Cruisers Gitana (1990) for sale in Salcombe, United Kingdom

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This Gitana Sailing Yacht is FOR SALE in Salcombe, Devon. She is based on the Swan 43 hull, an attractive and powerful flush-decked bluewater cruiser with excellent performance and seakindly motion. She is ARC ready, and would suit those looking for an ocean adventure, poised ready to take them in comfort and in safety but in equal measures a comfortable cruiser for costal adventures, short family trips anchoring in small bays for lunch, swimming and a spot of fishing. A brilliant all rounder which can be sailed comfortably by two, more experienced sailors. Recently been used on many channel crossings and south coastal hopping. 

Features include:

• Fully working AIS system
• Serviced July 23 (oil, filters, and impellor)
• Full suite of engine rigging spairs and tools on board
• Reinforcememt work carried out to marine specification on helm, rudder bulk head and replacement of all rose joints in steering linkage
• Extensive caulking and teak rennovation in cockpit
• Bilges painted 
• Dyneema lines replacement on furling sails
• Autopilot awaiting raymarine technician to solve error code
• Three new AGM batteries
• New stainless linkages on anchor - bitter end repalced and chain marked every 5m
• Deck needs new coat of grip paint
• Tender Outboard freshly serviced 03/2024
• Antifouled July 2023
• All new hull anodes: August 2023
• Iridium Extreme Sat Phone + RedBox installed to chart table
• Emergency Grab bag and CAT C first aid kit and EPIRB

Rig

CUTTER RIG

• Anodised aluminium mast and boom by Sailspar.
• Stainless steel standing rigging (NEW 2018) .
• Head sail furling systems on inner and outer fore stays.
• The staysail is rigged to be self-tacking new 2018 laundered 2022.
• Slab reefing to fully battened mainsail new 2018 laundered 2022. 
• Stackpack for mainsail (renovated April 2020).
• Two spinnaker poles.
• Harken genoa furler (NEW NOV 2018).
• Harken Mk4 staysail furler (NEW JAN 2018).
• All spreaders removed and inspected, 2017.
• All pins, shackles, etc. on mast removed, inspected and replaced, as required.
• Turning blocks at masthead for spin halyards (NEW 2018).
• Halyards and sails replaced: main (2018), topping lift (2018), genoa (2017), spare genoa (2017), staysail (2017), 2x masthead spinnaker (2017). Furling Genoa new 2018 laundered 2022
  
• Asymmetric Spinnaker.
• Running backstay lines (NEW 2017).
• Running back block, securing lines attached, plus deck hardware (NEW 2017).
• Running backs deck pad eyes removed and resealed on re-installation, 2017.
• Boom removed and new kicking strap securing point added (both ends removed, checked and installed), 2017.
• New preventer attachment point installed and preventer line spliced in, 2017.
• Hydraulic backstay tensioner.

WINCHES

• Two Meissner 32ST-58 self-tailing genoa sheet winches.
• Two Meissner 25ST-44 self-tailing stay sail winches.
• Lewmar 43 self-tailing control line winch.
• Two halyard winches.
• Note:- All deck winches serviced 2018 - 3x mast, 4x cockpit, 1x by companionway (replaced with self-tailing winch, March 2018).

SAILS

• Mainsail, Dart Sails (July 2018) - Serviced by Dart Sails, 2020. Genoa, Dart Sails (July 2018).
• Staysail, Dart Sails (July 2018). Additional sails:
• Furling genoa (1993)
• Heavy furling staysail/storm jib (1993)
• Fully battened mainsail (1993) - condition is poor.
• Asymmetric with snuffer (2003) - Inspected, cleaned and repacked, 2020 Yankee (1993) - condition is poor.

Machinery

• BETA MARINE 35SD diesel engine (NEW 2017) Single lever control.
• Saildrive (NEW 2017) to19" diameter 3 bladed SD FeatherStream feathering propeller (NEW 2017) - serviced April 2020.
• New Beta engine control panel installed, 2017. New exhaust hose installed with anti siphon, 2017. Engine bay cleaned up and painted, 2017.
• Fuel tank cleaned and new opening created for ease of access, 2017. New fuel lines installed, 2017.
• New fuel shut-off valve installed, 2017.
• All new sound insulation installed in engine bay, 2017. New throttle cable installed, 2017.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

• Alternator charging to 3 x 12 volt batteries in two banks.
• 1 x 120AmpH Numax engine start battery (NEW 2017).
• 2 x 120AmpH Numax deep cycle domestic batteries (NEW 2017).
• New electrical connections from engine start battery to engine installed, 2017.
• All connections from battery charger to both battery banks removed and replaced, 2017.
• 2 x CTEC battery chargers installed (NEW 2017) - dedicated charger for each bank, 1x service, 1x engine.
• All connections from engine alternator to both battery banks replaced, 2017. 85 watt solar panel.
• Wind generator.
• 240 volt shore power and cable.
• All battery switches replaced, 2017.
• 3 x new battery isolator switches installed (engine/domestic/parallel), 2017. Blue Seas charging diode splitter / ACR installed, 2017.
• Rutland 913 wind generator
• All connections from wind and solar to charging controller and onto battery banks replaced, 2017. Cables from house battery banks replaced to domestic supply, 2017.
• New fuse box installed on house bank, 2017.
• Clipper BM2 battery monitor installed on house bank, 2017. New LED strip light over galley installed, 2017.
• New LED light in engine bay installed, 2017. New LED light at chart table installed, 2017.

TANKAGE

• Fuel capacity 45 gallons in stainless steel tank
• Water capacity 150 gallons in three stainless steel tanks

WATER SYSTEM

• EchoTec watermaker installed, 2018.
• 95% hot and cold water plumbing replaced, 2017. New 3-way manifold installed to connect tanks, 2017. New valves and pipes installed, as required, 2017.
• New course filter from fwd tanks to cold water system pre-pump installed, 2017. New taste filter installed to pressurised cold tap (spare filter under sink), 2017. New seawater tap and thru hull seacock installed, 2017.
• New pressurised hot and cold tap at galley installed, 2017.
• New 25 litre calorifier installed and attached to main engine cooling system (also works off 220V shore power).
• Shower unit for aft heads installed, 2017.
• New grey water sump for aft heads sink and shower drain installed, 2017. New deck shower unit installed (cold water only), 2017.
• Fresh water fill lines to all 3 tanks replaced, 2017.

Features

• Storm jib
• Repeater
• Manual bilge pump
• Radar
• Autopilot - Raymarine
• Teak cockpit
• Compass - Plastimo Ocean Steering
• Navigation center - NASA Navtex
• Radio
• Tiller
• Heating - Eberspacher diesel fired
• Liferaft
• Lazyjacks
• Spinnaker pole
• Mainsail cover
• Lazy bag
• Outboard engine brackets
• Genoa
• Fresh water maker
• Tender
• Bimini top
• Furling genoa
• Spinnaker
• Refrigerator
• Cockpit speakers
• Wind generator
• Battery charger
• Gps - Garmin
• Marine head
• Electric bilge pump
• Spray hood
• Log speedometer - NASA Clipper depth
• Steering wheel
• Shore power inlet
• Oven
• Hot water
• Cockpit table
• Battened mainsail
• Solar panel
• Fully battened mainsail
• Wind speed and direction - NASA Clipper depth
• Trisail
• Davits
• Depthsounder - NASA Clipper depth
• Plotter - Standard Horizon
• Asymmetric spinnaker
• Gennaker cruising spinnaker
• Radar reflector
• Sea water pump
• Swimming ladder
• Vhf - Icom IC-M502 DSC VHF