Description:

JUBILEE is part of the award winning, Atlantic Catamaran pilothouse design series. Its layout features a midship cockpit for easy short handed sailing combined with a full visibility pilothouse aft of the cockpit, which includes a duplicate steering station with engine controls and instruments. This original configuration has recently been imitated by others, yet no one has succeeded in building a better cruising cat than the Atlantic Catamaran™ series.

This particular boat has been very lightly used and exceptionally well maintained. It is a steal at the current asking price.

A fully equipped galley is located in the starboard hull adjacent to the pilot house.

A double cabin is located midships in each hull.  The forward section of the port and starboard hulls is a large storage locker suitable for sails, sailboards, bicycles or other bulky gear, or could have berths added. Each hull contains a head with vanity and ample stowage, a separate shower compartment is located aft in the port hull. Forward of the shower in the port hull is a workshop, with workbench, vise, and multiple drawers and lockers for storage.

Construction:

Hulls, decks, pilot house and major bulkheads are constructed from epoxy resin and tri-axial glass laminate cored with Herex PVC marine grade foam. All exterior surfaces are spray painted with AwlGrip™ polyurethane coating

Crossbeams are built of uni-directional carbon fiber/epoxy with foam cored epoxy/glass bulkheads

Propulsion and Steering

Twin Volvo Penta 40 H.P. (model D2-40 x S130B) diesel saildrive engines (both engines new 2019, saildrives new 2023).

Instrument panel with tachometer and engine monitoring gauges and alarms

Primary and secondary fuel filters

Deluxe electronic dual single lever engine controls mounted at both the cockpit helm station and pilothouse inside helm.

A wired walkaround remote control can be used to control both engines for any area on deck.

Slipstream three blade bronze geared folding propellers

Rudder blades are fiberglass composite, high performance hydrofoil section with solid stainless steel rudder stocks

Twin station all mechanical (cable) steering, all cable replaced 2021

Custom cockpit steering pedestal with compass and engine controls

Daggerboards

2 cored epoxy/glass daggerboards in epoxy/glass laminate trunks

Up and down haul controls lead to cockpit

Collision Bulkheads

Each hull has a collision bulkhead forward

Sails

All sails by North Sails. 3DI, Mainsail, Jib and Code 0

Electrical  

Batteries: House bank installed 2025. 

4 Solar Panels, 130 watt output each

12-volt circuit breakers controlled from Custom Control Panel. 

Mastervolt MassCombi 24/2500 inverter/charger (2500 watt) provides AC power from the batteries

AC outlets are installed in the following places; head, galley, workbench, nav. Station, 2 port and stbd pilothouse settees

Generator

Next Generation 4kw diesel AC electrical generator, new 2022

Electronics Package:

Garmin Chartlotter/Radar at both helm stations

VHF: (2) ICOM 

Sailing Instruments:

Garmin wind speed / wind direction masthead sensors, ultrasonic speed and depth sensors, fluxgate compass

Garmin autopilot

Mast and Boom

Sparcraft anodized aluminum alloy mast, deck stepped with two sets of diamonds over single spreader.

Masthead light, masthead VHF, wind instruments

All halyards and reefing lines are led to cockpit.

Boom has internal reefing lines, topping lift and outhaul

Profurl reefing/furling unit for jib and genoa.

Standing Rigging

All type 316 Dyform 1x19 SS wire

Running Rigging:

Low stretch Spectra halyards for mainsail and jib, low stretch Dacron sheets and control lines.

Spectra running backstays for improved jib shape

All running rigging recently replaced

Deck Hardware

Anderson Stainless Steel self-tailing winches:

1 electric winch #52 for main halyard/main sheet

1 x #46 electric winch for reefing lines

2 x #52 electric winch for jib sheets, Code 0 and preventer

2 x #46 electric winch for traveler, runners

Harken CB Big Boat main sheet traveler

Harken jib sheet track

Spinlock rope clutches 

Hull and Deck Ventilation:

16 Deck hatches, all Lewmar Ocean Series. Accommodation area hatches are equipped with roller shade/screens.

Eight opening portlights with clear plexi windows, three in each outboard hull side and one adjacent to each double berth

Cowl vents forepeaks, heads, galley and shower

Caframo  fans, two in each berth, one in the galley, one each in the pilothouse helmstation and nav area.

Tanks

2 Aluminum 40 gallon diesel fuel tanks each with deck fill and shut off 

2 Epoxy/glass 40 gallon water tanks each with deck fill, vent and gauge

Heating:

Webasto 5kW diesel heater, with recirculating hot air, new 2023

Rails and Lifelines:

Custom fabricated SS stanchions and lifelines

Custom fabricated polished SS pushpits

4 SS Transom grab rails

Integral swim step on rudder 

Anchor Handling:

Dual bow anchor rollers enable two anchors to be easily used at the same time

Maxwell, RC10 1200W windlass with rope/chain gypsy and dual direction switch

Self-bailing lockers for self stowing chain and rode

Ground Tackle

Two anchors and rodes. Primary anchor is a  25 kg Rocna Anchor with 50’ of  5/16” H.T. chain and 200’ 5/8” nylon rode.  

The second anchor is a Delta 44 lb with 12' chain and 250' 5/8"  nylon rode. 

Cleats and Docklines

8 12" docking cleats, 2 bow, 2 stern, 4 springline

2 10” mooring cleat

16mm docking lines

Navigation Lights

Masthead LED Tri-color and anchor light

Mast mounted steaming light

Deck LED level running lights

Aft deck floodlight and sternlight

Interior

Varnished cabinet door frames, fiddles and trim

Laminate soles in pilothouse

Gloss polyurethane finish in shower, matt finish in accommodation areas

Pilothouse 

Starboard settee has a composite veneered wood finish dining table. 

Settee seats have partitioned stowage beneath via lift out covers in the seat top

Inside Helm Station

A leather covered destroyer type wheel is mounted in the pilothouse with engine instrument panels, electronic gear shift/throttle control and radar.   Autopilot control located within easy reach of the wheel

Pilot House Nav. Station

Large chart table with full size chart drawer beneath

Three desk drawers, plus one standard size file drawer

Ample space for nav and satcom gear

Extra outlets for laptop computers, printer, etc.

Aft Deck

Bimini top, dinghy hoist and dinghy tie downs built into the aft deck

Three large flush deck lockers along the forward side of aft deck for stowage

Galley

Force 10 model, 3 burner propane stove with automatic temperature control oven and broiler. A remote solenoid propane shut-off switch is provided

Propane bottles are located in a self-venting locker on aft deck

Galley sink is a deep double bowl polished stainless steel with strainers

Hot and cold pressurized water

Ample drawers, lockers and shelves for storage. Built in trash container

Spice rack shelf outboard above countertop

Desalinator

Katadyn PS-160, watermaker. Mounted in an easy-to-service location in port forepeak

Refrigeration

A custom fabricated side by side refrigerator/ freezer (6 and 3 cu/ft capacity) is located in the galley, inboard side. Each unit uses a separate highly efficient Danfoss compressor providing redundancy. 

Midship Cabins

Each hull has a sleeping cabin amidships that contains a queen sized berth. A full-size locker, built in dresser, storage cabinet and bookshelf is included. A large deck hatch and two opening ports provide ventilation

Heads

Each head is equipped with a vanity with polished stainless steel sink with hot/cold pressure water. Formica laminate countertop and stowage locker beneath. Two large stowage lockers with shelves for towels, etc. are within easy reach

Starboard toilet is electrically operated using fresh water flush. 

Port toiet is manual toilet. 

Both are plumbed to holding tank with valves for overboard discharge as well as pump out

Shower

Semi-gloss polyurethane finish for easy cleanup

Hot/cold pressure water with single lever mixer control

Manual sump pump

Hot Water Heater

Isotemp Basic 75 liter (engine heat exchanger) water heater

Outside Shower

A hot and cold water pressurized rinse station is installed on the port hull transom boarding platform

Salt Water Washdown

Plumbing for deck washdown is installed. No pump is currently mounted.

Workbench (port hull)

Stainless workbench counter

Drawers and lockers below for tool and parts storage

Lockers above for stowage

Wiring access in lockers above workbench

Exterior Finish

The entire above water line exterior of the boat is spray painted with Awlgrip™ color Blue, new 2020.  Decks are non-skid finished “Chevy White”.  

Hull Rub Rail

External rub rail with metal cap

Miscellaneous

Fenders, 7 x 12" x 34” 

Cockpit & Aft-Deck Biminis, hatch covers

Mesh window covers – note they are marked with 1, 2, 3 threaded dots for port (red) and starboard (green) windows, to identify which windows they cover

This is a preliminary listing specification. All particulars are believed to be correct, however some items may be listed in error. It remains the responsibility of the buyer to verify that all listed equipment is onboard.

Launched: September 2008                                 Builder: Southern Cape Yachtbuilders

Length overall: 48’ 7”                                             Sail area:

Length waterline: 47'                                             Mainsail: 860 sq/ft

Beam overall: 26’ 3”                                              Jib: 430 sq/ft

Draft: 3’ 2” to 7’8”                                                  Stormsail: 107 sq/ft

Wing clearance from LWL: 36”                             Code 0: 1075 sq/ft

Displacement: 21,500 lbs.                                    Asym.Spinnaker 1940 sq/ft

Pounds per inch immersion: 1,524

And what do Atlantic 48 owners have to say;

There are dozens of my designs happily cruising around the globe I occasionally get an email written from someone at sea such at the most recent from Ken Gibson of Austrailia. These emails help to keep me focused on what is really important about a cruising boat: comfort-safety-performance. Today, most catamaran marketing is just noise and  fluff intended to distract the buyer from inherent flaws in both design and construction. Thanks Ken for the reminder!

Feb. 28, 2019

Hi there Chris,
 
 I hope you are well!  I have been meaning to send you an email to update you on Resolute II - your first Atlantic 48, and to thank you and give you some feedback on your design.
 
 I am writing this from sea, about 70 nm due south of the Galapagos Islands, on the way from Panama to the Marquesas.  As I write the boat is rolling along at an average of about 9 knots in 16 knots of wind (9 apparent) at an apparent wind angle 100 degrees.  I have up the cruising genoa and full main, and the boat is just loping along.  
 
 I am doing this leg (~4,000 nm) on my own, because I have always want to try solo sailing, and this seemed the perfect extended leg (nothing to hit!).  One week in, I am enjoying it immensely and feel fresh and the boat (touch wood) is running perfectly.  
 
 Just to remind you, Resolute was built at Bongers in 2005 and I bought her in 2010. She has since sailed 34,000 miles, including sailing from Australia to the Caribbean via South Africa.  We are now on our way back to Australia.  Over 40 different friends have sailed on ocean passages, and 'Ressie' has a lot of friends.  Remarkably, I think the boat is in much better condition now than when i bought it, and she is incredibly reliable.  The engines still only have 2,600 hours on them. 
 
 I have been sailing with the World ARC (you may recall I came from Australia with them).  This time, again, Ressie just romped away from a fleet which includes some very new and serious 55-60 foot monohulls and including Nica, a Finot Conq FC53 by Knierim that was featured in a recent Yachting World - a planing mono that is half racer and half very uncomfortable cruiser.  Sailing Ressie seems just so effortless compared to these modern, very complex boats (e.g. Nica has all its lines running under a false deck.
 
 The other very noticeable thing on the ARC is how unreliable the standard production boats are now days. There are Lagoons, Fountain Pajots, Hanse etc.  Things just keep breaking.  On a 54 foot Hanse, almost brand new, the quadrant broke because the bolts to hold it around the rudder post (stainless) were threaded straight into the aluminum without bolts.  I could go on, of course.  
 
 Anyway, it is this kind of sailing that reminds me of what a truly brilliant design this boat is for long distance short handed blue water sailing.  As a single handed cruiser, I just can't imagine a better compromise - this boat is very fast, dry, extremely reliable, safe and extremely easy to handle because of the centre cockpit.  As you may recall, Resolute has a bowsprit and a furling genoa, and I absolutely love that cruising cutter rig (compared with the code zero options that most cats have).  I carry the genoa in much stronger winds, and get the main reefed early and it makes for comfortable and very safe sailing at night.  
 
 I could - as you can see - go on.  I find it so hard to reconcile, of course, with the designs of the new production cats which are just so luxurious, but awful to sail.  I think perhaps the best way to describe it is that the people who are most impressed with Resolute (and most people are once they see the boat perform and then see how simple it is) are the monohull sailors.  It is a boat that the mono guys 'get' instantly.  They see how seaworthy it is, they love that it doesn't look like a block of apartments, they sit in wonder as we glide past them at sea :).  
 
 warm regards,  

Ken

And this:

Dec. 11, 2005

Chris,

Here's the first report on our new Atlantic 48 Catamaran, Resolute:

 Over the past two weeks, Connie and I sailed Resolute from Trinidad to Tortola non-stop. The trip was entirely to windward making 190-200nm/day for three days against 10-25kts true wind speed and 3 to 8ft seas (with a typical AWA of 33-40 deg.).

 Resolute goes extremely well and we had to reduce sail to keep her under 10 kts as 12-14 kts of boat speed was a bit tough on us, especially at night. We had fairly rough seas approaching St. Croix and had to make a long tack out eastward to clear the island. Even in these sloppy conditions our track on the chartplotter indicated there was no problem making  90 degrees between tacks.

 The steering is perfectly balanced at all times. It takes only a couple of fingers on the wheel, upwind or down. Going to windward we are able to leave the wheel unattended for significant periods. Tacking is crisp and fast.

 All sail handling systems on the boat worked perfectly with a variety of jib and reefed mainsail combinations.  The luff downhauls and the Antal leech blocks on the mainsail make reefing very easy, even in the dark with rough seas.  The jib is a snap to tack never requiring any winch grinding; just hand trim quickly and ease slightly after the boat comes through the wind.

 Once in the BVI, Dave Penfield (Atlantic 42 Remedy, Atlantic 55 Synergy) spent several days with us.  He took photos from the dinghy as we sailed in the Drake Channel in light wind with full main, jib or Genoa. We also set up the Code 0. The Harken 2:1 downhaul and 2:1 halyard allowed complete control over the luff tension, as is critical for this sail. 

 After a day of no wind, we sailed to windward to Anegada in 8-14kts TWS.  The next day on the return was more exciting, first reaching with the Genoa with one reef in the main in 16-22kts true wind speed making 13-16kts through the water.  Later we set the Code 0 and sailed between 70-120 deg AWA at generally 10-14kts boatspeed.   The larger AWA's required that the halyard be eased 3-5ft allowing the luff to project well to windward. The Code 0 is very easy to roll up and that makes it simpler set and furl than a spinnaker and almost as effective on a very deep reach. I think it will see lots of use.

 Given that both the Penfields and the Blasies have owned Atlantic 42's AND that Connie and I have made several Caribbean-to-Cape Cod-and back voyages on the A55 Synergy, our overall conclusion below takes on added significance.  We all feel that the Atlantic 48 design, is the best Atlantic Catamaran design ever!  It indeed combines the best of the A42 and A55 designs. Resolute has so far already met our expectations providing A55 performance, easy sail handling and comfortable passages.

 Kent 

Yet More:

"Currently, we're in a little squall, blowing 26 knots from behind and we have Ella up. Yes, that's the spinnaker. Zen's flat and going 14-16 knots through the water. Tom's in his glory, like a little kid riding his bike down that roller coaster road with his hair on fire."

Monique Burgess, Atlantic 48 "Zen", on passage to Marquesas Islands, 

 The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.