Yachting Monthly
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Allures 45.9
- Katy Stickland
- December 3, 2018
The Allures 45 was already a good boat, so has the Allures 45.9 taken it to the next level? Graham Snook tests this unique boat to find out
Credit Graham Snook
Product Overview
- Aluminium hull
- Versatile layout
- Centreboard
- Mainsheet far from the helm
- Two hands needed for galley lockers
- Reduced galley stowage
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With a glut of mid-40ft yachts being launched this year, there’s something for everyone – as long as you want and can afford a 40-something foot yacht of course. If you’re after a go-anywhere cruiser the Allures 45.9 firmly ticks that box, but just because she can sail across oceans it doesn’t mean she’s any less of a coastal cruiser.
The raw battleship-grey aluminium hull, might not be to everyone’s taste, but it’s insanely practical; it won’t crack or craze, it doesn’t fade or need polishing, and in ten years it will pretty much look the same, save for a few more scuffs and scrapes.
I don’t have anything against fixed deep keels, but there are times when I wish they weren’t so deep or so fixed. The centreboard makes a host of harbours more accessible to this boat than to many smaller yachts. She’s also a comfortable yacht to live on board. What’s not to love about her? Surprisingly little, actually…
PERFORMANCE
In lighter conditions she won’t win many prizes for speed and agility without extra sails, but as comfortable cruisers go, she’s great. We set full mainsail and genoa and as the breeze increased she came into her own.
She has a long skeg, which protects the saildrive while also giving her good directional stability. Her centreboard can reduce her a draught from 3.0m to just 1.0m, but with the board fully down she still wasn’t particularly high-winded, feeling most comfortable around 36-38° off the wind close hauled.
The technical space will have bluewater sailors drooling with envy. Credit: Graham Snook
On a fetch she makes good speed, and as the wind increased to 15-18 knots AWS she was soon charging along in excess of 7 knots.
Below deck, where one usually hears the water rushing past the hull, there was nothing – an almost deathly quiet, thanks to the insulation. I didn’t try, but I predict I’d be able to sleep with ease on passage.
DECK LAYOUT
The cockpit is made from body-friendly GRP with rounded corners and comfortable seating. The high coamings, forward, along with the sprayhood, make forward a well-protected space.
Sheet winches are inboard of the twin wheels – but not quite far enough to give a good clearance between winch handle and wheel; there is clearance but I’d have liked a bit more.
Aft of the helm is a large aluminium gantry that can be used as a davit as well as for housing all the cruising gadgetry a tech-savvy sailor requires.
Winches inboard of the wheels are a nice feature. Credit: Graham Snook
Either side of the bathing platform are large wet lockers that drain overboard; the locker to starboard houses the gas bottle but still has loads of room. Under the helm seats are lazarette lockers – the starboard one can easily hold an outboard motor vertically.
Handholds on deck are excellent and run outboard of the sprayhood along the coachroof. On this boat the owner has sensibly opted for granny bars, providing extra security when working at the mast.
The substantial bowsprit has a single built-in bow roller, but there is no provision for a second. This boat had two bow mooring cleats each side and the forward set could be used for taking a line from a mooring.
There’s plenty of storage for tools and spares in the technical space. Credit: Graham Snook
The chain locker has a windlass below the deck, abaft is vast sail locker. Substantial horizontal aluminium tubing partitions off one side of this watertight locker. They are the perfect place to tie lines and use like a ladder to get down into the 1.68 (5ft 6in) deep space.
In the cockpit there’s a sole-depth locker to starboard, while to port is a hatch to allow access into the technical space.
AT THE HELM
The sole of the helm is dished to make standing comfortable at all but extreme angles of heel.
The feel in the helm isn’t as precise as some, but it’s smooth and has a reasonable weight to it.
Sheet winches are led aft, within easy reach of the helm. Credit: Graham Snook
Both staysail and genoa sheets come back to the winches mounted at coaming height inboard – this makes winching more comfortable allowing the user to get their body over the winch without leaving the safety of the cockpit.
The mainsheet goes to the starboard coachroof winch, well out of reach of the helm.
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
She has a rounded aluminium hull that is welded onto frames and stringers, making a strong monocoque structure.
The aluminium deck stops at a wide flange inboard of the gunwale and the GRP foam-cored deck goes to the toerail. It’s GRP for comfort as well as to reduce weight higher up.
The deck is GRP for lightness and comfort. Credit: Graham Snook
She is available with a ballasted lifting keel that can’t dry out or, as in the version tested, with a centreboard that can. She has twin rudders, but unlike many twin-ruddered yachts the saildrive is set well forward so there is some wash over the rudders.
The level of finish was generally good, although there were a couple of small finishing details where a bit more care could have been beneficial.
RIG & SAILPLAN
This yacht had a slutter/Solent rig, with a large genoa forward and a smaller inner staysail – useful when cross tacking or with winds over 18 knots TWS, though the mast requires extra support from running backstays while it’s in use.
The genoa can be tacked without furling, but to make the operation smooth it needed someone on the foredeck.
With fewer crew, furling most of it before tacking is the better option.
The fixed bowsprit can take a code zero or furling asymmetric to increase the off-wind sail area.
ACCOMMODATION
It might only be seven years on from her predecessor (the Allures 45), but styling and the look of modern materials has leapt forward in that time.
The lines are cleaner, the ‘Zen’ option of oak is lighter and the windows feel bigger. This all adds up to make her bright and contemporary, while still retaining traditional values like a practical living space with plenty of useful handholds.
Angled ends make the bench seats into comfortable chaises longues. Credit: Graham Snook
The layout sees the saloon offset to starboard with L-shaped seating outboard and a long island unit over the centreboard housing.
At the aft end of both bench seats the backrest is angled aft, making a relaxing, reclined chaise longue. This aspect of the 1.47m (4ft 10in) central seat makes it ideal for conversing with the cook who’d otherwise have their back to the saloon.
The saloon table is long, perhaps a little too long, as it restricts entry to the seating (just 22cm/9in to squeeze through the aft gap). The table lowers and can be covered with cushions to make a day berth. There’s good stowage under the seats, but less outboard due to the hull’s foam insulation.
A raised saloon hides the centreboard casing and gives those seated a better view. Credit: Graham Snook
It’s a step down from the saloon to the galley and then forward into the forecabin. An ensuite heads is an option, as is a shower for the compartment too. On this boat, however, the aft area of the forecabin has space, large lockers and an aft facing vanity unit with more handy stowage in it.
The berth is wide at 1.6m (5ft 3in); it’s not quite an island berth, but it’s not full width either so lee cloths would be needed. It’s wide enough at its forward end to sleep with your head forward and there are reading lights and switches for the cabin lights forward.
There’s drawer stowage at the aft end of the berth, just above floor level, and more stowage above them. A glance at the hull windows gives some idea of the hull thickness between the hull sides inboard and the skin of the hull.
The aluminium frames are around 12cm (5in) deep and the windows are recessed 7cm (3in) inboard and 4cm (2in) from the hull – so they’re well protected from fenders scuffing them.
The master cabin has a large double berth. Credit: Graham Snook
Around the boat many handholds are covered in dark grey leather. The only handles that aren’t is the full-height grab handle on the bulkhead aft of the galley and the nearby stainless-steel pole at the aft end of the saloon. Not only is this great for safety, it also conceals the lines to raise the centreboard.
The aft cabin to starboard offers plenty of space with hull windows and a long rectangular berth. There is an option for the technical space on the port side to be a double berth, too. The heads is by the companionway to port, and the forward end is taken up by the separate shower compartment that has a decent-sized wet locker – to stop its contents getting even wetter there’s a roll-down curtain.
CHART TABLE
The chart table has both forward and aft facing seating and is raised up to take advantage of the large coachroof windows. It’s a nice area and gives the owner another usable space, whether it’s as a dinette, a games table or for navigation.
There are open trays both inboard and outboard. The handhold at the inboard end is good, but it also gives an escape route to items on the chart table – especially if using a paper chart; there are no fiddles to keep it in place.
Seats on both sides of the chart table make it a more flexible space. Credit: Graham Snook
There are, however, angled supports to help keep the occupants in place and give good handholds, but they are made from rectangular tube with angled corners that I wasn’t wholly in favour of.
Chart stowage is lacking, but this boat’s owner has employed the top of the forward cabin’s hanging locker for this purpose.
It’s a step down to the linear galley, increasing headroom to 2.10m (6ft 11in) and giving a feeling of security, helped by the high back of the island seat that has grab handles running along its length.
The space between this and the high-fiddled Corian-topped work surface is wide enough for two people to pass without feeling intimate or awkward.
Outboard are bottom-hinged lockers – these doors are wide and have two clips on each, meaning two hands are needed to open any of them. Again because of the insulated hull, the lockers aren’t as deep as you’d expect.
It is nice to have separate areas within the saloon. Credit: Graham Snook
Neither are the drawers under the saloon seat – the centreboard case is the culprit this time. A bit more stowage would have been nice but beneath the sole is tankage.
Forward is the sink and a handy removable lid to access the bin. Aft are the two Vitrifrigo drawer fridge/freezers. In the cupboards under the worksurface you’ll find storage for plastic crates that can be lifted up to slide out or be removed.
MAINTENANCE
One of the stand-out areas of the Allures is the technical space, accessed via the heads. It will have bluewater sailors drooling with envy.
A generous technical space can also double up as an extra berth. Credit: Graham Snook
Here you’ll find a neatly fitted out area that can house an extra berth if required.
There’s access and light via a hatch that opens into the cockpit. Beneath the bench are more plastic crates held in place by removable restraining bars.
Aft of the engine is room for a generator and the space to service it.
Access to the switch panel and the wiring is from the aft cabin. Open what looks like a cupboard and it’s all neatly laid out in front of you.
Getting a close look at the engine poses no major problems either, as long as you don’t object to unscrewing panels to have access to less frequently used filters and fittings.
THE TEST VERDICT
I’d love to own an Allures 45.9 – it gives me all I want in a cruising yacht and so much more. She feels indestructible on the water and, with some extra canvas to increase her sail area for light wind days, she’ll heel and go – whatever the weather.
She might not be the most responsive boat to helm, but when she’s going you feel like nothing is going to get in her way.
I don’t care that she’s got a bare aluminium hull. In fact, it requires just the amount of upkeep I have time for – absolutely none!
Just the sight of her approaching will scare most GRP boat owners into action looking for extra fenders.
She has layout options to satisfy a couple or a family. Credit: Graham Snook
The accommodation is spacious, comfortable and versatile; there is room to do maintenance and running repairs, relax, be social or hide away.
I covet the thought of making a morning coffee, sitting at the chart table and looking out across some remote drying anchorage.
WOULD SHE SUIT YOU AND YOUR CREW?
If you’re looking for a serious cruiser, capable of coastal, offshore and bluewater sailing, the Allures 45.9 should be on your short list.
She has layout options to satisfy a couple or a family and can easily be sailed short-handed over long distances. Add to that the ability to dry out or navigate in just over a metre of water and you have a formidable package; even without all the advantages an aluminium hull brings to the table.
With the GRP deck, aluminium round-bilge and centreboard, she’s unique – no other manufacturer offers all of these features on one boat.
Like most yachts, she could benefit from a few small tweaks here and there (which any owner would have their own views on) but Allures can adapt to and incorporate your ideas.
As she is, she’s replaced the Allures 45 on my five-boat-list of yachts to dream of sailing round the world on, but having just worked out how many more years I’ll have to test boats for, sadly I won’t be casting off in her any time soon!
FACTS AND FIGURES
Price as tested: £476,870 LOA: 14.75m (48ft 5in) Hull Length: 14.60m (47ft 11in) LWL: 13.70m (44ft 11in) Beam: 4.43m (14ft 6in) Draught: 1.06m – 2.90m (3ft 6in – 9ft 6in) Displacement: 12,600kg (27,778 lb) Ballast: 4,780kg (10,538 lb) Ballast ratio: 37.9% Displacement: 136.7 Sail area: 100m2 (1,076sq ft) SA/D ratio: 18.8 Diesel: 625 litres (137 gal) Water: 420 litres (92 gal) Engine: 60hp Transmission: Saildrive RCD category: A Designer: Berret- Racoupeau Yacht Design Builder: Allures Yachting UK Agent: Williams & Smithells Ltd Tel 01329 827053 Website: www.allures.fr
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“Full main and small jib?” I asked, raising my voice slightly to project above the breeze in the low teens. “I honestly don’t know, this is my first time with the sails up on this boat,” said my friend Molly Howe, the broker who was helping me get out for a sunny February sail. This was going to be a voyage of discovery, and that felt fitting given that the boat I was testing differentiates itself from modern production cruisers in a number of ways. This is the first Allures 45.9 I’ve seen in person, let alone taken sailing. Though a number of them have been sold to Pacific Northwest sailors, they often have taken delivery abroad or immediately headed cruising. I was genuinely stoked to check it out.
The Allures 45.9 is an aluminum-hulled bluewater cruising sailboat with a composite deck, designed and built in France. It endeavors to strike an ideal balance between strength and safety, luxurious comfort and sailing performance. A high bar no doubt, but one I believe it clears impressively after my afternoon of sailing.
Though in the grand scheme of cruising sailboats, perhaps the 45.9’s most notable attribute is its aluminum hull, it wasn’t what caught my eye first. That honor went to large permanent swim step, which is integrated into the aluminum hull. As a fan of simple solutions on go-far boats, this element shined with utility and prudence. Framing the swimstep was a standard aluminum arch which supports a dinghy on davits below and a solar array above, each of which perfectly befit the design.
I climbed aboard and worked my way through a small maze of stainless steel tubing clearly designed to keep the robust cockpit coverings intact in some serious weather. This is less a design aspect and more of a lifestyle choice, and entirely understandable in this corner of the world. While these bimini supports somewhat inhibited easy movement forward, they also gave a sense of security and comfort in the cockpit, which is equally important for shorthanded sailing in the ocean.
I ducked into the interior and loved the layout of numerous windows and warm-toned woods, including the dark brown cabin sole. This isn’t a hand-sculpted custom one-off with joinery that’ll make you misty-eyed, but in the modern cruising sailboat market, it’s notably well finished and will be lastingly functional.
Returning to the deck, we readied for our sail. Flow around the cockpit was easy. We were off the dock in moments with the help of the bow thruster. Rounding the breakwater I asked how much we draw. “Nine-and-a-half with the board down.” Molly replied. That’s right, a person could be forgiven for forgetting that under the waterline there’s more cool design elements. There are two options for underwater appendages: a lifting keel or, in our case, a centerboard. The lifting keel offers heavier ballast but, spoiler alert, we certainly never felt under-ballasted on the centerboard version. It was exciting to be trying out such a deep-drafted cruising boat, that also draws less than 3.5 feet when it comes time to anchor.
The Allures 45.9 has a ⅞ fractional solent rig with swept spreaders, a split fixed backstay and checkstays. A solent rig differs from a cutter because the larger sail (the solent) is a 100% jib instead of a bigger genoa, and the position of the two sails means you won’t be employing them at the same time. Still, I lit up envisioning configuration options not available on many boats. The Allures’ sail area to displacement ratio represents its intent to be equally safe, stout, and sailable. Starting with discretion in 11-14 knots of wind on an unfamiliar boat, we rolled out the staysail with the full main.
Trimmer that I am, once we set the sails, I set about tweaking them. I quickly appreciated the ability to adjust many things. I liked the staysail leads, which could be moved aft under load, and it was interesting to see that the leads for both headsails shared placement on each side’s fore-aft track. I checked out the mainsheet traveler system forward of the dodger, which was clearly robust and wide enough to ably do its job. Pulling the loaded traveler to weather definitely required a winch, though.
Wanting to go check on a few things—cunningham rigging, jib halyard tension—I went forward, carefully exiting our cockpit cocoon. On this trip to the mast, I noticed the height of the step to the cabin top from the side decks. Where I instinctually stepped up, it felt like maybe two feet. Hmm. Looking around, I saw the better option. The coachroof has a gently convex sweep to deck level near the mast. Note to self, take the side-deck to the mast, then step up. Once there, I appreciated the pushpits flanking either side of the mast as we rolled through the wind waves.
We settled in with the preliminary sail configuration and the boat felt stout and sturdy without being sluggish, with the easy motion you’d expect from a cruising boat of this size. We took turns at the helm and noted what seemed like a pretty narrow groove sailing upwind. Taking the wheel, I unconsciously started moving it slightly looking for helm feel, only to discover that the Allures 45.9 has twin rudders. While it means I need to retune my expectations about feel, this design choice is almost guaranteed to be a net benefit for the vast majority of owners, with its increased control and reduced weather helm in breeze. We were making a lazy 5.5 knots at a 50-degree true wind angle and threw in a couple of tacks. We hadn’t come close to having too much sail up for the conditions.
A lot about the cockpit feels just right. It’s cleanly rigged, with cabintop lines led aft under the deck to their clutch and winch locations; and there are two clever line lockers under the cockpit sole. Generally, all the sail controls are effectively located and easy to use. Even with the extensive cockpit coverings, the visibility from the helm stations up the side decks is excellent and the windows through the bimini from the helm offered a perfect view of the mainsail for the driver. I really loved the position of the primary winches, which manage the headsails and their furling lines (the mainsheet trims to the cabin top electric winch). Placed as they are, the primary winches can not only be trimmed from the helm, but will also keep sailors standing inboard in the cockpit instead of leaning or standing farther outboard—a big safety improvement in the offshore environment.
It was only a matter of time before we decided to furl the staysail and try the solent. As soon as we did, the boat just sang. The groove was easier to find and maintain, the boat felt more balanced, and our speed jumped to 7+ knots upwind. We were happier, the boat was happier. We still didn’t feel close to being overpowered, but for the first time that day, the Allures 45.9 felt adequately powered, and all design facets were working in harmony.
The bigger sail also made vastly more sense when we turned off the wind. Soon, some commercial traffic inspired us to throw in a jibe, and I was reminded of the compromise with a solent rig when we had to furl the sail in order to jibe it through. For bluewater sailors whose intervals between maneuvers might be many hours or even days, no biggie; but for cruisers in the Pacific Northwest, furling the solent for every tack or jibe would be something to adjust to.
Getting back to the dock, I returned to the swanky cabin. Moving inside and out, you won’t forget the Allures 45.9 is very beamy at 14.5 feet, yet efforts have clearly been made to reduce the functional width (and associated risk) for sailors. The main salon’s settee table is inviting, but provides crucial handholds around its entire exterior. In the cockpit, the fixed table does the same. Every bit as important, the galley is situated so you could lean against the back of the settee seats while working there in a seaway; much better than less natural bracing or even the tethering I know some offshore cruisers do when cooking underway.
In my opinion, there’s just a lot about the design that hits the mark. The Volvo D2-60 diesel (or optional D2-75) is quite powerful for a boat of this size, and the saildrive pushes the boat to efficient cruising speeds above 9 knots. It was cool to check out the centerboard trunk and to see that it does not require a hydraulic system—a winch easily does the job and means remote repairs will be much easier. Tankage is mostly located under the floorboards, keeping the weight low. The port aft cabin has a single berth that doubles as a workbench and provides stunningly good access to the steering system just aft of there. The forward cabin is indeed luxurious, and the starboard aft double berth is cozy. There are two heads, one with a shower that had more than my 6-foot requirement for standing headroom (head configuration options also exist). To me, the layout points to this boat being mainly set-up for long term cruising for a couple who might occasionally welcome guests, or possibly a small family.
The storage throughout is substantial, perhaps nowhere more on display than the massive forepeak storage locker ahead of the watertight crash bulkhead. It’s where I’d keep my code zero, but you could keep deflated paddleboards or any number of other items stowed there and forget you even had them on board.
In sum, it’s a boat of style and sophistication, one that will deliver delight under sail, inspire confidence in rough weather, and is sure to have you charting courses for distant destinations. Its aluminum hull is strong and forgiving should you find yourself on the bottom or hit a log at full speed. The innovations evident at every turn work beautifully together such that the boat feels at home at sea, just as it was intended.
Joe Cline is the Managing Editor of 48° North . Special thanks to Molly Howe and the crew from Swiftsure Yachts for the opportunity to go sailing on this boat.
Joe Cline has been the Managing Editor of 48° North since 2014. From his career to his volunteer leadership in the marine industry, from racing sailboats large and small to his discovery of Pacific Northwest cruising —Joe is as sail-smitten as they come. Joe and his wife, Kaylin, welcomed a baby girl to their family in December 2021, and he is enjoying fatherhood while still finding time to sail, make music, and tip back a tasty IPA every now and again.
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Allures 45.9 Boat Review
- By Herb McCormick
- Updated: April 25, 2018
There’s something very French about no-nonsense aluminum cruising boats, perhaps because the vast majority of them are built in France. The very best examples are rugged yet refined, handsome yet utilitarian, and are equally at home either crossing the open ocean or tucked into a secluded cove. When you come across a bare brushed-aluminum hull in a distant anchorage, you just sense that the sailors on board will have an adventurous tale to tell.
At least that’s my impression. And when I first inspected the new Allures 45.9 at last fall’s U.S. Sailboat Show in Annapolis, Maryland — yet another offering with a decidedly French pedigree, starting with its prolific Gallic designer, Olivier Racoupeau — nothing about the yacht’s purposeful lines or inviting interior dissuaded me from that opinion. For long-range cruising, inside and out, the Allures represents the best of two worlds. It really fits my definition of a bluewater cruiser.
With an extended bowsprit forward (for flying off-wind sails and housing the ground tackle, which consists of an optional self-launching Rocna anchor) and a nifty arch aft (perfect for antennas, a wind generator and solar panels, while doubling as dinghy davits), the Allures 45.9 is clean and functional at both ends. In between, there’s no lack of spiffy features and attention to detail.
Working from the bow aft, the double-spreader deck-stepped mast features a Solent rig with a pair of headsails, both on furlers. A copious sail locker is fitted with a crash bulkhead. The faux-teak deck is a product called Marinedeck, a good-looking cork-and-resin composite that doubles as excellent nonskid. There’s a solid vang on the boom that also features a Walder boom brake, which tames the spar when jibing. A pair of safety rails at the mast are properly sized and spaced, and provide plenty of support when working forward. The traveler is stationed on deck just forward of the generous dodger.
The cockpit is very cool. The companionway includes a two-piece acrylic slat that disappears into the deck when not in use. The color-coded vang, mainsheet and reefing lines are led to a suite of winches and clutches to port and starboard on the coachroof. The port locker also houses an opening hatch to the technical room down below; aft of the starboard locker is a nifty nook for stowing the dinghy outboard. The twin helms, affixed to a pair of rudders, are within easy reach of a pedestal just forward of the wheels that control the headsail sheets via a set of Lewmar winches. The walk-through transom leads to a built-in swimming/boarding platform. The underbody of the boat we inspected had the standard skeg/centerboard configuration, though a ballasted swing keel is also an option.
Down below, there are three accommodations layouts from which to choose (basically, you can go with two or three cabins, and one or two heads). Our test boat was a two-cabin model with a large single head to port of the companionway. Aft of the head was the aforementioned technical room (you could also opt for bunk beds instead), which was really terrific. It’s a place to work and store tools that are going to get oily and messy while separating them from the other living spaces. The generator also lives there, and there’s even room for a washing machine should you so desire.
Stepping down below, you are greeted by an interior layout that belies the workmanlike appearance of the robust topside. In other words, it doesn’t look like an expedition boat but rather a contemporary cruising boat with accouterments that wouldn’t feel out of place on a modern, French production model from builders such as Beneteau , Jeanneau or Dufour .
In the main saloon, to port is the straight-line galley; the back of a long, amidships settee provides support for the cook when working at sea. To starboard is a raised navigation station (something you see less and less of on new boats) with seats both fore and aft of it. A large L-shaped settee is forward of the nav table, with a drop-down table that allows for a giant double berth in its lowered position. All three versions include a luxurious forward stateroom, with or without an adjacent head.
The construction of the Allures 45.9 is straightforward: The hull and transom are welded aluminum, while the deck and coachroof are fiberglass with a foam core. Down below, for sound and weather insulation, the hull is insulated foam with neoprene.
We sailed the boat in rather disappointing conditions on Chesapeake Bay, with winds that hovered in the 5-knot range. Surprisingly, even in the light airs, the Allures ghosted along at better than 3 knots. The centerboard is a neat feature because it provides a bite to windward when lowered but can also be raised when reaching or running off the breeze. And, of course, it allows access to shallow anchorages that are out of bounds to other boats of this size.
The Allures 45.9 is imported into the U.S. market through a sole distributor, Swiftsure Yachts, based in Seattle. But the sales reps at Swiftsure say most new owners take delivery of the boat in France, cruise the canals and coastline, then sail across the English Channel to Great Britain, where it can be loaded on a ship to cross the Atlantic in less than a week.
That sounds like a pretty good plan to me. Though, of course, you could also opt to sail the boat home as well. The Allures 45.9 can handle whatever comes its way with style and aplomb.
Specifications:
LENGTH OVERALL | 48’5” (14.75 m) |
WATERLINE LENGTH | 44’11” (13.7 m) |
BEAM 14’6” | (4.43 m) |
DRAFT 3”6”/9”6” | (1.06/2.90 m) |
SAIL AREA (100%) | 1,076 sq. ft. 99.9 sq. m) |
BALLAST | 10,538 lb. (4,780 kg) |
DISPLACEMENT | 25,200lb. (11,431 kg) |
BALLAST/DISPLACEMENT | .41 |
DISPLACEMENT/LENGTH | 124 |
SAIL AREA/DISPLACEMENT | 20 |
WATER | 110 gal. (420 l) |
FUEL | 165 gal. (625 l) |
HOLDING | 12 gal. (45 l) |
MAST HEIGHT | 63’2” (19.27 m) |
ENGINE | Volvo Penta D2-60 |
DESIGNER | Racoupeau Yacht Design |
PRICE | $550,000 |
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Allures 45.9
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Accommodation, allures 45.9 offers even more comfort, easy sailing with a small crew and better performance,all while ensuring the utmost safety..
This new model is avalable in centerboard version for low draught, which enables beaching in total autonomy.
Besides the centerboard version- a shipyard speciality- Allures 45.9 is also available in a lift keel version, ideal for those who prefer the performance of a lighter sailboat.
Always so different
Although Allures 45.9 is a novelty, it is still first and foremost an Allures, with all its distinctives features. As our owners are demanding seafarers, we offer them the safest means to realise their dreams.
Composite deck
The aluminium hull and composite deck construction has long represented the perfect combination in the luxury yacht industry. Developing this technology for yatching provides Allures Yachting customers with the best of both worlds.
Attractive, ergonomic, pratical, lightweight, insulated... if we hadn't been building it since 2003, it would have to be invented!
Aluminium Hull
Allures hulls have always been aluminium, a material of unparalleled resistance for safe sailing. The Berret- Racoupeau Yacht Design combines elegant lines and performance. Finally, the unique know-how of the Groupe Grand Large Yachting offers world-class workmanship and unmatched finishing quality. The minimalist draught and the possibility of beaching enable you to access the most inaccessible anchorages, often the safest.
Spaciousness, ideal accessibility, high capacity tanks and host of details to make your daily life at sea a breeze. An Allures yacht takes you far, for a long time, in total autonomy... and back home!
Two versions for the same passion
Allures Yachting doubles its offering and widens the range of possibilities for its best-selling yacht. Performance and low draught have always been in the DNA of each model created by Allures.
The new lifting keel version available today along with the legendary centreboard version offers an additional variation on the same theme. As safety is paramount for our customers, the stability of both versions is rigorously identical. With identical sail surface and mast height, the lifting keel version features a 2280 kg lighter ballast, when centreboard allows it to beach in total autonomy.
Constantly aiming for excellence...
With its centred winches on the cokpit, positioned at ideal height, the ergonomic cockpit allows easier and safer manoeuvring, perfect for sailing with a small crew. The entirely composite deck ensures better weight distribution, thereby optimising performance and seafaring experience.
Key elemens of blue water yachts, favoured by our seafaring customers are the standard spacious forward sail locker forming the crash box and technical room at the back. Accessible from the interior and from the deck through a watertight hatch, the technical room comes equipped with a standard number of storage cupboards.
Constantly aiming for perfection, the smallest details receive just a much attention:
- Large capacity water and fuel tanks,
- Aluminium sea-cocks below and above the waterline
- Technical locker between the two cabins suitable to accomodate a power generator + a washing machine,
- Ample storage space in the skirt - 13 kg gas bottle compartment and fender compartment,
- Aft compartment for outbord motor,
- Large access hatch to sail locker.
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Allures 45.9
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Discover the Allures 45.9 , a compact yet versatile all-terrain cruiser, perfect for your yachting adventures. Measuring 14.7 meters in length, this sailing yacht, designed by Allures Yachting in collaboration with Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design, seamlessly combines elegance with outstanding performance. Crafted from aluminium, and known for its unrivalled strength, the yacht guarantees maximum protection and peace of mind on the open sea.
Allures 45.9 boasts a beautifully designed hull that requires no deck reinforcement, thanks to its inherent strength. This yacht can withstand collisions with anything weaker than granite, ensuring your safety at sea.
The model offers three unique layouts: Owner, Family, and Family+. The Owner version features a spacious storage room in place of the starboard aft cabin, ideal for extended journeys. Additionally, the aluminium aft arch allows you to attach various peripherals, such as antennas, solar panels, or dinghies.
What sets this yacht apart is its innovative combination of materials. The deck and superstructure are constructed from composite, while the hull is made of lightweight yet durable aluminium. This design significantly reduces the yacht's draft, making it suitable for shallow waters without compromising stability. While it may not be a speed demon, it can comfortably achieve speeds of 7-10 knots in favourable winds.
Allures Yachting's signature blend of an aluminium hull and composite superstructures results in an elegant, ergonomic, lightweight, and well-insulated vessel. This unique combination optimises weight distribution, enhancing overall performance and passage-making.
Notably, the lifting keel, featuring a slightly bulbous shape, carries the ballast with a lower centre of gravity, providing additional stability. The carbon mast and rod rigging further reduce weight, enhancing the yacht's speed and overall performance. Even with the keel raised, the limited draft allows access to remote anchorages.
Beam | 4.43 |
Displacement, t | 12.6 (half load) |
Draft | 2.90 |
Length | 14.75 |
Displacement, t | 12.6 (half load) |
Fuel capacity, l | 625 |
Water tank, l | 420 |
Bathrooms | 2 |
Berths for guests | 6 |
Cabins | 3 |
Keel | Lifting |
Rig | Single-masted (sloop) |
Sails | mainsail – 52 m2 spinnaker – 160 m2 |
CE class | A - Ocean |
Deck arrangement | With deck saloon |
Design | Modern / Mainstream |
Hull material | Aluminum |
Hull type | Monohull |
Type by usage | Cruiser |
Builder | Allures |
Country | France |
Model | 45.9 |
Period of manufacture | from 2017 |
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ALLURES 45.9
The Allures 45.9 you won’t have to compromise. She offers you the freedom, ease and performance you expect with the elegance that symbolises the yard’s boats.
The Allures 45.9 provides comfort, performance and manoeuvrability for a short-handed crew, while maintaining a high level of safety.
Like all Allures yachts, she benefits from a composite deck combined with an aluminium hull, making her elegant, ergonomic, practical, light and very well insulated.
Allures Yachting has always stood out by using aluminium, a material whose resistance and solidity are incomparable. Add to that, a design from the Berret-Racoupeau team and you have a sailboat with pure lines that combines elegance and performance.
In a constant quest for excellence, we have conceived the comfort of this boat down to the last detail to ensure that your experience is unique. Once on board, you will be sure not to run out of space or storage, all the equipment and facilities are ingenious and make your life easier. This elegant model is available in two versions. A centreboarder with reduced draught which can be beached easily, resulting in increased autonomy, and a lifting keel version that reduces the weight by 2,280 kg for those who prefer the speed of a lighter sailboat. The stability of both versions is exactly the same because there is nothing more important to us than your safety.
With the Allures 45.9, we simply offer you freedom.
Key elements
- Centreboard for freedom
- Twin rudders for stability and control
- Ergonomic cockpit for long distance.
- Forward and side windows provide exceptional light and 270° visibility
- High-end interior design for an enjoyable life on board at anchor and a functional one at sea
- Large storage capacity for self-sufficiency.
- Aluminium hull for unsurpassed impact resistance
- Watertight forward bulkhead in aluminium
- All sail handling manoeuvres led back to the cockpit.
- Composite deck for its ergonomics, lightness, insulating properties
- Wide, load-carrying hull for its form stability and performance
- Aluminium rear arch to optimize peripherals: antennas, solar panels, dinghy
- Modern rigging for performance and ease of use.
Inside the motto is: "Let the light in!”. The large overhead and side panels of the coachroof not only flood the saloon, galley and chart table with light, they also make it possible to monitor what is happening outside, both pleasant and reassuring.
The "Duo" chart table, the vast saloon that transforms into a huge double bed for watchkeeping or friends come to visit, the galley with Corian worktop and multiple storage spaces, everything has been designed for the blue water cruising. The aesthetics have not overtaken function however, even the exquisite, demonstrating the full talent of the Darnet Design team. Further forward, the three versions of the owner's cabin, each available with a double berth or a mobile "twin" berth, will certainly meet your expectations. Finally, behind the engine compartment, which is very easily accessed, a large bathroom with separate shower is in front of the traditional and essential technical room, which is also accessible from the cockpit via a large opening panel. Unless you have opted for the three-cabin version, in which case your VIP guests will have the same cabin as on the starboard side, where storage, ample sleeping space, light and ventilation compete to know which of these criteria has won the day in the design. Safe, functional and elegant, the fittings of the Allures 45.9 are particularly adapted to life at sea. The headroom throughout, the remarkable quality, the choice of materials, the natural or artificial light, all offer an exceptional living environment.
Like all Allures, the hull of the Allures 45.9 is of course made of aluminium, a material with unequalled resistance, for sailing anywhere, and with complete peace of mind. Are you tempted to beach on this sandbar and go exploring at low tide? Concerned about the possible presence of logs floating as you go up this majestic river? Worried as we approach this narrow pass in the middle of a coral reef to reach this paradise lagoon? In all these cases, proceed carefully but serenely: your Allures 45.9 is ready.
Her composite deck is an exclusive solution, patented by Allures Yachting, and proven for more than 15 years. Not only will you be proud and happy with the elegance of its foam sandwich construction, it will protect you from extremes of temperature, and free you from condensation and a lot of maintenance. Finally, it will give you, in your connection with the shipyard, much more latitude in the positioning of the fittings. But the Allures 45.9 wouldn’t really be an Allures if she did not offer a reduced draught. Or rather two, since for the first time in our range, alongside the immutable centreboard version, a mark of the "Allurien" DNA, a lifting keel version is now available for fans of lightness (2 tonnes gained by the ballast being positioned lower) and therefore performance.
14.75 m | |
4.43 m | |
1.06 m / 2.90 m | |
12.6 tons | |
420 Liters | |
625 Liters | |
52 m² | |
48 m² | |
160 m² |
3 layouts offered:
The Allures 45.9 is the quintessential cruising sailboat. She uncompromisingly combines all the essentials for blue water cruising.
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Allures 45.9
Allures 45.9 is a 48 ′ 4 ″ / 14.8 m monohull sailboat designed by Berret-Racoupeau and built by Allures Yachting starting in 2018.
Rig and Sails
Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.
The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.
Classic hull speed formula:
Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL
Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL
Sail Area / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.
SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3
- SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
- D : Displacement in pounds.
Ballast / Displacement Ratio
A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.
Ballast / Displacement * 100
Displacement / Length Ratio
A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.
D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
- LWL: Waterline length in feet
Comfort Ratio
This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.
Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )
- D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
- LOA: Length overall in feet
- Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet
Capsize Screening Formula
This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.
CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)
Available with swing keel… Min draft: 1.47m / 4.82 ft Disp: 10630 kg / 23,435.14 lbs. Ballast: 2520 kg / 5555.65 lbs. SA = main + furling genoa.
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Type | Sailing Yacht |
Model | 45.9 |
Used/New | Used Boat |
Price | EUR 550.000,- excl. VAT |
Keel | Keel Sword |
Material | Aluminium |
Location | Bodrum, Turkey |
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Length | 14.75 |
Width | 4.43 |
Draft | 1.06 |
Weight | 12600000 |
Manufacturer | Volvo D2-75 75hp |
Fuel | Diesel |
Available at the end of the summer sailing season, this stunning 3-cabin, 2-heads alloy & composite centreboard sloop is fitted out for serious liveaboard and circumnavigation duties. FURTHER BROKER COMMENTS: Launched in 2018, One-Owner privately used, professionally looked after and Turkish flagged / taxes paid, GRANMA features absolutely everything a serious liveaboard yachtsman could wish for to enable safe and comfortable passage across the world's oceans. Her strong alloy construction, coupled with her light and well-insulated composite superstructure make her a safe and comfortable home, whilst her twin rudders and powerful cutter rig afford thrilling performance under sail. Her centreboard and fully-skegged saildrive offer unrivalled access and protection in the most challenging of anchorages. Specification highlights include:- Centreboard version with fully skeg-protected Saildrive gearbox Ocean interior layout with 'Zen' light oak joinery Modular forward owner's cabin with centreline double berth converting to twin berths Saloon table converting to double berth Webasto heating system Fischer Panda 5kw generator Dessalator 12vDC watermaker Bowthruster 800w solar panels on transom arch Upgraded battery capacity Hydrovane self-steering Sloop rig with removable inner forestay for staysail Fully-battened mainsail with Harken battencar system and single/twin line reefing Gennaker Electric halyard winch Additional spinnaker winches Cork decking to cockpit and bathing platform Davits built into transom arch B&G instrument package with plotter/radar displays at chart table and at both helm positions Fusion stereo system Iridium GO sat coms Highfield aluminium-bottomed tender with outboard *Note* - GRANMA will be available for handover and delivery at the end of the 2024 summer sailing season. Please contact us for further details REFIT HISTORY 2022 New 5x service batteries 2021 New solar panels New Generator New Watermaker New extra sails 2018 New tender MANUFACTURER'S COMMENTS: For the past 14 years, the Allures Yachting shipyard has become a reference point for blue water sailing yachts thanks to the support and confidence of its owners. Their experience, based on tens of thousands of miles aboard our sailboats, our own sailing expertise and passionate attention to architectural developments have contributed to the creation of this new gem in the Allures range. Allures 45.9 offers even more comfort, easy sailing with a small crew and better performance, all while ensuring the utmost safety. This new model is available in centreboard version for low draught, which enables beaching in total autonomy. Besides the centreboard version-a shipyard speciality-Allures 45.9 is also available in a lifting keel version, ideal for those who prefer the performance of a lighter sailboat. ALUMINIUM HULL Allures hulls have always been aluminium, a material of unparalleled resistance for safe sailing. The Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design combines elegant lines and performance. Finally, the unique know-how of the Groupe Grand Large Yachting offers world-class workmanship and unmatched finishing quality. The minimalist draught and the possibility of beaching enable you to access the most inaccessible anchorages, often the safest. COMPOSITE DECK The aluminium hull and composite deck construction has long represented the perfect combination in the luxury yacht industry. Developing this technology for yachting provides Allures Yachting customers with the best of both worlds. Attractive, ergonomic, practical, lightweight, insulated... if we hadn't been building it since 2003, it would have to be invented! ACCOMMODATION Franck Darnet, the designer, is also a seafarer. For Allures Yachting, Franck Darnet designs practical nautical interiors whose comfort is matched by their pure and elegant lines. EQUIPMENT Spaciousness, ideal accessibility, high capacity tanks and host of details to make your daily life at sea a breeze. An Allures yacht takes you far, for a long time, in total autonomy... and back home! SETTING A NEW STANDARD A few centimetres longer (77, to be exact), a more powerful stern, forward bearing shapes, all contribute to an entirely new impression of interior spaciousness. Aside from the extra centimetres, the Allures 45.9 proposes an innovative modularity, such a forward cabin which quickly transforms into either a double bed or two twin beds; or the saloon, which turns into a large children's play area, nighttime sleeping area or daytime leisure area. Safe, functional, elegant, the accommodation in the Allures 45.9 is particularly ideal for life at sea. The headroom and generous portholes offer exceptional living space and comfort. In addition to the traditional interior - Classic version (Cherry wood), a Zen version is also proposed with a light oak. CONSTANTLY AIMING FOR EXCELLENCE With its centred winches on the cockpit, positioned at ideal height, the ergonomic cockpit allows easier and safer manoeuvring, perfect for sailing with a small crew. The entirely composite deck ensures better weight distribution, thereby optimising performance and seafaring experience. Key elements of blue water yachts, favoured by our seafaring customers are the standard spacious forward sail locker forming the crash box and technical room at the back. Accessible from the interior and from the deck through a watertight hatch, the technical room comes equipped with a standard number of storage cupboards. Constantly aiming for perfection, the smallest details receive just a much attention: Large capacity water and fuel tanks Aluminium sea-cocks below and above the waterline Technical locker between the two cabins suitable to accommodate a power generator + a washing machine Ample storage space in the skirt - 13 kg gas bottle compartment and fender compartment Aft compartment for outboard motor Large access hatch to sail locker PRESS REVIEW: I'd love to own an Allures 45.9 - it gives me all I want ?in a cruising yacht and so much more. She feels indestructible on the water and, with some extra canvas to increase her sail area for light wind days, she'll heel and go - whatever the weather. She might not be the most responsive boat to helm, but when she's going you feel like nothing is going to get in her way. I don't care that she's got a bare aluminium hull. ?In fact, it requires just the amount of upkeep I have time for - absolutely none! Just the sight of her approaching will scare most GRP boat owners into action looking for extra fenders. The accommodation is spacious, comfortable and versatile; there is room to do maintenance and running repairs, relax, be social or hide away. I covet the thought of making a morning coffee, sitting at the chart table and looking out across some remote drying anchorage. WOULD SHE SUIT YOU AND YOUR CREW? If you're looking for a serious cruiser, capable of coastal, offshore and bluewater sailing, the Allures 45.9 should ?be on your short list. She has layout options to satisfy a couple or a family and can easily be sailed short-handed over long distances. Add to that the ability to dry out or navigate in just over a metre of water and you have a formidable package; even without all the advantages an aluminium hull brings to the table. With the GRP deck, aluminium round-bilge and centreboard, she's unique - no other manufacturer offers all of these features on one boat. Like most yachts, she could benefit from a few small tweaks here and there (which any owner would have their own views on) but Allures can adapt to and incorporate your ideas. As she is, she's replaced the Allures 45 on my five-boat-list of yachts to dream of sailing round the world on, but having just worked out how many more years I'll have to test boats for, sadly I won't be casting off in her any time soon! Yachting Monthly - December 2018 SPECIFICATION CONSTRUCTION: RCD Status: Our understanding is that GRANMA is CE certified for category A - OCEAN: Designed for extended voyages where conditions may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights of 4 m and above, and vessels largely self-sufficient. Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction: Hull in marine aluminium alloy (5083 H111 for aluminium sheets and 6060 T6 for extruded profiles) welded under neutral gas atmosphere through a TIG or MIG process. Welds on hull side are controlled by penetrant inspection and/or radiography Chainplates and backings welded on the hull/deck structure Watertight bulkhead welded to the hull Deck, roof and cockpit built in GRP (PVC high density foam/felt sandwich) by vacuum infusion process. Interface with hull through gluing and aluminium riveting. Self-draining cockpit Hull topsides: finish with adhesive acrylic covering. Matt color. Cork decking in cockpit and bathing platform Keel & Rudder: Aluminium centreboard adjustable from cockpit 2 NACA profiled rudders with stocks tube welded to the hull and self-aligning bearing with needles MACHINERY Engine & gearbox: Volvo Penta D2-75 4-cylinder 2.2 litre inline turbo-charged diesel engine producing 75hp Fresh water cooling via raw water intake and heat exchanger Double-pole engine insulation Engine compartment soundproofed with engine mounted on silent blocks Acoustic insulation by viscoelastic mass and absorbing foam Forced air ventilation Engine instrument panel with alarms Volvo 150S Saildrive gearbox fully protected by hull skeg Maintenance & Performance: Engine hours: Approximately 2,505 hours as of Spring 2024 Date of last engine service: March 2023 Propulsion & Steering: Saildrive gearbox with J-Prop auto-feathering 3-bladed propeller Spare 3-bladed fixed propeller Steering wheel system with 2 leather sheathed wheels (900mm) in direct transmission with the rudders Emergency steering gear MaxPower 12vDC tunnel bowthruster Hydrovane wind-vane self-steering system ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS Voltage systems: 12vDC domestic system with 12v starting banks and 220vAC via generator, inverter or shore power Battery Banks: 5x 12vDC AGM service batteries 1x 12vDC engine start battery 1x 12vDC generator start battery 1x 12vDC bowthruster and anchor windlass battery Emergency parallel switch between engine & generator battery banks Charging: Philippi 12V/25A battery charger Generator: Fischer Panda 220vAC 5kw generator Generator hours - approx. 117 as of Spring 2024 Date of last generator service: June 2023 Inverter: Victron Phoenix 12vDC 1,200w Inverter with controller at chart table Solar: 2x 400w solar panels on transom arch with MPPT charge controller Alternator: 12v/115A engine-mounted alternator Other Electrical: 220vAC 50Hz shore power connection with AC outlets in interior Cathodic Protection: 2 sacrificial anodes on hull 1 sacrificial anode on sail drive 1 sacrificial anode on centreboard PLUMBING SYSTEMS Fresh Water: 12vDC pressure system with accumulator tank for hot and cold fresh water. Isotemp 20 litre calorifier tank for heating water via engine or with 220vAC element from shorepower or generator Water distribution by bronze manifold (to isolate each piping) Watermaker: EcoSistems SPLASH-25 12vDC watermaker 25/30 litre per hour Bilge Pumps: Main 12V electric bilge pump Secondary 12V electric bilge pump Electrical bilge pump in sail-locker Manual bilge pump TANKAGE Fuel: Built-in aluminium fuel tanks with 650 litre combined capacity Tank gauges at chart table Fresh Water: Polyethylene water tank with 420 litre capacity Tank gauges at chart table Holding Tanks: 2x 40 litre blackwater holding tanks NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT In cockpit: B&G Zeus2 9" colour GPS/chart plotter radar displays at both helms 3x B&G Triton2 multi-displays at companionway B&G wind, speed, log, depth and water temperature transducers B&G/Simrad OP12 autopilot with NAC-3 autopilot computer, Jefa DU-DD2 autopilot drive and 9RTM2 compass B&G Halo 24 digital radar scanner on mast B&G Class B AIS transceiver Steering compasses inset to cockpit coamings At chart table: B&G Zeus2 12" colour GPS/chart plotter radar display at chart table B&G WR10 wireless autopilot remote Communications Equipment: B&G V50 VHF with AIS & DSC at chart table with fist mic. Icom handheld VHF Iridum GO sat-phone system including PredictWind external antenna Spare VHF aerial DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT Galley: Twin stainless steel sinks with hot & cold pressurised fresh water supply. Manual fresh & salt water supplies at galley ENO 3-burner gimballed gas stove with oven 2X stainless steel draw-opening fridges - 12vDC Heads: Jabsco manual marine heads Hot & cold showers in both heads Heating & Ventilation: Webasto diesel-fired central hot air heating Lighting: LED Lighting Entertainment: Fusion RA770 Bluetooth stereo system with internal and external speakers plus subwoofer ACCOMMODATION Summary of Accommodation: Up to 6/7 berths in two dedicated sleeping cabins with master cabin forward and one aft double guest cabins, one technical room to port with eventual single bed, plus converting saloon double. Ensuite heads for master cabin and shared heads for aft cabins and day-heads usage. Accommodation Finish: Interior design by Frank Darnet Design Hybrid 'Owner' and 'Family' layout with Family forward section and Owner aft sections. 'Zen' interior finish with Light Oak interior woodwork, either solid, bonded laminated or marine plywood and white-painted main bulkheads Main bulkheads in 19mm and 25mm bonded laminated Furniture in 10 and15 mm bonded laminated (bottom trapdoors in 5mm marine plywood) Head in white laminate Floors in 19mm laminate Large numbers of opening floor hatches to facilitate maintenance Linings made from marine plywood (8mm) covered with white vinyl Furniture's hardware for marine use Door restraint in all cabins All mattresses and cushions in 120mm thick foam with removable fabric cover Description of Accommodation from Forward: Forward Cabin: Modular Version Owner's Cabin layout with centreline double berth that can be separated outwards to create two single berths with central access. Drawers under bed High and low shelf units along hull Seats with storage and cushions Mirror on mast bulkhead Double ventilated hanging lockers and storage Led deckhead lights and halogen swivelling reading lights 220V socket + 2 USB Forward Heads: Marine toilet with manual pump, 1 black water tank Wash basin with pressurised hot/cold water mixer tap on, counter with storage space Shower Mirror Led deckhead lights + switch Main Saloon: Central settee with seats and backs, 2 drawers for storage Bottle storage under the sofa L-shaped settee to starboard (seats and backs) with storage space and continuous to the front chart table seat Saloon table height-adjustable with infill to create an occasional Large Family Double berth for 2 adults (proved to be comfortable also with child) Along hull shelf units Led overhead spotlights + switch Lampshade lights Navigation Station: Panoramic 2 seats chart table with storage spaces under seats and storage spaces on sides Stainless steel back with cushion for front seat Bookshelf storage spaces Large drawers under chart table for charts Anthracite front panel for electronic equipment Asymmetrical panel for navigation chart-plotter 12V electric panel; 18 functions with double pole circuit breakers, electrical leak detector, voltmeter, navigation light indicators and alarms, 4 220V indicators, bilge pump alarm, main bilge pump control panel, water and fuel gauges LED overhead spotlights Spot red/white LEDs (night function) 12V sockets + 2 USB 220V socket Galley: 2 stainless steel rectangular sinks, synthetic stone worktop Pressurised hot and cold water mixer tap Seawater foot pump Stainless steel oven and 3 burners stove on gimbals, electronically lighting, pan holders, stainless steel handrail Fridge with 2 stainless steel drawers (144L) Overhead shelf units with dresser Large ventilated storage units, one including plastic removable storage tray Storage for cutlery LED overhead spotlights + switch 220V socket Gas shut-off valve Port Aft Heads: Separated shower closed by Plexiglas door, bath seat and 12V evacuation pump Marine toilet with manual pump, 1 black water tank Wash basin with pressurised hot/cold water mixer tap on, counter with storage space Mirror Led deckhead lights + switch Access to engine room Port Aft Cabin: Access to central technical space Access to steering system Led light + switch 220V socket Option to convert to single berth Starboard Aft Cabin: Double berth with slatted mattress and ventilated storage space under berth Ventilated storage locker Seat with cushion Shelf unit along hull Access to electrical panel and steering systems Large access to technical space Access to engine room Led deckhead light + switch and halogen swivelling reading lights 220V plug + 1 USB plug DECK EQUIPMENT Rig: Sparcraft anodised aluminium deck-stepped mast with two sets of spreaders Harken mainsail track for batten cars with ball bearings. Anodised aluminium boom Continuous stainless steel wire standing rigging with aluminium rigging screw protectors Stainless steel rigging screw protectors Profurl manual genoa furler Removable inner forestay for staysail with checkstays Single-line and twin-line reefing system led aft to cockpit with 3-reefs in main Rigid boom vang adjustable from cockpuit Admiral boom brake gybe preventer Aluminium alloy spinnaker pole stowed vertically on mast German mainsheet system Adjustable mainsheet track on coachroof forward of companionway Adjustable genoa tracks with sheeting blocks for genoa Stackpack with lazyjacks for mainsail Winches: 2x Lewmar 50ST 2-speed manual self-tailing primary cockpit winches 2x Lewmar ST 2-speed manaul self-tailing spinnaker/gennaker cockpit winches 1x Lewmar 45EST 2-speed electric self-tailing main halyard and control line winch at companionway 1x Lewmar 45ST 2-speed manual self-tailing halyard and control line winch at companionway Sails: Ullman Dacron tri-radial 52sqm fully-battened mainsail - 2021 Incidence Sails Dacron tri-radial fully-battened mainsail - 2018 Incidence Sails Dacron tri-radial 48sqm furling genoa - 2018 Ullman Dacron tri-radial furling genoa - 2021 Ullman Dacron tri-radial hank-on staysail - 2021 Ullman Dacron tri-radial storm-jib (white & orange colour)- 2021 Ullman Gennaker with snuffer - 2021 General: Pushpits, pulpits and stanchions in polished stainless steel 316L with insulation. Side boarding gates Stainless steel handrails on coach roof GRP cover on coachroof to hide lines Ropes box in cockpit next to companionway with self-drain Large cockpit locker on starboard side Technical room Lewmar T70 hatch under port side cockpit seat Lockers under aft cockpit seats Gas bottle storage under aft cockpit seats Storage for life raft accessible from the swimming platform Teak cockpit table Stainless steel bathing ladder and cold and hot shower on the bathing platform Aft arch/gantry for electronics and use as davits with manual hoist to lift the tender PVC profile toerail with Flexiteek finish Lewmar hatches and ports Hot & cold pressurised cockpit shower Salt water deckwash pump at transom Anchoring & Mooring: Closed bowsprit with rollers for anchor Fairlead and cleat for aft mooring Lewmar 12vDC vertical windlass 1000w with warping end Windlass control at helm pedestal with chain counter Ultra 27kgs anchor with 100m galvanised 10mm chain and warp Spade and Fortress secondary anchors 200m floating warp and 200m warp. 8 mooring cleats 330 mm welded on deck Mooring cleat in anchor locker 2 mooring cleats 160 mm on the arch Fenders and warps Tender & Outboard: Dinghy davits on arch Highfield 270 2.7m aluminium bottom inflatable tender Suzuki 6hp outboard engine Covers, Cushions & Canvas: Stackpack for mainsail with lazyjacks Sprayhood and bimini with stainless steel frames Enclosure panels for sprayhood Cockpit table cover Helm pedestal and wheel covers Cockpit cushions Tender cover 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 Navigation lights, mooring lights, masthead and deck lights Life saving: Zodiac 6-man liferaft 8x lifejackets Fire control: Automatic engine room fire extinguishing system Fire extinguishers throughout interior VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS Lying Bodrum, Turkey Available to view strictly by appointment Office Hours Mon- Fri 0900 - 17.00 Saturday by prior appointment For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact us. Please Note: Due to the varying locations of our yachts, your travel time and the distances that may be involved, we recommend that you only make arrangements to view if you are actively considering purchase. Lead Broker : Lucio Pellegrini Tel: +34 675 236 174 Email: #####@grabauinternational.com
Extremely rare opportunity to take delivery of a Allures 45.9 in September 2022
Hull #32 of Allures Yachting’s dynamic sailing yacht, the 45.9, is currently under construction and will be ready for delivery in September 2022. Designed by the Berret-Racoupeau design office and built by the experienced Allures shipyard, getting this aluminum world cruiser in such a short time-frame presents an incredible opportunity. Highlights include two-cabin layout, insulation above waterline, washing machine, lithium battery package, Hydranet sails, solid windshield and spray hood, air conditioning and diesel hydronic heat, full safety package, solar panels, and complete B&G electronics.
Name of vessel | Icecoral |
Model | Allures 45.9 |
Year | 2022 |
Builder | Allures Yachting |
Designer | Berret- Racoupeau Yacht Design |
Price | $770,000 Euro |
Location | Cherbourg, France |
Length (feet) | 48 |
Beam (feet) | 14'6" |
Draft (feet) | 3'6" |
Displacement (pounds) | 27778 |
Ballast (pounds) | 10583 |
Engine model | Volvo D2-60 |
Engine horsepower | 60 |
Engine hours | 1 |
Fuel tank capacity (gallons) | |
Water tank capacity (gallons) | |
Holding tank capacity (gallons) |
STANDARD FEATURES
CONSTRUCTION
Hull in marine aluminum alloy (5083 H111 for aluminum sheets and 6060 T6 for extruded profiles) welded under neutral gas atmosphere through a TIG or MIG process. Welds on hull side are controlled by penetrant inspection and/or radiography. Chainplates and backings welded on the hull/deck structure. Watertight bulkhead welded to the hull.
Deck, roof and cockpit built in GRP (PVC high density foam/felt sandwich) by vacuum infusion process. Interface with hull through gluing and aluminum riveting. Self-draining cockpit
Hull topsides: finish with adhesive acrylic covering. Matt color.
Polyethylene water tank 420 L
Built–in aluminum fuel tank 625L
RIGGING AND SAILS
Mast with double spreaders and boom in anodized aluminum alloy
Deck light, top light, stainless steel halyard outlets
Mast foot with blocks
Genoa furling system
Mainsail halyard running to the cockpit
Genoa halyard
Mainsail sheet running to the cockpit
(2) mainsheet traveler control lines running to the cockpit
Main sail outhaul line running to the cockpit
(2) automatic reef line and 3rd reef with (2) lines control from cockpit
(2) genoa sheets running to the cockpit
Boom vang, line running to the cockpit
Centerboard lifting line
Centerboard down line, running to the cockpit
Standing rigging single strand stainless steel cable
52m² mainsail with 3 reefs
48m² furling genoa
DECK FITTINGS
Lewmar deck hatch size 70 (sail locker)
Lewmar flush deck hatches size 44 (1 front cabin, 2 saloon)
(4) Lewmar flush deck hatches size 10 (front cabin)
(2) Lewmar deck hatches size 03 (bathroom and aft cabin)
(2) Lewmar opening side portlight size 2 (1 in aft cabin/one in bathroom)
(8) hull portholes (2 in front cabin, 4 in saloon, 1 aft cabin, 1 in technical locker)
PMMA 10 mm roof front windows
PMMA 10mm roof side windows
Fuel deck fillings, anti-overflow system
Water deck filling
Mainsheet track with traveler, trim tackle and clutch
(2) genoa sheet tracks with lead blocks
(2) ST 50 self-tailing 2 speed primary winches
(2) ST 45 self-tailing 2 speed coachroof winches
(2) locking winch handles (Lewmar One-touch)
(2) storage boxes in the cockpit
(9) single cam Spinlock clutches on coachroof
(2) genoa or staysail foot/lock-off blocks 8 mooring cleats 330 mm welded on deck
Mooring cleat in anchor locker
(2) mooring cleats 160 mm on the arch
(2) 3 metre stainless steel handrails on coach roof
Pushpits, pulpits and stanchions in polished stainless steel 316L with insulation.
(2) pulpits, (2) pushpits, (6) stanchions on sides, portside and starboard side accommodation gates, (2) stanchions on transom.
Double lifelines made of 4 mm single strand stainless steel cable, fixed fork end
GRP cover on coachroof to hide lines
Rope box in cockpit next to companionway with self-drain
Large cockpit locker on starboard side over technical room
Lewmar T70 hatch under port side cockpit seat
(2) lockers under aft cockpit seats
Fire extinguisher
(2) gas bottle storage under aft cockpit seats
Storage for life raft accessible from the swimming platform
Stainless steel bathing ladder and cold and hot shower on the bathing platform
Aft arch/gantry for electronics and use as davits with manual hoist to lift the tender
Steering wheel system with (2) leather sheathed wheels (900mm) in direct transmission with the rudders
(2) NACA profiled rudders with tube welded to the hull and self-aligning bearings
Gas control and (2) compasses
Closed bowsprit with rollers for (1) anchor
Fairlead and cleat for aft mooring
Electric vertical windlass 1000w with warping end
Cockpit seats laid covered with Flexiteek 2G PVC and toe rail with Flexiteek finish
Transparent anti-slip surface on transom
INTERIOR ACCOMODATION
Interior design by Frank Darnet Design
Interior woodwork in Alpi wood, either solid, bonded laminated or marine plywood
Main bulkheads in 19mm and 25mm bonded laminated
Furniture in 10 and 15 mm bonded laminated (bottom trapdoors in 5mm marine plywood)
Head in white laminate Floors in 19mm laminate
Large numbers of opening floor hatches to facilitate maintenance
Linings made from marine plywood (8mm) covered with white vinyl
Furniture hardware for marine use
Door restraint in all cabins
All mattresses and cushions in 120mm thick foam with removable fabric cover
STARBOARD AFT CABIN
Double berth with slatted mattress and ventilated storage space under berth
Ventilated storage locker
Seat with cushion + fire extinguisher
Shelf unit along hull
Access to electrical panel
Access to steering system
Large access to technical space
Access to engine room
LED deckhead light + switch
(2) halogen swiveling reading lights
220V plug + USB plug
PORT AFT TECHNICAL ROOM
Workbench/worktop with storage boxes
Access to central technical space
Led light + switch
220V socket
PORT AFT HEAD
Separated shower closed by Plexiglas door, bath seat and 12V evacuation pump
Marine toilet with manual pump
Black water tank
Wash basin with pressurized hot/cold water mixer tap on counter with storage space
Mirror, (2) LED deckhead lights + switch
Central settee with seats and backs
Drawers for storage
Bottle storage under the sofa
L shaped settee to starboard (seats and backs) with storage space
Large fixed saloon table with edge
LED overhead spotlights + switch
(2) lampshade lights
(2) stainless steel rectangular sinks
Synthetic stone worktop
Pressurized hot and cold water mixer tap
Seawater foot pump
Stainless steel oven and 3 burners stove on gimbals, electronically lighting, pan holders, stainless steel handrail
Fridge with (2) stainless steel drawers (144L)
(2) overhead shelf units with dresser
(2) large, ventilated storage units, one including plastic removable storage tray
Storage for cutlery
(6) LED overhead spotlights + switch
Gas shut-off valve
Fire blanket + Fire-extinguisher
NAVIGATION AREA
Panoramic two seat chart table with two storage spaces under seats and storage spaces on sides
Stainless steel back with cushion for front seat
(2) bookshelf storage spaces
(2) large drawers under chart table for charts
Anthracite front panel for electronic equipment
Asymmetrical panel for navigation chart-plotter
12V electric panel; 18 functions with double pole circuit breakers, electrical leak detector, voltmeter, navigation light indicators and alarms, 4 220V indicators, bilge pump alarm, main bilge pump control panel, water and fuel gauges
(2) led overhead spotlights,
Spot red/white LEDs (night function)
12V socket + (2) USB, 220V socket
COMPANIONWAY
PMMA 8mm retractable door with locker Horizontal PMMA 15mm panel with teak handle
Teak finishes
Companion way steps from marine plywood and anti-slip tape
Access to engine room by central panel on gas springs and lateral trapdoor
FRONT OWNER’S CABIN
(2) drawers under bed
(2) high and (1) low shelf units along hull
(2) seats with storage and cushions
(1) commode and mirror on mast bulkhead
(2) ventilated hanging lockers and storage
(3) LED deckhead lights
(1) 220V socket + (2) USB
WATER AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Pressurized fresh water system
20L water-heater (220V and via heat exchanger)
Water distribution by bronze manifold (to isolate each piping)
Main 12V electric bilge pump
Secondary 12V electric bilge pump
Electrical bilge pump in sail-locker
Manual bilge pump
Volvo Penta D2-60 sail drive 60hp diesel engine
Double-pole engine insulation
Engine compartment soundproofed with engine mounted on silent blocks
Acoustic insulation by viscoelastic mass and absorbing foam
Forced air ventilation
Engine instrument panel with alarms
Three blade propeller (17’’)
ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION
12V-115A alternator on the diesel engine
25m offshore AC extension cord
220V electrical panel with 3 outgoing lines and breaker
Battery charger 220V/12V/30A
Load balancer
(3) outlets
(3) batteries 108Ah (1 for engine, 2 for service)
Windlass battery (60Ah)
Bipolar battery switches 250A
PSM battery manager
CATHODIC PROTECTION
(2) sacrificial anodes on hull, (1) sacrificial anode on sail drive, (1) sacrificial anode on centerboard
GENERAL SPECIFICATION
Length overall: 14.75 m
Hull lenght: 13.70 m
Maximum beam: 4.43 m
Draught when centreboard down: 2.90 m
Draught when centreboard up: 1.06 m
Lightship displacement: 12.6 t
Ballast weight (lead): 4.78 t
Water tank: (approx.) 420 L
Fuel tank: (approx.) 625 L
Rig Dimensions: I: 16.34 m, J: 5.14 m, P:15.67 m, E: 5.47 m
EC certification: A category
Architect:: Berret Racoupeau Yacht Design
Designer: Franck Darnet Design
Construction: Allures Yachting
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
Outside fabric color: Sunbrella SUNTT 50089 Beige Chine
Lazy bag and headsail UV covers: Sunbrella SUNB P054 152 Titanium
Cockpit cushion color: Silvertex 122402 Sterling
Dinette cushions: Microfiberg TA5014 Sepia
Flexiteek: Teak with black lines
INTERIOR DESIGN
Classic type interior in American cherry Alpi veneer
Separate head and washbasin in forward cabin in lieu of wardrobe and console
Saloon table convertible into an additional bed (table with adaptable pedestal)
Polyester micro-fiber fabric in the salon – Color: TA5000 Sable
Lee cloth for one berth
Integrated fly screens on main hatches – Oceanair hatches for forward cabin, saloon, aft cabin and head
Pleated blinds on cabin windows both sides and forward
Additional porthole starboard side over salon
Hull insulation above waterline
Hydronic heating system with 6 outlets
Triple energy 40l heater – heats from shore power, engine and hydronic heating system
40,000 btu air conditioning in 220v – 8,000 BTU in forward cabin, 27,000 BTU in salon, 5,000 BTU in aft starboard cabin
(8) cabin fans
Extra Vitrifrigo 75l freezer
Microwave oven
Washing machine compact 3kg – 220v
Electric toilet
Selector valve for sea/fresh water at foot pump kitchen
Safe box with code
AUXILIARY PROPULSION
Dual Racor fuel filters
ELECTRICITY
Solar panels 520w – on arch including 50a MPPT charge controller
(2) Sterling alternator charge boosters
Isolation transformer 3600w – allows input of 110v 60hz or 220v 50hz shore power
Lithium electricity pack
(3) 12v 200ah batteries, 150amp charger/3000 watt inverter and interface
ELECTRONICS
B&G electronics pack:
Starboard helm station:
- 9” Zeus 3 plotter with pod and handrail at wheel
- Triton OP12 autopilot controller
Port helm station:
- Triton2 displays with pod and handrail at wheel
Chart table:
- Triton2 display
- V60 VHF radio
- NAIS400L AIS and antenna splitter
Miscellaneous
- NAC3 autopilot computer
- JEFA DU-DD2 12 power unit
- 9RTM2 compass
- Masthead windvane/anemometer
- ZG100 GPS antenna
B&G Halo 24 radar
Complete second autopilot system – drive with computer, feedback and selection switch
Stereo pack – Fusion RA770 with vhf/hifi switch, two interior and two cockpit speakers
DECK EQUIPMENT
Increased size of winches ST50 to ST55
Electric ST45 Evo winch replacing ST 45 manual model
Adjustable genoa cars in the cockpit
Granny bars at mast
NACA profiled centerboard
Drop leaf cockpit table with bottle box and cover
Cockpit floor covered with Flexiteek include swim aft platform – Color: teak with black lines
Cockpit cushion in Silvertex fabrics – Color: Silvertex 122401 Sterling
Bimini with zip compatible with cockpit tent
SAILS AND RIGGING
Sail pack – full batten mainsail on cars, lazy bag, rigid boom vang
Staysail on a furling system with running back stays
Fittings for asymetrical spinnaker – halyard, sheets, barber haulers and blocks
Spinnaker pole with fittings along mast
Upgrade for Hydranet sails (mainsail and solent)
Upgrade for Hydranet staysail
COMMISSIONING
Antifouling/launching/commissioning
Mooring pack (6 fenders with socks, 4x10m mooring lines, 2x15m mooring lines, 1 fender step)
Premium anchoring pack (Spade anchor 25kg, 80m of 10mm chain, 2x50m nylon rope, anchor snubber plus Fortress FX37 stern anchor, 1x50m 16mm nylon rope of which 20m is metal weighted, shackle and storage bag for anchor)
Premium safety pack for 6 people (without anchoring and books)
- Viking RESCYOU UKSL 6 person liferaft
- grab bag for liferaft
(6) Spinlock Deckvest 6D inflatable lifejackets with hooks
(6) Spinlock tethers
(1) Foghorn
(1) ocean safety horseshoe set
(1) safety mirror
(1) offshore signal kit
(1) offshore medical kit (to be completed)
(1) hand bearing compass
(1) Cras measuring rule
(1) traditional divider
(2) 10 litre plastic bucket with line
(1) set of wood plugs of different sizes
(1) set of 3 flags (30x40cm) National, N and C
(2) plastic light
(1) black ball signal
(1) black cone signal
(1) safety blanket
(1) lead line
(1) rescue sling
(1) IOR telescopic pole
(1) ICOM watertight floating VHF
CUSTOM OPTIONS
Solid windshield with sprayhood
Towing eye welded at forefoot
Flexofold propeller
Bow thruster and windlass in 24v
Second alternator
B&G hailer/fog horn on mast
Navigation/mooring LED light
External sunworker covers for front and lateral windows
Cover for wheels
Force 10 3 burner stove upgrade
Gas and CO alarm with solenoid control panel
Windlass command at pedestal
Welded eye closed on bowsprit
Multi function bracket on transom
B&G WR10 wireless autopilot remote
Boom topping lift upgrade to same size as main halyard
Sonihull ultrasonic antifouling protection system
Additional welded aluminum cleats on top of the aft platform
Chain washing pump in sail locker
Stainless handrails on the aft platform
Watermaker preinstallation (welded through hull with strainer, valve and plug for sea water inlet, overflow through hull, water tank connector, fresh water outlet with valve for rinsing and fitting for HP pump)
Generator preinstallation (welded though hull with scoop, valve and strainer for sea water inlet, welded through hull for engine exhaust, welded fittings for generator)
(3) watertight Scanstrut USB sockets (at port helm, near port speaker and starboard speaker)
(2) USB sockets in the cabin (each side of bed in forward cabin)
(5) additional AC outlets 230v
Upgrade all AC outlets to USB models
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