1985 Bruce Roberts Offshore 44
Lumut, Malaysia.
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$47,120
Lumut, Malaysia.
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Bruce Roberts designed, Bermudian cutter rigged cruising yacht with an aft cockpit, trunk cabin and flush foredeck, moderately long fin keel and a keel-hung rudder. The auxiliary engine is a four-cylinder 50 hp Yanmar diesel.
Reportedly the yacht was completed by RJ and HD Edwards from a professionally built hull at Bedford, UK, and was launched in 1985.
VAHANA was purchased by her current and only second owner in New Zealand in 2014. The outgoing owners had only just completed a big refit on their yacht in 2012 at Norsand Boatyard, Whangarei. They had sailed the yacht from the UK to New Zealand via the Atlantic, Panama Canal and Pacific Islands. The refit included an osmosis job, famed in NZ, at a cost of around 20k NZD. A non exhaustive list of refit jobs is listed in the descriptions..
This design has appealed to many serious cruising sailors, and is a timeless example of a well found cruising yacht. There are countless numbers of this design throughout the world and ever since Roberts first designed her in the late seventies it has been a favourite with cruising folk. If you are in the market for a cruising boat that is strong, safe, comfortable, good to live aboard then VAHANA deserves your serious consideration. Good cruising designs don't date. This is one of them.
| Boat Name | VAHANA |
| Location | Lumut, Malaysia |
| Year Launched | 1985 |
| Registered | Norway |
| Designer | Bruce Roberts |
| LOA | 13.62 m |
| Beam | 3.89 m |
| Max Draft | 2.62 m |
| Fuel Type | Diesel |
| Hull Material | Fiberglass |
| Keel | Fin |
| Engine Brand | Yanmar |
| Engine Model | 4JH5E |
| Engine Year | 2014 |
| Total Power | 50 hp |
| Engine Hours | 900 |
| Fresh Water Tank | 2 x 400 L (GRP) |
| Fuel Tank | 2 x 400 L (Stainless Steel) |
Single Berths: 1
Double Berths: 2
Cabins: 2
Heads: 1
VAHANA'S layout comprises an enclosed cabin forward with a double V-berth. Aft of the forward cabin to port is a separate toilet/shower compartment with a manual toilet, handbasin and shower. Opposite it is a hanging locker. Next aft is the saloon with a settee berth to starboard and a U-shaped dinette to port.
A Force 10 Sig Marine (LPG) cabin heater is fitted in the saloon.
Aft of the dinette is the U-shaped galley with gimballed two-burner LPG cooker with oven, fridge/freezer and twin stainless steel sinks. Opposite the galley to port is the navigation area with a seat and chart table.
Aft of the navigation station there is a double quarter berth.
The paneling, joinery, floorboards and the furnishings are in generally good tidy condition.
Two, one hot and cold in bathroom plus cold water shower in cockpit.
One manual JABSCO. No holding tank.
YANMAR 4JH5E 50 HP from 2014. about 1000 hrs since new.
Transmission original YANMAR gear
Fuel capacity 400 liters in 2 tanks
KIWIPROP 3 blade self feathering propeller
A stainless steel propshaft, stern tube, thrust bearing, inner bearing with a dripless shaft seal and new outer Cutlass bearing, were all fitted during the New Zealand 2012 refit of the yacht.
Spare new bearings.
Charging from the PHASOR genset, engine alternator and four solar panels totaling 320 watts c/w MPPT control.
Aluminium SELDEN masthead double spreader cutter rig. LED tricolour and LED steaming light. In 2021 all the bearings of the PROFURL gear were changed.
Reportedly a full rigging check was carried out by the Norsand Boatyard rigger during the 2012 refit of the yacht. The cap shrouds, intermediates and the NORSEMAN cones and cups on the back stays were said to have all been renewed.
"The standing rigging is of 1 x 19 stainless steel wire with stainless steel rigging screws. As far as could be ascertained with the mast stepped and as viewed from the deck the rigging wire appeared in good serviceable condition with no damage to the wire noted. No significant staining was noted or any cracking visible where the wire leaves the rigging screw. The shrouds are attached to stainless steel U-bolts and eye bolts that pass through the deck and are through-bolted to fabricated chainplates that are in turn through-bolted to the hull and glassed onto the hull moulding. The twin backstays are attached to stainless steel chainplates that are through-bolted to the hull moulding at the stern, with their fastening bolt’s nuts accessible in the lazarette. The headstay, which is fitted with PROFURL furling gear, is attached to a fabricated stainless steel stemhead fitting that was found to be in good condition, secure and well bedded. The inner forestay is attached to a stainless steel U-bolt that is through-bolted to a chainplate that is fastened to the forward bulkhead."
In 2021 all winches were dismantled, cleaned and greased up again.
At the Norsand Boatyard, Whangarei, New Zeakland the present owner actually supervised much of these works and included but not limited to the following...
