1997 G44 Hull#11 “Belle Bateau”

Description

BELLE BATEAU is a 44′ aft cockpit, cutter-rigged sailboat with Forest Green Awlgrip. Designed and built in 1997 by Gozzard Yachts in Goderich, Ontario, BELLE BATEAU incorporates classic lines, modern interior, upgraded systems, and excellent sailing performance. Distinctive features include bow and stern thrusters; hydronic heating for cabin heat and hot water; 620 watts solar panels with MPPT controllers; fast, in-mast furling for main sail; macerating heads; hard-top bimini; and washer/dryer.

Boat Details

Make	Gozzard	Class	Cutter
Model	G44A Mk1	Year	1997
Name	Belle Bateau	Hull Number	11
Price	$290,000 USD	Boat Location	Annapolis, MD

Information and Features

Engine – 1997 Westerbeke 82B

Dimensions

Weights

Sail Areas

Concept

The G44 MK1 was first introduced in the 1990s. BELLE BATEAU has the innovative Gozzard 44 interior incorporating the convertible forward dinette area with the small table fixed and the large dining table stowed. These settees easily swing together to make a walk around queen berth with privacy provided via the hinged door and lift-able bulkhead section.

Tankage

• Fuel: 110 gallons
• Fresh Water: 110 gallons
• Water Heater: 11 gallons
• Waste: 50 gal. in fiberglass tank

Accommodations

The interior “A” layout incorporates a galley with island, a 2-seat dinette, two heads with a separate shower between, navigation station/work area, aft cabin, and a forward salon (living area) that converts to a centerline queen bed or a dining table that seats 7-8. Comfortable companionway stairs take you below.

Other features:

• The Interior is North American Cherry finished with satin varnish. All locker doors are louvered for ventilation. The cabin sole is solid teak and basswood and finished with high gloss urethane varnish. The cabin overhead is of gloss white fiberglass panels held in place by cherry battens.
• Innovative storage includes many purpose-built lockers, cabinets, drawers, and bins.
• A wine rack is tucked behind the port settee.
• All overhead and task lights are LED, with well-placed night lighting.

Ventilation:

• Companionway has hinged and sliding screens easily close to keep insects outside.
• Fourteen opening ports and two hatches, all screened, provide flow-through ventilation.

Galley

• A two-seat dinette is forward of the galley, with storage below and behind each seat.
• The galley includes an island with double stainless sinks, Seagull water filter.
• Front-loading fridge and top-loading freezer with acrylic see-through shelves.
• Panasonic microwave.
• Three-burner Force 10 stove/oven/broiler (2021).
• An innovative swing-out dish storage cabinet, and cabinets for flatware, utensils, pans, and spices.
• The island design provides multiple paths for access and serving buffet style.
• Propane locker with two 20lb tanks.

Deck

• Maxwell VWC-2200 windlass (new motor and solenoid 2022).
• Double anchor rollers with Rocna 73lb anchor with 225′ 5/16″ chain and Fortress 37lb anchor with 250′ 3/4″ line and 50′ 3/8″ chain.
• Phifertex vinyl mesh sunscreens for cockpit and hatches.
• Cockpit full enclosure.
• Cockpit cushions (2021).
• Sidepower 7HP bow thruster and Sidepower 8HP stern thruster.
• Seawater anchor wash.
• Freshwater anchor wash.
• 9′ Caribe RIB with 9.9 HP electric outboard.
• Dinghy davits.
• Magma propane grill mounted on transom.

Electronics and Navigation

• Raymarine e125 Multi-Function Display at Nav station and Raymarine e95 Multi-Function Display at helm.
• Raymarine P70 Autopilot controller
• Raymarine X30 Autopilot
• Raymarine i70 Color MFD (plus three i70s at companionway)
• ICOM M506 VHF and M506 CommandMic at helm
• ICOM M802 SSB, ICOM antenna tuner, Pactor 7400 modem, noise suppressor
• Tank Tender for fresh water and waste tanks
• Xintex S-2A propane solenoid control with fume detector
• Magnum ME-RC Charger/lnverter Controller and ME-BMK Battery Monitor
• Raymarine RD 418D 4kW Radar
• Raymarine AIS650 Class B transceiver
• Remote anchor windlass control
• Ritchie compass

Mechanical and Electrical

• Northern Lights 653M 7KW generator
• Magnum 125A Charger/3000W Pure Sine Wave Inverter
• Lifeline GPL-L16T AGM 400AH 6V (4) = 800AH
• Lifeline GPL-3100T AGM (4) for Engine Starting and Bow Thruster, with Blue Sea battery combiners at helm
• Eclectic D400 wind generator and regulator
• Six (6) solar panels totaling 620w 
• Victron MPPT 150/35 solar regulators (2)Enter text
• Edson steering system
• Wheel with cable steering
• Hydraulic autopilot
• Hehr Powerline 190A alternator
• Hurth transmission 2.74:1
• Aquadrive with softer engine mounts
• Dripless shaft seal
• Balmar MC-614 Max Charge regulators (2)
• Dual Racor fuel filter with vacuum gauge
• 16,000 BTU Ocean Marina reverse-cycle air conditioning unit
• 9,000 BTU Ocean Marine reverse-cycle air conditioning unit
• ITR diesel hydronic (hot water) heating system with four radiators and hot water tank manifold
• Dynaplate grounding plate
• Watermaker: AC, 30 GPH, untested
• Raritan Marine Elegance electric macerating heads (2)
• Jabsco macerator
• Splendide combo washer/dryer
• Clarion stereo radio/CD, aux inputs, and separate cabin and cockpit volume controls
• Insignia 12v 19″ flat screen TV/DVD player, folded into cabinet for storage
• Peplink cellular receiver and antenna

Sails and Rigging

• 100% new standing rigging 2023; 70% new running rigging 2023
• Main: 420sf North Sails
• Genoa: 840sf 120 North Sails
• Staysail: 120sf North Sails
• Gennaker and sock
• Sparcraft in-mast furling
• Boom brake
• Two Lewmar 54 electric self-tailing primary winches
• Lewmar 44 electric self-tailing cockpit fwd port
• Lewmar 44 self-tailing manual cockpit fwd stbd

Safety

• MOB
• Lifesling
• One manual bilge pump in cockpit
• Four automatic electric bilge pumps
• High water alarm
• Four adult orange life preservers

Construction and Exterior

The hull is molded from female production tooling. The laminate as with all Gozzard Yachts is a “sandwich” cored construction. The Lloyds-approved end grain Baltek Balsa core increases panel stiffness, strength, impact resistance, and sound/thermal insulation while maintaining an excellent weight to strength ratio.

All penetrations are solid FRP. Most of the weight saved by designing the cored laminate is then re-applied in extra skin thickness on either side of the core, making the laminate schedule, robust in the Gozzard tradition.

Marine-grade Vinyl-ester laminating resins are used in the hull laminate below the waterline. The hull laminate is constructed of knitted double-bias E-glass RM (0-90) and XM (45-45) cloth.

Additional reinforcing is utilized in the bow, trail-board, chain plate, mast step, and transom areas. The core material measures ¾” in thickness. It has a density of 6 pounds per cubic foot. The core is installed using both vacuum bagging and hand-laid techniques. The core runs from the cove stripe to approximately 10” from the centerline. The coring material is eliminated and replaced with a solid glass laminate in the areas of the sheer line, centerline, keel, rudderpost, and thru-hulls. The deck is finished with Cook “Buffback” Off-white gelcoat and is a molded FRP sandwich construction with ½”, ¾” and 1” Baltek Balsa core. In areas where equipment is to be installed, the coring material is eliminated creating a solid laminate. The outer and inner skins are built up to a thickness of approximately 1/4”. The deck flange is solid and built up to ½” in thickness. Extra reinforcing is added to the cleat, mast step, and winch attachment areas as well as high-stress areas and corners.

The hull deck joint is bedded in 3M 5200 and bolted on 6” centers with 5/16” Stainless Steel machine screws with locking (aircraft) nuts.

All main or structural bulkheads are glassed to the hull and later the deck before the interior trim work is installed. While some manufacturers install a grid-like structure with the cabin sole screwed down onto the tops, Gozzard Yachts prefers to use a closed grid structure by combining the floor and the stringer surfaces into assemblies. This not only makes the floor nice and solid underfoot it also compartmentalizes the areas you can not easily access normally. The center section is accessed with removable bilge panels to provide access to tanks and pumps.

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Exclusions

• All type 5 PFDs
• Three Senna headsets
• All binoculars
• Night-vision binoculars
• Range finder
• EPIRB
• LED Lanterns
• All personal clothing
• All CDs, DVDs, games
• All dishes, cups, mugs, flatware, pans
• All tools, tool cases, spare parts cases.

For more information and details contact Mike Gozzard at 519-524-2120 or mike@gozzard.com

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