1963 Classic 32'
9.75 m1963 Classic
32' (9.75 m) International 500 Yawl - DRIFT
Drift is an International 500 Yawl, designed by Naval Architect Robert G. Henry and built in Bremen, Germany by Dutch yacht builder Johanne Dedood and Sohns. The International 500s are universally held in high regard as sea kindly and safe sailboats, large enough for a couple or small family.
$ 38,900 USD
€ 35,741 Euros
$ 53,189 CAD
£ 30,412 GBP
Description
Drift is an International 500 Yawl, designed by Naval Architect Robert G. Henry and built in Bremen, Germany by Dutch yacht builder Johanne Dedood and Sohns. The International 500s are universally held in high regard as sea kindly and safe sailboats, large enough for a couple or small family to cruise in comfortably yet small enough to be a fun day sailor or weekender.
Built in 1963, Drift has benefited from a succession of caring owners that have all maintained her in consistently exceptional condition. Drift differs from other I-500s in that she had a new, lower and arguably more attractive mahogany deck house installed back in 2002 along with new teak decks and other upgrades.
The quality of materials, construction and craftsman ship is evident throughout Drift and attests to the fact this she has been well loved and cared for by her owners, past and present.
Drift often shows her transom to larger and newer yachts, frequently getting friendly, appreciative waves as she leaves behind what should be faster boats. Drift always garners admiring looks and comments wherever she sails and anchors.
LOA32'
LOA9.75''
TypeSail
ConditionUsed
Specifications
DRIFT
Sail-Used
1963
Diesel
Wood
Full Details
Principle Dimensions and Information
Designer: Robert G. Henry, Jr.
Builder: DeDood and Sons Boat Works / Bremen, Germany
Year Built: 1963
LOA: 32.00’
LWL: 23.50’
Beam: 8.67’
Draft: 4.75’
Displacement: 11,200 lbs.
Rig Type: Masthead Yawl
Sail Area: 496 sq. ft.
Auxiliary Propulsion: 1992, 18HP, Westerbeke freshwater-cooled diesel
Engine Hours: 1,529 Hours as of Spring 2024
Fuel Capacity: 10 Gallons
Freshwater Capacity: 30 Gallons
Black Water Capacity: 5 Gallons
Hull, Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Construction
Full keel with cutaway forefoot and keel-hung rudder underwater configuration.
Mahogany planking over White Oak frames with bronze screw fasteners.
White Oak stem, stern post, keel timber and deadwood.
Bronze keel bolts
Cast iron ballast keel
Decks are marine plywood over White Oak deck beams overlaid with blind fastened teak deck surface.
Cabin sides are of varnished Mahogany
Cabin top is White Oak coach roof beams overlaid with marine plywood and further over laid with Dynel cloth set in epoxy with painted exterior surface.
Varnished Mahogany cockpit coamings and cockpit sides with laid deck cockpit seat tops and cockpit sole.
Storage lockers under cockpit seating and aft deck
Varnished Mahogany toe rails and taff rail
Topsides are painted Black with Gold cove stripe and White boot stripe
Cabin top is White painted finish
Bottom is Green anti-fouling paint
Deck Hardware and Features
Stainless steel bow pulpit and stern rail
Bronze lifeline stanchions
Upper and lower stainless steel wire life lines (upper Vinyl coated)
Bronze stem fitting
Bronze anchor roller
Cast bronze bow chocks
Bronze dorade vent / cowl (ventilates anchor locker)
White Oak Samson post
Low profile Lewmar anchor windlass
Bronze mid-rail chocks
Bronze diamond pad eyes (4ea port and starboard) block attachment points
Bronze headsail tracks port and starboard on toe rails
Bronze main sheet traveler
Chromed Bronze mizzen mast partners
Bronze stern docking cleats and chocks
Varnished Mahogany lazarette hatch
Bronze dorade vent / cowl (ventilates lazarette locker)
Cabin and Cabin Top Hardware and Features
Bronze opening ports in cabin sides (4ea. port and starboard) and front (1ea)
Varnished Mahogany and Lexan opening hatch above forward cabin
Chromed Bronze main mast partners
Varnished Mahogany opening butterfly-style hatch above main saloon
Varnished Mahogany companionway hatch off set to starboard
Bare Teak handrails port and starboard
Interior Layout and Accomodations
Layout described forward to aft.
Furthest forward is anchor locker accessible thru forward bulkhead of forward cabin
Nest aft if forward (sleeping) cabin with accommodations for two (2) persons with bunks in a Vee-berth configuration, storage shelves forward, port and starboard, water tanks located under berths and storage drawers also located under berths.
Continuing aft is the passageway to the main saloon with hanging locket to port and enclosed head space to starboard with privacy door that also can be used to provide privacy to the forward (sleeping) cabin.
Aft of passageway is main saloon with 5’ 10” standing head room.
To starboard in the main saloon (forward of the settee) there is a hanging locker outboard and (3) drawer and bin storage cabinet inboard followed by a single settee berth that extends aft slightly under the cockpit and has a hinged door at the aft end providing access to the starboard cockpit locker.
To port in the main saloon is a single settee berth with storage shelves outboard and above / forward.
Both port and starboard settee’s each have storage space in drawers and bins either below or outboard of the settee platforms.
For dining below decks (and above) there is a nicely finished folding Mahogany table that can be set up either between the settees or p in the cockpit for “Al Fresco” dining.
Aft of the port settee is the galley area that extends to the aft port corner of the interior space and continues athwartships under the companionway ladder to provide a L-shaped galley arrangement with single-burner alcohol stove immediately aft of the partial bulkhead separating the settee from the galley area, followed by a well-insulated ice box under the galley counter, the stainless steel sink basin under the companionway ladder and generous storage spaces in lockers outboard and aft of the galley counter along with drawer and locker space under counter below the stove.
The galley counter cabinetry located under the (removable) companionway ladder is the enclosure for the engine. There is a door in the face of this cabinetry for quick engine access or can be disassembled as needed either partially for routine maintenance and service or completely for full access to all engine and drive train equipment.
Galley Equipment
Origo single burner alcohol stove
Well-insulated, under-counter ice box
Pressure water (cold only) supplied to galley sink basin
Interior Light and Ventilation
Natural light and ventilation from nine (9) Bronze opening ports in cabin sides and front, two (2) opening hatches in cabin top an sliding companionway hatch.
Custom screens for forward hatch and companionway
Natural ventilation from three (2) dorade vent / cowls providing fresh air to anchor locker and aft lazarette
Overhead dome lights in galley (1ea), main saloon (1ea), head enclosure (1), Forward cabin (2).
Reading light at port settee
Spars and Rigging
Masthead rigged yawl rig configuration
Single spreader varnished Sitka Spruce main mast
Varnished Sitka Spruce mizzen mast
Varnished Sitka Spruce main and mizzen booms
Varnished Sitka Spruce spinnaker pole
Bronze spinnaker pole track
Bronze sail tracks on masts and booms.
Bronze chain plates
Stainless steel wire standing rigging with bronze turnbuckle adjusters
Varnished Mahogany shroud rollers for main and mizzen shrouds
Yacht braid style halyards with the exception of main halyard which is rope to wire.
Sail Trim and Sail Handling Equipment
Mast Fly / Windex
Harken roller-furling headstay
Mainsail lazy-jacks (3-strand Dacron)
Bronze head sail tracks port and starboard on toe rails
Bronze main sheet traveler
Bronze halyard winches on main mast
Barient 22 self-tailing, 2-speed, bronze primary winches (port and starboard cockpit fwd.)
Gibb single-speed secondary winches (port and starboard cockpit aft)
Bronze sheet cleats at cockpit coaming (2ea port and starboard
Barlow 15 single-speed bronze halyard winches on main mast (2ea)
Sails and Canvas
Shore Sails
140% Genoa with Toast color sunshield
Main sail
Mizzen sail
Asymmetrical spinnaker with sock
Mizzen staysail
Main sail cover / Toast color
Mizzen cover / Toast color
Hatch covers (3ea) / Toast color
Interior cushions
Cockpit cushions
Electronics and Navigational Equipment
White Constellation helm / binnacle compass (5” card)
Icom IC-M402S VHF radio
Garmin GPS chart plotter
Signet knot meter
Signet depth sounder
Autohelm ST300 autopilot
Wheems and Plath Ship’s clock
Wheems and Plath Barometer
Brass inclinometer
Autohelm personal compass (handheld)
Propulsion and Fuel Systems
1992, Westerbeke fresh water cooled diesel. Model 20-B2, 18 HP
Engine Hours: 1,529 Hours as of Spring 2024
Westerbeke ignition panel with tachometer and engine status gauges / alarms
Single lever transmission and throttle control
¾” Bronze propellor shaft
Flax packing type stuffing box
Bronze fixed 2-blade propellor
Raw water filter / strainer
10 Gallon polypropylene fuel tank
Racor water separator fuel filter
Steering Systems and Equipment
Steering pedestal with varnished Mahagony six-spoke steering wheel
Cable and quadrant steering gear
Keel-hung rudder of Bronze and wood construction
Bronze rudder post, pintails and gudgeons
Emergency tiller
Autohelm ST300 autopilot
Electrical Systems and Equipment
12-Volt DC electrical system
Separate deep cycle batteries / battery banks for ship’s systems and engine start
Guest 3-position master battery selector switch
Marinetics DC Electrical panel with circuiting to control all ship electrical systems and battery condition meter.
Stand-alone circuit breaker control for Lewmar windlass
Three (3) 12-Volt DC power stations
Plumbing and Sanitation Systems
Freshwater Capacity: 30 Gallons
Freshwater Storage: Two (2) Copper tanks port and starboard under forward cabin V-berths
Pressure water supply system to galley sink.
Stainless steel galley sink basin
Stainless steel head area sink basin
Groco manually operated MSD / marine toilet
Waste plumbed for direct overboard discharge or discharge to blackwater tank for later shore side pump-out.
Ground Tackle Equipment
Bronze anchor roller
Primary Anchor: 35 lb. CQR with 20’ of 5/16” galvanized chain and 220’ of 5/8” Nylon 3-strand rode
Secondary Anchor: 25 lb. Danforth with 200’ or ½” Nylon 3-strand rode.
Lewmar low-profile electric windlass
Dewatering Equipment
Rule 800 GPH electric / automatic pump with float switch
Jabsco Water Puppy 6.3 GPM electric pump manually operated
3” Bronze Navy style manual / emergency pump mounted in starboard sail locker.
Safety Equipment
Type II PFD’s (4ea)
Type III PFD (1ea)
Lifesling
Emergency tiller
Navigational Lighting: Port, starboard and stern deck lighting / steaming and anchor lights on main mast.
Spreader lights
Engine compartment automatic fire extinguisher
Hand held fire extinguishers (3ea)
Radar Reflector
Additional Equipment
Dock lines and fenders
Folding swim ladder.
Recent Upgrades and Significant Work History
2017-2019: Bottom wooded, removal and inspection of 100+ fasteners, replacement of 2 fasteners,, fasteners rebunged, seams reefed, caulked and paid, bottom primed and painted.
2016: Helm compass rebuilt
2016: New leathers for emergency bilge pump
2015: Head area rebuilt with new paint, varnished ceilings, varnished Mahogany towel tack and installation of manually operated roco MSD (toilet) with holding tank and plumbing for discharge overboard or to holding tank for later shore-side pump-out,
2002: Removed and replaced existing cabin house with newly designed, lower profile cabin house with Mahogany cabin sides and epoxied Dynel cloth cabin top surface.
2002: Removed deck, replaced a small number of deck beams, installed new marine plywood sub-deck overlaid with spring teak decks blind fastened from below eliminating the need for bungs in teak decking.
Early 1990’s: Replacement of stem, stern post, keel timber, dead wood and planking below the water line, This work done by Brooklin Boat Yard
Contact
For more information about this yacht, please contact John Maxwell We look forward to working with you!
For more information about this yacht, please contact John Maxwell. We look forward to working with you!
For more information about this yacht, please contact John Maxwell.