[SOLD] '78 Heritage Yacht West Indies 46

[SuperV]

The perfect BIG center cockpit, shoal draft cruising sailboat! Just returned from 2,000+nm cruise from Guatemala. Asking $110,000. The boat is currently located in Annapolis, Md.

Built by Charlie Morgan's Heritage Yacht company in 1978. She is a center cockpit heavy duty cruiser that performs beautifully in all kinds of weather. With up to 1" thicknesses of the fiberglass the boat is built like a tank but will cruise at 8Kts to 10Kts. The center cockpit design allows for two roomy staterooms, a large saloon with galley and a nav station with full chart storage underneath, a good sized engine room and loads of storage space. The roomy forward V-berth with a head with shower sleeps two adults. The saloon with a U-shaped settee that converts into a queen size bed and a pilot berth will sleep three adults. The large aft owner's cabin with a queen size bed and a head with shower will sleep two adults. I have spent three years to upgrade and renew many of the boat's features. Here are some of the details on this beautiful piece of maritime heritage:

Measurements
LOA - 46ft
Beam - 15ft
Draft - 4.8ft fully loaded
Displacement - approx. 40,000lbs
Full keel with skeg hung rudder

Engines
- 85hp Perkins 4.236 diesel engine with dual Racor filter and complete offshore parts kit
- New 6KW Northern Lights Genset with soundproofing enclosure and complete offshore spare parts kit (installed Jan 2013; used less than 2 hours)
- 15hp Evinrude 2-stroke outboard

Tankage/Plumbing
- 120 gal diesel fuel tanks (2x60 gallons - installed Oct 2012) with electric transfer pump - provides a motoring range of up to 1,000nm
- 30 gal waste tank with pump for overboard discharge (tank can also be pumped out at a dock and heads can be directly discharged overboard while off-shore)
- 80 gal water tank">fresh water tank (New 12V water maker provides for endless supply of fresh water)
- New fresh water pump (Mar 2013)
- New sanitation hoses and valves (Apr 2014)

Galley
- New Seaward Princess 3174-1001 Three-Burner LPG Range (installed Mar 2014)
- Large refrigerator with new WAECO compressor (installed Mar 2013)

Sails/Rigging/Ground Tackle
- New never used suit of sails (asymmetric spinnaker, batten-less main with three reefs, jib, storm trisail, storm jib)
- Forespar Line Control Telescoping Whisker/Spinnaker Pole
- New running rigging (Apr 2014)
- New chainplates (Jun 2013)
- Set of five anchors - Manson Supreme with 300ft chain rode; CQR with 250ft chain rode; Fortress 37; 150lb Fisherman and a smaller kedge anchor

Safety
- New Viking RescYou Pro self-righting 6-Person liferaft (inspection due Dec 2015)
- Two 2,000gph Bilge Pumps
- Edson 30gpm manual emergency bilge pump (Mar 2013)
- Bilge high water alarm
- New ACR Globalfix Pro EPIRB (installed Mar 2013)
- New Standard Horizon GX5500s VHF (DSC and GPS capable) with two RAM remote microphones (installed Mar 2013)
- Furuno 2kW radar
- Emergency tiller
- New Auto-helm Windvane can be used as emergency rudder (installed Mar 2014)
- Four auto-inflate life vests, four regular Type II life vests, two toddler life vests
- Lifeline netting (stored, never used)
- Two horseshoe buoys mounted on railing
- Lifesling 2 (installed 2012)
- Throwline with bag
- Two safety harnesses (2014)
- Jacklines (orange webbing)
- Miscellaneous tools for emergency leak fixes
- Removable/lockable stainless steel security grids for all hatches - allows secure opening of hatches while at anchor or docked

Electronics
- Icom707 shortwave radio with SEA tuner
- Furuno 2kW radar
- New Standard Horizon GX5500s VHF with two RAM remote microphones
- New Raymarine e90 Chart-plotter with AIS and Fishfinder sonar (2013)
- New Raymarine ST60 Plus Wind System with Analog Vane (installed Apr 2013)
- New Brookhouse WiFi mux for NMEA equipment (installed Jun 2013)
- New ACR Globalfix Pro EPIRB (installed Jun 2013)
- 2 new GPS antennas (installed Jun 2013)
- 2 new VHF antennas with patch-panel (installed Jun 2013)
- New West Marine radio with CD and USB input (installed Mar 2013)
- XPower 1750Plus inverter
- Raymarine Autohelm 6000 autopilot

Electrical
- Eight new Trojan 105 6V batteries - up to 1,000AH (installed Apr 2014)
- Two 100W solar panels - sufficient for all your 12V power requirements
- Xantrex LinkLite Battery Monitor
- Specialty Concepts Mark PV Solar Charge Controller/Monitor
- New 6KW Northern Lights Genset with complete offshore spare parts kit
- LED Navigation and anchor lights as well as main cabin lighting

Steering
- Center cockpit wheel with hydraulic ram steering
- Raymarine Autohelm 6000 autopilot
- Emergency tiller configuration ties directly from deck into rudder post
- New Auto-helm Windvane (can also be used as emergency rudder)

Miscellaneous
- New 12V Water Maker (Mar 2014)
- New teak cabin sole (Jun 2013)
- New gelcoat paint and anti-slip for deck (Apr 2014)
- New antifoul bottom paint (Sep 2014)
- New zincs (Sep 2014)
- Folding mast steps (Apr 2013)
- Two 5000BTU air conditioners
- 10ft RIB dinghy with new cover and 15hp Evinrude 2-stroke outboard
- Spurs Line/Net/Weed cutter on propeller
- Complete selection of stainless steel hardware (screws, bolts, nuts, washers, etc.)
- Assorted electrical supplies (heat shrink connectors, terminals, bulbs, etc.)
- Assorted plumbing supplies (connectors, reducers, hose, etc.)
- Assorted painting & fiberglass supplies
- Assorted tools
- Mosquito screens for all hatches and companionway doors
- Teak mosquito screen frames for all portholes
- Wet/dry vacuum

For additional pictures go to vicky4sale.weebly.com

[zboss]

This is a great boat. Friends of our's Dean and Nancy of Pegasus just sold theirs this spring. Luckily, the new owners have become great friends.

Anyone interested in a boat like this should strongly consider the Heritage... so few come on the market.

[SuperV]

Originally Posted by zboss

This is a great boat. Friends of our's Dean and Nancy of Pegasus just sold theirs this spring. Luckily, the new owners have become great friends.

Anyone interested in a boat like this should strongly consider the Heritage... so few come on the market.

Thanks zboss - much appreciate the vote of confidence. She really is a heavy duty bluewater cruiser with a huge amount of space. She is the largest 46 footer ever built and has space about the same as a 52 footer. There are not many of these around.

I have posted some additional pictures at S/V VICKY FOR SALE! - Home - had some comments that deck/cockpit pictures would help. I also added some of the engine room.

[SV.Maverick]

Great looking boat I just got the 38 whoever gets it will love it

[Dulcesuenos]

Nice boat, wish our budget was higher than 80k ,,,,😀

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[zboss]

I have to wonder why you are selling it after doing so much upgrade work!

[SuperV]

Originally Posted by zboss

I have to wonder why you are selling it after doing so much upgrade work!

Hmm, good question - it wasn't an easy decision after all those hours in hot humid conditions to get things to where they are now.

To start with, the original plan was for a two-person crew (myself and my wife). My wife developed arthritis in her hands and therefore can't help out anymore. The alternative would be making yet more improvements as a singe-hander. I'm not saying it can't be done but I simply don't have the funds.

Another reason is that we are in the process of adopting our 1 and 3 year old grandkids due to family issues. Although I know that some other parents take their kids with them, we feel that ours are too young to safely go with us - we have been through some bad storms and can't see how we would subject our kids to such situations.