Pro Kennex Kennex 445

Comfortable and fast catamaran. She has a vast cockpit, large salon and a luminous interior, a well fitted galley and roomy cabins.
Fully equipped for long voyages.

• Beam: 7.45 m (24 ft 4")
• Draft: 1.20 m (47")
• Headroom: 1.94 m (76")
• Displacement: 10 tons (22 046 lbs)
• Hull material: polyester
• Engines: 2 x 39 HP Yanmar

Duty paid in French Polynesia

Based in French Polynesia

Fully equipped catamaran for long voyages. She’s fast, comfortable and has a luminous interior.

Interior fittings :

Sleeps 9
Port hull:

• 1 cabin with single bed in the forepeak
• Double cabin in the bow, the bed is shifted to the nacelle side
• Shower room converted to storage room
• Vast cabin in the stern with en-suite head with toilet and washbasin

Starboard hull:

• Storage room in the forepeak
• Double cabin in the bow, the bed is shifted to the nacelle side
• Shower room converted to storage room
• Vast cabin in the stern with en-suite head with toilet and washbasin

Nacelle:

• U-shaped galley to starboard
• Salon in the centre of the nacelle
• Chart table to port

Listing :

Construction:

Polyester catamaran, Kennex 445, built in 1992 by the Pro Kennex boatyard according to the plans designed by the architects Van Peteghem et Lauriot Prévost.
Originally, she belonged to a charter company. In 2006 she was purchased by her current owners. They have been living on board and accomplished a tremendous amount of work: the electrical system was renewed, the hulls were painted, the rudders and rudder shafts were replaced. They also renewed and updated a lot of the equipment, including the standing and running rigging, the cooling unit, the teak in the sugar scoops and the fixed bimini. They frequently sail up and down the Society islands.

Engine:

2 x 39 HP Yanmar 3JH3E inboard engines (entirely reviewed in 2004), sail drive + 2 x three-blade propellers
2 stainless steel fuel tanks, capacity 200 liters (53 US gallons), i.e. a total capacity of 400 liters (106 US gallons)

Sloop rigging:

Standing and running rigging (December 2010)
Fully-battened mainsail in good overall condition, 3 reefs (sail reviewed in 2008) equipped with lazy bag (2007)
Genoa on Profurl furler in good overall condition (sail reviewed in 2008)
Asymmetrical spinnaker with spinnaker sock

Anchoring:

Electric windlass Lofrans 1200 W (windlass control switch replaced 2011)
Main anchor gear: 1 Delta anchor of 25 kg (55 lbs) + 60 meters (196 ft) of 12 mm chain
Secondary anchor gear: 1 CQR anchor of 25 kg (55 lbs), 2 Fob anchors of 15 kg (33 lbs) and 20 kg (44 lbs)

Comfort

Fresh water capacity: 800 liters (211 US gallons) Possibility to store 200 extra gallons of water in the forepeaks
2 burner gas stove Samet
Built in gas oven Smev (2009)
Double stainless steel sinks
Refrigerator 24 V, capacity 150 liter (39 US gallons)
2 outdoor showers (shower room in each hull are to be re-fitted)
2 electric toilets JabscoComfort
Fresh water capacity: 800 liters (211 US gallons) Possibility to store 200 extra gallons of water in the forepeaks
2 burner gas stove Samet
Built in gas oven Smev (2009)
Double stainless steel sinks
Refrigerator 24 V, capacity 150 liter (39 US gallons)
2 outdoor showers (shower room in each hull are to be re-fitted)
2 electric toilets Jabsco

Electricity:

9 windlass batteries 8V, 150 AH each, i.e. 450 Ah/24V in total (2007)
2 engine batteries, 90 Ah each (2010)
2 solar panels of 165 Watt each, i.e. 330 Watt in total
2 alternators
Battery charger VICTRON 100 A
Inverter Crystec 1200 W, 12V/220V

Electronics:

GPS Chartplotter - chart reader Cmap MAX/RADAR Lorenz Compact 8HD (2008)
Loch / depth sounder Raytheon Tridata ST 60
1 spare loch Raymarine (2010)
Autopilot Autohelm ST6000 (2004)
Fixed-mount VHF Quest
Flatscreen 12V with DVD player
Car radio JVC

Other:

Semi rigid inflatable dinghy – AB 12 ft (2010)
25 HP outboard engine Mercury (2011) still under warranty

Additional:

Stainless steel davits
Fixed bimini with built in water collection system
Trampoline (2007)

Safety equipment:

Life raft Plastimo, 8 places (2008)
10 life jackets
1 harness
6 fire extinguishers
6 bilge pumps (2007)

Work that needs to be done:

Replace salon's upholstery.