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Halvorsen 36ft Yacht

Halvorsen 36ft sloop designed by Keith Brown and Trevor Gowland, built by Halvorsen Boatbuilders is now for sale exclusively with DBY Boat Sales.

This beautiful, head turning classic yacht was the sistership to well-known Freya and also a more modern version of well-known Halvorsen yacht Solveig .

Built in 1965 , ROPAWE competed in 3 Sydney to Hobart races with her medals now proudly displayed on the bulkhead, along with several other race finishing medals and also the original Norwegian coin from under the mast step.

Gowland worked for much of his life with the Halvorsen family of yacht designers and boat-builders, and was responsible, as a skilled shipwright, for building such famous yachts as the 1962 America’s Cup challenger Gretel , Sydney Hobart overall winners Freya , Anitra V and Cherana , Admiral’s Cup team boats Gingko and Apollo II and the maxi yacht Ballyhoo which took line honours in the 1979 Hobart Race, as well many prestigious motor cruisers.

In 2021, a back to bare timbers respray of her topsides and cap rails along with a new deck and deck paint has returned her to a very well-kept beauty of the past.

The yacht oozes charm and character along with her historic finishes that would have had some interesting tales told around the oversized settee, butterfly style table.

She is currently set up for a couple and 2 children that enjoy a large freshly re-upholstered queen-sized V berth with 2 pyramid lights integrated into the deck and a large overhead, forward facing opening hatch for ventilation.

There are 4 additional single bunks in the salon area, two of which have new upholstery and 2 are just bases for extra storage.

Clever 12v led lighting throughout the yacht, illuminates the warmth of exposed ribs and frames, varnished teak and other varnished surfaces whilst keeping the power consumption to almost zero.

The galley is a simple affair in keeping with her age. A portable butain stovetop plus pressurised fresh water to a stainless steel sink. Ample storage areas below the jarrah and parquetry benchtops for pantry items and cooking utensils. There is an enormous stainless steel deep chest icebox, despite one of the recorded DNF in one Sydney to Hobart race being due to a lack of cold beer. Must have been light winds that year.

There is a fully enclosed head with near new marine manual toilet, stainless steel wash basin with pressurised water and vanity cupboard below.

The house and engine batteries are July 2021, all the through hull fittings and plumbing are 2021, the standing and running rigging was replaced in October 2021.

The BETA 28hp diesel shaft driven diesel engine has recently had an overhaul, brand new gearbox under warranty and new ignition panel plus wiring loom.

A battened main, 3 Jibs and a couple of spinnakers complete the sail wardrobe.

She is turn-key ready for her new owners. A rare find and exclusive to DBY Boatsales.  Located in Pittwater, Sydney however owner is offering to deliver her to an East Coast location for the right buyer.

For sale with DBY Boat Sales Pittwater Office in Newport. Please call +61 2 9999 3311 for an inspection. For additional high-resolution photos and detailed inventory, please email [email protected] .

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Halvorsen Boats For Sale in NSW

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Halvorsen 30 Fibreglass Sailing Yacht

Introducing the Halverson 30, a sleek fiberglass monohull sailing yacht designed for your ...

• 30' / 9.14m
• 1983 approx

Halvorsen 25 Standard Cruiser

For sale. 1947 Halvorsen standard cruiser. ...

• 25' / 7.62m

Halvorsen 30 Standard Cruiser

"Laitoki"is a Halvorsen 30 standard cruiser. She was launched in December 1952 as ...

• AU $104,000 Or nearest offer

Halvorsen 21 Standard

OWNER MOTIVATED TO SELL! No expense spared and meticulously refitted standard 21´ ...

• 21' / 6.40m
• AU $169,000

Halvorsen 40

Lewana Classic custom Halvorsen style sedan cruiser 40' immaculate condition. Well ...

• 40' 0" / 12.20m
• AU $179,000 Or nearest offer

Halvorsen 44

The 44ft HALVORSEN Motor Cruiser is a custom-built, elegant family yacht with a fibreglass ...

• 44' 3" / 13.50m
• AU $479,000 Make an offer

Halvorsen Freya 42

MEROPS. A purpose built High Latitude sailing registered ship made of Corten Steel. A passion ...

• 42' / 12.80m
• AU $95,000 Or nearest offer

Halvorsen 51 Enclosed Flybridge

This beautiful custom built Halvorsen 51 enclosed flybridge was built for the owners back in ...

• 51' / 15.54m

Halvorsen 30

'Seawave' was originally launched from Lars Halverson Sons Pty Ltd Ryde slipways as ...

• 30' 0" / 9.15m
• AU $115,000 Or nearest offer

Returning to Market due to new owners growing family A piece of maritime history that has ...

• 44' / 13.41m
• AU $985,000 Expressions of interest

Halvorsen 26 Cruiser "Noreen" 26' Halvorsen Cruiser

HALVORSEN 26 ' STANDARD CRUISER "NOREEN " Build by Halvorsen Boat builders ...

• 26' / 7.92m

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Kong & Halvorsen Yachts For Sale

As we set the stage to southern Norway, near Arendal, the curtain opens to the year 1887 when Halvorsen Boats was founded by a man named Halvor Andersen, a farmer who launched his first wooden boat. Our next character joins the stage —Lars, Halvor’s son, who followed in his dad’s boat builder footsteps. The next act require tissues, as Lars loses everything when he sinks the Nidelv, an uninsured sailing ship on its maiden voyage! In 1922, Lars then heads to Cape Town, South Africa to begin again. Success returns as Lars decided to start a business repairing lifeboats damaged on the voyage to Cape Town. He and his five sons weren’t able to live off that meager income so he returned to his boat building roots.

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Fast forward a couple of years (1924) when Sydney was Lars’ next stop where he brought his son, Harold, along with him with the rest of the family arriving in 1925. These next years, through 1980, were the golden ones as the once small boat builder turns into a major family enterprise pumping out over 1500 craft with the Halvorsen name —then known by the Australians for its quality and design.

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World War II brought the Halvorsens the business (in their shipyard in Ryde, New South Wales) to build more than 250 boats for the armed forces in America, the Netherlands, and Australia all backed by a staff of 350 craftsmen. 178 air-sea rescue Halvorsens defended Sydney Harbour and Australia. They even designed and built, eleven ‘war-ready’ 110 foot "Fairmile B" cruisers. At Lar’s passing in 1936, his eldest son Harold took the baton as managing director of the newly formed company, Lars Halvorsen Sons, Pty. Ltd. and was designer for commercial and pleasure craft and most of the wartime vessels. In 2000, Harold was awarded the Order of Australia Medal, for his contribution in the war effort, and before this time, in 1991, Carl Halvorsen was made a Knight First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by King Harald.

Our next act begins after World War II, when the company acquires a lease at Bobbin Head located north of Sydney in the Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park. The family built a fleet of around two hundred hire boats there —the world's largest privately owned fleet. In 2000, ninety of their classic boats held a regatta on the Hawkesbury River on the 75th anniversary of the family’s arrival in Australia AND Harold Halvorsen's ninetieth birthday!!!

In 1962, Lars Halvorsen Sons, Pty. Ltd. built the first Australian challenger for the America's Cup—Gretel.

The next three years was when Lars' sons Trygve and Magnus Halvorsen won three Sydney to Hobart races while sailing Freya designed by Trygve and built by Lars Halvorsen Sons, Pty. Ltd. They still hold the record for three consecutive Sydney to Hobart wins.

In the 1960s Harold's son, Harvey Halvorsen, took the title of company designer, and in 1975, he formed a joint venture — Sons Pty. Ltd. and Joseph Kong, former General Manager of American Marine Company, in Hong Kong to design, build and market a new fleet of pleasure boats worldwide. The company was then named Kong & Halvorsen Marine & Engineering Company, Ltd. and over the next two decades, hundreds of vessels ranging from 30 to 134 feet were built under the Kong & Halvorsen, Island Gypsy, and Halvorsen brand names. To this date, over 900 Halvorsen Boats were built in China and exported to the world. In 2000, Kong & Halvorsen Marine's 20 year contract with the Chinese government had expired and the factory closed. Harvey and his son Mark Halvorsen continued to build boats by contracting to approved yards and there they launched two new models, the Gourmet Cruiser and a passage maker named the Solo.

The company was even asked to be part of an exhibition in 2004-05 at the Australian National Maritime Museum named Dream Boats and Work Boats - The Halvorsen Story. Mark Halvorsen had been in the business since 1980 when he sold his first second hand Halvorsen 30' Viking in Sydney. From 1985 to ’88, he lived in the USA where he worked in San Francisco at Halvorsen Yachts and then in the Newport Beach. He moved to Hong Kong where he has been living and working ever since. He owns Halvorsen Boat Sales in Australia and Halvorsen Marine Limited in Hong Kong. All Halvorsen boats are built under contract for Mark in Southern China and then imported into Australia. He also specializes in the restoration of vintage Halvorsen Boats.

Some neat facts: YECATS, a 134 ft Kong & Halvorsen Motor yacht, appeared in the 1987 film Overboard starring Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. The same boat renamed Attessa appeared in the movie Indecent Proposal starring Woody Harrelson, Robert Redford, and Demi Moore.

Halvorsen has just announced that the new model 44 Coastal Cruiser has arrived into Australia. She was delivered into Botany Bay from Hong Kong and cruised up the East Coast on her maiden voyage to the Hawkesbury River where she is under-going her commissioning and make ready with a full Raymarine electronics package.

This 44 is built on the existing 42 Coastal Cruiser semi displacement hull form with the added feature of 2 extra feet in the aft deck area length. And actually, this beauty has one of the largest aft deck entertaining areas in this size of pleasure boat!

Buyers can feel confident that if looking at a Kong & Halvorsen, the company promises a stellar product will be yours for many years to come!

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