WAUQUIEZ 40 PILOT SALOON

GRP sailing yacht Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 40 "Vito Nova", built in 2002 by Chantiers Wauquiez - France, hull number: 40040, Berret/Racoupeau Yacht Design, CE: Cat. A, dim.: Loa 12,70 m (Lwl 11,00 m) x 4,04 m x 2,00 m, headway: approx. 17,80 m.
Solid GRP hull with polyester & vynilester resins and built in structural ribs/stringers, interior bulkheads glassed to the hull and deck, composite rudder post. Rudder replaced in 2007 by the latest version.
Preventive osmosis treatment.
Balsa sandwich deck, bonded to the hull with polyurethane adhesive and with mechanical fastening moulded ceiling liners with padded slats for a better insulation and easy maintenance.
Teak side decks, cockpit floor and seats.
Round bilged hull, two ventilation dorade boxes, three opening portholes, two fixed hull portholes, two opening portholes in cockpit for aft cabin cross ventilation, six opening deck hatches, sun screens.
Displacement: 10 tonnes, ballast: 3,2 tonnes (lead), fuel capacity: 220 litres, fuel tank with electric gauge at engine control panel, fresh water capacity: 3x 220 litres, sump tank: 80 litres, Whitlock mechanical wheel steering, emergency tiller.

Classic teak interior, deck saloon, large front and aft cabin, berths: 4 (+1 in saloon), headroom: approx. 1,90 m, Eberspaecher D5L hot air diesel heating + a Heatpol diesel heater.
Deck saloon:
raised deck saloon to starboard for a panoramic view; U-shaped settee and folding dining table.
Owners cabin + marine head aft:
large centre line double berth, hanging locker, various storage areas and large locker under bed + fully private head compartment with separate shower, wash bowl, cupboard and marine toilet.
Forward guest cabin + marine head:
double bed, hanging locker, various storage areas and large locker under the bed + full private head compartment with shower, wash bowl, marine toilet and cupboard.
Galley:
large counter space in synthetic marble, Eno S/S two burner gimballed stove with oven, Samsung microwave, S/S double sink with mixer tap, ice box of 60 litres, cupboard and numerous lockers
Electric water pressure system, boiler hot water system (runs on 220V/engine), Candy 3,5 kg washing machine, separate gas locker.

Volvo Penta MD22L 55 hp (40 kW) diesel engine, engine hours: approx. 300, engine compartment insulated with self extinguishing 40 mm foam, indirect cooling system, fuel filter with water separator, mechanical gearbox, extra dynamo on engine (1.600W), S/S propeller shaft - water greased, Maxprop - three bladed fixed, cruising speed: approx. 7 knots, maximum speed: 8 knots, consumption: approx. 4 litres per hour, manual and electric bilge pump, 12V/220V electrical system, Victron 12/220 invertor (750W), shore power, solar panels of 52W each.
Service batteries: 3x 140 amp, engine battery: 1x 80 amp, bow thruster: 1x 80 amp, automatic battery charger of 25 amp, Volvo bow thruster 6 hp.

Navigation area to port of the companionway with chart table, book rack, electronics panel and navigator seat with locker under.

Compass, Raytheon ST60 navigation equipment: echo sounder, log and wind set, Raytheon radar, Raytheon 7000+ autopilot with remote control, Raytheon RN300 GPS, Raytheon RL70C chart plotter, rudder indicator.

Sprayhood (XL), cockpit cover, cockpit table, sun awning, winter cover, cockpit table, T.V., digitenne, stereo with CD player, electric windlass, CQR anchor, approx. 50 m anchor chain, large self draining chain locker, bathing platform, boarding ladder of S/S with teak steps, two safety buoys, two safety lines, , fire extinguisher, radar reflector.
Open S/S bow pulpit with teak step, S/S aft pulpit with life buoy support and opening gate, S/S stanchions, double S/S life lines with lateral opening gates.
Clock and barometer.

Sloop-cutter rigged, anodized aluminium deck stepped stoway mast with S/S support and two sets of aft swept spreaders, S/S standing rigging, two genoa tracks with adjustable cars, main traveller with ball bearings car.
2x Profurl head sails furling system, Delta Voils sails.
Harken 52 ST sheet winches, Harken 40 electric halyard winch, spi pole.