Dixon 73 LA LUNA now booted and suited for 2021!

LA LUNA is an extraordinary Bill Dixon designed cruising yacht, built by King Marine in 2008. The owner’s brief was to deliver a yacht with a proper deck saloon, good accommodation for himself, with 2 guest cabins, one of which was VIP and excellent galley and crew accommodation.

It was also important that the yacht was fast and capable crossing oceans and that she could be easily handled with a small crew so that she was easy for family sailing.

King and Dixon certainly delivered and she has sailed far. She is now seriously for sale, but the investment in LA LUNA continues. Managed by Berthon Spain, LA LUNA has just completed a spring refit to have her ready for the 2021 season for relaxed Mediterranean sailing and much more.

Work carried out includes;

• Service period in the shipyard, where she was lifted ashore for a thorough inspection of the underwater profile. At that time all the through hull fittings were inspected and serviced, and zincs replaced.

• She was given a smart new coat of antifouling.
• Whilst ashore the rudder was dropped and the rudder bearings replaced – a job which will not need to be done again for some while.
• The propeller was fully serviced.

• It was a great chance to repair some imperfections in the transom paintwork and at the same time she had a full wax polish.

• There were repairs to obstinately leaking aft hatches and the onboard water heater was given some love as well as the shore power connection.
• During this service period, LA LUNA’s carbon rig was also dropped and surveyed and the standing rigging was NDT tested. It got the green light and a copy of this is available on request.
• The PBO rigging was recoated as were some areas of the carbon rig that were showing some wear and tear.

• The main boom was totally recoated and looks fantastic.
• At the same time the jib furler track and vang were both overhauled.
• To complete this refit the Code 0, mainsail and jib were all sent to the sailmaker for an overhaul.

After this investment of over €75,000 LA LUNA awaits her new owner and new adventures.

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For further information contact sue.grant@berthon.co.uk