Sad Farewell as Broom Owner's Club Founder's Broom Ocean 42 for sale following retirement

It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that i will be parting with Lady Martina very shortly.

I have skippered her for thousands of nautical miles over 20 years and maintained and enhanced her equipment so as to make her uniquely best in her class for cruising all over Europe. All these passages have been logged on the dedicated web site www.ladymartina.com/news, where her full specification can be seen.

It was this historic vessel, crewed along with the other co-founder of the BOC, that made possible this club's formation and the authorship of so many cruising articles and the Netherlands book; it's own on-board solid state computer, WiFi hub and active amplifying aerial providing the internet coverage for our web sites and communication whilst in many countries abroad.

Build No 36, the last ever built of the popular and great sea-keeping Ocean 42's, her specially-designed drying out legs, enlarged master cabin King Sized bunk and highly-spec'd electrics (support multi-cabin air conditioning with little or no shore power), three configurations of canopy and fly screens all made all-weather cruising a great joy.

Unarguably the best Broom Ocean 42 afloat and serviced and anti-fouled for the new season, now berthed at the RNSYC in Lowestoft for any sea trial, Lady Martina has loyally served us and it would be good to find another owner willing and capable of utilising her capability. Fellow BOC Member Keith Rowe is helping me to place her with another enthusiastic owner and all enquiries should be directed to him.Keith is at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on 07979284557and has helped me place this on Apollo Duck by copying and pasting this link m.apolloduck.com/boat/broom-ocean-42/630359

May you and her future skippers always have fair winds and favourable tides

David Broad