Surfari 50 (2024) for sale in NC, United States, North Carolina, United States

£2,227,776 GBP
Listed price $2,830,000 USDGet a foreign exchange quote

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The Surfari 50, recently designed by renowned naval architect Edward "Ted" Fontaine and built by Pacific Seacraft in North Carolina, is a high performance auxiliary powered sailing yacht. Featuring a 14.81m length, 4.42m beam and 2023 manufacturing year, this yacht has plenty of advantages including short-handed handling, electrically powered sail handling gear, a carbon fiber mast and boom, and twin 75 HP auxiliary engines. Its unique "tailgate" feature creates a clutter-free area perfect for storing and launching watersports equipment and watercraft, while its single-level floor plan and steering station provide 360 degree visibility. This model will make the perfect extension for living the life of island escapism.

General information
Make/model
Surfari 50
Category
New sail boat for sale
Price
£2,227,776 GBP | Listed price $2,830,000 USDGet a foreign exchange quote
Year
2024
Designer
Ted Fontaine
Length overall
14.81 metres
Length waterline
13.59 metres
Length on deck
13.61 metres
Beam
4.42 metres
Draft
1.96 metres
Displacement
15,780 kg
Keel
Bulb Keel
Location
NC, United States, North Carolina, United States

About this Surfari 50

English

Jimmy Buffett’s delightfully famous lifestyle, infused with copious amounts of “island escapism,” pairs perfectly with the personality of the Surfari 50. Buffett, is the proud owner of hull number one of the new Surfari 50 designed by naval architect Edward “Ted” Fontaine and built by Pacific Seacraft in North Carolina, anticipates that the new design’s more compact length and personally approved adaptations – including those for short-handed handling – will “simplify” his life on the water as he uses the yacht for a home away from home.

“It’s the perfect extension for living the life he enjoys, whether it’s in Sag Harbor for the summer or the Keys and the Caribbean in the winter,” said Fontaine about Buffett enjoying the Surfari 50’s most intriguing features. “A high performance auxiliary powered sailing yacht, it has as strong an emphasis on speed under sail as it does speed under power, which means…it goes places. And once it’s where it needs to be, it becomes a luxury indoor/outdoor living platform that allows its user to enjoy the destination as much as the journey.”

Fontaine, best known for the romantic classic lines of his Friendship sailboats (in models ranging from 36 -79 feet), is a waterman himself and explained that his love of paddle boarding, surfing and kayaking inspired the Surfari 50’s 39” high and 11 ½ foot wide “tailgate.” (The yacht’s max beam is 14’ 63”.) The tailgate lowers while the yacht is at rest and integrates with a single-level floor plan that extends from the swim platform through the entire length of the cockpit and on through the deck salon and steering station. “It creates a unique, clutter-free area for storing and launching all sorts of watersports equipment and water craft,” said Fontaine.

Fontaine added that 360 degree visibility from the interior helm station enhances the open-air environment. It is achieved by a large sliding glass companionway bulkhead, sliding side windows and full-width windshield. Electrically powered sail handling gear provides fingertip control of the fully battened mainsail (with Harken Battcar system), roller furling genoa and furling asymmetrical spinnaker, while all lines are led internally to the helm station. Lightweight “grand prix race boat” composite construction, a carbon fiber mast and boom, and twin 75 HP auxiliary engines are further features that differentiate the Surfari 50 from semi-custom and production yachts in the same size range.

“Buffett epitomizes the demographic that would get the most out of the Surfari 50,” said Fontaine, adding that target markets include experienced performance racing yacht owners who have exhausted their appetites for competition and the extensive demands of their campaigns. “Having honed their sailing skills to near-professional levels, these potential owners associate high performance with high technology. They want to go fast and get there in style, and now that they are approaching their retirement years their need for speed is being seasoned with a newly appreciated desire for comfort and versatility afloat.”

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Propulsion
Engine
Yanmar JH80
Fuel
Diesel
Fuel capacity
946 litres
Accommodation
Number of cabins
2
Drinking water capacity
946 litres
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