2000 Celestial 48 50' Sloop USD65k TH Add to Watch List Watching View Watchlist >

Fantastic value liveaboard/blue water cruiser for urgent sale!

Description:

A classic boat with rebuilt interior (2015-2022) and upgraded engine. Suitable for sailing away immediately, featuring a spacious center cockpit and shallow draft for easy anchoring and river access. Equipped with cutter rigging, self-tacking staysail, and twin genoa. Ideal for two-person handling and liveaboard use, though lacking autopilot and air conditioning. Currently undergoing electronic repairs due to lightning damage. Notable features include a hard top bimini, improved dinghy derricks, rewiring, and a new starter battery. Comes with two anchors, Lofrans anchor winch, Yanmar 4JH-4TE turbocharged engine, and a walk-around engine room. Other amenities include an automatic fire extinguishing system, aluminum dinghy with Mercury outboard, solar panels, and 500AH battery storage. Offers spacious accommodations with private double cabins and sleeping space for five in the open-plan saloon area. Quick sale desired, offering versatility, comfort, and performance for cruising in the Gulf of Thailand.

Sales Term:

• Reduced the "as seen" price to 1.6M Thai Baht/ 44,532 USD to allow for painting and interior remodeling, renewal of the electronics and some attention to some of the hatches. The gap between the purchase price and the available budget will allow for the addition of items like hydraulic steering and autohelm, genset, refrigerator etc. and bring the boat up to a very fine liveaboard standard. She is already in a seaworthy condition and has been used regularly with school groups for sail training. Current price is 1.6M THB/ 44,532 USD for a sound 50-footer requiring exterior paint, interior remodeling and the addition of a genset and other comforts like a refrigerator plus installation of navigation equipment and probably hydraulic steering with autopilot. The low-price leaves plenty of room to do the work and install new equipment and end up with a great liveaboard/ocean cruiser.
• First offer close to target price accepted for quick sale
• Free 1-month berth in Khlong Na Jomtien or delivery within Gulf of Thailand

Features:

• Roomy center cockpit and high freeboard for security in rough weather
• Shallow draft for anchoring near beaches and navigating rivers and bays easily
• Cutter rigged with self-tacking staysail and furling twin genoa
• Spacious interior ideal for liveaboard, with sail training setup
• Thailand registered and licensed for up to 14 passengers (sleeps 9)
• 2 large ice boxes, no autopilot or air conditioning
• Recent improvements: hard top rear deck bimini, moved dinghy derricks aft
• Rewired, new starter battery, automatic fire extinguishing system
• Galley with freshwater sink and camping gas cartridge stove
• Total of 500AH battery storage charged by solar panels and engine

Accommodations

• Number of cabins: 2
• Double Berth: 2
• Heads: 2

Performance:

• Good light wind performance, agile for a center cockpit cruiser
• Can point to about 45 degrees, reaching 6-7 knots on close reach
• Comfortable living space on decks and below, with lots of berths and shade
• Easily handled by 2 people, high freeboard, shallow draft, strong construction

Boat Details:

• LOA: 50.00 ft / 15.24 m
• LWL: 36.58 ft / 11.15 m
• Beam: 13.50 ft / 4.11 m
• S.A.: (reported) 990.00 ft2 / 91.97 m2
• Draft: 5.25 ft /1.6m
• Displacement: 27,000 lb / 12,247 kg
• Ballast: 12,000 lb / 5,443 kg
• S.A./Disp.: 17.67
• Bal./Disp.: 44.44
• Disp./Len.: 246.25
• Construction: FG (Fiberglass) w/balsa core above waterline
• Ballast Type: Lead
• Built: 2000
• Builder: Xiamen Celestial Yachts Ltd.
• Designer: Brewer/Fuhriman

Engine:

• Make: Yanmar
• Model: 4JH4-TE
• Type: Turbo Diesel
• HP: 72
• Fuel: 250 gals / 946 L
• Cruising Speed: 5 knots
• Maximum Speed: 10 knots

Equipment:

• Aluminium dinghy on stainless steel davits
• 3.3 hp Mercury outboard for the dinghy
• Rear cabin 60Ah deep cycle battery with solar panel
• Two domestic 225 Ah deep cycle 6V batteries in series
• Starter battery: 100 Ah
• Anchor winch: Lofrans
• Main anchor: 30 kg Bruce on 50m 12mm chain
• Secondary anchor: 20 kg Bruce on 100m warp
• LED lights throughout
• Electric fan at each berth
• 40L ice chest
• Onwa chart plotter with AIS
• Navionics depth sounder

Works Done:

• Mainsheet winch repurposed to sheet the self-tacking staysail
• Teak decks replaced with reinforced fiberglass and painted with non-skid
• Interior rebuilt in 2014-2015
• Yanmar 4JH4-TE engine installed in 2014, currently with 760 hours of use
• Boat painted above and below the waterline in 2015
• Rudder skeg stiffened, cutlass bearing replaced, and hull repainted in 2018
• Rear cabins converted to a large owner's stateroom in 2020, and batteries renewed

Pending Works:

• Conversion from sloop to cutter rig with self-tacking staysail (sails ordered)