Black Pepper Code 0

Hull No.3 of the iconic Black Pepper Code 0 daysailer line. Ultralight carbon construction, easily-managed carbon rig, powerful diesel engine and with the benefit of a recent refit.

FURTHER BROKER'S COMMENTS:

The yacht that started it all. The Black Pepper Code 0 was the dream of Michel Douville de Franssu, the CEO of Black Pepper. An early enthusiast of vintage style, he took up the elegant lines of the old metric class yachts, combining the classic with the modern. Consequently, was born the unique, timeless profile of the Black Pepper 'Code' line, which combine classic & contemporary materials and know-how, with high performance.

ALOHA is Hull No.3 of the Code 0 line. Launched in 2011, she has been recently been to subject to a comprehensive refit and upgrade programme, leaving her 100% ready for her next custodian to enjoy.

ALOHA boasts many specification highlights including:-
Carbon epoxy foam sandwich construction
White topsides
Teak laid side decks, cockpit and coachroof
Swing keel with lead ballast
Twin carbon fibre rudder blades with tiller steering and autopilot
Newly-installed Lombardini 20hp fresh-water cooled diesel engine with shaft drive and folding propeller
Selden carbon fibre mast and boom
Retractable carbon fibre bowsprit
Andersen self-tailing winch package
Comprehensive sail wardrobe with racing and cruising mainsails, self-tacking jibs, gennaker, asymmetrics and Code sails
Raymarine sailing instruments with multi-displays in cockpit and at mast
Engine and service batteries with battery charger and shorepower
Sink and cockpit shower with pressurised fresh water supply
Manual marine heads
Stereo system
Double v-berth forward with further pilot berth below decks
Boatyard moveable cradle

RECENT REFIT HISTORY:

2024
New Lombardini Kohler 702M 20hp engine with fully refitted machinery space
New prop shaft and bushings
New folding propeller
New fuel tank with fuel lines and filter
New engine and service batteries
New fresh water tank and pipework
New self-tacking jib

2023
New Facnor carbon sub-deck jib furler
New seacocks
New marine WC with pipework
Keel sanded and re-epoxied
New movable boatyard cradle

2022
New Victron battery charger

2021
New hydraulic automation system for swing keel

PRESS REVIEW:

This is a yacht that appeals effortlessly to the vanity of sailors everywhere. No one wilfully chooses to have an ugly yacht - you want to own something that people coo at admiringly when you arrive in port. The Code 0 is an expression of this vainglorious human desire.

Despite this emphasis on style, this is a practical weekender: she features modest accommodation, a set up that is easy to handle short-handed, a diesel inboard and the option of a lifting keel. She's 33ft long, with a modest 8ft 8in beam so wetted surface area is kept low. The beam is carried well aft however and the stern terminates with an odd combination of aft raked transom that is then raked forward at deck level. It sounds odd, but it works. There's a soft turn to the bilge with a modest amount of rocker making for a relatively narrow, shallow hull. Freeboard is low and the hull is constructed out of post baked carbon epoxy foam sandwich which sounds delicious.

This construction method keeps the weight down to an incredibly light 1,850kg. She's got twin rudders and there is an option for a swing keel that gives her a draught of 0.7m with it raised as compared with 2.2m with it lowered.

So she's a thoroughly modern little yacht and undoubtedly sporty. Yet step aboard and she fairly oozes class. There's nothing brash or boy racer here, she's beautifully finished in teak and rich mahogany with the deck line only broken slightly by the low dog house which with its narrow slit windows which are both stylish yet retro.

Although the Code 0 is a 33ft yacht, much of that length is taken up by the aft deck, with the tiller and mainsheet located well forward. This means there is a large sunbathing space aft when at anchor and also allows for two lazarette lockers with decent amounts of storage. The mainsheet is also located back here, tucked out of harm's way aft of the rudder stock yet within easy reach of the helm. Aside from the jib sheets, all other sail controls are led underneath the coach roof to a single winch on its own dedicated pedestal with the clutches recessed into the deck head which is a neat arrangement. In the centre of the cockpit is a cowl for the inboard diesel that also doubles as a sort of small drinks table. It all adds up to an uncluttered space and an easily handled yacht - with the self-tacker a real help.

Head down below and the Code 0 is very much a semi-custom yacht and you can fit out the interior with all manner of creature comforts, but you have to bear in mind that this is an extremely lightweight vessel and that every ounce of weight you add will affect her speed. Ultimately, this is a smart daysailer that you can weekend on if you're up for a bit of glamping. It is never going to have anything other than sitting headroom. That said, she does have a reasonably proportioned vee berth forward and a pilot berth aft and there is ample storage potential.

The Code 0 sails beautifully: fast, agile, responsive and as involved as sailing a dinghy. She enjoys being sailed over on her ear but her twin rudders ensure that she has more than enough grip. You do feel nice and secure in the cockpit and the benefit of the low freeboard is that you are also closer to the action and that is exhilarating. Hard on the wind, with apparent wind angles in the high 30s, we were hitting speeds of over six knots and as soon as we eased the sheets, we rapidly hit seven plus. Off the wind, the feather light displacement mean this is a yacht that is eager to plane early.

Verdict

Closer inspection reveals this yacht to be an accomplished performer with all sorts of practical touches: an easily handled rig, inboard engine and the option of a lifting keel. These are features that make for a really versatile and truly fun weekender.

Extracts from Sailing Today / Yachts & Yachting 2017

ABOUT BLACK PEPPER YACHTS:

Black Pepper Yachts, based in Nantes near the Atlantic coast, has built its reputation on its "Codes", high-performance sailing boats from 27´ to 72´ with such an elegant and vintage neo-retro design.

This reputation was further enhanced with the construction of prestigious "One Off" racing prototypes designed for racing the Vendée Globe , a solo and without assistance all around the world race: Bureau Vallée (ex l'Occitane en Provence); Initiatives-Coeur and OceansLab Innovations.

With over 100 yachts launched since 2007, the Black Pepper sits at the cutting edge of innovation and new technologies


SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION

RCD Status:
The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised B -- "Offshore".

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:
Carbon & epoxy foam sandwich construction
White topsides with black and gold stripes
Teak laid side decks, coachroof and cockpit

Keel & Rudder:
Lead ballast swing keel with draft from 0.7m - 2.2m
Hydraulic automation system for keel - replaced 2021
Keel sanded with new epoxy primer and antifouling -2023
Twin carbon fibre rudders

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:
Lombardini Kohler 702M 2-cylinder diesel engine producing 20hp @ 3,600 RPM - 2024
Shaft drive gearbox
Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intake and heat exchanger
Single lever throttle/gear controls

Service & Maintenance:
Engine hours - Approx 10 as of September 2024
Machinery space refitted 2024 with new engine mounts, shaft and bushings

Propulsion & Steering:
Folding propeller - 2024
Tiller steering

ELECTRIAL SYSTEMS

Voltage Systems:
12vDC primary domestic system with 12vDC starting circuit and 220v AC via shorepower

Battery Banks:
1x 70Ah engine start battery - 2024
1x 70Ah service battery - 2024

Charging / Inverter:
Victron Energy automatic battery charger - 2022

Alternators:
12vDC engine mounted alternator

Other Electrical:
220vAC shore power system
12vDC socket

PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS

Fresh Water:
Pressurised fresh water system with 12vDC high pressure pump

Bilge Pumps:
2x 12vDC electric bilge pumps
Manual bilge pump

Black & Grey Water:
Black and grey water discharges to sea

Seacocks:
Seacocks replaced 2023

TANKAGE

Fuel:
Fuel tank, fuel lines, filter and fittings replaced 2024
Fuel level gauge

Fresh Water:
Fresh water tank, and pipes replaced 2024

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

Navigation Instruments:
3x Raymarine i70s multi-displays in cockpit
Raymarine i70s multi-display at mast
Raymarine i60 wind display at mast
Raymarine wind, speed and depth transducers
Raymarine p70 autopilot control head
Steering compass

Communications Equipment:
Cobra VHF with DSC

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:
Stainless steel sink with pressurised cold fresh water supply - 2024

Heads:
Jasbsco manual marine heads - 2023

Entertainment:
Aquaticav AQ-IP-3B marine radio stereo system with remote control and speakers in cockpit

ACCOMMODATION

Summary of Accommodation:
V-berth in bow
Pilot berth aft to port
Central sink unit

Accommodation Finish:
White painted internal finishes
Grey cloth upholstery
Teak laid cabin sole

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:
Selden carbon fibre mast and boom - black painted
Fractional-rigged keel-stepped mast with 2-sets of swept-back spreaders
Stainless steel rod standing rigging
Split textile backstay with block & tackle adjustment
Selden rod vang - black painted
Facnor STK FLT 3T5 carbon sub-deck jib furler - 2024
Self-tacking jib
Retractable carbon fibre bowsprit
2x furlers for the Code 0
Harken deck gear
Harken mainsheet system with fine adjust

Winches:
2x Andersen 40ST 2-speed manual primary winches
1x Andersen 40ST 2-speed manual central control line winch

Sails:
STARVOILES black Kevlar, Carbon, Technora, Pentex fibers. Fully-battened mainsail
XVOILES PX Black (polyester) cruising mainsail
XVOILES PX Black (polyester) with antiUV band self-tacking jib - never used
XVOILES PX Black (polyester) self-tacking jib - 2023
STARVOILES Fibres Kevlar, Carbon, Technora, Pentex. Code0
2x STARVOILES black Nylon gennaker
STARVOILES Nylon light asymmetric spinnaker
STARVOILES Nylon heavy asymmetric spinnaker

General:
Stainless steel half-height guardwire stanchions with dyneema guardwire
Pressurised fresh water cockpit shower
Companionway access to accommodation offset to starboard

Anchoring & Mooring:
1x 6kgs anchor with 8 metres chain plus line
1x 3kgs anchor
1x 9kgs anchor - new
Mooring warps
Fenders

Covers, Cushions & Canvas:
Mainsail cover
Genoa cover
Winch covers

Ashore Cradle:
Dedicated steel movable cradle with original dedicated cradles from Black Pepper for shipyard handling - 2023

SAFETY EQUIPMENT:

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.


VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Lying La Spezia, Italy

Available to view strictly by appointment

Office Hours Mon- Fri 0900 - 17.00
Saturday by prior appointment

For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact us.

Please Note: Due to the varying locations of our yachts, your travel time and the distances that may be involved, we recommend that you only make arrangements to view if you are actively considering purchase.

Lead Broker: Michele Antonini - Grabau International (Italia)
Tel: +39 333 74 89 281
Email: #######@grabauinternational.com