Spirit 46 MkII - Sold

Impressive specification; optimised for racing, including a totally new sail wardrobe & keel / rudder profiles “yard prepared.” The Spirit 46 has all the answers, if you want an incredibly elegant hull form, very manageable sail plan (MOYA can often be seen short tacking with just owner & daughter aboard!) and effortless fast cruising.

Built 2003, (but lightly used) full carbon rig, an interior to cruise & race in total comfort; all new sail wardrobe in 2008; very comprehensive electronics & navigation package.

- 4 man life raft
- 1 pack offshore flares
- Powerful cockpit connected floodlight
- Emergency VHF antenna
- 1 self inflating Dan buoy
- Fire extinguishers
- Internal fitted torches

- Full cockpit and coach roof boat cover
- Mainsail cover
- Ensign and flag pole
- Boat hook
- Motor sailing triangle
- Bucket and funnel
- Warps and fenders
- IRC certificate; current
- GBR racing sail numbers

- Stainless steel sinks fitted in galley and heads,
- Single hand pumps for fresh water.
- Fresh water supplied from 80 litre nylon tank under cockpit.
- Large capacity manual bilge pump fitted in cockpit.
- 80 litre nylon translucent fuel tank
- Holding tank for WC

- Two steering compasses with night illumination.
- Full suite of Raymarine Tri – data log, speed, depth instrumentation and repeaters
- Raymarine radar chart plotter including one wide area CmapNT of Eastern English Channel
- Radar scanner on demountable pole
- Raymarine below deck autopilot with sail to wind and sail to route
- Furuno Navtex dual band
- Electronic radar reflector
- CD and radio with cockpit remote operation
- Tri colour navigation, steaming, boom and mast fitted deck floodlights
- Mast fitted all round white anchor light
- Seven interior cabin lights fitted

- Yanmar 18 HP diesel inboard, direct cooled.
- Hurth 2:6 gearbox soft mounted with flexible coupling and flexible stuffing box in sound insulated engine space.
- 25 mm stainless steel prop shaft through bronze \'P\' bracket to Gori.3 blade folding bronze propeller
- Wet exhaust system with water sump and swan neck outlet in counter.
- Engine control panel near helm position with audible alarms
- Single lever Morse control and engine stop lever.
- Mastervolt electrical panel in saloon fitted with 10 switches, individually fused
- 12 V Battery charger, shoreline and extension. 2 sockets
- 2 Mastervolt marine batteries (110 AH) of which one brand new
- Electric bilge pump
- 3 vent powerful Eberspächer heater with timer and thermostatic control
- Fridge

- Deck gear by Frederiksen.
- Traveller for mainsheet with 3:1 controls, Mainsheet on 6:1 / 12:1 system with jammer.
- Genoa cars on tracks.
- Bow fairleads fitted at stemhead.
- Mooring cleats fitted to deck, one for’ard on centreline, one aft on centreline, two amidships.
- All deck fittings in chrome plated bronze or polished stainless steel.
- Jib sheets controlled by Andersen size 28 Self-tailing winches.
- Fortress F16 Aluminium anchor with 5 m chain and 35 m anchor rope in bow locker, tripping line with float
- Anchor bell
- 2 x 5m, and 2 x 8m mooring warps.
- Fenders
- After deck air vent for use with heater and general ventilation
- Flagpole socket recessed in aft deck

- Carbon mast and boom painted white.
- Standing rigging in discontinuous Nitronic rod.
- Twin spreader rig with 8 mm cap and intermediate shrouds and 6mm lowers.
- All halyards in 12 mm pre-stretched multi-plait running internally.
- All shrouds fitted with open barrel stainless steel rigging screws.
- All halyards lead aft to the cockpit through deck organizers and Spinlock clutches to 2 Andersen 22 self-tailing winches on coachroof.
- Reefing lines and clew outhaul lines lead aft to cockpit controls.
- Backstay in Spectra, controlled by 12:1 purchase at helm position.
- 10:1 kicker fitted, controlled from cockpit.
- Lazyjacks fitted to boom to collect sail and to act as topping lifts.

Original sails 2003
- Fully battened Pentex mainsail with 3 reefing options. All reef lines lead aft to cockpit
- Battened Pentex furling genoa with sacrificial UV strip and sail bag
- Dacron heavy weather jib (unused) with sail bag
- Storm jib (unused) with sail bag
- Asymmetric spinnaker; medium weight with deck launch and cockpit launch bags
- Symmetric light weight spinnaker with deck and cockpit launch bags
- Sail ties

Additional sails 2008
- Fully battened mainsail: 6 full battens and retainers, 3 reefs, shape stripes, numbers, interslide attachments, headboard, cunningham, overhead leech line, tailored roach, bag
- Light genoa: shape stripes, leech and foot lines, tell tales, turtle bag
- Heavy genoa: shape stripes, leech and foot lines, tell tales, turtle bag
- High Clew Jib: shape stripes, leech and foot lines, tell tales, turtle bag
- Storm Jib: Day glow, emergency luff grommets, leech and foot lines, tell tales, bag

Accommodation is for five in comfort in one quarter berth to starboard aft of the chart table and navigation station, a main saloon with settee berths each side for 2 persons. The owner’s well appointed double cabin is forward
- Heads with marine WC for’ard of the saloon to port
- Hanging locker in heads compartment.
- Removable table with seating for six in saloon.
- Twin burner spirit cooker in galley, with pan clamps.
- Ample crockery stowage and general stowage space built into galley.
- Upholstered Seat / berth cushions and backs
- Fitted galley complement of all stainless plates, bowls, cups, cutlery pans, storage containers, electric kettle

Hull
- Brazilian cedar planking over male mould, 15mm x 40mm cover (speed strip), epoxy bonded and bronze fastened.
- Planking cross laminated with 2 x 3 mm Khaya veneers at 45 degrees.
- Hog, keel, stem and stern posts, horn timber, floors, beam shelf constructed from solid or laminated straight grain Brazilian cedar.
- Lightening holes drilled without compromising strength
- Hull is stiffened by fitting all the internal furniture in plywood bonded to the hull to form a monocoque structure.
- Laminated ring frames form the chain plate mounts and mast partners and transmit the loads to hull and keel bearing floors.
- All plywood used is Brynzeel brand, manufactured to Lloyds specs.
- Hull planking is sheathed with 600 gsm bi-radial glass/epoxy, faired with 2 layer epoxy fillers and spray coated with Awlgrip paint system.
- Hull coated below the waterline with self polishing antifouling paint.

Rudder and Keel
- Rudder is a multi laminate timber blade, epoxy glass sheathed and fitted on a solid 50mm stainless steel stock. The stock rotates in a moulded GRP tube fitted with nylon bushes at top and bottom.
- Tiller fitted to the stock with a cast stainless steel rudder head incorporating a tiller lifting facility and load bearing bronze ring.
- Adjustable tiller extension
- Keel is of the flattened bulb type with maximum righting moment and with optimum high/low pressure separation across the keel.
- Keel weighs 2240 kgs and is through bolted to the hull with five centreline 24mm keel bolts and eight 15mm secondary bolts.

Deck and Cockpit
- Deck beams, beam shelf and carlins in Brazilian cedar or mahogany.
- Structural bulkheads in 6 / 9mm plywood, braced with solid mahogany where necessary.
- Beams overlaid with 6mm plywood, with margin boards and king planks fitted in bright finished mahogany.
- Deck is laid with swept teak planking following the margins.
- Cockpit constructed from solid mahogany on a plywood substructure, bright finished.
- Cockpit seats fitted with stowage below.
- Storage areas dedicated for liferaft and fender stowage.

Coachroof
- Coachroof built of bright finished mahogany over plywood substructure.
- Sliding mahogany hatch in garage fitted to coachroof on stainless steel runners.
- Companionway doors folding into recesses in the coachroof allow unhindered access.
- Flush fitted hatches over fore end of coachroof and over saloon table.
- Six oval chrome bronze portlights are fitted in coachroof sides.
- Deck prisms fitted in fore deck over forward berths

Internal structure
- All furniture of 6 mm plywood, bonded and filleted to the hull.
- All interior surfaces finished in white eggshell paint and satin varnish.
- Main saloon finished in fielded and raised Mahogany paneling, satin finished.
- All interior fitments trimmed with solid mahogany, satin finished