Biga 242 for sale (2021) in Arnis, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Attractive pocket cruiser in a easy to manage size built by Gerhard Bicker shipyard. The Biga 242 is the smallest model of the quality yard in North Rhine-Westphalia. Modern design by Juliane Hempel with straight lines and angular mahogany superstructure. Despite her traditional appearance, the Biga 242 offers good performance and comfortable seakeeping thanks to a modern hull shape, efficient appendixes and a powerful rig. Spacious cockpit with high coaming and ample deck storage in large lockers. Beautifully and well finished interior. Although the Biga 242 is fitted out in mahogany, the saloon and cabin do not feel dark thanks to white-painted ash trim, birch saloon ceiling and light blue upholstery. Below decks the yacht offers a surprising amount of space, comfort and storage for a boat of this size thanks to her clever layout. The German sailing magazine YACHT commented: "One of a kind ... no question, the youngest and currently smallest model from the Westphalian Bicker yard is unmatched. The market offers hardly anything comparable – at least not in serial production."

This Biga 242 is a practically new, lightly used yacht offered by her first owner. Fully equipped boat with teak deck, RAYMARINE chartplotter and autopilot etc. Biga 242 in shallow keel version (lead keel with a draft of approx. 1.05 m) and transverse dinette in saloon. TORQEEDO electric engine with pod drive and Power 48-5000 lithium battery. Different from the standard deck layout, this yacht features a self-tacking system in addition to genoa tracks. For the 2025 season, the owner purchased a completely new set of sails including Code-0 on a furling system. The yacht is in indoor winter-storage at the Schlei and can be viewed any time by appointment.

Rig/Sails

• Deck-stepped, 9/10-fractional SELDEN aluminium mast
• One set of aft-swept spreaders
• SELDEN boom with two reefing lines (single-line reefing system)
• Headsail furling system FURLEX 104s
• Adjustable backstay
• Fixed SELDEN kicker
• All halyards, sheets and guys led to cockpit
• Mainsail CO-Sails DCX-CT Sandwich-Mylar triradial approx. 15 m² with two reefs (new 2025)
• Lazy jacks and lazy bag
• Self-tacking jib CO-Sails DCX-CT Sandwich-Mylar triradial approx. 10 m² (new 2025) with vertical battens and UV-protection
• Canvas cover for furling jib
• Code-0 CO-Sails CZ30 PES laminate tristar-cut approx. 18 m² (new 2025) with UV-protection on FACNOR furling system
• Second original set of sails from 2021 available
• Gennaker gear

Construction

• Hull
  - Solid, hand laid laminate
  -White NPG Iso gelcoat
  -Decorative stripe in gelcoat
  -Hull inner sides sealed with topcoat
  -Osmosis protection Gelshield on bottom
• Appendixes
  -Optional short lead keel
  -12 keel bolts M12
  -Balanced spade rudder
  -Delrin bearings top and bottom
  -Aluminium rudder shaft with welded ribs
• Deck
  -Substructure of laminated and bolted stringers and beams
  -6 mm solid teak deck on 8 mm mahogany plywood bonded with epoxy
  -Teak toerail
  -Teak rubbing strake on hull
• Coachhouse
  -Side walls in 8 mm marine plywood with mahogany veneer
  -Epoxy primer and 8 coats of 2-component PU varnish
  -Cabin top in birch plywood laminated with two layers of glass fibre

Deck

• Teak deck on running decks, foredeck, swim platform and in cockpit
• Teak rubbing strake and teak toerail
• Stainless steel mooring cleats and fairleads fore and aft
• Stainless steel bow fitting with anchor roller
• Self-draining anchor locker
• Mooring gear: Fortress aluminium anchor with anchor line
• Cold moulded tiller with tiller extension and tiller lock
• Genoa winches ANDERSEN 18ST
• Coachroof winches ANDERSEN 10
• Genoa tracks with cars
• HARKEN self-tacking track forward of mast
• Large aft and port cockpit lockers
• Removable teak cockpit table (stowed in locker)
• Teak seats in pushpit
• Swim ladder

Layout/Interior

• Comfortable saloon with transverse dinette (two bench seats at saloon table)
• Large chart compartment in saloon table
• Longitudinal galley to starboard
  - Stainless steel sink
  - Two-burner gas stove
  - Pull-out electric coolbox
  - Storage in compartments and drawers
• Forward cabin with V-berth and deck hatch
• Quarter berth to starboard aft
• The quarter berth is also accessible via large hatch in cockpit and can be used as additional cockpit locker
• Heads compartment on both sides of passage to forward cabin with washbasin, sink and chemical toilet
• Beautiful, traditionally finished interior in Sapeli/Sipo mahogany
• Laminated floorboards in teak decor with light stripes
• White-painted trim on hull sides in saloon and cabin
• LED interior lighting

Technical Equipment

• TORQEEDO Cruise Pod 4.0 electric engine 4 KW
• Pod drive with 2-blade folding propeller
• TORQEEDO Power 48-5000 lithium battery with 48 V charger
• 230 V shore power connection with charging cable, RCD, distribution and 230 V socket
• 12 V/15 A battery charger
• 12 V/USB sockets in interior
• Lithium service battery Liontron LiFePO4 12 V/100 Ah
• 230 V radiant heater in saloon
• Stainless steel water tank approx. 80 l
• LED navigation lights

Navigation/Electronics

• GPS/chartplotter RAYMARINE Axiom 9 in cockpit bulkhead
• Transducers for lecho sounder
• Autopilot RAYMARINE ST1000 (tiller pilot)
• Clock, barometer, thermometer/hygrometer

Safety

• Manual and electric bilge pump
• Fire extinguisher

Accessories

• Backrest cushions for cockpit coaming
• Fenders
• Mooring lines