DISCOVERY Discovery 55 (2017) for sale in Lymington, United Kingdom

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Construction

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC or RCDII (2013/53/EU as appropriate (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean”.

Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:

• Hull colour - Steel Blue.
• Upper boot top lines – Red.
• Lower boot top lines – Permabright White.
• Coppercoated hull from build.
• Window mullions in black and forward opening deck saloon window.
• Flush decks with flush mounted hatches.

Hull Construction:

• Composite construction in Lloyds approved laminating facility with core providing exceptional stiffness and insulation. Laid up with vacuum technology for complete structural integrity.
• Vinylester resins used throughout the hull for added strength and osmosis prevention.
• A Kevlar layer forward further enhances the impact strength of the hull.
• Non-pigmented gel used below the waterline to help prevent osmosis.
• 2 layers of epoxy as a barrier against moisture ingress.
• Air Draft - 77’1” / 23.52m.

Keel & Rudder:

• 9,500kgs (20,500lb) shaped lead keel and a depth of 2.23m (7’3”) provides a ballast ratio of 42% providing maximum stability and comfort.
• 1060mm leather covered stainless wheel controlling a Lewmar Mamba, solid rod steering system, providing direct & positive steering - no weak areas as with wire or chain.
• A light and positive helm feel provided by semi-balanced and substantially kevlar reinforced half skeg rudder, to give control in all weather conditions. The rudder is designed with sacrificial lower part. Emergency tiller fits directly to the top via a stainless deck access plate.

Machinery

Engine & Gearboxes:

• 1 x Yanmar 6BY3-160S 160hp diesel engine, 6 cylinder, turbocharged and intercooled.
• Walk-in engine room with the very best sound insulation.
• Twin fuel filter with alarm.

Maintenance & Performance:

• Engine hours - 790 as of February 2024.
• Engine last serviced - March 2024.

Propulsion & Steering:

• 24” Gori 3-blade folding propeller providing ‘overdrive option’ - for fuel efficiency under power or sail.
• Standard Morse control.
• Shaft rope cutter.
• Single steering pedestal with raised curved seat for good forward visibility and comfort.
• Bowthruster - Sleipner Sidepower.

Electrical Systems

Voltage Systems:

• Marine grade tinned cabling is used throughout. This reduces corrosion and provides longevity of all electrical systems.
• 230V sockets throughout.
• Electrical sockets - EUROPEAN Universal (2 x sockets UK – 1 at chart table, 1 in saloon).
• 12v cigar socket - one off at chart table.
• 5 x USB double sockets -  one each in saloon, chart table, forward cabin, Pullman, aft cabin.

Battery Banks:

• 1 x 12v Engine start battery (2024).
• 1 x 12v Generator start battery.
• 2 X 12V Bow thruster batteries.
• 12 x Sonnenschein gel batteries - 750ah.

Battery Chargers:

• 5kW Victron Quattro charger/inverter.
• Skylla 90-260v Battery Charger (useful if cruising USA).

Alternators:

• 85 Amp 24v alternator for main domestic batteries.

Generator:

• 1 x 7kW Onan Generator.
• Generator hours: 102 as of February 2024.
• Last serviced March 2024.
• Watt & Sea Hydro Generator.

Shore Power:

• Shore power cable and connection.

Plumbing Systems

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

• Pressurised hot and cold fresh water for sinks, basins and showers.
• Electric flush toilets.
• 50 litre insulated calorifier with 220v immersion.
• Pressurised seawater for deck wash.
• Sink manual fresh water backup foot pump and switched for fridge water extraction.

Watermaker:

• 1 x Dessalator 24v DC watermaker, 100 l/hr.
• Pickled March 2024.

Bilge Pumps:

• Sail locker, lazarettes lockers and main bilge automatic and manual run.
• Manual hand bilge in cockpit.

Tankage

• Analogue fuel and water tank gauge for quick and easy reference.

Fuel:

• Total capacity of 1,650 litres in 2 tanks with selection and fuel exchange ability.

Fresh Water:

• Total capacity of 850 litres in 2 x polyethylene tanks.

Grey/Blackwater Holding Tanks:

• 2 x Black water tanks total, approximately 120 litre.
• 1 x Greywater tank with level sensor.

Gas:

• Permanent gas supply, bayonet fitting for pushpit mounted BBQ. Permanent gas supply, bayonet fitting for pushpit mounted BBQ.

Navigation Equipment

Navigation - Above Deck:

• 3 x Raymarine i70 MFD on companionway.
• Raymarine P70 - Autopilot control head at pedestal.
• 1 x Raymarine eS97 12.1” MFD plotter/radar at saloon nav. station.
• Icom Command mic VHF.

Navigation – Chart Table:

• Raymarine eS127 12.1” MFD plotter with built in fish finder, Wi-Fi and HD colour radar.
• Raymarine Smart Pilot Controller unit.
• Garmin GPS 158i.
• Icom M423 VHF with DSC.

Communication & Weather:

• Raymarine AIS system installed & integrated with chart plotters.
• Echomax XS active radar reflector.
• WIFI Redbox router, booster and antenna.
• Iridium Pilot Satellite system - phone, docking station, external aerial.

Domestic Equipment

Galley:

• 300 litre (10.4 cubic feet) fridge
• 170 litre freezer (6.0 cubic feet).
• Seawater keel cooled heat exchangers that significantly reduce fridge/freezer power use.
• Both fridge and freezer are custom-designed, front opening, 24v and have superb insulation.
• GN Espace gimbaled, stainless steel gas cooker: 4 burners, grill, oven, harbour lock, stainless steel protection bar (Serviced March 2024).
• ·         Electric solenoid gas safety shut-off valve and emergency bypass.
• Cooker extractor fan/lights built into joinery.
• ·         Discovery waste chute design and waste bin.
• Foot-operated fresh water pump and switches to fridge drain.
• Panasonic microwave.

Other:

• Pushpit mounted BBQ.

Heads/Showers:

• 2 x stall showers for guest and owners’ in en-suite heads compartments.

Heating & Ventilation:

• 1 x Eberspacher (Espar) Hydronic M10 heating in all cabins.
• Climma full tropical air-conditioning reverse cycle in saloon & all cabins.

Entertainment:

• Fusion stereo- FM radio with CD player and twin speakers in saloon and cockpit. Can be controlled from chart plotters.

Interior Lighting:

• 4 x Flexible reading lights (2 in forward cabin and 2 in aft cabin).
• Red over-head night lights (2 in galley, one in nav. area, 2 in heads).
• Additional Red over-head night light in saloon.

Interior Lighting:

• LED lights throughout.

Accommodation

Summary of Accommodation:

• 7 berths in 3 cabins and saloon.
• Interior joinery and door furniture in Maple.
• Interior Leather – Anthracite.
• Amtico flooring throughout - Shibori Lapsang.
• Shale Corian to both heads.
• Recessed skyscreens (shade/mosquito) in Solar Beige - both saloon overhead hatches, forward cabin, Pullmans cabin and aft cabin (none in heads or galley).
• Windows in hull throughout the accommodation.
• Padded saloon table cover in cream vinyl.

Description of layout from forwards:

Forward Cabin:

• Forward cabin headboard in Anthracite leather.
• Double berth with head position forward.
• Airflow standard split mattress.

Forward Heads:

• Tecma electric heads.
• Shale Corian worktop.
• Heated towel rail.
• Separate shower area.

Bunk Cabin:

• Twin bunks.
• Airflow standard mattresses.
• 2 x Large hanging locker.

Saloon & Pilot Berth:

• Mark 1 saloon layout, with enclosed saloon seating.
• Saloon table in Maple. Black veneer outer inlays. Compass rose with black and teak veneer on centrepiece, viewed when table extended.
• Saloon seating cushions in anthracite leather.
• Twin forward-facing opening saloon windows

Navigation Station:

• Raised nav. station.
• Navigation seat cushions in Anthracite leather.

Galley:

• Light, well ventilated, and practically designed, the galley is a pleasure to use, whether at sea or anchor.
• Inboard double sink for ease of draining. Additional recessed sink for securely stacking drying crockery.
• Drawer/basket for additional storage in aft galley locker.
• Sink/drainer lid for dump sink inc. stowage in door.

Aft Cabin:

• Aft cabin headboard in Anthracite leather.
• 2 x Wardrobes (port and starboard).
• 2 x Safe with combination lock, 1 x inside hanging locker and 1 x under berth.
• Twin vertical hull port lights.

Aft Heads:

• Tecma electric heads.
• Shale Corian worktop.
• Large shower compartment.
• Heated towel rail.

Engine Room:

• Large engine room accessed through door in the aft shower compartment.
• Engine room tool stowage and extra battens in door for support.

Deck Equipment

Rig:

• Selden white painted cutter rig slab reefed mast (2022).
• Mast replaced in 2022 due to accidental damage caused while she was lifted.
• Navtec hydraulic boom vang and manual pump.
• Twin carbon whisker poles on mast, 2 x poletracks, antal line drives, s/s mast fitting, downhaul, uphaul, snatch blocks.
• 2nd Spinnaker halyard including swivel snap shackle, splicing, cranked top bracket on mast, turning block, Spinlock jammer and stemhead block.
• Headsail furling - Manual Furlex for genoa and staysail.
• Gybe preventer (2 large padeyes at outboard end of boom and 2 off small padeyes at inboard end of boom) fitted high to prevent rope sagging below boom.

Winches:

• 2 x Lewmar 68EST primary winches.
• 2 x 54EST secondary winches.
• 2 x 48 mast two speed self-tailing winches.
• 1 x Lewmar 54EST electric mainsheet winch on starboard side of cockpit.
• 1 x Winch handle pocket in companionway.
• 1 x Winch handle pocket near steering helm.

Sails:

• Fully battened mainsail (2022).
• Kemp Dacron furling genoa - UV protection on leech in Weathermax white.
• Kemp dacron self-tacking jib.
• Kemp cruising chute.
• Kemp in mast furling Vektran mainsail (For old mast).
• Sail no. 5551.

General:

• Flush deck hatches by Lewmar.
• Side-mounting s/s boarding ladders.
• Lazarette, port and starboard sides.
• Transom mounted electric davits.
• Transom handles mounted vertically each side of transom deck locker.
• Locking catches for all deck lockers.
• Discovery outboard bracket on pushpit.
• 5 x Dorades.
• Ensign staff.

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• Lewmar electric anchor windlass with deck & pedestal controls. Up / Down electrical switch at pedestal. Hand held control at chain locker.
• Anchor windlass emergency kit.
• 1 x Delta 40kg bow anchor with twin rollers and anchor chain stop.
• 100m of 10mm calibrated anchor chain.
• 1 x Fortress FX55 kedge anchor with stern rail support, 5m chain and 50m Octoplait nylon rope in a purpose-built storage bag.
• 12 x mooring cleats - 2 fwd, 4 midships, 2 aft.

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

• All external covers in Sunbrella heather beige.
• Bimini top with folding s/s frame on sliding tracks.
• 1 x Pedestal wheel cover.
• Cockpit table cover.
• Tender cover (to fit Ribeye TS310 RIB).
• Cockpit cushions in Sunbrella yacht stripe maxim beige.

Tender & Outboard:

• Ribeye TS310 RIB.
• 10hp engine.
• Simpson electric davits.

Safety Equipment

• 8 man Ocean ISO SOLAS B Liferaft with custom made pushpit mounted liferaft cradle with hydrostatic release.
• 1 x EPIRB.
• 1 x Horseshoe buoy.
• Jon Buoy Recovery Module, mounted on pushpit.

Fire-Fighting Equipment:

• 1 x Fire blankets.
• 1 x Automatic extinguisher in engine bay (2024).
• 4 x Fire extinguishers (2024).