Bambochip is a Shipman 80, a full-carbon performance cruiser built to the top of the yard's program and ordered new by a member of one of the world's most prestigious sailing families. Owned since new by the same single-asset LLC and never chartered, her offering for sale represents a rare opportunity to acquire the finest example of her kind.

A comprehensive 2025 refit upgraded her with the latest technology and returned her to a nearly as-new standard. Turn-key and ready to cruise or race. Currently sailing the East Coast of the USA.  Available for viewing and can be delivered anywhere in the world.

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 OVERVIEW 

“Bambochip” is a striking example of the Shipman 80, an ultra-light carbon performance cruiser that pairs grand prix sailing ability with refined, long-range luxury. She was conceived by her designer to be faster than every cruising boat before her, yet well-behaved enough to be sailed by a couple. Built entirely of carbon and epoxy and meticulously maintained since new by a single ownership entity, “Bambochip” was ordered new by one of the world’s most prestigious sailing families and has never been chartered. The owning LLC can convey with her, and a comprehensive 2025 refit brings her to a genuinely turnkey standard. Her combination of advanced engineering, premium systems and thoughtful upgrades places her at the top of the most compelling yachts in her class. On deck, clean flush lines and a large protected cockpit create a safe and social sailing environment, while her hydraulically lifting deep keel, twin carbon rudders and retractable carbon bowsprit deliver remarkable versatility. She is fast and comfortable offshore, yet able to slip into shallow harbors. Premium components run throughout, including a Hall Spars carbon rig, Harken carbon winches and extensive titanium hardware. As the flagship of the entire Shipman series, she was specified with two things no other Shipman has: full acoustic insulation throughout, and a Kevlar-reinforced laminate below the waterline that extends 30 cm above it.

Inside, the accommodation is bright, contemporary and built for comfortable extended cruising. Large panoramic windows fill the saloon with natural light and enhance the open-plan layout. Three cabins include a full-beam, light-filled owner’s suite and two well-appointed guest cabins plus crew quarters, with systems engineered for autonomy and redundancy worldwide. She also carries her own history: photographs from every step of the build, the original designer’s drawings and a complete technical archive covering every system and every refit, the kind of record few yachts can show.

Designer J&J Design Builder Seaway Year launched 2009 Hull number #2 LOA (hull) 23.99 m / 78’9″ LWL 22.15 m / 72’7″ Beam (max) 5.95 m / 19’6″ Beam, waterline 5.00 m / 16’5″ Draft, lifting keel (up / down) 2.50 to 4.00 m / 8’2″ to 13’1″ Ballast (approx.) 11,000 kg Displacement, light (approx.) 31,500 kg Cabins 3 (+ 1 crew) Main engine Yanmar diesel Hull construction Carbon-epoxy composite CE Category A (Ocean).

Rig Dimensions & Sail Areas RIG DIMENSIONS I (foretriangle height) 28.65 m J (foretriangle base) 9.77 m P (mainsail luff) 28.40 m E (mainsail foot) 9.55 m J (with bowsprit) 12.88 m Bowsprit length 2.8 m Spreader angle 20° SAIL AREAS Mainsail (full batten) 155 m² Jib (106%) 151 m² Code 5 gennaker (bowsprit) 292 m² Code 1 (on padeye) 125 m² Staysail / inner jib 77 m² Storm jib 33 m² Asym. spinnaker (bowsprit) 494 m.

Spares Package & Cradle “Bambochip” is sold with a comprehensive spares and tools package, developed over many offshore miles to keep her self-sufficient worldwide. She also comes with her custom, manufacturer-built cradle, engineered to support the hull correctly for drydocking, storage and transport; it packs into a 20-foot container and has been air-freighted across the Atlantic to meet her.

GALLEY & SYSTEMS

 Domestic Equipment • Force 10 gas oven & 3 burners on gimbal (special-ordered to accept propane or butane; plumbed with lockers for both gas types) • 2× keel-cooled freezers • 2× keel-cooled refrigerators, front-opening • 1× sliding refrigerator in cockpit •4× Tecma Silence electric macerating heads • 75 L water heater (2025) •Dual freshwater pumps for redundancy (2025) •Dessalator watermaker, 250 L/h, overhauled 2025 • 6× Rule 2000 bilge pumps •Gianneschi AC311 BT bilge / crash pump, 2025 • 2× Gianneschi ECO MV-44-24V black & grey water pumps (2025) • 2× Condaria (Dometic) chiller A/C & heat, 9 fan-coil air handlers across 6 zones •Mastervolt gel emergency battery bank (2025) • Engine / generator AGM start batteries (2025) •Victron lithium system: 32 kWh Smart Lithium, 10 kW inverting, Lynx BMS, Cerbo remote monitoring (2025) 

ON DECK

 Deck Equipment • Flexiteek synthetic teak deck (2025) • 2× JP3 type-4 rudder bearings (2025) •Central carbon-fibre foldable cockpit table •Swiss Carbon passerelle • Fully hydraulic swim platform •Maxwell hydraulic windlass •Retractable carbon-fibre anchor arm •Boom-tent awning (2025) •Hideaway spray dodger •Bimini (2025) • 100 m Cromox stainless anchor chain, ½″. 

POWER

 Electrical Equipment • 230 V electrical system • 12 V engine & generator start batteries, parallel-capable • 24 V / 32 kWh Victron Smart Lithium service & house bank • 24 V high-output engine alternator / charging system by OceanPlanet • 10 kW inverting capacity for silent A/C operation from batteries •Global shore-power compatibility: 180 to 260 V, 45 to 65 Hz, converted to clean output, Northern Lights 16KW (3600) hours.    

HELM & ELECTRONICS

 Navigation Equipment •B&G Zeus 3S 12″ display •B&G Zeus 3S 9″ display •B&G Halo 20+ radar •B&G Vulcan 7R • 2× B&G H5000 graphic displays • 2× B&G Triton2 displays •B&G H5000 autopilot controller •B&G Triton2 autopilot controller •B&G Hercules sailing processor •B&G WS730 vertical wind MHU •B&G H5000 autopilot computer •B&G smart transducer •B&G Precision-9 compass •B&G rudder reference • 2× B&G V100 VHF with AIS transponder •B&G H60 wireless VHF remote •B&G WR10 wireless autopilot remote 

SPARS & SAILS

 Rig and Sails •Hall Spars carbon-fibre mast •Colligo Marine Para-D synthetic standing rigging (2025) •Reckmann hydraulic jib furling unit, overhauled (2025) •Hall Spars Park Avenue carbon boom with lazy jacks •Carbon-fibre bowsprit (retractable) • Full-batten mainsail, 3 reefing points (2025) • Jib, 151 m² (106%): Doyle GXLD35, tri-radial panel layout, 2016, overhauled 2025 •Code 5 gennaker, 292 m²: Doyle A5 top-down furling, CZ90 Mylar / carbon / Vectran laminate, Vectran leech & foot lines, Future Fibers K49 furling cable, radial patching, 2016, serviced 2025 •Code 1, 125 m²: Doyle CZ140 HP, full radial layout, 2016, serviced 2025 •Asymmetrical spinnaker, 494 m²: Alexander Calder / Bic artwork, 2016, serviced 2025 • Inner staysail, 77 m²: lightly used, 2011, checked 2025 •Storm jib, 33 m²: orange Dacron, 2-ply 320 g/m², unused, 2011, checked 2025; detachable hydraulic inner forestay.

2025 REFIT

 Notable Maintenance & Upgrades “Bambochip” has always been kept to a turnkey standard. Her comprehensive 2025 refit built on that foundation, introducing the latest advances in onboard energy storage: she now runs her generator far less, gains the option of silent air-conditioning under way and at anchor, and enjoys significantly greater autonomy. Together with the extensive mechanical and systems work carried out alongside it, the refit has effectively returned her to a nearly as-new condition. Highlights include: • Rig removed for overhaul: new standing rigging, with all other rig components serviced or replaced •Mast hydraulic piston overhauled; Holmatro mast-piston pump serviced • Hydraulic lifting keel removed and overhauled, including new hydraulic cylinders • Retractable bowsprit overhauled with new Dyneema & elastic retrieval system • Reckmann hydraulic jib furling unit reconditioned by Reckmann • Rudders removed for reconditioning and reinstalled with new JP3 type-4 bearings • Steering quadrants overhauled; new Spectra cables installed • Passerelle overhauled; winches & Spinlocks serviced; running rigging replaced or cleaned • Various hydraulic motors, hoses & valves replaced; rams serviced • Flush deck hatches overhauled • New bimini, boom-tent awning, and mainsail cover • New 100 m Cromox stainless anchor chain (½″), new mooring lines, new inflatable fenders • Engine-room rebuild: new Yanmar main engine, light generator overhaul, new fuel lines, exhaust hoses, dripless shaft seal, through-hull valves & water intake manifolds; most hoses & pumps replaced; new Aquadrive • Chiller system serviced, pump replaced • Retractable bow thruster overhauled •Watermaker overhauled with new membranes and pump rebuilds • New domestic systems: 75 L water heater, dual freshwater pumps, Gianneschi black & grey water pumps, AC311 bilge / crash pump, and Mastervolt emergency battery bank • New CZone digital switching system replacing outdated circuit control • New SmartPlug shore-power receptacles & cables • Pepwave enterprise-grade whole-boat network with maritime Starlink & 5G bonding • New VHF / AIS / GPS antennas and all-new coax / cables • New Sonos 3-zone audio system with OLED TV in owner’s cabin • Soda-blasting below waterline, new antifouling, Propspeed on centreboard & underwater metal.

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.