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Built: 1931   Refit: 2022   Home Port: Mykonos   Sleeps: 8

Specification

• Length: 30 metres
• Beam: 6.50 metres
• Construction: Wood
• Cruising Speed: 7.5 knots
• Fuel consumption: 35 litres per hour
• Builder: Chantelot & Lemaistre
• Engines: 1 x Cummin 300 HP Generators: 2 x Fisher Panda 25 KW

TV in Salon (with Apple TV) and all cabins with Satellite throughout. Otenet in Master Cabin & Salon. Airplay with external concealed speakers and Wifi throughout the yacht Different light scenarios in each interior space

Accommodation

• Total Guests (sleeping): 8
• Total Guests (cruising): 12
• Number of Crew: 4
• Air Conditioning: Yes

1 x tender Williams 3.85 Jet ski Sea-Doo RXT-X 260 Fireplace in Salon

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Greece - Aegean/Cyclades Sea, Greece - Ionian Sea, Turkey

Summer and Winter Low Rate: €40,000 per week plus VAT plus 20% APA Summer High Rate: €45,000 per week plus VAT plus 20% APA

Weatherbird is a unique custom-built classic 2-masted French schooner, built for Sara and Gerald Murphy, a jet-setting New England American couple. The couple made the yacht famous for hosting the likes of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, and Pablo Picasso aboard in the Mediterranean. She was built in 1931 by the French shipyard Chantelot & Lemaistre in Chantiers Navals De Normandie with design by Russian aristocrat Victor Orloff and Heni Rambaud. She embodied the opulence of the artistic aristocrat aesthetic at the time, now the often sought-after art deco style.

She is 31 Meters /100 Feet with a 20-foot beam and 12-foot draft. Her oak hull and teak deck and wheelhouse create an ambiance of natural refinement. Preserving elements of her original design and character, she has just been totally refitted in 2022, designed by her new owner with care, and transformed into a modern classic beauty.

Her classic beauty and heritage now combine with high-tech and pristine furnishings for the ultimate comfort. She hosts 8 guests aboard in 4 staterooms outfitted with Ralph Lauren linen and custom brass & silver hardware to accentuate the glory of the 1930s. Touch-screen panels control audio/visual and various lighting “scenes” while an electric fireplace lights up with the touch of a button. Her salon table is also a Yamaha F01 piano, offering panoramic views to anyone relaxing indoors. With her homeport in Athens, Greece is now accepting charters in the East Mediterranean, allowing those who admire old-world glamour, a contemplative and refined lifestyle, and the rustic charm of where East meets West a chance to forget it all and sail aboard. A crew of 4 service her.

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‘Weatherbird’ is a 98.43ft  /30m  Custom built in 1931 by Chantelot & Lemaistre and last refitted in 2013. Her exterior design is by Victor Orloff, and she is a great choice for your next charter vacation.

Weatherbird’s interior layout sleeps up to 8 guests in 4 rooms, including a master suite, She is also capable of carrying up to 5 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht experience. Timeless styling, beautiful furnishings and sumptuous seating feature throughout to create an elegant and comfortable atmosphere.

She’s ideal for your next adventure, and she is furnished to a very comfortable standard. You’ll be impressed by the finish applied to this yacht, and she creates the ideal platform from which to explore.

You’ll find many leisure and entertainment facilities onboard, making her ideal for entertaining friends and family on your charter vacation. There’s ample space for enjoying an alfresco lunch or dinner on deck, or simply lounging in the sunshine and working on your tan.

Weatherbird has a cruising speed of 9 knots, and you’ll simply sail across the water in style, while taking in your surroundings and sipping a refreshing drink.

Air conditioning keeps conditions comfortable throughout the cabins, even on the warmest of days or nights.

Weatherbird FEATURES & PRICING

• AIR CONDITIONING • SNORKELING • WATER SKI • WIND SURF

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Windsurfer Water-Skis Snorkelling Equipment

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Specifications

Sailling Yacht

Guests number

30 m / 98.43 ft

Chantelot & Lemaistre

Year (Build/Refit)

1931 / 2021

1 x Cummin 300 HP

Speed (Cruise/Max)

7.5 / 11 knots

Consumption

35 Litres/Hr

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The 30m classic yacht 'Weatherbird' by shipyard Chantelot & Lemaistre offers flexible accommodation for up to 8 guests in 4 cabins. The eternally elegant Weatherbird will take your breath away as she unfurls her sails and sets a course to her next destination. Offering a wealth of luxurious spacious living areas befitting her pedigree build, a yacht charter aboard this classic vessel has all the ingredients to be truly magical.

Weatherbird is great for families thanks to her child-friendly setup. Built in 1931, She offers guest accommodation for up to 8 guests. There are 8 beds in total, including 4 pullmans. She is also capable of carrying up to 4 crew onboard to ensure a relaxed luxury yacht charter experience.

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Asking € 2,590,000

WEATHER BIRD Yacht for Sale

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. 

• A truly historic, famous classic sailing yacht
• Seventeen month rebuild and refit completed 2021
• Overhaul / replacement of all mechanical systems
• New generators
• Remarkable superyacht of her time
• Gaff rig schooner
• Fishing Equipment
• Personal Watercraft

Specifications

Accommodations, dimensions & capacity, construction.

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Restoration / refit.

2021 Complete mechanical refit, overhaul and replacement of systems. New upgrades throughout over 12 months, including overhaul of engines and new generators.

Rig refit; new rigging and electric/ electronic cables

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

Deck Layout, Equipment And Ground Tackle

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

Accommodation And Domestic Equipment

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

- 3 x Deckhead lights

Double cabin to starboard

- Double berth; drawers under

- Banquette

- Hanging lockers

- 2 x Opening ports

En suite WC compartment

- Manual toilet

- Ceramic sink; hot and cold tap

- Opening port

- 4 x Deckhead lights

Guest cabin to port

- 2 x single bunks

- 1 x Deckhead light

Guest cabin to port opposite owner's cabin

- Deep shelving

- 2 x Bulkhead lights

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

- Sliding hatch in deckhead

- Ladder to foredeck

Captain's cabin to starboard

- Small bureau

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

- 5 x Burner hob and oven to starboard

- Electrolux dishwasher

- Panasonic microwave

- Many plate lockers

- Pot & amp; cutlery lockers

- 4 x Bulkhead fridges

- Butterfly hatch in deckhead

Rig, Spars, Sails And Canvaswork

Gaff schooner rig

Single spreader mainmast

Single spreader foremast

Boom crutch

Mainsail; topsail

Foresail; topsail

Boom sail covers for main, foresail and staysail

Awnings over main boom and fore boom

Mechanical Electrical And Tankage

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)

Navigation, Communications And Electronics

Lorenz GPS Plotter

Furuno radar

Simrad autopilot (tbc)

Hummingbird sonar

2 x Canister liferafts

Life ring and light

Fire extinguishers

Other Equipment

Cushions for bow grating and cockpit

Wooden chairs and deckchairs

1 x freezer 200vt

Sparkling watermaker

Other Equipment, Toys

Tender: Novurania 5.3m with 150 hp outboard

Tender: Novurania 4.2 m with 50 hp outboard

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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WEATHERBIRD

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WEATHERBIRD is a 31.0 m Sail Yacht, built in France by Chantelot & Lemaistre and delivered in 1931.

Her top speed is 11.0 kn and she boasts a maximum range of 1000.0 nm when navigating at cruising speed, with power coming from a Cummins diesel engine. She can accommodate up to 8 guests, with 5 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a 6.49 m beam.

She was designed by Henri Rambaud .

The naval architecture was developed by Victor Orloff - she is built with a Teak deck, a Oak hull, and Teak superstructure.

WEATHERBIRD is one of 387 sailing yachts in the 30-35m size range.

WEATHERBIRD is known to be an active superyacht and has most recently been spotted cruising near Italy. For more information regarding WEATHERBIRD's movements, find out more about BOAT Pro AIS .

Specifications

• Name: WEATHERBIRD
• Previous Names: JAVA,IRINA
• Yacht Type: Sail Yacht
• Yacht Subtype: Classic Yacht
• Builder: Chantelot & Lemaistre
• Naval Architect: Victor Orloff
• Exterior Designer: Henri Rambaud
• Refits: 1969-01-01,1993-01-01,1980-01-01,1995-01-01,2021-05-01

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Weather Bird is more than a classic, wooden boat. The 101-foot staysail schooner is a whispering storybook from the 1930s when luminaries like Ernest Hemingway and Cole Porter rubbed shoulders out at sea. Coco Chanel walked her teak decks. Pablo Picasso found inspiration amid the rich varnished woodwork. Louis Armstrong reportedly wrote a song about the yacht and then hid the record deep inside the frames of the wooden hull.

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The 90-year-old boat wears her age well, having emerged from a 12-month refit last year with a complete mechanical overhaul. Weather Bird ’s current owner bought the yacht 18 months ago. His two previous boats were Tecnomar motoryachts—an 83-footer and a 120-footer, which caught fire in Mykonos. But wooden schooners are his passion, and though the vintage collector has experience renovating classic cars, Weather Bird was his first antique yacht.

After multiple refits, the 90-year-old yacht has kept its original wooden beauty, but the engines, electronics and even the sail systems have been modernized.  Courtesy Northrop & Johnson

For the Greek owner, the experience has been less restoration, more in-depth reconditioning. The Vladimir Orloff-designed oak hull is original, but virtually all else, such as fabrics, lights (made from opaline rather than glass, as per the 1930s) and interior cabinetry are new, albeit in sympathetic Art Deco style. The owner commissioned an artist to create sketches of what Weather Bird would have looked like in her heyday and used these to remain true to the original styling.

“I researched the boat and found magazine articles and books of how the lamps and ceiling lights looked back then,” he told Robb Report . “I also found an 80-year-old carpenter who used to build wooden boats, and he’s overseen much of the styling.”

Louis Armstrong reportedly wrote a song about the yacht and put a record of it deep in the wooden hull.  Courtesy AP

Built in 1931 by Chantiers Navals de Normandie, Weather Bird was a leading superyacht of her day. Her original American owners, high society couple Sara and Gerald Murphy, settled on the French Riviera where they entertained the artist community of 1930s Paris aboard their newly commissioned yacht.

At one point, French painter Fernand Léger used the two-masted schooner as a floating studio, creating a series of watercolor paintings of the vessel. Picasso painted Sara’s portrait seven times. It’s also thought that F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the Murphys as the main couple in his novel, Tender is the Night .

“I haven’t been able to verify it, but it’s rumored that Louis Armstrong, who was a friend of Sara Murphy, wrote a song called ‘Weather Bird’ and embedded the first record in the keel of the boat,” said the owner, asking not to be named. “It’s a difficult job to open up the 40-ton keel to check, but it’s written in all the newspapers at the time, so I like to think it’s true.”

The yacht still has the same sail plan, but the winches and furling systems have been modernized for single-person operation from the helm.  Courtesy Northrop & Johnson

The boat has undergone several refits since her launch. The 2021 refit included new engines and generators. All electrical systems have also been upgraded, controlled by a Lutron system that can be operated by a smart phone.

The owner has also added his own touches, such as a fold-out piano in the center of the main salon, near an Art Deco-inspired cocktail bar for Gatsby-like entertainment. A fireplace has been reinstated, this time gas-electric. The main sails are also now electrically operated, meaning the boat can be under sail in a speedy three minutes. “The details nod to the 1930s but it’s modern underneath,” he says.

If the walls could talk: The yacht still has a sense of 1930s style.  Courtesy Northrop & Johnson

Sunbathing happens at the bow. A side boarding ladder allows for easy guest embarkation. Amidships on deck is a cozy seating area. The newly designed cockpit features custom-made electric gauges and switches. It was inspired by Perini Navi’s automated sailing system and means the entire sail plan can be operated by one person. Marble adds a contemporary touch in the guest en suites, as do glass skylights on the lower deck.

The plan for this summer is to sail the Greek islands, taking in Patmos and Hydra before heading to Bodrum in Turkey. With its 14-foot draft the boat will need to anchor outside of the port. This does little to trouble the owner, who has visited the yacht every day since acquiring her to relax on the on-deck sofa. “There is an amazing vibe on board,” he says. “You sense the bygone era and the guests who have passed before.”

A summer fling will have to be enough for the owner, who placed the yacht for sale with Northrop & Johnson at about $4.06 million, with the rather Jay Gatsby-like explanation that he has another big project waiting in the wings.

Here are other views of Weather Bird. 

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• Beam 6.5 Metres
• Draft 3.4 Metres
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• Fryazevo 6km
• Noginsk 9km
• Imeni Vorovskogo 10km
• Rakhmanovo 11km
• Pavlovsky Posad 12km
• Obukhovo 13km
• Pavlovsky Posad 14km Weather station Live measurements

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