SABBATICAL III Boat for Sale

53' AMEL | 2004 | $279,500

Rockland, ME

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Last updated Sep 25, 2024

Sabbatical III Boat | 53' Amel 2004

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Sabbatical III is just coming on the market after many years of global cruising with the original owners. The owners chose the Amel Super Maramu Millenium Red Line because of its incredible reputation as a safe, easy, comfortable and well equipped boat for long distance cruising. It is a boat that can easily be handled by a couple, or even a single hander. The boat has been well maintained and cared for, with loving attention paid to ensure that it the most sea worthy vessel possible. Since completing a circumnavigation the owners have been living on Sabbatical III during the summer and fall months. The boat is extremely well equipped and maintained for bluewater cruising, with many thoughtful additions. It is now time for someone else to appreciate Sabbatical III’s attributes.

This listing is courtesy of the BoatWizard MLS and may be centrally listed withanother broker. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey representation of a particular vessel.

Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.

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Sabbatical III HIGHLIGHTS

Yacht Details: 53' AMEL 2004
Location: Rockland, ME
Engines: Yanmar
Last Updated: Sep 25, 2024
Asking Price: $279,500
Max Draft: 6' 7''

Sabbatical III additional information

Specifications

Beam: 15' 1''
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Max Draft: 6' 7''
Displacement: 35,840 lb
Fuel Tank: 1 x 158|gallon
Fresh Water: 1 x 264|gallon
Holding: 2 x 16|gallon
Cabins: 2
Heads: 2

Deck

Center cockpit with fully protected helm seat and leather-covered wheel.
Hard dodger.
Folding bimini with extension, side panels, and dodger cover (canvas made in Sunbrella by Canvas Creations, Phuket, Thailand). Full plastic vertical enclosure made by Amel.
Two sail lockers forward, dedicated liferaft locker, deep cockpit locker, and large stern locker.
Aluminum ladder/gangway combination.
Stainless steel rub rails.
Four hatches (Goiot) with mosquito screens by Bugbusters.
Four opening portholes (Goiot “Traditional Portlight” Model #34.14).
Bow roller for two anchors plus Med-moor center roller (Amel installed option).
Automatic anchor washdown (AMFA model A66B) with cockpit control.
High pressure freshwater deck wash (Amel installed option).
Cockpit table with extension.
Freshwater hot/cold deck shower in cockpit with thermostatic control (Amel installed option).
Lofrans Tigress 1200 watt electric windlass 24 volts with controls at anchor and at helm station.
Bow anchor: Buegel anchor (30 kg) by Wasi (stainless steel) connected to “Wasi Power Ball” anchor swivel.
ACCO Grade 43 (G4) Domestic High Test ISO 3/8" Chain, 300 feet, new 2022.
Anchor chain counter with display at helm.
Stern anchor: Spade ALU 100 (aluminum) with 30 feet chain + 250 feet line.
Storm anchor: Fortress FX55 with 6 meters chain in storage bag. Uses same 350 feet of 3/4 inch double-braid rope rode as drogue.
ULTRALINE Flat Rope (60 meters, floating polypropylene) on stainless reel on transom (used to tie to an object ashore in conjunction with bow anchor).
Two stainless steel handrails at transom (Amel installed option).
Four “Comfort Seats” from SVB (Germany). The backrest of the Comfort Seat can be adjusted in numerous positions: from sitting upright to a relaxed position.

Rigging

Standing rigging new 2016 using ACMO (France) parts. ACMO provides standing rigging for all new Amel sail boats. Swaging by ACMO at French factory. Installed by Ogemar Spars and Rigging (Izmir, Turkey). Three rig checks since standing rigging installed.
Main, mizzen, genoa, and ballooner halyards replaced in 2017 with German-made Gleistein Mega-Twin Dyneema line.
11 Lewmar self tailing winches: 2 electric #58 primaries, 1 electric #44 mainsheet, 2 #44 self-tailling, 3 #40 self-tailing, 4 #16 self-tailing single-speed.
Facnor EF+550 24 volt electric jib furler (1200 watts), new 2023, with new twin-grooved foil.
AMEL electric furling and reefing main (with manual backup). Main furler motor new 2024 and gearbox new 2023. Outhaul gearbox new 2019.
AMEL manual furling and reefing mizzen.
Double downwind AMEL pole system with complete rigging.
Control of mainsheet traveler (Lewmar) with traveler winch (Andersen) in cockpit.
Control of jib sheet car traveler (Lewmar) next to cockpit.
SILVA – Clinometer (new 2018).

Sails

Main, genoa, and mizzen built by QSails (Izmir, Turkey) in 2016. Tri-radial construction, laser cut by Dimension Polyant in Germany using their HydraNet Radial (HNR) sailcloth. QSails builds sails sold as Hood Sails in the US
Sail details: Foam luff pad for genoa, Spectra webbing reinforcement at clews, soft Spectra genoa clew, stainless steel rings for main and mizzen clews, Dyneema leach lines, Heminway Bartlett UV resistant thread, foot line for genoa, leather reinforcement used at clews, aluminum clam cleats for leech lines and foot line.
Sail cloth and weights: HNR 393/343 for main sail, HNR 303/343 for mizzen, HNR 393/HNR 343 combination for genoa.
Cruising spinnaker (1213 sq. ft.) built by Doyle (Marblehead, Mass.) out of 1.5 ounce nylon, on Selden GX 25 top down furler (furler new 2016). This setup permits furling and unfurling the cruising spinnaker from the cockit.
Nylon ballooner (750 sq. ft.) set on pole (original, built by Deme Voiles, Le Pouliguen, France)
Mizzen ballooner (nylon) (original, built by Deme Voiles, Le Pouliguen, France)
Storm jib built by ATN (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) (never used!)

Electronics

Radar display/chartplotter at nav station Raymarine RL80C Plus.
NMEA wifi router by vYacht wirelessly broadcasts all instrument and AIS data to tablets, phones, and laptops. Navigate from your tablet!
Raymarine Pathfinder 4 Kw radar with radome mounted on mizzen mast.
Raymarine autopilot ST7001+ with 400G AST course computer with Gyro-Plus heading sensor.
Raymarine Type 2 24 volt long linear drive autopilot motor (M81134) on rudder quadrant. (Second linear drive autopilot motor in box, requires service.) Ring terminal junction box at rudder post for quick change out of linear drives.
Second installed autopilot motor (Raymarine Type 2 24 volt rotary (chain) drive model M81137) as backup. Turn a switch in the galley to choose which autopilot motor to use.
Raymarine ST60 depth, speed, and ST70 wind instruments with displays at helm and nav station.
Raymarine Raytalk 240 VHF with handsets at helm and in companionway plus third handset as spare.
Raymarine Raynav 300 GPS.
Raymarine wireless “Smartcontroller” autopilot remote.
Extra Seatalk network ports at helm, nav stations, and galley.
Raymarine PC/Seatalk/NMEA interface box (Model 85001).
Hawkeye H22PX portable depth sounder.
SOLAS/USCG flare kit.
Digital Yacht AIT1000 Class B AIS transponder attached to dedicated antenna at masthead. Sending function can be turned off with a switch at the nav station. AIS data received is broadcast by vYacht NMEA wifi router to tablets and laptops.
AIS Backups (uninstalled): (i) spare VHF antenna, (ii) Digital Yacht SPL2000 VHF/AIS Antenna Splitter, and (iii) QK-A026 Wireless AIS+GPS Receiver by Quark Electronics. Backup Quark AIS/GPS works can be powered with only a 5 volt phone charging battery if lightening strike destroys hardwired AIS and GPS. It requires no installation.
ICOM M802 SSB radio with ICOM AT 140 automatic tuner, whip antenna. use Insulated triatic stay for SSB DSC emergency transmissions (supported by Icom).
Backup SSB cable antenna.
Redport Optimizer satellite hotspot (router) for Iridium satellite connections.
Iridium phone with data connector
Steiner Commander 7×50 binoculars.
SeaMe active radar transponder at top of mizzen mast. Makes Sabbatical III more visible to the radar of other vessels.
Aqua Signal Series 40 tricolor (LED), deck-level, and anchor lights (LED).
Backup battery powered running lights in a box that can be attached to hard dodger.
Aqua Signal Series 43 LED Masthead (“Steaming” / Foredeck Combi-Light.

Mechanicals

24 volt Amel retractable bowthruster with spare bowthruster prop.
Three-blade feathering prop rebuilt 2020 (Autoprop H6-566 LH roller bearing propeller) with Spurs line cutter rebuilt 2023. Prop coated with Prop-Speed anti-foul propeller coating.
ZF Hurth marine gearbox model ZF25.
Vetus flexible coupling (new 2019).
Automatic fire extinguisher in engine room.
Manual engine room fire extinguisher operated from companionway.
Central bilge system with automatic (Vetus EMP14024B 24 volt waste pump) and manual (Henderson Whale Mark V) bilge pumps. Spare Vetus bilge pump unused and still in box. Spare Whale manual bilge pump in box.
Extra spare bilge pumps: Jabsco 50890-1100 Marine Filter-less Waste Pump (24-Volt, 7-Amp, 1.5″), in box, and Rule 25 DA-24 Marine Bilge Pump, Non-Automatic, 500 GPH, 24 Volt. Rule pump is wired with the Amel three-prong plug and can be directly plugged into any of the eleven 24 volt outlets in the boat, and has output hose attached. Rule pump stored in bag in cockpit locker.
Aqualarm Bilge Pump Cycle Counter.
Three independent air conditioning and heating units 220 V ( 2 Climma units and 1 Dometic (Dometic unit new 2022). All AC units will run using the 240 volt 60 Hz power found in US marinas.
Spare AC cooling pump: March pump #AC-5C-MD, 230v, 17gph, 1/8hp
Seven Hella two-speed fans, one Caframo 748CA24-BBX Bora 24-Volt Multi-Purpose 3-Speed Marine Ventilation Fan. Ten 24 volt fan outlets. All fans are moveable.
150 liter per hour freshwater maker (Dessalator, France) with two Dow SW2540 RO membranes.
Easy rinse and pickling valve option on water maker. (Amel installed option)
Two sediment pre-filters (20 microns and 5 microns) for watermaker .
Watermaker freshwater flush through carbon block pre-filter.
Omega inline water quality monitor with LED display and alarm in galley (Model CDCN 204, plus spare).
24 volt forced air ventilation system throughout (Amel installed option). Provides airflow even when it rains through fan driven air vents in each cabin.
Dual Racor 500 fuel filters (10 micron elements) with vacuum gauge (Amel installed option).
Fuel polisher (150 gph, Reverso 24 volt fuel pump, Racor 1000 fuel filter with 10 micron element, Algae-X FPS-500A).
Hose teed to fuel polisher that is used to drain diesel jerry cans through 10 micron Racor filter of fuel polisher prior to entering fuel tank.
20 liter capacity jerry cans x 5 stored in liferaft locker.

Electrical System

220V/50 cycle AC power.
24V DC power for house uses (lights, refrigeration, bowthruster, windlass, autopilot, etc.)
12 volt DC power for instruments and engine start.
175 amp alternator (at 24 volts, by Leece-Neville model 8SC3009ZA) (Amel installed upgrade) and 55 amp (12V for start battery) alternator both belted to Yanmar propulsion engine.
12 volt alternator for start battery belted to Onan generator.
Balmar Max Charge MC-624H charging regulator controlling 175 amp alternator.
100 amp and 30 amp (at 24 volts) Dolphin (France) chargers powered by Onan generator or shore power. (Second charger is Amel installed option).
House battery bank (24 volt): Twelve Victron 12 volt deep-cycle AGM batteries (BAT412101080), 110 amp-hours each @ 12V. (Amel upgrade from standard 8 battery compartment).
Starting battery: one Victron 12 volt deep-cycle AGM battery (BAT412101080), 110 amp-hours.
Extra charger for 12v start battery: Marinco 27104 portable 4.3 amp charger (110/220v AC input, 6/12v DC output, portable, not hardwired).
All batteries in compartment sealed from interior of the boat and vented overboard.
DC/AC Inverter: 1800 watt Xantrex ProSine 1800i sine wave inverter (220v 50 hz) with remote controller in galley.
Blue Sea inline digital multimeter (220V) with LED display in galley.
Promariner 22074 ProSafe 50-60 Amp Failsafe Galvanic Isolator.
E-Meter battery monitor with LED display for house battery bank.
Three Sailor 24 volt to 13.2 volt regulators for instruments, VHF, stereo, etc. (each installed unit provides up to 8 amps at 13.2 volts).
Two Sharp 123 watt solar panels (multi-crystal silicon, model ND-L3EJE) hinge-mounted on stainless steel railing connected to Prostar PS-15M by Morningstar 3-stage charge controller (24V, 30amps).

Plumbing

Two Jabsco electric toilets (Model 37245-1094, 24V, EMC) each with Jabsco Par-Mar 4 flush water supply pumps (Model 31631-1094) and Jabsco macerator pumps (Model 37072-0094).
Three spare macerator pumps and one spare flush pump.
Two interior showers with thermostatic controls.
Outdoor shower with thermostatic control (hidden in cockpit locker).
Two blackwater holding tanks (60 liters each).
Clothes washer: Hotpoint-Ariston WMTG 723 H C IT Freestanding 7kg 1200RPM White Top-loading 220v, new 2017
Seagull IV water filter with tap in galley
Jabsco VFLO 5.0 GPM (19 LPM) Constant Flow Water Pressure Pump (Model 42755-0094) (plus spare)
Marine hot water tank: IndelWebasto Isotemp Basic 40L MODEL 604031BD00003 with 750 watt immersion element and dual coils (new 2018)

Galley

Two 24V refrigerators in the saloon (Frigoboat) one of which can be a freezer by flipping a switch on the dual thermostat.
Front-opening 24V stainless steel refrigerator in galley (Frigoboat).
Top-loading stainless steel dishwasher (Eumenia 5500) (disabled since 2006).
Eno four-burner stainless steel propane stove with oven (Eno No. 0743 “Marina cooker + grill”). (1 burner does not work) (Four burner stove is an Amel installed upgrade).
Stainless steel safety bar at stove (Amel installed option).
Microwave oven: Samsung ME83M 220v 50Hz.
Redmond 220v electric pressure cooker.
Oster electric toaster oven (220v).
Top-loading clothes washer: Hotpoint-Ariston WMTG 723 H C IT 7kg 1200RPM White 220v 50 Hz in mahogany box, washer new 2017.
Isolated and airtight propane gas compartment with solenoid valve.
One 20 lb. and one 10 lb. aluminum US standard propane bottles in sealed gas compartment. 20 lb. bottle needs replacement.
Extra 10 lb. aluminum propane bottle stored on rail.
Galley exhaust fan.
Corian countertops (Amel installed option).
Philips 230 volt 50/60 Hz vacuum cleaner (Model FC8402).

Tender

Highfield Dinghy Ultralite 260, Model #UL260 (new 2019, aluminum hull and Hypalon tubes) with Tohatsu 9.8 hp outboard (2-stroke) (Model M9.8). Outboard refurbished 2024.

Safety

7 watertight compartments
Amel emergency tiller system.

Two EPIRBs: (1) ACR Globalfix Pro GPS EPIRB Cat II (Model 2844) (out of date), (2)ACR GLOBALFIX V4 CATEGORY 2 EPIRB (new 2017)
LED emergency light “STELLA” with MED-SOLAS approval. Automatic ON when in the upright position, 60 pulses per minute.
Weems & Plath SOS Distress Light (certified to replace traditional pyrotechnic flares).
Two SEATEC X-ADVANCED 300 Life Jackets (new 2018) with buoyancy of 300N.
Horseshoe lifebuoy with holder installed on rail (2017).
Zodiac Open Sea ISO9650 6-person liferaft (new 2017, needs repacking).
Dedicated liferaft locker.
Abandon ship bag (ACR RapidDitch Express Abandon Ship Survival Bag) with water, emergency rations, signaling devices, spear gun, etc.
Handheld rechargeable VHF radios (Standard Horizon).
Raymarine Lifetag man-overboard alert system connected to Seatalk network with four Lifetags PLDs.
Personal AIS emergency transmitter by easyONE (Germany) installed in two Seatec X-ADVANCED pfd’s.
Man overboard retrieval system (Safesling from Germany)
Padeyes in cockpit as attachment point for tethers.
Continuous stainless steel railings full length of the boat (25 mm diameter)
Storm drogue: Galerider (42″ x 48″ – 30,000 to 55,000 lbs) with 350 feet of 3/4 inch double-braid line (same line to be used with storm anchor)
Electric hookah diving apparatus (Brownies Third Lung E140 220v/50 hz). A great tool for maintaining the boat or freeing a stuck anchor. Includes motor/compressor, diving hose, and regulator, in a hard shell storage case.
Whale Titan manual emergency pump mounted on wooden board.
Masthead tricolor (Aquasignal Series 40) and deck-level running lights.
Aqua Signal LED Combination Steaming Light / Floodlight S43.
Floorboard lockdowns.
Lee boards at all berths.
Plastimo emergency boarding later.
Universal Security Instruments SS-770 Battery-Operated Ionization Smoke and Fire Alarm.
Fireboy-Xintex Carbon Monoxide Alarm – Battery Operated Model CMD5-MB.

Additional

Portable/foldable solar panel for charging iPads, VHF, and emergency spare AIS/GPS in event of power failure.
Amel installed alteration to the rudder post that allows for two extra pieces of packing.
Amel installed optional shelf in forward hanging locker.
Aft cabin with two berths.
12 volt banana plug outlet at helm (option).
Two extra reading lights in saloon (Amel installed option).
Amel optional special bowthruster service tool that allows changing bowthruster prop, gear oil, or seals, without having to go in the water.
Extensive inventory of spare parts plus bosuns chair, spotlight, flashlights, mattress toppers, lubricants, sealants, etc.