Grand Soleil 44 Performance for sale in Greystones Ireland

Since its launch, the Grand Soleil 44 Performance has turned heads both on the race course and the marinas/anchorages. The design is strikingly beautiful and her performance as a race boat under both ORC and IRC has seen her top the podium as some of the most competitive regattas across the world, both around the cans and racing offshore

This particular model, "Samatom", is specified to hit the race course immediately and has been maintained to a very high standard.

Get in touch now to plan for a successful 2025 season

Inventory:
Accommodation :
Construction

Composite hull and deck construction, sandwich foam core with biaxal glass fibre and unidirectional carbon fibre.

Further reinforcements in high stress areas.

Hull and deck finished in white gel coat.

ORC optimized keel with T-bulb in lead (2.4m draft)

Upgraded carbon rudder and rudder stock.

Self-aligning rudder bearings.

Twin wheel steering, with composite wheels painted black

Volvo 75 HP inboard engine with saildrive (upgrade)

Flex-O-Fold three blade propeller.

Aft guard rails in dyneema

Flush-closing plexi-glass companionway.

Large opening transom swim platform with hydraulic electric lift

Cockpit seats and stern platform finished in teak

Felxiteak laid in cockpit sole and side decks.

Flush deck hatches.

Dedicated liveraft locker in transom.

Marine Composite Valve True design seacocks and thru hull fittings

Spars, Rigging and Deck Gear

High modular Carbon mast with 2 sets of spreaders.

Carbon racing boom.

Rod standing rigging.

Hydraulic backstay adjuster with pushbutton operation at mainsheet wiches for easy remote adjustment.

Antal mainsail track.

German mainsheet arrangement with recessed mainsheet track.

Recessed floating jib car system.

Harken jib inhauler tracks.

Ubi Major jib furling system.

Harken twin groove forestay foil - not installed.

Racing carbon bowsprit 1.6m.

Pauger carbon fibre boom vang with internal purchase system.

2 X Harken Performa 60.2 primary winches.

1 X Harken Performa electric 50.2 main halyard winch.

1 X HarkenPerforma 50.2 halyard winch.

2 X Harken Performa 50.2 mainsheet winches.

Deck gear for genneker/code 0

2:1 main halyard.

10 X Spinlock clutches at companionway.

Custom upgrade running rigging including spare sheets etc - most Dyneema SK78 and SK99.

6 X pop up mooring cleats

Line stowage under cockpit seats

Windex

Sails

2023 Quantum sails.

Fusion M7 Carbon Membrane Mainsail with 2 reefs

A3 Superkote Asymmetric spinnaker.

Spinnaker staysail laminate on furler

J1 Fusion M7 Carbon Membrane Jib

Blast reacher-Code 0 Laminate (jib size type code ) flown off bowsprit.

Storm jib.

2022 North Sails.

A 2.5 Superkote Asymmetric Spinnaker - 2021

Black Norlam Mainsail with 2 reefs

Black Norlam roller jib

3Di raw J1 780 jib

3Di raw J2 780 jib

3Di raw J3.5 780 jib.

A1.5 Superkoate Asymmetric Spinnaker.

A2.5 Superkote Asymmetric Spinnaker

Code 0 with top down furler.

Electronics and Instrumentation

3 X 90 AH AGM Exide service batteries

1 X 70AH AGM engine battery

80 AH 12V engine alternator.

60 AH Battery charger

Mastervolt inverter 2500W

Shore power system.

LED navigation lights, deck light and compass light.

B&G H5000 system

2 X B&G H5000 Multifunction displays at helm stations.

B&G Zeus 3 12" chart plotter at chart table.

B&G Zeus 3 9" chart plotter at helm.

B&G Autopilot with H5000 control unit.

B&G 3 x Maxi 20/20 Triton displays on mast with carbon mast bracket

B&G carbon anemometer

VHF at chart table.

Handheld B&G VHF unit.

B&G external GPS antenna ZG100.

B&G AIS transponder Nais 500 B class.

Simrad Gofree Wi-Fi.

Fusion Apollo RA770 stereo system.

Cyclops 5/8" Smart Tune forestay load sensor.

Navionics chart card UK & Ireland.

Accommodation

3 cabin with 2 heads configuration.

Lightweight "race" interior materials

Furniture and floorboards in lightweight sandwich construction.

Spacious saloon with C - shaped sofa and fixed table to port, settee with chart table forward to starboard.

L -shaped galley to port with worktop in resin, double stainless steel sink, 90L refrigerator, gimballed over with 2 burner hob, rolling hob cover and ample stowage.

Double berth in forward cabin, hanging lockers and stowage space.

En suit heads forward with marine toilet, hanging lockers and stowage space.

Aft day heads to starboard with marine toilet, wet hanging locker, separate shower with door.

2 X aft double cabins with hanging lockers and stowage space

Oak finish throughout.

Eberspacher hot air heating

LED lighting.

230V and USB sockets throughout.

Safety and Equipment

Sprayhood

Cockpit halyard bags

Wheel and pedestal covers.

Protective covers for saloon table and galley.

Protective mast cover for below deck.

Mainsail cover.

2 X Lee cloths.

6 man liferaft in date.

Manual and electric bilge pumps

4 X 1kg fire extinguishers.

Radar reflector.

Bucket

Flare pack.

First aid kit.

Fog horn.