Nauticat 43 Bluewater Pilothouse Sailboat - Fully loaded for extensive cruising!

Now available for sale: the most highly equiped blue-water cruising boat. Starting with an excellent pedigree (the Sparkman and Stevens designed Nauticat Pilothouse sailboat built for true bluewater sailing) this vessel has been equipped with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of new high end gear to make it the most equipped blue-water cruiser available by a long shot, in a while. Equipped with the latest in electronics and safety, this yacht is setup to be easily handled by a single sailor while crossing vast oceans.

This yacht is ideally suited for shorthanded crew or families who want to cross oceans in utmost safety and comfort. Already equipped with all the gear you can imagine, starting out with this yacht will just make that dream of crossing oceans that much more closer to happening, as this vessel is already so well equipped and has crossed oceans multiple times already. As the famous sailor said:

• Manufacturer: Nauticat Yachts Oy / Siltala Yachts / Finland
• Model: Nauticat 43
• Built: 1985
• Over $120,000 invested in upgrades to electronics and safety systems!
• Designer: World famous Sparkman and Stevens (S&S)
• Category: Pilothouse Bluewater Cruiser - Ketch Rigged Cutter
• Length Over All: 47' 7.5"
• Length at Water Line: 32' 10"
• Beam: 13' 10"
• Draft: 6.25'
• Displacement: 33,100 lbs
• Fuel Capacity: 265 gallons diesel in two tanks
• Water Capacity: 220 gallons in two SS tanks
• Speed under Power: 7 knots at 2000 rpm
• Interior: 3 staterooms, 2 heads (one with shower), galley, dinnette, pilot house with helm and nav station
• Displacement to Length Ratio: 417.6 (Super Comfortable Ocean Cruiser)
• Engine: Ford 90HP Lehman 4-cyclinder diesel, fresh-water cooled
• Transmission: Borg Warner Velvet Drive Hydraulic Transmission
• Propeller: Max Prop, 3-blade 22" adjustable pitch
• Generator: 1993 Universal Model 18, 4KW 2-Cyclinder fresh water cooled diesel, with remote start and instrument panel
• Sails: Main, Genoa, Staysail, Mizzen - All Sails are Roller Furled. Staysail is self-tending (as it main and mizzen sail).

• Pilothouse with all-round view! Excellent protection from Weather. Sail in comfort
• Built for true around the world blue-water cruising
• Displacement/Length Ratio of 431! Very Sea Kindly!
• Three separate stateroom/cabins:
• Aft Cabin - large owner's stateroom, complete with remote monitor for all navigation and safety equipment, including radar, AIS, GPS, Depth, and more. This cabin has a large bed designed for comfort in all types of weather: no need for Lee cloths. Lots of storage and lockers.
• Forward Cabin: with V-berth and lots of storage
• Mid-Aft Cabin: with over/under bunk beds: Two single bunk beds
• Excellent access to the engine room, both from above and from a side-door. No need to lift floors to access the engine room when underway. Simply enter via the side door

• Cockpit Helm Station: A Garmin 5212 Multifunction Display Unit
• In the Pilothouse/Saloon: Another Garmin 5212 Multifunction Display Unit
• In the Aft Cabin: Large 15" Multifunction Display mirroing Helm Station Garmin 5212
• Radar: A Garmin GMR 18HD High Definition Digital Radar
• AIS: Garmin AIS 600 Automatic Transceiver with both receive and send
• Underwater Mounted Camera: To view underneath the boat. Can be rotated from inside to view both forward and aft underwater, as well as to the sides. Great for watching fish or checking the underbody
• Single Side Band SSB/HF Marine and Ham Radio: with an excellently located SSB antenna installed high up between mizzen and main masts
• SCS Pactor III Modem, upgraded, to enable send/receive of data over SSB/Ham Radio
• Raymarine Hydraulic Autopilot: A very robust raymarine autopilot with independent hydraulic system. The autopilot is connected to the Garmin GPS NMEA output, so you can program the boat to navigate to a precise GPS waypoint.
• Backup Raymarine Wheel Autopilot: Yes, a second autopilot is connected to the wheel as a backup
• Airmar PB200 Ultrasonic Digital Weather Station - get highly accurate windspeed and direction digitally with no moving parts! Mounted on top of the mast
• NMEA 2000 Bus runs from the top of the main mast, through the boat, and up the mizzen. Along the way, several items are connected to the bus, including the Garmin 5212 multifunction displays, the radar, the AIS, a depth-speed-temperature sensor (DST), the Airmar PB200 weather station, etc. The location and length of the bus makes it very easy to add more NMEA2k components, so you always have the very latest electronics. NMEA2K is the latest and fastest marine network that interconnects multiple systems from different manufacturers, including Garmin and Raymarine.
• Many other items and upgrades...

• 5 Heavy Duty 8D Lifeline Batteries: Total capacity exceeds 1000 Amp-Hours! Batteries in excellent condition
• One Xantrex 3.5kW inverter/Charger: Automatically provides 110v AC power to the entire boat. Also charges the batteries when shorepower is available.
• Second Xantrex 1.5KW inverter/Charger: Provides AC power and charging also.
• Solar Panels: 2-Panels: 430 Watts total of Solar Panel, connected in series to a highly efficient MPPT Solar Charge Controller. Provides ample DC charging when the sun is shinning
• Wind Generator: 400 Watts Marine Wind Generator, mounted on the mizzen, provides ample power when the wind is blowing, night or day.
• 4KW Diesel Generator: provides ample power enough to run all three air conditioners at the same time. Use the generator to operate the installed washing machine/dryer
• 220V Converter for Cruising in European Waters

• Engine Room Camera with Infrared Support: Remotely monitor the engine room with this camera. Connected to the Garmins, you can monitor the engine room from either helm stations (cockpit or main saloon), and also from the large screen in the aft cabin. The camera has infrared support so you can clearly monitor the engines even when engine room lights are off and the engine room is pitch dark. You can also watch this camera from the main LCD TV in the main saloon
• Underwater Camera: mounted via an amidship throughhull, allows you to monitor underwater. You can swivel the camera from inside the boat to view underwater forward of the boat, backwards, or sideways. There are many uses for this including fish watching, watching for coral rocks, checking the prop area, watching the anchor, etc. This camera can also be monitored from either helm station (cockpit or main saloon). It can also be watched from the LCD TV in the main saloon, as well as from the large MFD screen in the aft cabin.
• Life Raft - 6 Person
• Single Side Band HF SSB Radio with HAM Bands enabled
• Pactor Modem for digital communication over SSB/Ham
• VHF Radio with DSC
• AIS Transceiver / both send and receive; for Collision Avoidance at Sea
• Precision GPS Waypoint Navigation: Autopilot is hooked in to NMEA GPS so you can navigate directly a waypoint
• Designed so you can sail the boat while lying down in the aft cabin: so even if you are disabled or seasick, you can manage electronics and even furl the sail using all the wireless remote controllers and monitor in the aft cabin
• Hooked up for single handing: All sails are on roller furlers. Main, genoa and staysail have wireless remote controls so you can manage sails with the press of a button even while lying in bed anywhere on the yacht
• 300+ feet of chain anchor, for 60' anchor with electric windlass, operable by both foot switch and wireless remote control

• Matrix-Connected Electric Fluid Change Pump: Makes it trivially easy to change engine oil for the main engine and the generator. See more details of this pump below.
• Electric Anchor Windlass with Wireless Remote Control: An anchor windlass makes the job of raising anchor very easy, and an electric unit makes it double so. However an electric windlass with a wireless remote control gives you the utmost in ease and control of weighing anchor! You can raise anchor from any on this boat and even off this boat, within a 100 feet radius!!! Makes it trivially easy to inspect your chain while standing on the dock off the boat. Like watching TV, simply press the UP or DOWN button on the remote from anywhere within 100 feet of the boat, and watch your anchor go up or down. In addition to the wireless remote control there are ofcourse backup fixed install buttons to operate the windlass located next to the windlass and wired in the cockpit
• Cutter-Rigged Ketch with ALL 4 Sails on Furlers! It is well known that a Ketch, with its mizzen mast, makes for easier sail handling, given the distributed sailplan and the greater number of sail combination options. In addition to being a ketch, this vessel is also:
• Cutter Rigged: Has one additional sail between the main sail and the genoa/jib, which gives a strong extra boost to all-weather sailing, and is well positioned to be a storm sail
• All 4 Sails are on Furlers! The main sail has in-mast furling. The mizzen sail is also in-mast furled! The cutter sail is on a roller furling, and so also is the main genoa/jib! With all 4 sails on furlers, gone is the hesitation to raise or lower sails! No complex sail handling nor difficulty putting sails away. In its place you get very easy sail deployment and retrieval, with infinite amount of reef points!!!
• Wireless Remote Control Furlers for the front 3 sails: The furlers for the genoa/jib, staysail and the mainsail can also all be operated wirelessly from the same remote control! This makes it possible to deploy, reef or retrieve sails from anywhere within 100 feet of the boat, both from inside or outside the boat. You can even raise or lower sails while lying down in bed in the aft cabin, looking up through the skylight hatch!
• Dinghy Deploy/Retrival Electric Motor with Wireless Remote Control: An electric motor is mounted on the mizzen boom which a winch system that makes it easy to raise and lower the dinghy. This vessel comes with a 10-foot RIB dinghy with a 25 hp Johnson outboard - a very powerful unit that can plane with 5 adults onboard! There is also a special purpose aft-mounted dinghy platform for the dinghy plus outboard. You no longer need to first remove the outboard engine before stowing the dinghy. This electric hoist makes it easy to simply raise the entire dinghy plus motor unit unto the dinghy platform or lower it into the water. This electric crane motor also has a wireless remote control so you can operate it from anywhere within 100 feet of the boat!
• Multi-Function Single Unit Wireless Remote Control: Like a TV multifunction remote control, you can operate many different wireless control features of this vessel from one remote controller. Use one single wireless remote controller to operate all the wireless functions of this boat, including:
• Genoa/Jib Electric Roller Furler
• Staysail Electric Roller Furler
• Main sail Electric In-Mast Furler
• Electric Anchor Windlass
• Electric Dinghy Hoist Crane Motor
• Aft Cabin Mounted Huge Multifunction LCD Display with Wireless Remote Control for the Garmin 2000k Systems including GPS, Radar, AIS, Autopilot Navigation, Engine camera, Underwater camera, etc: Monitor all functions from the comfort of the aft cabin. Maintain excellent watch in the comfort of your aft cabin bed, while monitoring all systems of the boat, including its radar, GPS, AIS, and autopilot navigation. You can also monitor the underwater camera as well as the engine room camera, all from the comfort of your bed!