For Sale: 1978 Pearson 323 “Pokey III”

More pictures available on request

Price: $30k

If interested, e-mail Pearson.323@hotmail.com

Currently in storage in Glen Cove, NY

Recent upgrades:
2007
Rebedded all ports and hatches
Installed 4 new opening screened ports in forward cabin and head
New Lavac head with fresh water service
New fresh water manifold
New mast step

2006
Repowered with Yanmar 3YM30 (currently 89 hours)
Martec Autostream feathering propeller
New mainsail
New main and jib sheets (Regatta braid)
Replaced holding tank and plumbing
Tacktick wind instrumentation
Electrical system upgrades including new sub-panel and battery combiner
Barrier coat


Builder/Designer
Builder: Pearson Yachts Designer: Bill Shaw

Dimensions
LOA: 32'3” LWL: 27'6" Beam: 10'3"
Displacement: 12,800 lbs Draft: 4'4"
Ballast: 4,500 lbs

Engine: Yanmar Engine(s) HP: 27 hp Hours: 89

Max Speed: Hull speed 7.03

Tankage:
Fuel: 20 gallons Water: 70 gallons Holding: 6 gallons

Accommodations:
Berths for 5: A large (6’6”) V berth is forward with 6” cushions and insert, well ventilated with two opening screened ports, screened hatch, fan and includes 2 bureaus. Two settee berths: a generous single to port that pulls out for increased width and to starboard the U-shaped settee/table converts to a double berth.
The head is between the V berth and saloon and includes a hanging locker.
Saloon is light with 4 oversized fixed ports, a large overhead screened hatch and a ventilation fan. Port and starboard settees have back storage and fiddled shelves behind. U-shaped starboard settee includes a pole-mounted table and two bronze oil lamps.
To starboard of the companionway steps is a forward-facing navigation station with full chart-sized, fiddled desk opposite the port side L-shaped galley.

Galley:
• SS sink, with Hot/cold pressure water
• Large top loading ice box
• SeaFrost BD refrigeration
• Origo 3000 2 burner alcohol stove w/oven
• Magma propane BBQ
 

Hull & Deck:

• Solid fiberglass white fiberglass hull w/blue boot stripe and grey cabin trunk “bandit” stripe.
• Decks are cored with end-grain balsa and are moisture-free. Non-skid surfaces are molded in and original.
• 4 opening ports w/screens and 2 deck hatches with screens.
• Shoal draft 4’4” keel
• Hull chemically stripped and barrier coated 2006
• Keel-stepped mast – new step 2007
• SS bow & stern pulpits
• Double lifelines with port & starboard Johnson gate hooks
• Large port and starboard cockpit lockers
• Stern mounted safety/swim ladder
• Stern mounted dinghy davits
• Expandable teak cockpit table
• All safety gear, docklines, fenders included
• Deck-access anchor locker with 20# CQR anchor and chain/rope rode
• Comfortable cockpit with SternPerch aft pulpit seats and custom teak helm seat
• Canvas includes dodger, bimini, cockpit enclosure, sail cover and wheel cover. All came when I purchased her in 2002. and serviceable in fair to good condition.


Electrical:

• Dual battery system – 1 Group 24 starting battery, 3 Group 27 house bank batteries
• Multi-stage battery charger
• Blue Sea battery combiner relay with dual circuit On/Off/Combine switch
• Shore power 110 volt connector plus cord
• Heart Link 10 Battery Monitor
• Complete 12 volt circuit panel w/breakers
• Separately switch Sea Frost BD refrigeration
• Cabin stereo with remote cockpit speakers (mounted under helm seat – no holes)
• Navigation lights
• Cabin lights

Engine/Mechanical:

• 2006 Yanmar 3YM30 fresh-water cooled diesel w/very little time (89 hrs)
• Complete engine instrumentation
• Bulkhead-mounted Racor primary water separator fuel filter
• Electric/manual bilge pumps
• Manual Lavac head (2007) w/holding tank (2006) with switchable macerator pump (2006) discharge or deck pump-out
• Isotherm 6 gallon water heater (2003) engine/110v
• 3 tank hot and cold water pressurized system with pressure regulator/accumulator tank
• Martec Autostream feathering propeller


Electronics:

• Autohelm 3000 autopilot
• Tacktick wireless wind and direction (2006)
• Edson wheel steering
• Standard Horizon multi-function depth, speed log, temp (2004)
• Raymarine 435 GPS chartplotter
• Standard Horizon VHF Radio at the Nav station with remote microphone in cockpit


Sails/Rigging:

• Masthead sloop rig with large overlapping genoa.
• Sails East “power” mainsail (2006) with 2 full upper battens, 2 reefs
• Slab reefing
• Lazy Jack system for easy handling
• End-boom sheeting
• Main and jib sheets replaced 2007, halyards and furling line 2006
• Garhauer rigid boom vang
• 160 roller furling genoa (Lemauney treated 2007)
• Hood Profurl continuous furler
• Preventer and whisker pole
• Asymmetric spinnaker with snuffer and ATN tacker
• 2 Andersen ST40 self-tailing primary winches
• 2 Lewmar 40 cockpit winches (original primaries) with winchers
• 2 Mast-mounted halyard winches
• Nicro Fico traveller mounted on bridgedeck