Our fantastic boat that took us across seas and oceans …

Seven Seas Adventure

 

Model: Trintella 46AC

Builder: Trintella Shipyard (Netherlands)

Designer: Van de Stadt

Hull Material: Aluminium

Hull Profile: Fin keel with bulb; skeg hung rudder

Keel Design: Dr. Peter van Oosanen

 

LOA: 14.28m, 46’9”
Year: 1998
LWL: 12.00m, 39’4”
Beam: 4.01m, 13’9”
Draft: 2.1m, 6’10”

Displacement: 22 tons

Engine: Yanmar 4JH2-DTE, 88 HP, diesel

 

Construction

Hull: aluminium marine specification painted in white with blue style lines. Transom and upper hull repainted 2006

Deck: aluminium, Teak overlaid, 25mm + raised areas 10mm
Superstructure: aluminium
External trim: Teak and stainless steel
Keel: lead, bolted, specially designed to complement the carbon fiber mast
Interior: Canadian Maple and Canadian Maple sole boards with Teak inlay. Corian surfaces in galley and heads compartments

 

Engine / Mechanical Equipment

Engine: Yanmar 4JH2-DTE 4 cylinder turbo charged, 88hp diesel; new starter motor 2006, new mounts 2005
Gearbox: Yanmar KM4A (2006) with Aquadrive 20200 flexible coupling
Propeller: MaxProp feathering 3-bladed with rope cutter (2006)

Speed: max 8.5 knots; cruising 7 knots
Approximate engine hours: 3250 as at December 2014. Major revision/new injectors/turbo refurbished 2011 at 3000 hours.
The engine has been serviced in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations through life

Cruising range under engine: 1530 nautical miles
Fuel consumption at cruising speed: 4 liters per hour

 

Electrical System

Isolation transformer for shore power 110V, 220V, residual current device RCD for leak control

Domestic batteries: 6 x Gel Sonenschein, composing 24V, 600 Ah for consumers (2010)
Starter battery: 1 x Gel, Exide, 12V, 135Ah (2014) emergency switch from 24V system
Heavy duty alternator 24V, 100A

Alternator 12V, 50A
Battery charger 24V, 100A with digital monitor, remote control and manual override

Battery charger 12V, 40A with digital monitor
Inverter 24V DC / 220V 50 Hz, 3.5 kVA, remote switch
Various DC/DC inverters with galvanic isolation 24/24, 24/12V
Automatic switch between shore power, inverter, generator
Numerous sockets for 12V, 24V, 220V
General: the above equipment is Mastervolt

Solar panel: Victron 300W with MPPT charge controller (2014)

 

Other Mechanical

Electrical water pressure system with additional foot pump in galley
Water heating system: engine calorifier and 220V immersion boiler
Watermaker: Spectra Cape Horn Extreme (24V), 54 liter/hour with oil/water separator

Bilge pumps: 3 electric with float switches and manual back up
Hot and cold deck shower and fresh water deck wash + additional salt water connection Heating: electric ceramic heater in saloon, owners cabin and shower

Bowthruster: Vetus 80 kgf 24v (2005) , new design propeller (2014)

Fire extinguishers (3) – dry powder in engineroom and in custom storage in yacht

 

Tankage

Fuel capacity 900 litres (198 gallons) in one aluminium tank
Freshwater capacity 700 litres (154 gallons) in one aluminium tank
2 (forward and aft) grey/black water aluminium tanks 150 litres each with acoustic alarm at 90% full,

Rheinstrom M-type grey water pumps
Hart tank tenders

 

Spars and Rigging

Rig: cutter headed sloop with swept back spreaders (3) and jumper strut, twin backstay
Mast: by Hood in carbon fiber, white painted, deck stepped
Standing rigging: rod (rigging replaced 2010) 6.5mm, 11 mm + backstays 7mm
Carbon fiber, white painted boom, 2 deep reefs,

Proctor carbon spinnaker pole white painted,

Navtex boom vang and control for twin backstays, lazybag,

Yankee and staysail are fitted with Selden Furlex type C hydraulic furlers.

Hydraulic system already fitted for conversion to in boom furling.

Total of seven halyards (Main, Yankee, Staysail, Spinnaker, Spare main, Spare spinnaker/headsail, trisail)

All running rigging Gleistein/Spectra or equivalent. Ball bearing cars on main by Fredriksen

 

Electronics

 

Weems&Plath pedestal compass

Furuno GP 33 standalone GPS(2014)

Furuno 330B NMEA 2000 backup GPS (2010)

Simrad RS35 VHF with AIS receiver and remote handset (2014)

Icom M710 SSB transceiver with DSC

Furuno 207 Weatherfax

Furuno MFD14 chartplotter with charts for Europe, Americas, Oceania, New Zealand, Australia and East coast of Africa

Comar AIS receiver/transponder class B, integrated with the chartplotter

Ramert R2 Delta antenna

1 x ACR EPIRB (2001)m(spare, grab bag)

1 x ACR EPIRB with GPS (main, 2011, serviced 2014)

B&G Hydra 2 instrumentation, 4xFFD, 2×20/20 displayes, Super Halcyon 3 compass

B&G ACP autopilot with handheld remote, interfaced to chartplotter

 

Winches

 

Manual/electric/hydraulic

Hydraulic:

1 x Lewmar 48ST (mainsheet)

2 x Lewmar 54ST (primaries)

Electric:

2 x Lewmar 44ST (auxiliaries)

Manual:

2 x Lewmar 48ST (on the mast)

 

Sails

Mainsail Doyle Palma, 2011, fully battened 64 m2 with UV strip
Yankee Doyle Palma, 2014, 48 m2 with UV strip
Staysail Doyle Palma, 2011, 18 m2 with UV strip
Doyle Reacher/genneker 81 m2

Doyle Trisail

Other

Liferaft: Zodiac OpenSea, 6 person (2011) ISO spec, serviced 2014

Dinghy: Caribe L9, 2.86m rigid bottom, new full cover, France, 2012
Outboard engine: Yamaha 15 hp Enduro with easy lift (2007) (less than 100 engine hours)
Pulpit, pushpit, guardrails, bathing ladder, boarding gates

3 anchors: 66lb Spade 2005, Fortress G37 stern anchor, sea anchor Chain and warp:

82m x 12mm calibrated chain plus 60m x 8mm U2 spare chain

20m x 16mm line for stern anchor fittings in custom anchor locker aft
Anchor windlass: Lewmar Ocean 2 hydraulic forward/Lewmar Ocean 1 electric stern

Steering: Whitlock manual steering in single position with 8 spoke steering wheel. Emergency aluminium tiller.
Danbuoy, Jonbuoy, horseshoe ring with floating strobe, lifesling
Folding bathing ladder with teak platform deck & cockpit light,

Trintella doghouse with front opening windows and full canvas enclosure for the cockpit (2005), white cockpit upholstery (2005), bimini (can be used as a rain catcher), covers for pedestal and wheel, gin and tonic seats at pushpit and at pulpit, outboard bracket on pushpit and in lazarette, outboard cranes (acting as davits too), 6 x recessed dorado vents with blanks, solid cockpit table

Super snorkel diving compressor, passerelle with handrail,

 

Accommodation from forward

Starting forward, heads compartment with electric heads, basin, storage and shower with pump out.

Moving aft, into corridor with massive storage lockers to starboard and washer dryer.

To port is an upper and lower berth cabin, with lee cloths on both bunks and sensible clothes storage.

The main saloon has a seating area to port found in a ‘U’ giving the option of a further single berth with lee cloth. There is a table which extends. Aft are 2 armchairs. To starboard is a substantial chart table.

Step down to starboard to a linear galley with top and side loading refrigerator, Corian surfaces, twin sink and electric gimbaled cooker. There is massive storage.

Opposite is the main switch panel and access into a large, walk-in, full height, engine room, rarely found on yachts of this size.

The engine room can also be accessed from the doghouse and is lined in rockwool and stainless steel with a grid floor. It houses main engine, generator, watermaker, water boiler and battery chargers and all these units are very easy to access.

Aft to the owner’s cabin with offset double, big wardrobes and additional fold down table. There is an en-suite heads with separate shower stall and electric head and basin.

The upper saloon deckhouse is a great entertaining area and good also for the control of the yacht. It keeps the crew protected from the elements and is dry under almost any weather.

Domestic Equipment

Stove: Bosch 3 plates devitrified glass induction stove, integrated with combined oven/microwave, all gimbaled. Extractor fan.

Refrigeration system: 24V Frigoboat sea water cooled
Refrigerator: front opening, with lockable drawers
Deep freezer: top loading

Toilets: Raritan x 2 electric fresh water flush
2 x showers
Eudora EU457 washing machine/dryer, Hella fans, taps etc from Grohe and Ideal Standard, Audio: Kenwood radio, CD and MP3 player, Pioneer GM-X904 100 W x 4 / 300 W x 2 stereo amplifier, Bose Acoustimass 5 speaker system, Bose 151 speakers in cockpit,

 

Items excluded from the sale

Navigation PC HP Spectre x2, 13” with MaxSea and world-wide charts

 

Comments

After decades of cruising and racing the first owner worked out a requirement paper of 40 pages describing how his ideal cruising yacht should be. The TRINTELLA Yacht came by far closest. Enormous effort has been undertaken to even improve the characteristics of the boat.

With the carbon rigging and the customized keel the yacht became very stiff, sailing very upright comparing to other boats, which makes it even safer and faster. The yacht proved to tack at least 5° higher than any other cruiser in the 50+ foot range. For passage planning the assumption is an average speed of 6.5 kn which is regularly exceeded. With full sail area it can –in good conditions- sail in 8 kn of wind.

The yacht is very sturdy. It takes the waves nicely and is a dry boat in nearly all conditions.

The doghouse is one of the best features. It gives protection in harsh conditions and it gives shade and ventilation when it’s hot. The centre cockpit serves as the prime living and dining area underway and in harbor.

All equipment (Mastervolt, B&G, Lewmar, Spectra watermakers etc.) have been chosen to have the best and most reliable products. Cost has not been a criteria, flush Rondal hatches have been chosen to produce a beautiful and safe deck. The big wheel allows precise and easy steering. The hydraulic components and the bow thruster make the yacht easy to handle.

The sail plan allows an unimpeded view to leeward. Reefing is easy and any configuration maintains a excellent sail shape.

The Canadian maple and matching colors of upholstery and curtains give the yacht a rarely found generous and beautiful interior.

For the music lover Pioneer top end and Bose were the best choices.

The yacht has a stock of spare parts that is incomparable. Only a yacht that has been used for long distance sailing can have such a comprehensive and optimized list of parts.

The yacht has been used strictly private by a retired couple and a professional skipper. The yacht has been maintained and improved professionally regardless of cost. Extensive refit work has been undertaken 2005 in New Zealand and more work has been done end of 2006 in Trinidad.

The second owner continued to refit the yacht and update the equipment. The rigging was replaced in 2010 in the UK, domestic batteries changed, electronics upgraded and watermaker changed to a more efficient one. The engine got its major revision at 3000 hours and sails have been changed, continuing using the respectable sailmaker Doyle. Liferaft, an additional EPIRB and the solar panel were added later. Leather upholstery and the headlining was completely changed as well.

The yacht is in the best possible condition. It has sailed both owners across oceans safely and in comfort. It is ready to go for any ocean passage.

SEVEN SEAS ADVENTURE is a superb semi-custom yacht that has been conceived and built with the idea in mind of serious sailing at pace. The level of craftsmanship throughout is astonishing. Totally capable, and supremely comfortable, she has met her brief admirably.

A good sized and yet generously proportioned yacht, which is easy to handle and which has huge range and endurance capabilities. It is virtually unique to see a yacht of this size built to this standard.