Amphitrite 43

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The presenter, touring a 1983 Amphitrite 43 listed for sale, says it has had a new Beta 50 fitted in 2020 with under 500 hours, solar and new sails, and that the teak decks were removed and replaced with a new non-skid surface. She describes it as a center cockpit boat with a main and a mizzen, and a bow thruster.

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The presenter points out a huge V-berth with steps up to the forward hatch so someone can climb out in an emergency, which she says you do not see often.

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Access to the engine is "on three sides," and the presenter says the 2020 Beta 50 has under 500 hours. She gives tankage as 112 gallons of diesel and three water tanks of 53 gallons each.

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The owners introduce their 1984 Wauquiez Amphitrite as a ketch-rigged liveaboard sailboat, 43 feet, with 138 built in France, an encapsulated fin keel and a skeg-hung rudder, and teak decking installed without screws.

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The owner says the transom is solid fiberglass all the way through where he drilled for his davit and swim platform mounts, and that he reinforced it further on the inside. The aft deck where the stays attach is also very thick solid glass.

repairs⚙ lifelines⚙ stanchions

The owner says the boat had short wire lifelines at about knee to thigh height, and that they had solid railings built in Trinidad, which he recommends to anyone with a similar boat because it feels much safer moving forward out of the cockpit.

warns⚙ generator

The owners' built-in generator is not working after salt water got into it on the way to Luperon and the piston seized, and the owner is working on repairing it.

discusses⚙ navigation electronics

The owner says the original built-in navigation displays are outdated and so far from the helm that you cannot read them while steering, so they navigate on an iPad and he plans to build a pod at the helm with the controls.

warns⚙ galley cabinetry

The owner says one galley cabinet was built with particle board, the only particle board in the boat, and it has water damage somewhere inside and will be replaced. He adds that "everything else on the boat is great".

warns⚙ deck fittings⚙ leaks

The owner removed the wood in the aft head area because of a water issue with one of the deck fittings. The leak was buried behind wood so he did not know it was leaking until the wood was damaged, and he is repairing the fitting and making new wood.

discusses⚙ engine⚙ generator

Machinery as described by the owner: a Perkins 4.154 diesel of 65 horsepower plus a diesel generator that had seawater damage and seized, not while running, which he is still working to free up.

recommends⚙ engine

The owner says the engine area is quite big and he can sit on top of the engine to work, with access from several panels, so you can get to every side but the bottom easily. He had the transmission rebuilt in Trinidad.