WAUQUIEZ 43 PILOT SALOON

GRP sailingyacht Wauquiez Pilot Saloon 43 "Son of the Sun", built in 2000 by Chantiers Wauquiez, France, dim.: 13,30 (lwl 10,80) x 4,20 x 2,10 mtrs, design by Ed Dubois, CE A category, headway: approx. 19,5 mtrs, grp hull (vacuum vinylester/twaron sandwich above waterline, solid glass below waterline), grp deck with teak and grp superstructure, roundbilged hull, fin keel, balanced spade rudder, displacement: 12,5 tonnes, ballast: 4,7 tonnes (lead), fueltank: 1 x 400 ltrs (alum.) and 1x 180 ltrs., freshwatertank: 1 x 180 / 1 x 400 ltrs (alum.), sumptank (disconnected), Whitlock mechanical wheelsteering, s.s. detroyer type steeringwheel with leather grip, emergency tiller.

Classic Maple interior, large ownerscabin aft with centerline double berth ensuite electr. toilet/washbasin and separate shower, 2 guestcabins forward with ensuite toilet/shower/washbasin, total 6(+1) berths, headroom: 1.90-198 mtrs, U-shaped dinette with panoramic view in decksaloon next to navigation area, large utility space underneath saloonfloor, teak/holy floorboards, galley: Corian worktops, electric waterpressure system, Seaward boiler hot water system (220v/engine), Force 10 three burner gasstove with oven, Frigoboat fridge (electric and compressor driven by main engine), crockery.

Yanmar 4JH3TE 75 hp (55kW) diesel, installed in 2000, indirect coolingsystem, hydraulic gearbox, s.s. propellershaft, three bladed feathering Maxprop, cruisingspeed approx. 6 knots, consumption approx. 3,5 ltr/hr, 1 x manual/electric bilgepumps, 12/220v electrical system, 1 x 100amp start / 700amp service batteries, shorepower, second alternator (not installed), Mastervolt Mass combi 12/2000-100 inverter/charger (2008), Maxpower electric bowthruster.

Suuto pedestal compass, Brookes & Gatehouse integrated Network system with log, echosounder, GPS, windset (defect), in- and outside Raymarine RL70 plotter-radar, Shipmate RS8300 VHF with cockpitconnection, ICS6Nav Navtex receiver (screen), Bonito HF-weatherfax receiver, Raymarine ST70 hydraulic autopilot (2010), spare B&G autopilot (not installed), ACR epirb, Alpina radio-cd player with indoor and outdoor cockpitspeakers.

Bimini covers full cockpit, sprayhood, telescopic cockpit table, Echo Tech watermaker (2009), Truma airconditioning, transom with folding bathing platform, deckshower, boardingladder, foldable gangway, RFD 6 persons liferaft (needs inspection), Avalon 280 dinghy, Tohatsu 5hp outboard (2008), lifebuoy, Lewmar Ocean electric windlass with capstan, Buegel 24kg anchor with 100 mtr. chain and two spare anchors, isolated antenna in aft stay, fenders, warps, Sea Me active radar-reflector.

Cutter-rigged sloop, Sparcraft double spreader mast with Profurl genoa furler, Profurl cuttersail furler and Profurl Stoway-boom, s.s. standing rigging, 6 sails: Mainsail 44m2, genoa 66m2, staysail 31m2, gennaker 130m2 all 2007, spare: mainsail and genoa, mechanical boomvang, 2 x 54ECST electric sheetwinches, 1 x 44ECST electric halyardwinch in cockpit. This sailplan setup is really easy and forgiving to handle. With her Stoway-boom the mainsail can be stowed/reefed quickly and safely, telescopic spi-boom.