International Six Meter (1931) for sale in Antibes, France

£191,272 GBP
Listed price €229,000 EUR
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Stunning International Six Meter racing yacht built in 1931 by Anker and Jensen, designed by Johan Anker. Originally Anker’s personal yacht, she won the Scandinavian Gold Cup in 1931. Later sold to Magnus Konow who won further prestigious cups. Converted for cruising in the UK during the mid-1930s and extensively refitted in 2003 and 2019, including a new rig and major structural repairs by Clare Lallows yard. Equipped with high-performance sails by One Sails and Europ’ Sails, and advanced racing systems. Raced under UK flag as GBR31, recently competed in the 2023 Worlds in Cowes. Now optimised for high-level racing and offered in full racing trim.

General information
Make/model
International Six Meter
Category
Used sail boat for sale
Price
£191,272 GBP | Listed price €229,000 EURGet a foreign exchange quote
Tax / VAT status
Paid / Included
Year
1931
Length overall
10.97 metres
Beam
1.83 metres
Hull
0
Keel
Long Keel
Location
Antibes, France

About this International Six Meter

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STUNNING International Six Meter racing yacht built to Rule 2

Designed by Johan Anker and built by Anker and Jensen in 1931.

She was built as the personal yacht of Johan Anker and in her he won the Scandinavian Gold Cup in Gothenburg in 1931.  In 1932 she was sold to the great helmsman Magnus Konow who won the Gold Cup and the One Ton Cup.  In 1933 she was sold to the UK and was converted for cruising around 1935 and spent much of her time after this on the Hamble.

In 2003 she was purchased by a well known member of the meter boat community, rebuilt and raced successfully at various events around Europe.

Purchased by the current owner in 2019 she then went through a major refit involving serious structural repairs and improvements, a complete new rig and all new systems.  Clare Lallows yard on the Isle of Wight, together with an experienced yacht surveyor, completed a structural refit including new planking, frames and rudder replacement.

The yacht is now offered in full racing trim, optimised to a very high level and fully equipped for racing in the 6 meter series.

Top professionals have been engaged at all stages of the design and build to ensure the hull, rig and systems are as good as they could possibly be.  The rig was designed in conjunction with various people including Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd.

Now under UK flag, this 6m yacht is sailing under the sail number GBR31.  Raced at the 2023 Worlds in Cowes and finished 11th overall.

Offered for sale individually, but could be bought as part of a pair in conjunction with Silvervingen.  The systems, rigs and racing set up are identical on each boat making for exciting sailing as part of a team.


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Mechanical :
Construction

Hull

Planked in mahogany all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.

Sawn timber floors across the centreline

Titanium ring frame and new mahogany mast step recently fitted to spread the loads of the rig evenly and stiffen the hull.

Deck

Swept quarter sawn spruce deck screw fastened to douglas fir deck beams. 

Mahogany king plank and covering boards.

Twin cockpits with mahogany coamings.

Sails

All sails by One Sails or Europ’ Sails, made from a Glued Vantage1 membrane and a film outer surface:

Mainsail A          One Sails            September 2022              Good condition

Mainsail B          Europ’ Sails        July 2023            Excellent condition

Light jib #1         One Sails            Sept 2022           Ok condition

Light jib #2         Europ’ Sails        July 2023            Good condition

Light jib #3         Europ’ Sails        March 2024        New condition

Medium jib #1   One Sails            Sept 2022           Ok condition

Medium jib #2   Europ’ Sails        July 2023            Ok condition

Medium jib #3   Europ’ Sails        March 2024        New condition

Heavy jib            Europ’ Sails        July 2023            Good condition

Super heavy jib One Sails            Sept 2022           Ok condition

Spinnaker 1 #1   OneSails             Sept 2022           Ok condition

Spinnaker 1 #2   Europ’ Sails        July 2023            Good condition

Spinnaker 2 #1   One Sails            Sept 2022           Good condition

Spinnaker 2 #2   Europ’ Sails        July 2023            Good condition

Spinnaker 3        Europ’ Sails        July 2023            Good condition

Spinnaker 4        One Sails            Sept 2022           Good condition

Spare S2 & S3    Europ Sails         Aug 2023            New condition

Rig electronics

Cyclops Marine Gateway unit to collate and distribute data from load cells.

Smartlink load cells for mainsheet, running backstays and forestay.

Rig

The rig design was completed with the help of Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd to produce a high performance efficient rig.

The complete rig was delivered in 2022 and first sailed in September 2022.

Critical load data from the rig fed into the onboard system with various read out screens around the boat to give the crew real time information while racing.  Data relayed via wifi to chase boat.

Spars

Fractional Bermudan sloop rig.  Alloy mast and boom by Allspars, 2022.  Full spec of spars available on request.

Stainless steel rod standing rigging.  All rigging 2022, forestay new 2023.

Winches

2 x Harken Performa 50 and 2 x Harken Performa 46 2 speed self tailing winches below decks for line controls, set on newly fitted plywood structures especially designed for supreme crew ergonomics.

Single Harken Performa 50 mainsheet winch set on a central pedestal.

Deck hardware

All fittings and hardware designed, supplied and installed by Marine Rigging Servies Ltd of Gosport to race specification.

Equipment

B&G H5000 CPU Hercules

4 x B&G Triton 2 digital display

2 x B&G H5000 Graphic display at the mast

B&G wind sensor

B&G rudder indicator

B&G log

Tracer 22ah Li-Po battery for systems

Whale gusher manual bilge pump

Auto electric bilge pump 150 litres/min

12 volt battery for bilge pumps

3 x fender pads

Mooring warps

Padded boom crutch

All over mast up covers

Summer deck covers fitted around the cockpits

2 x Harken Performa 50 2 speed self tailing winches

2 x Harken Performa 46 2 speed self tailing winches

Harken Performa 50 self tailing mainsheet winch

Spinlock clutches

Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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