Vulcain Transat
(12,30 m) - 1989 (2010)

Layout :

• Length : 12,30 m (40' 3")
• LOA: 13,50m
• Beam: 3,85m
• Draft: 0,7 to 2,4m
• Headroom: 2,10m
• Displacement: 7 tons
• Material: Aluminium
• Rigging: Sloop
• Engine: YANMAR 39HP 3JH4E

French flag. Currently in Malaisia.

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Price : 10,14 M XPF / 85 000 €

Aluminium centerboarder. 2 rudders. Well maintained.

Wintered dry for several months a year in Thailand, then Malaysia.

Possibility of delivery of your boat on quotation.

R.Y.B has selected a team of professional captains for the Mediterranean, Atlantic, Caribbean and French Polynesia areas.

Contact us for more information!

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Interior fittings :

Sleeps: 4 to 6 - 2 double cabins

• Owner double cabin fore
• Saloon with 2 berths and table on port, folding into double berth
• Galley in length on starboard
• "Grand Aigle" chart table with folding seat in length on starboard
• Navigator berth (in the saloon)
• Double cabin aft on port
• Bathroom with toilet and shower aft on starboard and large storage place, deep freezer

Listing :

Building and history

Full centerboarder, aluminium, 2 rudders, Vulcain Transat type, built in 1989 by Brument shipyard according to the design of Gilbert Caroff-Duflos. Classic type buidling on ribbands and ribs.
Grounding bottom 12 mm, protection bottom for rudder and propeller.
Centerboard lifted by a Lewmar winch near the companion way.

The boat is entirely remade by a professional shipyard in 2010 and estimated in April 2010.
Works details: inside of the hull sanded to bare aluminium, insulation, electrics, electronics, plumbing, woodworks.
Awlgrip paint applied on deck and hull, new standging rigging, new halyards, in 2016.
Rebuilding was total, included a new engine, new sails, new furler, new windlass...
All hatches and portholes are new, the cockpit is covered with teak.
The boat is fitted with solar panels, 130 Amp Mastervolt alternator, wind generator, 60L/h watermaker, additional fuel tank.

She arrived in Polynesia in June 2010, sailed for 3 years, 4 months a year, stored on hard rest of the time.
In May 2013, the owner sails to Fiji and New Caledonia, then New Zealand in 2015, back in New Caledonia,
and currently in Thailand.

Engine

YANMAR 3JH4E 39 HP engine (2009, 150 hours)
Consumption 2L/h at 1800 rpm: Speed 6 knots
Completely overhauled in 2024 + hydrolube ring changed, silent blocks replaced, alignment completely redone
Three-blade aluminium propeller with Stripper orin cutter
Diesel tank 300 litres / 6 x 20L cans hold and deck

Sloop rigging

7/8th anodised aluminium SPARCRAFT rig
Standing rigging from 2015, removable forestay from Solent 2016
Backstay insulated goose foot for BLU
Sails made by DEME VOILES
Mainsail full-batten 3 reefs, lazy jack and lazy bag
Genoa with navy blue anti-UV tape on PROFURL furler (from 2010)
Asymmetric spinnaker with sock
Spinnaker and spinnaker pole rigging
Gennaker on removable forestay
Tourmentin
All sails are manoeuvrable from the cockpit on Spinlock cleats
Mainsail track HARKEN ball bearing mainsail track
2 LEWMAR halyard self-tailing winches, chrome bronze 38
2 LEWMAR genoa self-tailing winches, chrome bronze 46
Aluminium rigging screw protectors
VALDER boom brake

Ground tackle

LOFRANS TIGER electric windlass 1200W, in helm station
Main anchor: KOBRA anchor 18kg + 65m of 10mm chain
Second anchor: FOB LIGHT anchor + 10m chain and cable
LANCELLIN anchorage: 100m of 12mm
Aft anchorage: 10m of 10mm chain + 30m mooring rope
4 Black mooring ropes
6 Fenders with blue slipcovers

Comfort

Fresh water: 380 litres of water
Water tanks supplied by the watermaker
AQUABASE 60 L/h watermaker: desalination probe to be changed
Double sink, 3 taps, 1 for seawater
Fresh filtered hot and cold pressurised water
2-burner cooker and ENO gas oven
DANFOSS 80-litre fridge with freezer, 12 V
120-litre freezer (-18°), 12 V compressor, seawater cooling
30-litre water heater
1 JABSCO 12V electric toilet
Aluminium holding tank
Inside shower and outside shower head in skirt
Water tanks supplied by watermaker
LCD TV screen, DVD player
Radio CD in saloon
3 Speakers in saloon
2 LED lighting throughout
LED navigation lights

Electricity

Bipolar electrical installation
MASTER LINK electrical leak tester
5 105 Ah service batteries, Total 525 Ah (2023)
105 Ah engine battery
70 Ah alternator
Charge controller, fuel and water gauges
Voltmeter, ammeter
3 Solar panels on bimini 2 x 130Wp + 80 W, Total 340 W
1 12/220V inverters
MASTERVOLT MASS COMBI 12/230V 1200W-60A shore power charger
30m shore power cable

Electronics

VHF DSC fixed RAYMARINE 54E, VHF cable to mast
VHF Portable NAVICOM RT 250
GPS Navcartes RAYMARINE E80, at the wheel : Radar, AIS (2025)
Electric windlass control at wheelhouse and on foredeck
RAYMARINE E80 Navigation Centre GPS/Radar 24 Miles, sounder, chart plotter at wheelhouse, repeater at chart table
Loch /sounder / windvane / anemometer / electronic compass
AUTOHELM ST 60 autopilot with wireless remote control and Smart Controller
Navigation system : hydraulic helm, LECOMBLE & SCHMITT jack
RAYTECH V6-1 navigation software, NAVIONICS charts, MAXSEA navigation software: world charts
BLU ICOM M 700

Tender

Dinghy AB aluminium hull with navy blue Sunbrella cover
2024 hypalon fenders
MERCURY 3.5 HP 2-stroke outboard motor (2024)

Safety

PLASTIMO survival craft, deep-sea, ISO 9650, in 4-person container, to be serviced
COSPAS Sarsat 406 MHz beacon with GPS, to be serviced
4 automatic lifejackets, to be serviced
Set of hand-held flares
Flare gun + flares
Bilge pumps : 2 automatic + manual bilge pump (2025)
2 Dry powder fire extinguishers
Gas bottle in aft skirt peak
Emergency tiller
Pair of day binoculars and 1 pair of night binoculars with light amplifier

Miscellaneous

Hull and deck painted new (2020)
Hull liston in solid teak
Cockpit benches in solid teak and helm seat and new solid teak AR bonnets 2024
Cockpit folding table in solid teak
Cockpit floor in solid teak
Sprayhood in navy blue Sunbrella
Slatted bed base in cabins, mattresses with covers in navy blue Sunbrella

Last bottom paint : 2024

Main strengths

Aluminium centerboard equipped for long voyages, ready to go without any work.
Long range (water, fuel, electricity).
Skirt for very comfortable access to the sea. Folding stainless steel swim ladder.
A pretty sailboat, good walker and solid for round-the-world sailing.

Last modified : 20/05/2025