Motorsailer Yacht

For Sale Ambassador is a superb motorsailing ketch which has been mainly used as a liveaboard; that said, she handles well under a full sail or just running with the genoa. She is quite unique; she was built in Holland by Hitters-Proost and there is a photo of her just after she was built sporting a spinnaker on their website. She spent some time as a second home in Palma, then travelled the French canals to St Kathrine's haven (London) where she became a pied-a-terre for two different owners. The masts are on tabernacles and will step to clear the canal bridges so she could easily go back to the Med via the canal network. I am Ambassadors fourth owner which is not bad for a 40-year-old girl.

She has been well looked after and I have all the receipts, instructions and documents dating back to when she was new, I even have a copy of the architects plans. I bought her as a liveaboard but also to sail, I searched specifically for a spacious liveaboard which could be solo-sailed, and Ambassador was the only one I found. I had planned to sail Norway, Denmark and the Baltic but my life path has changed which is why Ambassador is now up for sale. She has a powerful 6-cylinder Mercedes engine which produces 165hp and is very economical. She is keel cooled and the exhausts are dry so there is no saltwater heat exchanger or seacocks or pumps to worry about and only minimal maintenance, no faff, just turn the key and go.

She has been fitted with a galvanic isolator and this has significantly reduced maintenance too. She has a powerful bow-thruster with a remote control, so coming alongside and mooring single-handed is dead easy. She has an auto-pilot which will hold a steady course whilst I raise the sails but to be honest, she has a big hydraulic rudder and once set, she holds her course whilst I hoist the mizzen and that keeps the head to wind whilst I lift the main. The genoa is furling and that can be controlled from the aft deck where there is a second wheel, with Vetus hydraulics and a Morse control. On the bow there is a 20kg Danforth anchor, a Lofrans windlass and 60m of 10mm chain in the locker.

On the aft deck there is a spare 15kg kedge. On the davits there is an 8ft fibreglass rowing boat with oars and a 2hp mariner outboard. On the aft deck there is a locker which four-man lifeboat, day shapes and various warps. There are plenty of fenders, plus a horseshoe life ring and light. In fact, there is everything you would need to sail her away as I am not taking anything away with me.

Inside she sleeps 7 Two in the spacious double in the master cabin (aft). One (pilot berth) on the settee in the saloon Two in single bunks in the mid-cabin and two in the V-berth in the forward cabin, an in-fill converts the V-berth into a double. There are two heads, one forward and one aft, the aft (in the master cabin has a shower with mixer tap). The water is heater with mains electricity or from the engine. There is plenty of storage in the aft cabin and some hanging space both fore and aft too.

The deck-saloon is light and airy and like the master cabin, it has colour-changing mood (party) lighting in the deck-head panelling; in the saloon, the lights will dance to the music from the DAB and Spotify enabled radio. A large, comfy corner sofa creates a very relaxing social area. The main navigation is in the deck-saloon with Vetus hydraulic wheel and morse. An Airtronic blown-air heating system circulates air into all the cabins and heads so she is always warm. The galley is equipped with a gimble mounted Plastimo 2500 double ring cooker with grill and oven and above this is an extractor with downlight.

The gas bottles are on the aft deck and there is a gas BBQ on the aft deck too The fridge is 240-volt but will run off the inverter. In the engine room are two 250 litre fresh water tanks, plus one 150 litre waste tank taking waste from the aft heads, compliant with French and Dutch waterways; the main fuel tank holds 900 litres and there is an additional 70 litre diesel 'day' tank. There is a boom tent which covers the aft deck, a pull-out Bimini (sunshade) which fits to the mizzen boom too. There is a winter cover that goes over the foredeck and sun covers for the saloon windows, there is also a winter cover for the butterfly sunlight in the saloon roof. Ambassador has seen very little use as she was a second home in London for much of her life and as a result, she only has 2568 engine hours recorded.

In a car traveling at 40mph, 2568 hours equates to approximately 102,700 miles which is nothing for a big 11 litre engine that was built to power a coach – at an average of 8 knots, this is only 20,544nm As a 40-year-old, she has seen some life but has been well maintained and the last survey (dated 2016) showed the hull thickness to be mainly 5mm which is the original thickness. She was lifted out in May 2019 (last year) and was repainted with Jotun and anti-fouled. The photo of her in the hoist was taken just after she had been lifted and pressure washed, I have to say I was very impressed with her condition and more impressed that the surveyor’s marks were still visible from 2015. Inside, she has been progressively refurbished and modernised throughout. All the head-linings and some of the panelling has been replaced and all the steel above the waterline has been double insulated.

Ambassador is currently moored in Hartlepool marina There is a lot of spec and a lot of extras, too numerous to mention by text. I have loads more photos and loads more info: Please feel free to message me email or call / text 0phone and ask. Specifications: Manufacturer: J. Hitters Proost Model: Cupido Boat Year: 1981 Boat Length, Draft, Beam: Length = 12.4m Beam = 3.85m Draft = 1.4m Engine/s Type and Size: Mercedes OM346 6-cylinder diesel. 165hp at 1800 rpm.

2568 hours run Borg Warner gearbox turning a 60mm diameter s/s shaft and a 28" 3-bladed propeller Fuel type and Qty: Diesel main tank 900 litre Diesel day tank 60 litres with 12v fuel transfer pump Speed Max and cruising: 10 knots max, 8.5 knots cruising Berths /Accommodation: 7 Heads / Toilet (Sea): Two heads, one forward, one aft Water/Holding size & qty of tanks: 500 litres of water in two 250 litres tanks 150 litre waste holding tank Electronics (GPS RADR Shore Power ETC): Shore power with 240v sockets in all cabins 24v starting system 12v leisure batteries for lights, pumps and heater etc Silva S10 VHF radio Standard Horizon CP180i Chart plotter Raytherm L470 fishfinder / depth sounder Garmin 128 plotter Raymarine ST6002 autohelm (auto pilot) Bow thruster with remote control. Safeshore Gavlanic Isolator Pioneer DAB radio with CD player, Bluetooth and Spotify Sails: Total sail area = 57.6m² 23m² Genoa - 4 years old - furling forestay 23.6m² Main sail - age unknown 11m² Mizzen sail - age unknown Standing Rigging: Stainless steel, Age Unknown Running Rigging : 4years old Steering type : Rudder on Vetus manual hydraulic Wheels Galley / Kitchen (Hot water, grill, oven, fridge etc): Galley Sink with 12v pumped hot and cold water Plastimo Neptune 2500 gimbled cooker with two hobs, grill and oven. Air extractor / cooker hood 240 volt fridge and freezer. Canopy’s / Covers (Spray, Bimini, mainsail, lazy jacks, cockpit etc: Spray dodgers around aft deck. Sail bag on Mizzen Mizzen fitted with lazy jacks Sail bag incorporated in lazy jack system on main.

Lewmar type 44 self-tailing sheet winches Furling forestay. Fordeck sun / winter cover Aft deck boom tent. Sun covers for saloon windows. Aft deck bimini Tender: Solid fibreglass tender with Yamaha outboard and boat cover Service Information Known Faults Requirements: Fluxgate compass doesn’t work however there are three other compasses on board including the Garmin and the autopilot Vane broken off wind speed and direction indicator of mast head (feckin seagulls) Last Marine Survey: 4th July 2016 Maintenance History: As a live-aboard, Ambassador is looked after and loved and does not deteriorate like many little-visited boats do. Jobs that need doing are done because i have the time to do them.

Additional information: Ambassador was last lifted out in May 2019. There was no significant deterioration of the anodes, so these were left but the hull was painted to the rubbing strake and she was anti-fouled. 20kg Danforth anchor with 60m of 10mm chain (marked at 5m increments) 12v Lowfrens anchor windlass 15kg Bruce type kedge anchor 10 fenders Lots of assorted warps and lines Day shapes Plastimo 4-man raft (2014)