BLUE MONCHU is a great example of her class. She is comprehensively equipped for bluewater sailing and a thoughtful programme of maintenance and upgrades ensures that she is presented in fantastic shape.

BLUE MONCHU had a survey carried out for the owners after the 2013/14 winter lay-up period because there was some concern that about some water ingress.  Whilst this established that the main engine and generator were fine, the owners took the opportunity to replace some pumps, alternators and some other equipment to ensure 100% reliability going forward.   This €10,000 pitstop stood the yacht in good stead as she enjoyed a full season’s cruising in the Eastern Mediterranean as well as a trouble free trip back from Turkey to Berthon in September.

BLUE MONCHU’s purpose was to give her owners security and a high level of comfort on extended coastal cruises and during prolonged offshore passages. She has fulfilled this brief well. The water maker, air conditioner and long range telecommunications capability give her a high degree of independence. 

She is extremely maneuverable in close quarters and her draft is moderate so we have had no problems in using marinas or small harbours. The deck saloon greatly increases the enjoyment of onboard life because the crew feel part of the outside environment and it is possible to keep watch safely from the navigator’s seat.

One of the yacht’s prime qualities is her performance under sail. We are sailors with a racing background and she feels sensitive and eminently trim-able, with excellent light air performance compared with other serious cruising yachts. She is steady in a seaway and this preserves the crew in heavy weather.

The Discovery 55’ has been extensively reviewed. Bluewater Sailing calls her ‘an innovative and eminently comfortable voyaging home’ whilst Boat International said ‘the Discovery 55’ is a beautiful boat, soundly constructed out of the best materials and designed to look after her crew, whatever nature throws up. But none of this is at the expense of performance which is in the top league of today’s modern cruiser-racers’

Call us today for an appointment to view, and if you would like to have copies of the boat tests above, please just ask.

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean” (or Cat B – whichever is appropriate)

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

·         GRP cored deck, with teak overlaid as well as in the cockpit.

·         Superstructure in GRP.

·         Teak and stainless steel external trim.

·         Designed by High Modular Engineering, laid up in female moulds. 

·         Lay-up incorporates en-grain balsa core which is vacuumed for complete structural integrity.

·         Woven matt is used with a layer of woven Kevlar throughout the forward part of the hull.

·         Structural bulkheads are of marine ply, laminated to hull and deck.

·         The hull has 2 coats of isothalic gelcoat and is non-pigmented below the waterline, followed by powder bound matt.

·         The hull is epoxy coated beneath the waterline and the boot top is mounded into the gelcoat.

·         Hull topside painted with Duker blue acrylic (November 2013). Work inspected by qualified surveyor.

·         Antifoul: 2 x coats to hull; keel stripped and painted with 4 coats in 2012. Annually 2 x coats on high wear areas, 1 x coat elsewhere.

·         Watertight door amidships with watertight ducting.

·         There are 2 watertight bulkheads, aft of the chain locker and between the main forward sail locker and the forward cabin. Duker blue gelcoat, gold and red style lines.

·         Anodes replaced annually.

Keel & Rudder:

·         Half skeg hung rudder.

·         Lead keel, bolted externally.

Engine & Gearboxes:

·         1 x Yanmar 4LHA 4-Cylinder Turbo 140hp (103kW) diesel engine.

·         2.5.1 Reduction gearbox (2010).

·         Engine is mounted on flexible captive feed.

·         Aquadrive coupling through thrust bearing in shaft on cast bronze P bracket.

·         Engine room is lined with fire retardant insulation.

Maintenance & Performance:

·         Engine Hours: c. 1,965 hours.

·         Regular full service and winterizing when appropriate.

·         Serviced engine starter motor & 80 amp alternator; replaced gaskets, control panel harness and magnetic relays, oil & tachometer sender units, sea water pump and other Yanmar parts (2014).

Note: Parts replaced for Yanmar main engine; exhaust manifold gasket, turbocharger gasket, exhaust elbow gasket, control panel harness relay, magnetic start relay, starting motor assembly, alternator belt, v-belt – extra alternator, tachometer sender unit, oil sender unit, pump bearings, seals, o-rings, 80 amp alternator assembly, extra alternator ball bearings, and oil & fuel filters. All components are genuine Yanmar parts.

Propulsion & Steering:

·         24” Maxprop propeller (serviced 2012).

·         Rope cutter.

·         24v Bowthruster with faired aperture; overhauled and leg replaced (2012).

·         Whitlock wheel steering with custom pedestal and leather cover plus friction brake.

·         Steering system received service and corrosion inhibition in 2014.

Voltage Systems:

·         240v Ring main.

Battery Banks:

·         12 x 2v Gel cell giving 500amp hr at 24v house batteries (2008).

·         2 x 12v Engine and genset starter batteries (2008).

Battery Chargers:

·         Victron Energie battery charger.

Alternators:

·         2 x Alternators, 55amp and 100amp.

Generator:

·         Onan 11kW generator in sound shield.

·         Generator Hours: c. 400 hours.

·         Regular full service and winterizing when appropriate.

·         Serviced starter motor, replaced exhaust gaskets, crankshaft seal, main rotor bearing, AC alternator control, fuel feed pump, isolation panel, 30 amp mini relay and other Onan parts (2014).

Note: Parts replaced for Onan generator; exhaust elbow gasket, exhaust manifold gasket, rear crankshaft seal, main rotor bearing, 4 x fuel injector washers, 4 x fuel return washers, starter motor assembly, AC alternator control, alternator belt, oil filter, fuel feed pump, zinc anode, isolation pane 30mm, and 30 amp mini relay. All components are genuine Onan parts.

Other Electrical:

·         24-12v converter.

·         Victron Energie 2500w inverter.

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

·         Plumbing for hot tub in cockpit, which is fully operational.

·         50 litre Engine calorifier with 240v immersion.

·         Seacocks cleaned and serviced (2012).

Watermaker:

·         Seafresh, 90 litres an hour, watermaker (overhauled 2012).

Bilge Pumps:

·         3 x Electric bilge pumps: forward cabin, main section with high output pump, forward sail locker, a manual bilge pump is operated from cockpit.

·         Main bilge pump replaced in 2014.

Fuel:

·         Total capacity of 1,310 litres in 3 x high density polythene tanks.

·         Independent fuel filter system to each fuel tank with audible alarm to the cockpit.

Fresh water:

·         Total fuel capacity of 800 litres in 2 x rigid high density polythene tanks.

Grey/Blackwater holding tanks:

·         Blackwater holding tanks with total capacity of 120 litres (60 litres each).

·         Raytheon ST60 boat speed, wind speed and direction, depth at cockpit (upgraded 2008); with multifunction repeater in GPS/plotter (2002).

·         Navigation pod with chartplotter on binnacle.

·         Raymarine Series E Colour Plotter with color repeater at helm (2008).

·         Raymarine RL80C pathfinder radar (2008).

·         AIS Reciever and transponder with audible alarm in the main cabin (2008).

·         See Me electronic radar reflector (2008).

·         Garmin 128 GPS (2002).

·         Autohelm ST6002 autopilot with remote (2002); autopilot components serviced in 2014.

·         EPIRB ACR RLB32 Cat 2 406 MHz VHF DSC (2002).

·         VHF/DSC Radio (2008); serviced 2012 with new speaker, cable and mast terminals.

·         Sailor SSB Radio (2006).

·         Fleet 33 Immarset satellite telephone equipment (2006).

·         Mini Tower PC with overhead screen complete with MaxSea software (2006).

·         Furuno Navtex.

General:

·         Zanussi washer/dryer.

Galley:

·         Force 10 Marine 3-burner hob and oven, gas.

·         Sharp Microwave.

·         Extractor hood.

·         Frigomatic 24v refrigerator with sea water keel cooled heat exchanger.

·         60 cu ft deep freeze.

·         10.4 cu ft fridge, with double doors.

·         Gas alarm replaced in 2014.

Heads/Showers:

·         1 x PAR manual W/C; Jabsco pump unit replaced (2013).

·         1 x Briden Tecma electric W/C; new electric control unit (2013).

·         2 x Showers; aft pump replaced 2012 & 2014.

·         Hot and cold shower on transom.

Heating & Ventilation:

·         Full tropical air conditioning (serviced 2014).

·         Fans throughout the yacht.

·         Eberspacher hot air heating.

Entertainment:

·         Sony FM radio and CD player with 2 x speakers in main saloon and 2 x speakers in cockpit; system has an iPod connector.

·         LCD television.

Lighting:

·         Cockpit light in boom.

·         Halogen lighting throughout the yacht.

Summary of Accommodation:

·         Cherry with teak and holly effect soleboards.

·         Stainless steel door furniture and trim.

·         Corian work surfaces.

·         All hull and deck surfaces are lined.

·         All bilge areas are flo-coated in grey or white.

·         2 x Front opening windows in main saloon.

·         6 x Opening ports in hull.

·         Elevated saloon with circular seating for 9.

·         2 x Double berths; 3 x single berths.

·         Double cabin in bow, twin bunk cabin in port, heads with shower to starboard.

·         Pilot berth to starboard.

·         Elevated navigation station on starboard side with galley to port, running back to large double cabin aft with ensuite.

·         Navigation seat upgraded to leather, 2012.

·         Watertight bulkhead and door from main saloon to forward accommodation. The bulkhead in the forward cabin is also watertight, as is the bulkhead between the chain locker and forward lazarette.

·         Lee cloths.

·         Internal pull-down blinds to forward windows (2006).

Rig:

·         Cutter headed masthead sloop rig.

·         Selden aluminium, white painted, keel stepped spars.

·         Wire standing rigging; running rigging in Dyneema and polyester braid.

·         Spinlock clutches for control lines.

·         Electric in-mast furling on mainsail; Furlex units serviced in 2013.

·         Rig checked and maintained by Performance Rigging (2011) – D2 shrouds upgraded from 12mm to 14mm.

·         Selden Hydraulic boom vang.

·         Hydraulic vang serviced by Allspars (2010).

·         Mainsail reefing overhauled in 2013.

·         Spinlock clutches.

·         Self tacking staysail on a Lewmar anodized track.

·         Furlex 4005 furling drums for genoa and staysail; Furlex units serviced in 2013.

·         Twistle rig enabling single handed downwind sailing, including two poling-out spars.

Note: Spinnaker and gear is in the UK, but is not offered until yacht returns.

Winches:

·         2 x Lewmar manual winches on the mast.

·         4 x Lewmar electric winches in the cockpit area.

·         Winches serviced 2013.

Sails:

·         Hood furling mainsail in Vectran (2011).

·         Hood blade jib in Vectran (2002) (refurbished 2012).

·         Asymmetric spinnaker with furling gear by Kemp, 2011.

·         Hood genoa in Vectran (2002).

·         Sails inspected and repaired every winter by a sailmaker.

General:

·         Salt water deck wash.

·         Hydraulic extending passerelle with remote control.

·         Bathing platform with steps inset with teak.

·         Pulpit with teak seats, stainless steel stanchions, boarding gates.

·         Pulpit with gin and tonic seats, fold down swim ladder from sugar scoop stern arrangement.

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

·         Stern anchoring arrangement.

·         Delta 40kg anchor plus extra anchor chain (100m), colour coded.

·         Kedge anchors.

·         50m Octoplait line and chain for kedge.

·         Lewmar 3 vertical electric anchor windlass; controlled from steering position, as well as foredeck (no remote control).

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

·         Bimini; panels replaced (2011), and further entire unit refurbished (2014).

·         Full-width sprayhood (2010); refurbished in 2014.

Tender & Outboard:

·         Caribou 2.5m dinghy; refurbished 2013.

·         Yamaha 8hp outboard engine.

·         2 x Whittall Marine 100kg davits.

Safety Equipment:

·         Viking 6-man liferaft fitted in pushpit with hydrostatic release; serviced 2013.

·         2 x Horseshoe buoys plus additional safety kit, including tramline and sea anchor.

·         1 x Jonbouy.

·         Flares.