------>NEW ENGINES

-------------------------->NEW TRANSMISSIONS

->NEW SAILS

------------------>HIGH PERFORMANCE WATER MAKER

->500 WATTS SOLAR PANELS

----------------------------------->GENERATOR 5KV

--FULLY EQUIPPED FOR AN AROUND WORLD TRIP

--------------------------------->COMFORT, SECURITY & RELIABILITY

CONTACT INFO

Owner’s name : REAL SAVARD

Nationality : Canadian

Email : realsavard@hotmail.com or cfn3057@sailmail.com

Phone : 8816 316 299 03 (iridium)

Languages spoken : French, English, Spanish

Boat Location : Fiji (June to August 2009), New-Caledonia (September to November 2009), Australia (December 2009)

DESCRIPTION

Boat name : SOL MARIA

Make/Model : Catamaran Bahia 46

Builder/Designer : Fountaine Pajot (France) – Joubert-Nivelt Architects

Year built/launched : 2000 / August 2001

LOA : 14,05 m / 46 ft

LWL : 14,05 m / 46 ft

Beam : 7,40 m / 24 ft

Draft : 1,30 m / 4 ft

Displacement : 13 500 kg / 14,88 t

Hull Material : Fibreglass GRP

Double click on the pictures to enlarge them

ENGINES

Two (2) brand new engines, installed in New Zealand by the Yanmar dealer in May 2009.

Full warranty until may 2011.

Two (2) new transmissions Yanmar SD31/ December 2007

Make/Model : Yanmar / 3JH4E, 140 hrs in June 2009

HP : 40 hp each one

Fuel : Diesel

Fuel consumption : 2 l (0.53 g) / hr / engine

No of cylinders : 3

Speed cruising / max : 7 kts / 8.5 kts

Type of gear box : Direct on saildrive

Type of prop : 2 Fixed, 3 blades / May 2009

ELECTRICS

Voltage : 12 V

No of batteries x Capacity : 6 x 115 amps each = 690 amps total

Make/Year : Bosch / May 2008

No of Solar Panels x Capacity : 4 x 125 watts each = 500 watts total

Make/Year : Kyocera / July 2005

Regulators : 2 Morningstar PS30 / July 2005





Method of charging :

- Inverter – Charger Freedom 20 Xantrex 2000 W + remote control / July 2005

- Engine Alternator : 2 x 12 V 80 A / May 2009

- Other : Dolphin 30 A automatic charger 240 V / 2001




Generator : Kholer, diesel engine Yanmar 3TNE 686, 3 cyl, 5 Kv, model 5E0Z, 120V/240V

Year / Hours run : July 2005 / 1072 hrs in June 2009

Transformer : 240V/120V / March 2008

Inverter : Xantrex 12 V 175 W in the main cabin for charging camera batteries, computer, sat phone etc.


TANKAGE

Fuel tanks : 1 x 400 liters (105 gal) / Aluminium

Diesel jerry cans : 24 x 20 l (5 g) each = 480 l (120 gal)

Water tanks : 2 x 430 liters (114 gal) = 860 l (228 gal) / Aluminium

Holding tanks : 1 x 400 liters (105 gal) / Aluminium


WATER SYSTEM

Pressurised fresh and sea water

Water heating system : Engine recycling coolant , 240 V / 2001

Water Maker Make – model : Sea Recovery – Aqua Whisper (Reverse Osmosis Desalinator) 240 V / July 2005

Capacity : 135 liters/hr (35 gal/hr)

Oil-water separator filter and commercial pre-filter

RIG

Type : Sloop

Spar Maker / Material : Z Spar / Aluminium / 2001

Furling Genoa : Profurl / 2001

WINCHES

Main Sail : 2 x Lewmar 48 CST 2 speed / 2001

Genoa : 2 x Lewmar 54 CST 2 speed / 2001

Traveler : 1 x Lewmar 30 CST 2 speed / 2001

Halyards : 2 x Lewmar 54 CST 2 speed / 2001

Reefing : 1 x Lewmar 48 CST 2 speed / 2001

SAILS

Type / Dimension / Maker / Year

Main Sail / 3 reefs, 74 m2 (800 sq ft) / Doyle / Oct 2007

Genoa / 50 m2 (540 sq ft) / Doyle / Oct 2007

Asymetrical triradial spinnaker / 115 m2 (1238 sq ft) / Doyle / May 2009

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

Chart Plotter : C80 Raymarine / July 2005

Electronic Navionics Gold charts : Caribbean Sea, South America, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic, Pacific Islands, New Zealand

GPS : Raymarine, Raystar125 / Oct 2007

Speed : Raymarine / Oct 2007

Wind : Raymarine / Oct 2007

Depthsounder : Raymarine / Oct 2007

Log : Raymarine / May 2009

Radar : Raymarine (color, range 24 miles) / July 2005

Autopilot : 2 : 1 Raymarine / 2001 – 1 new never used (spare part)

Compass : Fountaine Pajot / 2001



SSB : Icom Marine M802 / April 2006

SSB equipment : Automatic tuner antenna AT 140 + Pactor 3 modem + Shakespeare antenna style 390 + Ground shoe plate Newmar / April 2006 (we use it for email too)

VHF : Icom M59 / 2001

GROUND TACKLE

Anchors : Rocna 33 kg / May 2009

Chain size / length : 12 mm / 100 m (328 ft) / May 2009

Windlass : Lofrans Tigres 12V + remote control / 2001/2005

Other ground tackle : 2 FOB anchors + 1 Fortress

High pressure sea water system to clean chain

ACCOMODATION

No of berths : 11

Cabins : 4 doubles + 2 singles

Spacious, comfortable, panoramic view, can easily sit 10 persons

You will feel like home !

Rear cabins spacious, well ventilated (3 hatches)

Each one has a wardrobe and a private bathroom with shower

Front port cabin (2 hatches), wardrobe, private bathroom with shower

Starboard gangway and bookcase

Bathrooms : 4, one for each double cabin,

Each one has a manual Jabsco toilet (2005) and a shower macerator-extractor

New sink mixers in the bathrooms

Galley : same level than cockpit, fully equipped

Cooker : Eno, 3 burners, propane / March 2007

Oven : Eno, propane / 2001

Great view from the galley, close to the action !

Dishes, pots and pans for 12 people and more !

New fresh and sea water mixers for the galley

Fridge : Isotherm 12 V / 2004 (galley)

Freezers: 2 – 1 Frigoboat engine driven (galley) + 1 Isotherm 12 V / July 2005 (starboard gangway)

Lot of space ! Great autonomy !

Air conditionning : Cruise Air-Zephir main cabin + 2 Hella Fans 12v / July 2005

Hella Fans 12v in each double cabin / 2005

BBQ : Force 10 with Sunbrella cover / December 2004

Propane tanks : 6 Aluminium 25 lbs each / March 2008

Radio/CD (mp3) : Pioneer / 2008

Speakers : 1 Bose for IPOD + 1 Altec Lansing VS4121 for the computer

Satellite phone : Iridium Motorola 9505A + external antenna / July 2005

Interior finish : White Polyester – Cherry wood

Bedding / Galley equipment : fully equipped for 10 people (sheets, towels, dishes, pots and pans etc)

Sport-a-seat (sunbrella colour navy): 8 / Jan 2005

Very comfortable seats, around the table or on the deck

Main cabin window covers in Textilene Black / Oct 2007

Cockpit curtain Textilene White / Oct 2007

2 Vacuum cleaners / April 2005

1 portable diesel pump (for refueling)

1 Oil extractor

GENERAL EQUIPMENT

Lewmar Hatches

Goiot Portlights

Double pilot seats

To share your passion !

Dinghy: AB Inflatable Aluminium dinghy, 3,4 m (11.5 ft) / Oct 2006

Outboard : Tohatsu 18 HP with tabs / Sept 2007

Davits : First quality stainless steel (38 mm – 1.5 in diam)

Arch holding solar panels, dinghy, gangplank, GPS/Iridium antennas, navigation lights and courtesy lights

Fenders : 10 with jackets

Portable VHF radio : 2 x Uniden / March 2007

Walkie-talkie : 6

Binoculars : Bynolit SeaRanger II 7x50 with compass / March 2007

Sun awning/Bimini : Sunbrella made by Doyle / Oct 2007

Gangplank : 1

Life rafts : 2 Bombard, 6 persons each / 2001

Fire extinguishers : 4

Bilge pumps : 6

Emergency pump : Rule Bilge Pump 15 140 l / hr (4 000 gal/hr)

Life jackets : 14

Flare Gun : 1

Flare Kit (parachute, hand held, smoke flares) : 1

FISHING / DIVING / SNORKELING

2 Tica salt water reels SB50 1000 meters line / June 2009

2 High sea fishing rods Hokuma Predator / June 2009

2 Fishing rods with Pen reels

2 Spear Guns

1 Spear Pole

Snorkeling gear : many masks, snorkels and fins (different sizes)

2 Complete Scuba Diving Gear (1 Sherwood – 1 US Divers)

- BCs
- Regulators
- Tanks (1 steel – 1 aluminium)
- Dive computers
- Lamps
- Weight belts
- Masks and snorkels
- Fins

BOTTOM PAINT

Make / Year : Altex / May 2009

The barrier coat and the anfifouling have been done in May 2009 in New Zealand; 8 coats of paint have been applied on both hulls as recommanded by the Altex manufacturer :

- 1 coat Primer Epoxy Altex #1
- 3 coats Primer Epoxy Undercoat Altex #3
- 1 coat Primer Epoxy Altex #1
- 3 coats Antifouling ABC3

All the painting work has been supervised by the Altex representant from Wynn Fraser Paints, Whangarei, NZ

TOOLS

3 Toolboxes fully garnished with all the tools you need to fix almost everything on board

2 Orbital Sander Porter Cable - Makita
1 Jigsaw Bosch
1 Wireless Drill 14 V Bosch
1 Drill bits complete set
1 Grinder Bosch
1 Karcher

2 Complete sets of Mastercraft ratchets and box wrenches
2 Sets of Stanley wrenches (metric – imperial)

Lot ot spare bolts, screws, electric parts and connectors in organizers

SPARE PARTS

2 Propellers 2 blades
1 Engine Yanmar starter
1 Yanmar alternator
Impellers, fuel and oil filters, belts, o-rings and many others…
3 Engine Shock absorbers
2 Sail drive Shock absorbers
Replacement boards (new) for all the Raymarine navigation instruments
1 S2 Course computer
1 complete Raymarine auto-pilot
1 new Isotherm refrigerator unit
1 new Kohler seawater pump (genset)
4 commercial prefilters and oil separators (watermaker)
5 Water pumps
And many others…


HISTORY OF THE VESSEL

The Sol Maria captain, Réal, has more than 20 years of experience sailing around the world.

Sol Maria is his third sailing vessel. He owned precedently Saint-Soleil, a monohull 28 footer and Marfil, a monohull 44 footer. So he has lot of experience in sailing and in maintaining a sailing boat.

The Sol Maria first and only other owner has been Star Voyage in Martinique. Valenza was the vessel’s name at this time. She has been delivered to Guadeloupe by a mothership from France in Augut 2001 and has been used as a charter boat with a professional skipper for 3 years.

My wife and I bought her in Martinique in December 2004 and we fully equipped her for a world around sailing trip in St-Martin in June-July 2005.

We sailed in the Antilles from December 2004 to April 2006 and crossed the Atlantic in May 2006 to Gibraltar.

We sailed in the Mediterranean Sea from May to November 2006 (Baleares, Corsica, Italia, Greece, Malta, Sicilia and back to Gibraltar).

In 2007, we sailed to Canarias islands and Cape Verde before crossing again the Atlantic to reach Trinidad in May 2007. Afterwards, we sailed from Trinidad to Panama via Venezuela, Bonaire and Curacao. We crossed the Panama Canal in March 2008 and reached New Zealand in November 2008 via Galapagos, Marquesas, Society islands, Cook, Tonga and Fiji.

Our navigation program from May to November 2009 includes Fiji, Vanuatu, New-Caledonia and Australia.