This Yacht is For Sale
 

Really, I don’t want to sell the yacht, I will never find another one like her, she is a great, spacious, roomy, live aboard.

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If a group of people were interested in collectively buying a share or shares of the yacht that too could work, I am open to any offers.

The yacht has been valued by 6 brokers up and down the islands at between US$350k to US$440k.

One brokerage in Florida said that if I take it up there he could get US$1m for it.

The most sensible broker I spoke to said that a yacht this size is worth US$350k all day long and would still be worth the equivalent of US$350k in 10 or 20 years time.

Builder: Proprietario Boatyard, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Designer: J. A. Kopp

LOA: 75’ LWL: 55’ Beam: 15’

Displacement: 26 Tons Draft: 6’ 6" Ballast: Steel

Engine: Single Engine HP: 135 Engine Model: Isuzu

Hours: 3000 Cruising Speed: 8 Knots Max Speed: 10 Knots

Fuel: 400 Gallons Water: 260 Gallons

Wood epoxy fibreglass laminate. "Illusion" is built in modern epoxy-wood composite technique. The hull is laminated in four layers of mahogany with epoxy glue and then coated with epoxy and fibreglass. This type of construction has the advantage that although light weight great strength is achieved. Another advantage is excellent resistance to rot and low maintenance.

Single Isuzu diesel 135hp engine. Shaft: 50mm Inoxshaft. Prop: Four bladed bronze propeller. Keel: Long

MWM 30KW generator 380v – 220v three phase.

Northern Lights 8.5 KW generator with whisper quiet shield and automatic safety controls.

220v – 110v Isolation transformer.

Electrical steering and autopilot.

Bauer high pressure air compressor 10 hp electric 320/ltr/min. Fills a dive tank in six minutes.

60 litre per hour water maker.

Fuel: 1500 litres – 3 fuel tanks plus a day tank with electric fuel transfer pump.

Water: 1000 litres – 2 water tanks.

Two alumimium masts of equal height. The rigging is very simple to enable the yacht to be sailed single handed. Stainless steel rigging – turnbuckles and Norseman wire terminals.

Three 75kg Danforth type anchors.

One 50kg Bruce anchor.

New 300’ 13mm anchor chain

Maxwell electric anchor winch.

Harken roller furling staysail, Harken roller furling genoa and Harken roller furling mainsail. All sails in very good condition, sail lockers contain spare sails, spinnaker and electric sewing machine, over 1000 feet of halyard.

Spacious flush non skid deck and pilot house.

Heavy duty davits for 5.5 metre aluminium skiff, fully TIG welded in 3.18mm sheets, has a double bottom and built in air tanks that make it totally unsinkable.

Has 55 HP Yamaha ignition start engine.

8 man liferaft.

Jonbuoy man overboard retrieval system.

EPIRB

12 lifejackets and harnesses, hand held water maker, 3 solar water makers, 2 handheld VHF radios, 2 handheld GPS, assorted flares, 2 flare guns, one Ultimate Medical Kit (contains everything you could think of).

1 Tamaya (Japanese) nautical sextant, 1 Russian sextant.

Smoke alarm and fire extinguisher in each cabin, galley, salon and engine room.

Wood Freeman model 500 solid state autopilot.

2 SSB radios.

2 VHF radios.

2 GPS.

Furuno weather fax.

Sitex graphic echo sounder.

Ship to shore telephone.

Compaq portable computer contains Maxsea charting software plus all the chart CD’s.

Over 600 paper charts plus all the cruising guides for all of the Caribbean.

110v 4 cu. Ft. freezer, 12v 4 cu.ft. refrigerator, Force 10 s/s stove and oven, double bowl s/s sinks, microwave oven, toaster, juicer, etc.

Five double cabins and one single cabin. Forward to aft: Chain locker, followed by forepeak with 2 single berths, then 1 single cabin to port and one double cabin to starboard, then head/shower/vanity to port and roomy galley to starboard, then 2 double berth cabins to port, then very spacious salon with 8 seater dining table and U-shaped seating, TV, DVD player, Xbox, Digital jukebox music system. Nav station. Then through companionway to large engine room/workshop and on to aft double cabin with 2 single berths. Full headroom through out, lots of stowage, 50 lockers, cupboards etc.

There are lots and lots of spares for engine, generators and compressor, as well as lots of power tools and hand tools.

Lots of dive equipment, 7 dive tanks, 4 BCD’s, knives, spear guns, belts, weights, fins, masks, snorkels, wet suits.

Lots of fishing gear.

3 aluminium cooking gas bottles stored in one of six deck lazarettes.

How would you like to live on a piece of real estate that covers some 75% of the earth, in a "house" that you can move around at will from location to location, without rental or mortgage charges, any time of the day or the year, choosing your neighbours or avoiding them, selecting your preferred climate and views?

Well then you should buy yourself an ocean ready yacht and make it your home.

S/V Illusion is the ideal family live aboard, charter yacht or dive charter yacht,

She has everything you could possibly need.

You can view "Illusion" at www.sv-illusion.co.uk