Koopmans 48 "Wett Kiss", built in 1987 by Aluboot in Hindeloopen - Holland, dim.: 14.50 m x 4.00 m x 1.35/2.70 m, aluminium hull, superstructure and deck, teak deck, teak in cockpit and on superstructure refitted fully: sanded and checked in 2002. Round bilged white hull with light blue striping - repainted in 2002, all the Lewmar deck hatches and port lights refitted with new glass and Plexiglas in 2002: total 4 small + 5 large deck hatches and 8 opening portlights in superstructure and cockpit. Electric hydraulic operated wing-shaped centre board keel with very little ballast, displacement: approx. 19 tonnes, ballast: 8 tonnes - lead integrated in the lower part of the hull and sealed with epoxy, two hull-integrated diesel tanks each 300 litres with Wema gauges, day tank s/s: 50 litres with an automatic electrical filling and manual backup pump, two aluminium hull-integrated 400 litres fresh water tanks with Wema gauges, black water tank: 120 litres, Whitlock mechanical wheel steering on a custom made aluminium pedestal, emergency tiller.

"Wett Kiss" had a complete refit in the autumn of 2002 and winter 2003-2004. Hull has been painted (AWL-grip), teak deck fully refitted, new toilets, new ceilings, new upholstery, new instruments, new electrical systems, new sails and much more. Equipped with extensive electric and hydraulic equipment she's even easy to sail by a small crew. Thanks to her centre board keel with a minimum draft of 1.35 m, you can go whereever you want!

Classic teak interior, saloon + three cabins with a total of 8 berths, ample headroom in al the cabins. Port and starboard aft are two mirrored cabins, each with a double berth, lockers, enough light and ventilation by means of opening ports or deck hatches and a cupboard. Aft toilet to port. Forward cabin has a double berth to starboard with an extensive amount of drawers and lockers and a huge deck hatch overhead. In the peak is a large storage for sails and chain accessed via the forward toilet. She's is equipped with a new manual RM 69 toilet and can be used with a holding tank (2004), four lockers above and beneath the worktop with washbowl and single handled faucet, shower with a removable teak grating floor. The aft head to port offers the same utillities and both heads are finished in white formica with teak trims. The saloon has a sofa with cupboards aft and lockers below. The galley is placed in front of the entrance and is a forward-facing U-shape. She has a teak varnished worktop with 8 drawers and a dustbin below, a double s/s sink with hot and cold waterpressure from a single handled faucet, foot operated fresh and saltwater backup pump (both 2004), a large top opening s/s freezer box and a separate large refrigerator box, Eberspächer D5 hot air heating system with outlets in every cabin and an automatic temperature control (2004), 36 litres s/s hot water boiler from Frigoboat (engine and 220 Volt AC heated), Smev three burner cooker with oven and grill s/s (2004), Micromaxx microwave 700W (2004), Vetus gas detector with an automatic shut off Valve on gas bottle (2004).

Volvo Penta TMD31A 4 cylinder 80 hp turbo diesel engine, indirect cooling system, one level Morse control, Volvo mechanical gearbox MS 4 A 1,9: 1, Volvo seal (2004), consumption: approx. 6 litres per hour, speed: approx. 7,8 knots, three bladed fixed propeller, spare propeller available, propeller shaft s/s of 2004 - water lubricated, flexible mounting between engine and propeller shaft of 2004, Rheinstrom 5 kW electric bowthruster, deck wash pump 24V, 1x manual + 1x Blake electric bilge pump (2004), electric circuit: 12V/24V and 220V, shore power, outside engine start with engine rev counter on the pedestal, inside engine control metres for temperature, Volt and oil pressure, 4x 120 Ah. batteries for 24 Volt server system, 2x 80 Ah. 12 Volt for engine start, Mastervolt automatic battery charger Mass 24/50 (2004) with Mastervolt charger control system, Mastervolt battery monitoring system for both 12V and 24V (2004), Mastervolt Inverter Mass Sine 24/1500, Mastervolt Isolation transformer 35 kW (2004), Honda 10i 1000W four stroke petrol generator (2004).

Magnetic pedestal Sestrel Compass, B&G Hornett windspeed, 360 degrees wind indicator, magnified wind speed and Hecta depth and a centreboard position indicator integrated in steering pedestal, B&G network navigator GPS repeater (2004), Autohelm ST6000 autopilot control in cockpit and inside at the charttable, all buttons for powered equipment close to the helmsman outside. At the chart table: Brookes and Gatehouse Hornet depth monitor, Hornet 4 sailing monitor for speed log and wind indicators, Furuno GPS/Waas GPS (2004), Sailor Compact RT2047 VHF (secondary VHF, no Atis), Furuno RB 2721 VHF with Atis and DSC 25 W and separate speaker in cockpit (2004), Navtex 4 plus (2004), Furuno FCR 903 9.410 MHz range 36 N.M. radar, Icom IC 718 HF SSB transceiver 150W. inclusive automatic antenna tuner (2004), E-pirb Jotron class II (2004), Sart Tron (2004), Inmarsat C Sailor H 1622D-Sat-C transceiver (2004), all equipment NMEA connected.

Sprayhood (2002), bimini (2002), teak wooden cockpit table, Nimbus life raft for 6 persons (last inspection 2004), outboard bracket on pulpit, electric hydraulic Lofrans Progress II windlass - operated from the cockpit as well on fore deck with a 22 kg CQR anchor and 60 m s/s chain, spare 20 kg CQR anchor with 40 m leadline, folding stern gangway, deck shower and deck wash in forward deck locker - accessed from the deck, two lazareths aft - fully repainted, large cockpit locker aft of the pedestal, double wired stainless steel sea railing with opening ports on each side, leacloth (2004), several fenders and spare parts, clock and barometer, safe, five dorades, fire extinguishers: 2x 2 kg of 2004 + 2x 2kg (checked 2004).

Sloop cutter-rigged, deck-stepped white aluminium Rondal hydraulic in mast furling mast with two sets of spreaders, a white Rondal newly painted spiboom and boom, Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster and boomvang with a central pump in the cockpit, s/s fittings, Rondal hydraulic furling headsail systems for genoa and staysail (engine from the genoa has been overhauled in 2004), TD Sails: furling mainsail (2004), furling genoa (2004), Hood furling inner fore stay jib (1987), Hood A-symmetric spinnaker (1987) with cocoon, old mainsail and genoa as spare on board (checked 2004), all Lewmar 2-speed selftailing winches: 2x type 43, secondary sheet winches, 2x Lewmar STC 46 backstay, 2x Lewmar STC 55 primary hydraulic, on the mast 2x Lewmar STC 40 and 1x Lewmar STC 30 halyard winchest. Lewmar tracks and cars for headsails sheets and mainsail traveller placed in front of the entrance.

A small summary of the recent refits from 2000 until now include.

Exterior:
- full check-up of teak deck, recaulking of teak deck, new teak on superstructure
- new glass on all windows, hatches and port lights
- new paint on full exterior (AWL grip)
- refit of mast, boom, and spi-pole, including new AWL grip, new halyards
- new sprayhood
- propeller shaft replaced, new bearing fitted

Interior:
- new ceilings
- new spotlights
- new toilets
- water tanks cleaned
- partial varnished where needed
- new panel for navigation instruments
- new fabrics on all cushions on the seats and sofas

In 2004:
- complete new electric wiring
- new main switches with fuses
- new switchboard with combined main switches/fuses all Mastervolt
- new charger and inverter and insulation transformer Mastervolt
- new mainsail and genoa
- holding tank has been placed for forward toilet with electric pump
- genoa furler overhauled
- new heater
- lots of equipment added
- full inspection of all systems