Perhaps you have been saving, and waiting for the day to get your blue water boat, but you haven't made the jump yet. Or perhaps you are a seasoned sailor who's looking for a new adventure on a new vessel.

Whatever the case, now's the time, and Avalo is your boat.

(Pronounced Av-a-low, with emphasis on the first syllable.)

As you can clearly see in the video, she is a good boat with many great features.

Her current owners have taken good care of her, and are waiting for you to take her on your own adventures.

She was built in the tradition of the renown yacht manufacturer Chantiers Amel, of La Rochelle, France, and has had numerous upgrades, and is ready for sailors who understand the dream of owning a yacht in French Polynesia that can travel anywhere in the world.

She is an Amel Maramu, the product of superb engineering, and designed for heavy-duty blue-water sailing with safety and comfort in mind.

Avalo, short for Avalokitsehvarra, is the great and compassionate one. Often depicted in Asia as a seated Buddha with many arms. This is an apropos name for Avalo, because as you can see with her ketch sail plan, it's easier for one person to handle the sails as opposed to a sloop rig, etc.

Therefore, she gives you many extra arms!

She has a secure cockpit, that's centered on the deck, and has good railings around the entire boat. Once again, kept secure by her “many arms”! 

As you can see from the video, the tender is mounted to davits, which makes launching and storing Little-Red much easier than wrestling it onto the deck.

Also, the wind generator is mounted half-way up the mizzen mast so it grabs extra wind and is less noisy.

Here are some particulars for the boat:

Length : 13.95 m (45' 8") / Beam : 4 m (13'1") / Draft : 1.80 m (5'9") / Displacement : 9.5 tonnes /

Material : Fiberglass

Diesel fuel capacity : 500 liters

Rigging : Ketch 

Engine : Yanmar turbo 75 HP

USCG Documentation available.

Based in French Polynesia with taxes paid for same.

Hull Production #51

Sleeps 4 to 6 with two double-cabins and main salon

Double cabin fore with en-suite head

Large L-shaped saloon on the port side with benches facing each other

Folding saloon table with storage

L-shaped galley fitted to port

Chart table equipped with navigator seat to starboard

Aft passageway with many storage spaces

Aft owner cabin with double bed and en-suite head

Here's the complete description of Avalo's inventory:

Engine

Yanmar 4JH4TE turbo 75 HP of 2015 (2500 hours)

35mm shaft line

Yanmar Selva gearbox

Fuel tank 500 L (regularly treated with an antibacterial product)

2 pre-diesel filters: decanter and connection

Engine oil last changed February 2023

Three-blade fixed propeller France Hélice

1 spare three-blade propeller

All items have been installed by a Yanmar dealer

Spare parts : starter, alternator, seawater pump, fresh water pump, elbow, impeller, filters, belts

Ketch Rigging

Rigging revised by a professional in 2015 (3 lower shrouds changed), all outer stays except for forestay replaced by a professional in 2022

New 2024 3-reef mainsail, older mainsail in decent shape also on board

Mizzen 2 reefs

Genoa 120% on furling Harken with new sun protector on leech (2023)

Sheets (2024)

Lewmar outhaul traveler (2018)

2nd light air Genoa 100% in reserve on furling

Storm jib on removable stay

Gennaker 110% for removable stay

Mainsail Storm (Norwegian)

Spinnaker with snuffer for the mizzen mast

1 Winch on the main mast and 2 Lewmar winches in the cockpit

2 Poles

Spare halyards and sheets

Ground Tackle

Electric windlass LOFRANS Tiger 1500 W with remote control and foot control

New spare solenoid

Engine and new complete windlass block replacement

Main anchor: anchor Mantus - ROCNA 45 Lb (20 kg)

100 m chain 10mm purchased in 2022

Secondary anchorage: anchor CQR 35 Lb (16 Kg) + 10 m of chain 10 mm + 100 m of rope

New Fortress 7 lb anchor for aft mooring primarily

Many fenders,, ropes and lines

Comfort

Fresh water capacity: 1050 liters (in the keel)

Double stainless steel sink (pressurized fresh water)

5 micron water filters

Electric water pump + a new backup water pump

2 Gal pressure accumulator tank new in 2022

Stainless steel 2 burners gas stove + oven FORCE 10 (revised 2019)

Crockery, cutlery, stainless steel pots, pans, dishes, etc

Polynesia standard gas bottle filled in August 2023

Refrigerator / freezer Frigomatic W35F with separate compressors (seawater cooling - new emergency pump and 2 new electronic spare modules)

Water heater (new, to be installed)

Deck shower

1 Jabsco electric toilet with spare engine (2015)

1 Jabsco manual toilet with spare parts (2015)

1 Kenwood Bluetooth-USB car stereo with 2 Bose speakers in the salon + 2 in the cockpit

Hella fans in all cabins, salon, galley and chart table

Samsung LED color TV (2019), DVD player (2023)

Electronics

12V circuit and 110V & 220V converters (all cables are identified)

Four 130 amp-hour lithium maintenance free house batteries, total 520 amps (2024)

Two 110 amp-hour lithium maintenance free engine and windlass batteries (2024)

Charge regulator

Shore supply

2 new solar panels 200 W each, total 400 W on aft davits ( July 2021)

Wind generator Green Marine 400 W, New (July 2021)

Regulator Tristar (2015)

1 Alternators of 80 Ah

Prowatt inverter SW2000 12V / 110 V of 1500 W

Electronic and Navigation Instruments

1 plotter-GPS-AIS Furuno-type (Onwa) large (18x25mm) screen at the chart table (2016)

1 plotter-GPS Furuno-type (Onwa) large screen spare (2016)

1 plotter- GPS Furuno-type (Onwa) large screen in the cockpit (2023)

Numerous paper maps of the Pacific and Asia

SSB (tuner to install)

Original autopilot engine (with chain and in good working order)

1 Raymarine autopilot with screen and CPU (2015)

Pacific Plus self-steering vane

VHF mast antenna + emergency VHF antenna

Furuno Radar 16 nm

VHF GPS AIS Standard Horizon fixed (2016)

VHF Standard Horizon hand held (2018)

1 Raymarine depth-sounder with cockpit screen (2015)

Wind direction indicator

Hydrometer Barometer

Dinghy

Red PVC aluminum hard bottom dinghy with trunk (on davit and quick launch)

Suzuki 15 HP 2 stroke outboard engine (2020), new carburetor (2023)

Suzuki 2.5 HP 4 stroke outboard engine (2016)

Grapnel + inflator

Safety equipment

Life raft (to be revised or changed)

Life line MOB

ACCUSAT EPIRB (batteries out of validity)

8 Lifejackets

4 Safety harnesses

1 Immersion suit

Survival kit

Softwood plugs

3 Fire extinguishers

First aid kit

1 Electric bilge pump at station

1 "Flying" high volume electric bilge pump

1 Manual bilge pump (needs refit)

Watertight door between saloon and fore (Amel series)

Cable cutter

Emergency tiller

Miscellaneous

Large selection of electrical equipment (cables, connectors, clamp, etc.), plumbing, tools, hardware

Comprehensive set of manuals and documentation on the equipment installed on board

Rigid spray hood on companion-way and cockpit

Bimini on cockpit with side enclosures

Folding cockpit table

Formal cockpit table

New sun awnings over main and aft cabins (2023)

New sail covers (2024)

Aft gantry

Upholstery and mattress (2015)

Masks, fins, snorkels, body board

OTHER

Last bottom paint with Carboline antifouling paint: 2023

Hull Painting (2022)