SPECIFICATIONS
Price:
$249,000
Boat Name:
TENACIOUS
Make:
Feeling
Model:
546
Year:
1997
Condition:
Used
Category:
Cruisers
Construction:
Fiberglass
Length:
55 ft
Display Length:
54 ft
Beam:
17 ft 1 in
Max Draft:
--
Min Draft:
6 ft 7 in
Fuel Capacity (Gallons):
210
Fuel Type:
Diesel
Fresh Water Capacity (Gallons):
264
Max Speed:
--
Displacement:
--
Number of Engines:
1
Engine Make
Yanmar
Engine Model
4LH110
Engine Power
110.00 HP
City:
Galesville
State:
Maryland
Country:
United States
MORE INFO
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION SUBJECT TO OWNER APPROVAL
Feeling Yachts go all the way back to 1912 when the Kirié shipyard, founded by the Kiriéfamily, set up shop in a small garage on Rue de la Forêt in the Sables d'Olonne. The shipyard originally built small sailing boats. In the 1950s, production turned more towards speed boats. In the late ‘60s, the shipyard expanded and moved to the Château d'Olonne near the Sables d'Olonne. It was one of the first to work with polyester. In the early ‘80s, Kirié launched a range of habitable power cruise ships called "Feeling". In 1986, the 13.5m Feeling won the Route du Rhum in the standard boat category and the 10.9m Feeling was voted "Boat of the year" in 1987.
In 2000, Alliaura Marine took over the Kirié shipyard. As of 2010, Feeling was owned by Privilège Marine Groupe. While Feelings are no longer in production, Privilège continues today and are well known for their line of catamarans.
The Feeling 546 was designed as a fast sea going cutter by Ron Holland and Andrew Winch and built in fiberglass. Due to her quality construction, large fresh water and fuel tanks, the electricity production and the huge livable and storage volumes, this Feeling 546 is an excellent sailboat for life aboard all year long and to sail the world. The large cockpit, with twin steering stations, offers a lot of comfort when anchored or while at sea.
Our offering, TENACIOUS, was the last 546 built and was for the personal use of the owner of the Kirié Shipyard. Her current owner is her third. Under his care, he has invested significantly in upgrading her, as you will see in the listing details. At this point in his life, he is ready to move on to other things, so he has decided it is also time to part with the boat that has provided him with a home and safe passages for years.
TENACIOUS is a solid boat, a ship to go to sea in knowing it will protect you. The fit and finish are impressive and her rugged built is evident throughout. She’s equipped to take you anywhere and, for a boat her size, for not a whole lot of money. At the dock (or wherever you are), she is a spacious home. Underway, she awaits the opportunity to safely take her next caretakers wherever their dreams take them.
Call today and make an appointment to come see her before she is gone!
ACCOMMODATIONS
Master stateroom:
On the port side is a dressing table, with an oval mirror above it and storage beneath the lid. The leather upholstered seat faces aft, with storage below it. Above the dressing table and along the hull is a large locker with shelving. Aft of the dressing table is a curved panel door; inside it is a walk-in cedar lined hanging locker with shelves.
Headroom in here is 6’1”. There are four opening overhead hatches, two opening hullside ports, one dorade vent, four overhead lights and one reading light at the vanity.
Master head:
To the right is a circular shower, with a teak shower grate and an acrylic curved sliding door. The shower is on an adjustable height bar and there is an overhead hatch for ventilation and an overhead LED light. Headroom is 6’1” in the main area and 6’3” in the shower.
Salon:
Across on starboard is a large, U-shaped dinette that can seat eight. There is storage beneath and behind the seating, cherry staving along the hull and an opening port. Headroom in the salon is 7’. For lighting and ventilation in the salon there are four overhead fixed lights, two opening hatches, two opening ports and two dorade vents.
Nav station:
Galley:
The counter L’s out at this point, with a large locker beneath the single sink and a double door unit with integral drawers to the left of that. On top is a smaller sink with a Corian/cutting board insert and a round lift-up Corian lid for access to the rubbish bin. There are tall teak sculpted fiddles surrounding the countertops and a continuous grab rail runs along the hull above the lockers, providing good handholds throughout.
Aft head:
Aft staterooms:
- Arched cabin doors
- Teak hullside staving throughout
- Teak and holly synthetic cabin sole
- Finished teak cabinet interiors
- Cream leather upholstery
- Louvered locker vents throughout
- Pull shades on overhead hatches
GALLEY
- Corian countertops with teak fiddles
- Deep double stainless-steel sinks; one large and one smaller
- Corian cover with cutting board for smaller sink
- Corian lid over countertop loading trash bin
- Front-loading 9 cu. ft. stainless-steel refrigerator box
- Top-loading 6 cu. ft. stainless-steel freezer box
- Isotherm refrigeration
- Spillover refrigeration system
- Alpes 3-burner LPG stove with oven
- Whirlpool microwave
HEADS
Forward head
- Modular fiberglass bathroom enclosure for easy wipe down
- Fiberglass countertop with molded fiddle
- Round sink
- Single lever hot and cold faucet
- Double mirrored medicine cabinets
- Separate shower with sliding curved acrylic door
- Shower sprayer wand on adjustable height bar
- Single lever hot and cold faucet
- Teak grates in head and shower areas
- Jabsco electric head (’21)
- Y-valve diverter for overboard discharge
Aft head
- Modular fiberglass bathroom enclosure for easy wipe down
- Fiberglass countertop with fiberglass molded fiddle
- Round sink
- Single lever hot and cold faucet
- Mirrored medicine cabinet
- Shower sprayer wand on adjustable height bar
- Single lever hot and cold faucet
- Jabsco manual head
- Y-valve diverter for overboard discharge
- Teak shower grate
WATER SYSTEMS
- 250 gallons of fresh water
- Electric freshwater pump
- Sea Recovery 35GPH water maker
- Spare membranes
- Wema water tank gauges
- Isotherm 16-gallon stainless steel hot water heater
- 26-gallon holding tank
- Hot and cold cockpit shower
- Manual bilge pump
- Spare washdown pump
HULL AND DECK
- Bottom stripped and barrier coated (’21)
- Hull repainted (’18)
- Topsides portlights replaced (’18)
- Salon windows replaced (’19)
- Teak decks
- Aluminum deck cleats (6)
- 80# Rocna anchor with 200’ of 1/2” chain
- 45# CQR anchor with 200’ of 3/8” chain
- Lofrans Falkon 24v windlass (’16)
- 3/8” chain (rusty)
- Double vinyl lifelines
- Port and starboard boarding gates
- Mast safety bars
- Vinyl dorade vents with stainless steel guards (5)
- One solar vent with stainless steel dorade guard
- Walk-thru transom
- Teak cockpit sole
- Ballast / Displ: 32.26%
- Disp. / Length: 222.82
- Comfort ratio: 29.99
- Capsize ratio: 2.01
RIGGING AND SAILS
RIGGING
In 2019, the mast was unstepped, stripped down and repainted. At that time, the wiring, lighting and masthead instruments were replaced, as were the sheaves. The standing rigging was all dye tested; items showing wear were replaced at that time.
- Headstay and Babystay replaced (’19)
- Electric Genoa furler (new motor in ’23)
- Profurl staysail furler
- In-mast furling
- Harken spinnaker pole track and adjustable car
- Mast mounted Harken spinnaker pole
- Rigid boom vang
- Boom brake
- Topping lift
- Split backstay
- Hydraulic backstay adjuster
- Halyards replaced (’19)
- Running backstays
- Harken mainsheet track and car
- Mid-boom sheeting
- Harken Genoa tracks with adjustable cars
- Harken #46 two-speed self-tailing halyard winches on mast
- Spinlock halyard line clutches on mast (6)
- Lewmar #66 electric two-speed self-tailing primary winches
- Harken #53 two-speed self-tailing secondary winches
- Lewmar #48 electric two-speed self-tailing housetop control winch
- Spinlock triple housetop line clutches (2)
- Spinlock double housetop line clutches (2)
- Spare backstay adjuster
SAILS
- In-mast mainsail (’20)
- 130% jib (’20)
- 150% Genoa (recut and inspected, approx. 50% service life left per sailmaker)
- Asymmetrical spinnaker with dousing sock
- Old main (recut and inspected, approx. 50% service life left per sailmaker)
- Sail Area / Displ: 20.99
- I: 61.7
- J: 20
- P: 55.8
- E: 22.2
ENGINE AND MACHINERY
- Top access to engine compartment under cockpit sole
- 2 ½” thick engine room insulation
- Yanmar 4LH 110HP diesel engine with 4842 engine hours
- Turbo replaced (’15)
- Starter motor (’15)
- Spare starter motor
- Transmission replaced (’15)
- 189 gallons of fuel total in two tanks and one day tank (holding 15 gallons)
- Racor 1000 air/water separator/fuel filter
- Electric fuel tank gauges (2)
- Fixed 3-blade propellor
- Lewmar single lever throttle control
- Plastimo compasses
- MaxPower 15HP retractable bow thruster (’22)
- MarineAir 16K BTU salon air conditioning and heat ((’22)
- CruiseAir 10K BTU air conditioning and heat for back cabins
ELECTRICAL
- 120V 30A shore power connection with 50’ cord
- 120V AC electrical panels (2)
- 120V volt and amp meters
- Blue Sea Systems VSM 12v vessel monitoring system
- 12v DC electrical system
- 12v DC voltmeter
- 24v DC electrical system
- 24v DC voltmeter
- DC amp meter
- Xantrex Tru-Charge 2 20A battery charger (’14)
- Three 24v lithium batteries @ 200AH for 600 AH house bank (’23)
- Stainless steel wind generator masts (2)
- Pikasola 12v wind turbine generator (’20)
- Pikasola 24v wind turbine generator (’20)
- 700W of solar panels on bimini (’20)
- Two Victron Energy BMV-712 battery monitors (’20)
- Victron battery isolator (’20)
- Victron MPPT 100-30 charger controller (’20)
- Two Group 24 lead acid starting batteries ('23)
- Two Group 31 lead acid bow thruster batteries ('23)
- Two Group 27 lead acid batteries with transfer switch for dump charge at float shutoff (’23)
- Prestovolt 24V alternator
- Link 2000 inverter/charger control
- LED navigation and masthead lights
- Fisher Panda 8KW 110V generator with 762 hours
ELECTRONICS
Nav station
- Raymarine radar
- Raymarine C120 chart plotter at nav station
- Raytheon autopilot control head
- Airmar Depth transducer
- Airmar Speed and Temperature transducer
- Raymarine ST60+ Graphic display
- Raymarine ST60+ Wind display
- Raymarine ST60+ Tridata display
- Standard Horizon Matrix VHF radio on dedicated antenna
- Raymarine AIS receiver
- Furuno Navtex NX3000 weather receiver (inop)
- XM weather
- Samsung 56” flat screen TV
- JVC salon speakers
Helms
- Raymarine C9 Chart plotter on swiveling NavPod between both helms
- Raymarine ST6001 autopilot control heads at both helms
- Below deck autopilot ram
- Spare autopilot drive unit
- ST60+ Graphic displays at both helms
- ST60 Multi displays at both helms
- ST60 Wind displays at both helms
- Standard Horizon Explorer VHF on dedicated antenna
- Cockpit speakers
SAFETY
- Survitec Elliot SOLAS Style MKIV 6-person life raft (’20)
- Jacklines
- Plastimo IOR Dan Buoy inflatable MOB pole with strobe
- Calizas Rescue Sling
- Jim Buoy horseshoe rings (2)
- MOB strobe for one Jim Buoy ring
- MOB button at starboard helm
OTHER EQUIPMENT
- Wempe brass chronometer
- Wempe brass hygrometer
- Wempe brass tide clock
- Hull Shield sonic hull cleaning system (’23)
- Stainless steel davits
- Achilles RIB (’20)
- Stainless steel lifting crane for outboard motor
- Mercury 15HP 4 stroke outboard engine (’18)
- Stainless steel and starboard cockpit table with drop leaves
- Clinometer
- Fenders
- Dock lines
- Round Dickinson LPG grill
- Cockpit cushions
- Cupholders (6)
Rod holder
- Loads of spare parts, sails, rode, etc.
EXCLUSIONS
Owner’s personal effects and any items not specifically described in this listing
Disclaimer
Potential purchasers should assume that any items on the vessel at the time of viewing, but not specifically listed on this specification sheet, are not included with the sale of the yacht. These specifications are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed. Specifications are provided for information purposes. Data was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Engine hours are approximate, may be reported verbally by the seller, and are recorded at the time and date of the original listing of this vessel. Owner's use during the time of this listing may affect the total engine hours upon a prospective buyer's inspection. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds, consumptions, capacities and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided, and agrees to instruct his/her agents or his/her surveyor to confirm such details prior to purchase. This vessel is subject to sale, price and inventory changes or withdrawal from market without notice.
