The Contessa 35, designed by Doug Peterson and built by the well-regarded Jeremy Rogers Yard at Lymington in the mid-1970's, blends the pace of a competitive one-ton design with ample accommodation for comfortable cruising - one of the best-looking and performing dual-purpose "cruiser-racer" yachts of that era, 

 

Contessa 35’s were intended as cruiser-racers, and around 80 were built, some of these were fitted out and used more for racing than cruising however ‘Intuition’ has been used almost entirely for cruising by her only three owners from new. In her first ownership of over 30 years, she was kept in France from 1990 and only afloat for two months each summer. Her next owner from 2006 until 2020 kept her in Cornwall, and over that time, "Intuition" has received knowledgeable maintenance and regular renewals making this a fine example of the model. 

 

Even now a Contessa 35 is a very fast boat for her size, particularly to windward. However, unlike most more modern designs, she gets her speed from a big rig on a hull with a very high (over 50%) ballast ratio. This makes her an easy to handle and surprisingly docile cruising boat. 

 

When a modern production cruiser is getting overpowered and rounding up, the Contessa 35 will just heel a bit more and carry on going the way you want - You can always slow down a fast boat, but you cannot speed up a slow one..... 

 

 

Please contact on 01752 228855 or email us for further details or to arrange a viewing 

7 berths in saloon and forecabin with good headroom. 

GRP Moulded roof headliner throughout (NOT vinyl linings!) with teak side lining strips to fore cabin and saloon pilot berth areas 

240v Shore power system fitted 2020/2021, 4 X UK Sockets with USB ports. 

Taylors 079 Diesel Heater mounted on forward saloon bulkhead with flue, installed new in 2012/13 

 

Forecabin: 

Double Vee berth with 6 inch thick mattress. Overhead opening deck hatch. 

Hanging and shelved storage to starboard opposite heads compartment to port. 

 

Heads Compartment: 

Lavac Zenith Sea Toilet (pump replaced 2017/18) 

Tek Tanks’ 36L polyprop holding tank installed in 2017/18 with Y-valve and new pipework 

Moulded basin with pumped fresh water supply. 

 

Saloon: 

Two settee berths either side of a central table with two drop leafs 

Lee cloths 

Two pilot berths each side outboard of settee berths 

Single Quarter berth with lee cloth on the starboard side aft of the chart table seat. 

 

Galley area: 

Good sized U shaped galley area with ample storage 

Origo 6000 gimballed alcohol stove with two burners and oven 

Cool box 

Stainless steel sink with wooden cover and pumped fresh water supply 

 

Nav area: 

Full size forward facing chart table to starboard with internal chart storage 

Upholstered navigators seat with backrest