Steel sailing yacht Romantica "Vision", built in 1987, dim.: 14,99 (lwl 12,25) x 4,32 x 2,00 m, headway approx. 22 m, designed by Angelo Lavranos from South Africa, built by Ankon Marine CapeTown South Africa, steel hull, deck and superstructure, aluminium dockhouse, Lexaan 12,5 mm windows on the whole vessel, round-bilged blue hull, displacement approx. 22.000 kg, ballast approx. 7000 kg of lead in a steel hull integrated keel, capacity fueltank approx. 1.200 liters in a steel hull/keel integrated tank, capacity watertank approx. 1.000 liters in 4 hull integrated steel tanks, capacity grey water sump tank approx. 200 liters in a steel tank, hydraulic wheel steering, emergency tiller.

"Vision"is a long distance blue water cruiser. She was originaly designed and built for a South African who sailed her to the Netherlands in 1990 where she was subsequently bought by a German couple. They used her for the holidays in the dutch waters. In 1999 she was bought by the present owner who sailed her to Curacao where he lived on board for 4 years. She is for sale due to a recall to the Netherlands of the owner. If you are looking for a serious sturdy steel long distance sailingboat you can inspect "Vision "on the hard in Hindeloopen.

Classic mahogany interior with teak trims and modern style elements, 3 cabins each with two sleeps plus 2 in the saloon makes 8 sleeps possible, headroom throughout the whole vessel never below 1,95 m, 1 head with toilet and shower and a second toilet possible, large open saloon and an extremely large aft cabin with a double, Webasto DBW2020 central hot water heating system with radiators in every cabin and an additional 12 Volt DC/2000 Watt electric heater in the saloon (2003), large L-shaped galley facing aft with a double sink, waterpressure system and a footpump for sweet water, hot water via a calorifier heated by both 220 Volt AC (needs new plug) and the Webasto central heating system, a 2-burner gas stove with oven and 2 electric stoves, 24 Volt refrigerator (1999) and a large 220 Volt AC deep freeze of 200 liters, Sharp Carusel microwave.

Perkins type 4.236 78 hp/ 57 kW diesel, engine number LD-14420 U 06512 N from 1987, indirect cooling system with a wet exhaust, hydraulic Hurth gearbox, stainless steel propeller shaft, 3-bladed propeller, 1x manual and 1x electric bilge pump type Rule 3700, electric installation both 12 and 24 Volt DC and 220 Volt DC, 4x 225 Ah. making 450 Ah. 24 Volt service (2003) and 2x 110 Ah. 12 Volt stat groups for engine and generator (2003) all gel batteries, shorepower with cable and earthbreakers,
Victron 24 Volt 50 Ah. battery charger, high power Mastervolt alternator giving 24 Volt 110 Amps (2002), Link 10 Heart Interface battery watch (2002), Victron Invertor 300 Watt 220 Volt AC, Mase 6000 genertor making 6 kWa 220 Volt at 50 Hz and completely rebuilt in 2002, a Swing retractable bowtruster has been removed.

C-Plath magnetic pedestal compas, 2x Fluxgate compass (2001 and 2003), Autohelm ST 50 Tridata log and depth, Brookes and Gatehouse windset, Standard horizon VHF with intercom and second station in the cockpit 2003 (no allowance and no atis), Furuno 1700 radar with the dome mounted on an aluminium pole on the aftdeck (2003), Autohelm ST 6000 autopilot with Autohelm ST 80 Fluxgate compass (2001) and a hydraulic NECO pump for the AH-6000 2 lineair drive (2000), a spare autopilot type Autohelm ST-4000+ Mark II 2003, Micrologic FX312 GPS from 2001 and Furuno GP31 (2000),
radardetector, plotter: CARD system 2003, VECOM K41 Navtex receiver (2000), Lowe HF-150 SSB receiver (2000) loudhailer.

Fixed aluminium dockhouse with an extending sprayhood and enclosing cockpit cover that can stay up during cruising under sail (2001), sun awning (2000), Avon 6 pers. liferaft last serviced 24-06-1999 with serial number 34014, Caribe 9 foot dinghy (2000) with a 8 hp Mercury outboard engine, stainless steel davids (2002), several lifejackets, lifebuoy mounted on the pullpit, safety lines on deck, Nillson electric windlass with 45 LBS CQR anchor and 65 m of 8 mm chain and rope, bathing platform with boarding ladder, bow ladder, deckshower with cold water (2002), deckwash installation, fenders, ropes and lines, spareparts, clock, cockpit cushions, fire extinguishers, added equipment that is available but not connected: to be deliverd seperately: water generator 24 Volts 10 Amp, 2x windgenerators 24 volt type Ampair; electric toilet and the removed Swing bowthruster.

Sloop cutter-rigged, Rondal white keel-stepped aluminium mast with hydraulic in mast furling, new halyards in 2003, Profurl manual furling headsail systems for both genoa and inner forestay, Sobstad furling sails from 1987: mainsail and genoa I, staysail from 2003, halfwinder with stripper 1999, hydraulic backstayadjuster, mechanical boomvang, all Lewmar winches: 4x sheet and 4x halyard, spiboom.

The vessel has undergone a major refit in the Caribean where she is still moored at the moment. Among other thing the vessel has received a new paintjob in 2002, the underwatership has been sandblasted and coated, the rigging has been checked and the mast boom and spreaders have been painted, all the windows in the hull and on the superstructure have been replaced by 12.5 mm coloured lexaan, all bills available showing what was done and with what type of materials (paint system etc).
In 2003 a full re-upholstry made her refit complete.
The vessel is owned by the third owner and is for sale due to a recall to the Netherlands.

Some of the additional figures for those who find them of interrest:
Immersion Rate: 314.80 kg/cm
cubic displacement: 14.796 m3
moment to trim dwl: 203,40 kg/m/cm
VCB to DWL: 0,355 nmeter
LCB% aft St. 0-10: 50,1%
LCF% aft St. 0-10: 52,8%
Waterplane area: 30,74 m2
wetted area DWL 50,05 m2
BML: 17,75 meter