Description

Rogue Trader is a truly beautiful and unique yacht and has without fail received admiration in every port she entered! She is designed and built for the world’s oceans with a strong emphasis on comfortable, blue-water passage making. Her heavy frames and cold-moulded hull, professionally built and sheathed in glass, are built to safely withstand the heaviest of seas. With maintenance levels similar to that of a standard glass hull she has all the benefits and character of a wooden hull, without any of the downsides.
A proven passage maker, Rogue Trader has completed two Atlantic crossings and for the past three years has been cruising the Mediterranean. She currently lies in Alghero Sardinia. Equipped with full safety equipment for ocean sailing with a crew of six, she sits ready to go and waiting for the big adventures she was built for!
With a long keel and rugged ketch rig this boat will almost sail itself. By carefully balancing the sails she is capable of holding a course almost indefinitely, without input from the helm. Her balance is so good that her present owners have sailed for several years and thousands of nautical miles without an autopilot! (One can be
re-installed very easily.)
She is currently set up with basic but reliable systems that allow for easy maintenance and repair even in the most remote of locations. That said, she has an excess of space allowing for the installation of whatever systems her new owners may desire and as such represents a perfect blank canvas. Interior upgraded 2021/22. Rogue Trader was built over 21 years ago in Northern Ireland, to plans by Glen-L, an American designer. The initial owner employed professionals to complete the structural work and early fit-out under regular inspection by Lloyds to 100A1 standard. Due to financial difficulties, the boat passed through the hands of two additional owners before finally being launched in 2008. With the previous owner (who purchased in 2014), she has completed two Atlantic crossings (2016 & ‘17) - both West and East - and performed exceptionally well in both instances.

Specifications

Accommodation

Two berths in Bow. Two berths on Port mid-ship with bi-folding doors for privacy. Two berths on starboard mid-ship and two pilot berths in main salon area. Separate chart table. Fully fitted galley. Large folding table suitable for 8 persons. Two heads, one port, one starboard.

Construction

Cold moulded. 4 layers of 6mm marine ply on 75 mm stringers and fibreglassed exterior.

Equipment

Ground tackle

Main anchor - 30kg CQR/Plow & 60m 12mm chain
Spare anchor 1 - 30kg CQR/Plow & 70m rode
Spare anchor 2 - 20kg Danforth
Windlass - 24v Lofrans with deck button

Sails
Main and mizzen - both new in 2016, both in very good condition
3 reefs in Main and 2 reefs in mizzen
Jib - from 2008, in good condition
Staysail and Storm jib new in 2024
Harken furling/reefing on both headsails, Harken Sail tracks and cars on main and mizzen sails
Main and mizzen both fitted with Lazy jacks and lazy bag
Running rigging
With the exception of the main mast halyards, all ropes have been replaced over the last 3 years, have seen very light use and are in excellent condition
Pair of lewmar 2 speed winches at main mast base for halyards etc.
Lewmar 2 speed winch for main, Lewmar traveler for main
4 x Harken 3 speed winches for headsails
Reefing/hoisting is carried out at the main mast. All other sail controls are run aft to the cockpit
Safety
6 Person Seago offshore canister liferaft with 24h pack. Serviced May 2021. Positioned midships on cradle.
2x horseshoe life buoys - one with emergency light
Rescue sling
Throwing line
Danbuoy - inflatable with light (may need servicing)
Grab bag with various emergency contents - (as per ARC rally spec)
EPIRB
Sat phone
6 x automatic life jackets. All gas cylinders and auto firing parts new as of May 2021. All fitted with harnesses, lights and sprayhoods
6 x three point safety harnesses/clips
Network of jack-lines covering all deck areas
3 x manual bilge pump - one pumped from below decks, one from the cockpit and one for the engine bilge
Automatic bilge pump with float switch
Fire extinguishers in all cabins - total 6, plus automatic extinguisher in engine bay
Fire blanket
Flare container with several red hand flares (will need restocking for offshore sailing)
Emergency tiller
Cat B AIS
Engine
Ford D series, 4 cylinder, 85 horsepower
Old engine, but with low hours usage (1400 hours approx)
Serviced regularly
Easy to fix/find parts in any part of the world
Throttle control replaced may 2021
New shaft bracket 2024


Steering
Hydraulic steering
Positives - Oversized ram makes steering very light, even in heavy seas there is little pressure on the helm and it is impossible to be overpowered
Negatives - less feedback, more turns required to move rudder position
Emergency tiller that is quick and easy to fit
The original auto helm was never commissioned and was removed following water damage. With careful balancing of the sails the boat will hold course without touching the helm - she will literally sail for hours under good sail balance!
An auto helm can easily be installed if required
3M Honwave dinghy with 4hp Mercury 4 stroke outboard, new in 2022.
Various Sunshades for cockpit & decks.


Electronics
Basic but functional electronics. Old Navman system is no longer manufactured. New owner may wish to upgrade.
Navman Log/Temp
Navman Wind Speed/Direction
Navman Depth
Navman Chart Plotter
CAT B AIS
Serial to USB connection - has been sailed with laptop operating Open CPN software. With AIS overlay this operates as an effective chart system and can also be connected to sat-phone for offshore weather info.
Navman VHF

Tanks
Total diesel 440L - 2 x 200L storage tanks with pump to 40L header tank
2 x 20L Jerry cans
Water total 1000L in 2 x 500L tanks
Holding tank - 80L
Plenty of space to expand any of the above tankage. For ocean crossings 500L of bottled water was carried and easily stowed. Plenty of space to install a water maker if desired.


BELOW DECK
8kw diesel air heater. Comfortably heats whole boat. Low cost imported heater, with 2 full spare units as replacements if any problems arise with original heater unit. Still running well after a year and a half of use.
Hot water tank *Replaced in 2022* heated from engine or shore power.
150L (approx) top loading fridge - plenty of space for long distance cruising
30 Amp 24v sterling shore power unit
220 amp-hour 24v battery bank (4x 110ah 12v leisure batteries)
Space to add an additional pair of batteries, increasing overall power to 330ah
240v sockets in all cabins operating when connected to shore power
200w 240v inverter for charging Laptop etc
12v outlets in all cabins, each with double USB charger

There is also a good stock of spares and parts for maintaining most onboard systems.
The above covers most of the main kit and systems but is not exhaustive.
In general, Rogue Trader is a very robust blue water cruiser. There is huge scope for modification / upgrading as the new owner might see fit. Nevertheless, in her current set up, she has provided extremely comfortable and safe cruising for us during our ownership.

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