel engine propelling a shaft-driven 3-bladed fixed propeller. This engine is controlled by Morse controls with direct cooling and supplied by a stainless steel fuel tank. This Snapdragon should expect a cruising speed of approximately 4 knots, with a maximum speed of approximately 6 knots

Electrical Systems:

1 x 12v battery, (1x engine) charging from the alternator and a solar panel. 

Inventory

Deck Equipment:

  • Boarding ladder
  • 6 x Fenders
  • 3 x Mooring warps

Navigation Equipment:

  • Wind Direction - Hawk
  • Depth Gauge
  • VHF Radio – Aqua Marine
  • GPS - Garmin 152
  • Deck Nav Lights

Safety Equipment:

  • 1 x  Manual Bilge Pump

Keel:

Bilge keel with tiller steering with a skeg rudder. 

History & Construction:

This Snapdragon was built in 1972 by Thames Marine UK to the own design, with bilge keels, a Spade rudder, a White GRP Hull and superstructure with stainless steel stations and a pull push pulpit. This Vessel is currently out of the water. 

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Disclaimer : Network Yacht Brokers Kent offers the details of this vessel for sale but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of the information contained in the specification or warrant the condition of the vessel or equipment. A buyer should instruct his agents, or surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered for sale subject to no prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.