Well known and published Asperida is
for sale. Designed by Van der Meer was built in
Holland in 1967 as a
research project for the Institute of Metallurgy of
Alabama University . The goal was to find the perfect material for the
boat building. The
hull is made of solid 4 mm thick copper-nickel alloy UNS C71500, which is supported by a 6 mm frame made of the same alloy. I'm not going to repeat tons of information easily available on the
Internet and the discussion groups about this
boat. I'm the sixth owner and in the years 2001 to 2013 I've completely rebuilt the whole
interior and reequipped the vessel. Asperida currently is in a marina in Rio Dulce ,
Guatemala . This is a beautiful, safe and
cheap place to prepare the boat for the farther adventure . It is possible to stay in the same slip after the
ownership transfer. It costs only $210 a month and the place is
hurricane safe. There is a big workshop with a lot of
power tool in the marina. The boat is documented with the CG and also registered in the state of
Florida. I hope to get for it around $150k but this is off course a subject of negotiation.
Description:
Starting from the bow, the first compartment, a fore pick, is separated from the rest of the
hull by a
stainless steel watertight
collision bulkhead. The access there is through a heavy duty
hatch from the
deck . It's used as a
storage for the chain, some anchors and some not very often used
sails. The next behind the bulkhead there is a crews
cabin . There are 4
single bunks on two levels. Under the lower beds there is a large
storage. Going aft , on the port there is a
head with a
toilet, sink and a
shower. A large storage cabinet is located on the starboard side. Next, behind the door there is
saloon with a large foldable table and settee which can serve as beds for two people. From the
saloon there is an access by the
companionway to the pilot house and the
cockpit. On the starboard right behind the
salon there is a
galley with a huge, deep double sink, washer/ drier,
stove and freezers. There is plenty of counter space and storage. On the port side there is an large
engine room where besides all the machinery there is a large workbench and a lot of storage for tools and spare
parts. Farther aft located is the owner
cabin with plenty of cloth storage, large
head, one double and one
single bed. The last compartment is an aft pick also separated from the rest of the boat by watertight bulkhead . Besides
steering rams and pumps , there is the waste tank and the vacuum
pump servicing both toilets inside. It is also used as a storage for a spare
dinghy and other
equipment
Parameters:
- LOD 52'
- Net tonnage 31 NRT
-
Draft 5' 8”
-
Fuel tank ~400 gals
-
Water tank ~ 400 gals
- Waste tank ~ 20 gals
-
Engine Perkins T6.354 with hydraulic control (2 stations)
-
Steering hydraulic Capilano
- Vetus bow thruster
Sails
- wooden spars in good condition
- large number of basic sails – not new but still useful
- complete set of storm sails with few different size jibs
- almost new huge asymmetrical
spinnaker
- large
aluminum telescopic
spinnaker pole
Electrical
- Onan 9kW
diesel generator
-
Honda 2 kW gasoline
generator
- 16 Concorde 6V
AGM batteries (225 Ah each) in two banks 12/24V (aircraft quality )
- 2pcs group 4 starting
batteries
-
battery monitors
- Trace 2kW inverter/charger
-
Prosine 2kW inverter/charger
- Xantrex 60A
solar controller
- Sentry
battery charger (for starting battery)
- 2kW
insulation transformer
- ~ 500W of
solar panels
-
wind generator (useless) but there is a mount to install better one
Heating and
Cooling
-
Dickinson Adriatyk
diesel stove
-
propane stovetop with a tank and connections (not permanent
installation )
- Webasto hot
water heater
- Two toploader freezer/refrigerators with gimballed Danfoss BD50 12V compressors
- Webasto air conditioner in the aft (owner) cabin
- portable dehumidifier
- Webasto diesel air
heater (not installed yet)
Anchoring
- 1Kw
electric chain/rope
windlass
- 120' of 3/8 galvanized chain
- 60' of 3/8 stainless chain
- 300' of 1” braided nylon
rope
- 600' of 3/4” 3-strand nylon
rope
- Manson Supreme 45 galvanized
anchor
- stainless
CQR ~45 lbs
anchor
-
Fortress FX23 stern anchor
-
Fortress FX125 storm anchor
- Large Fishermen storm anchor ~120lbs
- Para-tech
sea anchor
Electronics
- two stationery
computers (itx) one dedicated to the
navigation, the other general purpose.
-
Iridium GO! Global on line access
-
Simrad Broadband 4G
Radar
- Interphase PC/ View foreword looking sonar
-
Icom IC-M700Pro
SSB Transceiver
-
Icom IC-M127
VHF Transceiver
- Nauticast X-Pack
AIS Transceiver
- Silva Nexus instrument
Network (needs new server box)
- Autonav Nexus A-1500
autopilot
- Cetrek spare
autopilot
-
Garmin main
GPS
- a couple handheld VHFs
- a couple binoculars
Other devices and
equipment
-
Spectra Ventura 150
watermaker
- PUR
Power surviver 40E
watermaker.
- PUR manual watermaker for the
liferaft
- Dahon two folding bicycles
-
Sailrite LSZ-1
sewing machine
- 9'
RIB dinghy
- 10' soft bottom dinghy
- two
outboard motors
- Cornelius
diving tank filing
compressor (electric)
-
Diving gears for one person
- Milwaukee
Winch Buddy sailboat cordless
winch assist.
- Battery powered MIG welder
- many power and hand tools
- large collection of ss fasteners
- miles of spare lines (new and hi-tech also )
- a lot of spare
parts (for example: complete steering system replacement including rams, pumps and even autopilot)
- thousands of
cruising guides,
charts ,
manuals and
books in both – paper and electronic form.
Asperida is not a fixer upper but o that size of boat with this number of the equipment there is always something to do. There is a lot of
wood on the
deck which in tropics has to be re varnished pretty often but considering the cost of the local labor it is not really big deal .
Link to more pictures
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1AmytlSb7w41yuViAAiLpxfvW1ZActR8m
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