Classic Yacht Brokerage comments on this Gecco 39
The GECCO 39 was designed by Magnus Öster/Bo Jonsson and manufactured by ex-Nautor craftsmen at the Swedish company GECCO Yachts. It is a cruising yacht that offers a combination of comfort, performance, and ease of handling. It is a stable and stiff yacht with good righting capabilities.
Based on, and often mistaken for, the classic S&S Swan 38, the GECCO 39 is a well-designed and well-built sailing boat that offers a combination of comfort, performance, and ease of handling. It is suitable for both experienced sailors and those new to sailing, making it a popular choice for cruising and leisurely adventures on the water.
Under her current ownership, Lutea has participated in several Classic Regattas and cruised from the Rias of Galicia and Northern Spain, Northern and Southern Brittany and the French coast, to West Cork and Ireland’s Wild Atlantic coast.
2025 Winter upgrades and maintenance – all completed in March 2025
- Raymarine EVO wheel autopilot system fitted
- ST4000 MK2 wheel drive, with EVOLUTION EV1 sensor core and ACU-100
- Volvo Penta tachometer
- Domestic battery – 12V 220ah Super Heavy Duty
- Full Volvo Penta Main Dealer service of engine and Sail Drive unit
- Seacocks serviced
- Primary cockpit winches and mainsail winches serviced
Construction
GRP with foam core deck – with below the waterline Coppercoat (five coats) and Gelshield 200 epoxy (four coats). Professionally filled, faired and applied in heated covered tent in 2021.
Accommodation
- Upholstery in Blue ribbed velour fabric throughout
- Teak Joinery
- Teak and Holly sole boards (renewed in previous ownership)
- Cockpit table (removable)
- Ardic Heating system with 3 outlets
The Gecco 39 sleeps up to 7 in 2 cabins and the saloon, comprising:
- Fwd cabin with twin V berth, storage beneath berths and open shelving and lockers above, slatted cabin lining, large opening deck hatch, heating outlet and 2 brass lamps
- Passage cabin with 2 shelved storage lockers, large hanging locker a further large shelved locker, built in grab handles.
- Head to port with Sealock sea toilet (2024) with SS holding tank and indicator, porcelain basin with H/C water and shower, shower drain pump, teak grating OR teak and holly sole board, storage below and behind worktop, opening hatch, large mirror and shave light, red (night) light
- Centrally is the comfortable and light saloon featuring a U shaped settee to port set up as a single and capable of being converted to a double, storage beneath and locker space / shelving outboard. The water tank is aft and the batteries forward beneath. To starboard is a single settee berth with lee board and the facility to widen the berth / stowage for bedding, stowage below, shelving and lockers above, original large drop leaf table with internal “essentials” stowage, smaller alternative table also included (stored ashore), light is provided by windows in the coachroof and an opening deck hatch, brass lights and 2 roof lights.
- The chart table is to starboard with a large working area, storage within, chart table seat with further storage, space for 12V panel, navigation electronics and gauges, 5 drawers beneath chart table containing spares etc, chart table working light and red (night) light. Large Wet locker
- Aqua-chef V4520 2 burner SS cooker with grill and oven (2020) and SS crash bar, SS bowl and 3/4 sink with cover, H/C water and separate salt water faucet, additional deck wash outlets providing salt or fresh water facility, worktop with high fiddles, cool box with supercool fridge unit, large storage bins in worktop, lockers behind and below, 3 drawers and a pan locker, ample lighting and red (night) light, teak glass rack on worktop
- The aft cabin provides a double berth to port and a single berth to starboard with lee cloth, access to the steering gear, sail drive and rear of engine, there is some storage beneath the berth and the calorifier and bilge pump. Large hanging locker, 2 opening portlights, 2 brass lights and 2 round lights
- Externally is a safe, self-draining cockpit area with a lazarette locker aft
Machinery, Systems and Tanks
Engine
- Volvo Penta D2-40 diesel engine – installed 2010
- Saildrive – also 2010
- 2 blade folding prop
- Full Volvo Penta annual engine and sail drive service including:
Engine: change engine oil, main fuel filter, oil filter, impeller and drain coolant. Change belt, pre-filter and air filter.
Sail Drive: Remove, regrease and refit prop. Change anodes.
Electrical
- 12V DC domestic system
- 12V 220A Gel domestic battery
- 12V 75A Engine battery
- 12V switch panel with gauges
- 2 battery switches and split charge blocking diode
- 240V AC shore power system
- 240V Morven BCM1230 30A battery charger
- 240V immersion heater
- 240V outlets
Mechanical
- Ardic 3 outlet Heating system (requires re-commissioning)
Tankage (all approx.)
- Fuel 150 L
- Water 225 L
- Holding 50 L
Rig
Spars
- Aluminium 2 spreader mast – Masthead rig
- Hydraulic adjustable backstay
- Tidesmarine mast track and cars (2021)
- Removable checkstays
- Removable babystay
- Standing rigging replaced 2013
- Slab reefing boom
- 3 reefs
- Lines led aft
- Furlex roller reefing system for Genoa
- Aluminium Spinnaker and Jockey poles
- Track on mast for Spinnaker pole
- Dyneema main halyard and Spinnaker halyard (2018)
Sails
- Fully Battened mainsail with 3 reefs (Sanders DP 084 Vecron 2022)
- Roller furling genoa with foam luff and uv protection (Sanders Crosscut DP 084 Vecron 2021)
- Spinnaker (Masthead)
- Asymetric cruising spinnaker
- Sails serviced annually
Covers
- Mainsail cover
- Sprayhood with SS frame (Quay Canvas 2017)
- Steering wheel pedestal and binnacle cover (Quay Canvas 2017)
- Winch covers
Navigation Equipment
On deck
- Raymarine ST60 system
- Speed, Depth, Wind, Multi
- ST4000 Wheelpilot
- Plath steering compass
Chart table
- B&G Zeus2 Chart Plotter (2018)
- B&G V50 VHF radio with handset (2018)
- Vesper Marine XB-6000 AIS Transponder and SP160 AIS Splitter (2018)
- Furuno GP-31 GPS system (back up)
- Garmin GPS 65 (backup system)
- Furuno Navtex NX-300
- Icom IC-M1 Euro handheld VHF radio with 12V charging cradle
- Autohelm personal compass
- Pioneer DEH-3900BT Radio/CD (2017)
General
- Nav lights
- Bi colour / Stern lights
- Tri colour / Anchor light at masthead
- Steaming light
- Deck floodlight
- VHF / Windex at masthead
- Brass clock, barometer and thermometer
- Chart table light and red night light
- Approx 50 charts, Pilot books etc
Deck Gear and Equipment
Deck gear
- 2 Lewmar 42 ST halyard winches near mast
- 2 Spinlock clutches on mast
- 2 Lewmar 55 ST primary winches
- 2 Lewmar 45 ST spinnaker winches
- 1 Lewmar 16 ST mainsheet winch
- 1 Lofrans electric halyard winch
- 1 Lewmar 15 halyard winch
- 6 Spinlock clutches on bridge deck
- Mainsheet track and car
- Lewmar Genoa track with adjustable “pin stop” cars
Deck equipment
- SS bow roller
- CQR anchor and warp (at least 50M)
- Lofrans Electric windlass on folding bracket
- Large anchor locker with gas bottle storage
- Dorade vent with SS frame forward of mast
- 2 further dorade vents with SS frame beside companionway
- SS bathing ladder on transom
- Outboard motor bracket
Safety and General Inventory
Safety
- Seago Sea Master 6 Man Liferaft in S/S cradle (2018)
- 2 Horseshoe lifebuoys with lights
- Flarepack
General
- Fenders and warps
- Ensign staff
- Boat hook
- Bucket
- Cockpit cushions (loose)
- Full inventory – there is a large inventory of charts, spares, general inventory, crockery, cutlery, utensils etc all of which is included if required
Tender
- Inflatable dinghy and outboard bracket
Maintenance and Upgrades 2016 – 2025
Annual lift outs and full annual engine maintenance, including oil and coolant changes, impellors, belts, filters, new anodes etc. Topside and gelcoat cleaning and polishing. Seacocks and winches serviced – Elephant Boatyard, Deacons Bursledon and DartHaven Marina.
Copies of all invoices available.
2016/17
Supply and fit 2 x Lewmar port lights to stern cabin/cockpit sides. SRM Marine, Hamble
EDSON Steering rebuild involving Quadrant, Idler, Adjustable Alum
Mounting Plate, Alum Sheaves, Pedestal Maintenance Kit and Pedestal
Rebuild Kit, including new bearings, Woodfruff keys, circlips and cables.
Lift forward toe rails and rebed, renew cockpit drains and skin fittings
Refit anchor locker/gas locker.
Pioneer DEH-3900BT Radio/CD
New Sprayhood – Wheel and binnacle cover – winch covers
New Removable Baby Stay
Cowl Vents
Man overboard pack
Aquafax shore power socket
New cockpit/aft cabin Lewmar portlights
2017/18
Dyneema Main Halyard and new Spinnaker halyard
1 x B&G Zeus2 Chart Plotter
1 x B&G V50 VHF Marine Radio
1 x Vesper Marine XB-6000 Transponder
1 x Vesper Marine SP160 AIS VHF Antenna Splitter
Seago Sea Master 6 Man Liferaft with S/S cradle
Plath Compass – complete overhaul and renovation
2018/19
Revised toilet installation with Y splitter valve fitting between
holding tank and new direct Pump to exterior with bronze toilet
exit seacock
New Alternator
New fire extinguishers
2019/20
Saildrive mounting plus Saildrive gator
Aqua-chef V4520 cooker plus complete new pipes, braided pipes
and shut of valves valves – gas certified
New 220v mains wiring, board and sockets
2020/21
New Genoa – 135% Roller Reefing Genoa DP 084 Crosscut Vectron, luff to suit
Furlex, sunstrip, luff padding, leech+ foot lines, foot markers, tell tales
Coppercoat and Gelshield 200 – blasted back to gelcoat below water line.
Sanded, filled and faired. Four coats of Gelshield epoxy.
Five coats of Coppercoat. Professionally applied in heated covered tent.
2021/22
New Main sail – Fully battened Mainsail DP 084 Vectron, 5 full length battens,
3 reefs, loose foot, leech line, sail numbers, tell tales
Tidesmarine mast track and cars
New Genoa sheets
New Lofrans Anchor Capstan (Aluminium 700W/12V)
New Domestic battery 12V 220ah 1150 Super Heavy Duty
2022/23
New engine start battery
Dartmouth 4 mooring lines comprised of 10mm galv chain
shackled to buoys with 18mm three strand polyester lines
hard eyes spliced in, PVC anti Chafe tubing, Eyes for attaching pick up
buoy/joining line
2023/24
Sail Drive service. Remove, regrease and refit prop. Change anodes.
Engine service, change engine oil, main fuel filter, oil filter, impeller and
drain coolant. Change belt, pre-filter and air filter. Bleed fuel system.
Remove header tank. Remove end caps and take out heat exchanger
core. Clean and refit heat exchanger and seal end caps.
Disconnect and remove exhaust elbow. Supply and fit new exhaust elbow.
Disclaimer:
These particulars have been prepared in good faith from information provided by the Vendors and are intended as a guide, Classic Yacht Brokerage cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. The Purchaser should instruct his agent or surveyor to validate all details as necessary and satisfy himself with the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
