Abeking Rasmussen Bermuda Schooner 15 M

GOELETTE ABEKING RASMUSSEN IN EXCEPTIONAL RESTORATION CONDITION - FIXTURE OF HERITAGE INTEREST - REDUCED PRICE - WITH A BERTH AT THE PORT OF THE MARITIME MUSEUM OF LA ROCHELLE - MANY RECENT OR NEW ELEMENTS - LAST UPDATE BRAND NEW MAST - BOAT OWNED BY SARL COMPANY, TRANSFERABLE IN CO-OWNERSHIP - MUST BE SEIZED! DESCRIPTION: LA GAILLARDE: classic boat designed for fast, comfortable, and safe cruising by ABEKING and RASMUSSEN in 1939. Maintained meticulously by successive owners (6) and renowned shipyards (Campers & Nicholson, Fernand Hervé…), skilled in woodworking. Operable with a crew of 2, LA GAILLARDE features 6 berths distributed in 2 double cabins + 2 additional berths in the saloon, offering all the comfort of a modern boat. Member of the Classic Yacht Club, La GAILLARDE sails approximately 3000 miles each year in its sailing area from Portugal to Ireland and England. Its recent and rich sail inventory (15 sails), inspected annually, allows sailing in all weather conditions. Built in solid teak non-calked, on bent oak frames, copper riveted, always fully varnished and regularly inspected (keel bolts replaced, rivets redone in 2016, deck and superstructure renewed in 2012). Rigging and sails overhauled in 2019. All interior fittings and equipment (engine, electronics, comfort elements, etc.) redone in 2016. Heritage interest classed BIP (Ship of Heritage Interest – see website https://www.patrimoine-maritime-fluvial.org/navires-du-patrimoine/navires-bip-search/la-gaillarde/), she can be classified as a "Monument Historique" if the new owner desires (this classification grants certain financial advantages - port spaces, maintenance works, access to privileged zones, etc.). She has a yearly berth in the port of the Maritime Museum of La Rochelle under specific financial conditions. La GAILLARDE has appeared in several nautical press articles: - LE YACHT, April 7, 1951, on the interest of the yawl rigging with winsbone (with photo of Beken and sail plan of the boat in the article) - BATEAU, January 1959 - CAHiers DU YACHTING, July 1971 - LOISIRS NAUTIQUES, July 1992 - YACHT CLUB CLASSIQUE, 2019 - VOILES & VOILIERS, June 2020 (in an article about woodworking) - Etc... Equipments: • Sail wardrobe: 15 sails (all recent) (Symmetric spinnaker, Asymmetric spinnaker, Balloon jib, Genoa, Yankee (2), Storm jib, Trinquette, Misaine, Fisherman (3), Main sail) • Diesel engine, VOLVO 4-cylinder, 750h, 65 hp, hydraulic propulsion • Lithium battery bank, 500 Ah. Shore charger for all voltages • Tanks (all stainless steel): water 400 l, diesel 170 l, black water 150 l, hydraulic 50 l • Winches: 4 electric sheet winches + 2 manual, lines: 4 manual (on masts) • Standing rigging 2016, running rigging: Dyneema 2019 • Electric windlass (original), high-resistance anchor rode • Inflatable dinghy, electric pump • Recent electronics: SIMRAD (charts, AIS, autopilot, helm repeater, VHF DSC, plotter, electronic wind indicator) • Internal WiFi, long-range 4G antennas • EPIRB distress beacon, buoy with AIS beacon, etc. • Comfort features: pressurized hot and cold water, shower, toilet, refrigerator, freezer, stove, oven-grill, microwave, 220V inverter (6 kW), radio, TV (DTT and via 4G), leather upholstery (saloon and cockpit), cockpit table, summer and winter curtains.