Asking
€ 2,590,000
Not for sale or charter to U.S. residents while in U.S. waters.
The French two-masted Schooner WEATHER BIRD is not just a classic sailing yacht. This particular boat boasts an impressive career as one of the most historic sailing yachts to navigate the high seas. She measures 101’ (31m) in length and was built in 1931 by Chantier Navals de Normandie, her design overseen by Russian aristocrat Victor Orloff and Frenchman Henri Rambaud. WEATHER BIRD is the ideal yacht for adventurers and offers a platform for explorations. The yacht has received many updates and upgrades over the years, and in 2021 she saw a complete mechanical refit, overhaul and replacement of systems, leaving her in wonderful condition.
WEATHER BIRD was commissioned for Sara and Gerald Murphy, a high-society American couple whose well-known families flourished in fortune. Gerald’s father founded the Mark Cross Company selling high-end leather goods, while Sara’s family was well-established in East Hampton and owned the famous 30-room mansion dubbed “The Dunes.” After settling on the French Riviera, the couple launched WEATHER BIRD, which served as inspiration for not only them but also an awe-inspiring record of artists that had ventured onboard. WEATHER BIRD has welcomed the likes of the most famous names in art, literature, music and poetry. Some of her most notable guests included Cole Porter, Coco Chanel, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker and Pablo Picasso. Not to mention the Murphy’s good friends Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is rumored that Fitzgerald characterized the main characters in his novel Tender is the Night after the couple.
The sailing yacht welcomes up to eight guests in four classic staterooms, and she also accommodates five crewmembers onboard. The master cabin features a large double berth, a vanity desk and excellent storage space. A double cabin and two cabins, both with two single bunks, complete the guest staterooms.
All WEATHER BIRD’s interior spaces showcase the classic 30s styling and have been maintained since her build; it is like she has been frozen in time. The yacht’s main salon has a timeless, romantic feel with a beautiful contrast of dark and light woods, a flow of natural light and showcases a U-shaped seating area with a table, a bar area and storage spaces. Her exterior deck spaces are spacious and offer seating areas for guests to socialize and relax while admiring the passing landscapes.
2021 Complete mechanical refit, overhaul and replacement of systems. New upgrades throughout over 12 months, including overhaul of engines and new generators.
2016
Rig refit; new rigging and electric/ electronic cables
2015
Rudder removed for check; bearings replaced
2011-2012 At Marmaris, Turkey
Making and fitting of new iron keel
Associated new galvanised and epoxy coated steel floors
Associated new keelbolts and fastenings
Other hull revision
Removal, cleaning and painting of bilge tanks
Plumbing inspection and electrical replacement
Engine room rationalisation and refit
2007-2008 At Marina di Scarlino, Italy
Plank replacement and refastening
Frame reinforcing
1997-1998 Major refit at Cantiere Navale dell’Argentario, Italyg
New teak deck
Some planking and fastening work
Restoration internal, including new furnishings, and external, including deckhouse
Revision of electrical and hydraulic systems, and sea valves
New stainless steel black and grey water tanks
Oak carvel planking on oak frame
Laid teak deck
Iron ballast keel
Varnished teak cap rail
White painted bulwark
Teak laid deck
Teak passerelle
Chromed fairleads on taffrail, port and starboard
Chromed mooring cleats port and starboard
Teak grating/ step
Ash and bronze running topmast backstay tackle
Giles style levers port and starboard for lower mast runners
Parat stainless steel winch on teak chock on aft deck
Wood mainsheet blocks
3 x Parat sheet winches on stainless steel plinth
2 x Teak and chromed bronze cleats
Panama fairleads port and starboard
Chromed cleats port and starboard
Ship’s wheel on aft bulkhead of engine room trunk cabin
Engine throttle control
Large chromed compass binnacle with steering compass
Aft trunk cabin
Port companionway to engine room
Starboard companionway houses ship’s isolator panels and navigation instruments
Large enclosed cockpit with seating fwd of aft trunk cabin
Cockpit table
Entrance to deck saloon
Deck saloon with ‘railway carriage’ style sliding windows
Varnished handrails port and starboard
Boarding ladder stowed starboard side
Spare passerelle stowed port side
3 x Winches at mast base
2 x Foresail sheets stainless steel winches at mast base on steel plinth
Pin rails mounted at shrouds port and starboard
Seating with storage under either side of main mast fwd of deck saloon
2 x Staysail sheet Parat winches on stainless steel plinths port and starboard
2 x Butterfly hatches – large dining table over first hatch
4 x Bronze fairlead port and starboard
Ventilators
Mushroom vents
2 x Chromed cowl ventilators on Dorade boxes
Liferafts port and starboard on teak chocks at base of foremast shrouds
Varnished wood boxes port and starboard for stowage
Foremast – single spreader
3 x Stainless steel winches at formast base
Staysail on boom – sheets via ash and bronze blocks
Raised sliding hatch over crew cabin
Table over fwd end of sliding hatch
Windlass with 2 x warping drums and 2 x capstans (power source 220V)
240m Stud link galvanised anchor chain
Raised foredeck ares with teak grating over anchor chain giving large bathing area
4 x Chromed fairleads, port and starboard
Bow roller each side of stem with two large c80kg Bruce anchor
Main mast - single spreader
Throat and peak tackle port and starboard
Bowsprit
Owner's cabin to starboard
- Double doors
- Large double berth; drawers under
- Vanity desk
- Hanging locker
- Book case and lockers
- Butterfly hatches in deckhead
- 1 x Opening port
- 2 x Deckhead lights
- 3 x Bulkhead lights
Large en-suite
- Automatic toilet
- Ceramic basin; hot and cold tap
- Shower area
- Bidet
- 1 x Opening port
- 3 x Deckhead lights
Guests:
Double cabin to starboard
- Double berth; drawers under
- Bureau
- Banquette
- Hanging lockers
- 3 x Deckhead lights
- 3 x Bulkhead lights
- 2 x Opening ports
En suite WC compartment
- Manual toilet
- Ceramic sink; hot and cold tap
- Shower
- Opening port
- 4 x Deckhead lights
Guest cabin to port
- 2 x single bunks
- Hanging locker
- 1 x Opening port
- 3 x Bulkhead lights
- 1 x Deckhead light
Guest cabin to port opposite owner's cabin
- 2 x single bunks
- Hanging lockers
- Deep shelving
- 1 x Opening port
- 1 x Deckhead light
- 2 x Bulkhead lights
Crew:
Crew Accommodation Forward
- WC and shower to port
- Electrolux washer dryer to starboard
- Enclosed berth to port
- Crew mess area with seating on centreline
- Single berth to starboard
- 2 x further berths forward port and starboard
- Lockers
- 3 x Deckhead lights
- Sliding hatch in deckhead
- Ladder to foredeck
Captain's cabin to starboard
- 1 x Opening port
- Small bureau
- Hanging locker
Deck Saloon
- U-shaped seating area forward with table
- Bar area to starboard with large top loading fridge
- Much locker space; glass lockers
- Bureau to port; plate lockers
Galley:
- 5 x Burner hob and oven to starboard
- Electrolux dishwasher
- Panasonic microwave
- Many plate lockers
- Pot & amp; cutlery lockers
- 4 x Bulkhead fridges
- Icemaker
- Butterfly hatch in deckhead
- 1 x Opening port
- 4 x Deckhead lights
Gaff schooner rig
Single spreader mainmast
Single spreader foremast
Boom crutch
Mainsail; topsail
Foresail; topsail
Fisherman
Staysail
Jib
Flying Jib
Boom sail covers for main, foresail and staysail
Awnings over main boom and fore boom
Main engine
Cummins Mercruiser 300hp Diesel (Overhauled 2021)
Bow thruster (Overhauled 2021)
2 x Fischer Panda Generators (New 2021)
Battery chargers Overhauled 2021
Batteries: Lead batteries 1000AH 24 volts (2013) (tbc)
Inverters: Mastervolt 1500watts 24/220 volts (tbc)
Victron 1600 watts 24/220 volts (tbc)
Autoclave pumps: 2x 24 volts (tbc)
Reverse Osmosis Watermaker - ESSENTIAL 400 (New 2021)
Air Conditioning (New 2021)
Stainless steel tanks
Water (2500L)
Fuel (2500L)
Grey water (c100L)
Black water (c500L)
Sailor VHF
Lorenz GPS Plotter
Furuno radar
Simrad autopilot (tbc)
Hummingbird sonar
2 x Canister liferafts
Life ring and light
Fire extinguishers
Cushions for bow grating and cockpit
Wooden chairs and deckchairs
1 x freezer 200vt
Sparkling watermaker
Tender: Novurania 5.3m with 150 hp outboard
Tender: Novurania 4.2 m with 50 hp outboard
Waverunner
Water-skis
Kneeboard
Tubes
Banana
Canoe
Fishing equipment
Note: The company 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, withdrawal without notice, and tax when applicable.
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