Used Sailboat Island Packet 320

Island Packet's commitment and capability to excellence in the quality of their design, engineering and build makes this Island Packet 320 an ideal choice for a cruising couple or a family seeking a high quality boat that is a comfortable, spacious coastal cruiser but also capable of long distance, blue water sailing. Shoal draft of 1.3m gives easy access into shallow waters and beaching legs allow you to take the ground. 
Forward and aft double berth cabins, light and airy saloon, cockpit sprayhood with canopy extension, dinghy davits with a Honwave inflatable dinghy and Honda 2.3hp outboard. Yanmar 27hp engine serviced 2026 and hull antifouled 2026, hull epoxied 2019. This IP320 is very well maintained with a number of upgrades and renewals in the current ownership of eight years.
This Island Packet 320 with it's distinctive Island Packet hull colour is hull number 36 of 54 built.


Accommodation :
Forward cabin with double berth offset to port, under berth storage, hanging locker, storage lockers, chain locker access hatch. Opening portlights to the deck opening roof hatch. Bi-fold door leading towards the the saloon with heads compartment to port. Through to the saloon with settees to port and starboard, port settee can be extended to give a double berth. Plenty of storage behind and under each settee, including a chart locker. Lockers and bookshelves above and outboard of the settees. Roof-mounted teak grabrails to port and starboard along length of saloon.
Hinged dining table secured against the forward bulkhead mounted bar rack, table easily lowered and in position is offset to port with a hinged leaf to extend the table to starboard. Opening portlights and opening roof hatches, LED lighting, courtesy / night light at entrance, large number of lockers throughout.
U shaped galley to starboard. Bi-fold door to port to aft cabin. On entering the aft cabin, hinged chart table at forward end with switch panel. Chart table can be hinged up to close off aft cabin from saloon.
The aft cabin has a large double berth with hanging locker, storage, opening portlight to the cockpit.
In the saloon, central companionway with engine access under, further access from aft cabin.

Galley
Hillerange two burner gas stove with oven and lift off cover
Double sinks
Top loading large fridge
Microwave, powered off shore power
Hot and cold water system
Manual water pump
Folding extension board
Opening portlight and hatch
Storage
Roll away rubbish bin


Heads
Manual sea toilet with diverter valve
Stainless steel sink
Shower
Shower drain pump
Hot and cold water system
Opening portlight and opening roof hatch
Holding tank
Storage
Inventory :
Instruments

Engine instruments
Raymarine Evolution p70RS autopilot 2021 at helm
Raytheon ST60 depth in cockpit
Raytheon ST60 log and speed in cockpit
Raytheon ST60 wind 2025 in cockpit
Garmin GPSMap 451 at helm
Raytheon RL70 radar at chart table, repeater at helm
Raytheon ST60 Multi at chart table
ICS DSC VHF radio  at chart table and cockpit speakers
VHF antenna renewed 2025
Ritchie helm compass
Clock and barometer


Cockpit

Whitlock rack-and-pinion wheel steering
Integrated teak-lidded rope storage lockers to port and starboard
Pushpit seats to port and starboarf
Fixed raised helm seat with cushion seat and backrest
Sprayhood
Sprayhood has a detachable forward cover
Cockpit canopy on stainless steel frame with zipped, roll up side and aft panels
Port and starboard lockers
Cockpit table
Icebox
Gas locker
Cockpit safety harness pad eyes


Deck Equipment

Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit quarters
Stainless steel grabrails along length of coachroof
Stainless steel stanchions with twin guard wires
Port and starboard aft gates
Transom gate
Lofrans 1000w electric anchor windlass with remote control, 2020
Twin bow rollers
Manson Supreme 20kg anchor with 60m chain
10kg Bruce anchor with 30m chain
Simpson dinghy davits 75kg 2022
Davits are folding and removable
Dorade vents
Outboard bracket
Stern folding boarding ladder
Stern shower, cold water only
Various warps and fenders


Safety Equipment

Seago 6 crew liferaft, new 2018, next service due 2028
Manual and electric bilge pumps
Gas detector
Jackstays
Horseshoe lifebuoy
Man overboard safety ladder 
Fire blanket
Emergency tillers
Gas system checked April 2026
Solenoid-controlled from the instrument panel

Further information

Honwave T27 IE V floor inflatable dinghy included
Honda 2.3hp outboard, 2018, serviced 2025, included
Beaching legs included, stored in cockpit locker
Hull antifouled, polished, new anodes, March 26
Hull cleaned of build up of old antifoul, epoxied and antifouled 2019, antifouled annually
Various hoses renewed regularly, including cockpit drain, gas locker, heads, engine intake and engine exhaust
The Hoyt Jib Boom is highly regarded for simplifying short-handed sailing, offering a, "set it and forget it" self-tacking experience with improved, efficient, and auto-vanging sail shape, particularly for cruisers. 



Construction

100% hand laid fibreglass construction throughout with special gelcoats for durability. All gelcoats applied using premium, high volume, low pressure application equipment for the exceptional quality finish. Island Packets exclusive PolyClad® II hull bottom gelcoat finish system that from new had a 10 year limited warranty against osmosis blisters.
Hull moulded in one piece using a pressure fed application system with high modulus triaxial glass, unified with an engineered interior grid structure and moulded structural base unit. Deck laminate cored with advanced PolyCore, a proprietary microsphere and resin matrix with, from new, a 10 year limited warranty for rot and delamination.
Exclusive Durashield® deck, hull, topsides and interior gelcoat system superior gloss retention and resistance to fading and crazing. Teak pulpit area, wide teak toerail and coaming trims, with teak fittings to cockpit.



Owners comments

In current ownership from 2018 to date and rarely available in the UK, the Island Packet 320 is the perfect combination of elegant, classy blue water performance, robust and forgiving seakindliness and an interior that gives as much as many 38-40 footers, all of which keeps even adventurous sailing manageable, ownership practical and yet light on the pocket in the marina.
Yacht Providence, hull 36 of 54 designed and built by Bob Johnson of Island Packet Yachts, Florida, is a solid and durable fibreglass encapsulated lead long keeled cruiser, which has been in the UK since launched and has seen light use and wear. With full ownership history, she has been regularly serviced and updated with new equipment, professionally maintained, lifted out each winter with sails and canvas removed, laundered and serviced when necessary, hull polished and below the waterline, fully rubbed back and antifouled.

Cutter rigged with neat self tacking Hoyt boom-contolled staysail, large powerful 130% genoa, both on Harken rollers and a single line reefing main sail, providing flexibility and versatility, all controlled from the cockpit by four self-tailing Lewmar winches. Yanmar 3GM30F inboard diesel engine,  with a Featherstream 3 bladed feathering propeller giving a cruising speed of 5-6 knots. Stainless steel ‘weed shoe’ protecting the propeller and rudder.
Substantial ground tackle with 20KG Manson Supreme spade anchor with 60m of 8mm calibrate chain and a secondary 10KG Bruce anchor with 30m 8mm galvanised chain.
Raytheon RL72RC GPS and ST5000 radar with repeater at helm, Garmin GPSMap 451 plotter, Raytheon ST60 depth, speed and wind instruments, renowned Whitlock rack and pinion steering system, controlled by Raymarine Evolution p70Rs autopilot with ACU-200. ICS DSC  VHF radio with chart table and cockpit speakers.
Voluminous interior with double berth fore and aft cabins, three saloon berths and substantial heads with a shower, all fitted out to the highest standards of island Packet craftsmanship.

Updates under current ownership include
2018 Seago 6 crew liferaft serviced 2025, next service due 2028
Honwave 2018 T27 IE V floor inflatable dinghy
2018 Honda 2.3hp outboard serviced 2025
Hull taken back to original gelcoat, epoxied with International GelShield and antifouled 2019
Hull cut back and antifouled annually
Last hull antifouling, anodes renewed March 2026
Lofrans X2 1000W electric anchor windlass, with remote control 2020
Raymarine Evolution autopilot 2021
Raymarine ST60 wind instrument 2025
VHF antenna 2025
Calorifier hot water system and pump 2022
Simpson 75kg folding and removable davits 2023
Eberspacher ECU replaced 2024
One engine starter battery and three AGM domestics batteries 2025
Hoses regularly replaced and upgraded including cockpit drain hoses, gas locker hose, heads and engine intake hoses. Engine exhaust hose in 2026. Island Packet spec hoses fitted.
Many spares and tools included

Other features noted by Island Packet include
Keel stepped mast with substantial Island Packet standard quality engineered stainless steel rigging
Shoal draft of 1.3m gives access into small bays which are inaccessible to other yachts. Beaching legs enable the yacht to take the ground
The IP320 is one of the most stable cruising boats of its size with a displacement / length ratio (DLR) 306 and Comfort ratio 27. Very suitable for seasoned blue water sailor and for hose with a more prudent appetite for risk
Centre, baffled metal tankage for diesel, water, holding tank, designed to add ballast and lower the  displacement rotation.
Nine stainless steel portlights with fly screens, three Dorade vents and five hatches
Vast storage locker space
Capacious ‘American’ style fridge with heavy all round insulation, light and drain
Chart table converts cunningly to create partition for aft cabin
Shorepower  and sockets throughout, LED lights and courtesy entrance/ exit lighting
Deep cockpit with table, icebox and pushpit seats
Comfortable, high cockpit canopy with zipped and roll up sides and aft panels
Deep cockpit lockers

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.



Mechanical :
Mechanical and Rigging

Yanmar 3GM30 27hp diesel engine
Serviced annually
Last serviced April 2026
Featherstream 3 bladed feathering propeller
Stainless steel weed shoe protecting prop and rudder
30A battery charger
Engine battery 2025
Three AGM domestics batteries 2025
Victron battery monitor
Shore power socket
Calorifier heated by immerser or by engine 2022
Eberspacher warm air cabin heating
Eberspacher ECU replaced 2024
Honda 2.3hp outboard serviced 2025

Sails and rigging

Main sail in High Modulus Dacron by Sobstad Sails 2000
Furling genoa 130% in High Modulus Dacron by Sobstad Sails 2000
Furling staysail in High Modulus Dacron by Sobstad Sails 2000
Harken roller reefing system
Hoyt staysail boom
Main sail stack pack bag with lazy jacks 
Stainless steel standing rigging 2000
Two Lewmar 40 self-tailing winches
Two Lewmar 30 self-tailing winches
Two Lewmar 16 self-tailing mast winches
Keel stepped mast