Description

Remarks :
Da Draga of Dart is a well-equipped 1995 Vancouver 34 Pilot House built by Northshore, a design renowned for its offshore and coastal waters capability, traditional craftsmanship and exceptional all-weather cruising comfort. Purchased by her current owners in September 2022, she has benefited from substantial investment and careful maintenance, with major upgrades to her rigging, sails, engine systems, navigation equipment and onboard comfort. Documentation includes Builder’s Certificate, Bills of Sale, proof of VAT status and evidence of UK location at Brexit. A current Gas Safety Certificate is valid until the end of 2026.

The desirable Pilot House configuration offers excellent visibility from the internal helm station, complemented by Raymarine autopilot controls at both the cockpit and pilot house. Additional cruising features include a bow thruster, electric anchor windlass, Hydrovane self-steering system, Eberspächer heating, solar panels, hot water, inverter, battery charger, built-in refrigerator and a full cockpit enclosure. The Pilothouse is light and airy with good alround visibility, generous seating to port and starboard with extendable wooden dining table, blinds to windows and two openable hatches in the deckhead. Large chart table with storage. There is a large chart table with storage with a Raymarine repeater display alongside GPS and radar displays.

Da Draga presents as a capable long-distance cruising yacht with many of the major maintenance items already completed, making her an attractive proposition for sailors seeking a proven blue water cruiser.




Accommodation :
The Vancouver 34 Pilot House offers a warm, secure and practical cruising interior with the significant advantage of an internal steering position, ideal for passagemaking in challenging conditions. The layout provides accommodation for up to six berths in three cabin areas, together with a comfortable saloon, practical galley and dedicated navigation/pilot house area. The traditional timber interior creates a welcoming atmosphere for extended cruising. Information supplied by the owner indicates three cabin spaces and six berths.

Comfort upgrades completed during current ownership include:



Eberspächer heating with renewed duct insulation
Hot water supplied by engine and shore power
Heads compartment basin with H&C water and also a Shower
Built-in refrigerator
New freshwater plumbing components
New freshwater pump pressure switch
New cockpit enclosure
Replacement sprayhood glazing
LED lighting throughout
Holding tank cleaned
New Jabsco heads pump
New sanitation hoses and siphon-break valves
Blakes seacocks serviced with new locking pins.
Galley : twin burner gimballed stove with grill & oven, crash bar and fiddes.
Twin sinks, with hand cold and electric pumped hot & cold water
Assorted crockery, cutlery & saucepans
Labcraft LED White & Red lighting
Black water tank under forecabin bunk and heads with sanitation hoses having been replaced
Grey water tank

Da Draga of Dart represents a well-maintained example of the highly respected Vancouver 34 Pilot House, benefitting from significant recent expenditure and ready for her next cruising adventure.




Inventory :
Navigation & Electronics

Garmin chartplotter at helm
Furuno radar
Raymarine autopilot with controls at cockpit and pilot house
NASA EML2 log and display
Raymarine ST60 depth, wind and speed instruments
New VHF aerial cable
New masthead mounting arrangements
New tricolour, steaming and deck lights.

Deck Equipment

Electric anchor windlass
Bow thruster
Hydrovane wind vane steering
Solar panels
Sprayhood
Full cockpit enclosure/tent
Genoa and mainsheet tracks serviced with new sheaves and rubber end stops
Two drop-down boarding ladders
Webbing jackstays
Midships guardrail access openings fabricated.
35lb CQR main anchor with galvanised 10mm chain, kedge anchor with chain & rope
Lewmar hatch to foredeck
2 x Dorade ventilators
Dertachable cockpit table
Liferaft new in 2023 with service due
Mast mounted radar reflector
Emergency tiller for the rudder
2 x manual bilge pumps, 1 in cockpit and 1 in Pilot house.
4 x safety harness points in the cockpit
2 x gas bottles in cockpit lockers

Safety Equipment

Ocean Safety 4-person liferaft (service due before next season)
Gas alarm
Carbon monoxide alarm
Fire extinguishers
Automatic engine compartment extinguisher
Gas Safety Certificate valid until end of 2026.

Electrical

4 x 110Ah domestic batteries
1 x 110Ah engine start battery
Shore power battery charger
1000W inverter
Solar charging system
LED lighting conversion throughout.
NASA battery monitor display




Mechanical :
Engine & Mechanical

Powered by a reliable Yanmar 3GM30F diesel engine driving through a shaft drive fitted with a Bruntons Autoprop. Extensive mechanical work has been completed during current ownership, including:

New fuel lift pump
New alternator
New engine water, fuel and calorifier hoses
Heat exchanger removed and professionally cleaned
New RACOR fuel filtration system
New Vetus seawater strainer and seacock
New engine mounts (x4)
New stern gland and greaser
New shaft and R&D flexible coupling
New deck wash system with seacock, pump and hoses
Routine engine spares various
NASA battery monitor display

Rigging

Major rigging renewal carried out since 2022:

New standing rigging
New rigging screws with shroud covers
New forestay
New Harken Ocean jib furling system
New gas cylinder within boom vang
New halyards for jib, staysail, spinnaker and topping lift
New mast sheaves fitted.
Spinnaker pole with mast track
Lewmar sheet with halliard and self tailing winches, spin lock clutches various

Sails

New Sanders Yankee
Two staysails in as-new condition (reaching and self-tacking)
New mainsail batten cars
New mainsail cover by McKillops.
Storm jib
Furling Genoa
Light weather Gennaker with snuffer
Mainsail fully battened with 2 x single line reefing and lazyjacks.
Staysail can be self - tacking