Description

Specification
Grand SoleilYear: 2001






Type: Grand Soleil 40R


Location: Mallorca


Status: Preliminary






Description 







LOA: 12.30m BEAM: 3.80m DRAFT: 2.40m DISP: 6,800kg






Builders:Cantiere de Pardo, Italy


Designer:Judel Vrolijk






Cruiser racer.






Construction:



All GRP with Cherry wood interior joinery.


Racing keel with a balance rudder.






Mechanicals:



Yanmar 3JH3E diesel engine, 40hp/29Kw, 2002.


Cooling via heat exchanger


Saildrive with folding race propellor


Speed under engine average 7 knots, max speed 12 knots






Tankage:



Fuel capacity of 


Water capacity of 160 litres in 2 80 litre flexible tanks







Electrics:



12/220v electrical systems


Mastervolt battery charger


Dynamo on engine


Shore power connection



Water systems:



Hot and cold pressurised water systems


Water heated in tank with 220v immersion heater or heat exchanger






Rigging/Spars:



Sloop rig with rod forestay and Dyneema backstay.


Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster.






Winches:
Harken winches



Sail Wardrobe
(unchecked):


MainNorth Sails 2014


Genoa IIIOne Sails, carbon, 2016


Genoa IVOne Sails, carbon, 2016


Storm jibOne Sails 2016  


Spinnaker One Sails 2018


Spinnaker IINorth Sails abt 2010


A0 (zero)One sails 2018


Spinnaker stay sailOne Sails 2018






Accommodation 



Sleeps 6 in 3 double cabins.


One heads with manual WC, and connection for hand shower outside in the cockpit.






Inventory 







Navigation:



Compass on steering pedestal


B&G Zeus


B&G Hercules 2000, Log/Speed, interfaced with 3 displays on mast


B&G Hercules 2000, depth, interfaced with 3 displays on mast


B&G Hercules 2000, wind, interfaced with 3 displays on mast.


New mast unit 2024


B&G Hydra 2000, autopilot


Furuno GPS


B&G v90 vhf radio


Furuno Navtex, presently not in use






Domestic:
3 burner gas cooker with ovenRefrigerator






Entertainment:



Radio






Safety:



Nav lights on forward and stern pulpit plus 3 colour nav light on top of mast


Automatic and manual bilge pumpsl


Epirb, 2019, Oceansafety


Fire extinguisher






General
:


Bruce Anchor plus additional aluminum anchor plus line


Sprayhood, dark blue on Stainless steel frame 2015


Swimming ladder












Owner’s Comments: 






Short history


The yacht was built in Italy via the Dutch dealer Messink Yachts to racing specification. She came out about 300kg lighter than the normal racing version. At that time the boat had a carbon mast. She was very successful and won multiple races and National championships. 


The second owner used the boat mainly for long offshore cruising, until the boat got damaged and lost her mast in the Caribbean (2014). A family member and present owner of the second owner took ownership of the boat and refitted the hull, placed a new aluminium mast and sails. Hereafter she was used for racing and cruising again. The boat sailed her last race in 2019, which was a double handed Fastnet race.


The last 2 years the boat stayed in Mallorca and got recently her deck freshly painted and a new updated mast, extensive engine maintenance, upgraded refrigerator. 


The Grand Soleil 40 is still a very competitive boat and could be easily raced. If you fancy cruising she is ready to go and will bring you to your dream destination quickly. 





Summary
The Grand Soleil 40 made its debut in 2000 as a very high performance cruiser/racer from the respected del Pardo yard in Italy - and went on to become World and European IMS Champion in Class C2. Race model with the higher performance Sports rig and its 3 sets of spreaders.


Her layout is the 3 double cabin (4th double berth in the saloon) with 2 heads. And, as with the entire Grand Soleil range, her performance is greatly enhanced by a hot galvanised steel structure as part of her hull which gives excellent stiffness and a uniform distribution of stress from the keel, mast and shrouds.


She is been sold with excellent B&G electronics package and Sails.

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