Sparkman & Stephens
Sparkman & Stephens
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$ 35,000 USD
STEP LIVELY
1956, Sparkman and Stephens / Derector, Gulfstream 30'
Designed by Sparkman and Stephens and built by Derecktor Shipyard the Gulfstream 30 series was originally purposed as the boat that could do it all as both a comfortable cruising boat for small families and a competitive racer easily handled by a small crew in round the buoys and near coastal racing
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The first of the Gulfstream 30 series was completed and launched in 1955 followed one year later by Step Lively as hull number 2. Launched in 1956 as Tawney she was under the same (original) ownership until the late 1990’s when she was donated to Massachusetts Maritime Academy and then subsequently purchased, restored, refit, cruised, raced and thoroughly enjoyed by her owners of today.
Under the current (2nd) ownership Step Lively has been extensively restored and refit to the point where there is little (if any) work needed by her next owners and with normal routine annual maintenance will provide her next owners with the same sailing enjoyment of cruising and racing in classic yachting regattas she’s given her previous two owners for the last 67 years.
LOA: 29' 6'' (8.99 Meters)
Type: Sail- Used
Year: 1956
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Wood
Designer: Sparkman and Stephens
Builder: Robert E. Derecktor, Inc.
Year Built: 1956
LOA: 29’, 6”
LWL: 21’, 10”
Beam: 8’, 0”
Draft: 4’, 8”
Ballast: 3,000 lbs. (lead)
Displacement: 7,700 lbs.
Sail Area: 390 sq. ft.
Auxiliary Propulsion: 2011, Universal Diesel, 25HP
Engine Hours: 295 Hours (Spring 2023)
Fuel Capacity: 15 Gallons
Freshwater Capacity: 18 Gallons
Full fin keel with cut-away forefoot and keel hung rudder underwater configuration.
Honduras Mahogany planking over White Oak frames
White Oak backbone, dead wood, stem, stern post, and other hull and deck structural members.
Cast Bronze floors.
Decks and cabin top are marine plywood overlaid with fiberglass and painted surface
Toe rails, taff rail, house sides and cockpit coamings are of varnished Mahogany.
Bronze bow pulpit
Bronze lifeline stanchions
Double (upper coated & lower wire ) lifelines.
The Gulfstream 30’s are surprisingly spacious for a boat of its size and type and allows for comfortable cruising by up to four adults and more if some of the crew like sleeping under the stars.
Step Lively is a wonderful example of the class with her interior done in the Herreshoff style of white painted bulkheads, joinery, hull interiors and overheads painted White with accenting varnished Mahogany trim on bulkheads and locker fronts with varnished White Oak deck and cabin beams overhead.
Stainless steel sink basin
Origo two burner stove.
Sea swing propane stove.
Rebuilt ice chest and countertop.
Single-spreader, masthead sloop rig configuration
Keel stepped, hollow-box construction varnished Sitka Spruce mast
Solid section (round) varnished Sitka Spruce boom
Varnished Sitka Spruce spinnaker pole
1x19 Stainless steel wire standing rigging (shrouds and stays) with bronze turnbuckle adjusters.
Masthead wind indicator / Windex
Harken Mark IV roller furling headstay with Harken guide blocks leading to cockpit.
Mainsail slab reefing system (New in 2021)
Primary sheets winches, Harken bronze self-tailing (2ea), cockpit location
Halyard winches, Merriman #2 bronze (2ea) for main and jib halyards, mast location
Boom downhaul Merriman #1 bronze, cabin top location
Spare handles for all winches.
1” bronze T track with two wooden shell stand-up blocks on toe rail.
Two sets of cars on tracks.
Two wooden shelled snatch blocks.
Two Nicro soft snatch blocks.
Jib sheets, spinnaker sheets, spinnaker twing lines and halyards recently replaced.
Mainsail, Pope Sails, 2021
155% Genoa, Pope Sails, 2022
130% Genoa, Pope Sails, 2017
110% Working Jib, Pope Sails, 2018
.75 oz Spinnakers, Hood Sailmakers
.75 oz Spinnaker with spinnaker sock, Shore Sails
Older mainsail and heavy weather jib.
Mainsail cover
Companionway dodger
Cockpit cushions (new foam 2022).
Danforth Constellation helm compass
Garmin chart plotter on companionway swing-out bracket
Garmin depth finder on companionway swing-out bracket.
Horizon VHF radio with masthead antenna.
New VHF antennae cable (2022).
2011 Universal 25 Hp Diesel engine.
Engine Hours: 295 hours (Spring 2023)
Vari-prop 3 bladed feathering propeller
15 Gallon fuel tank capacity
Varnished tiller
Keel-hung rudder
Separate battery banks for engine start and house systems
Two Deep cycle Marine Batteries, new 2021.
Guest primary battery selector switch
Circuit panel for control of all house circuits.
Battery charging by engine alternator
18 Gallon freshwater capacity
Stainless steel sink basin
Pressure water at sink basin
Thetford porta-pottie hidden under V-berth seat with privacy curtain
Rockna anchor
200’ of 5/8” Nylon anchor rode
Rule Automatic bilge pump.
Whale Gusher manual bilge pump
Dock lines and spring lines.
Fenders (2ea)
Fender board (1ea)
Boat hook
1999-2004 Hull and Deck Refit and Restoration
Upon acquisition by the current owners STEP LIVELY benefitted greatly from an extensive refit and restoration work performed by Anders Langendal of Greenport (Long Island) NY beginning in 1999 and completed in 2004. The following list of work performed during this period of time.
Repairs to keel and sternpost, replacement of top section of stem, new transom and rim log, repairs to planking hood ends at bow and stern.
New mast step incorporating new floor timbers to distribute load with lead ballast cast to fit in mast step extension.
Removal and re-installation of all cast bronze floors.
Extensive repairs to frames throughout.
New engine beds, engine re-installed.
Removal, repair and re installation of fuel and water systems.
New bottom planking from garboard to turn of the bilge. Remaining bottom planking was refastened.
New fiberglass decks and cabin top, new toe rails and trim.
Cabin trunk, coamings and hatches removed and re-bedded.
Aft end of cabin replaced.
Complete rebuild of cockpit to original S & S specifications (with storage locker access at seating).
Complete renewal of electrical system.
Keel bolts checked.
New forward keel bolts incorporated into new mast step.
Lead transition ballast installed at forward edge of lead ballast keel.
2013-2023 Significant Work
The following work was done by and/or with the supervision of Riverside Boat Company of Newcastle, Maine
2013: Repair and / or sister of cracked frames
2015: Replace cockpit coamings
2016: Replace keel bolts not replaced during earlier refit (all keel bolts now replaced)
2017: Replace rudder, recondition propeller and shaft, install new cutlass bearing
2023: Replace manual bilge pump with new Whale Gusher pump, replace exhaust elbow, install new raw water impellor
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