Hallberg Rassy 53 Scandinavian (hard top version), CE certified category A, built in 1996 by Hallberg Rassy in Sweden, designed by German Frers, constructed to Lloyd's Register quality control system (cert. GOT 550576), LOA 16.44m (53'9), beam 4.64m (15'2), draft 2.29m (7'4), GRP hull and superstructure, teak decks, hull painted in black Awlgrip with gold style lines (2006), hard top, aluminium framed windshield with toughened glass and opening mid panel, displacement 23 tons, lead keel, ballast 9.5 tons, 1,500 litres (330 Imp gallons) fuel capacity in three stainless steel tanks, 900 litres (198 Imp gallons) water capacity, holding tank.

Hull No. 29 of the popular German Frers design. A total of 88 yachts were built between 1992 and 2006! The Hallberg Rassy offers superb sailing qualities and a very well thought out cockpit and interior layout. Hydraulic furling genoa and mainsail. Watermaker, generator, webasto heating and air-conditioning. New anti-fouling and polish May 2012. Hull survey report available.

Headroom 2.04m. Accommodation for six persons in three double cabins. Owner's cabin aft with large double centreline bed, settee to port and ensuite head with separate shower to starboard. One twin bedded guest cabin forward with sail locker beneath and lockers and shelves above. Upper and lower bedded guest cabin to starboard. Guest wc/showerroom.

Saloon redesigned with individual custom-built saloon table and television/HIFI entertainment centre. Settee berth to port with stowage behind. L-shaped settee to starboard. The most significant element being the extensive mural decoration on the bulkhead. This can easily be changed again to the standard HR interior. Large chart table to starboard with drawers and space for nav. aids, comfortable seat, lockers and hanging locker for oil skins, electrical panel with labelled trip switches.

U-shaped galley to starboard with opening windows, workspace either side and lots of storage, Corian worktops fitted with fiddles, deep double sinks, front opening fridge and a further two large top loading fridges with dual thermostats fridge/freezer, Force-10 gimballed 3-burner gas hob, oven and grill, Electrolux microwave, coffee maker, Kenny washing machine.

Two Webasto Airtop 32 diesel air heaters. Two air-conditioning systems for aft cabin and combined saloon/forward cabin. Pressurized hot and cold water. MT Freshwater AB 120 litres (26 Imp gallons) per hour watermaker.

Volvo Penta TAMD 41B 145 hp diesel, new 2005, maximum speed approx. 9.5 knots, cruising speed 7.8 knots, hydraulic transmission, fresh water cooled and equipped with oil cooler, gearbox with single lever control, Aquadrive 45 mm stainless steel shaft and Deep Sea Seal stern gland, 3-bladed feathering propeller, Vetus electric bowthruster.

Onan 8 kw 230v generator, three battery banks: one domestic 405 ah 24v, one domestic 135 ah 12v, one engine start 135 ah 12v, engine driven 60 amp 12v alternator, engine driven 100 amp 24v alternator, shore power connection with 230v outlets in all cabins, Mastervolt 12v battery charger, 12v outlets at chart table, cockpit and in all cabins.

Engine compartment is accessible from both a door in the saloon, starboard of the companionway, and from a door in the walk through, and one can walk into the engineroom and around the engine.

Twin Raymarine ST7000 autopilots, Raymarine ST80 sailing monitors (Raymarine ST80 Multiview, Eight Raymarine ST80 Masterview), ICOM VHF, Shipmate RS8300 VHF, ICOM M810 SSB, Raymarine C80 chart plotter, Raytheon R41XX radar with MARPA, Philips Mk10 DGPS.

Hallberg Rassy hard-top over forward part of cockpit, bimini with stainless steel frame over cockpit area.

Samsung HDTV, DVD player, two stereo CD/radio systems, stereo speakers in cockpit.

Bilge water alarm, fire alarm, gas alarm, radar reflector, 8-person liferaft (not serviced), Valiant 340 dinghy with 8 hp outboard.

Lofrans 1,500w electric anchor windlass with 50m calibrated chain and original CQR anchor, twin bow rollers at the stemhead, stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and upper/lower guard wires, gates in guard rails (port, starboard and transom), stainless steel radar pole on aft deck, stainless steel utility mast on aft deck. 6 dorades, 2 manual gangways for bow and stern access, folding cockpit teak table.

Sloop rig, Selden silver anodised aluminium alloy boom and mast with two spreaders, Selden hydraulic genoa furler and in-mast furling system controlled from cockpit, twin spinnaker poles stowed on mast, removable cutterstay and running backstays, Navtec hydraulic boomvang and backstay tensioner, insulated backstay, custom built bowsprit for gennaker.

Elvstrom sails: furling main (1996), new main (2003), furling genoa (1996), new genoa (2003), furling jib (1996), storm jib (1996), spinnaker, gennaker.

Lewmar winches: two electric CST 66 primaries in cockpit, two electric CST48 secondary in cockpit, one CST48 halyard winch on mast, two CST44 halyard winches on mast, two C8 pole lift winches on mast.

This Hallberg Rassy 53 (hull no 29) was built in 1996 but was only commissioned in 1997 after extensive re-styling. Her black Awlgripped hull and gold style lines flatter this elegant German Frers designed yacht.

The sleeping quarters and the salon has undergone individual redesigning.

This self-sufficient, high performance yacht, is set up for short handed crew thanks to push-button sailing from the cockpit, and she will take you on long passages with all comforts. Life off-shore is made easy with the additional fuel capacity and watermaker.

Comments by the designer, German Frers: "The Hallberg-Rassy 53's hull shape was developed following the significant lessons learned from the intense research programme carried out by our design office for the American's Cup. Her moderate displacement is in line with the yacht's strong construction and highg level of equipment carried on board. Sail area too is generous, and coupled with the excellent stability gained from the 53's special bulb keel, performs well, even in light winds. The overhangs are rather generous for her type and contribute to give the yacht an aspect of graceful elegance which will be maintained regardless of the passage of time."