Description

This in an exceptionally good example of the Nicholson 35, a very solid, fast and seaworthy cruiser. By modern standards they are quite heavy displacement. We sold this yacht previously in in 2011, at which time we wrote ".... A rare find - a really lovely later-built example of one of the the classic Nicholson 35 cruiser-racers. This 1979 Mk VI example has been in her present second ownership since 1987. She has glossy topsides in original gelcoat, interior joinery in lovely condition, and has very clearly been beautifully maintained". The same applies now 15 years later.

Specifications

Accommodation

Forecabin berths

Forecabin

Saloon

Saloon aft

Chart table and quarterberth

Chart table detail

Saloon table

Galley

Galley detail

Heads

Heads basin

Accommodation plan

Construction

The Nicholson 35 was designed in-house by Camper & Nicholsons in 1970/71, and remained in production from 1971 to 1990, with various minor model changes from Mk I to Mk VII. Whilst the hull mouldings of some boats were contracted out, always to quality moulders, all Nicholsons 35s were finished by Camper & Nicholson themselves, to a very high standard.

About 230 were built over their long production run, and they have a superb reputation as a safe, fast passage-maker. It is is thus very rare now to find one like this 1979 example that has not had the wear and tear of multiple extended ocean passages. The one non-standard point is that she has had a short bowsprit added to keep the achor away from the bow topsides.

Various sources quote slightly different ballast and displacement figures for these boats: the figures here being taken from a Nicholson-supplied manual for this Mk VI boat. When designed in the early 1970s the Nicholson 35 was regarded as moderate displacement and fast enough to be classed as a cruiser-racer: now she is seen as a quite heavy displacement cruiser, though with enough sail area to be quite fast in most conditions. In 2016 a 'Yachting Monthy' used boat report said "....Like all long fin-keeled heavy displacement cruisers the Nicholson 35 is designed to take almost any adverse weather and sea conditions in her stride".

As one of the later boats she has a more conventional shaft drive to a P-bracket instead of the hydraulic drive to a prop mounted in the aft end of keel that was fitted to early boats, Later boats also have a slightly different internal layout with a quarter berth aft of the chart table. The last boats built had a taller rig, a feature probably introduced for the American market, where a significant number of Nicholson 35s were sold by a dealer in Annapolis.

Ashore July 2026

Moored Sept 2025

Cockpit

Wheel

Cockpit aft

Deck

Bow detail

Bow view

Moored

Anchored - owners photo

Stern

Keel and rudder

Anchored - owners photo

Ashore July 2026

Engine(s)

Engine box open

Beta 35 diesel installed 2014

Sails & Spars

Moored showing rig

Sailplan

Disclaimer

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