Garcia Explocat 52 for sale in Le Marin, Martinique

AQUA TERRA: The ultimate exploration catamaran. This ready-to-sail aluminum catamaran is an exceptional opportunity for blue-water cruising enthusiasts. Crafted with meticulous care by Garcia Yachts, renowned for the outstanding quality of their aluminum hulls and accommodations, it strikes the perfect balance between performance and comfort. Built to meet its owner's exacting standards, AQUA TERRA embodies uncompromising quality. An experienced nautical professional was commissioned to refine project specifications and provide detailed oversight at every stage of the build. Every detail has been carefully considered to meet the demands of the most ambitious expeditions. Since its launch in spring 2023, the boat has been entrusted to full-time professional crews, ensuring its pristine condition. The shakedown cruise took place in April 2023. Over the past 18 months, a series of voyages between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean—including three Atlantic crossings—has allowed the owner, along with the builder and subcontractors, to fine-tune every aspect of the vessel. Today, AQUA TERRA is in impeccable condition. The owners are passionate about sports and frequently plan cruising activities such as kite surfing, kayaking, diving, and hiking in remote locations. AQUA TERRA's sturdy commercial-grade construction and equipment allows the crew to consistently meet the owner's rigorous cruising schedule, ensuring timely arrivals. New owners' commitments will prevent them from dedicating enough time to the use of AQUA TERRA. They have therefore decided to sell the boat.

Garcia Yard Presentation

This Garcia Explocat 52 features an impressive array of equipment and amenities. Whether you dream of family cruises in the Caribbean or high-performance, comfortable circumnavigation at any latitude, AQUA TERRA is fully prepared to deliver. To reconcile what might seem contradictory, to bring together what seemed incompatible, it took all the experience of Garcia Yachts, the know-how of its teams, the intelligence of our partners, architect and designer, to propose a new way to explore the world: the Explocat 52. Twin aluminum hulls with shallow draft, built to withstand all the hazards of the most magical long-distance voyages, with bows that can brave all storms, in complete serenity, the Explocat 52 is perfectly in line with the historical Garcia lineage. Manageable by a crew of two, who are always well protected thanks to the intelligence of its unique design, its generous sail area and controlled weight make the miles scroll by like never before, in first-class comfort. A subtle blend of proven solutions and innovations that offer you a truly unique sailing experience. This is so true that the British sailor Pete Goss describes this unit as the ideal machine for anyone looking to stretch navigational boundaries. Design innovations include a forward cockpit accessible through a door at the front of salon, pivoting helm allowing "outside/inside" positions as a function of weather.

Layout

• 3 complete navigation/control stations: 1 inside and 2 outside with a carbon fiber steering wheel on a pendulum system.
• 4 double cabins.
• 4 bathrooms with showers.
• 1 sliding privacy door to isolate the starboard cabins from the salon.
• 1 skipper cabin/dry storage space, at the front on the port side.
• 1 sail locker and storage spaces, at the front on the starboard side.
• Joinery: foam sandwich and marine plywood, light oak Alpi veneer, for weight reduction performance.
• Double hull insulation: second layer of insulation on the hull topsides and under the side decks. Single insulation below the waterline.

Salon

• Convertible salon table into sleeping space.
• Tempered glass for the salon windows.
• Opening glazing facing the steering station in the low position.
• Dedon seax chairs (for inside and outside).
• External blackout sunworker blinds for the side and front glazing of the cockpit, including the front door.
• Internal blackout blinds on the side and front.
• Internal blackout blinds on the doors and rear windows of the cockpit for the rear door of the cockpit and the rear glazing of the salon Blackout Version.
• Air conditioning and heating zone controlled by the Webasto thermostat “my touch screen.”
• Pulsed air on the front glazing of the salon (defroster).
• Cockpit ceiling lights with red or white lighting.

Galley Equipment

• Induction cooktop.
• 2 Smart Oven convection ovens Breville/Sage (1 built-in).
• Breville/Sage microwave.
• 190L drawer fridge/freezer.
• Vitrifrigo dL drawer fridge/freezer. Modified cabinet allowing for a dish rack and a fridge.
• Dometic CFX3 46 l. fridge/freezer and insulating cover. Note: used as a bench at the table in the saloon.
• Ice maker.
• 12 place dishwasher.
• Integrated Blanco composter in the kitchen counter.
• Charcoal water filter.
• Foot pump, seawater and freshwater.

Climate Control

• Air-Conditioning and heating Aerothermal system with 50,000 BTU capacity, installed in the saloon (2 units) and cabins (5 units).
• Diesel Heating: Webasto Thermo 120 Boiler.
• Backup system to operate only with Webasto Thermo 120 boiler (full capabilities).
• Cooling and Heating Circuit: Glycol-based system with 4 towel warmers in bathrooms.
• 2 x Water Heaters 40L units with three energy sources.
• 6 x thermostatic Zones controlled by Webasto “My Touch Display thermostats or remotely using app “BlueCool Connect.”

Fresh Water

• Desalinator 220/24v 100l/h duo desalinator.
• Foot pump, seawater and freshwater.
• 330 liters of freshwater tanks (660L total).
• 40l water heater 3 energy sources: Engine heat exchanger, V50/Kettle, 220v.
• Electric marine toilet Jabsco Quiet flush 3.
• Toilet freshwater or seawater supply via 3-way valve.
• Black water tanks (2) and gray water tank (1).
• Water supply outlets for deck washing: freshwater or seawater (1 in each cockpit).
• Compact washing machine 3KG – 220V.

Mechanical Equipment

• 2 Yanmar 4JH80 SD60 Engines.
• Total engine hours 2400. Complete recommended by the manufacturer carried out in July 2024 at 1600 hours. This maintenance included cleaning the heat exchangers in the workshop, numerous preventive parts replacements, including the 2 “mixing elbows.” A detailed list of the maintenance performed is available upon request.
• 2 Maxprop “Easy” propellers, 4 blades.
• 2 Double engine controls with Yanmar VC 20 auto sync and dual color multifunction screens YD42.
• Emergency engine controls in respective engine compartments.
• System for paralleling engine batteries.
• Additional heat exchanger between Yanmar engines and hot water tanks.
• Diesel tanks plus a reserve total capacity 1250 l.
• Fuel polishing system, 1 per main tank.

Mast

• Carbon mast module HR 385 GpA and standing rigging Rod + Kevlar.
• Sparcraft boom with Lazy jack and Lazy Bag deployed.
• Adjustable solent and staysail sheet cars from the cockpit piano.

Sails And Running Rigging

• Main sail Incidence DFI fabric.
• Hook Carver: system for taking and releasing on the first reef.
• Solent Incidence DFI fabric.
• High-performance staysail, DFI fabric.
• Code Zero 120m in CZ60 & CZ90 fabric, anti-torsion cable and banana bag.
• Asymmetric Spi A2 Incidence with 2 bags and sock.
• Bora Spi from Oxley sails with sock and 2 bags.
• Optimized deck plan for OXLEY spi maneuvering with double guys, double sheets, controlled from the cockpit.
• Lewmar AST 65 electric winch with additional winch control button option. Cockpit offset to port for sail adjustment. Including harmonized protective cover.
• Facnor LS330 roller, LS20 and NEX storage, Profurl.

Rear And Front Cockpit

• Larger and lowerable outdoor cockpit table, convertible into a bed including suitable cushions.
• Additional red courtesy lights.
• Exterior cockpit upholstery rear and front in silvertex fabric.
• Cockpit sunshade and storage bags.
• Complete rear cockpit closure fabric including doors with mosquito nets and storage bag (full enclosure).
• Sun protection for Foredeck: CANOPY ForeDeck 6 points 2024.

Anchoring

• Electric windlass 2000 W 24V Lewmar.
• Windlass control and chain counter at the external steering station.
• Remote control windlass & 1 repeat dial B&G front cockpit.
• Main galvanized Spade anchor 45 kg.
• Main Fortress aluminum anchor FX 55, on swivel.
• 100 M HR grade 70 10mm chain on swivel.
• Rear galvanized Spade anchor 25 kg, nylon rope 50M lead 20M.
• Mooring lines 16 strands 18 mm x 20 M.
• Inflatable cylindrical fenders 120 x 40 cm Fendertex.
• Inflatable oval fenders Fendertex.
• Composite dock ladder with ramp and storage bag. Adjustable lyre support according to height.

Navigation Electronics

• Touchscreen chart plotter at the chart table – B&G: Zeus3S 16”.
• Touchscreen chart plotter at the external steering stations – B&G: Zeus3S 9”.
• Simrad graphic sounder with dual-frequency probe (50/200 kHz).
• Joystick steering control at the chart table QS80.
• Precision-9 compass.
• WR10 autopilot radio remote control.
• ZG100 active GPS antenna.
• Radar 48 nm radome 24 B&G Halo 24.
• VHF & AIS DSC class B B&G H60.
• Automatic horn speaker.
• AIS transponder Class B NAIS 500.
• Main autopilot, wireless remote control WR10, 3 Triton2 autopilot controllers, NAC3 autopilot genius, JEFA Motor.
• 2nd backup autopilot on independent NMEA network, AP44 autopilot control, ZG100 active GPS antenna, electronics, NAC3 autopilot genius, JEFA Motor.
• Wet compass chart 4″.

Electricity

• Digital control and monitoring network CZone including 2 “Touch 7” screens and 1 Masterview.
• Alternators, 6 Mastervolt Mac Plus 24/24-30 + Czone.
• Flexible and walkable solar panels (1590W) on the roof, with MPPT charge controller.
• Mastervolt MLI ultra 24v/6000 lithium batteries, 230 Ah each Engine batteries.
• Combi Mass 24v 3500w 220v Mastervolt charger inverter.
• Combi pro 24v 4000w 110v Mastervolt charger inverter.
• 220 v sockets.
• 120v interior sockets including 2 USB-C 5W per socket.
• 30a shore power sockets.
• Shore power cables.
• 220V Fischer Panda 10000i generator.
• Watt&sea 600 hydro generator.

Telecom, Lan/Wifi

• Integrated LAN/WIFI and maritime telecommunications network.
• “Ocean Box” gateway to satellite communication or 4G services.
• High-performance Starlink antenna.
• Certus Iridium antenna.
• 4G antenna and router, SIM cards for coastal navigation.

Hi Fi System

• FUSION Apollo white box MS-WB670 AM/FM MP3.
• FUSION wired repeater in cat6 MRX400 at the cockpit.
• FOCAL FPX4.400SQ class A/B stereo amplifier.
• FOCAL Dome Flax 1.0 interior speakers.
• FOCAL Utopia 21WX subwoofer and insulation box.
• DC Gold N9.5R exterior speakers.

Dinghy

Dinghy 2024 AB AL13 aluminum hypalon gray tube 1 drain + 1 quick drain. Compartment for 20-liter tank at the front (fuel hose under the floor). Yamaha 25 hp long shaft dinghy engine with harmonized protective cover. Custom-made solar/anti-chafing protective cover 2024. Plus an additional protective cover to completely cover the dinghy during passages. Aluminum davits, with cabled spectra cables spliced on Snap Hooks via blockers and winches.