Remarks :The
Velmare Vagabond 47 is a spacious sheltered, centre cockpit blue water cruising yacht with sea kindly lines and fully fitted for live aboard cruising. She has a simple rig easily handled by a small crew, powerful main engine and, with this and her bow thruster, is extremely easy to handle in close quarters. A big spacious vessel and well worth viewing.
Accommodation :Remarks :The
Velmare Vagabond 47 is a spacious sheltered, centre cockpit blue water cruising yacht with sea kindly lines and fully fitted for live aboard cruising. She has a simple rig easily handled by a small crew, powerful main engine and, with this and her bow thruster, is extremely easy to handle in close quarters. A big spacious vessel and well worth viewing.
Accommodation :The
Velmare Vagabond offers accommodation for seven persons in five cabins. With approximately 1.9m headroom, fabric upholstery finished in blue. Carpets throughout. Hot water cabin heating system. Galley equipped with top opening fridge, Nelson 2 burner gas hob with grill and oven, microwave, one and a half sink with drainer and mixer tap, with ample storage. Forward Storage compartment with V shelves (could possibly be used as bunks). Forward twin cabin to starboard with upper and lower bunks, hanging locker and drawers. Second twin cabin to port forward with upper and lower bunks, hanging locker and drawers. Forward heads to starboard with sink, hot and cold pressurised water, shower, teak shower grating, storage cupboard with marine toilet. Steps up to deck saloon with L shaped dinette and table to port and settee, table and nav station to starboard. Nav station has large chart table, chart stowage and swing out navigator’s seat. Steps down from saloon to port walk through “passage cabin” to aft cabin with upper and lower passage berths, storage drawers, hanging locker and engine room access door. Large aft cabin with good size double berth, L shaped settee, seat, steps giving direct access to cockpit, large hanging locker, storage drawers and en suite heads with marine toilet, teak shower grating and storage cupboard.
Inventory :Deck Equipment: - 3 x Anchors (CQR, Danforth, Bruce)
- Chain/Warp 300ft approx.
- Windlass (electric)
- Mainsail cover
- Sprayhood
- Bimini
- Cockpit enclosure
- Boarding ladder
- Dinghy 3m
- Mariner Outboard engine 4hp
Navigation Equipment: - Compass (Richie)
- Depth (Corus)
- Speed/Log (Corus)
- Windspeed/Direction (Corus) Masthead fitting needs attention
- VHF Radio (ICOM)
- GPS/Chartplotter (Raymarine plus Standard Horizon)
- AIS Receiver
- Radar (Raymarine)
- SSB Radio (ICOM)
- SSB Transceiver (ICOM)
- Satellite Phone (Iridium)
- Autopilot (Corus)
- Navtex
- Electronic charts
- Navigation lights
- Masthead lights
- Clock/Barometer
Safety Equipment - 3 x Fire extinguishers
- 2 x Engine room fire extinguishers
- Fire blanket
- Gas alarm
- Smoke alarm
- Deck light
- Sea anchor/drogue
- Liferaft (Seago 6 person requires service)
- EPIRB
- Emergency tiller
- Bilge pumps (manual & electric)
- First aid kit
- Radar reflector
- Radar target enhancer (See Me)
History and Construction:White GRP hull with long fin keel and encapsulated ballast. Skeg hung rudder with wheel steering. White GRP deck, superstructure, sheltered centre cockpit and raised deck saloon. Interior joinery of varnished mahogany. Owned by the current owner for the last 24 years, selling to downsize.
Mechanical :Sails and Spars:Bermudan masthead ketch rig with silver anodised alloy deck stepped main mast, mizzen, slab reefing main boom with stackpack, plain mizzen and spinnaker pole. Stainless steel standing rigging, furling headsail, Terylene running rigging.
Sails
1 x Mainsail (Dacron, Kemp 2002 good condition)
1 x Genoa (Dacron, Kemp 2002 good condition)
1 x Mizzen (Dacron, Kemp 2002 good condition)
1 x Cruising chute
1 x Mizzen staysail
Mechanical Systems:
Powered by a single four-cylinder Ford 2712E 80hp diesel engine last serviced by the owner 2021, shaft drive to a Brunton three bladed folding propellor with rope cutter. Single lever Morse controls. 7hp bowthruster. Last out of water maintenance 2021
Electrical Systems:2 x 6-volt 260Ah domestic batteries (2012), 1 x 12-volt 180Ah engine battery (2021), 1 x 12-volt 180Ah bowthruster battery (2021). Charging from the engine alternator, 240-volt shore power connection, battery charger with management system, immersion heater, 3.5hp G&M generator and inverter.
