Elan 43 for sale in Lefkas Greece

Elan 43 built 1989 to J&J design (limited edition) Popular spacious cruising yacht with a cracking sailing performance, well equipped for long term liveaboard cruising. Long term British ownership 20yrs+. 4 cabin layout (2 double aft, bunk & V-berth forward cabin) Full teak decks, 44hp Yanmar, Vetus bowthruster, Wind gen, Heating, Inmast furling main. Superb value £37,500

Construction

Built by Elan 1989 to a J&J design one of a Limited Edition of 12 boats

GRP Hull, superstructure with teak inlaid decks
Aft cockpit cruiser
Aluminium windows and hatches
Round bilge hull
Raked stern with bathing platform & ladder
Cast Iron keg keel
Mechanical wheel steering with emergency tiller
9 bronze skin fittings all bonded to large hull anode for electrolysis protection.

For 2019 season:
Hull below water line, cleaned, sanded, two coats of anti-fouling applied
Hull above waterline cleaned and polished, all stainless steel likewise
All anodes replaced

LOA 43’10 (13.05m)
LWL 38’6 (11.7m)
Beam 13’6 (4.05m)
Draft 6’4 (1.98m)
Displacement 9 tons
Ballast 3 tons

Machinery

Yanmar 4JHBE 44hp diesel engine serviced regularly (serial #03451) original.
Serviced 2019 with a of check, filters, oil and impeller replaced
Last fully overhauled in May 2018 with full engine and gearbox overhaul, new engine mounts, new water pump, new stern gland, and new exhaust elbow. (paperwork is available.)
Hours approx. 65 per year
Fresh and salt water cooling system.
Cruising speed under power approx 8 Knots consuming approx 5 litres per hour.
Stainless steel prop shaft with phosphor bronze 3 bladed self adjusting/reversing Maxprop (no prop crawl going astern) Ambassador rope cutter.
Propeller serviced and polished 2019

Vetus single blade bow prop 5hp

Electrics

12 & 24 volt electric circuits
4 x 110 amp/h domestic batteries (new May 2019)
1 x 110 amp/h engine start battery (new May 2019)
Sterling boost charger connected to alternator to speed charge domestic batteries.
Aerogen 4 wind generator to charge engine battery with diode splitter to divert excess to domestic batteries and dump resistors to avoid overcharge. (New wind generator blades installed 2019)
Shore power connection and 12v 50 amp
Victron automatic charger

In addition to new wind generator blades being installed, the generator itself was dismantled fully serviced and rewired in October 2019

Tankage

Fuel: 150 litre stainless steel fuel tank
Water: 3 linked stainless steel fresh water tanks with a 400 litre capacity
Holding: 2 tanks 120 ltr forward 40 ltr aft, GRP

New fresh water pressure pump installed May2019
New automatic bilge pump onboard but not fitted.
Two new Jabsco twist and lock toilet pumps installed May 2019

Rig And Sails

Sloop rig.
Isomat aluminium mast, stainless steel fittings.
10mm and 8 mm stainless steel wire rigging, original (surveyed 2013)
Forestay, Babystay
Three shrouds to spreaders and topmast on each side and yoked adjustable backstay.
Plastimo manual genoa roller furling system.
Easyreef behind mast main sail furling.
Isomat aluminium spinnaker boom at front of mast.
Apart from main all are original sails but well maintained.
All sails tailed to, and controlled from, cockpit via clutches .
Mechanical boom vang.

All sails by Elvstrom – all original
Inmast furling Main, white
Furling Genoa, white
Spinnaker/chute, multi coloured
2 genoas 60sq m and 49 sq m Mainsail 38 sq m and spinnaker 130 sq m.

6 varying size all Lewmar winches.
2 genoa, 52ST
2 halyard, 43ST
2 main, 46
2 runners, genoa roller

Accommodation

4 Cabins sleeping 8.
Two double cabins aft (port side en suite),
Upper and lower bunk berths in cabin amidships and double V berth cabin forward.
Two Head/Shower compartments (inc en suite) with new Jabsco manual twist & lock toilets.
Saloon seating for 8 persons.
Saloon and cabin areas all recently upholstered.
Cabin and saloon soles recently replaced,
Modern high gloss solid wood interior with 6’6” headroom.

Domestic

Galley with 120 litre front loading fridge and bottle cooler at rear.
Flavel Vanessa two burner gas stove with oven and separate grill (left hand burner control knob has jammed and needs freeing)

Double stainless steel sinks with pressurised hot and cold water system, manual seawater foot pump. 

Moulinex microwave oven/grill.
Truma hot air heating.
220v calorifier for hot water or via engine when in use.
Quartz halogen cabin/saloon lighting.
Four hanging lockers and ample cupboards/shelving in each cabin also under bunk storage and concealed lockers behind saloon seating.
Kenwood AM/FM stereo radio/CD player with MP3/USB facility with speakers in saloon and cockpit.

Deck

GDI electric windlass (new air foot switches installed October 2019) with 10mm gipsy 60m of 10 mm chain with 40m of cable laid 28mm rope spliced to chain at bow new 2014, with 20kg CQR Anchor.
Stern kedge anchor 15kg Bruce with 10m of 8mm chain shackled to 40m of 20mm Anchor plait rope.
Sprayhood, Bimini, assorted awnings with panel attachments,
New 2016 side/rear netting screens to match bimini, linked to sprayhood for total protection from sun.
Fenders,
Boathooks,
Ensign Staff,
Assorted ropes/warps,
Shower on stern bathing platform.

Navigation

Plastimo magnetic compass and binnacle
Silva hand bearing compass
Autohelm (Raymarine) ST50+ Seatalk navigation system and instruments includes GPS, Compass (with separate dedicated fluxgate) and cockpit display, Wind speed/direction, Log speed/distance/water temp, Depth and Autohelm 7000 autopilot linked to course computer and further fluxgate.
Autohelm puck seatalk electronic chart plotter and mat,
Standard Horizon DSC VHF Radio with additional cockpit command mic,
Icom Handheld portable VHF,
Prosser weather trend electric digital barometer,
NASA Target Plus Navtex
Hygrometer
Clock
ST50 Auto helm masthead wind vane renewed May 2019
Teak instrument panels behind cock pit display repeaters renewed 2019

ST50 Windspeed/direction instrument not functioning and needs to be re-calibrated or replaced

Tenders

Yam Zodiac 2.8m STI Inflatable dinghy,
5 hp Yamaha 2 stroke outboard engine (fully serviced and overhauled including new carburettor October 2019 (currently in storage in technical department workshop at Cleopatra)

Safety

8 man BFA Canister Liferaft
2 Horseshoe life rings and lights
Assorted Lifejackets & harnesses
4 Handheld fire extinguishers
Fire Blanket
Smoke Detector
Safety straps for cooker and chart table
Pilote gas detector
Carbon Monoxide detector
Ocean going Flare Pack
Electric automatic/ manual bilge pumps and electric automatic shower pumps.

The condition or level of safety equipment on board is not to be negotiated on following survey. It is likely to be listed by most surveyors but is not structural or an integral working part of the vessel and is not to be used to further negotiate the price down after survey. We strongly suggest that for your own personal safety that when purchasing a yacht you provide new safety equipment rather than relying on second hand gear.

Should you become the new owner of this yacht then the responsibility to re-register or update official bodies for items such as EPIRB, VHF, MMSI or AIS becomes yours.

Owners Comments

Cruising History:
This Elan 43 was one of a limited edition of 12 boats designed by J&J and the keel was laid in 1989 in Yugoslavia.
Part built by Elan Yachting and finished & fitted out in Germany by Elan Yachting , Fehmarn, in 1989. Commissioned in Hamburg in October 1989.

An exceptional sea boat, she has spent a number of years sailing around Pollenςa, (Spain), Preveza, (Greece), Fethiye, (Turkey) and Kos (Greece).

An out of water hull, equipment and rigging survey was carried out for insurance purposes in September 2013 and is available for inspection if required.

Title Documents And Tax

Listed below are the documents/or copies of what we have seen on listing this yacht.

Certificate of British Registry - Part 1
Copy Bill of Sale to current owner from 1996
Copy previous Bill of Sale 1994 (German owner)
Notarised and certified copies of various VAT/Tax invoices from German Elan agent 1989
Copy DEKPA Greek cruising log
TEPAI (Greek cruising tax) paid to end September 2019

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