**Lightning Damaged**
AS-IS
On the market for the first time in over a decade! “Zia” is a truly special boat. During the era they were built, the Switch 51 was truly the Cadillac of seas. If you had to have the best of the best for a performance cruiser…this was it!
A VPLP design in the same vein as the “classic era” of Lagoon, the Switch 51 is a French built and designed catamaran for speed, elegance and simplicity.
**Lightning Damaged**
AS-IS
On the market for the first time in over a decade! “Zia” is a truly special boat. During the era they were built, the Switch 51 was truly the Cadillac of seas. If you had to have the best of the best for a performance cruiser…this was it!
A VPLP design in the same vein as the “classic era” of Lagoon, the Switch 51 is a French built and designed catamaran for speed, elegance and simplicity. During the early years at Sud Composites, The Multihull Company were the North American distributors and we sold several of these fine cats to our customers, all of whom loved the boats and sailed great distances in them safely and swiftly. One of our customers raced his Switch 51 and took winning honors in every race he entered. But for all of that, the Switch is a very comfortable live-aboard voyager. Her two aft master cabins are very spacious and her forward port V-berth is double bed size. She was ahead of her time in design and build.
Owners have reported averaging speeds up to 12 knots on passage. The owner has owned many different catamarans over the course of his sailing career, but he reports that none of them have been able to point as well as Zia has. With her foam core and vinylester construction she avoids much of the weight issues that plagued earlier cats of this era, and the owners have never reported having to repair a single blister below her waterline. She also features the rare single helm layout, whereas most 51's were built with outboard helms.
Survey and haulout facilities are indeed available locally.
A totally new house battery bank and suite of electronics inside and out will have to be added. Sails are serviceable for the time but if new sails were added performance could really be improved by an order of magnitude. Side windows are also in need of rebedding.
Once the necessary updates are added, Zia will once again be a turn key true bluewater cruiser.
Equipment List
Engines and Running Gear
Yanmar 3JH3E 40HP
Hours: 3800
Port Engine # A02672
Stb Engine # A02682
Continuous Power: 36 HP (26.5KW) at 3,650rpm
Maximum Power: 40HP (29.4KW) at 3,800rpm
Racor 500MA Turbine fuel filter system, port, starboard and generator.
Volvo 3 blade folding props
Rotation is clockwise, viewed from stern, so stern walks to starboard.
Certified for Type 2 Diesel
Yanmar SD40 Saildrives, Starboard Mfg No 05878, Port Mfg No 05888
Both starter engine batteries new (2022)
Tankage
Fuel: 2 tanks of 480 liters (127 US gallons), giving 960 liters (254 US gallons) in total
Water: 2 tanks of 220 liters (58 US gallons), 440 liters (116 gallons) in total
Sails and Rigging
Aluminum Mast
All synthetic standing rigging - Redone in Dyneema 2016
All synthetic standing rigging terminates with Colligo Terminals
Lifelines - also Dyneema 2016
Mainsail, Quantum fully battened HD Dacron - 3 reefs - 2006
Gennaker, Quantum Fusion X Composites, continuous roller furling on bowsprit - 2008
Genoa, Quantum Fusion X Cruise Polyester Composites roller furling Genoa - 2009
Main Forestay - Harken furling system
Staysail - Profurl furling system
Doyle Stack Pack main cover - 2008
Anderson dual speed stainless winches: two 52s, two 58s, two 46s
Fredriksen mast track and batten cars
Fredriksen adjustable jib cars
Folding bowsprit (~4 foot) with Dyneema whiskers, controlled by dual Lewmar blocks
Electronics
ST60 instrument package - Raymarine speed/depth/wind/autopilot/GPS
ST60 Multi display in owner's stateroom
Color Radar - Raymarine 24 mile
Navigation System - Nobeltec MaxPro with charts
AIS - Miltech 2009
Single Side Band/Ham radio - ICOM M710 with Pactor III modem
VHF - ICOM M502
Navtex - Morer WIB2
Digital barometer
Satphone - Iridium with data feature
Stereo - Pioneer surround sound
Electrical System
Solar panels - Shell 175W x 3 (525W total)
12 VDC/220 VAC
3.5KW genset - Fischer Panda 4500 SC - 3000 hours approx
Lithium House Batteries - Currently RIP
Service Alternators (2), Balmar 90-75-D, 100 amp with MC612 external regulators, center fielder
Engine Alternators (2), Hitachi 12v 80A, LR180-03C, internal regulators
Inverter Mastervolt 2500W
Dual Battery chargers - Mastervolt 80 amp (2)
Electrical control system - Mastervolt MICC
Shore power - 50 amp service
Hull nav lights
Masthead tricolor nav lights (LED) with strobe (damaged by lightning)
Masthead anchor light (LED)
Safety
Watertight collision bulkheads bow and stern
MOM 8 man overboard module
Lifesling system
Inflatable PFDs with harness
ACR EPIRB 406
Spot locator satellite system
Paratech Cape Horn 18 ft sea anchor with rode
Drogue Galerider, storm survival system
Auto fire extinguishers engine rooms
Manual fire extinguishers (4)
Emergency tiller system
Cockpit and Exterior
Plastimo sphere compass
Goidot Wheel with faux leather cover
All deck hatches and side windows are also original Goiot
Brand new never used Eisenglass dodger (for the forward facing section between bimini and saloon)
Large custom awning to shade foredeck and after cockpit with mounting poles
Teak cockpit decking
Teak table with seating for 6
Bulkhead hydraulic steering, Vetus, 3¾ turns lock to lock
White vinyl bolster helm seat seating for 2 persons
Soft Top white vinyl bimini top
Dyneema netting beneath bimini combined with old battens for added stiffness
Fredriksen traveler
Gangway - teak
Swim ladder - teak (stbd)
Stern fresh water washdown
Metal dinghy davits
Metal toe rail surrounds entire deck
Ground Tackle
Spade 66lb steel anchor
Fortress FX37 aluminium with nylon rode
Fortress FX85 aluminium with nylon rode
300 feet 10mm chain - 2009
Windlass - Lofrens Tigress 1200 has both helm and foredeck controls
Chafe cover to protect netting
Dinghy
APEX A-10 RIB Lite (10ft)
5 Gallon tank, bulkhead mounted fuel filter, anchor
Yamaha Enduro 15HP two stroke
Galley
Gaggenau four burner propane stove
Oven - propane
Dual Corian sinks and countertop with trash hole cutout
Seagull water filter
Sharp Microwave
Oster Toaster Oven
Frigoboat top loading keel cooler fridge and freezer x 2
Accommodations
Owner Suite has an athwartships mounted queen berth
Owners head is a dry head with enclosed wand shower
Guest Side consists of athwartships aft queen berth and forward V-berth
Guest Head is a wet head with a wand shower
High output LED lights throughout
Many 12V fans throughout cabins (3 in the owners, 2 in both guests)
Spectra Santa Cruz water maker - 14 GPH (membranes due for replacement)
Dual 40 gallon holding tanks with macerators
Wilcox-Crittenden manual flush marine heads x2 (one in both guest and owners heads)
Hot water heater - 30 gallon
Washing machine - 6KG (this is actually mounted in the stdb forward storage compartment - owner has never used it - workability unknown)
Tool drawer with massive tool collection included
Extensive spare parts inventory
(Zia has no AC)
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
