Alubat Ovni 385
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Grabau International
United Kingdom
Make | Alubat |
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Model | Ovni 385 |
Year | 2002 |
Condition | Used |
Price | €180,000 |
Type | Sail |
Class | Sloop |
Length | 12.68 m |
Fuel Type | Diesel |
Hull Material | Aluminum |
Location | Funchal, Portugal |
Tax Status | Tax Paid |
LOA | 12.68 m |
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Length at Water Line | 9.53 m |
Beam | 3.8 m |
Max Draft | 2.05 m |
Min. Draft | 0.52 m |
Keel Type | centerboard |
Displacement | 8500 kg |
Ballast | 2900 kg |
Engine Type | Inboard |
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Engine Make | Volvo Penta |
Engine Model | D2-55 |
Fuel Type | Diesel |
Engine Year | 2002 |
Drive Type | Direct Drive |
Propeller Type | 3 Blade |
Propeller Material | Bronze |
Engine usage (hours) | 2600 |
Covers |
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Electrical Equipment |
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Electronics |
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Inside Equipment |
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Outside Equipment/Extras |
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Rigging |
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Sails |
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Designer | Philippe Briand |
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Builder | Alubat |
Guest Cabins | 2 |
Guest Heads | 1 |
Fuel Tanks | 240 litres |
Fresh Water Tanks | 400 litres |
Holding Tanks | 80 litres |
Windlass | Electric Windlass |
Liferaft Capacity | 6 |
Description
Broker’s Comment: Aluminium, centreboard Ovni 385, fully equipped and prepared for short-handed cold and warm waters ocean cruising. A true ‘Land Rover Defender’ of the oceans.
FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:
The Philippe Briand designed Alubat Ovni range of alloy built, lift keel cruisers have built an enviable reputation as durable, go anywhere blue water cruisers. Arguably the lifting keel allows them to explore waters out the reach of normal cruising yachts.
Built to a high specification for her first French owner, she was lightly cruised in the Mediterranean until her sale to her second Swedish owners in 2013 who moved her to Gothenburg and began a comprehensive program of refit and upgrade to prepare the boat for serious offshore adventures while enjoying the boat for cruises around the West Coast of Sweden and one trip to Scotland. Sold to her third and current Swedish owner in 2023 as a replacement for his previous Garcia Passoa 54 (sold to him and then for him by Grabau International), she was renamed IKIGAI and prepared for a planned cruise down to Madeira via Scotland, Ireland, France and Portugal. During this trip, IKIGAI returned home to her build yard in Les Sables-d’Olonne where the Alubat team inspected her hull internally and externally for any signs of notable corrosion (none were found)
IKIGAI now represents a great opportunity to buy a well presented and equipped version of this rugged blue water cruiser, ideally suited to single-handed sailing, and ready to launch and sail away this year. She boasts a complete and comprehensive inventory of which some highlights include:
• Two double cabin interior layout with large heads adjacent to companionway and walkthrough access to technical locker/storage space aft
• Insulated aluminium hull and deck.
• Unpainted topsides
• Tek-deck non-slip zero-maintenance deck finish
• Structural transom antenna gantry
• Aluminium doghouse structure with Lexan windows and sprayhood extension
• Bimini
• Centreboard with lead ballast
• Lifting single rudder
• Sloop rig with removable furling cutter stay and self-tacking track
• Fully-battened mainsail with low-friction battencar system, stackpack and lazyjacks
• Supplied complete replacement standing rigging package
• Wichard boom brake
• Mast-steps
• Harken self-tailing winch package
• Asymmetric spinnaker
• Volvo Penta D2-55, 55hp engine with shaft drive and MaxProp 3-blade feathering propeller
• Bowthruster
• Windpilot self-steering gear
• Solar panels
• Rutland wind generator
• Garmin and Raymarine instrument package with radar, plotter, AIS and autopilot
• Icom SSB radio
• Eberspacher diesel-fired hot air cabin heating system
• Refleks diesel stove in saloon
• Holding tank
• Rocna anchor
• Inflatable tender
• Dive compressor
• Extensive tools and spares package
Swedish-registered and EU VAT paid, IKIGAI is now located ashore in Madeira, moments from the international airport and ready to head off either back to Europe or onwards across the Atlantic and further afield.
BUILDER’S COMMENTS:
OVNI – “THE” lifting keel aluminium yacht.
OVNIs have been designed for experienced, demanding customers keeping in mind that they are built for intensive use. They are the ideal boats for blue water sailing. Often referred to as the “4 x 4” of the seas, OVNIs live up to this description, synonymous with:
• Strength: Of the hull & layout
• Off road: What boat can compete for sailing anywhere and in any weather?
• Safety: With its lifting keel, the Ovni can find shelter anywhere
• Comfort: In rough seas, keel up, the boat glides smoothly on the water, something appreciated by everyone on board in bad weather.
Just like the ‘4 x 4’s, OVNIs have changed a lot since their initial conception: the interior fittings are now at the level of the most luxurious standards, but our constant search for simple solutions enables us to steer clear from pointless sophistication.
MANUFACTURER HISTORY:
In 1974 ALUBAT built ‘VODKA’, the prototype of the first OVNI ever: the OVNI 25. It was made of aluminium but with a fin keel. Then, the OVNI 31 soon enlarged the range, but as a weighted lifting keel boat. After that, the OVNI 28, launched in 1978, was the first aluminium lifting keel boat and although it had a bilge keel, it did set the tone for the next designs.
Later, in 1994, the yard started to build keel yachts. Today, this range includes 4 CIGALES (from 14 to 22 meters) and the 'ALUBAT 58'.
Bought out in 2014 by 14 shareholders represented by Michel Berson, president, and managed by Christian PICARD, the ALUBAT shipyard has built more than 1,500 units, all aluminium, most of which are still sailing all over the world.
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CONSTRUCTION
RCD Status:
• We understand this vessel complies with the RCD and is classed as Category A (Ocean).
Hull Construction:
• Hard-chined hull profile.
• 5083 H111 alloy plate welded in Argon/Helium atmosphere.
• Alloy structural framing and stiffners welded to hull plating internally.
• Additional welded rubbing strake below sheerline.
• Bare alloy topsides finish
• Recessed, tinted polycarbonate portlights.
Deck & Superstructure Construction:
• Welded alloy plate construction.
• Alloy toerail with freeing holes running the length of the deck outboard.
• Tinted polycarbonate windows, bonded and screwed to secure.
• Superstructure finished in bare alloy
• Decks finished with tek-deck non-slip panels
• Teak slatted cockpit seating and sole
• Removable aluminium structural doghouse/sprayhood structure with Lexan windows
Keel & Rudder:
• Lifting centreboard keel configuration.
• Lead ballast encapsulated in waterproof resin.
• Tackle for centreboard lifting and lowering.
• Single centrally mounted folding rudder.
• Supported with partial skeg.
• Lower section of rudder extended and retracted
• Aluminium rudder stock.
• Aluminium dual function pump (centreboard and rudder) in aft storage compartment
• Safety-release valve
• Operated by a manual hydraulic system.
• Pump in cockpit locker with safety-release valve.
MACHINERY
Engine & gearbox:
• Volvo Penta D2-55 4-cylinder, inline, naturally aspirated, indirectly cooled, marine diesel engine producing approx. 55hp @ 3000RPM
• Volvo Penta MS25A mechanical gearbox.
Maintenance & Performance:
• Date of last engine service: June 2025
• Engine hours: approx. 2,600 as of Summer 2025
• Cruising speed: approx. 7 knots @ 1,900rpm
Propulsion & Steering:
• Stainless steel prop shaft with Volvo Penta type dripless seal.
• Bronze, 3 blade, MaxProp, feathering propeller.
• Wheel steering system with 900mm diameter hide-covered helm wheel.
• Tiller emergency steering system connecting directly to rudder stock.
• Craftsman 80kgf 12vDC tunnel bowthruster with joystick control at helm
Wind Vane Self-Steering:
• Windpilot self steering system.
• Custom mount welded onto sugar scoop transom.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
Voltage systems:
• 12vDC onboard power system with 220vAC shore power system.
Battery Banks:
• 1x 12vDC 50Ah engine start battery – 2020
• 1x 12vDC 100Ah bowthruster battery
• 4x 12vDC 100Ah service batteries joined in parallel to supply 400Ah @ 12vDC - 2020
Charging:
• Cristec 220vAC 60Amp automatic battery charger
• Exide 220vAC 12/15 Amp portable smart battery charger
• Portable booster pack
Alternator:
• Volvo 12vDC engine-mounted alternator
Wind Generator:
• Rutland wind generator mounted to rear antenna arch with Marlec Hybrid MPPT charge controller
Solar Panels:
• 2x45w monocrystalline panels mounted on A-frame gantry.
• 2x Sunbeam System flexible approx. 78w solar panels on doghouse top.
• MeTer MT-5 MPPT charge controller.
Battery Monitor:
• Xantrex digital battery monitor system.
Shore Power:
• Hardwired, RCD protected 220vAC shore power system with ring main, Marinco 30Amp connector and 20m shorepower cable.
PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS
Fresh Water:
• Fully pressurised hot and cold water system.
• Approx 22 litre calorifier heated via engine or 220vAC immersion heater.
• Monotap type mixer faucets in galley and heads
• Manual back up pumps for fresh water at galley and heads
• Cold water fresh water shower on bathing platform
Salt Water:
• Manually pumped salt water faucets at galley and heads.
Grey Water:
• Grey water draining directly overboard by gravity or pumps.
• Shower sumps is electrically pumped overboard.
Black Water:
• Black water discharges to sea or to holding tank via diverter valve.
Bilge Pumps:
• Manual bilge pump in cockpit.
• 2x 12vDC electric bilge pumps.
Gas System:
• LPG system with self-draining locker and storage for 2x 4.5kgs gas bottles
• Third 4.5kgs gas bottle stowed externally
TANKAGE
Fuel:
• Combined 240 litre fuel capacity in 200 litre and 40 litre tanks
• Alloy welded tanks with inspection hatches for easy cleaning access
• Racor fuel/water filter
• Manual level gauge at chart table
Fresh Water:
• Approx 400 litres fresh water tank capacity.
• Alloy welded tanks with inspection hatches for easy cleaning access
Hoilding Tank:
• Approx 80 litre holding tank
• Tank discharge to sea or via deck extraction point.
NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
On Deck:
• Garmin GPSMap 4008 colour GPS/chart plotter display
• Raymarine closed-array radar scanner on mast
• Raymarine ST60 wind, tridata and multi displays with transducers
• Raymarine autopilot system with ST6001 Plus control at helm and LS VHM 40ST16 electro-hydraulic ram system
• Plastimo Olympic 135 magnetic compass
At Chart Table:
• Raymarine SL72 radar display
• Raymarine ST60 multi display
• Garmin GPS152 GPS display
• ICS Nav6 Navtex
• Garmin AIS600 AIS transceiver with dedicated antenna
Communications Equipment:
• Garmin 200i fixed VHF with DSC at chart table
• Garmin GHS 10 wired cockpit VHF handset with DSC
• Icom IC-706 SSB radio with Pactor modem
• Icom handheld VHF
DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
Galley:
• Plastimo Neptune 3000 stainless steel gimbal-mounted 2-burner gas stove with oven and grill.
• Stainless steel sink unit with one full and one half size sink, extra deep, with hot & cold pressurised water supplies plus manual fresh and salt water supplies
• Top loading 85 litres capacity fridge with Isotherm seawater-cooled compressor.
Heads:
• Jabsco manual marine heads
• Heads discharging to holding tank or overboard.
• Sink with pressurised hot & cold water supply and shower extension, plus manual fresh and salt water supplies.
Heating:
• Eberspacher AirTronic diesel fired, blown air system with outlets in all cabins and heads.
• Refleks stainless steel diesel-fired marine heater in saloon.
• 12vDC ventilation fan in saloon
• 220vAC cabin heaters
Lighting:
• 12vDC LED lighting throughout accommodation space.
• Overhead lighting in all cabins.
• Reading lights above all bunks.
• Red lighting in saloon.
Entertainment:
• LTC radio/CD stereo system with speakers in saloon and cockpit
• LTC LCD TV with DVD
• Amplified TV/FM aerial
ACCOMMODATION
Summary of Accommodation:
• 6 berths in forward and aft double cabins with 2 additional occasional berths in saloon.
• Master cabin forward
• Single heads aft to starboard adjacent to companionway.
Accommodation Finish:
• Well insulated interior spaces.
• Oak joinery work throughout accommodation space.
• Traditional teak & holly stripped laminate soleboards, laminate finish on both faces.
• Teak sole gratings in heads compartments.
• Laminate countertops in galley and heads
• White vinyl cover headlining in linear panelling with varnished timber trims between.
• Blue cloth upholstery.
• Lee-cloths in saloon.
Description of Accommodation from Forward:
Forward Cabin:
• Master cabin, accessed forward of main saloon.
• Centreline double berth.
• Hanging lockers to port and starboard.
• Stowage space beneath foot of berth.
• Headroom – approx. 1.80m
Main Saloon:
• L-shaped saloon seating offset to port with linear settee seating to starboard
• Stowage lockers and beneath behind settees
• Fiddled, double drop leaf saloon table set above central centreboard case.
• Bar unit with bottle section forward of centreboard case.
• Headroom – approx. 1.80m (forward) to 1.90m (aft)
Galley:
• Aft of saloon area to port
• L-shaped galley counter
• Double stainless steel sink with pressurised and manual fresh and salt water supplies
• Gimballed stove
• Refrigerator located centrally over centreboard case
• Extensive stowage in lockers, cupboards and drawers
• Folding additional worktop area.
• Headroom – approx. 1.90m
Navigation Station:
• Aft of the saloon seating area to starboard.
• Forward facing chart table with the navigator seat.
• Enlarged chart table over standard (1.10m x 0.87m)
• Fiddled chart table, chart storage provided within table.
• Ships switch panel outboard
• Storage drawers provided beneath.
Port Aft Cabin:
• Double berth cabin.
• Hanging locker outboard of bunk forward.
• Engine space access.
• Stowage space beneath foot of berth.
• Headroom – approx. 1.80m
Aft Heads:
• White laminate finished compartment with varnished ash trims.
• Teak sole grating, draining into sump with electric pump to discharge overboard.
• Manual marine toilet.
• Sink with hot & cold pressurised fresh water tap/shower supply
• White laminate unit containing wet locker
• Headroom – approx. 1.90m
Starboard Aft Technical Area:
• Large aft starboard technical/locker area accessed through aft heads or from cockpit
• Shelving
DECK EQUIPMENT
Rig:
• Mast and spars manufactured by Z-Spars in silver anodised alloy.
• Deck stepped masthead sloop.
• 1x19 stainless steel wire standing rigging – 2002
• Replacement standing rigging supplied but not yet fitted
• Profurl roller reefing system on forestay.
• Removable inner forestay, for use in cutter rig configuration; stowing in way of granny bars when not in use with Bartels furler.
• Self-tacking track for staysail.
• Isolators on backstay for use with SSB radio.
• Checkstays for use when inner forestay is rigged.
• Sparcraft mainsheet track and car system mounted on coachroof forward of doghouse. Mainsheet and mainsheet car control lines lead aft to cockpit.
• Harken towable genoa tracks of side decks, twin cars fitted
• Spinlock rope clutches on coachroof in way of cockpit halyard winches.
• Rod kicker.
• Facnor FL-10 low friction mast car system for mainsail.
• Wichard boom brake
• Selden aluminium alloy telescopic spinnaker pole
• Dyneema reefing lines at the mast.
• Folding mast steps fitted to mast head.
Winches:
• 2x Harken 53ST 2-speed self-tailing primary cockpit winches
• 2x Harken 44ST 2-speed self-tailing secondary cockpit winches.
• 2x Harken 32ST 2-speed self-tailing halyard winches at companionway.
• 2x Harken 32ST 2-speed self-tailing halyard winches on mast.
• 1x Harken 16ST 2-speed self-tailing reefing winch on mast.
Sails:
• Elvstrom Sails Dacron fully-battened mainsail with 3-reefs – 2023
• Lundh Sails Dacron furling genoa with UV strip – 2015
• Dacron furling staysail with UV strip
• Asymmetric spinnaker with sock - 2004
General:
• Stainless steel pulpit and pushpit rails.
• Stainless steel guard wires.
• Port and starboard guardwire gates.
• Stainless steel mast pulpits.
• Below deck level, self-draining anchor locker.
• Welded cleat within anchor locker.
• Welded alloy dorades with plastic vents
• Helmsman’s seat aft of pedestal.
• Port and starboard cockpit lockers.
• Folding cockpit table with drop leafs port and starboard.
• Cantilever gantry over aft end of cockpit.
• Swimming ladder mounted on sugar scoop.
Anchoring & Mooring:
• Lofrans Project X2 1,000w 12vDC electric anchor windlass with wired remote control
• Rocna 25kgs galvanised steel primary anchor with 50m of 10mm chain marked at 10m intervals
• 13kgs secondary anchor
• Two spare anchors
• Fortress aluminium kedge anchor
• Selection of mooring warps and fenders
• Stemhead roller assembly with twin rollers.
• Stern roller with cleat
• Additional equipment for mooring alongside cliffs.
• Twin sets of bow cleats, mid-cleats and stern cleats for mooring.
Canvas Work:
• Mainsail Cover – Stackpack type cover with lazyjacks. Dark blue canvas.
• Sprayhood – Dark blue canvas on stainless steel frame extending from aluminium doghouse
• Bimini – Dark blue canvas on stainless steel frame
Tender & Outboard:
• Zodiac inflatable tender with oars
Additional Equipment:
• Coltri 220vAC diving compressor – 2024
• 3x dive cylinders with 1x BCD
• Sailrite sewing machine - 2024
• Extensive inventory of spare parts
• Tools
• Climbing harness
• Cable cutters
• Sextant
• Vacuum cleaner
• Fishing gear
SAFETY EQUIPMENT:
General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.
Navigation Lights:
• LED masthead tricolour light
• Steaming light
• Deck flood light
• Stern light on rear arch
Life saving:
• Viking 6-man cannister liferaft – requires service
• McMurdo G5 Smartfind 406Mhz EPIRB
• 3x lifejackets with harnesses
• MOB recovery sling with light
• Webbing jackstays.
Fire Control:
• 4x 2kgs fire extinguishers
• Fire blanket
Disclaimer
Grabau International offers the details of all vessels in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information or warranty the condition of any vessel and the details do not constitute a part of any contract. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. All vessels are offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. Grabau International provides professional yacht conveyancing and legal transfer of title for all yachts as per the ABYA Code of Practice with all deposit payments and final balance payments processed through secure dedicated client accounts solely for that purpose. Our dedicated client accounts are written in trust at Natwest Bank and we are fully insured.
Presented For Sale By:
Grabau International
United Kingdom
Presented For Sale By:
Grabau International
United Kingdom