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'Blue Dolphin' is one of just a few Southerly 420 cruising yachts built by Northshore. This fine example offers outstanding sailing performance with easy handling by just two people from the centre cockpit. The spacious interior is fitted out to a very high standard and comes with many extras, to facilitate extended voyaging.
The manufacturer's description highlights a modern well-balanced hull form, long heeled waterline and broad transom, which provide thoroughbred performance and a sea-kindly motion. The Southerly 420 certainly offers outstanding versatility, with a variable draft keel giving the freedom to sail in a variety of waters.
With her flexible sail plan, secure cockpit, autopilot, generator, watermaker, wind generator and solar power, Blue Dolphin offers serious blue water potential. Her superb living accommodation and a lifting keel also make her ideal for coastal cruising.
For more information, contact Paul in the Plymouth office on 01752 260086.
Construction
- Heavy Duty GRP Moulding
- Hand layup to Northshore's Nordseal laminating system
- Solid GRP hull below the waterline.
- Southerly Blue gel coat
- Ivory White boot top
- Ivory White style lines
- Tri-view vertical port lights to both sides of saloon
- Coppercoat antifouling system applied to underwater area when built
- Deck bonded to hull through the entire length and to all main bulkheads.
- Teak capping rail
- Teak laid ring deck
- Variable draft keel, raised and lowered by hydraulic ram, with hand operated back-up
- Semi-balanced twin rudders
Engines, Stern Gear & Propulsion
- Yanmar 4JH5E 4 cylinder, fresh water cooled, diesel engine
- 53 HP 39.6kW
- 80 amp alternator
- GRP stern tube with water lubricated stern gland
- Stainless steel propeller shaft
- Aquadrive CBV10 for reduced engine noise and vibration
- Bronze three bladed MaxProp feathering propeller
- Ambassador AM10 rope cutter
- 12 volt electric ventilator
- Dedicated sound deadened engine compartment
- Lewmar 82Kg bow thruster with control at helm position
Deck Equipment
- 2 x Lewmar 50ST genoa winches
- 1 x Lewmar 45AEST powered halyard winch
- 2 x Lewmar 46ST mainsheet winches
- 20kg Delta anchor 50 metres of chain 30 metres of warp
- Quick Prince DP3 1500w windlass including hand held control head
- Windlass control on steering pedestal
- Lewmar Mamba steering system pedestal with nav pod
- Single teak seats to port and starboard pushpit
- Good access aft for boarding via transom
- Telescopic stern boarding ladder
- Simpson LSD75 davits to aft deck area
- Deck shower with hot and cold water fitted at transom
- Power hose for deck cleaning
- Cockpit table on forward side of pedestal
- Sprayhood with hide covered grab bar
- Bimini / Cockpit tent with panels
- Cockpit awning
- Cockpit cushions
Systems
- 12 volt system
- 240v ring main: includes 3 double outlet sockets, plug for shore connection (16A), 1Kw immersion heater
- LED cabin lighting throughout
- 12 volt 10amp interior socket for low load applications
- 2 x 12 volt 25 amp interior sockets for high load applications, fitted in cockpit
- 4 x Mastervolt AGM batteries, 3 x 345ah for service, 1 x 115ah for engine start
- MASE IS 3.5 generator (230v 3KW) with ship/shore changeover switch
- Mastervolt battery charger 12/50 amp smart 3 step
- Mastervolt Masterview Easy Battery Monitor
- Generator, under navigation station seat
- 4 x 45amp Solar panels
- Wind generator
- Foldaway 12v electric fans to saloon and each cabin
- Schenker Watermaker (34ltr per hour)
- Pressurised hot and cold water system
- Two non-metallic fresh water tanks - Total capacity 532 litres/117 gallons
- Electric fresh water pressure pump
- Hot water provided by engine calorifier unit
- Foot pump at tap in galley for sea water
- Electric sump pumps to shower trays
- One manual bilge pump
- Three electric submersible bilge pumps
- Holding tank plumbed to forward and aft heads
- Webasto Hot air heating system with outlets to saloon, each cabin and aft shower
- Gas system recently re-certified
Navigation
- Raymarine ST60 wind /speed/depth instruments fitted above companionway
- Raymarine autopilot with mamba drive, display at helm and chart table
- SPX10 Smart Pilot with Rate Gyro, includes rudder reference unit
- Icom 423 VHF/DSC marine transceiver radio
- Icom Command Mic external handset
- External VHF speaker
- Raymarine c95 Hybrid touch multi function display with AIS fitted at chart table
- Raymarine e95 Hybrid touch multi function display with AIS fitted in navpod in cockpit on pedastal
- Raymarine radar 18'' scanner with scanstrut mast bracket
- Raystar 130 Satellite GPS antenna, mounted to coachroof
- Iridium Satellite telephone
- Binnacle helm compass
- keel height, windlass and bow thruster operation at binnacle
Rig & Sails
- Selden fractional rig
- Standing rigging replaced in 2021
- Double swept back spreaders
- Furlex headsail reefing system
- Backstay with manual tensioner
- Aluminium spinnaker pole, vertical mast stowage with topping lift and down haul
- 3 climbing steps on mast
- Fully battened Norlam XP main sail with Selden MDS cars
- Three reefs to main sail
- Single line reefing
- Norlam XP self tacking jib
- Furling genoa (new 2024)
- Lazy jacks
- Stac pac system
- Asymmetric spinnaker
- Top-down furling gennaker (as new)
- Storm jib
- Dyneema halyards and topping lift
Accommodation
- Interior joinery finished in solid American Cherry
- Galley worktop in Corian type material, Pebble Blue
- Heads worktops in Corian type material, Aspen Glacier
- Cabin soles in teak striped non-slip laminate
- Large saloon seating area provides comfortable dining for six
- Large coach roof windows provide panoramic visibility
- Opening forward coachroof windows provide exceptional natural ventilation
- Spacious light and airy aft cabin with large centreline double berth & seating both sides
- Ensuite facilities with separate shower for added comfort
- Linear galley has large working surfaces with abundant storage
- Front loading stainless steel refrigerator, keel cooled
- Top loading freezer, keel cooled
- Fully gimballed gas cooker with three burners, grill and oven
- Microwave
- Large forward cabin is fitted with vee berths, which convert to a double, with good storage
- Ensuite head/shower