$300,000

Description

Located in Ft Lauderdale

ORIGINAL OWNER VESSEL – UNITED KINGDOM VAT PAID, US Duty Paid

HIGH PERFORMANCE CRUISER WITH LUXURY INTERIOR, SUITABLE FOR WORLD CRUISING AND RACING

“OLD WORLD” QUALITY, BUILT BY ONE OF EUROPE’S MOST RESPERCTED FACTORIES

3 CABINS AND 2 HEADS WITH SHOWERS

LOW ENGINE AND GENERATOR HOURS

THIS VESSEL HAS DEMONSTRATED HER ABILITY TO SAFELY CROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN

FULLY EQUIPPED INCLUDING:

 AIR CONDITIONING, BOW THRUSTER, WATER MAKER, HEATER, NEWER ELECTRONICS, NEWER STANDING RIGGING, ELECTRIC WINCHES, SOLAR PANELS, AND MORE

ELECTRICALY OPERATED FOLD DOWN SWIM PLATFORM

BEAUTIFUL, WELL LAID OUT INTERIOR WITH QUALITY WOODWORK AND GOOD STORAGE

PRIVATE OWNER’S SUITE FORWARD WITH HEAD AND SHOWER, 2 SEPARATE GUEST CABINS AFT PLUS SECOND HEAD AND SHOWER

FOLDING PROPELLER AND RETRACTABLE BOW THRUSTER INCRESE PERFORMANCE OF THIS SAILING YACHT

The Grand Soleil is built by a well-respected manufacturer and is well known for quality and performance.

This is the ideal sailing yacht for the sailing enthusiast looking for a comfortable cruising yacht capable of Blue Water excursions.  She was also designed as a fast performance yacht with the ability for racing or to make passages in the shortest time possible. She has a proven track record having been sailed by her original owner both in Europe as well as crossing the Atlantic and cruising the Caribbean

Please call listing broker for additional information.  This vessel can be purchased with bitcoin or several other Crypto currencies if desired

Full Specs

Dimensions

LOA: 50
Beam: 15 ft
Maximum Draft: 7.58 ft
Ballast: 9,460 lb

Engines

Engine Brand: Volvo Penta
Engine/Fuel Type: diesel
Engine Power: 75|horsepower
Engine Type: Inboard

Tanks

Fresh Water Tanks: 1 (122 Gallon)
Fuel Tanks: 1 (77 Gallon)

Accommodations

Number of cabins: 3
Number of heads: 2

LOA:50 ft,            15.24  meters

BEAM: 15 ft,          4.56 meters                  

DRAFT: 7 ft 7 in,      2.3 meters         

LWL: 43 ft 4 in,      13.2 meters

DISPLACEMENT.. 38,000 lbvs ... 19,3 Metric Ton

Ballast.. 8,,000 lbs .. 3.8 Metric Ton

Fuel .....76 gal ...   288 litr

Water ...132 gal ... 500 litr 

ENGINE: Volvo Penta D@-75   75 HP  ( 1715 HOURS) 

GENERATOR: Fischer Panda 4001 4kVa ( 425 Hours)     

• 3 CABINS – 2 HEADS W/SHOWERS
• The accommodation is fitted out to a very good standard and is as per the standard design. It remains in excellent condition and is well set up for coastal cruising.
• Two polypropylene freshwater tanks are installed under the aft berths together with a hot water tank. Water is delivered to the galley and heads via a pressure pump. The tanks are bolted down and secure      
• Heads
• There are 2 Jabsco electric heads
• A holding tank is installed under the forward berth. 
•  AIR CONDITIONING –
•  2  Dometic air[1]conditioning units in the saloon and fore cabin. –installed  2010 and 2011
• HEAT-  An Eberspaecher diesel fueled heating system is mounted in the lazarette
• 2 cabin fans in forward berth, one fan in each aft cabins
• 4 ceiliing lights and 2 reading l;amps if fwrd cabin, 3 lights in each aft cabin, plus USB ports

•  SINK W/ HOT/COLD PRESSURE WATER

STOVE , # BURNERS / LPG, ELEC, CNG 

• A securely gimbaled two burner gas stove is fitted in the galley with an isolating tap,

LPG TANKS (#)

• The gas installation is comprised of two 3kg camping gas cylinders mounted in the two aft gas lockers.
• The lockers are both vented overboard, adequately sealed, and with a positive means of securing the locker lids

REFRIGERATOR

• A 12v DC refrigeration system is installed to the fridge and separate freezer

             fridge is top laod ans front load, - freezer- top load

WATER-MAKER-

• A Spectra Newport 400 Water maker is mounted in the starboard lazarette ( 700 hours)

WATER HEATER .. 6.6 gal Quick BXS Calorifier, 500w 220v element with engien loop

FOOT PUMP... Fresh water foot pump at sink

CHART PLOTTER

•  Raymarine AXIOM-9 chart plotter with Quantum radar overlay, installed between the 2 helm stations (2020 )                                                                                     Radar =- mast mounted  
•  VHF RADIO

• Raymarine wireless Ray 90 DSC VHF (2 headsearts - one is wireless
• i70 - MULTIFUNCTION ( 2021)

COMPASS  

 KNOT METER / LOG

• Raymarine i50  (2021)

 Depth Meter

• Raymarine i50  (2021 )     

 AUTO PILOT

• Raymarine EV 40      ACU 400 w/ Evolution EV1 core ( 2021)            

 WIND SPEED INDICATOR

• Raymarine  i60  (2021)

 WIND DIRECTION INDICATOR

• Raymarine i60 (2021)
• STEREO. Fusion MS-RA70- with 2 speakers in Salon, and 2 speakers in cockpit

•  A rotary battery isolator switch is located under the chart table. The main electrical panel of circuit breakers is also located by the chart table
• The vessel is fitted with a 230v Shore power supply, with 110v converteer - 50 AMP and shore power cord 

 BATTERIES 

• The main 12-volt domestic battery bank consisting of 4  x(100 amp/hr each) is sited under the after cabin berths and there are. further batteries for the engine start, bow thruster and generator 

INVERTER

Victron 180 

 BATTERY CHARGER 

• Sterling 12v x 60A
• Solar panels

• The hull below waterline is of FRP construction with a galvanized structural matrix of steel longitudinal stringers and transverse floors
• The hull of the vessel above the waterline (the topsides) is of GRP sandwich construction.
• A fin keel is fitted to this vessel which was bolted through the hull
• A retractable bow thruster is fitted to the vessel.
• The vessel had a freestanding blade rudder molded around a substantial stock
• The twin helm steering was actuated by chain and cable to the quadrant
• The underwater through hulls are mainly recessed bronze fittings with ball valves - recently replaced
• The deck molding is of sandwich construction and with teak laid decks on the cockpit, coach roof and side decks.
• The vessel has a teak toe-rail
• The coach roof is integral with the deck molding. With Stainless steel handrails
• A substantial stainless steel bow roller is fitted forward
• There are: stainless steel pulpit and pushpit, as well as were stainless steel stanchions set in stainless steel bases, and Lifelines stainless steel wire,
• The foredeck contains a deep storage locker with a large secure deck hatch.
• The fore hatch over the fore cabin is of aluminum framed Perspex, securely hinged with a positive method of closure, full size and suitable as an escape hatch.
• To the sides of the coach roof are smaller portlights
• The main companionway hatch has a sliding polycarbonate cover together with drop down locking washboards
• The cockpit is fitted with deep coamings and drains by each helm. The locker lids to the cockpit lockers, gas locker and deep lazarette are all found secure and with a positive means of closure
• The twin Solimar wheel pedestal assemblies are found secure to the cockpit sole. As is the folding cockpit table
• Six substantial aluminum cleats are fitted, securely bolted down to the toe rail along with stainless steel fairleads.
• The internal hull structure comprised a substantial galvanized welded steel structural matrix of longitudinal stringers and transverse floors bonded to the hull and extending up each side of the hull to also support the       chainplates.
• ELECTRICALY OPERATED FOLD DOWN SWIM PLATFORM
• WINDLASS
• A 12v Quick electric windlass was fitted, with a gypsy
• ANCHORS –
• A 20kg Delta main anchor is fitted to the bow roller and A good length of 10mm galvanized steel chain is in the anchor locker
• secondary kedge anchor stored in forward anchor locker
• 2 dorade vents
• COCKPIT - - Bimini top, H/C transom shower, Full cockpit cushions incl backrests,  

• General access to the engine compartment was good to each side via removable panels, and via the companionway steps which were hinged and supported on a gas strut 

ENGINE MFG – HP

• Volvo Penta D@-75   75 HP ( 1715 HOURS)
• Cooling is via an indirect closed circuit heat exchanger.
• The vessel was fitted with a bronze 3 bladed folding propeller secured on the sail drive-
• Controls are single lever
• The engine compartment is lined with sound deadening material and ventilated by means of an electric blower
• An automatic ABC fire extinguisher was mounted in the engine compartment and there was provision in the companionway steps to insert the nozzle of a further extinguisher.

Generator  

• There is A Fischer Panda 4001 4kVa ( 360 Hours) diesel generator was mounted in the starboard lazarette.

FUEL      

• Fuel is delivered from a stainless-steel tank mounted behind the engine -securely mounted

delivery tubing is flexible braided fuel hose compliant with USCG standards. Racor fuel/water separators are fitted between the tanks and lift pumps for the engine and the generator

• There is an automatic electric bilge pump

WIND GENERATOR

• Recently fitted Air Silent Marine X turbine.

BOW THRUSTER

• Maxpower Compact 12v bow thruster.

The standing rigging including turnbuckles and mast base was replaced by rigging company Boat Doctor in Barcelona, Spain in July 2017,

The vessel has a Sparcraft anodized aluminum triple spreader 9/10th fractional sloop rig with a keel stepped aluminum mast, aluminum boom, swept back spreaders, Navtec hydraulic vang and backstay adjuster on a split backstay.

All the lines run back to the cockpit

Standing rigging is 1x19 stainless steel wire rigging with swaged terminal fittings, fractional forestay with furling gear and a split backstay with adjuster.

Discontinuous cap shrouds and d1’s are attached to substantial stainless steel rod chainplates substantially bolted to extensions of the internal structural steel matrix and glassed over

The forestay is connected to a chainplate below the bow roller / stem head assembly securely bolted through the stem of the vessel.

A Navtec hydraulic Vang and Backstay tensioner was fitted in 2016.

mainsheet traveler just forward of the twin helms.

Main Sail- fully battened

North Sails laminated battened slab reefing mainsail with 3 reefs, the genoa had been taken to a sail loft for maintenance, also understood to be a recent North Sail. The vessel was also understood to have a gennaker

ROLLER FURLING 140% Genoa

Spare 1320% Genoa

Gennaker/Spinacker

Inboard genoa lead tracks

WINCHES –        

 Primary winches are electric Harken ST60, secondary winches are Harken ST46, one of which is electric, plus two ST48 on the coach roof, one of which is electric

Two sets of clutches are found on the coach roof, one each side of the companionway

• 2 life rafts, Seago + Waypoint, both 8 persons.
• automatic fire extinguisher in engine room

I have a Grand Soleil 50 that I have owned since new, she was built in 2006 and I took ownership in the spring of 2007. Apart from one delivery trip in 2007 she has never been sailed without me as a skipper on board. She has been used as a family cruising boat since new. She is very well equipped for cruising, and I have maintained her throughout her life to a high standard.

• The vessel has an inflatable 3.2-meter Zodiac roll-up dinghy and Suzuki 4 hp outboard, ( dinghy not registerdd or titled)
• A 20kg Delta main anchor is fitted to the bow roller and A good length of 10mm galvanized steel chain is in the anchor locker
• Manual and automatic bilge pumps

2 IMS World Championships, 3 IMS European Championships, 3 IMS Italian Championships, 2 times winner at the Copa del Rey and also the Fastnet Race; these are the results of our yachts during the last 3 years in the most challenging and prominent regattas in Europe. Cantiere del Pardo clearly realizes that a high level regatta provides the best test-bed for materials, the study of sail plans, positioning and sizing of deck hardware, the hydrodynamic tuning of all immersed appendages and the ideal calculation and dimension of the keel. The results obtained by Grand Soleil represent, without reserve, the quality of the work achieved.

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. Hours listed may vary from actual hours due to recent use. Purchaser is encouraged to verify hours prior to purchase. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.