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Extremely well-equipped 2002-launched Najad 490 with great 3-cabin, 2-heads interior layout, full-time cutter rig, electric winches, and everything you need for comfortable bluewater adventures.
FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:
With just three owners since new, ‘ADASTRINA’ is hull No. 23 of the Najad 490 range of Swedish-built centre-cockpit bluewater cruising yachts.
Originally delivered to a Dutch owner, ADASTRINA was very lightly used for the first few years of her life. Sold to her previous UK owners in 2007, she continued a life of light usage around UK waters and then down towards Madeira where her owners had planned to take part in the ARC, but ‘home life’ and COVID got in the way. Repatriated back to the UK and sold by Grabau International to her current UK-based owners, ADASTRINA was refitted in 2023 in readiness for an Atlantic circuit which has now been successfully completed.
Delivered with factory dark blue gelcoat, her previous owners recently applied a vinyl wrap in traditional white/red Najad colour scheme, to protect the gel finish beneath. Fully equipped for short-handed bluewater sailing, and with minimal preparation and investment needed to ready her for her next adventures, ADASTRINA would be an ideal solution for a 2024 ARC or further adventures.
OWNER’S COMMENTS:
When planning to buy a liveaboard Bluewater cruiser, we specifically wanted a Najad 490 – for build quality, sailing performance, living comfort and safety – we were not disappointed. After an extensive refit including new instruments, Starlink, solar and wind generation, this lovely boat has taken us safely round the Atlantic circuit from the UK via the Canaries and Cape Verde to Granada with the ARC+, up through the Caribbean and back via Bermuda and the Azores. We mainly sailed as a couple and took on crew for the Atlantic passages. Her 3-cabin layout is perfect for guests and crew, yet we can happily handle her as a couple. We have lived aboard for nearly a year in comfort and style – her outstanding quality wood interior, sumptuous seating, and galley facilities the envy of our cruising friends! She is remarkably cool in the tropics yet warm and snug in northern climes. She has provided a safe, solid, and head turning home for us. We have now decided to return home and so she is now available for new owners to take her on her next adventure.
SPECIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS:
• 2.00m draft keel.
• Dark blue gelcoat hull with white vinyl wrap and carmine red style lines.
• Standard 3-cabin, two heads interior layout with twin armchair configuration in saloon and linear galley in walkthrough to aft cabin.
• Refurbished teak decks.
• Yanmar 96hp engine with 3-bladed Flex-o-Fold propeller.
• 24vDC bowthruster.
• In-mast furling full-time cutter rig with North Sails.
• Genoa and staysail furlers (Furlex 400s x 2).
• Dual groove foil for rigging twin genoas downwind.
• Replacement standing rigging.
• Carbon spinnaker pole.
• Gennaker with Karver top-down furler.
• Andersen electric sheet and furling/control line winches.
• Fischer Panda 6.0kw generator with water separator silencer box – cooling water discharged below waterline.
• Mastervolt electrics with charger/inverter and Gel batteries.
• Spectralite solar panels.
• Rutland wind generator.
• Dessalator 100 litre per hour watermaker from 2018 with dual voltage 24vDC & 220vAC.
• Dual Eberspacher diesel hot air heating systems - D5 saloon and forward (2018). D3 - for aft cabin (2002 and overhauled 2018).
• Fridge and freezer.
• Washing machine.
• Tender & outboard with retractable davits.
• B&G instruments with Zeus 3s plotters, Halo 20+ radar, pilot.
• AIS transceiver.
• Iridium Go satellite phone system and Starlink Maritime.
2023 REFIT SUMMARY:
• All through hull fittings/seacocks below waterline replaced 2023.
• New Rocna 33kg anchor with Kong swivel anchor connector.
• New 100m MF grade 40 calibrated 10mm anchor chain.
• New Lofrans X2 windlass, with new switch relay box.
• 6 Caframo Bora fans installed and wired into master cabin, galley, saloon, bunk cabin and forecabin.
• New B&G system: Triton2 instrument system with Edge processor, Precision P9 compass, NAC3 autopilot controller, Zeus3S chartplotters - 1x12” at chart table and 1x9” above companionway, Halo 20+ radar, 3xTriton2 displays above companionway, 1 Triton2 display at steering pedestal with Pilot Controller, Bluetooth handheld remote pilot controller, new speed/depth and wind sensors.
• Rutland 1200 wind turbine with Hybrid MPPT charge controller.
• 2x150 watt spectralite semi flex pro solar panels connected to Mastervolt charger.
• New Mastervolt system: 6x200AH Gel batteries, Easyview 5 monitoring and control panel, Mastershunt 500 battery monitor, Alpha 24/75 Alternator with Alpha Pro regulator, Mass Combi Ultra 24/3500 charger/inverter.
• New engine start battery.
• Standing rigging replaced and rig refurbished by Allspars.
• Teak decks refurbished.
• Starlink Maritime version.
• New spray hood and Bimini canvas.
• New curtains throughout interior.
• New engine room automatic fire extinguisher.
• Deck hatches all glazing replaced.
• Washing machine Daewoo Winia Mini 3kg installed in aft cabin.
• New DC motor for Watermaker installed in Las Palmas.
• Additional manual bilge pump installed under saloon floor.
• Remaining interior lights changed to LED.
• Lee cloths added to forward and aft cabins.
• USB 12V charging points installed in all cabins.
• New Bigship tender 2024.
• New water pump and accumulator tank 2024.
MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:
“Designing a sailing yacht, capable of sailing all over the world and at the same time being comfortable and safe for the crew, requires a great experience of long-distance cruising yachts. The result is a Najad 490. A 49 foot sailing yacht with a powerful, extremely seaworthy hull of modern design.
The bolted keel of lead is relatively long in order to maintain course stability and a smooth action at sea. When handling on land the yacht can stand on the keel without support in the fore-and-aft line.
The rudder is semi-balanced with a strong skeg, which ensures the steering is light and positive.
The Strong floor plat construction and stringers are laminated into the hull in order to take the external and rig load. An integral swimming platform is built into the stern for comfort and safety.
The Najad 490 offers, due to her size and volume, a variety of individual layout solutions. These layouts are designed by our design department and together with the client the boat is planned for 2-8 persons. Hereby, the Najad 490 is always a very personal yacht in a class of her own.”
Text taken from the Najad Technical Specification August 1998 edition
SPECIFICATION
CONSTRUCTION
Construction Category:
• Our understanding is that the yacht confirms to Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) category A (Ocean).
• The Najad 490 is designed and built to Germanischer Lloyd’s specifications for “GL100 A5.” This includes hull, deck, superstructure, main bulkheads, engine bed, chain plate attachments and stem fittings as well as plumbing, electricity and electronics.
Hull Construction:
• The hull is built in a sandwich construction and hand laid with multiaxial glass fibre reinforced ISO polyester.
• The surface layer is of NGA gelcoat with maximum protection against water penetration.
• Integral bathing platform.
• The round bilge is reinforced with a longitudinal and transverse floor plate construction, which supports the keel fittings, mast, engine frame, tanks and cabin soles.
• Additional reinforcements longitudinal in the hull as stringers.
• All main bulkheads and the transverse chain plate fittings are laminated to the hull.
• 2 x watertight bulkheads.
• The rubbing strake is combined with the toe rail and is fitted with a steel capping for protection.
• The original colour is navy blue gelcoat with white trim line and water lines, with vinyl wrap to topsides in white with Najad carmine red trim line and water lines – 2018.
Deck & Superstructure Construction:
• Deck and coachroof are built in sandwich construction with multi-axel glass fibre reinforced polyester with divinycell as spacing material for strength and insulation.
• The colour is white with navy blue trim style line, with vinyl wrap to style lines in Najad carmine red trim - 2018.
• Hull and deck are bolted together.
• Strengthening glass fibre laminate beneath stressed areas.
• Substantial teak capping.
• Coachroof, cockpit seat bases and swimming platform are laid with solid caulked teak. Laid in silicon to a GRP deck – refurbished 2023.
• Removable teak grating to the cockpit sole, an extra at build.
• 1x large self-draining locker on foredeck for anchor chain. 1 x locker on foredeck for warps and fenders. 2 x aft lockers on each quarter. Gas bottle locker on transom step.
• Polished stainless steel framework to cockpit toughed glass screen, an extra at build.
Keel & Rudder:
• The lead ballast keel is bolted on with 16 x 20mm acid resistant stainless steel bolts.
• Semi-balanced rudder in GRP reinforced polyester with 85mm marine grade stainless steel rudder post. 2017.
• Rudder fitting in acid resistant stainless steel, bolted to the skeg.
• Rudder has Jeffa needle bearing, lip seals and a neoprene gaiter.
• Emergency steering.
MACHINERY
Engine & gearbox:
• Yanmar 4JH3-HTE 4-cylinder 4-stroke turbo diesel engine producing approximately 96hp at 3,600rpm.
• Indirect freshwater cooling system via raw water intake and heat exchanger.
• Mechanical reduction gearbox with single lever throttle control at the helm position.
• Water cooled exhaust pipe with swan neck and effective rubber silencer.
• Extra insulation in machinery space.
• Engine control panel replaced 2022.
Maintenance & Performance:
• Engine hours: Approximately 2,900 as of Spring 2024.
• Engine Servicing – Date of last engine service – March 2024.
• Maximum speed – approx. 9 knots (flat sea, and clean bottom).
• Fuel consumption – approx. an average of 3 litres per hour when cruising at 5.5 knots.
Propulsion & Steering:
• Shaft drive with bronze p-backet and new cutlass bearing 2022.
• Aquadrive thrust bearing with flexible coupling for vibration reduction. Bearings and constant velocity joint replaced 2018.
• Stern gland with water lubricated bearing 2018. Shaft seal replaced 2023.
• Flex-o-Fold 3-blade propeller .
• Rope cutter.
• Steering pedestal in GRP reinforced polyester with leather covered stainless steel 1100mm wheel, compass and top-fitted single lever control for the engine. Space for instrumentation in the pedestal.
• Adjustable friction brake on wheel.
• Cardan steering.
• Emergency steering on rudderpost by tiller.
• 24vDC tunnel 10hp Side-Power bow-thruster with control at helm pedestal.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Voltage systems:
• 24vDC domestic circuit with 12vDC start circuits and 220vAC ring main via generator, shore power or inverter.
• Circuit breakers at the chart table.
• 220v electrical sockets to the interior.
• Mastervolt Easyview 5 monitoring and control panel – 2023.
Battery Banks:
• 1x 12vDC engine start battery – 2023.
• 1x 12vDC generator start battery – 2022.
• 6x 200Ah 12vDC Mastervolt GEL service batteries joined in parallel and series to supply 600Ah @ 24vDC – 2023.
• Mastervolt Mastershunt 500 battery monitor – 2023.
Charging & Inverter:
• Mastervolt Mass Combi Ultra 24/3500 - 100 automatic battery charger with integral 3,500 w inverter – 2023.
• Mastervolt Mass 24/75 charger as backup.
Generator:
• Fischer Panda 6Kw 220vAC diesel generator.
• Generator hours: approximately 1,400 hours as of Spring 2024.
• Date of last generator service – February 2024.
Solar & Wind:
• 2x150 watt Spectralite semi flex pro solar panels connected to Mass Combi Ultra charger – 2023.
• Rutland 1200 wind turbine with Hybrid MPPT charge controller – 2023.
Alternators:
• Alpha 24/75 Alternator with Alpha Pro regulator – 2023.
• 12vDC alternator serving the engine battery.
Shore Power:
• 220vAC shore power with 220vAC sockets throughout interior.
• 220vAC 3600Va isolation transformer.
• Constant voltage device to maintain 220vAC at pontoon ends.
Other Electrical:
• USB 12V charging points installed in all cabins – 2023.
PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS
Fresh Water:
• Pressurised hot and cold water system with 24vDC high pressure pump with accumulator tank – pump & accumulator tank March 2024.
• Hot water generated by engine calorifier and via 220vAC immersion heater element in well insulated hot water storage tank.
• Filter system for fresh water supply to galley in cupboard next to sink.
• Manual fresh water supply to galley via footpump.
• Fresh pressurised pump feeding outlet in the fore anchor locker.
Watermaker:
• Dessalator Duo 100 litre per hour 24vDC/220vAC reverse osmosis watermaker – 2018.
• Watermaker hours – approx. 193 as of Spring 2024.
• New DC motor for watermaker – November 2023.
Bilge Pumps:
• 2x Jabsco electric bilge pumps with switches for automatic and manual.
• Whale Gusher 30 manual bilge pump operated from the cockpit.
• Additional emergency manual bilge pump installed under saloon floor – 2023.
Gas System:
• Gas locker with gas bottles connected to the galley cooker.
• Truma remote gas shut off valve to the cooker.
• Gas alarm and Kidde CO alarm in galley.
Seacocks:
• All through hull fittings/seacocks below waterline replaced 2023.
TANKAGE
Fuel:
• Approx 785 litres in 3x stainless steel tanks with electric transfer pump and inspection hatches.
• Electrical and gravity feed diesel transfer systems.
• 3 Fuel tank gauges at chart table.
Fresh Water:
• 730 litres in 2x stainless steel tanks
• 2 water tank gauges at chart table.
• Inspection hatches.
Holding Tanks:
• 2x Stainless steel holding tanks.
• Connected to deck fitting for emptying ashore and pumps for emptying at sea.
NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
Navigation equipment:
• B&G Zeus3S 9” chartplotter with integral GPS at companionway – 2023.
• B&G Halo+ radar scanner – 2023.
• B&G Triton2 instrument system with Edge processor, 3x multi-displays at companionway, and 1x multi-display at helm – 2023.
• B&G speed/depth and wind transducers – 2023.
• B&G Precision P9 compass – 2023.
• B&G NAC3 autopilot with control head at helm and Bluetooth handheld remote pilot controller – 2023.
• Suunto D-135 binnacle steering compass at helm pedestal.
• B&G Zeus3S 12” chartplotter with integral GPS at chart table – 2023.
• Furuno Navtex NX-300 at chart table.
• Raymarine AIS650 Class B transceiver with AIS Splitter 100 at chart table.
Communications Equipment:
• Raymarine Ray260E dual station VHF with cockpit speaker and removable cockpit handset.
• Raymarine VHF speaker at chart table.
• Iridium Go satellite phone system.
• Starlink Maritime version – 2023.
• Icom IC-M71 handheld VHF with charging cradle.
• Celtwin aerial for VHF.
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Galley:
• Force 10 stainless steel 3-burner gimballed gas stove and oven/grill.
• Twin bowl sink with hot and cold mixer tap and faucet for direct feed from watermaker.
• Filtered fresh water supply.
• Refrigerator & Freezer both top opening with 24vDC compressors.
Heads:
• Jabsco 24vDC electric flush heads in aft heads.
• Jabsco manual marine heads in forward heads.
• Hot & cold pressurised showers in heads.
Laundry:
• Washing machine Daewoo Winia Mini 3kg installed in aft cabin – 2023.
Heating & Ventilation:
• 2 x Eberspacher diesel-fired hot air cabin heating systems; with appropriate outlets to cabins.
• 6x Caframo Bora fans installed in master cabin, galley, saloon, bunk cabin and forecabin – 2023.
• Ventilation consisting of opening hatches, dorade ventilators in saloon and portlights in the cabin sides.
• Deckhead hatches glazing replaced – 2023.
Lighting:
• Ample overhead lights and reading lights at settees and berths. All LEDs.
• Pivoting polished marine stainless steel wall lights: 4 aft cabin, 2 saloon, 2 bunk cabin, 2 forward cabin all LEDs.
Entertainment:
• Sony CD Bluetooth stereo system with speakers in saloon and cockpit.
• Glomex amplified TV/FM aerial.
• Cello 24vDC TV / CD player in saloon with sound running through the intergrated yacht speaker system via AUX plug on radio. Fade adjusts the volume in cockpit and saloon – 2018.
ACCOMMODATION
Summary of Accommodation:
• Up to 7 berths in mast double cabin aft, double cabin forward, twin bunk cabins amidships, plus occasional settee berth in saloon. Two heads.
Accommodation Finish:
• The first-class interior is handcrafted in selected and unstained African Mahogany, hand polished and varnished to a satin finish.
• Profile milled cupboards and doors.
• The isolated moulding above the berths is lined in mahogany.
• Flooring of varnished teak plywood with holly inlay.
• Corian countertops in galley and heads.
• Headlining of white vinyl covered panels with mahogany strips.
• Upholstery - all cushions are covered with light-hardy and durable furniture fabrics.
• Lee cloths added to forward and aft cabins – 2023.
• Oceanair skyscreens for deckhead hatches.
• New curtains throughout interior – 2023.
• Safe in aft cabin.
Description of Accommodation from Forward:
VIP Forward Cabin:
• V-berth.
• Hanging locker aft to starboard.
• 12v and 230v outlets.
Guest Twin Cabin:
• Aft of forward cabin to port.
• Upper and lower bunks.
• Locker stowage and further stowage under lower bunk.
Forward Heads:
• Bulkheads and lockers in white laminate.
• Corian grating.
• Wash basin and countertop in Corian.
• Mirror.
• Separate shower cubicle with a teak seat, showerhead with hot & cold thermostat. Corian to the sole of the shower cubicle and remainder of the heads.
• Manual flush marine heads.
• Cupboards above and below the washbasin.
• Ventilation through opening coachroof window.
Main Saloon:
• Large L-shaped settee to port with storage under.
• Lockers and shelf stowage outboard.
• Large fixed dining table with raised fiddles to all sides.
• Twin armchairs to starboard with drinks lockers in between.
• 2x additional foldable chairs.
• Stowage lockers outboard.
• Ample bookshelves and cupboards.
• Grab rail on both sides of the companionway stairs.
• Reading lights.
• Recessed downlights.
• Ventilation hatch and windows to the cabin superstructure, all with blinds or curtains.
• Wet locker with floor hot air supply from Eberspacher heater.
Galley:
• The galley is located amidships on the port side in the walkthrough to the aft cabin.
• Large work areas in easily cleaned and durable Corian and raised timber fiddles.
• Wooden chopping board cover for stove.
• Stowage for groceries.
• Cupboards with fiddles for plates, cups and glasses.
• Cupboard under cooker for pans, etc.
• Various drawers.
Navigation Station:
• The navigation area is located amidships close to the companionway on the starboard side.
• Chart table with stowage for charts.
• 5 x drawers.
Aft Cabin:
• Centreline double berth with split mattresses.
• Berth bottoms are unvarnished and ventilated with holes to avoid dampness.
• 4 x Portholes and a skylight than can also be used as an emergency exit.
• 2 x Fixed port lights in the transom.
• A settee and cupboards to port side.
• 1 x wardrobe to starboard side.
• Washing machine to starboard side cupboard.
• 12 volt and 230 volt electrical outlets.
Aft Cabin En-suite Heads:
• Jabsco electric flush marine heads.
• Wash basin inset to a Corian countertop with a stainless steel fiddle rail.
• Separate shower cubicle with a showerhead and hot & cold thermostat, with Corian to the sole of the shower cubicle and remainder of the heads.
• Mirror.
• Cupboards both above and below the wash basin area.
• Downlights.
• Porthole with a curtain.
• Stainless grab rail.
DECK EQUIPMENT
Rig:
• Selden anodised aluminium spars.
• Keel-stepped masthead cutter-rigged in mast furling mast with 3-sets of open-style spreaders. Marine grade stainless steel step plate with mast base adjustment – 2018.
• Rig serviced and stainless steel wire standing rigging replaced by Allspars – 2023.
• Air draft approximately 21.30m (excluding the antennas).
• Twin groove genoa foil for rigging twin genoas downwind.
• Aluminium rigging-screw protectors.
• Navtec hydraulics for backstay, vang and babystay.
• Selden Furlex 400 manual furling genoa furler.
• Selden Furlex 400 manual furling staysail furler – 2018.
• Checkstays.
• Selden carbon fibre spinnaker pole stowed to the front of the mast on a track with Anderson line tender. Pole repainted 2023.
• Headsail sheet tracks with adjustable cars.
• Lewmar deck gear
• 2 x Hasselfors mechanical halyard tensioners at mast.
• Running rigging replaced – 2018
• In-mast furling system stripped and overhauled – 2018
• Mast-step replaced with stainless steel unit – 2018 (to replace original galvanised unit).
Winches:
• 2x Andersen 68STE 2-speed electric self-tailing primary sheet winches.
• 2x Anderson 46ST 2-speed manual mainsheet winches.
• 1x Anderson 52STE 2-speed electric self-tailing secondary cockpit winch (port side furling lines etc).
• 1x Anderson 52ST 2-speed manual self-tailing secondary cockpit winch (starboard side).
• 1x Anderson 46ST 2-speed self-tailing manual mast-mounted halyard winch.
Sails:
• North Sails Dacron furling mainsail – 2016.
• North Sails Dacron furling genoa – 2016.
• North Sails Dacron furling genoa – 2002.
• North Sails Dacron furling staysail – 2018.
• Nylon gennaker 2007 on Karver top down furler - 2018.
General:
• Stainless pulpit and pushpit and matching stanchions with double wire guard rails and midships boarding gates.
• Pushpit seats.
• Polished Stainless steel framed windscreen. An extra at build.
• 2 x Stainless steel dorade vents with protective pulpits.
• Bathing ladder to stern.
• Hot & cold pressurised transom shower.
• Besenzoni retractable davits.
• Outboard engine bracket.
Anchoring & Mooring:
• Stainless steel stemhead fitting with twin anchor rollers.
• Lofrans X2 24vDC electric anchor windlass with remote control at anchor locker and newly replaced switch relay box – 2023.
• Rocna 33kg anchor with Kong swivel connector and 100m MF grade 40 calibrated 10mm anchor chain – 2023.
• Spare stainless steel Delta anchor. Spare galvanised Bruce anchor with stainless steel chain and warp attached.
• Warps and fenders.
Covers, Cushions & Canvas:
• Sprayhood with polished stainless steel frame and hide covered grab rail – canvas replaced 2023.
• Cockpit tent with polished stainless steel frame.
• Bimini with stainless steel frame – canvas replaced 2023.
• Winch covers.
Tender & Outboard:
• Bigship 2.7m inflatable tender – 2024.
• Mariner 6hp outboard engine.
SAFETY EQUIPMENT:
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.
Life saving:
• McMurdo G8 Smartfind 406Mhz EPIRB with AIS.
• McMurdo G5 Smartfind+ 406Mhz EPIRB.
• Viking Pro 6 man 2004 – serviced 2024.
• MOB recovery sling.
• Blipper style radar reflector on mast.
• Horn with loud hailer and fog horn functionality.
• Webbing jackstays.
Fire Control:
• Automatic fire extinguisher in machinery space – 2024.
• 4 x fire extinguishers serviced 2023.