Designed by Chuck Paine and built by a professional team of boat builders, seasoned sailors and systems experts, SHIMMER is a beautiful cold-molded, wood-epoxy 30’ sloop perfect for cruising or day sailing and fully capable of off-shore passages.

Principle Dimensions and Information

Designer: Chuck Paine

Builder: Custom Build Team

Year Launched: 1998

LOA: 30’, 4”

LWL: 24’, 8”

Beam: 9’, 7”

Draft: 4’, 9”

Displacement Full Load: 10,472 lbs.

Dry Weight: 9,200 lbs.

Ballast (Lead): 4,400 lbs.

Auxiliary Propulsion: 1998, Westerbeke, model 18, 3-cylinder, 18 HP diesel

Fuel Capacity: 7 Gallons

Fresh Water Capacity: 34 Gallons

Holding Tank Capacity: 11 Gallons

Hull and Deck Construction

Long-cord fin keel with skeg hung rudder underwater configuration

Cold-molded, wood-epoxy & FRP composite hull and bulwark construction.

Hull laminate schedule from inner to outer hull is as follows:

Strip-planked, tongue and groove 5/8” Cedar (longitudinal)

1/8” Red Cedar veneer (+ 45 degrees)

1/8” Red Cedar veneer(- 45 degrees)

1/8” Meranti (Mahogany) veneer (longitudinal)

FRP cloth exterior skin

Hull is protected port and starboard by wood-epoxy guard rails topped with ½ oval Bronze rub rails

Decks are constructed of marine plywood with epoxy and FRP overlay

Cabin sides, front and back are of marine plywood with epoxy and FRP overlay

Cabin tops are marine plywood  with an exterior overlay of FRP and epoxy

Exterior surfaces of hull, deck, cabin and cockpit are painted surfaces using Awlgrip paints

Topsides are Green with White sheer stripe and boot stripe

Decks, cabin sides, cabin top and cockpit are White with contrasting light Gray non-skid area.

Bottom is Red anti-fouling paint.

Deck, Cabin and Cockpit Hardware and Features

Raised bulwarks / toe rails and taff rail with varnished Mahogany cap rails port, starboard and aft

Stainless steel double-roller, anchor roller with integral stem iron

Stainless steel bow pulpit

Double (upper and lower) coated wire life lines port and starboard

Life line opening gates port and starboard

Stainless steel life line stanchions port and starboard

Stainless steel stern rail

Cast Bronze chocks port and starboard at bow

Polished stainless steel docking and anchor cleats at bow

Polished stainless steel anchor rode / chain deck hawse pipe at bow

Polished stainless steel deck fills for Fuel, Water and Waste

Stainless steel chain plates

Bronze opening ports in cabin sides and cabin front (4 large, 5 small)

Varnished Mahogany cabin eye brow / drip edges at cabin top edges port, starboard, forward and aft. Varnished hand rails on cabin top port and starboard Lewmar opening hatch on cabin top above forward cabin

Siding companionway hatch with varnished trim

Bridge deck style cockpit

Storage lockers under bridge deck, port and starboard cockpit seating and aft of helm

Access plate to emergency steering / rudder post

Interior Accommodations and Layout

Shimmer is nicely finished off in the Herreshoff style of white painted bulkheads and joinery accented by varnished Cherry trim, furniture and locker fronts with wicker panels.

Sleeping cabin for two (2) person forward V-berth configuration, storage in lockers under berth and shelves above and outboard. Varnished cherry hull-side sheathing. Brass reading lamps. Bronze opening ports and opening hatch.

Next aft is head area to port and hanging locker o starboard.

Main saloon area is next aft with varnished Cheery drop-leaf table on center line between settees port and starboard. The starboard settee seat back can be raised to provide a generous sleeping berth and access to storage bins while the port seat back folds down to allow access to storage bins located outboard. Above and outboard of both settees are storage lockers with varnished Cherry frames and wicker fronts. Light and ventilation provided by opening ports with additional light provided by well-placed reading lights thru-out the cabin.

Continuing aft there is the galley area to port (see galley equipment list) and navigation station / desk to starboard, access to engine on centerline under companionway ladder and engine box and finally an additional sleeping space in a quarter berth that extends aft of the navigation station.

Spars and Rigging

Single-spreader, masthead-rigged sloop configuration

Metal Mast aluminum mast and boom with painted (buff / tan) finish

Mast mounted whisker pole

Stainless steel wire standing rigging (shrouds and stays) with turnbuckle adjusters

New (2022) standing rigging

Sail Trim and Sail Handling Equipment

Schaeffer roller-furling head stay

Main sail lazy-jack system

Schaeffer main sail traveler system

Scheaffer turning blocks and organizers

Lewmar rope clutches port and starboard on cabin top

Lewmar Bronze 2-speed, self-tailing halyard winches port and starboard on cabin

Lewmar Bronze 2-speed, self-tailing sheet winches on bronze winch bases port and starboard cockpit coamings.

Schaeffer sail tracks with adjustable lead cars on port and starboard side decks

All sheets and halyards

Sails and Canvas

Sperry main sail with 3-reef points

Sperry main sail cover

Sperry roller-furling genoa

Cockpit dodger

Winter cover

Interior cushions

Propulsion and Fuel Systems

1998, Westerbeke, model 18, 3-cylinder, 18 HP diesel

Westerbeke ignition panel with tachometer and engine status gauges

Single-lever throttle and transmission control on helm pedestal

Stainless steel propellor shaft

Bronze fixed blade, 3-blade propellor protected in skeg aperture

7 Gallon fuel capacity

Aluminum fuel tank

Steering Systems

Edson steering pedestal with stainless steel binnacle guard

Edson stainless steel destroyer-type steering wheel

Edson cable-quadrant steering system

Skeg hung rudder

Emergency tiller

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

Ritchie helm compass

GPS chart plotter

Data Marine depth sounder

Data Marine knot meter

Data Marine AWI

Raymarine autopilot

Icom IC-M59 VHF radio

Sony AM-FM radio with CD player

Electrical Systems and Equipment

12-Volt DC ship’s systems

Separate battery banks for engine start and lighting systems

Napa gel-type starting battery (1ea)

Papa gel-type, deep-cycle, lighting batteries (2ea)

Cole-Hersee master battery selector switch (rotary type)

12-Volt DC distribution panel with DC Main switch, amp meter and 12 individual circuits

Galley Equipment

Tasco gimbaled 2-burner stove with oven

Well-insulated 3.5 cubic foot ice box

Stainless steel galley sink

Manually supplied cold fresh water

10 Gallon propane cylinder

Placemats

Plates, bowls and mugs

Stainless steel place settings for 4 to 6 diners

Cooking knives, spatulas, ladles, etc.

Pots and pans

Tea kettle

Cutting boards

Fresh Water Plumbing and Sanitation

34 Gallon fresh water capacity held in two (2) separate tanks of 17 gallons each.

Stainless steel galley sink

Fresh water supplied to galley sink by way of Whale Gusher Mk3 foot pump

Groco Series K manually MSD (marine toilet / head)

11 Gallon holding tank

Head plumbed for discharge overboard or to holding tank for later dock-side pump-out

Dewatering Equipment

Jabsco Par-Max 4 / 3.8 GPM electric-automatic bilge pump

Whale Gusher manual bilge pump

Ground Tackle

Stainless steel double-roller anchor roller with integral stem iron

Primary Anchor: 22 lb. Bruce with appropriate chain and rode

Secondary Anchor: 10 lb. Fortress with appropriate chain and rode

Kellet Anchor 18 lb.

Safety Equipment

Navigational lighting at deck level and masthead

PFD’s, Type II, life jackets, (4ea)

PFD, Type IV, Jim Bouy throwable, (1ea)

Horn

Flares

Fire extinguishers (2ea)

Emergency tiller

Additional Equipment

Fenders with fabric covers (4ea)

Dock lines (3ea)

Boarding step with 5-step rope boarding ladder extension / swim ladder

Winter cover with framework tubing and canvas cover

Disclaimer

Brooklin Boat Yard offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.