Basic Information
- Builder:
- WAUQUIEZ
- Category:
- Cruising Sailboat
- Model Year:
- 1998
- Year Built:
- 1998
- Country:
- United States
Dimensions
- LOA:
- 48' 0" (14.63m)
- Beam:
- 41' 0" (12.50m)
- Min Draft:
- 5' 11" (1.80m)
Speed, Capacities and Weight
- Displacement:
- 35280 Pounds
Hull and Deck Information
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
Engine Information
- Engines:
- 1
- Manufacturer:
- Yanmar
- Model:
- 4JH2-DTE
- Fuel Type:
- Diesel
Overview
Helicorne II is a very well equipped and seaworthy yacht for long passages shorthanded. This magnificent Yacht was designed by Ed Dubois and built in the well renowned French yard Wauquiez and is equipped for ocean passagemaking and liveaboard.
Cruising equipment includes watermaker, solar panels, wind generator, diesel gen set, washing machine and dryer. All sail handling can be done from the protection of the cockpit. The current owners have spent the last 10 Years, sailing extensively the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.
Yacht is currently in Belize and will be arriving in Florida in mid-June. She will stay in the U.S. for about a month and if not sold will be shipped to Europe.
Construction
Hull: glass-fiber and vinyl ester / polyester resins sandwich with vacuum bonded balsa core. Aramid fiber protection from bow to keel. Multiple internal treatments to prevent osmosis. Watertight bulkhead forward. Stainless steel rudder shaft with self-aligning needle bearings. Antimony hardened lead keel with stainless steel bolts. GRP balsa sandwich deck. Teak on deck, cockpit and roof
Accommodations
- Burmateak interior
- Navigators station with Raymarine ST60 instruments, chart plotter and radar, VHF built in and handheld, SSB radio IC802 with Pactor III, wind, depth sounder, speedo and GPS, EPIRB
- In cockpit wind instrument, depth sounder, speedo, graphic instrument, GPS and autopilot
- Stereo tuner with CD player, speakers in saloon and cockpit
- Force10, 4 burner gourmet galley plus oven
- Owners cabin forward, head compartment and separate shower, two hanging lockers and storage compartments,
- 2 double cabins aft with hanging lockers and storage compartments
- The starboard cabin being transformed and used as storage for provisions and spares, offering space for one berth. The head compartment being transformed into laundry with washing machine, dryer and wet locker.
- The port cabin with double berth, hanging lockers and storage compartments, 1 head compartment with toilet, shower and storage
- 24 Volt fans in cabins and saloon.
- Holding tank
Rigging & Deck
- Teak laid side deck (new since 2012), coach house and cockpit newly caulked 2015. Sparcraft mast with triple aft swept spreaders (no running backstay)
- Double backstay with SSB-antenna,
- 2 Lewmar winches 66ST for genoa sheets,
- 2 Lewmar 48ST for main sheet and spinnaker sheet
- 2 Lewmar 48ST (one electric winch) on coachroof for main halyard and foresail furling lines and reefing lines
- 1 Lewmar 48ST on mast for foresail halyards
- 1 Lewmar 40ST on boom
- 1 Walder boom brake
- Lewmar racing blocks and tracks
- Navtec hydraulic rams for boom vang and double backstays
- Sail locker under foredeck and life raft locker in transom,
- Life raft Youlong 4 pers
- Full batten Incidence mainsail
- Furling Hood genoa on Profurl furler
- Furling Incidence staysail on Profurl furler
- Asymmetric spinnaker
- Storm jib
- Spray hood and large bimini
- Dinghy davits carrying 4 solar panels and one wind generator 24 Volt
- Bathing ladder and bathing platform
- Bow thruster, new mechanic and new batteries 2015
Mooring
- Electric windlass Lofrans Project (new) 1500 W / 24 V vertical winch and capstan
- Main anchor Rocna type stainless,
- 1 CQR anchor,
- 1 Danforth anchor
- 90 m galvanized calibrated chain 3/8" as new
Mechanical
- Yanmar main engine 4JH2-DTE 85 hp turbo charged, fresh water cooled with hydraulic gearbox, approx 3000 hours, triple fuel filters
- 12 V and 24 V alternators
- One 3-blade Maxprop rotating propeller,
- one 4-blade SPW rotating propeller as spare
- 600 l fuel capacity
- Tohatsu 5 hp, 2 stroke outboard engine
- AB-dinghy ,hypalon make
Electrical
- 24 V service circuit with 4 AGM-Lifeline batteries of 200 A/h each (2013)
- 12 V main engine circuit, two 75 Ah starter batteries (2013)
- 24 V batteries 72 Ah for bow thruster (2015)
- Batterychargers for both sets plus 2 spare chargers
- 1000 W inverter
- Fisher Panda diesel gen set 4,5 KVA, fresh water cooled 220 V output
- 4 Solara solar panels, 70 W each
- Superwind wind generator 24 V
- LED lighting wherever possible
- 12 V and 220 V plugs
Plumbing
- 600 l fresh water tanks
- 40 l water heater, 220 V heated and main engine heated
- Pressurized hot and cold water system
- Echotec reverse osmosis water maker, 50 l/h
- Fresh water shower hot and cold on bathing platform
- Washing machine and dryer
- Separate shower in master cabins head
Comfort Equipment
Galley with double sink, mixer tap, gimbaled Force 10 gas stove with four burners and oven, 200 l refrigerator, 80 l freezer, stereo radio / CD player, TV monitor, portable air- conditioner
Upgrades
Beginning 2015 the underwater hull has been completely rebuilt; sandblasting, three layers of Interlux primers, two layers of Pettit Trinidad hard antifouling.
Disclaimer
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.