Aqua Vitae Sailing Limited

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Aqua Vitae sailing limited offers skippered charter, corporate events and bareboat yachts in the Solent and further a field. Our exceptionally well appointed yacht is available at sensible prices. For a personal experience come sailing with us.

 

An exceptional twin - wheel 40 footer. Inside Aqua Vitae you'll find a world of space, comfort and elegance. This boat exemplifies quality, innovation and fun.  Aqua Vitae has an impressive inventory, designed to make her guests comfortable and ensure she wins against the competition.  The Sun Odyssey is well designed for comfortable cruising and exhilarating racing.  The cockpit width extends all the way to the stern so there is lots of room for the crew, with nobody getting in the way. She has twin steering wheels, ergonomic cockpit and state of the art electronics.  She has plenty of storage space for all your gear, a folding cockpit table and an accessible mainsail traveller on the coach roof.

With new sails in 2006, a fully battened main, race orientated genoas and with her feathering maxi prop she has been setup to perform at the top of her class, around the cans or offshore.

After your day out the spacious salon is finished with the traditional JEANNEAU attention to detail, and the feeling below is that of warmth and relaxation. Aqua Vitae has a solid saloon table, wide bench seats, to port further seating and a navigation station table, a complete galley, numerous storage lockers, all in all an exceptional use of space. The heads compartments are spacious for this size of boat and have a separate shower zone. The aft cabins are large and inviting, with lots of storage space as well.

From her home at Haslar Marina, Gosport, Portsmouth, Aqua Vitae has fast access to the Solent, allowing you to get straight into the sailing. 

Layout

Three double cabins, with two Heads/Showers.

The Saloon converts to another double berth and the settee by the chart table converts to another small single berth.
Sleeps 6 people very comfortably in the 3 double cabins or a max of 9 if the Saloon and chart table conversions are utilized.


Technical Specs

 

Designer

Daniel Andrieu

Overall length

12.2 m

Hull length

11.75 m

Length on Waterline

10.17 m

Overall Beam

3.95 m

Displacement

7300 kg

Keel Weight

2430 kg

Draft

1.95 m

Fuel Capacity

136 L

Water Capacity

320 L

Certification CE / CE

A

Crew Numbers

10 max

Decks

Teak


Sails/Mast

 

Main Sail Area (fully battened)

36.90 mē

Genoa Area

46.20 mē

Spinnaker

Yes 

Cruising chute

Yes with Snuffer

Mast

Deck mounted

Rigging

Mast Head

Permanent line main reefing

Single line; led back to cockpit

Mast Height

14.85 m

Spreaders

Twin

Mainsail

Fully battened with Lazy Jacks

Furling Genoa

Yes

 



Interior

 

Cabin Number

3

Forward Bed

1.95m x 1.90 m

Aft Beds

2.00m x 1.40 m

Head Room (saloon)

1.90 m

Berth

8 + 1

Shower/Toilet Cabins

2

Fridge Unit

Yes

Fridge Capacity

140 L

Cooker

2 Burner/Oven

Boiler/Hot Water

41 L

Domestic Battery

3

Engine Battery

1

220 V Shore power 

Yes

Heating

4 outlet diesel heater


Engine/Electronics

 

Radar -

RayMarine 2kw

GPS/Chartplotter at chartable

Raychart 10inch Colour Radar / chart plotter RL80

GPS/Chartplotter in cockpit

Raychart 7inch RC 530 Colour chart plotter

Speed,Depth,Log

Tridata

Wind Speed/Angle

ST60 Wind System

AutoPilot

RayMarine – Upgraded to Gyro Core Pack

Navtex

6 with integration to GPS

Stereo

Sony CD & Radio

Engine

Volvo 55hp Diesel

VHF / DSC

Icom


Safety Equipment

 

Life raft

10 man Offshore

Life jackets & Harnesses

12

Gas detector

Vetus Dual Sensor Alarm

Smoke detector

3

Fire extinguisher

5

Fire blanket

1

Offshore flare pack

1

Handheld VHF

1

Emergency VHF Aerial

1

First Aid

Extensive

Storm Jib

1

Rope Cutter

Ambassador Stripper

Radar Reflector

Firdell

Dan Buoy

Inflatable and standard

Horseshoes, lights & Drouges

2

Search light

Handheld + charger


Additional Equipment 

 

Dinghy

4 man pump up Dinghy

Dinghy Outboard

1

Fenders

8

Warps

6

Sprayhood

1

Wet Weather gear

6

Anchor, Chain and electric windlass

1

Charts, Almanac, Pilot book,

Various

Emergency VHF Ariel

1


Ratings

IRC Rating – Without Spinnaker .991 (current)

IRC Rating – With Spinnaker 1.001 (being reviewed for new spinnaker)

spinnaker)


C

Cruising prices for 2008

 

Low Season 1/11 to 21/3

Mid Season 22/3 to 30/5 & 12/09 to 31/10