Soto 78 for sale in Algarve Portugal

Designed by Soto Naval Architects of Wally and Solaris fame, this magnificent yacht will fulfill your innermost desires for coastal passages or ocean crossings. Her state of the art equipment, superb engineering, and stunning interior is impressive for sure, but it is her uncommon ease of handling that really sets this yacht apart from any other fast cruiser.

Sailors and motor yachtsmen alike can take command with confidence. Impeccably maintained, you will not find another yacht of this caliber anywhere near its price.

• One level living
• Over two-meter headroom
• Main systems redundancy
• Retractable keel
• Bow and stern thruster
• Composite carbon fiber hull and superstructure

Construction Details

S/Y “AMADEUS“ - “One-off” design by Javier Soto Acebal.

Constructor: hull, deck, and general mechanical outfit: ML Boat-Works, Indaiatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, the constructor of Volvo VOR 70 “Brasil 1”, Carbon composite Sessentão (Nacira 60), Saravah (ML 54), Klimax e Zing III (Langan Design) – Responsible: Mechanical M.Sc. Eng. Marco Landi.

Material: Hull, deck, and structure in a composite of carbon “Corecell” from Gurit UK.

Structural calculations by the office of SDK Structures of Steve Koopman and Dirk Kramers.

Naval Architecture and Engineering design and management by Naval Architect and Marine Engineer Alejandro Bottino, former designer on Javier Soto office and teacher at the Buenos Aires University.

Electric Design and Project by Electra Service of Guarujá, São Paulo Brazil, under the responsibility of Electrical Engineer Roberto Brener.

Design of distribution and hydraulic controls, the supply of the lifting keel, power packs, PLCs, and hydraulic push bottom controls by Cariboni SRL, of Ronco Briantino, Italy, design, and constructor of maxi boats, America Cups and Volvo VOR 65.

Interior design and style by Jean Mark Piaton Yacht Design from Paris, designer of CNB and Jeanneau.

Rigging mast calculations and engineering modeling by AES (Applied Engineering Services) of New Zealand

General Project Management by Captain Rubem Santos Filho, M.Sc. in Business and O&M, with more than 40 years experience in marine construction, operation, repairs, and refits.

Interior furniture and finishing completely pre-fabricated on the muck-ups system in Bellotti Laricross and Nomex core material by Besk SRD, Fano, Italy (Wally constructor).

Specification, supply, installation, and commissioning of navigation and communication equipment by Pochon SA – La Rochelle, France with 75 years of experience and more than 40.000 equipment installed.

Delivered May 2018

Main Particulars

• LOA:23.87m
• Beam: 6.02m
• P: 2.7m
• Draft (keel up): 2.30m
• Draft (keel down): 4.30m
• Air draft: 35.50m
• Light Displacement: 38.5t
• Kell Weight: 13.5t
• Water Capacity: 1200Lts
• Fuel Capacity: 1730Lts
• Main engine: Yanmar Model 4LHA –STP – 240 HP
• Gear Box: ZF63A Ratio 2.68:1
• Max Speed at engine: 11.5Kts
• Generators Onan (1 x 21.5 KW and 1 x 13.5 KW) G220V/AC @60Hz

Hydraulic And Electric Controls

Cariboni (Italy) with a complete hydraulic electronic controlling system including:

• Anchor windlass
• Thrusters
• Winches
• Boom vang
• Hydraulic halyards jackets
• Furling boom
• Staysail
• Genoa and code zero furling
• Main and genoa Magic Trim
• Backstay and stern door

Navigation And Comms

• B&G H 5000 Hydra complete
• Furuno Radar chart plotter Navnet
• AIS Vespermarine transponder
• Spare Autopilot Raymarine
• Iridium - Motorola 9555
• Marine laptop & Maxsea Explorer Furuno (WiFi & 4G)
• Geofencing alarm GPS/SAT AT SAT 12 WiFi-pro

Principal Suppliers

• Shaft, propellers and propulsion systems: Bruntons Ltd – England
• Bow and Stern Thrusters: Lewmar 300 VRTTH 28 CC – 350 Stroke
• Freezers and Refrigerators: Custom Frigonautica SRL – Italy
• Watermaker: Sea Recovery - 285 l/h – AQM902 - fully automatic
• Accommodations water and blower systems: Gianneschi – Italy
• Sanitary Systems: Planus Carbon
• Air conditioning – Chillers VARC 48 Inverter (2 unit x 48.000 BTUs)
• Interior construction (block system): Besk - Italy (Wally)
• Mast: Sparcraft - France
• Hydraulic Furlings: Reckmann furling system – Germany - Genoa
• Staysail, Code Zero, and Furling boom
• Furling Boom: Romar Marine BV- Nederland
• Hydraulic Windlass: Lofrans – Italy - WDLVX4 for 10/12 mm with 120 m high tensile chain
• Deck hardware: Harken, Lewmar, and Spinlock
• Steering Systems: JP-3
• Sails Set– Olimpic Sails - Italy/Brazil
• Final painting: Awlgrip