A rare opportunity

FOR SALE: S.V Stardancer

SV. STARDANCER – NZ2006

Contact: Christian Selaries and Gina de Vere.

Enquiries: Phone: +60142704944 (Malaysia)

Email: selariesdevere@hotmail.com

Overview:

•  Stardancer is a 1994 fiberglass Gib’Sea 472(Dufour) monohull (14.2m x 4.3m x 2m), fin keel with a bulb. 

• Design: Joubert/Nivel

• Builder: Gib’Sea Marine

• Displacement (light): 11,500Kg

• Ballast: 4000Kg

• Sail area up wind: 109Sq m

AVAILABLE: OCTOBER 2020

Photo Gallery

Stardancer will be in Langkawi end of October 2020 for inspection. Updated photographs will be posted then.

An Introduction to S.V. Stardancer

History:

Stardancer is a very comfortable fast cruising passage maker. She is rigged for easy single or double handed passages. She has cruised up and down the East and along the North coasts of Australia multiple times. Stardancer has visited many Pacific Islands, and has explored South East Asia twice. 

Stardancer has four double cabins, two forward and two aft, and can sleep eight. She has two heads and one shower. An exterior shower is located on the cut away scoop stern.

The saloon, galley and navigation stations are central and very spacious.

Stardancer is a New Zealand registered vessel and was previously an Australian registered vessel, and therefore had tax paid in Australia. 

We knew ‘Stardancer’ very well and bought her in Sydney in March 2013. We sold ‘Caesura’, our previous boat, after having been ten years cruising full time in the Pacific and South East Asia, starting from New Zealand. 

Over the last 15 years plus, Gina’s has had many articles published in Australia, New Zealand, Germany and the USA about our wonderful experiences. Gina has written a book which has been published in the USA, “Blue Water Women”.

Specifications:

Above Deck

She is a sloop with gib and main sail furlers. The main furls into the mast. Mast, twin spreaders by Francespar, Lewmar deck gear. Standing rigging was replaced six years ago. All sailing sheets, halyards and leads are controlled from the aft cockpit under the hard dodger, with four two-speed winches and two sets of clam cleats. Two spinnaker halyards.

Sails

• Mainsail on: in mast furler.

• Genoa on: forestay furler

• Large MPS

• Small double ply MPS in sock.

• Spare sails in good condition

Cockpit

• Large stern cockpit with central table/console with instrumentation. One large steering wheel.Two lockers under the seats, two lazarettes. Large step-down scoop/swim platform, transom with shower.  Cockpit can be totally enclosed against sun or rain. Water catcher set up.

Steering

• Large steering wheel, chain/cable, quadrant.

• Auto pilot: hydraulic system on quadrant, controlled by Ray Marine brain. Very Powerful and economical.

• A spare/stored, Navico/hydraulic,auto-pilot unit.

Anchoring

• New Anchor Winch – 1200 Lofrans.

• Main Anchor – PSS  22 (Rocna type) with 60m of 10mm new chain + rope.

• Heavy FOB storm anchor, chain and rope. (Very efficient anchor in extreme weather conditions).

• 55lb Delta anchor (the PSS 22 - Rocna - anchor is far more efficient than the 55 Delta).

• Small CQR with chain and rope

• Diverse anchor and mooring ropes, some new.

Engine room

• Volvo Penta 55hp, new in 2004, well maintained and in great condition, with only 4,500 hours (we are sailors). Cruising motoring speed:5 to 6kts, max 7.5kts.

• Two alternators, one for sealed engine battery and one for the 750A, AGM, house batteries.

• New Propeller shaft with a fixed new three-blade propeller (narrow blades are specifically for sailing yachts to reduce drag).

• 250 litre diesel tank. (complemented by cans when needed}.

Charging capacity

• 3 AGM House batteries. (250A each. Total 750A).

• 1 engine starting battery.

• Two alternators on the engine. Automatic charging controlled by Balmar MC-614.

• 400W, wind generator.

• 600W solar panels. Automatic battery charge controlled by MPPT Solar Charge Controller and by Manson SBC controller.

• Shore power charge automatically controlled by a 40A Zantrex inverter/charger. A spare/stored Zantrex can bring the charge to 80 A/hr if needed.

• Yamaha Generator 2KW. Charging controlled by the 1 or 2 Zantrexs. (same as above).

Interior set up

• The saloon is a large living space with a long, well appointed, galley on the starboard side, a large seating area (just re-covered) around a big dining table. A Navigation station and power board.

• Four double cabins with small ensuites:

• Two forward cabins situated after the large bow sail/equipment locker’s watertight bulkhead. (sail locker/equipment access via forward deck hatch). (The two forward cabins could be transformed into a large master cabin but we prefer the original 2 cabins set up). Forward cabins have new mattresses.

• Two aft cabins (we use one as a workshop) with toilets, but we have only ever used one toilet which is electric.

Water

• 800litres in five tanks in the centre of the boat, under the floor. (4x150Land 1x200L).

• Watermaker:90L/Hr, on board and was working when we bought the boat but we have never needed to use it. (Needs to be serviced if you want to use it).

Galley  

• Separated fridge and freezer, each with their own separate refrigeration 12V system.

• 140L Freezer, but we reduced it considerably with some foam. If required,the foam can be removed.

• 140L Fridge and big vegetables compartment.

• (When we bought Stardancer another independent engine-driven fridge and freezer refrigeration system was operational. We never used it so we removed and stored its compressor, but it can be re-installed, re-gassed and run if preferred).

• Double sink with running fresh water, one sink fresh water faucet with foot pump and one sea water faucet with foot pump.

• SS - 2 burner gas top oven, with fiddles - gimballed.

• Excellent lockers and under floor storage for food etc.

• Excellent airflow through the boat from nine hatches and eight portholes and air vents.

• LED lights throughout.

Bilge Pumps

• Large automatic electric JABSCO 3000 and a small automatic electric JABSCO.

• 5 manual bilge pumps in different points of the boat.

Navigation equipment

• Laptop with Open CPN – CN 93,world wide charts, and several navigation apps.

• AHEC – AIS - Class B Transponder/Receiver interfaced with laptop.

• Large Tablet with Navionics navigation app covering South East Asia (in cockpit for coastal navigation).

• Some paper charts.

• New depth sounder.

• JRC Radar 1000. (old monochrome, but it works and we use it)

• Navigation lights – 2 sets of port and starboard LED lights.

• 360 Masthead very bright LED anchor light.

• Stern light, mast deck spotlight, spotlight for transom.

Communication

• VHF- Standard Horizon - Matrix - AIS receiver- GX 2000.

• Spare /stored NavicoVHF

• SSB- Barrett 980

Dinghy - on davit

• Aluminium hull inflatable with anchor and rope.

• Light New 3.5hp Tohatsu engine for short distances.

• 8hp Yamaha Enduro for long distances exploration.

Safety equipment

• Six Person liferaft – old and needs to be checked.

• Four  life jackets/harness 

• On deck flat jack °safety lines for harness

• Danbuoy

• horse shoe: X2

• Large fire extinguishers, current.