Sweet Sue II

Yacht description of the Sun Odyssey 47 : This is a top quality boat: it is professionally maintained and constantly upgraded with new sails, sprayhood & bimini, GPS-colour chartplotter, new upholstery, new varnish, new anchor, new chain, new engine battery 2021, brand new dinghy October 2021, new Volvo seal 2020, new cooker, new radio/CD/USB player, boom vang rebuild, new genoa furling drum 2022, ruddder rebuilt 2022, new shower drain pumps, new aft heads toilet pump 2022, Lofrans 1500W Tigres windlass rebuilt 2022, new extra-long shore power cable, new control unit for the autopilot, rebuilt gearbox, rebuilt steering system, etc. For 2020 we renewed stanchion bases and re-sealed the toerail. - Equipment as follows: new sprayhood 2022, new genoa end-2019, new genoa sheets & reefing line 2021, new mainsail 2017, new salon leatherette upholstery 2017, new cabin mattresses upholstery 2022, new GPS-colour chartplotter 2017, roller sails, bimini, autopilot, wind instruments, 2 frigoboat fridges, radio/cassette/CD/MP3-player with inside/outside speakers, shore power, battery charger, 220V circuit & sockets, folding aluminium passerelle, liferaft. - Mainsail is roller furling. Please note that this high-quality boat is a special model that was only produced by Jeanneau for a short period because it was too expensive to build. This is because it has following unique design features : Engine located in middle of boat (not aft as usual) allowing propeller positioning near centre of gravity This positioning largely frees boat from usual "prop-walk" - the tendency of boat to move to port or starboard when going aft The rudder is exceptionally deep (nearly as deep as the keel) and hung as far aft as possible This rudder size/far aft positioning coupled with near-central prop location makes for excellent boat control forward and aft. In conclusion, the design is such as to provide top boat steering control. These design features require special high-cost construction engineering, and are very rarely found in other boats. The other high-cost design features are: Quality blond teak joinery with curved surfaces inside giving a great feeling of luxury (no plastic) and heavy hull build with deep underwater surfaces providing excellent heavy weather handling. Please note that this is not at the expense of light airs sailing performance due to the powerful sailing rig. Also the double frigoboat fridges (much more expensive than normal electric fridge) run off the engine (not off the batteries) and provide constant 24-hour refrigeration without risking flat batteries as they are engine-compressor driven.