2008 Hylas 46 Center Cockpit Cutter46ft

Preliminary Listing

This late model Hylas 46 has just arrived and was unloaded off Dockwise Marine Transport in WPB after a long trip back from New Zealand where she was locked down because of covid. She'll be available for inspection and purchase Mid-July, after a good cleaning and some over due maintenance, so get your ducks in a row... She's a Beautiful World Voyaging Proven Center Cockpit Cutter... all in great turn-key condition....and she's completely equipped for voyaging and comfortable living aboard....

This is a most sought after vessel! Designed by German Frers and built by Hylas to fill a couples cruising niche, it is no wonder that the Hylas 46 is such a popular choice for modern cruising couples. This luxurious center cockpit, two stateroom vessel has the accommodations you want with the sailing characteristics that make sailing safe, easy, and very enjoyable.

Cassiopee W is a 2008 Hylas 46, hull number 62 offering an opportunity to a buyer to purchase a late model, custom, fully commissioned Hylas. Cassiopee W is equipped with over $200,000 in accessories and luxury options. Great boat on all levels.

This particular Hylas 46 has all the factory options and upgrades that demonstrate the experience and thoughtfulness of her first owner. Her second owner used her for just a short time, sailing her just on the Bay for the last 2 years. Always professionally maintained. The current owner purchased her from this Listing Broker back in 2015 and sailed her with his Wife to New Zealand. She is complete with a Shaeffer in-boom mainsail furling system, electric winches, Furlex headsail furlers, upgraded Doyle sails, bow thruster, Raymarine electronics, Cockpit Enclosure, Spectra water maker, Spendide Washer Dryer, Vacuflush electric toilets, generator, two air conditioning systems with reverse cycle heat, Walker Bay dinghy on davits, Electric winches, and more. In fact, she has everything you need.

With low hours on the Yanmar diesel and genset, she is equipped with the desirable shoal draft keel offering a 5'8" draft. She will not last long on today's brokerage market, so act fast.

Detailed Specifications

Accommodations

The Hylas 46 is a beautiful center cockpit layout with that wonderful aft owner’s private stateroom and ensuite head and shower and an incredibly lovely pullman berth stateroom on the port side and the large head forward for guests. The walkthrough galley to starboard is classic and it works! Offshore it is safe and secure and at anchor the incredible counter space is welcome.  The navigation station is forward facing on the port side facing forward with all the electronics beautifully mounted flush. The salon and the entire interior is pleasing with varnished teak joinery and custom UltraSuede upholstery in a beautiful “willow” color. The cabin house has generous windows to create a light and bright interior. Custom cabinetry provides even more storage and makes the vessel completely livable!

When you enter the companionway from the center cockpit, you will instantly be impressed with the space with its lavish headroom, the light from the cabin windows, and the beautiful teak joinery. Hylas elegance abounds with the unique curves and rather sumptuous layout with the curved dinette to port and settee to starboard with cabinetry outboard. The dinette has a pull out bench seat that allows generous comfortable seating for six. The circular dinette table also lowers to make a nice double berth for visitors. The bamboo cabin sole is varnished in high gloss and has been protected with lovely carpets that compliment the custom upholstery. The numerous hatches have Ocean Air screens and blinds in the fore and aft staterooms. The quality and luxury is apparent and you will appreciate the attractive appointments from the high quality fixtures to the lighting complete with dimmers and reading lamps. The creature comforts are complete with a CruiseAir AC system with two compressors and the entertainment system with Flat Screen, DVD, CD changer and Alpine stereo sound system, Washer Dryer, Watermaker, Electric Winches, virtually everything you could need or want!

• The center cockpit with its dodger, bimini and full enclosure extends the living space and the aft deck and swim platform becomes a lovely entertainments space as well.

• Two stateroom layout two head layout
• Private aft cabin with center island queen sized bed with real mattress and curved steps on each side for full access.
• Cabinetry port and starboard with hanging lockers and shelves
• Added transom opening ports and Hella fans for ventilation
• Aft stateroom entertainment system with flat screen, DVD, Alpine sound system with volume controls
•  Ensuite head and stall shower (electric Vacuflush toilet) and stall shower and lots of ventilation and AC unit
• Guest Cabin: Port side guest cabin with a pullman berth and custom memory foam mattress, custom fitted sheets, custom cabinetry
• Large guest head with electric Vacuflush toilet forward
• High quality teak joinery in a bright, spacious interior
• Bamboo cabin sole
• Incredible head room at 6’4”
• Cabin windows and hull windows- Lexan
• Wonderful ventilation with two large opening deck hatches complete with Ocean Air screens
• Cabin fans throughout
• Cabin lighting with dimmers, red courtesy lights, upgraded reading lamps, and even an oil lamp for romantic evenings
• Seat down nav station forward facing to port
• Dining table with removable leaf easily seats six- for dinner in elegance
• Dining table lowers to make double berth on the port side
• Starboard settee with custom cabinetry outboard
• Walkthrough style galley to starboard
• Entertainment system with Alpine stereo speaker system
• Comfortable and spacious home with all amenities
• Air conditioning – two units and separate zones
• Splendide Washer Dryer
• Watermaker
• LPG BBQ
• Full Cockpit enclosure and sun awnings
• Cockpit cushions
• Cockpit table
• Cockpit sound system
• Hot and cold cockpit shower
• Swim platform with boarding ladder and shower
• Stern seats
• Beautiful aft deck space for fishing and toys and dinghy boarding

Galley:

The walkthrough galley provides a workable layout at sea and at anchor with the inboard centerline sink and outboard stove and oven. There are many amenities including front and top opening refrigerator and freezer and custom galley sink and faucet not to mention acres of counter space and storage galore.

• Force 10 three-burner stove with oven with thermostat, and broiler, with solenoid switch and propane alarm
• Frigoboat 12v refrigeration system with holding plates in well insulated top opening refrigerator and freezer compartments with upgraded double gaskets
• Double deep and large stainless sinks amidship with custom covers and cutting boards
• Custom faucet
• Microwave built in over the stove with 110 outlet
• 110 outlets at each end of the galley
• Seagull Filter for fresh drinking water
• Manual fresh water foot pump
• Really good counter space “Wahlee Stone” color
• Cabinets are all flush with piano hinges and finger pulls
• Extra deep cabinets
• Ample well organized dish storage
• Magma staking cookware
• Pantry with adjustable shelves
• Custom divided drawer for flatware
• Generous pull out drawers
• Sliding trash bin
• Ample storage and amazing space
• Well ventilated with opening ports and two fans

 Plumbing:

• Wonderful water capacity with 140 gallons in two tanks plus a Spectra watermaker!
• Splendide 2100 washer/dryer!
• Spectra watermaker installed under Pullman berth
• Water gauges on tanks
• Two heads with Vacuflush electric toilets with fresh water flush and Y valves to holding tank or overboard offshore
• Two 27 gallon holding tanks with deck pump out and overboard macerator pump out offshore
• Owner’s ensuite head has a separate stall shower with seat,  sink and mirror,  and vanity with marble counter tops and plenty of storage outboard
• Guest head forward is spacious with electric toilet, sink and vanity and mirror with abundant storage
• Hot and cold pressure water (six gallon hot water heater)
• Transom shower, hot and cold and Cockpit shower

Navigation and Communications Systems

• Full sit down forward facing nav station with chart table and three drawers
• Four AC outlets and one 12 volt outlet
• Flush mounted navigation equipment
• A Raymarine E-120 radar / plotter at the nav with E80 display in a Navpod at the helm
• Radome 24” 4kw mast mounted scanner
• Raymarine ST6002 autopilot
• Raymarine ST60 wind, speed, and depth at the helm
• Side thruster Bow Thuster
• Iridium RST100 Satphone
• ICOM M802 SSB with Pactor III modem
• ICOM AT140 auto tuner
• ICOM M504 VHF with Command Mic III in the cockpit
• USB connections for laptop for downloading weather and email
• Sirius weather (requires subscription)
• Clock and barometer
• 12volt outlet
• Red chart table light
• 110 v outlets (four)
• Special chart storage behind the nav seat

Mechanical Systems:

 Engine room under the cockpit has good accessed through a large door in the walkthrough to the aft cabin.

•  Engine: Yanmar 4JH2-TE 75 HP diesel
• Upgraded alternator – 165 amp Mastervolt with smart regulator
• Cruising speed at 7.5 to 9 knots
• Flex-O-Fold feathering propeller (Spare three blade prop)
• Spur line cutters installed
• Dual Racor fuel filters with bypass and pressure gauge
• Electric oil change pump for engine and generator
• Engine room light
• Total fuel of 200 gallons
• Spare parts, filters, belts, impellers, zincs
• Lewmar Mamba steering system
• Emergency tiller
• Generator- Fisher Panda 8KW genset in sound shield box with controls at the nav station
• Spectra Newport MK400 watermaker with MPC 5000 MkII (17 gph)
• Two separate CruiseAir AC systems with reverse-cycle heat! 12,000 BTU for aft stateroom and 16,000 BTU system for Salon

 Electrical Systems:

Complete 110v and 12v systems with 8kw Fisher Panda generator and over 1000 amp hours of batteries and factory bonding system.

 12 Volt System:

• House Batteries – AGM batteries – 3 8Ds (654 amp hours)
• Engine Start Battery – AGM 218 ah
• Windlass and Bowthruster – AGM 218 ah
• Generator Start Battering 40 ah
• Mastervolt high output 165 amp alternator
• Xantrex battery monitoring system
• Custom electrical panel with full meters at the nav station

        12 volts systems:

• Electronics
• Nav lights deck level
• Tricolor masthead light with strobe
• Anchor light
• Steaming light
• Stern light
• Spreader/deck lights
• Junction Box at mast base
• 12v refrigeration system
• 12 volt outlets –four, cockpit, anchor locker, and nav station
• Cabin lights – salon light dimmers
• Red courtesy lights
• Reading lamps
• Cabin fans
• Stereo and entertainment systems
• Electric bilge pumps (2) Rule and Par with float switches
• Pressure water pump
• Transom shower – hot and cold
• Maxwell VW2200 windlass

 110 v Shore Power System:

• Shore Power connection for 50 amp service
• Shore power cords
• Prosine 2.0 inverter/charger
• Prosine 2000 watt inverter
• AC Breaker Panel
• AC 110v outlets, throughout
• CruiseAir conditioning system with two compressors 12,000 and 16,000 BTU systems
• Reverse cycle heat
• TV and phone shore power connection

 Generator:

• Generator 8KW Fisher Panda 

Sails and Rigging:

Vessel is substantially upgraded with Schaefer Gamma in boom furling system for mainsail and Furlex furlers for head sails, and electric primary winches provides easy safe sail handling for a couple.

• Seldon mast with double spreader rig
• One pair of mast steps at the top for working up there
• Wire standing rigging with Norseman fittings
• Cutter rig with genoa, staysail, mains’l
• Running backstays with padeyes
• Furlex 400 furler for genoa
• Furlex 300 furler for staysail
• Schaefer  in boom furling system for mainsail
• Schaefer solid boom vang
• Adjustable genoa cars on track
• Boom sheeting to traveler aft of cockpit
• Genneker halyard with Lewmar swivel block
• Carbon fiber downwind pole with Vstow pack and topping lift
• Running rigging in good condition
• Line stopper and organizers

 Sail Inventory:

• Doyle sails
• Doyle full-batten, in boom furling mainsail with full roach (Dacron 9.5 oz)
• Doyle genoa –125% with UV cover 8 oz Dacron on Furlex 400 furler
• Doyle staysail with UV cover 9.5oz Dacron on Furlex 300 furler

 Winches:

• Lewmar winches with electric primaries and mainsheet
• Large double turning blocks
• Primaries: Electric self tailing #60ST electric jib sheet winches on the cockpit combing
• Mainsail Winches: #44 electric self tailing winches for mainsheet and outhaul
• Secondary - staysail sheet winches #48 st
• Additional #44 on coach roof
• Halyard winches - #44 for main halyard and genoa halyard on the mast
• Winch handles

Design and Build:

Undoubtedly German Frers is among the finest designers ever and the Hylas is an incredibly successful with an entire line of yachts that have been proven and sought after. The Hylas 46 is carefully designed for fill the niche of a spacious and luxurious yacht that gives the sea going capabilities of a larger vessel while being a perfect vessel that can be easily sailed by a couple. Frers succeeded in designing a modern, swift, and spacious 46 footer. The plumb bow and generous beam carried aft provide not only great sailing characteristics and excellent stability, but amazing accommodations. Center cockpit layout with the great aft deck space and sugar scoop transom. The design provides everything that modern sailors' desire for comfortable cruising with all amenities.

Hull construction:

• Solid hand-laid fiberglass layup using vinylester resins and Isophthalic gelcoat
• White factory gelcoat top sides 
•  Two coats of epoxy barrier coating below the waterline is factory standard
• Watertight collision bulkhead forward of forward cabin with independent overboard drainage
• Watertight stern sections across aft lazaretts and stern locker
• Teak rub rail with stainless steel striker
• Divided anchor locker with separate locker for fenders and dock lines
• Large aft stern lazaretts, port and starboard with dual Bailey latches for watertight seal
• Solid Lead Keel with solid 1-1/2 inch stainless steel keel bolts cast-in
• Standard deep keel 6’6”
• Semi skegged rudder shorter than the keel

 Deck Details:

• Fiberglass sandwiched with Balsa
• Hull deck hoint is glued and through bolted on 5 inch centers
• Sugar scoop transom with swim platform and molded in stairway
• Molded contrasting non skid in linen beige
• Aluminum toe rail
• Teak handrails recently refinished
• Solid stainless stemhead fitting with split bow roller
• Solid stainless striker plates for bow protection
• Four standard mooring cleats are all 12" bow, stern
• Midship cleats port and starboard 12” added
• Stern cleat added as an option
• Life raft cradle factory installed on the stern rail
• Factory installed folding padeyes
• 30" high stanchions with double uncoated SS lifelines with boarding gates port and starboard
• Added stern boarding gate
• Four Lexan windows in the salon
• Mainship 316 stainless overhead hatches (five) portholes (twelve)
• Optional single large hatch forward instead of two smaller hatches
• Cockpit opening ports
• Canvas hatch covers, helm cover and BBQ cover
• Custom exterior window shade covers
• Four stainless dorades
• Upgraded stern pulpit extended to boarding gates port and starboard with swing out stern opening
• Deck scuppers drain at the water line
• Boarding swim ladder folds down from swim platform
• Vented propane locker holding two 201b tanks

 Cockpit Details:

• Center cockpit with dodger, bimini, connector and full enclosure
• Full enclosure with screens
• Canvas sun shade
• Teak cockpit grate
• Deep, safe, cockpit long enough to lie down in
• Companionway stairs to salon are easy to walk down
• Wide combings that you can sit on
• Aft deck with stern seats
• Large cockpit drains
• Cockpit shower – hot and cold
• Transom shower – hot and cold
• Customized companionway with teak hatch boards
• Companionway doors with hatch screens and Lexan inserts
• Sailing instruments at the helm station
• Ram Mic VHF at the helm
• Manual bilge pump in cockpit
• Cockpit cushions – Custom Sunbrella
• Cockpit table – vanished teak
• Cockpit sound system with volume controls
• Sovereign LPG grill on the stern rail plumbed to propane system
• Binnacle wheel steering –pedestal
• Ritchie compass
• Teak wheel
• Red light for portside control panel
• Radar and chart plotter display at the helm – Raymarine E80 
• Electric sheet winches within easy reach of the helm
• Electric mainsheet winch
• Boom end mainsail sheeting to traveler aft helm station
• Excellent visibility from the helm

Dinghy:

• Walker Bay 11’ dinghy stows on St Croix Davits
• 15 hp Yamaha 2 stoke with lifting crane and stern rail engine mount
• Anchor
• Padeyes on the foredeck for dinghy stowage

  GROUND TACKLE:

• Double bow roller
• Large divided chain locker with the divider piece increased 8”
• Maxwell VWC 2200 electric windlass chain gypsy and with deck foot controls and cockpit controls
• Ultra Anchor 27kg with flip swivel – 300’ 3/8” HT chain
• Primary bow anchor: Delta Fastset 45lb with 50’ chain 300’ 5/8 rode
• Fortress FX37 anchor: 
• Snubber
• Anchor float trip line

 Other and Safety Equipment

• Winslow six person Liferaft in custom cradle on the stern rail
• ACR 406 Rapid Fix EPIRB
• Lifesling
• Pad eyes in the cockpit
• Ditch bag with flare kit
• PFDs
• Horseshoe life ring
• Emergency tiller
• Propane detector
• Fenders and dock lines
• Quickline flat rope 250’ on side rail
• Praktec AERE inflatable fenders
• Fire extinguishers
• Water maker spares