Chantier Navals de Normandie
102' / 31m

Athens Greece
WEATHER BIRD
Few yachts can match WEATHER BIRD’s embodiment of the spirit of 1920s and 30s Côte d'Azur as the summer playground to America’s Jazz Age ‘Lost Generation’. The guests roll-call of her extremely well-connected, influential, guru-like first owners - and perhaps first promoters of spending summer on th
NOT FOR SALE TO US RESIDENTS WHILE IN US WATERS
Schooner
Sail
Used
Diesel
Wood Hull
HIN/IMO: 9907641
Vessel ID# 2786528
$3,629,490 USD
€3,370,000 Euros
CA$4,900,120 CAD
£2,923,183 GBP
Description

Data Sheet
LOA 102' (31 meters)
Type sail
Year 1931
Beam 21'
Draft Max 11'
Fuel Type Diesel
Hull Material Wood
Multimedia
Full Details

RESTORATION / REFIT

2021 Complete mechanical refit, overhaul and replacement of systems. New upgrades throughout over 12 months, including overhaul of engines and new generators.

2016

Rig refit; new rigging and electric/ electronic cables

2015

Rudder removed for check; bearings replaced

2011-2012 At Marmaris, Turkey

Making and fitting of new iron keel

Associated new galvanised and epoxy coated steel floors

Associated new keelbolts and fastenings

Other hull revision

Removal, cleaning and painting of bilge tanks

Plumbing inspection and electrical replacement

Engine room rationalisation and refit

2007-2008 At Marina di Scarlino, Italy

Plank replacement and refastening

Frame reinforcing

1997-1998 Major refit at Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario, Italyg

New teak deck

Some planking and fastening work

Restoration internal, including new furnishings, and external, including deckhouse

Revision of electrical and hydraulic systems, and sea valves

New stainless steel black and grey water tanks

CONSTRUCTION

Oak carvel planking on oak frame

Laid teak deck

Iron ballast keel

DECK LAYOUT, EQUIPMENT AND GROUND TACKLE

Varnished teak cap rail

White painted bulwark

Teak laid deck

Teak passerelle

Chromed fairleads on taffrail, port and starboard

Chromed mooring cleats port and starboard

Teak grating/ step

Ash and bronze running topmast backstay tackle

Giles style levers port and starboard for lower mast runners

Parat stainless steel winch on teak chock on aft deck

Wood mainsheet blocks

3 x Parat sheet winches on stainless steel plinth

2 x Teak and chromed bronze cleats

Panama fairleads port and starboard

Chromed cleats port and starboard

Ship’s wheel on aft bulkhead of engine room trunk cabin

Engine throttle control

Large chromed compass binnacle with steering compass

Aft trunk cabin

Port companionway to engine room

Starboard companionway houses ship’s isolator panels and navigation instruments

Large enclosed cockpit with seating fwd of aft trunk cabin

Cockpit table

Entrance to deck saloon

Deck saloon with ‘railway carriage’ style sliding windows

Varnished handrails port and starboard

Boarding ladder stowed starboard side

Spare passerelle stowed port side

3 x Winches at mast base

2 x Foresail sheets stainless steel winches at mast base on steel plinth

Pin rails mounted at shrouds port and starboard

Seating with storage under either side of main mast fwd of deck saloon

2 x Staysail sheet Parat winches on stainless steel plinths port and starboard

2 x Butterfly hatches – large dining table over first hatch

4 x Bronze fairlead port and starboard

Ventilators

Mushroom vents

2 x Chromed cowl ventilators on Dorade boxes

Liferafts port and starboard on teak chocks at base of foremast shrouds

Varnished wood boxes port and starboard for stowage

Foremast – single spreader

3 x Stainless steel winches at formast base

Staysail on boom – sheets via ash and bronze blocks

Raised sliding hatch over crew cabin

Table over fwd end of sliding hatch

Windlass with 2 x warping drums and 2 x capstans (power source 220V)

240m Stud link galvanised anchor chain

Raised foredeck ares with teak grating over anchor chain giving large bathing area

4 x Chromed fairleads, port and starboard

Bow roller each side of stem with two large c80kg Bruce anchor

Main mast - single spreader

Throat and peak tackle port and starboard

Bowsprit

ACCOMMODATION AND DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Owner's cabin to starboard

- Double doors

- Large double berth; drawers under

- Vanity desk

- Hanging locker

- Book case and lockers

- Butterfly hatches in deckhead

- 1 x Opening port

- 2 x Deckhead lights

- 3 x Bulkhead lights

Large en-suite

- Automatic toilet

- Ceramic basin; hot and cold tap

- Shower area

- Bidet

- 1 x Opening port

- 3 x Deckhead lights

 

Guests:

Double cabin to starboard

- Double berth; drawers under

- Bureau

- Banquette

- Hanging lockers

- 3 x Deckhead lights

- 3 x Bulkhead lights

- 2 x Opening ports

En suite WC compartment

- Manual toilet

- Ceramic sink; hot and cold tap

- Shower

- Opening port

- 4 x Deckhead lights

Guest cabin to port

- 2 x single bunks

- Hanging locker

- 1 x Opening port

- 3 x Bulkhead lights

- 1 x Deckhead light

Guest cabin to port opposite owner's cabin

- 2 x single bunks

- Hanging lockers

- Deep shelving

- 1 x Opening port

- 1 x Deckhead light

- 2 x Bulkhead lights

 

Crew:

Crew Accommodation Forward

- WC and shower to port

- Electrolux washer dryer to starboard

- Enclosed berth to port

- Crew mess area with seating on centreline

- Single berth to starboard

- 2 x further berths forward port and starboard

- Lockers

- 3 x Deckhead lights

- Sliding hatch in deckhead

- Ladder to foredeck

 

 

Captain's cabin to starboard

- 1 x Opening port

- Small bureau

- Hanging locker

 

Deck Saloon

- U-shaped seating area forward with table

- Bar area to starboard with large top loading fridge

- Much locker space; glass lockers

- Bureau to port; plate lockers

 

Galley:

- 5 x Burner hob and oven to starboard

- Electrolux dishwasher

- Panasonic microwave

- Many plate lockers

- Pot & amp; cutlery lockers

- 4 x Bulkhead fridges

- Icemaker

- Butterfly hatch in deckhead

- 1 x Opening port

- 4 x Deckhead lights

RIG, SPARS, SAILS AND CANVASWORK

Gaff schooner rig

Single spreader mainmast

Single spreader foremast

Boom crutch

Mainsail; topsail

Foresail; topsail

Fisherman

Staysail

Jib

Flying Jib

Boom sail covers for main, foresail and staysail

Awnings over main boom and fore boom

MECHANICAL ELECTRICAL AND TANKAGE

Main engine

Cummins Mercruiser 300hp Diesel (Overhauled 2021)

Bow thruster (Overhauled 2021)

2 x Fischer Panda Generators (New 2021)

Battery chargers Overhauled 2021

Batteries: Lead batteries 1000AH 24 volts (2013) (tbc)

Inverters: Mastervolt 1500watts 24/220 volts (tbc)

Victron 1600 watts 24/220 volts (tbc)

Autoclave pumps: 2x 24 volts (tbc)

Reverse Osmosis Watermaker - ESSENTIAL 400 (New 2021)

Air Conditioning (New 2021)

Stainless steel tanks

Water (2500L)

Fuel (2500L)

Grey water (c100L)

Black water (c500L)

NAVIGATION, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS

Sailor VHF

Lorenz GPS Plotter

Furuno radar

Simrad autopilot (tbc)

Hummingbird sonar

SAFETY

2 x Canister liferafts

Life ring and light

Fire extinguishers

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Cushions for bow grating and cockpit

Wooden chairs and deckchairs

1 x freezer 200vt

Sparkling watermaker

OTHER EQUIPMENT, TOYS

Tender: Novurania 5.3m with 150 hp outboard

Tender: Novurania 4.2 m with 50 hp outboard

Waverunner

Water-skis

Kneeboard

Tubes

Banana

Canoe

Fishing equipment

Note: 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, withdrawal without notice, and tax when applicable. 

CONTACT US

For more information about this vessel, please contact Richard Callender.
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Richard Callender

Yacht Broker
14 Avenue de Verdun
Antibes 06600 France
Cell: +33 (0) 6 34 31 90 69

Northrop & Johnson Yacht Broker Richard Callender has been on, in, and around boats his entire life. Growing up next to the Sailing Club in Chichester Harbour on the south coast of England, his ardent passion for sailing and the sea were ignited at a very early age. 

 

While studying Maritime Business at Solent University, Richard became heavily involved in the yacht racing circuit from The Hamble in the UK. Following this, Richard embarked on numerous international yacht deliveries as a skipper for a new construction shipyard in Denmark. 

 

Richard is an MYBA-accredited superyacht broker, based in Antibes for over 11 years. He has established an impressive network of colleagues around the world. Richard believes purchasing a yacht should be a tremendously enjoyable and, above all else, rewarding experience. He is dedicated to delivering this to every client he meets.