Vor 60

NAME:

• Original name: Sweedish Match VOR 60 designed by Bruce Farr and built by Cookson Boats NZ.
• This VOR 60 was originally named Swedish Match, it competed in the 1997-98 Withbread Round the World Race and finished 3rd.
• Second name was Nokia and competed in the 1999 Sydney to Hobart Race with line honours. The boat has been stored inside a warehouse from 2003 to 2009, it was used in North America for training and Transatlantic racing.

The sailboat has been out of the water 6 months a year and especially from 2020 to 2024.

LOCATED: Punta Lagoa Marina in Vigo, Spain. The boat is in very good condition, professionally maintained and upgraded over the years.

Canadian documented vessel.

NOTE: Consider that this sailboat has been Sweedish Match at rest in a warehouse in Sweden for more than 6 consecutive years and then about ten years it has been stored 6 months a year during winters in Quebec.

The El Unicornio has never been damaged or suffered any accidents and nothing has been neglected regarding its maintenance.

Hull material: Kevlar epoxy hull with Kevlar and cored with Corecell and Divinicel.

States, new features or additions in blue.

ENGINE

• Yanmar 4JH2-TE, 4 cyl (completely overhauled)
• New turbocharger (2019)
• 1 spare shaft (stored in Canada)
• Propeller - 4 blade Max Prop Écono (2018)
• 59 HP at 3200 rpm / special gearbox ratio 3.20
• New fuel lines, new pre-filter assembly, new air filter assembly (2019)
• Fuel tanks: 2x170L + 1x100L

ACCOMMODATIONS

• Marine heads Jabsco, Johnson Pump (water pressure)
• 4 inclinable bunk beds + 1 double bed
• Four other special beds (2 each side)
• Synthetic teak cabin floors (new 2019)
• Well-lit interior
• Comfortable interior, airy
• Toilet with sink

GALLEY

• 2-burner stove on gimbals (Propane 1 lb screw-on tanks used)
• 2x 45L coolers
• 3x 90L coolers
• 1 fridge/freezer (to be checked)
• 1 solid tank 200L (fresh water pump)
• 1 stainless steel sink
• 1 foot pump for ocean salt water
• 1 foot pump for fresh water

NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS

• Electronics
  

  Raymarine

  
  
• GPS
• VHF
• Autopilot
• Radar

SAILS

• Main sail 2010: North Sails gatterback/carbon with 3 reef points (in very good condition stored in Canada)
• Main sail 2019: North Sails, ultra XC carbon/spectra, carbon battens, with 3 reef points (on boom)
• J1: 100% North Sails light kevlar: good shape
• J1: 100% North Sails gatterback/carbon: very good shape
• J2: 2019: 90% Great Circle offshore twaron/carbon: (never used)
• J3: 2019: 75% Great Circle offshore, Dacron two-ply: very good shape (used only 2020)
• Stay sail: North Sails kevlar, (good shape)
• Reacher: North Sails, kevlar (stored in Canada)
• 2 Headmast Spinnakers on sailboat with 2 sockets: (very good shape)
• 3 Headmast Spinnaker (very good shape, stored in Canada)
• 1 Fractional Strong, Spinnakers spectra: (very good shape)
• Storm Jib: (good condition)
• Blue mainsail cover
• Several other sails (stored in Canada: more spinnakers, reacher, jibs, battens, etc…)

• Mast
  

  Aluminum

  
  
• Boom
  

  Aluminum

  
  
• Spars and rigging notes
  
  
  

  Rigging:

  
  

  • Halyards and ropes (5 halyards, 6 spi sheets, 6 jib sheets)
  • 2017: custom Regatta halyards (1 headmast spinnakers, 1 fractional spinnaker, 1 mainsail)
  • 2019: 4 Regatta braids jib sheets
  • 2018: 6 new rope bags
  • 2019: all new reefs ropes
  • lazy-jack
  • Added: 1 Facnor 7700 furler 202 with 1 new anti-twist line
  • Special aluminum mast
  • Original mast height 29m, avionics type / quadruple spreaders, titanium connections
  • Nitronic 50 rod rigging forestay and shrouds
  • New head stay (2019)
  • Aluminum bowsprit
  • Spinnaker pole carbon (7.8 m) (for painting)
  • Kevlar backstay
  • Rope backstay Regatta (2019)
  • New rigid boom vang (2019)

  
  

  
  

  CONSTRUCTION

  
  

  
  

  HULL

  
  

  Non-skid repainted in 2024 for roof + cockpit

  
  

  • Wrapped in 3M vinyl yellow, red and white in 2019
  • Note: New paint red partner Majorica, easy to remove

  
  

  KEEL: Lead bulb fin keel (tested RX in 2022)

  
  

  On keel and hull, normal maintenance and anti-fouling to be done

  
  

  RUDDER

  
  

  • Spade carbon rudder mounted through the hull.
  • 1 spare carbon rudder (stored in Canada)

  
  

  Hull material: epoxy with Kevlar and cored with Corecell and Divinicel.

  
  

  • Kevlar hull material,
  • Appendage, carbon rudder
  • Non-skid repainted in 2024 for roof + cockpit
  • Wrapped in 3M vinyl yellow, red and white in 2019
  • Note: New paint red partner Majorica, easy to remove. Keel: Lead bulb fin keel (tested RX in 2022). On keel and hull, normal maintenance and anti-fouling to be done. Original hull color is dark blue (2010), repainted with design yellow, red, and white vinyl in 2019. Over the design, in 2029, paint with 'red paint of partner Majorica.'

  
  

  Note: the red paint is easily removable, and the blue vinyl can also be removed to restore the dark blue paint.

  
  

  • Each side has four (4) ballast tanks (total heel angle 13 degrees)
  • 1 Electric pump (Note: 1 valve to repair)

  
  

  Communications equipment added in the transaction:

  
  

  • Iridium GO with PC tablet 2024
  • Starlink special for sea 2024

  
  

  Please note:

  
  

  • Transport costs for a container or equipment stored in Canada are the responsibility of the buyer
  • Note that the few repairs needed do not prevent the El Unicornio from sailing well.