King Marine Dixon 73

Construction

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC or RCDII (2013/53/EU as appropriate (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean”.

 

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Composite E-glass laminate with carbon reinforcement in structural areas and PVC foam core.  
• Watertight bulkheads for the bow locker and to the lazarette aft.
• Three bulkheads with watertight doors i.e., engine room, lazarette and stern platform.
• Four integrated portholes to port and starboard side for light entrance.
• Composite E-glass laminate deck with PVC foam core.
• Teak laid decks, white caulking.
• White superstructure, raised deck saloon with large window screens and teak covered roof.

 

Keel & Rudder:

• Fin keel (steel) with lead bulb ballast.

Machinery

Engine & Gearboxes:

• 1 x Yanmar 6LYA-STP, 340hp – 2012.
• Kanzaki reduction gearbox (2.43/1).
• ZF electronic controls.
• Racor filters.
• Sub Aqua Halyard exhaust.

 

Maintenance & Performance:

• Engine hours – approx. 3,754 as of January 2026.
• Maximum speed approx. 10 knots.
• Cruising speed approx. 8 knots.
• Cruising range approx. 1,000nm.
• Fuel consumption per hour at cruising speed approx. 18 litre/hour @ 8 knots.

 

Propulsion & Steering:

• Max-Prop, 3-blade propeller.
• Aqua Drive flexible coupling, Aquamet shaft seal.
• Aqualoy 22 shaft.
• Jefa steering system.
• 2 x pedestals each with Jefa carbon steering wheels.

 

Bowthruster:

• 30hp Lewmar bowthruster, tunnel type.

Electrical Systems

Voltage Systems:

• 2/24 and 220 volt.

 

Battery Banks:

• 12 x 2v Mastervolt gel batteries, 24v/1200 Amp.
• Starter batteries: Mastervolt 12v/130A for main engine and each generator.
• Instruments battery: Mastervolt 24v.

 

Battery Chargers:

• 3 x Mastervolt 24v/100 Amp.
• 1 x Mastervolt 24v/70 Amp for instruments.

 

Alternators:

• 1 x 12V and 24v/70 Amp.

 

Generator:

• 1 x Kohler 25Kw generator (with PTO) on port side. Approx. 525 hours since overhaul, as of January 2026.
• 1 x Kohler 17Kw generator, approx. 6,424 hours as of January 2026.

 

Shore Power:

• Yes.

Plumbing Systems

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• Jabsco pump water pressure system.
• Edson 220v water heating system.
• Deck wash system.

  Watermaker:

• Sea Recovery “Aqua Whisper” watermaker, 284 litre/min.

 

Bilge Pumps:

• 6 x Jabsco 180 litre/min bilge pumps with float switch (one in each bilge compartment).
• 4 x Jabsco 180 litre/min back-up bilge pumps.
• 1 x Jabsco 140 litre/min pump off the main engine, emergency bilge pump and fire pump.
• 2 x Whale 100 litre/min manual pumps, 1 in cockpit, 1 in the bow section.

Tankage

Fuel:

• Total fuel capacity of 2,800 litres in 2 x stainless steel tanks.
• Jabsco 50 litre/min 24v fuel transfer pump.

  Fresh Water:

• Total fresh water capacity of 1,180 litres in 2 x stainless steel tanks.

  Grey/Blackwater Holding Tanks:

• 1 x 305 litre for black water in plastic tank.
• 1 x 280 litre for grey water in plastic tank.
• Both holding tanks with Jabsco pump for discharge.

Navigation Equipment

• 2 x compass.
• 2 x Icom IC-M504 VHF.
• Icom HF station.
• Furuno black box.
• 2 x B&G autopilots, 1 hydraulic, 1 electric.
• 1 x PC with Max Sea system.
• VDO displays/indicators and repeater for MaxSea in captain’s cabin.
• Repeaters for indicators/levels Marestrom.
• Fb 250 Sailor Inmarsat.
• Fb 500 Inmarsat.
• Camera monitor system with infrared throughout including engine room.

Domestic Equipment

Galley:

• Miele convection oven.
• Miele cooker.
• Samsung microwave.
• 2 x 230-litre Dometic Frigonautica refrigerators.
• 1x 430-litre Dometic Frigonautica deep freezer.
• Miele wine cooler.
• Miele washing machine.
• Icemaker.
• Trash compactor.

  Heads/Showers:

• 3 x Planus electric vacuum toilets, all connected to the black water tank.
• 3 x showers.
• Aft shower has a separate wet locker.

  Heating & Ventilation:

• Cruisair air conditioning, 2 chillers and 8 fancoils.
• Gianneschi 24v extractor and blower in engine room. 

  Entertainment:

• Flatscreen TV 42” in saloon.
• Flatscreens in all cabins (3x 24” and 2x 27”).
• Apple TV in all cabins.
• 2 x Yamaha sound systems with Bosse, for interior and exterior.
• 2 x GSM 5G modem.
• Blue Ray reproducer.
• Play station.

Accommodation

Summary of Accommodation:

• 10 berths in 5 cabins (8 guests and 2 crew).
• Interior finished in mahogany throughout.

 

Description of layout from forwards:

• Owner’s stateroom forward with ensuite head.
• Guest cabin to portside with 2 single beds and ensuite head.
• Guest cabin to starboard side with double bed (shares head with port guest cabin).
• Raised deck saloon midships with large seating area.
• Going aft; nav station to portside and large U-shaped galley to sb.
• Large head which also serves to for wet cloth.     
•  Two upper/lower bedded cabins aft on either side.
• Utility room aft with several systems like aircon/fridge units and giving access to the steering installation.

Deck Equipment

Rig:

• Sloop rig with removable inner forestay, backstay and runners.
• Southern Spars carbon mast with three swept back spreaders, keel stepped.
• Mast profile is standard modulus, epoxy painted for UV protection.
• Harken with batt-slides and switch track.
• Southern Spars Park Avenue carbon boom.
• Navtec od rigging. Full Rig check April 2023 at EMV Boatyard in Badalona including new rod standing rigging where needed.
• Reckmann hydraulic genoa furler.
• Navtec system for boom vang, inner forestay, outhaul and backstay adjuster.
• Lewmar 3-way power pack for deck winches and genoa furler.
• Spinlock stoppers for halyards etc.
• Removable PBO stay for staysail with Facnor manual furler. 
• Lewmar tracks for genoa and staysail sheet.
• Lewmar deck blocks for runners, gennaker etc.

  Winches: 

• 5 x Lewmar 77 hydraulic cockpit winches.
• 2 x Lewmar 68 electric halyard winches at mast.

  Sails: 

• All sails by North USA.
• Mainsail fully battened, Dacron, 2018.
• Mainsail, Dacron, 2014 for deliveries - average condition.
• Genoa, Dacron, 2018.
• Genoa 2, Dacron, 2012.
• Staysail, Dacron, 2012 (little used).
• Storm mainsail, Dacron, 2012 (never used).         
• Storm jib, Dacron, 2012 (never used).
• Code Zero with snuffer.       

General:

• Integrated cockpit seats and two individual seats for each steering position.
• 2 x cockpit tables, can be joined to make one large table.
• Carbon 3.20m gangway, Carbonautica.
• Stainless steel stanchions and pulpit & pushpit with teak seats.
• Stern platform opens hydraulically.
• Boarding ladder.
• Hybrid flush deck hatches.
• Large deck hatch aft deck gives access to the lazarette.
• Second entrance aft deck through deck hatch.

  Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• 2 x Lewmar V5 Gypsy hydraulic windlass; 1 with chain, 1 with rope. 
• 1 x Delta 50 kg with 120m of chain.
• 1 x CQR with 2 x 50m rope.
• 2 x bowrollers on stainless steel profile; one for the anchor, one for mooring line.
• Nomen custom retractable deck cleats for mooring lines.

  Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

• Sprayhood – new 2021.
• Sun awning, attached to Park Avenue boom.
• Covers for cockpit tables, steering wheels, winches – all new 2021.

 

Tender & Outboard:

• Mercury 3.5m tender, folding type.
• Yamaha 4-stroke 20hp outboard engine.

Safety Equipment

• 2 x Zodiac 8-persons liferaft.
• Epirb.
• Automatic lifejackets.
• Foam lifejackets.
• Flares.
• Lifeslings.
• Harnesses.
• Emergency steering.

  Fire-Fighting Equipment:

• 14 x handheld fire extinguishers.
• Automatic fire extinguishing system FM200 in engine room.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.