Kanter Yachts Kanter 58 Pilothouse (1997) For sale

This beautifully lined sailing yacht from her first owner has always been kept in mint condition. Despite looking for a new owner, the yacht is still carefully maintained, with anual service and ongoing renewals. In 2020 the yacht was equipped with two new headsails and was the standing rigging was replaced. In 2022/2023 completely forseen with new Navaids. Very suitable yacht, for sailing around the world in comfort and therefore well equipped. No costs were spared on maintenance.

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Designed for comfortable ocean passages and extended cruises to tropical and cold climates, she is easily handled by a couple, or up to an additional 4 guests. The clever part of the design is that it integrates a proper pilothouse with its own helm and watch keepers navigation station, dining table and bunk for a resting off duty crew mate to be immediately on hand, in addition to the good sized saloon and navigation station area below - features usually only found in much larger boats.

The brief to naval architect Dieter Empacher was to create a strong, very stable boat with the most comfortable sea motion possible so that the boat could be sailed short handed on long passages without the crew becoming exhausted. So different from the modern wedge shaped production boats with open sterns, flat bottoms and tiny fin keels that have a violent motion and high angle of heel in rough weather. Fast and exhilarating they may be, but exhausting too. And the recent Orca incidents show how vulnerable and weakly built they are.

Hull and superstructure are made of seawater-resistant aluminum (5083). Hull: 8mm, superstructure: 5mm. Recovery steps inset into the hull amidships. The hull and decks are insulated with 25 mm foam.

Safety was high on the agenda at the design stage. 4 Watertight bulkheads in case of accident. 3 Bilge pump systems - automatic electric pumps and a 150gph engine driven pump drawing from each compartment plus a manual pump. In the cockpit there are 4 harness fixing points and on each side of the deck s/s jacklines run from the stern to the bow, so crew can be clipped on at all times when on deck. There are grab handles where needed in the cockpit, exiting the cockpit, around the pilothouse and down the stairs to the saloon. Below, the passage galley provides support to the cook, and the saloon's not too wide so that the high fiddles provide secure handholds when moving about in rough weather. Retrieving a man-overboard is made easier by the steps built into both sides of the hull beneath the port & starboard gates in the waist-height guard wires. The propane system has 3 safety features - a solenoid shut off valve, a bubbler and a manual valve.

The owners keep her in excellent condition. Conducted works 2017/2018:

Upper part of hull and superstructure painted.
Decks: New 12mm teak main deck; Coachroof teak deck checked and replaced where necessary, caulked & sanded; Lewmar deck hatches removed and reglazed.
Domestic: New Saloon & aft cabin upholstery;
New Force 10 stove;
Refrigeration systems gas charge checked
Vacuum toilets seals & vacuum pump replaced
Instruments: paper ICS Navtex replaced with digital EasyNavtex ;
TheWirie wifi & 3/4g router upgraded
24v Electrical systems upgraded: Mastervold 100amp house battery charger replaced by Mastervolt 100 amp Chargemaster charging house & engine start batteries; Balmar CAT engine/house regulator replaced with a more efficient Balmar Smart regulator; Balmar 50 amp house alternator replaced with Balmar 100 amp alternator;
Sailing gear: winches serviced; jib furler serviced;
Machinery: CAT serviced - sea water pump replaced –hydraulic suppressor recharged;
Westerbeke generator serviced - seawater pump replaced;
Lewmar thruster serviced.
Maxprop & Spurs cutter serviced.
Proheat central heating boiler serviced.
Yamaha outboard serviced.
Varnish