2001 Island Packet 420

RCD Status:
The Island Packet 420 is CE certified Category A (Ocean).  
Hull Construction:

• Hand laid GRP hull using triaxial glass providing approx. twice strength of conventional woven roving and five times greater impact resistance.
• Hull consolidated using proprietary pressure-fed application system.
• Hull constructed in one piece including keel.
• Exclusive Durashield gelcoat system on topsides and internally, offering superior gloss retention and resistance to fading and crazing.
• Internal engineered structural grid and structural base unit in Polycore. Integrally molded flange to secure deck.

 
Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Molded GRP deck and superstructure incorporating self-draining cockpit.
• Hand laid triaxial and biaxial glass consolidated using proprietary pressure-fed application system.
• Deck laminate cored with PolyCore; Island Packet’s propriety microsphere a resin matrix, Island Packet offering with a 10 year guarantee for rot and delamination on all new hulls.
• Laid teak deck on foredeck, side decks and cockpit.
• Diamond Non-skid finish on coach roof.
• Teak toe rail capping

Keel:

• Traditional full keel.
• Island Packet’s proprietary Full Foil Keel technology, encapsulates the keel.
• Cast lead sections are lowered into the matching cavities and laminated overusing triaxial GRP laminate.

Rudder:

• Full depth, semi-balanced pintle supported rudder.
• Rudder constructed of uni-directional and bi-axial epoxy glass laminate.
• Rudder molding consolidated under vacuum and post-cured at elevated temperatures.

 

Summary of Accommodation:

• Two double cabins with en-suite access to heads.
• Two heads, both with independent showers.
• Two occasional berths in saloon.

Accommodation Finish:

• Joinery work of teak, finished with a satin varnish.
• Molded cream headlining with varnished teak trims and grabrails.
• Cream leather upholstery in saloon.
• Cream patterned cushions in cabin bunks
• Molded GRP non-slip patterned sole in way of galley and in both heads.
• Traditional teak and holly sole boards in saloon and cabins.
• Molded worktops and countertops in galley and heads.
• Lockers fitted with louvred doors for ventilation.

Description of Accommodation from Forward:
Forward Heads:

• Forward cabin en-suite.
• Manual marine toilet forward on the port side with countertop wrapping around.
• Countertop and wash hand basin outboard, a of toilet.
• Vanity unit outboard of wash hand basin with locker below.
• Shower stall opposite toilet to starboard with GRP moulded seat forward.
• Large storage and anchor chain locker accessed through an opening door forward of shower stall.

Forward Cabin:

• Large double bunk lying fore and a outboard to starboard.
• Single seat with leather upholstery forward, outboard to port, storage locker outboard above seatback.
• Standing room along port side of bunk and a .Hanging locker outboard to port with shelved locker outboard to starboard.
• Storage drawers beneath bunk.
• ‘Blanket Box’ type bin locker beneath bunk outboard.

Main Saloon:

• Occupying full width of boat forward of aft head.
• Bench settee to port with L-shaped se ee to starboard.
• Both settees converting to sea berths with lee-cloths fi ed.
• Drop down, fold-out saloon table, stowed on bulkhead forward. Tabletop finished in hardwearing laminate.  
• Fiddled shelves above seat back port and starboard with a mixture of lockers and bookshelves outboard.
• Storage drawer beneath central sec on of starboard se ee.
• Hanging locker forward of port saloon bunk.
• Storage racks for glassed on port side of main bulkhead.
• Additional glass and bottle storage within table unit.
• Large cave lockers outboard of seatbacks with bin lockers beneath.  

Navigation Station:
Aft end of saloon to starboard:

• Outboard facing chart table with dedicated navigators stool, stool folding out electrically, Ships switch and instrument panels outboard of the chart table.
• Chart storage provided with table.
• Large storage locker outboard beneath table.

Aft Heads:

• ‘Jack’n’Jill’ access from saloon or a cabin.
• Manual marine toilet outboard at a end of the compartment.
• Countertop and wash hand basin forward.
• Vanity locker outboard overhead with storage locker beneath worktop.
• Shower mounted on a bulkhead.
• Fold down teak seat over heads.

Galley:

• To starboard at bottom of companionway, U-shaped galley.
• Double stainless-steel sink forward.
• Gimballed, Microwave/grill/oven.
• L-shaped countertop 
• Large, top-opening fridge below a worktop.
• Storage lockers outboard of worktop.
• Selection of storage lockers below worktop.

Aft Cabin:

• To port of companionway with access door.
• Large double athwartships bunk 
• Standing room forward.
• Drawered storage outboard at a end of standing room with hanging locker forward.
•  Fiddled shelves on top of storage units with a fiddled shelf running outboard of bunk.
•  ‘Jack’n’Jill’ access to aft head.  

Galley:

• 240v Microwave oven on gimbal (2021)
• Ninja Cooker (2021)
• Top loading fridge with ice box.

Heads:

• 2x Raritan full size manual marine toilets - fwd heads discharges overboard or to holding tank. 
• Aft head overboard only
• 2 x Shower heads with mixer valve controls.

Heating & Ventilation:

• Eberspacher diesel fired, blown air heating system. (2021)
• Outlets in all cabins and heads.
• Lewmar Ocean opening deck hatches x8
• Stainless steel opening portholes in coach roof side x15
• Dorade ventilators all fitted with stainless steel guards on deck x3

Lighting:

• Cabin reading lights over bunks and saloon sea ng have blue shades and LED bulbs.
• Cabin overhead LED lighting in all areas of the accommodation.
• Two oil lamps in saloon.  

Rig:

• Keel stepped, double spreader, masthead sloop.
• Mast and spars of silver anodized alloy construction.
• All new Standing rigging of stainless-steel wire (2021)
• Furlex 200S roller reefing system on forestay for genoa. (2021)
• Furlex roller reefing system on cu er stay for self-tacking staysail. (2021)
• HOYT free-standing boom for self-tacking staysail.  
• In mast roller reefing mainsail.
• Harken pin-stop track and cars for genoa and staysail.
• Ronstan mid-boom mainsail track and car system.
• Spinlock jammers in cockpit for lines lead aft
• Whisker pole attached to mast (2023)

Winches:

• Primary Winches – 2x Lewmar 54, self-tailing, two-speed.
• Headsail Reefing Winches – 2x Lewmar 40, self-tailing, two-speed.
• Mainsheet Winches – 2x Lewmar 44, self-tailing, two-speed.
• Staysail Sheet Winch – 1x Lewmar 16, self-tailing, two-speed.
• Mast Mounted Halyard Winches – 2x Lewmar 24, self-tailing, two-speed. 1x Lewmar 8 single speed.

Sails:

• Mainsail – In-mast roller reefing. Hydranet fabric. Owen Sails 2016. - webbing at head, foot and clew renewed, along with new UV strip (2025)
• Genoa – Roller reefing. White Dacron with burgundy UV strip
• Staysail - Roller reefing. White Dacron with burgundy UV strip.

General:

• Double bow rollers set on bowsprit.
• Anchor self-stowing on starboard roller with Whitlock chain lock.
• Anchor windlass mounted on foredeck with chain self-stowing in locker below decks.
• Second hawse pipe for second anchor chain on port side.
• Stainless steel, deck mounted mooring cleats, forward, midships and aft.
• Stainless steel grabrails running the length of the coach roof outboard.
• Deck mounted stainless steel ‘granny bars’ in way of mast step.
• Lines running a from mast on port and starboard sides of coach roof.
• Sprayhood and cockpit tent protecting cockpit.
• Pedestal mounted, folding, dropleaf cockpit table.
• Cockpit cushions
• Cushion and drop-in backrest for helmsman's seat aft.

Anchoring & Mooring:

• Bower Anchor – Rocna 30kg on 60m calibrated chain rode.
• Spare 25kg Rocna
• Electric Windlass – Lofrans Tigres 1500w, 12VDC. With chain gypsy and warping drum.

Canvas Work:

• Sprayhood – Burgundy hood with windows forward. (2012)
• Cockpit Tent – Burgundy, secures to sprayhood forward, windows port/starboard/a . Rollup side and aft panels.

Tender:

• Honwave 2.9m RIB (2022)
• Tohatsu 9hp, two-stroke outboard (2024) 

General:

• Dinghy davit system built into a gantry.
• Transom mounted stainless steel swimming ladder.
• Removable boarding ladder fitting on port side.
• Outboard storage bracket
• G&T seats on port and starboard quarter rails.

SAFTEY EQUIPMENT:
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as life rafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being le on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owner's specific needs. 
Navigation Lights:

• Masthead tricolor.
• Mast mounted steaming light.
• Low-level nav lights.

Lifesaving:

• NASA Gas Alarm System.
• Ocean Safety 6-person canister life raft (2023) in stainless steel cradle.
• EPIRB at companionway steps.
• Ocean Flares   

• All connected via new nmea 2000 network;
• Depth – Airmar DST810 (2021)
• Log – Airmar DST810 (2021)
• Wind – B&G masthead unit (2024)
• Plotter #1 - B&G Zeus 3S 12”- mounted at captain's table. (2021) Navionics Maps (MicroSD Cards) for Caribbean, Mexico, Southern and Eastern USA north to Canada and the Lakes
• Plotter #2 – B&G Zeus 3S 12”- mounted in NavPod on the binnacle. (2021)
• B&G Triton2 display x3 cockpit (2021)
• B&G Triton2 display x1 binnacle (2021)
• B&G autopilot controller at binnacle (2021)
• B&G Magne c Compass (2021)
• B&G Radar Halo20+ mast-mounted scanner. (2021) connected to both chart plotters via ethernet network box under captain's table
• XB8000 AIS transponder/receiver (2021)
• B&G V60 VHF radio with AIS and handsfree unit (2021)
• Navtex - Furuno NX-300 (new antenna 2022) 
• Iridium Go satellite phone with satellite aerial on stern gantry

Necessary/useful Apps:

• ‘KS Energy 2.0’ for monitoring status of each Lithium Battery
• ‘Balmar SmartLink’ for monitoring and programming the alternator charge to the main battery bank
• ‘Renogy’ for monitoring the solar panel performance and history
• ‘B&G’ to access the instruments from your phone or tablet

Voltage Systems:

• 12V DC onboard power system.
• 240V AC shore power system, and 4kw inverter (12v to 240v AC) for use at sea. Socket outlets in all cabins

Shore Power:

• Factory fitted, hard-wired, RCD protected system.
• Dual 16amp connections with independent distribution boards for each.

Battery Banks:

• Engine Battery Bank – 1x 12v Lead-acid.
• Domestic Battery Bank – 4x 200Amp LithiumFePO4 batteries with individual BMS for each battery (2021).
• Balmar SG200 Battery Monitor (2021)
• BEP matrix battery indicator system for Domestic Battery Bank.

Alternator:

• 170amp Balmar engine driven 12VDC alternator (2021)
• Balmar MC-618 controller programmed for lithium batteries (2021)
• Serpentine engine drive belt conversion (2021)

Battery Charger:

• 110/240V AC to 12VDC Sterling 40amp smart charger (2019)
• 110/240V AC to 12V DC PPT 90amp smart charger (2022)
• 110/240V AC to 12V DC Sterling Pro B charger - charges engine battery from domestic bank
• Inverter 4kw Pure Sine 12V DC to 240V AC (2021)
• Diesel Generator: Fischer Panda 500i Neo 4kw 240v diesel (2022) Installed on port side cockpit locker. Access via cockpit of a cabin.

Wind Generator: 

• Rutland 1200 mounted on Stbd quarter (2021)
• MPPT controller - programmed for Lithium Batteries (2021)

Solar Panels:

• 2 x 175w (2021)
• Renogy MPPT controller. programmed for Lithium Batteries (2021)

2x Zinc Saver II galvanic isolators, one on each shore power supply line.  

Fresh Water:

• Fully pressurized hot and cold-water systems.
• 12VDC pressure pump with accumulator tank.
• Mono mixer-tap faucets in galley and both heads.
• Filtered potable water faucet in galley.
• Dedicated shower heads and mixer valves in both heads.

Black Water:

• New Holding tank PVC fi ed 2023
• Fwd Heads can discharge directly overboard or to holding tank.
• Tank discharged via deck suction or directly overboard.
• Note: All heads discharge overboard [but plumbing exists to connect to new holding tank if desired.

Bilge Pumps:

• Manual bilge pump, operated from cockpit.
• Electric bilge pump with manual and auto-switching.

Watermaker:

• Rainman 240v Reverse Osmosis for fresh water production. 120-140L/hr. (2022)
• High pressure pump installed in stbd cockpit locker
• RO membrane holder installed in a cabin
• Spare 50L/hr. membrane holder in cockpit stbd locker

New TruDesign Thru hull, port side stern, for generator and RO system
New TruDesign Thru hull, stbd side under fwd cabin floor, for overboard holding tank
emptying - New macerator present but not connected.  
TANKAGE:

• Fuel: Single alloy tank 606ltr (160gal).
• Fresh Water: Single alloy tank 647ltr (250gal).
• Tank Tender pneuma c gauge system.
• Displaying levels in freshwater and fuel tanks.  

Calorifier:

• Insulated tank (New 2021)
• Heated by engine or 240v AC immersion heater.

Holding Tank:

• New Single PVC Tank - (2023)
• Approximately 227ltr capacity.
• Tank can be discharged by deck suction. Connected to Fwd heads only 

Engine & gearbox:

• Yanmar 4JH3-TE 75hp marine diesel engine. 4-cylinder, turbo-charged, indirectly cooled.
• Single lever throttle/shifter on steering pedestal
• Custom Island Packet engine instrument panel in cockpit
• Python drive axle sha system with thrust bearing for noise and vibration reduction
• Kanzaki mechanical reversing marine gearbox
• Conventional stuffing box for reliability

Performance: 

• Cruising speed 6kts
• Max speed 7.5kts

Propulsion & Steering:

• 3 blade MaxProp feathering propeller.
• Lewmar ‘Monarch’ rack and pinion direct steering system.
• Lewmar folding stainless steel wheel with leather covering.
• Emergency tiller steering system.

Autopilot:

• B&G NAC3 computer (2021)
• B&G autopilot controller at the binnacle (2021)
• Hy-prodrive Type 2 hydraulic ram, direct drive to quadrant. (2021)

Bow Thruster:
Sleipner ‘SidePower’ 6hp bow thruster.
Joystick control at the pedestal.  

The boat was purchased in October 2000 from an Agent in Chichester, moved to Northern Ireland and named Genesis of Drumbuoy. The boat was commissioned and entered on the UK Ships registry in April 2001. The owner was reported to have sailed to the Canary islands on several occasions - approximately 2000nm each way.

In 2010 the boat was purchased by a couple in Scotland and renamed Genesis of Argyll. The boat was used for cruising around the west coast of Scotland, until purchased by the present owners in 2020. The intention being to use the boat for ocean cruising and a transatlantic passage. At this time the boat was extensively refit with all new instruments, generator, wind turbine, solar panels and LithiumFePO4 batteries.

Having crossed the Atlantic and cruised the Caribbean, Bahamas and East Coast of the USA the owners have decided to sell the boat and return to the UK. They fully intend to keep sailing but not on a full-time basis, but rather on a more modest boat for occasional cruising around the west coast of Scotland where they live with their family.

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.