25D NANCY DAWSON for sale

[Bruce Barber]

I am putting NANCY DAWSON, a 25D, on the market after 24 years of ownership. Currently on the hard in Shady Side, MD, she will be readied for a spring launch and commissioning on or about May 1, 2021. Planned pre-launch maintenance includes de-winterizing and exterior teak touch-up. This will be the second year for the multi-season ablative anti-fouling, but I will add paint in a few areas. Everything works; she is in sail-away condition. A Walker Bay 8 dinghy is included. Lacking immediate buyer interest, she will be slipped in Shady Side for continued family use on the Chesapeake. The asking price is $14,500.

Details and photos follow. I am also preparing a more detailed conveyance list in Excel format:


Cape Dory 25D hull number 77 (1982)
Location: Chesapeake Bay (Shady Side, MD)
The vessel is not documented; it is registered in Maryland.

Sails and Rig
Mainsail (2006) loose-footed with jiffy-reefing
Genoa (2003), roller-furling
Working jib (2006), roller-furling
Harken MK III roller-furler, Unit 00AL
Storm jib, hank-on
Wind vane and spinnaker bail at masthead
New standing rigging 2006
Cunningham
Lewmar EVO 15ST cockpit winches
Three winch handles
Garhauer MT-3 mainsheet traveler
Forespar whisker pole, HD-6-12-DL

Mechanical
Yanmar 1GM diesel with hand crank and shop manual
Racor 120 primary fuel filter
Hour meter
Aquamet propeller shaft, 3-blade propeller, Electroguard propeller zinc

Plumbing
Galley sink foot pump and under-sink filter
Lavatory sink with hand pump and under-sink filter, drains to bilge
Five-gallon shower, portable with electric pump
Electric wash-down pump for anchor/chain, control on foredeck
Electric bilge pump with anti-siphon valve
Electric bilge stripping pump
Manual bilge pump, cockpit-mounted, with anti-siphon valve
Raritan PHII toilet, PVC pipe to integral holding tank
Bilge drain, thru-hull type

Electrical & Electronic
Two deep-cycle lead-acid batteries
Autopilot: Navico Tillerpilot
VHF radio, Standard-Horizon GX1400GPS
LED running lights
LED combination steaming/deck light
LED masthead anchor light
Three LED cabin reading lights
Wind vane light
Hinged DC panel
AM/FM radio
Depth finder, Raymarine i40
Solar day-night vent
15-watt solar panel for battery charging, with controller, located on sea hood
Two 12V cabin fans
Three DC outlets in cabin, one in cockpit
USB duplex charging outlet and nearby phone holder
Shore power AC system with cord, cockpit inlet, battery charger, and interior outlet

Safety Gear
Anchor, 20 lb CQR-style plow on bow roller, with chain/rope rode in foredeck locker
Anchor, 13 lb Danforth stowed below, with rode
USCG required outfit: Fire extinguisher, PFDs, flares, etc.
Horseshoe PFD, rail-mounted
Jackline with eye and cleat on cabin top
Two harnesses and tethers
Emergency tiller

Other
Stern ladder
Cockpit awning with poles (not for use underway)
Boathook, U.S. flag, rain curtain, insect screens
Compass with lighting
Clock & barometer
Galley stove, 1-burner portable butane
Manuals for all equipment

Tankage
12-gallon fuel tank
20-gallon water tank
11-gallon holding tank
5-gallon shower container

Items included but not currently aboard
Walker Bay 8-foot dinghy with oars, rudder, daggerboard, sailing rig, transport wheel
Davis radar reflector, aluminum
Lifesling 2
Winter cockpit cover and PVC pipe frame
Cushion for quarter berth
Anchor, 9 lb Danforth with 3/8” rode
Spare galley footpump
Two Lewmar #7 bronze winches
5/8” rode for hurricane mooring (used twice)
Loos gauge for rigging tension adjustment
Various tools, paints, varnishes, solvents, Cetol, epoxy, fiberglass, Sunbrella

Photo 1. Taken after removal of headsail, fall 2020.

Photo 2. Galley area, port side. The butane stove is stowed under the counter.

Photo 3. Berth, port side. The original seat cushion and the locker lid have been divided for more selective access to the locker.

Photo 4. Berth, starboard side.

Photo 5. Empty quarter berth, showing stowage of long items like boat hook, awning poles, and flagstaff. Table stowed overhead. The boxy object is a cockpit drink holder, stowed. The quarter berth cushion is normally not aboard.

Photo 6. Quarter berth in use, with stowed items including cockpit seat pads, safety
gear, and whisker pole.

Photo 7. Head space, centerline forward, showing stowage of second anchor, shelving in
lockers, and foredeck washdown pump (in upper starboard locker.)

Photo 8. Yanmar 1GM. Racor fuel filter to starboard.

Photo 9. Cabin sole, showing galley footpump, and dustpan set into the bilge access hatch.

Photo 10. Shore-power panel at head of port berth. The inlet is forward in the cockpit.

[cdmatthews]

Hello Bruce,

Your boat is very nice! If she's still available, I'd like to talk with you by phone. I'm new to this message board, have been waiting for a nice 25D and thought that I successfully emailed you yesterday in response to your posting. However, I didn't receive a copy of the outgoing email and suspect that it's lost in cyberspace, so I'll try again.

My family and I live in Decatur, GA. We owned a Typhoon in 1986 and several other boats until recently. Boat-less now, but still fond of the 25D. If I'm fortunate to purchase your boat, we would probably move her initially to Lake Lanier, about an hour NE of Decatur. We hope to eventually relocate (back) to Raleigh or Oriental, NC.

I'm could meet you and Nancy Dawson in-person by mid-April.

Thank you,
Charles Matthews

[Sleepwalker]

Very nice listing. Detailed with good photos. Best of luck but I think she'll go quick.

[BPinNJ]

Nice pics!
I sent you an email

[John Stone]

Nice looking boat.

[radsailor]

Beautiful inside and out.
If I had not bought a Typhoon a year ago, would scoop this up.

[pete faga]

Where is Nancy Dawson now?
Lucky new owners!