1978 Dyer 29' (8.84 m)
Coral Gables, Florida, United States
Thistle
This traditional classic timeless design is seaworthy, comfortable, pleasurable, and stylish with a distinctive signature look and pedigree. With a sweeping shear line, raised trunk cabin and wood framed windshields, the Dyer 29 has been turning heads and providing content ownership for decades.
- Downeast / Antique and Classics
- Power
- Used
- Diesel
- Fiberglass Hull
- HIN/IMO: DYEJ 01670278
Data Sheet
HIN/IMO: DYEJ 01670278
LOA: 29' (8.84 Meters)
Type: Power- Used
Year: 1978
Fuel Type: Diesel
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Yanmar
- Engine Model: 6YLA-UTE
- Engine Type: Inboard
- Power HP: 315.00
- Power KW: 234.90
- Fuel Type: Diesel
- Hours: 2190.00
Full Details
Overview
This boat has always been stored inside during the summer months. Her notable recent updates include: Aluminum half tower top, Bow thruster, updated raised deck eliminating the engine box with a Yanmar Diesel 315hp engine. Recent updates include:
- New canvas enclosure - 2024
- Varnished - 2024
- Interior painted -2022
- Cabin sides, deck and cockpit Alwgrip - 2024
- New bow thruster lower unit 2023
"THISTLE" is a wonderful example of this legendary classic. One of her most notable features is a flush deck, which eliminates the engine box. If you are seriously considering a boat in this class, schedule an appointment for a first hand look. You won't be disappointed.
Current dock slip will be available for rent to new owner.
Powerboat Guide Review
Designed for cruising, fishing, or as a general utility boat, the durable Dyer 29 is an industry classic. Production of the Dyer 29 began nearly 60 years ago making her one of the earliest fiberglass boats in the business. Each has been customized to some extent and no two are exactly alike. Built on a soft-chine hull with a full-length spray rail and prop-protecting keel, the ability of the Dyer 29 to tackle heavy seas is legendary. Owners delight in the fingertip control of the 29's easily driven hull. In addition to the popular Trunk Cabin and Bass Boat versions, the 29 has also been produced in Extended Hardtop and Cuddy configurations. Recent models have the engine under the bridge deck which, by eliminating the engine box, results in a much more open cockpit. Hull construction has remained largely unchanged over the years — as fiberglass technology has improved, however, the fiberglass covered plywood and solid fiberglass decks and deckhouses of earlier models have been replaced with modern fiberglass composites and balsa coring materials. Aa single 200hp diesel will cruise the Dyer 29 at 14-16 knots.
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.
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Contact Us
For more information about this yacht please contact Mike Brill.
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Export Yacht Sales
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Phone: 1-305-504- 4663
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Mike Brill
Sales Manager
2241 Trapp Ave
Coconut Grove FL 33133 USA
Office: 1-305-504- 4663
Fax: 1-866-844-5636
Email: mike@exportyachtsales.com
Mike Brill founded Export Yacht & Ship and is the driving force behind it. Overseeing all of our highly experienced staff, Brill brings his vast experience in the boating industry to bear on each and every sales transaction, ensuring the buyers’ needs are met and their expectations are exceeded. Born in the coastal city of Miami, Florida, Brill was a natural on the water. He began learning to run and maintain his first vessel, a 13-foot Boston Whaler, at the age of only seven. By the time he graduated high school, Brill knew his life career would be on the water and enrolled in the New York Merchant Marine Academy (Fort Schuyler), where he graduated with an Unlimited Third Mate’s license.