HANS CHRISTIAN 43 Traditional - USD 179,000

The Hans Christain HC 43T is a renowned blue water cruiser and comfortable live-a-board boat.  With her fully integrated keel, classic lines, fine hand crafted teak interior and custom bronze deck fittings, this enduring, stable and roomy vessel will get you to your destination in style and safety.  This vessel has had a total of 3 owners and a history of long ocean passages. Since 2008, the present owners have divided their time between cruising western Thailand and Langkawi and restoring the boat to her former glory.  In 2009 she benefited from; topsides respray with  AWL grip paint,  below waterline osmosis treatment and epoxy re-sealing (Jotun penguard HB). 
This vessel is ready for ocean passages or coastal cruising, offering generous storage, exceptional accommodation with new dry cell foam matresses in all sleeping quarters, an enviable fully equiped galley with 4 burner stove and oven and a 12V refridgeration system that works so well – you can guarantee a cold beer at anchor. 
She carries a number of exceptional built in safety features, including high gunnels, fully enclosed stainless steel safety rails on deck, deep cockpit seating and additional emergency steering features.
A comprehensive history of the work completed and full boat inventory is available on request.

Registered: UK

Two double cabins fore and aft plus up to three single berths in main saloon. The original layout gave a single cabin aft behind the nav station and now sites a generator and workshop. This single cabin could readily be returned to it's original use. The interior is the usual HC quality with rich selected and hand rubbed Burmese teak and bronze fittings, well lit and ventilated not least by the large traditional butterfly hatch in the saloon. Six 'Apple and Glow' flourescent lights, 2 stage white and 2 stage red,throughout the interior.

AC volts: 240 (converted from 110V in 2009. Will take from 90 to 260V to battery charger, Sterling 40amp, Pro Charge D ( 2008 ) A 110V Entec West 4.2KVA genset is now redundant.

1 automatic Jabsco bilge pump. 1 Village Marine watermaker, 18-20 lph.

Navman wind instrument, Standard Horizon log/speed, Standard Horizon depth sounder plus Echopilot FLS forward looking sonar. Raymarine/Autohelm 6000 updated to 8000 autopilot. Additional Navico tiller pilot. Standard Horizon vhf radio( 2010 ). Icom M800 hf radio. Furuno 1621 radar. Furuno GP32 fixed gps. 12volt digital yacht computer with 15 inch screen plus a Toshiba laptop computer c/w Cmap 2007 and Maxsea. For entertainment, a Coby amplifier powers up sound devices such as MP3 or iPod and selects Boston speakers inside, Rockford speakers in cockpit or all. One cd player sited in saloon, not in use.

Cape Horn wind vane steering. Salt water deck wash. Custom made stainless steel and teak folding boarding ladder. Cockpit winches: 2x Barient #3 , 1x Barient #23, 1x Barient #10 st. Mast winches: 2x Barient #23, 1x Barient #10 st. Boom winches: 2x Lewmar single speed. 4 x 25 litre jerry cans. Pushpit, pullpit and continuous stainless, high, solid safety rail. Outboard engine hoist and rack at pushpit.

Main anchor is a 65lb CQR with 80m of 12mm chain and 50m of rode. Secondary anchor is a 45lb Bugle with 70m of 12mm chain and 50m of rode. Fortress FX55 stern anchor with 10m chain and 50m anchor rode. The windlass is a 12volt Muir Cheeter with manual option.

Lifejackets: 3 x padded, 2 xgas. 1 x lifering, 1 x harness. Flare gun and cartridges. 2 x fire extinguishers ( 2009 ) First aid kit. Manual bilge pump, Whale gusher. Emergency tiller and tiller pilot. Hand held searchlight ( 3 outlets: 2 cockpit, 1 bow )

Lee sails, tan bark colour main, staysail and yankee in excelent condition plus a full set of spare sails. Fully battened main has three reefs, staysail has three reefing points and headsail is Profurl furling gear.