1980 Sceptre 36 Brandywine
$37,500
Boat in Seattle, WA 98117 US
Built in 1980
36 Brandywine
1 Engine (Yanmar)
36 feet
Diesel
Fiberglass/Reinforced
s/v Brandywine
Here is another Sceptre 36, the red hull s/v Brandywine (Note Price Drop). This nice Sceptre was repowered with a Yanmar 3GM30 diesel in 2001 and comes with a 9' Zodiac RIB Dinghy and a Wallace 30D diesel heater! Designed by Hein Driehuyzen, and built by Sceptre Yachts Ltd. in Vancouver, thirty-six Sceptre 36 sailboats were completed between 1978 and 1984. Brandywine is hull number ten. The most interesting and thorough review of the Sceptre 36 is in The Best Boats to Build or Buy by Ferenc Máté. With 10 pages of copy and drawings, it's well worth a read!
The Sceptre 36 hulls are solid fiberglass and the deck and coach-house are fiberglass with balsa core. The rig is a modern masthead, with rod rigging footed well inboard, enabling the Sceptre to point well upwind and allowing for wide decks outboard of the chainplates. The Sterns mast is supported by four shrouds per side with rod rigging and rod backstay with hydraulic backstay adjustment. There's a PROFURL furling system on the forestay for the genoa. While there is a Barient #18-halyard winch on the deck near the mast, most lines lead to the cockpit, with Barient #21 trim winches on each side of the companionway under the dodger. The primary winches are self-tailing Barient #27's. The tall, skinny main sail has three full battens and one partial on large slugs. Reef rings are hand-stitched with sewn webbing for both reefs.
The interior is light with four opening Hood SS portlights, varnished woodwork details like corner gaps in table fiddles, good storage, and a pass-through for the trash can in the lazaret. Like many boats of the day, you could load the ice box or reach a beer from the cockpit. A refrigerator has been installed under the nav table, which is larger than most recent boat designs. The galley is well laid out, with more storage than you'd find in bigger boats. Just check out the v-berth and storage across from the modest head. You will appreciate the cockpit design with a real propane tank and the protected engine controls.
This strong classic racer/cruiser is a straightforward sailing machine, a great sailing boat that could take you anywhere in the Salish Sea or around Vancouver Island. Nobody builds boats like this anymore! Come see her before she sails away. . .
Brandywine Specs
LOA-35' 6" LWL-29' 1"
Beam-11' 5" Draft-6'
Displ.-12,000 lbs Ballast-5,500 lbs
Sail Area-596 sq.ft. S.A./Disp-18.2
Bal./Displ.: 45.83 Comfort Ratio: 23.34
Deck & Hull
Balsa-core Deck and Coach House
Bruce 33# anchor on bow roller with approximately 100 feet of chain
Danforth anchor; bow anchor davit;
Bow pulpit with rails; side stanchions with lifelines
CE Hood stainless port lights with screens (4 count) (2000)
All Lexan portlights were replaced in 2000
Window seals and caulking were replaced in 2000
All window openings were backfilled with epoxy in 2000
Newer through-hull fittings; red hull color
Note: The main bulkheads are glassed directly to the hull and the deck.
Sails and Rigging
Equipped for cruising and racing
Stearns aluminum keel stepped black mast
Stainless steel rod rigging
Pro Furl R-35 race double-groove furler
Barient Model 27 2-speed self-tailing Primary winches (2)
Barient Model 21 2-speed winches (3)
Spinlock automatic XA cams; winch handles
Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster; manual boom vang;
Full batten main with two reef points; jib; Genoa;
Spinnaker with pole
Mainsheet traveler, and main halyard replaced in 2000.
Mainsheet traveller is recessed into the bridgedeck,
Genoa tracks are also recessed on wide side decks.
Interior
Varnished teak interior
Teak and Holly refinished Cabin Sole
Custom cabinetry throughout;
Navy and white upholstery in excellent condition
Headliner and body liner replaced
Hull is insulated below the waterline
Halogen lights in main cabin and v-berth
Fluorescent under cabinet lights in kitchen and head
Galley
110 AC GE 2.5 cubic foot high-efficiency refrigerator
icebox with drain, lots of storage
Gimbled Atwood 3-burner propane stove/oven
large stainless sink, salt water foot pump
5-gallon propane tank, Sea-B-Que barbecue
Electronical System
12 volt DC and110 volt AC panels
4 6v Dyno house batteries, one start battery
Trace Voyager Series 1500 watt inverter/ charger
110 power at the dock or at sail;
Marinetics LPG remote control system.
Electronics and Navigation
King Marine VHF 7000 marine transceiver
Pioneer Premier CD Sound System with remote
Alpine 6" x 9" speakers with custom boxes
Lorance plotter stored below
Windex 15 Wind Indicator
Ritchie Navigator Compass
Echomaster radar reflector
Signet knot meter
Navigation and deck lights
Tricolor light on top of mast.
Mechanical Equipment & Engine Details
Yanmar 3gm 30 hp diesel engine and transmission repowered (2001)
Freshwater cooling system | Racor Fuel Filter
Engine alarm with Cockpit Controls
Graco raw water strainer
Fixed Bronze 2-Blade Prop
Rule Mate 2000 Bilge Pumps (2)
Manual Fire Extinguishers.
Wheel steering with Binnacle Compass
Keel
Fin Keel with 6' draft and Skeg-hunk rudder
Notte: Keel was removed and reinstalled by the Seaview Boatyard, Seattle in 2001. Fiberglass was added halfway down the keel and halfway up the hull around the entire keel to reinforce the keel joint.
Dinghy
10 foot Zodiac Rib Inflatable Dinghy
4 hp Johnson Outboard Motor on stern Motor Mount
Oars, a fuel tank, and a foot pump
Other
Foul weather suit (fits a 6 foot male)
Classic Fabric Dodger
Stern Swim Ladder
Sail and Winch covers; Cockpit Cushions
Please call Lee Youngblood for an appointment to see this boat in Seattle.
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.
Price History
| Date | Event | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1/29/26 | Initial price | $37,500 |
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