Used Paragon 31 Flybridge For Sale 2010 ‘SOLD’

Owners comments :-

DRAGONFLY OF BEMBRIDGE

“Probably the best equipped Paragon 31 in the UK”

“Dragonfly of Bembridge” is a standard Paragon 31 Flybridge model built in 2010, the actual vessel which was tested by Motorboat & Yachting; Motorboat Monthly; and Powerboat & RIB magazines.  This vessel was voted Boat-of-the Year in 2010 for its dynamics, innovations and build quality.  It has been in one ownership having been acquired from the importers, Offshore Powerboats of Lymington, as an upgrade from the owner’s Paragon 25.

 It has been thoughtfully modified and improved over the last decade for local trips and longer-distance cruising – destinations including the Western Isles in June 2013 which became the subject of a 5-page article in Motorboat & Yachting magazine. Since then, annual cruising to North & South Brittany, Ireland, Normandy, up the R. Seine to Paris, the East Coast, and the West Country have overlaid regular seasonal use in the Solent and Channel.

Dragonfly is stored ashore from October/November to Easter every year, and has been maintained in a fastidious manner by qualified, factory-trained marine and electrical engineers in Cowes. The owner writes:-

“Paragon 31s were fundamentally designed as the fast Scandinavian offshore rescue vessel, with a sea-worthy hull capable of maintaining high speeds in rough conditions – where crew and equipment are well-protected.  Classed alongside the classic Nelson hull, the Paragon 31 has equal capabilities in marginal sea conditions but with the added benefit of greater speed and stability.”

SPECIFICATION:

 ENGINEERING & PROPULSION:

Engine:  Volvo Penta D6 370bhp with all latest factory upgrades and software patches.

Stern-drives:  DPH Duo-Prop with standard hydraulic trim for DPH leg – and separate Bennetts’ hydraulic trims tabs. New leg in 2017 [due to fishing line cutting rubber seals].

Propellors: standard bronze-alloy twin counter-rotating propellors plus spare set in bespoke box in bows

Transmission: cone-clutch gearbox – F/N/R with duplicate on flybridge

Steering:  hydraulic – with stainless steel/leather wheel in pilothouse and on flybridge.

Fuel-polishing:  standard V-P filters plus twin switchable Racal high-capacity filters with glass bowls.

ELECTRICAL:

System:  12V and 220V with 5 x 13A sockets [engine room; aft cabin; navigation table; galley and forward cabin] and 4 x cigar lighter 12V power points

Shore-power: socket on transom plus with 12m cable;

Inverter:  Victron MultiPlus enabling 13A circuits to be employed in dock or with engine running

Lighting:  all internal and external LED.

Additional lighting includes 2 x LED radar arch-mounted spot lights; 2 x LED deck down-lighters; pilot-house skirting low lighting; navigation station/helm – additional red night lighting with flexible spot light over chart table. For’ad starboard bunk flexible reading light.

Hot water:  standard calorifier from engine matrix, plus additional electrical immersion heater to H/W tank.

Engine room lighting.

NAVIGATION:

Raymarine e-series 12” chart plotter at helm

Raymarine e-series 9” above helm

Raymarine 12” repeater on fly-bridge

Raymarine HS colour 18” radome on arch

ADDITIONAL FEATURES BEYOND STANDARD SEPC:

Chart table:  bespoke demountable teak chart-table and drinks tray. [See illustration below].

Anchor stowage:  additional reinforced mounts and restraints to 10Kg Bruce anchor

Pulpit [bows]:  additional s/s cable tie across bow roller [released by simple catch]

Additional high-volume bilge-pump system for aft cabin and engine-room:  new float sensors x 2; new bilge-alarms x 2; new over-ride switches x 2.

Electric anchor windlass for chain or rope

30M leaded anchor rope

10Kg stainless steel Bruce-type anchor

Boat hook and holder

All key stainless steel rails are roped with marine twine [for safety and better grip] and have Turks’ Heads.

Flybridge tonneau cover:  bespoke canvas items and strops.

Dodgers:  bespoke canvas dodgers for port and seaboard; across transom seat over lazaretto [padded for back rest comfort]; and stern gates to swim platform.

Flybridge seat covers and restraining chords

Flybridge:  mug holders x 3 and additional helm teak mug holder.

Radar arch holds:  2 x LED spot lights.  2 x LED deck downlighter.  2 x airhorns [with own canvas cover]; Raymarine HD Colour digital radar. Plus adapted cross trees to carry 6 x additional signal flags/burgees – each with separate cleat on flybridge decking.  Extended burgee staff above white navigation light

Stern lazaretto seat contains engine air intake and filter:  plus 2 x gas bottles; swim platform shower hose.

Starboard lazaretto holds teak table and legs; carbon water filter; and hydraulic reservoirs for trim and steering.

Propellors: bespoke box in bows to carry spare pair of DPH propellors.

Flybridge screen:  s/s padded reinforcement to tinted polycarbonate screen.

Fender baskets:  2 x pair s/s baskets – on stern rail and bow pulpit.

Hull:  the hull was Gel-shielded in 2016.

Outboard bracket:  demountable in teak and s/s.

Bunks:  Stern and For’ard cabins bunks with marine mattress-toppers

Warps:  full set of soft-feel mooring warps plus bespoke heavy-duty towing harness and yoke [for being towed or towing].

 COMMUNICATIONS/RADIO:

iCOM DSC set with Command Mike/helm

iCOM DSC set with Command Mike/flybridge

Pioneer VHF/DAB radio, CD player – wired to 4 x internal speakers; and 2 x external speakers [flybridge]