Wauquiez 43 Pilot Saloon

Construction

Built by Wauquiez, France 2000 to Ed Dubois design.
Pilot House Saloon cruiser
White GRP hull / two blue stripes
GRP structure, teak decks (replaced as new 2020)
Fin keel with bulb, Lead keel
Spade rudder
Wheel steering

LOA:    43’8   (13.35m)
LWL:    35’6  (10.85m)
Beam:   13’9  (4.20m)
Draft:    6’10  (2.10m)
Displacement:  12,500 kg
Ballast:               4,500 kg

Machinery

Yanmar 4JH2-DTE, 88hp engine
Original engine with 230 hours since major service in 2020
(Recorded hours 4,056 Feb 2025)
KM4A gearbox
Shaft drive to 3 blade folding prop (seal last changed 2020)

New engine exhaust 2015.  
Injectors cleaned and calibrated at 3000 hours.  
Major service in 2020.  Engine has done 230 hours only since these works.  
Invoices for major mechanical works available.  
Pumps and other equipment in engine room are labelled.  
Generous access to engine compartment.

Bowthruster - Superpower Model 110 (24 volts)
Panda Generator 4kva (349 hrs serviced Feb 2025 - Overhaul/major service 2020 only 7 hours since)
Aquabase XA223 water maker 90 ltr/hr

Electrics

Domestic Batts                 3, Linux, 180 a/h June 2023
Engine Starter Batts         1, Linux, 110 a/h June 2023
Generator Starter Batts    1, Linux, 110 a/h June 2023
Bow Thruster Batts           2, Linux, 110 a/h June 2023
            
Available On-board Voltage(s)    12, 24, 220v systems    
Charging by -    Engine, solar, shore, generator
Inverter -     Victron Phoenix    12/3KVA 230 V Smart
Battery Charger Sterling Pro charge Ultra 60 ah (2 other smaller battery chargers for generator start and bow thruster)
Solar Panels Linux marine 560w
Shore Power with 30m cable         

Spare new Sterling Pro charge ultra battery charger on board (identical to main fitted battery charger).  
Galvanic isolator is fitted.  
USB charging points at helm. 
Foredeck light.  
Engine alternator high output 12V/80A.  
220 volts in all cabins.  
LED lighting throughout with reading lamps above all berths

Tankage

Fuel:       2 tanks 580 ltrs (full) Aluminium
Water:    1 tank 400 ltrs (empty) New May 2017
Holding: 1 tank 190 ltrs (empty, clean) Stainless steel New June 2019

Rig and Sails

Cutter rigged sloop

Standing rigging replaced July 2023

Rustproof Stainless Steel rigging

Sparcraft spars & spinnaker gear

 

Mainsail: Fully battened, Slab with 3 reefs.  Reefs 1 & 2 are single line reefs. White, DCX-M by Quantum 2015

Genoa: Roller furler, White, by Hallet 2015

Staysail: Roller furler, White, Refurb 2017

Spinnaker by Northsails    2010

Storm Jib: White

Sturdy battened lazy bag. 

Genoa staysail roller furling drums replaced June 2023. 

Storm jib hanks onto furled genoa

 

Genoa Sheet winches: Two on cockpit coaming Lewmar ST54

Halyard winches:        One (at mast) Lewmar ST44

Main winches:            Two on cabin top Lewmar ST44                           

Additional:                  One for roller furling line Lewmar ST40

 

Accommodation

Accom for 4/6 in three cabins, two doubles, one single, one on settee and cot style bunk in forward cabin.

Two manual Jabsco heads with 2 showers (3rd shower on stern platform)

New dark blue upholstery

Wood joinered interior (fair condition)

 

Upholstery and curtains all new July 2023.  Wrap around windows with views to exterior from sitting positions at settee and chart table.  Extra cot-style bunk in forward cabin.  Two heads – one amidships and one en suite with separate show stall adjacent to aft owner’s cabin.  Plenty of storage including under berths and in saloon.  Wet storage in cupboard adjacent to companionway.

Domestic

220v Calorifier heating 45 ltrs water.

Force 10 cooker – oven & grill

2 burner gas hob

Double S/S sink

Front loading fridge

Top loading freezer

Various cooking equipment & utensils

Pioneer CD/Radio

 

Top-opening washing machine Brandt Premia STV 1135 fitted in single cabin.  Odour filter fitted to holding tank.  New cockpit speakers (2) June 2023. Two Seawater available at sink via footpump.  Automatic gas cut-off valve.  Fridge compressors are water-cooled via seawater pump.  Pressurised water system.  Blackwater can be emptied via pump to outside or to pump-out station via deck fitting.  “Down the hatch” wind scoop for forward hatch.

There is a safe on board and also a wireless printer.

Deck

Lewmar Ocean 1 Electric windlass

30kg WASI stainless steel bugle style anchor 70m S/S chain 10mm

25kg CQR + 50m rope                                     

Warps x 6        

Fenders x 8

Pasarelle

Boat Hook

Swimming Ladder

Swimming Platform

Spray Hood with opening window        

Bimini

Winter Covers  

Davits

Navigation Lights

Deck Shower

 

New fender covers all round in 2023.  One webbing strap and one long floating line for tying to shore. Anchor winch can be operated from bow and also from cockpit.  Sevylor inflatable 2-person kayak.

Navigation

GPS: For chartplotter using Hummingbird GPS antennae

Plotter:  Raymarine C90W        

Autopilot: Raymarine ST7001 (two controllers at chart table and one at helm).  Lecomble Schmidt hydraulic ram.

Radar: Raymarine digital          

VHF:   Standard Horizon GX2200E

Sat Comms: Satellite phone FB150 Inmarsat

Onboard Wireless Network: Redbox NMEA by mailasail           

AIS Receiver

Compass           Sunto  

Speed Log uses GPS

Wind Indicator

Echosounder/depth

Raymarine Seatalk network. 

Plotter includes radar display.

Tenders

Highfield 3m tender

6hp Tohatsu outboard

Safety

6 person life raft (last serviced 2016 – out of date)

EPIRB

4 x life jackets

Manual & electric bilge pumps

3 x fire extinguishers

Fire blanket

Dan buoy

Jack stays

Grab bag

Radar reflector

Flares – in date

Emergency tiller

15ft diameter heavy-duty sea anchor. 

Boltcutters.

 

Owners Comments

This is hull number 10 of 45 built.  The three-cabin deep keel version of the model and features a higher hp engine,  generous fuel storage and excessive specification rig replace in 2023.  New teak deck in excellent condition protected by winter cover. 

The sale includes an extensive up to date operating manual specific to this yacht of over 70 pages including diagrams of safety equipment, through-hull fittings, sanitation, water systems and many other components.  This will save time and aid the buyer in becoming familiar with the vessel and its operation.

Purchased new by a Swiss couple.  The documents relating to the original purchase and photographs during construction are available and included in the sale.  She was first registered in Basel, Switzerland on 7 February 2000.  The husband passed away not long after the purchase, after this the wife and their son used to visit the boat but didn’t sail her much.  
In 2010 she was purchased by a British couple who transferred to British flag registered in London. They covered a lot of miles in the boat taking her across the Atlantic and back twice. They wrote a book, “The Age of Sail” about their experiences.

At the end of the summer 2018, the boat was out of the water in Leros, Greece.  The current owner purchased the boat in January 2019; apart from the day of the survey, the boat remained out of the water until launch in June 2019. In early 2019, layers of old anti foul were removed and coppercoat applied. A new stainless steel waste-water tank was installed.  The boat transferred to Australian flag. During the summer of 2019, the boat travelled 1,191 miles in the south east of the Aegean in the Greek islands and the Turkish coast.

She came out of the water in Marmaris in Oct/Nov 2019. The following works were completed early in 2020: new teak deck, major mechanical services and solar. At the start of COVID, a cover was custom-made to protect it. The boat remained out of the water from November 2019 to June 2023. When the boat was readied for the 2023 season, all the batteries were replaced as were the lazy jacks. The dinghy had gone missing during COVID so a reconditioned dinghy was purchased.  New upholstery and curtains were fitted below and most of the linen was replaced. 

Declaration – Insurance Repair to Hull & Keel:

In July 2023 the boat struck a rock which caused damage to the keel and the hull. The repairs were completed in Marmaris, were covered by insurance and were well supervised by a marine surveyor; they necessitated the removal of the keel and the mast. At this time the fixed rigging was replaced. During the 2023 season the boat sailed 1,581 miles from Marmaris east to Alanya and then west along the Turkish coast, across the Aegean, through the Corinth Canal to Preveza where she came out of the water and remains there now. 

Title Documents and Tax

List of All documents seen prior to setting details live for mkting. 

Current Australian Flag
Copy - British SSR Closed Registration Transcript (2018)
Copy - Purchase Contract (2018)
Copy - Declaration of Conformity
Copy - Initial Yacht Order Agreement (May 1999)
Copy - Current Transit Log
Photo of Yanmar engine plate
Photo of Wauquiez Ce Plate in cockpit Ce 0607
Photo of Wauquiez builders plate/number in saloon

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