1972 Elizabethan 30 for Sale – 30 ft – Poole, E12, United Kingdom

Parkstone Bay Yachts

1972 Elizabethan 30 Cruiser Racer 

2019 Nanni N2.21 20HP Diesel - 84 hours

Full Service History 

The Elizabethan 30, designed by the renowned David Thomas, is celebrated for her elegant lines, excellent performance, and impressive seakeeping. Originally conceived as a competitive racer, the E30 has since earned a strong reputation as a quick, dependable, and highly capable cruising yacht. Yachting Monthly praised the design as "a well-balanced yacht that feels very stiff… with strong handling and good performance, particularly when the wind picks up."

MISTWEAVE is an exceptional example of the class. She benefits from a complete interior refurbishment in 2025, a major refit exceeding £30,000 between 2011 - 2018, and - critically- a full condition survey in 2025 which she passed with flying colours, along with a professional rig inspection certifying her rig fully fit for service.

Her maintenance history is superb, supported by decades of documented care, structural upgrades, mechanical improvements, and cosmetic refits.

Recent Works (2025 and earlier)

• Complete interior re-finish (2025)

• Full condition survey passed with excellent results (2025)

• Rig check and certification for service (2025)

• New automatic electric bilge pump (2025)

• Engine service (2025)

• Nanni N3.21 engine installed (2019)

• New prop shaft (2019)

• Annual engine servicing: 2020–2025

• Mainsail system overhaul (blocks, pulleys, hardware)

• Coppercoat antifoul

Notable Upgrades & Major Refit Works

Extensive structural and cosmetic refit works include:

• Full topside respray using two-pack polyurethane

• Keel and hull epoxy treatment including multi-coat epoxy system

• Repairs to toerail, rudder, rudder shoe, new cutless bearing, and stern gear works

• Construction of reinforced deck section for anchor windlass, including deck strengthening, electrics, hawse pipe, and installation of the new windlass and anchor system

• Replacement of forward water tank with new flexi tank and new pipework throughout galley and heads

• Coppercoat application following full preparation

• New mainsheet track, traveller, and associated deck hardware

• Running rigging improvements including new halyard, outhaul, cleats, and mast hardware

Interior, galley & gas system modernisation:

• Complete galley refurbishment including new gas locker, new pipe runs, vents, cooker installation, trims, and finishes

• Repairs and refinishing of woodwork, lockers, trims, and other internal fixtures

Mechanical & systems improvements:

• Installation of new winch, rope clutches, organisers, and mast-base hardware

• Mast turning blocks, reinforcing plates, jammers, and halyard tube reinforcement

Sails & rig upgrades:

• SuperCruise Genoa (2018)

• SuperCruise Mainsail (2021)

This extensive list reflects a yacht that has continuously benefitted from major investment and careful stewardship, significantly above what is typical for a vessel of this age and type.

MISTWEAVE truly stands out among Elizabethan 30s for her exceptional condition, documented history, and comprehensive refits. With over 40 years of well-recorded maintenance and many enhancements, she promises many more years of reliable and enjoyable sailing for her next owners.

Location: Poole, Dorset
Viewing: By appointment only

Parkstone Bay Yachts provides the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information set out in these particulars, and do we warrant the condition of the vessel. The particulars are intended as a guide only and do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective buyer is advised to check the particulars and specifications and where appropriate instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to fully inspect the vessel and/or to have a sea trial of the vessel. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.