The Maxi 1000 is a superb cruising yacht and comes from the design board of Pelle Petterson so is also a capable cruiser-racer. Lyrebird is set up for short handed sailing with a self tacking, roller furling headsail and mainsail with stack pack, but also benefits from a suit of performance sails.The Maxi 1000 is a modern aft-cockpit fast cruiser with a particularly easy to handle fractional rig, and a self-tacking staysail for "cruising mode". The interior is nicely finished in cherrywood.7 berths including 3 doubles, Eberspacher central heating and pressurises hot and cold water.Dimensions & general info.
LOA - 10.20m
LWL - 8.20m
Beam - 3.25m
Draft - 1.70m
Air draft - 14.90m
Displacement - 4,500kg
Ballast - 1,500kg
Builder - Maxi Yachts (SWE)
Build No. - 635
Designer - Pelle Petterson
Hull, deck & superstructure
GRP hull. Originally white gelcoat. Now painted Blue.
Hull epoxy coated as a barrier system 2020.
GRP deck and superstructure. White gelcoat with textured non slip.
Flexi teak style deck panels in the cockpit. Decking panels for transom steps (to be fitted by new owner).
Iron fin keel.
Semi-balanced spade rudder. New 2023.
Wheel steering. There is also the option to convert it to tiller steering if preferred.
Wheel with leather cover.
Interior & accommodationA total of 7 berths and a good sized heads compartment.
Eberspacher warm air central heating.
Pressurised hot and cold water system.
New saloon cushions 2023.
Forward cabin
V berth with infill.
Overhead cave lockers.
Central deck hatch.
Under berth storage.
Saloon
U shaped seating to port which will convert to a double berth.
Storage outboard.
Central folding leaf table.
Single settee berth to port with storage outboard.
Galley - To port
U shaped galley with twin stainless steel sinks.
Pressurised hot and cold water.
Isotherm refrigerated cold storage box. The compressor needs wired in.
Optimus two burner cooker with grill & oven.
Drawers and cupboard storage.
Nav station - To starboard
Forward facing chart table with internal storage. The pedestal has 4 drawers.
Navigators seat with hanging locker outboard.
Heads - To starboard
Oval sink with pressurised hot and cold water.
Jabsco manual toilet.
Wet hanging locker.
Mirror and 2 cup holders.
Storage lockers above and below the counter top and a drawer.
Double aft cabin - To port
Double berth.
Shelf outboard.
Double hanging locker.
Deck equipment
Single bow roller.
Spade aluminium anchor with 40m chain.
Anchor locker.
Lofrans electric anchor windlass. Deck mounted foot controls.
Foredeck, midship and aft mooring cleats.
Raised toe rail with fixing points.
Stern bathing / safety ladder.
5 x fenders.
Fender step.
Mooring warps.
Outboard bracket.
Winches
Anderson 28 two speed self tailing primary winches.
Anderson 16 two speed halyard winches.
Rig, rigging & sailsRig
Selden single spreader fractionally rigged mast with stainless steel standing rigging.
Standing rigging replaced 2014.
Selden boom with solid strut vang.
Selden mast mounted spinnaker pole on an adjustable track.
Furlex 200s roller furling Genoa system.
Self tacking jib track.
Mainsail with full width cockpit track and adjustable car.
Sails
Crusader fully battened Diax laminate mainsail with two reefs. Slab reefing with stack pack and lazy jacks. 2008.
2nd fully battened Dacron mainsail.
Owen Sails Carbon performance mainsail.
Saturn laminate Genoa with Tafetta scrim.
Saturn performance cruising, 140% tri-radial Dacron roller reefing Genoa with UV strip. 2013.
Crusader 150% laminate light No.1, as new.
Crusader No.3 roller reefing laminate jib with vertical leech battens. As new.
Saturn performance cruising self tacking cross cut jib with vertical battens and UV strip. 2012
Spinnaker, lightly used.
ReefingSingle line reefing for reef 1&2 with Dyneema line, lead aft to cockpit.Engine
Volvo Penta 2003, 28hp. diesel engine with saildrive.
Engine hours unknown.
New starter motor, 2025
New exhaust, 2022.
2 blade bronze folding propeller. New 2022.
Owner serviced, oil change 2 x per year and normal winterisation and spring commissioning.
Electronics & navigation equipment
Simrad chart plotter with UK charts. New 2023. Wheel binnacle.
Raymarine multi display. Wheel binnacle.
Autohelm wheel mounted autopilot. Wheel binnacle.
Raymarine echosounder. At hatch garage.
Raymarine wind speed / direction. At hatch garage.
Raymarine speed / log. At hatch garage.
Silva 1000 magnetic compass. At hatch garage.
Silva DSC VHF. At nav station.
Electrical
12v ships domestic electrics and engine start.
2 x domestic batteries. One new 2024 and one 2025.
1 x engine starter battery new 2025.
12v engine alternator.
240v shore power with charger.
Tankage & systems
Fuel - 78L in stainless steel tank.
Water - 90L.
Pressurised hot and cold water system.
Isotherm hot water calorifier tank heated via engine heat exchanger and 240v immersion heating element.
Eberspacher diesel fired warm air central heating.
Canvas work
Blue sprayhood with grab bar. New plastic window 2023.
Blue wheel and binnacle cover.
Blue rope tidy pockets.
Light Grey mainsail stack pack with mast boot.
Safety gear
Horseshoe life buoy in pushpit cradle.
Dan buoy.
Cockpit harness points.
Wired Gas alarm.
Manual bilge pump.
2 x fire extinguishers.
Fire blanket.
Additional equipment
Avon inflatable dinghy with oars.
Mooring available at Helensburgh sailing club if a membership is taken out.