I wanted to keep this page intact just for the record. Troy was sold in June 2004 shortly after the advert appeared and this page was posted on Clydesailing. She has gone back to the East Coast from whence we brought her to the Clyde and started racing immediately on arrival at Grimsby.

Finally, after nearly 10 years, Troy is for sale again. It'll be sad to see her go but we need a new challenge. She is still a great boat with loads of racing life left in her. For us she has been a fantastic dual purpose boat. Familiar on the Clyde having won her class at one time or another in pretty much every Clyde round-the cans event (including a class win at the Scottish Series 1997, 3rd in 2000 and noteworthy results at Bangor Week) and also a useful cruiser having done the family cruising fortnight for every year of our ownership achieving the coveted trophy for Best Family Crew at West Highland Week in 2003.
She's a Mistral 31 moulded by Fairey Allday Ltd and first launched in 1980. The original prototype, 'Roller Coaster' by Rob Humphreys was second in the Half Ton Worlds in 1979 and Troy is hull No 1 moulded from that. No less a sailor than Alain Gaultier purchased No2. There is already a lot of info on the design history on this website.

Troy is a delight to sail. She tracks beautifully and has a wonderfully light and responsive helm. She is easy to sail and we have no trouble sailing her 2 handed with complete confidence. Single handed sailing would be feasible with mainsail luff slugs fitted.. With the ability to tweak the forestay at will using the runners she can point with the very best and has devastating performance in light winds. She will surf readily down waves offwind - we have seen 12 knots. When cruising shorthanded we use an old No2 or No3 and find that is plenty unless in really drifting conditions. Cruising in heavy winds once the second reef is in the mainsail can be tacked inside the runners both of which can be left on for total security. We, and many others think she is a very pretty boat and underwater the hull is remarkably fair and free of the worst of IOR type distortions. The hull is in good condition and is strongly built and durable. The rig is new and the engine is just fine. The interior is not to Moody standard but it is practical with all necessary comforts. The boat has been continually upgraded in our ownership.

IRC TCC 2003 -0.924 .. Clyde handicap 15.5 mins/hr

Here's the spec.

Rig : 3/4 fractional rig replaced late 2002 season. Excellent keel stepped tapered mast by Nordic Mast of Denmark with all new dyform standing rigging. Harken headfoil. 2 sets aft swept speaders with running backstays in wire with new spectra tails 2004. Don't be afraid of the runners. The rig is self supporting and the runners merely help you tune up the forestay for awesome pointing. They also provide added security in blow. All Spectra halyards replaced in 2002. New teak laminated tiller 2004. Tiller extension. New stainless chainplates fitted 2002. Boom by Isomat. Alloy spinnaker pole. Solid stainless vang. Cascade purchase backstay.

Hull: Durable solid grp lay-up with enclosed foam stringers. Plywood moulded into deck in way of loadbearing areas. It may be low tech but there are no worries with sandwich core delamination. Hull epoxy coated 1996 as a matter of course (moisture readings were low) and hull painted at that time.Anchor locker with lid. Aft cockpit lockers with loads of space in the transom for cruising gear. Self draining liferaft pit below cockpit floorboard - can store an inflatable dinghy. Gas bottle in an aft locker compartment.

Keel: Lead trapezoidal keel secured with stainless bolts. A small faired lead bulb at the bottom of keel increases stability over original half-ton spec. Trapezoidal GRP rudder with stainless steel stock.

Engine : Yanmar 1GM10 single cylinder diesel with shaft drive and Gori 2 bladed folding prop. Engine new in 1994 - is centrally located over the keel in a soundproofed box which also forms the saloon 'table' giving easy accesss and consequently has been well maintained. Has never been abused and starts and runs faultlessly. Looks nearly new as well. Morse single lever control in cockpit. 11gallon stainless fuel tank under cockpit.

Interior: Roomy main cabin has two berths either side with leecloths. 2 large quarterberths - each can sleep 2 close friends or one in luxury. Up forward can have a single pipe cot fitted or our removable cruising arrangement with fully cushioned V berth which we used for 2 children -or will sleep one adult. In total 8, or 7 or 5 berths if the quarter berths have single ocupancy. Galley forward with gimballed Vanessa gas cooker with grill & oven. Stainless sink with pumped water. Teak veneered chart table to starboard. Ample stowage in teak fronted lockers or under berths. Blue vinyl upholstery in main cabin and quaterberths and cream vinyl cushions in forecabin. Teak& holly striped floorboards. Main cabin fully headlined - partial headlining at heads. Elsewhere white painted.

Forecabin: shared with the mast. Open plan with roll-up curtain dividing passage from main cabin. Standard marine heads to port with stainless washbasin, pumped water and lockers. Hanging space.

Deck equipment: All halyards led aft through Spinlock clutches. Lewmar 40 self tailing primary winches. Gibb 28RA runner winches. Lewmar 30 halyard winches on coachroof. Harken mainsheet track with two speed 4:1/16:1 mainsheet tackle on Harken ratchet blocks. Auxiliary halyard cam cleats on mast. Towable genoa cars. two Plastimo Contest compasses.

Electrics. Stowe Navigator series Log/race timer - windspeed/direction - VMG/True wind - Close Hauled/running meter - depthsounder. Garmin GPS 128 at chart table with Silva Star cockpit GPS repeater. Raytheon VHF with masthead stub antenna and cockpit speaker. Autohelm 200 tillerpilot. Radiocassette with 2 speakers. Masthead tricolour light, mast steaming light, Bow bicolour and stern lights. Two 70A batteries with changeover switch. Ample overhead lighting with reading lights at all berths.

Miscellaneous: Bruce main anchor with chain and warp. Danforth kedge anchor and cable. Rigid polythene water tank under cockpit. Warps and fenders.

Sails: numerous

• Mainsails :
• Quantum Fusion kevlar 2003. used for only a few light wind events in 2003. Superb as new.
• Malcolm Sails -Mylar 1997. Used for cruising. Has been adapted with cringles for luff slugs but have never fitted them.
• North Dacron circa 1992
• Trysail
• Genoas:
• No.1 AP North Kevlar 2000.
• No.1 Malcolm Sails Mylar 1997 - club racing
• No.1 Dolphin Mylar circ 1993 use for cruising
• No 2 North Mylar little used still good.
• No.3 Malcolm Sails -dacron ok
• No.4 McWilliams - a cut down No3- not pretty but functional around 30knots true.
• Storm jib - unused
• Spinnakers:
• North AP 2001 Good
• Malcolm Sails AP 1997 -cruising
• Heavy reacher - cut down 1.5oz affair - does the job.
• Various other old sails mainly 1980 originals by McWilliams incl 85% chicken chute.

Asking price £18,500 and we think priced to sell at that. An opportunity to obtain a unique and characterful boat at a low price and one which will soon have you under her spell and in there among the prizewinners.

Phone Charles Sutherland - 0141 580 4162 daytime or 01475 540441 evenings