Malcolm-Tennant 48 Catamaran Motor-Yacht for sale in Majuro, Marshall Islands

Island Girl is a 48 foot Malcolm Tenant power catamaran, designed for coastal voyaging and island hopping.

She has very low hours on her dual Yanmar engines, is well equipped, and has been carefully maintained by her owner, a seasoned seaman who has spent his life on the water. He presently owns a large sailing catamaran and is heavily involved in the Marshall Islands with humanitarian work and projects in the South Pacific region. Island Girl was purchased mainly to be used for a specific project that was recently cancelled.

She is being offered at a heavily discounted price for a yacht of her size, condition and equipment list due to her remote location. She can be motored at a speed of 9 knots and, with extra bladder tankage, and travel up to 800 miles on her own bottom. Using her existing tankage, she has a range of about 350 miles. Her top speed is 23 knots, but her cruising speed is ideal at 9 knots for efficient use of fuel.

Due to her range limits, she is mostly ideal for coastal cruising, island hoping, rather than long oceanic crossings. Where she is located now she cannot be taken to Hawaii on her own bottom. She is ideally purchased by someone in the South Pacific. She can motor on her own to Tarawa in Kiribati, then to Funafati in Tuvalu, then to Fiji and points South. She can also motor to Guam, over to Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Chuuck, but would need additional bladder tanks for this journey. Her delivery can be arranged at an additional charge to potential purchasers.

Her listed price is very, very low for a yacht of this quality, vintage, and condition due to her location. For anyone in the region she represents a superb deal for purchase, but an Aussie, Kiwi, or any Pacific Islander would be thrilled to find such a powercat near them at such a price. Replacement value for a Tenant such as this would exceed 1 million dollars.

Please contact us with any questions that you may have.

Boat Name
ISLAND GIRL
Dimensions
LOA: 48 ft 0 in
Beam: 16 ft 4 in
Engines
Total Power: 480 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: YANMAR
Engine Model: 4HLA STZP
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Port
Engine Hours: 1270
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 240 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: YANMAR
Engine Model: 4HLA STZP
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Starboard
Engine Hours: 1270
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 240 HP
Accommodations
Number of heads: 1
RECENT UPGRADES

• 5,5 KVA Northern Lights Generator (2015) with 170 hours
• 2 kw inverter charger combi (New 2018)
• 160 liter (45 gallons) per hour water maker (2016)
• Autopilot (New 2018)
• 8 man ocean liferaft (New 2016)
• SSB radio (New 2017)
• 12' semi rigid hypalon inflatable dinghy (New 2018)
• Additional GPS with Navionics sea charts on tablet (New 2018)
• Full Ocean Offshore Safety Equipment (25 life jackets) and 8 man offshore life raft (2016)

DIMENSIONS AND DETAILS

• Sleeps 6 in 4 cabins forward
• Lounge
• Kitchen
• Dining room
• Shower room
• Generator room
• Sheltered aft deck
• Fishing platform
• Fish hatch with live fish tank
• Fish cleaning station
• Full flybridge with second steering station and settee under collapsible bimini cover
• Barbecue area
• Second dinghy storage
• Solar panels
• Cruising speed: 25 kts
• Maximum speed: 28 kts
• Shaft drive
• Draft to skeg: 3,84'
• Beam: 16,4'
• Displacement: 24,630 lbs

• Construction is high density foamcore GRP sandwich sheets
• No wood anywhere, even RIB's are of the same GRP light weight panels/sheets
• Ideal for overnight fishing expeditions to more remote locations
• Hulls were laid up in NZ by Malcolm Tennant, the designer and shipped to Australia where she was completed

TANKAGE

• Fuel tanks, Steel, 2x 400L (220 gal) stainless steel tanks
• Extra bladder tanks fitted (New in 2016)
• Bladder up front 3x300 liter
• Bladder starboard 1x380 liter
• Total fuel = 2100 liters (515 gallons) including bladder tanks (fuel transfer pump)
• Maximum range 700 miles @ 3 liters per nautical mile @1700 rpm (no reserve)
• Watertanks 2x300 liters = 600 liters (110 gal) and 160 liter per hour reverse osmosis water maker
• Two built in stainless fuel tanks of 400 l each...800 liters total. She also have two bladder fuel tanks already fitted in the storage areas below the lounge seating which can hold another total of 400 liters. On the delivery voyage we fitted an additional 1000 liter on the aft area ( described above). This is not suitable for general cruising. At a cruising speed of around 9 knots , the fuel consumption is around 3 liter per nautical mile

GALLEY

• The galley is fully rigged with gas burners, electric oven, microwave oven and 12v/ 220v fridge, wash basin with hot and cold water, kitchenware and food storage etc.
• There is also an additional huge low energy heavy duty fridge and freezer of 200 liter each in the lounge
• These are specially designed to run off the generator for only one hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening, to keep temperature

SERVICE SCHEDULE

• Service 780 hours - July 2016
• Change oil on starboard engine and filter at 864 hours - 2016
• Change oil, oil filter and fuel filter on 1110 hours - 2016
• Change oil starboard side at 1264 hours - 2017
• Change oil, no filter on port side at 1260 hours - 2017
• Change oil and filters on starboard side - April 2018
• Genset serviced 140 hours - July 2017

Fuel consumption

• Best...run 2 motors at 1700 rpm...8 kts...3 per mile
• Best fuel...one motor at 2000 rpm...2.7l per mole
• Best cruising speed 16 kts @ 4 per mile (3.87)

HISTORY

• Current owner is third owner of this yacht. She was built professionally in Australia, but owner is not aware of by whom. She was first used as a scuba diving charter boat. Second owners used her for weekend fishing trips in NE coast of Australia.
• Current owner delivered her himself from Australia to Marshall Island, via New Caledonia, to use in a volunteer project, where about 20 people were taken to a nearby atoll about one hour from Majuro for a week. About 8 trips were done and then the project ended, hence the boat is for sale.

• Current owner is a master seaman and owns a large fishing fleet in South Africa. He owns two other catamarans, a Catana 58 and an FP Lazezzi 40. He takes very good care of his yachts. In July of 2016 this yacht was hauled and had 8 coats of anti-fouling applied to allow for longer use without hauls. The last four coats were ablative anti foul. At the same time props, sea cocks were inspected, new items were installed and the boat has been used since. She recently went on a long fishing trip and is in perfect working order.

ENGINE ROOMS

The engine rooms consist of two compartments each:

• The rear compartment contains the sea cocks, rudder quadrants, watermaker and autopilot
• The front compatment contains the engine
• Access to the engine room is into the rear compartment from the top aft deck
• In the event engine removal or major work is required, both engines also have additional access from the top in the lounge area
  

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