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1977 Sailcraft 44'
Description
This 44 ft Apache, a very great cruising catamaran and extensively thought-out sailing yacht. She has been upgraded in 2010, including a central helm protected from the weather.
This Apache 44 is a proven long-distance cruiser with lifting keels and a generous rig. This vessel has crossed oceans and has proven her stability and safety.
She was originally constructed using superior vinyl ester resins and all renovation work was done using epoxy. Lee boards and trunks were removed, greatly increasing the already ample interior spaces, and full-length skid-keels were installed, which protect the vessel and make hauling a simple and safe process and provide superior leeward resistance while maintaining a minimum 3.5-foot draft.
She has a spacious galley with full-size double-bowl sink and all electric appliances, including frig and freezer, microwave oven, induction cooktop and toaster oven, all run from 2000 watts of solar and wind charged batteries and three 2000-watt pure sinewave inverters.
Accommodations include two California king size staterooms aft, an office forward to starboard, an engineering shop forward to port and a day-bed on the bridge deck. She has a dry head amidships to port and a full-size shower/sits-bath tucked away on the bridge deck (no shower water in the bilge to deal with). There is a full-size stand-up chart table on the bridge deck as well as a separate radio station with systems monitoring station.
All of her fixed-glass windows and ports use 1/2” acrylic. There are nine bronze ports. Additional natural lighting is provided in the office and engineering shop by hexagonal deck prisms. These are the same prisms used on the replica of the tall-ship La Amistad, famous for the 1839 slave revolt, and built by artisans at Mystic Seaport Connecticut. Mystic Seaport denoted the bronze bezel that adorn the port-side prism.
Specifications
6555001977
Yes
44' " (13.41 Meters)
Sail - Used
1977
2010
1977
19' 11"
39' 5"
3' 6"
2
4
2
8 Knots
5 Knots
Electric
Epoxy Composite
Catamaran
150 Gallons (567.81 Liters)
30 Gallons (113.56 Liters)
16000 lbs
Features
Engines
Engine 1
- Engine Make: Thunder Struck EV
- Engine Model: 144 Volt 3 phase
- Engine Year: 2022
- Engine Type: Electric
- Power HP: 24.14
- Power KW: 18.00
- Fuel Type: Electric
- Engine Location: Port
Engine 2
- Engine Make: Thunder Struck EV
- Engine Model: 144 Volt 3 phase
- Engine Year: 2022
- Engine Type: Electric
- Power KW: 18.00
- Fuel Type: Electric
- Engine Location: Starboard
Full Details
Accommodations
- Two aft staterooms
- King-size bed areas with lower locker
- Three large hanging lockers
- 12-volt tv, DVD
- Ac/ heat
- Salon With day bed
- galley down
- stand up shower
- Nav station
- chart table
- forward extra-large storage lockers
- port fwd. is an engineering station with water maker.
- Stbd forward is pantry, Ice maker, freshwater pump, storage area.
Sails and Rigging
- Cutter sail plan
- Large sail wardrobe provide options for any wind conditions
- 3 reef point mainsail with Tides Track and flaking bag new 2022
- 120% roller furling genoa new weather wrap 2020
- Staysail
- Storm yankee
- Storm tri-sail
- 2 symmetrical spinnakers with snuffer socks for downwind work.
Electrical
- Blue seas marine grade wiring and fasteners.
- Circuit breaker protected ac and dc circuits throughout. including high voltage propulsion and charging circuits.
- 2000 watts of solar generation capability
- 2000-watt pure sinewave inverter
- 9 Kw diesel generator
- upwards of 7 amps per motor as propellers drag when sails are up.
- Two Wind generators
- Redundant digital battery chargers powered from shore or generator power.
- New Dec 2022 8 group 31 Fullriver storage batteries, House Loads
- New Dec 2022 and 24 Fullriver group 31 traction batteries (Propulsion)
- All batteries stored below the floors in individual holders.
Navigation Equipment
- Raymarine sail package: wind speed direction depth
- Forward looking sonar
- Radar
- Auto pilot
- Chart plotter
- GPS
- Course computer
- 2 Vhf's
- Star link
- Garmin 9sv (2022)
- Richie light up compass
- Nav lights, spotlight
Deck and Hull
- Solid decks, Strong fittings,
- Standing rigging is robust
- Slip resistant deck coating
- Bottom painted, bonded, insulated, zinc protected.
- New solar screens 2022
- On deck is Diesel generator fill, and pump out,
- Water fill is inside for safety.
- Dingy on chocks aft and tied down.
- Under arch is room to hang10 fishing poles.
Specifications
- Catamaran Name: Retreat Time
- Model: Apache
- Year Built: 1977
- Builder: Sailcraft (England)
- Designer: Rod McAlpine-Downey
- Construction: Fin keel, skeg hung rudder. Beachable, resting on keels.
- LOA: 12.5m (44FT 0 inches)
- LWL: 10.97m (39.5FT 0 inches)
- Beam: 6.1m (19FT 11 inch)
- Headroom: 2m (6FT 8 inches)
- Draft: 1.1m (3 ft 6 in) board's removed
- Displacement: 7250kg (16,000lbs)
- Mast Height: 15.8m (52FT 0 inches)
- Bridgedeck Clearance: 57 feet
- Speed: 8 knots sail 5 knots motor
- Fuel Tanks: 50 gal generator diesel
- Water Tanks: 2/75 gal each forward hull
- Holding Tanks: 30 gal
- Cabins: 2 possibly 4
- Heads: 1
- Galley Location: Down
- Engines: Thunderstruck 18 KW 72 volt x2 liquid cooled
- Engine Hours: 5
- Sails: 3 reef main, Hank on stay, Storm tri, Genoa on Furler, Two spinnakers in socks
Salon
- Daybed and salon cushions as well as the stateroom seating have been replaced with new high-end upholstery and foam.
- New 40 in tv. with star link installed.
- Blue LED walkway lighting
- Red and white interior lighting LED throughout.
Galley
- Full-size double-bowl sink
- Electric fridge and freezer
- Microwave oven
- Induction cooktop
- Multi-function countertop portable oven,
- Magma high wind grill is aft on the arch.
Cockpit
- Centered helm allows for excellent views of all four corners
- Overhead window to see aloft.
- Helm is lockable and burglar proof
- All the exterior lockers lock from inside.
- Folding entry door with heavy SS hasp type latch,
- 50 Amp or 2-30 Amp Shore power hook ups
- All necessary sail rigging is available in the cockpit for single handling.
Engines and Mechanical
- Twin electric 18 Kw propulsion system's designed by Thunder Struck EV New 2022
- Max feathering props. New 2022
- Utilizes standard off-the-shelf components, that are simple and efficient
- Recharges its batteries while sailing.
- The electric propulsion provides quiet, powerful and precise maneuvering in close quarters.
- Added in 2018 a Fischer Panda generator, (145 hrs) that runs all the ships loads.
Tender/arch launch system
- Sea Shea Center Console
- 20 HP Merc Pull Electric start 1 hr on it
- Honda 25 hp
Safety
- Jack lines
- Lanyards
- Many hand holds
- Lifelines all around
- Life raft (expired)
- MOB throw and lighted strobe buoy.
- Emergency steering.
- EPIRB
Anchor & Docking
- 8 anchors Total
- 70 pound Luke Fisherman
- 60 pound Danforth
- two aluminum Fortress
- two CQR’s,
- Delta 55 and
- Bruce plow.
- Electric windlass on the port bow
- Manual windlass on the starboard.
- Each bow anchor locker contains 100’ of 5/16” HT chain
- Ample selection of rope ground tackle.
- Very easy to dock.
- Anchor bridle makes mooring/ anchoring a breeze.
Miscellaneous
- Although I personally have not beached this cat, they are known to do so.
- Skeg hung rudders and full steel rails running 80 % of the water line allow for this feature.
- Spares parts for nearly every component including motor controller
- Pumps filters and impellers, water maker, zincs.
Disclaimer
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
Contact
For more information about this yacht, please contact Traver Smith.
For more information about this yacht,
please contact Traver Smith.
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