2004 St Francis 44 MK II

This St Francis 44 MK II was custom made in South Africa and sailed to Georgetown, Bahamas by the first owners who then dropped the anchor and used her as a floating condo for 4 years, putting 500 hours on the engines charging batteries and heating water.

The second owner purchased her in 2008 in Florida and equipped her with all new Raymarine electronics, watermaker, batteries and installed a custom rub rail.   She spent every hurricane season in Rio Dulce.  In 2010 they did an extensive $55K outfitting in preparation of an Atlantic voyage.  This included the custom hardtop bimini, full enclosure, Isolation transformer, wind generator, upgraded to 50A shore power, new bottom with barrier coat and bottom paint and serviced all systems. She then travelled to Turkey and the Med and back to Florida after completing their dream cruise.

The third owners purchased her in 2013 with 1400 hours on the engines and continued to update for comfortable cruising.   Additional captain seat added in cockpit, fresh awlgrip paint on deck, new sails, batteries, etc.   They cruised her for 5 years in the Bahamas and Eastern Caribbean using her during the winter months of January - March and storing her on the hard for the other 9 months. She had been maintained to a high standard and was listed for ale in Fort Pierce, FL.

The current owner since 2019 is very experienced having cruised between New England and the Southern cruising grounds on his prior yachts. With plans to extensively cruise the St Francis, he invested over $100K in upgrades for cruising safety and reliability including new standing rigging, running rigging, saildrives, full electronics package, trampoline, heads, (4) thru-hulls, (3) seacocks, new bottom paint, complete compound, wax, and detailing before sailing her north to Mystic, CT in the spring of 2020. He told me it was his fastest and most comfortable trip north ever. A change in life-plans requires him to take a break from sailing and he is now offering this St. Francis for sale.        

• She is well equipped for living aboard and comfortable cruising
• 3 stateroom, 2 head layout
• Generous salon and navigation station 
• Panoramic windows
• V shaped settee with Water Buffalo leather salon couch
• Custom hi-gloss finish dining table with storage underneath 2008
• Navigation station
• Teak and carpet flooring
• Cherrywood interior cabinets
• Easy to maintain fiberglass interior finish
• Double sided galley down in port hull
• Large pantry and utility room, port aft
• Study complete with desk, shelves and cupboards, port fwd
• (2) Queen extra long berths, port and starboard fwd
• Hanging lockers and storage
• (1) 3/4 berth with upholstered bench and cabinets, stbd aft
• Library bookshelves and cabinets, stbd hull
• Master head features a sitz bath tub and shower in starboard fwd hull
• Second head and shower port aft
• Interior lighting
• 20 Lewmar opening hatches and ports
• (2) Escape hatches
• 5 Cabin fans

• Double sided galley down in port hull
• Large pantry and storage room
• Deep top loading, well insulated Freezer
• Vitrofrigo Refrigerator
• Force 10 Propane Stove/Oven/Broiler
• (3) Fiberglass propane tanks
• SS double sink
• Formica countertops

• (2) Yanmar diesel 27hp each engines located midship and inboard of each hull
• 2300 hours each
• SD25 Saildrives New 2019 with 2 bladed props
• Cruise 7 knots, Max 8 knots
• (2) 50 gallon fuel tanks built into the hulls
• (2) 50 gallon water tanks built into the hulls
• Village Marine 10 gph watermaker, 2008
• (2) 16,000 btu reverse cycle air conditioning, 2010
• Isotherm 7 gal hot water heater, engine exchanger
• One manual head new 2019
• One manual head New 2019 and 35 gal holding tank
• (4) Automatic bilge pumps
• (2) Manual bilge pumps
• Extensive inventory of  spares

• New Standing Rigging 2019
• New Running Rigging 2019
• Doyle Mainsail, 2013, fully battened and 3 reef points
• Harken batt cars
• New Mainsheet Blocks
• Stack pack with lazy jacks
• Harken roller furler
• Doyle Genoa, 2014
• Quantum asymetrical spinaker, 2010
• Lewmar traveller
• Aluminum mast and boom
• Boom vang
• Bridge clearance 62'
• (2) Lewmar 52 ST two speed winches
• Lewmar 40 ST two speed winch

• New Trampoline 2019
• Custom Fiberglass Hardtop bimini, 2010
• Full enclosure and privacy shades
• Captain seat at helm
• 2nd Captain seat added to port, 2013
• Cockpit table
• Cockpit cushions
• Stern Arch with dingy davits
• Swim Platform
• Adventure Marine dingy cradle
• 12' AB RIB Dingy, 2008
• 15hp Yamaha outboard, 2008
• Lofrans Tigress windlass
• New Spade anchor
• New Bow roller and strike plate
• New 400' 3/8" G4 chain
• New Bridle of 5/8" 8 strand plait
• Fortress FX23 
• 8" Lewmar deck cleats
• (2) Bow pulpit seats
• Lifeline and stanchions
• Trampolines
• Magma grill, 2014
• Deck shower with hot water
• Lines and fenders
• Top deck was alwgripped, 2013

New 2019 Raymarine Electronics Package includes:

Axiom Pro9 Hybridtouch Multifunction displays at helm and nav station

i70 MFDs for speed, depth, log, etc at helm, mate station, and nav station 

p70 Autopilot control panels at helm and nav station

Quantum II Radar

i60 Wind and i60 tridata at helm

AIS750 AIS system

Speed

Depth

VHF

Compass

Legacy electronics include: 

ICom HF Marine IC-M802 SSB, AT-140 tuner and insulated lower stay. Dynaplate grounding system 

Icom VHF IC-M506 with HM-195 CommandMic at helm

Stand alone Raymarine RN300 GPS system display at nav station

Pioneer stereo

• (6) Trojan T105 (630 AHrs)
• (4) Kyocera solar panels (390 watts total)
• Air X wind generator (not charging, likely needs wiring checked)  
• Vitron 2000 Inverter/charger
• Link 10 battery monitor
• Acme isolation transformer
• Dual 50 amp alternators, 1 new 2018
• Both US 110V and European 220V shore power
• 50' 50 amp 
• 6 electrical outlets

• Drogue
• Medical kit
• Ditch kit
• Flares, strobes, fog horn
• Life vests