For Sale: 1980 Contessa 26 $22,000 USD

[svxanthus]

We sailed out of Port Townsend, WA, USA 4 years ago and have been sailing our Contessa 26 "Xanthus" around the pacific ever since. She's been a wonderful full time home for us. We are currently in Apia, Samoa, at least for the next month or so and then it's on to some other beautiful pacific island. Xanthus was built in Ontario in 1980. She's a true world cruiser and in great shape. We did a major refit in Hawai'i 2012/2013. She comes with her trusty companion, "Lucy" a 10' 4" nesting hard dinghy with sailing rig. The dinghy is a Danny Greene chameleon design. As it seems with most boats there is lots more money in this boat then the asking price. Feel free to make an offer.


Lots of more Photos at svxanthus.blogspot.com



Xanthus has been rerigged in 2013. All new chainplates, turnbuckles, etc, and dux rigging.
Mainsail with 3 reefs with strongtrack
Trysail with separate track
Storm jib
Intermediate jib
Working jib
Genoa
Drifter...
Spinnaker
Spinnaker pole with track

Flynnspray brass water pump
Two 8 gallon water tanks
One 10 gallon water tank
With inline filter and manifold

Force 10 two burner LPG stove with oven.
Two 6lb aluminum LPG tanks

New Standard Horizon VHF with AIS receiver.

Two 20 watt solar panels
Charge controller
32 amp battery

Two manual bilge pumps
Aluminum whale in cockpit
Separate bilge pump below

Monitor wind vane

Dual pivoting tabernacle, can easily drop mast with topping lift and main sheets

Sta-set X halyards
Lazy jacks

Ground tackle
25lb CQR
7kg Bruce
100 feet of 5/16” chain
200 feet of ¾” 8 strand nylon rode
200 feet ¾” 8 strand nylon rode spare
Jacklines with 2 harnesses
Offshore lifelines


Parachute anchor

Two sets of dive gear
Two Dive Rite BC’s
Two sets of regulators Tusa
Two aluminum tanks
rebuild kits for both 1st stage and 2nd stage regs

Full cockpit canvas
Forward hatch canvas

Two opening New Found Metals Ports
4 non opening ports

Oar locks with two 13’ long sweeps

Outboard bracket

EPIRB ACR 406 MHz GPS

Eton Solara XL solar powered MP3 player

Xanthus is ready to continue cruising for many more years and comes with various, dishes, tools, flashlights, GPS, flares, water bladders, laser flare, etc, etc, etc.

[S/V Alchemy]

The Contessa 26 is, like the old Alberg 30 and the Westsail 32, a proven bluewater design that would drive most people nuts because of the small interior space. But that's a late model and rerigged and equipped as you've listed, it would make an ideal boat for a young couple to go '70s style in their 20s or 30s for a few years.

To be honest, it would probably help if they were compactly built!

Anyway, that's a fair price and I wish you luck with it.

[DeftxM]

Dang if it were closer I'd definitely be interested and check it out. Let me know if you're comin to Florida.

[lucidsalt]

This is the most expensive Contessa 26 I have ever seen! I remember when it was easy to find one for well under 10K. Of course the cheaper ones don't have the nice gear. Why put such nice gear on an old folkboat???

Personally, I would pick an Albin Vega because it has a lot larger interior. You can still find those for under 10K.

[Coops]

Gentlemen. We had one post that has been deleted for violating the rules and unfortunately several posts that responded to it have been deleted as well. Sorry to the ones who responded.

Coops.

[SaltyMonkey]

it might look a bit pricy, but the refitting they did on it brings it up.

[owenself]

Hi what would be your preferred handover location/date (noting your text mentions some intention to keep cruising for a while?)

Regards,
Owen

[svxanthus]

Hi owenself we are currently in Vava'u Tonga just sailed down last weekend. We are planning on selling Xanthus whereever we are when we find the right buyer our email is svxanthus@gmail.com and would be happy to answer any other questions

[svxanthus]

Hello, we are currently in Vava'u Tonga with Xanthus. We appologize but our Internet connection is very weak most of the time when we have it. We've made a blog page while we were in Apia with a lot of photos and information on it. Please go here svxanthus.blogspot.com for more info if you are looking for it. We are trying to post more photos on our add here and hopefully will be successful sometime soon. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have and we will do our best to resond. Thanks. Svxanthus


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[owenself]

Hi could you advise your planned route from Tonga over the next few months please?

Regards

[svxanthus]

We really love it here in Vava'u, great protected sailing dozens of great anchorages, so we are not really in any hurry to leave. Sorry but we are horrible at knowing where we're going to be more than a couple of weeks out. We spent cyclone season here last year, had such a good time and made quite a few friends so we are tempted to stay this year as well, if we haven't sold Xanthus before then.

[svxanthus]

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