1976 Dyer 29 Bass Boat

 OWNERSHIP HISTORY:

MAGIC in hull number 139 of the Dyer 29. She was featured on the cover of Yachting Magazine in December 1976. Named FREEDOM at the time, she was used by her first owner to commute from Stamford, Connecticut to Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island.   Her second owner (named Eugster) was a custom boat builder and restorer in Huntington, Long Island. The boat was then called AJAX.  

 A yacht surveyor and specialist in yacht repair and restoration, Eugster made scores of custom improvements both cosmetic (e.g. custom headliner in the cabin and teak interior as well as shelves, teak on the sides of the cockpit where rod racks often go) as well as operational (e.g. an electric windshield wiper fluid device to clean salt from windshield during operation). 

The current owners purchased Ajax in June 2011.  They renamed her Magic and over the next two years had the original builders at Dyer perform over $40,000 of additional improvements — e.g. new canvas which has virtually never seen the light of day except the top which is new in 2021, a cushioned back seat with Adirondack style back, new cushions throughout, new engine box and cushion with pop up headrest and extendable footrest,  new adjustable pilot and co-pilot seats, new electronics and flush mount instrument panel, electric head and macerator with Y valve for overboard or holding tank discharge, teak trim and details throughout, swim platform and hidden stainless swim ladder etc.  

SOME CUSTOM FEATURES:

• Custom interior panels by Eugster
• Custom interior headliner by Eugster
• Custom anchor and hanging locker “door” by Eugster
• Custom New windshield in varnished teak by Eugster,  exceptional design and detailing.
• Teak hull ceilings in cockpit by Eugster.
• Custom Antennae mast by Dyer
• Galley cabinet doors, added by Dyer
• Teak trim on all stowage, added by Dyer
• Windshield wiper fluid system added by Eugster
• Headrest on engine box, added by Dyer
• Footrest on engine box, added by Dyer
• Teak interior panels in rear of cockpit, added by Eugster
• Flip-up backrest and footrest extension for engine box, by Dyer
• Top entry to stowage beneath port bunk. (Repainted 2019) 
• Top entry to water tank and spare parts storage beneath forward “V” 
• Adirondack style varnished teak transom seat backrest
• Custom companionway hatch storage beneath the stern seat, port side. 

RECENT UPGRADES:

• New engine box and sound proofing 2020 
• New Sunbrella bimini and enclosure.  Bimini top is new 2021.  Enclosure panels have ben unused since new.
• Interior painted in part in 2019 and 2020 
• Cockpit deck repainted in 2020. 
• Deck painted in 2013 
• Doors on the lockers below were added by Dyer 
• Multiple new 12v outlets 
• New spruce antennae mast by Dyer 2013

MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL:

• Hydraulic steering
• Racor Fuel filter
• Monel Fuel tanks
• Bronze propeller shaft
• Four bladed Bronze propeller
• Bronze skeg and rudder
• Groco Sea water strainer
• Two batteries with selector switch
• Xantrex battery charger
• Excellent engine box insulation
• Bronze seacocks
• 2 12v 4d batteries with selector switch.
• Bass 12v Distribution panel, upgraded from new.
• Blue Seas 120v distribution panel, upgraded from new.
• 30 amp shore power system with cord
• 12v outlets

INTERIOR:

• V-berth forward with varnished hull ceilings, shelves above both port and starboard
• Sunbrella v-berth cushions
• Galley aft to port with sink and covered stove storage.
• Hot and cold pressure water at galley sink.
• Single burner stove in counter top compartment
• Enclosed head to starboard
• SOLID teak and holly cabin sole
• Excellent storage throughout

ELECTRONICS:

• Simrad NSE12 Charplotter/GPS
• Raymarine RAY240 VHF Command Mic style) with separate speaker.
• Raymarine ST6000 series autopilot with hydraulic drive.

MISCELLANEOUS:

• Teak swim platform with SS stow-away swim ladder.
• Two boarding steps on transom.
• Teak anchor pulpit with anchor roller
• SS Bow rail extends out anchor pulpit
• Excellent hand-holds for going forward from cockpit
• Helm and companion seats, covered in Sunbrella, folding, with backrests.
• Sunbrella cushions for transom seat
• Sunbrella cushion for engine box, including backrest and foot extension
• Flag staff and ensign for stern
• Burgee staff for bow
• CQR-type anchor, primary, stored on roller
• Danforth type anchor, stored aft under cockpit, as secondary anchor
• Manual bilge pump
• 2 electric bilge pumps with float switches
• 2 windshield wipers with windshield washer nozzles
• Fenders
• Docklines
• Boathook
• Sunbrella compass cover

 PERFORMANCE:

RPM                   SPEED

1400                   7.0 kn

1600                   7.4 kn

1800                   8.4 kn

2000                   9.4 kn

2200                   11.2 kn

2400                   13.5 kn