Open 50 - Etoile Australe for sale

 
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FOR SALE, A VENDRE

Etoile Australe, ex Cray Valley, Ex OC Groupe is for sale. One of the most succesful Open 50's ever built. Water ballasted with upgrades and professionally maintained in recent years by Marco Lefevre of V1D2.

Record holder Newport Bermuda Race 1998
Winner Atlantic alone 1998 Class 2
Winner BOC 1998 Class 2
Third Quebec St Malo Class 2
Second TJV 2001 Class 2
Winner Route de Rhum 2002 Class 2
Third TJV 2005 Class 2
Record holder SNSM 2006 Class 2
Second Route de Rhum 2006 Class 2

The yacht has just been sailed around the world by Mike Perham setting the record for a circumnavigation by a young sailor. The yacht is now home in France and about to commence refit as of November 2009. She can be bought as seen or refitted/repainted by present owners.

Designer: Finot Conq
Builder: JP Mouligne (USA)
Materials: Carbon composite
Launched: 1996
Draft: 3.82m
Beam: 4.95m

Mast and rigging
Type: Carbon fibre mast, 2 spreader, carbon boom
Standing rigging (new 2002)
Sheets and halyards (new 2006)

Engine: Yanmar 18 CH
Hardware: Harken (new 2006), Antal, Lewmar and Karver (new 2006), Spinlock
Instruments: BandG
Pilots: BandG and Raytheon
Communications: Mini M, ICOM vhf
Safety: Liferaft, flares, fire extinguishers and personal safety gear

Sails
Delivery sails, spares plus latest racing wardrobe from Incidences (built for the 2006 Route de Rhumb) and North Sails:
Grand Voile 106m2
Genoa 85m2
Trinquette 56m2
Storm jib 17m2
Gennaker 126m2
Spinnaker 259m2

The race sail wardrobe was not used during the recent circumnavigation.

Asking Price: 190,000 Euro Refitted 140,000 Euro As Seen
+ VAT (payable by European buyers only)

Lying: Northern France

Inventory and description to be confirmed and subject to contract.

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