1974 Ohlson 35, 71 000 EUR

This 1 of 5 build Ohlson ’35 is truly one of a kind sailing yacht! The yacht was build in 1974 in England at the “ Tyler “ shipyard. Little is known of the yacht by me until October 2003, when I arrived in SXM chasing a dream of sailing across the Atlantic ocean. Through quite a remarkable story Cabbyl Vane and I crossed paths and I became the proud owner, by then not more than a floating home. After years of working in the Caribbean for FKG a rigging company and some upgrades to Cabbyl Vane later, I found myself and the yacht ready for our 1e Atlantic crossing together at the end of the spring in 2012. The solo trip across went well and when arrived in Falmouth UK a friend joined me on the last leg to Urk in Holland. And this is where the complete rebuild of Cabbyl Vane her story starts.
Me now working as a rotational sailing superyacht engineer which allowed me more time to focus on my dream and sailing project Cabbyl Vane, , which I carried on with standards of my job. It all started with the idea of a refit however, after emptying the boat and the start of replacing parts the feeling of “ I am doing this once! So Beter do it right” turned the refit into a rebuild. At that moment the decision of changing from a tiller skeg rudder to a wheel and free hanging balancing rudder also came to life!
Boat in general,
I build the boat for two persons however, she easily sleeps 4. During the rebuild I chose for a big galley and changing the cockpit by making a ronde seat in the front and replacing the tiller for a steering wheel (Jefa) These changes makes the boat very unique and very comfortable for a 34footer.
In the front either a double bed or in v 2 singles, a single toilet with washbasin, saloon corner seat with foldable table for more storage during delivery, a big seat on starboard that turns in a 1 person bed and starboard aft another 1 person bed. Outside a cockpit that sits 4-6 with a outside hot and cold water shower.

Sailing history; I cruised successfully double and single handed from Holland to England, Spain, Ibiza, Mallorca, Morrocco, Canaries, Cabo Verde, Caribbean multiple islands, Panama, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Marquesses, Tuamotus, Tahiti, Gambier to Puerto Montt in Chile, Ushuaia, Porto Williams, Falkland Islands, Uruguay, Santos Brazil. 2 solo Atlantic crossings, 2x Caribbean RORC 600 one time on the podium 3e in ORC3. She clearly has proven to be a very comfortable, enjoyable, reliable and fast! (solo) Cruiser..
We decided to put Cabbyl Vane on the market while we are cruising and are willing to step off anywhere! Where a new adventuress owner wants to take over and continuing loving her…
When we arrived in Santos Brasil we decided to give the boat a cosmetic upgrade which resulted in repairing all damages and improving the main shroud chainplate setup. Hull, deck, deckhouse and cockpit resprayed. Inside new paint and varnish, New antifouling and all deck lockers painted with a new epoxy paint. Mast, boom and vang maintenance.


A some of the changes done during the rebuild period and after,
- A complete new rig, including running rigging, removable staysail stay with counter runners and Selden Furler fore stay, 8mm wire shrouds instead of 6mm, custom made stainless steel chainplates
- Spinnaker Pool
- All new deck sailing hardware, tracks, winches, blocks, stoppers, etc
- New pulpit, stations, push pit with swimming ladder and build in antenna fittings, life lines
- New JEFA steering pedestal, including a double spoke steering wheel with leather, 108cm
- New Towe rail
- 2 new Lewmar hatches
- Custom build cockpit and deck hatches
- New 15mm AAA quality teak deck on cockpit seats and floor
- New teak with holly inlay saloon floor
- New bigger and separate anchor locker
- All the wood work inside of the hull is replaced and or redesigned to a unique layout
- New build garage door with instrument coming and sliding entrance hatch
- New spray dodger 2020.
- New life raft 2024
- New 9.9Hp 2 stroke Tohatsu outboard 2025, dinghy 2025 + two anchors
- Sun awning custom made, used one season
- Outside cockpit hot and cold water shower
- Lewmar Delta Anchor “Main Anchor” (15kg 38-35ft)2018, 50m chain(2020) + rope
- Fortress Anchor FX 23” Spare / Stern Anchor” (38-45ft)2018, 8m chain + rope, used a few times
- New windows from Topwindows in Holland, with Dubbel tinted glazing
- New Quick Anchor windlass, installed 2025
- New custom made aluminum diesel tank 110Liter, build in under cockpit floor
- Water tank extended to 120 liter
Sails, Running rigging, sheets and covers
- North sails Dacron cursing set, main and jib 105%.
- North sails Spinnakers S2 low milage blue, S4 new black
- Quantum Gennaker used, orange
- Gp Sails high speck laminate jib 95% new
- All running rigging is from 2018 and taken out when boat was not used
- Genoa sheets in good condition
- Gennaker and spinnaker sheets as good as new
- A variety of spare lines onboard
- Mainsail, Steering wheel, life raft, deck hatches grey sunbrela covers
- Awning grey sunbrela from mast to stern with removable perforated side sun skirts
Deck gear, serviced 2025
- 2x 40 Anderson Stainless Steel winches
- 4x 28 Anderson Stainless Steel winches
- Ronstan tracks and 4x cars
- Ronstan mast blocks
- 6x Ronstan turning blocks for A and S sails
- Ronstan mainsheet track, cars and blocks
- 13x spinlock jammers

Safety equipment, (RORC, qualification)
- New Life raft 2024
- Epirb, registration with US coastguard
- 3x life jackets 2024, spare co2 canisters
- Horseshoes life sling
- 2x Jack lines
- 2x Recovery slings
- Set of distress signals, flares, smoke, etc (2024)
- Ocean going medical kit including 3 sizes vacuum splints
- Manual bilge pomp
- Satellite phone, Iridium Go
- 2x Anchors
- TriLenz Radar reflector 12” mounted forward on the mast

Electronics, all new cabling
- Full B&G navigation system, including,
- B&G Zeus2 plotter, digital Navionics charts of South America, Pacific, Caribbean, Europe
- B&G 3x Triton2 displays
- B&G MHU wind direction and speed
- B&G Depth sounder and speed log + new spare
- B&G V50 VHF + ICON handheld VHF
- B&G AIS with external antenna
- B&G Nac2 Autopilot computer
- B&G 4G Radar
- Jefa auto pilot motor
- Furuno GP-35 GPS Receiver and Navigator GP35 with external antenna
- Garmin handheld GPS
- Iridium GO satellite phone with external antenna
- Victron batterie monitoring
- 2x new Victron AMG house batteries 2024.
- Schenker water maker +/- 35 liter p/m, complete rebuild as new 2024, plus spares
- Custom made 90 liter fridge with air cooled compressor
- Bilge pump + spare
- Water pump + spare
- StarLink antenna +24vdc setup
- 2x 400Watt inverter 12vdc-220ac