Cantiere Del Pardo Grand Soleil 46.3 (1998) Zum Verkauf

GRAND SOLEIL 46.3, 1998, YANMAR 4JH3E, 54 hp Interior layout version 1 forward cabin, 2 aft cabins, Large storage in front locker, 2 heads (toilets + shower), Mahogani interior woodwork, Alcantara saloon upholstery (renewed in 2019), Owner cabin mastresses renewed in 2019, Saloon table convertible in double bed, 2 cockpit primary genoa winches - Harken 64.2, 2 spinnaker winches - Harken 48 ST, 2 roof winches for adjustment and sail handling - Harken 46 ST, Cockpit table (wood) with 2 folding leaves, Cockpit sprayhood, Electric windlass - Lofrans, Keel stepped aluminium classic mast and boom, 3 spreaders steps, Stainless steel cable standing rigging - sides cables renewed in 2022, Stay cable from 2020, Classic standard Dyneema main sail - North Sails 2013, Main sail mast track + batten cars - Harken (2016), Genoa roller furling with above deck drum - Facnor RS300, Furling Dyneema genoa - North Sails 2013, Releasable textile baby-stay and hardware (2014), Dyneema Jib for releasable baby stay - North Sails 2014, Low running textile backstays (2014), Asymmetric spinnaker, Spinnaker snuffer, All halyards are in Dyneema, Raymarine EV400 in board autopilot (2020), Raymarine navigation system, Raymarine I50, I60 & I70 cockpit repeaters (2020), Raymarine I70 nav station repeater, GPS and chartplotter (nav station) - Raymarine C90W (2009), GPS and chartplotter (cockpit) - Raymarine Axiom 9+ (2024), Radar with radome radar fitted on mast - Raymarine (2009), AIS Transponder CLASS B (emission and reception) - (2019), DSC VHF at chart table & cockpit unit - Standard Horizon GX 1700E Eplorer (2017), Television (saloon) & top of the mast antenna, Fridge unit 12 V (top opening door) (cold unit from 2015), 220 V shore power + Victron battery charger (2017), Service batteries - Lithium 400 Ah in totality (2017), Battery controller - Victron Energy, Heating system EBERSPACHER (2015), Leds interior lights, Liferaft Offshore - 8 men - Plastimo (from 2021 - Next service date : january 2026), Delta anchor + chain, Dinghy Uship 250 (2017), Outboard engine, Located Brittany. For more information or to make an appointment for a visit, contact : Jean-Baptiste Lemaire +33 6 10 25 00 03 - jb@antipode-yachts.com
Owner speaks : My story with Arakis began in the blink of an eye one day in August 2006 in Port Tudy. When I saw a Grand Soleil 46.3, with its timelessly beautiful lines, entering the harbour, I jokingly said to my wife: ‘If you want to make me happy, buy me one for Christmas.’ Months passed, but the image of that boat remained etched in my memory as a constant reminder that sometimes you have to question certain decisions, such as not owning a boat when you live in Paris. In early 2007, I started looking for a Grand Soleil 46.3 (voted boat of the year in 1998 by a German specialist magazine). Several were for sale, including one in Stockholm that was particularly attractive because it offered options (oversized winches, heating, two sets of sails, etc.) that the others did not.
But Sweden is far away, and then you have to bring it back to France. Months passed again. I visited several boats whose owners were asking unreasonable prices, and finally I got in touch with the broker who had been commissioned to sell the Swedish boat. After negotiating the price and travelling to Stockholm, I purchased STORA BLA, which would become ARAKIS after it retraced its steps to satisfy the tradition of renaming boats. The delivery in May 2008 from SWEDEN to FRANCE took place in the Baltic Sea under a completely blue sky but in freezing cold weather. After crossing the Kiel Canal, sailing down the North Sea and crossing the English Channel, it became clear that Tabarly was right: beautiful boats sail fast. The Grand Soleil 46.3 is a powerful and fast boat at all speeds, except when sailing at more than 140° to the wind. Its favourite speed is reaching, where few newer boats can match it. In light winds, thanks to its significant inertia and very smooth steering,