Double quarter berth yachts under 30 feet

[langstonelayabout]

My Jeanneau Eolia 25 had a surprisingly roomy double aft cabin, sailed properly, seaworthy and is the boat I shouldn't have sold.

And you should get a good one for £5-£8k.

 

[Nudge]

Bene First 285 has quite a decent aft cabin and has an option of a lifting keel.
There is one in our club - a lifting keel and the owner mentioned that he is thinking of selling.
PM me if that would be of interest and I'll put you in touch. You would have a fun trip bringing her down from the Clyde!

 

[Spyro]

I've begun looking at yachts under 30 feet with double quarter berths. So far I've found:

Gib' Sea 76
Jouet 76
Jeanneau Fantasia 27

I wonder if anyone can suggest others.

I would have thought those boats are way below your budget, Think bigger. Fancy a 1986 Jeanneau Attalia with a huge aft cabin. Sails only a few years old. Not needing anything like £6K spent on it. Probably would need new standing rigging so def within your budget.

 

[sealegsjim]

Beneteau 285 Hunter Legend 27 -just two I have owned. I'm sure there are lots more

 

[CloveHitch]

Many thanks everyone for the further suggestions.

Thank you Shan for sharing your photos of your Beneteau's aft berth. I'm much shorter than your husband: at 5’11” in shoes I've therefore been tempted for find yachts with sufficient saloon headroom clearance for me. My previous boat was a Westerly Pageant: at 23’ I could nevertheless stand in the saloon, so I assumed that 27’ or 28’ boats would be OK; but of course I’d underestimated how generous Westerlys are with their headroom. So you may be right Spyro – I may need to go a little bigger.

 

[colhel]

The Konsort has got a pointy bit so wide i can lay across it but I'm often accused of having my feet on "her" side if I slept in the correct position... The quarter berth, according to Westerly is a double, but with the chart table where it is it would be too much of a faff for us to try. A double by 1970's boat standard perhaps. :ambivalence:. But 29ft and within budget.

 

[fredrussell]

Kelt 29

 

[Spyro]

Many thanks everyone for the further suggestions.

So you may be right Spyro – I may need to go a little bigger.

Not for size or space I was just thinking you will get a bigger boat than what you initially suggested for your money. There are some people asking silly money for old boats. Don't be put off too much by asking prices.

 

[charles_reed]

I had a Seal 22 - that had two quarter berths and I used to cross-Channel in it on a regular basis!!
Sat out the Fastnet in Braye and then sailed over (quite quickly) to Newton Ferrers.
Probably too down market for the OP, but an excellent Angus Primrose design.

 

[horatio_nelson]

RM 880

I have one, has a decent* size double aft cabin.

*for a boat of that size

 

[cueball]

I had a westerly Merlin, loved it. Not great in light winds but very sea worthy and good to sail, pointed up well for a bilge keel. Aft cabin was a good size for a 28ft boat.