CONSTELLATION 44

This is without doubt the most impressive yacht we have seen in a very long time! The Constellation 44 was built in Sri Lanka with a very heavy GRP lay-up and quality materials and workmanship very rarely seen on yachts today. Viewing of this beautiful and exceptionally well equipped ketch is highly recommended.

Classic looks on this beautiful centre cockpit cutter/ketch. You step aboard from the passerelle under the custom made stainless steel arch housing solar panels and wind generators, over the wind vane self steering on to the aft deck. There are good sized lazarettes here and the permanent set up for the kedge anchor. 

The foredeck area houses two massive bollards and the new cutter rigged furling drums. The beautiful teak deck is in excellent order and quality fittings can be seen everywhere from the custom stainless port-lights to the new Anderson winches, attractive varnish work and quality canvass covers. 

From the large but secure feeling cockpit you descend the companionway steps into the main saloon. A full size chart table and navigation station is situated to port with all the nav equipment you could need for long distance cruising.  There is a very spacious but practical 'U' shaped galley with a huge amount of stowage to starboard.  The saloon has a straight settee with bunk above to starboard and an 'L' shaped settee with bunk above to port. There is excellent stowage throughout the yacht and beautiful woodwork and quality joinery abounds. There is a roomy heads compartment forward of the saloon in the walkthru' to the double guest cabin in the forepeak area. 

Aft of the chart table a further walkthru' to the owners cabin houses a work bench and storage to port, the electrical control panel and excellent access to the engine room/generator etc opposite. The yacht benefits from the excellent new Yanmar engine and all the systems are clean and in good working order, clearly reflecting the owners' meticulous maintenance program and updating/replacing of equipment with quality and reliability in mind. The owners' cabin aft is very spacious with a double bed, curved settee, excellent stowage and an en-suite heads compartment with a separate shower stall. Overall, a very special yacht of extremely high build quality with much money spent on sensible upgrades of equipment, she certainly appears capable of any voyage worldwide in considerable comfort.

In addition to the equipment/inventory listed below, we have further details on request. 

PRICE - reduced to £120,000 sterling (VAT paid)

Make
DESIGNER / BUILDER - Brewer & Walstrom / Constellation Yachts in China Bay, Sri Lanka
MAKE / MODEL - Constellation 44
DATE BUILT - 1980
REGISTRATION / FLAG - Guernsey Blue Book
PRICE / VAT - £165,000 (VAT paid)

Specifications
LOA - 13.48m
LWL - 10.82m
BEAM - 4.14m
DRAFT - 2.03m
KEEL TYPE - Long fin
DISPLACEMENT - 18.57 tonne, tonnage certificate and official tonnage board on vessel
BALLAST - Encapsulated lead
EPOXY TREATED - 1997
CONSTRUCTION - GRP
COCKPIT - Deep center cockpit
STEERING - Edson pedestal to bronze quadrant

Engine
MAKE - YANMAR
MODEL - 4JH4-HTE
HP - 110 HP Turbo
DATE INSTALLED - 2007
GEARBOX - ZF 25A
COOLING SYSTEM - Fresh and salt water via heat exchanger
NO. OF CYLINDERS - 4
ENGINE HOURS - 250 approx (250 hour service completed March 2010)
PROPELLER - MAXPROP (new 2007, serviced  March 2010)
SHAFT / SAIL DRIVE - Shaft (new March 2010, new shaft gland, cutlass bearing)
OTHER - Separ 2000 fuel filter installed in feed line, Perko Bronze seacocks (new 2007). Original Crittenden/Wilcox seacock’s stripped and serviced Jan 2010.  Vetus bowthruster,control at wheel pedestal.  Tools (listed separately)

Tankage
WATER TANK - 972 litres approx in 2 tanks
DIESEL TANK - 757 litres approx  in 2 tanks, filtered by Separ 2000 (new 2009)

Electrical System
BATTERIES DOMESTIC - 2 x 420 amp Surrette
DATE NEW - 1998
BATTERIES ENGINE - 110 Amp cranking battery
DATE NEW - 2009
BATTERY BOW THRUST-110 Amp cranking battery, (new 2009)
VOLTAGE - 12v
ALTERNATORS -  210 Amp Balmar charging domestic batteries complete with Balmar  MC 612 Charging controller (this controller will condition batteries if required by manual adjustment of programme) both new 2007 and installed by Yanmar agent,original 70 amp Yanmar alternator charging start battery (new 2008) and bow thrust battery (new 2009)
BATTERY CHARGER - Mastervolt Combi 12/2000/100 Charger Inverter (plus 1 spare)
BATTERY MONITOR - Mastervolt BTM III, complete with Mastervolt PC program which permits manual adjustment for charging/conditioning of batteries
GENERATOR MAKE AND MODEL - Fischer Panda 4000 FC (fresh water cooled), Separ 2000 filter (new 2009) installed in fuel line
SHORE POWER - 25 metre shore cable feeding Mastervolt Isolation Transformer SOLAR PANELS - 2 x 55 watt solar panels
WIND GENERATOR - 2 x Rutland 913 wind generators, plus AQUA GEN towing generator spare
OTHER - Boat rewired (2001) to USCG guidelines for small ships using Blue Seas electrical equipment throughout, 3 pin UK standard domestic sockets (brass) all renewed 2009, low level red night lights to each cabin, 110 VOLT Inverter feeding 1 socket at workbench

Navigation Equipment
LOG / SPEED - Simrad repeated on AP 20 and cockpit
GPS - 2 x Magnavox MX 100 fixed at chart table, interfaced to Simrad AP 20 with selector switch, repeated in cockpit, signal outputs to computer Euronav system, plus 1 x Maggellan GPS 3000 XL hand held in Grab Bag and 1 x Garmin GPS 12 CX hand held at chart table
AUTOPILOT / SELF STEERING - Robertson Simrad AP 20,can be set for wind  steering if required,  Simrad/Robertson hydraulic ram onto bronze quadrant, controlled by Simrad/Robertson AP 20 from chart table and remote hand held in cockpit.  Monitor Wind vane steering linked by lines to wheel, separate trimming line at rear of cockpit.  Simrad Tiller (1 spare) Pilot onto Monitor Wind vane, used for light wind conditions using minimal amps (1/2 amps compaired to 10 amps for Robertson/Simrad) ,could be interfaced with GPS if required
COMMUNIC ATIONS - Thrane & Thrane TT-3064A Mini M Iridium SATCOM  (new 2009), SSB – SGC 2000,whip ariel new 2009, ICOM IC-M411 fixed at chart table (new 2008), ICOM IC-M71 hand held at work bench in charger (new 2009), ICOM IC-M15 in Grab Bag (new 2008)
ECHO SOUNDER - Simrad repeated on AP 20 and cockpit
CHART PLOTTER - EURONAV charting system and charts
RADAR - Furuno 1832,30 mile radius, viewable from wheel
WIND INDICATOR - Simrad repeated on AP 20 and cockpit
COMPASS - Ritchie Binnacle plus Simrad Electronic Compass repeated on AP20
OTHER - Boeder Scanner/copier,  Canon printer, NAV 4 Navtex, various charts inc UK,France,Spain,North Africa,Caribbean,Croatia,Corsica,Sardinia Italy.  Software - Euronav 3000 Chart plotting system including full Mediterranean Folio, AstroNav Navigation program, TideComp, Stellarium Star sighting

Anchors / Warps
ELECTRIC WINDLASS - Simpson Horizon 1500 with hand held remote power from the cockpit or bow.  Maxwell chain counter available on vessel (new 2009), not yet wired in
BOW ANCHOR - 75 pound Plough, Fortress 37 with 100 metre 3/8 chain, floating anchor buoy (new 2009)
KEDGE ANCHOR - Bruce with chain and rode, Webbing stern line on roller (new 2010)

Rig and sails
TYPE - Cutter Ketch
MAIN MAST - Keel stepped, Isomat white epoxy alloy, repainted 2008 with deck lights on spreaders, Tricolour nav light, VHF ariel, windex wind indicator, safety bars installed , Simrad wind instrument repeated on AP 20 and in cockpit. Halyard jammers, S/S mast steps
MIZZEN MAST - Cabin stepped (main support in aft cabin), Isomat white epoxy alloy, repainted 2008, spare VHF aerial, TV aerial, Scanstrut mounting for Furuno Radar, cockpit light, halyard for Mizzen Chute, S/S mast steps
STANDING RIGGING - Stainless steel, main mast renewed 2009 by NAVTEC Rigging Solution
MAINSAIL REEFING - Slab, dropping into sail bag/cover with lazy jacks
GENOA FURLING SYSTEM - Reckmann 2000 (new 2009)
STAYSAIL FURLING SYSTEM - Reckmann 2000 (new 2009)
MIZZEN REEFING - Slab into sail bag
MAINSAIL - Parker & Kay full batten, 2 reef points, batten pockets separate, dopping into sailbag ( new 2008) with lazyjacks
MIZZEN - Parker & Kay, slab, dropping into sailbag (new 2008), lazy jacks
GENOA - Parker & Kay reefing (foam luff) tri radial (new UV strip 2008)
STAYSAIL - Parker & Kay reefing (foam luff), ( new UVstrip 2008)
CRUISING CHUTE - Parker & Kay (Quantum Sails), (new 2010),
MIZZEN CHUTE- Triradial new 2009 North Sails Italy
HEAVY WEATHER SAILS - Storm Jib make unknown, set on separate adjustable (Wichard) stay, Trysail make unknown, set on separate mast track

Winches
GENOA - Anderson 52 ST Classic (new 2009)
STAYSAIL - Anderson 28 ST Classic (new 2009)
SECONDARY - Anderson 46 ST Classic (new 2009)
MAIN MAST - Anderson 28 ST Classic x 2(new 2009)
MAIN BOOM REEFING - Anderson 10 ST Classic (new 2009)
MIZZEN MAST- Anderson 10 ST Classic (new 2009)

Accommodation
BERTHS - 8
CABINS - 2 plus saloon
TOILETS - 2
SHOWERS - 2

Domestic Inventory & Equipment
REFRIGERATOR - 7.6 cu ft top loading Isotherm Magnum single compressor (new 2009), 12 volt complete with plastic coated storage trays (new 2009), internal thermostat
FREEZER - 17 cu ft top loading Isotherm Magnum twin compressor 12 volt complete with plastic coated storage trays (new 2009), external thermostat
COOKER - 3 burner gas cooker, manual gas isolation valve in locker near cooker, cooker has sliding wooden cover (new 2008)
MICROWAVE - LG Microwave, powered from shore power/generator/inverter (new 2009)
PRESSURISED WATER SYSTEM - 12 volt, water purifier General Ecology Inc for drinking water (spare filters)
MANUAL WATER SYSTEM - Foot pumps at galley sink for fresh and salt water
HOT & COLD - Supplied to both heads and galley, Whale quick coupling system
CALORIFIER / IMMERSION – Isotherm, heated from engine or 220 volt, powered from shore power or Generator
HEATING SYSTEM - Electric space heaters installed in main cabin and aft cabin powered from shore power or generator (new 2009)
GALLEY EQUIPMENT - Fully equipped
GAS BOTTLES - 2 x 13 kg Butane in Lazerette, interconnecting hose to British standards (new 2009)
OTHER - Hitachi 22” flat screen TV (new 2009), Phillips DVD/CD player (new 2009), BOSE Sound System, Sony World radio ICF-SW77.  Some bedding / duvets etc

Safety Equipment
BILGE PUMPS - 12 Volt Johnson 2200 GPM (new 2010) including auto switch,
Manual Whale Gusher 30 operated from cockpit (new 2008) plus emergency engine bilge pump taking suction through separate head via engine cooling pump (installed 2009)
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - 3 x manual plus 1 x automatic
FIRE BLANKET x 1
LIFE JACKETS -  3 x Auto Gas,1 x child’s jacket
HARNESSES - 4 x triple hook harnesses
LIFE LINES - 2 x Webbing (new 2009)
LIFEBUOY – See below
DANBUOY - World Survival System Jon Buoy (new 2008)
EMERGENCY TILLER - Emergency Monitor M RUD fits to Monitor Wind Vane
LIFE RAFT - Avon 6 person (serviced March 2010)
RADAR REFLECTOR - Yes, Firdell Blipper attached to mizzen mast
FIRST AID KIT - Yes
FLARES - Yes
EPIRB - ACR EPIRB 406 in holder on Mizzen mast
OTHER - FELCO  adjustable emergency wire cutters (new 2009), emergency axe (new 2009) ,emergency Subrella underwater plugs, 18ft Para sea storm anchor, grab bag

Deck Equipment
DINGHY - White Avon RIB 3.2 (stows on cabin roof in purpose made bag), complete with oars, outboard extension handle, manual foot pump and 12 volt inflator
OUTBOARD ENGINE - Yamaha 9.9 mounted on push pit with dedicated crane for lowering/raising.
BIMINI - Yes (new 2008)
SUN AWNING - Yes (new 2008)
COCKPIT COVER - Yes (new 2008)
TENT - All over winter tent, new 2010
SPRAY HOOD - Yes (new 2008)
FENDERS - 6 x fenders plus 4 x buoy fenders
WARPS - Various new/used warps, towing bridle, webbing stern line on roller, octoplait stern line and chain loop in lazerette, black multi plait, 2 x 20 metres (new 2009), stern warps/stainless steel spring loaded, 4 x stainless steel Dan Leno shackles
CLEATS - Poralu professional galvanized with s/s backing plates
FAIRLEADS - Stainless steel rollers with s/s backing plates (new 2008)
BOLLARDS - Galvanized bollards located on foredeck with S/S backing plates OTHER - 1000000 Candle power spot lamp 12 volt, 2 pairs of binoculars, Frieberger Yacht Sextant, Bosuns chair, 2 full sets of scuba equipment including tanks (full), BCDs, flippers, masks/snorkes, regulators, knives, scratch pads, suits, Teak boat hook
WATER CONTAINERS - 2 x 5 gall
BOARDING LADDER - Stainless folding ladder (new 2010), Passerelle (new 2009)