Goélette Acier 15m
(15,00 m) - 1984

Layout :

• Length : 15,00 m (49' 2")
• Beam : 4,36 m (14'3")
• LOA : 17,20 m (56'4")
• Draft : 1,10 m to 3,00 m (3'6" to 9'8")
• Displacement (light) : 15 000 kg
• Displacement (loaded) : 20 000 kg
• Schooner with lifting keel (weight is in the keel, 4 tons lead)
• Masts heights (keel-stepped) : 15.00 m + 12.00 m (50' + 40')
• Material : Steel hull and deck (teak deck extended by a platform)
• Rigging : Schooner
• Engine : Ford 4500 marinized by Fornaut

French flag. Tax paid for New Caledonia. Tax not paid for French Polynesia.

Based in French Polynesia

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Price : 3,9 M XPF / 33 600 €

Sturdy offshore schooner with lifting keel.

Good steel working sailboat. Very sturdy at sea and very pleasant on mooring.

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Interior fittings :

7 sleeps - 2 double cabins

• 2 double cabins at mid-boat
• Large saloon with large table
• Chart table
• Galley
• Head with toilet, shower and washbasin
• Forepeak, sails locker, chain locker
• No cockpit. Aft platform deck for helm station

Listing :

Building and history

Prototype of a serie of five marine steel boats. All are still sailing. This schooner was built in La Reunion on "Marine Merchants - Small Units" standards. Registered first category pleasure boat in Belgium. Built and launched by her current owner, a steel construction engineer, then sold. Her behavior at sea is very comfortable and very safe. She would not get water on deck, would not heel more than 15°. Removable canvas seats and two fixed seats on each side of the entrance allow eight people to sit on the aft platform in navigation. This boat has been sailing around the world since 1984, with regular maintenance by her owner.
The current owner is now selling her for other projects.
The sailboat has, to her credit, 2 circumnavigations with her current owner and half one with the first owner.
Sailboat arrived in Polynesia in May 2019.

Engine

Ford 4500 engine, 1984, 82 HP, 2900 h, 4 cylinders
Marinized by Fornaut
Completely rebuilt in 2018: cylinder head, injectors, segmentation ... 100 h of operation since
Shaft line on ball bearing and thrust bearing followed by double gimbals and bearings
Diesel tanks: 400 liters in the keel stub, decanter and filtration on the way, 25 liters in the daily tank always in charge + 5 20-liter jerry cans.

Schooner rigging

Large keel-stepped mast in aluminum, one spreaders set, with mast steps
An aluminum mizzen mast, keel-stepped, one set of spreaders, with mast steps
Double backstay (one insulated for antenna)
3 Releasable stays
2 Poles
3 Furlers
35 m2 mainsail with 2 reefs + lazy bag
25 m2 fisherman
Genoa 35 m2 on Profurl furler
Foresail on Facnor
Storm sails on removable forestay
2 self-tailing winches for genoa sheets + 2 winches on each mast (+1 reefing winch)
New spare sheet: 100 m

Ground tackle

1500 W vertical electric windlass, wired control box
Main anchorage: 35 kg CQR anchor + 60 m of 12 mm chain
Secondary anchorage: 2 FOB anchors + 50 m of rope
Aft: Bruce 25 kg anchor + 30 m of 10 m chain
Hawsers on reels: 230 m of 12 floating + 100 m of 30 floating

Comfort

4 sandblasted and epoxy treated fresh water tanks welded to the hull: 1500 L
1 stainless steel sink and drainer, Whale freshwater and seawater foot pump
2 burner gas stove + oven
Jabsco toilet (2020), washbasin

Electrics

House batteries: 3 x 110 Ah 12V ABS (2015)
Engine battery: 1 x 95 Ah (2020)
2 battery circuit breakers + 2 battery couplings
Solar panels: 6 x 100 W or 600 W in total + 50 Amp regulator and charge divider
12V / 220V 600W inverter (2013)
LED inside lighting + 2 neon lights
Underway masthead lights and mooring lights LED

Electronics and navigation instruments

2 electric pilots (1 actuator on tiller or fletner + 1 large hydraulic jack)
3 GPS
Flash sounder
Icom SSB transceiver with Pactor + antenna tuning
Icom VHF with AIS coupled to computer
Radio CD
Compensated compass, bearing compass
Barometer
World paper charts (roads and details)
Self-steering vane on fletner

Dinghy

2 hard bottom dinghies 3.50 m + 3.00 m in fiberglass/epoxy with fin + rudder + mast and sail + oars
Envinrude 3.2 HP outboard engine (2015)

Miscellaneous

Very large cover that covers the entire aft platform with water collecting top
Side enclosure cloths
Complete crockery and cooking equipment
Gas barbecue on deck, mounted
220V electric tools (drill, wireless drill, orbital sander, jigsaw, grinder) and full manual tools suitable for the boat
Various spare parts (diesel engine, outboard, on-board equipment...)

Last bottom paint: September 2019

Main strengths

Work boat, ideal for divers for instance.
The boat is designed for long passages. Her retractable keel gives her great marine qualities and a small draft.
She went through two cyclones and a severe grounding without any damage.
No corrosion issues: built in marine metal sheet (low carbon percentage) shot blasted + 5 layers of doxanode zinc + epoxy pitch.

Last modified : 06/07/2022