$229,900
Dana Point, California
Category
Sailboats
Length
48'
Posted Over 1 Month
1987 Hans Christian TRADITIONAL 48 CUTTER SAIL
WE ARE AT 229,900 DOLLARS, OWNER WANTS TO SELL, TRY US WITH AN OFFER THAT IS SOMEWHAT REASONABLE. THIS YEAR BEFORE HE DESIDES TO KEEP IT. call me to find out why this is one of the finest world cruisiers built.
PUCALLFcLISHED JANUARY 2015
The Hans Christian 48 is a timeless design, certain trends come and go, but the traditional beauty, the combination of old world craftsmanship and modern technology, the heavy sea performance and lighter air capability, all go together to make up one of the finest cruising yachts that the past years have produced. These hand laid hulls, with encapsulated ballast, altered forefoot for ease of tacking, high weather deck bulwarks that protect you in times you need protection. The "GOOD NIGHT MOON" is a yacht that has had true love and care by owners that know and appreciate what the proper yacht husbandry can mean when you are a thousand miles from nowhere.
THE HANS CHRISTIAN YARD IS STILL OPERATING IN 2015 BUT PRODUCING ONLY THE NEW HALLMARK 480, THE 48 TRADITIONAL, AND THE 41 TRADITIONAL. THE RUMORED SALE ENDED UP JUST A RUMOR SINCE THE OWNERS OF PANTAWEE MARINE DECIDED TO KEEP BUILDING THE LINE WITH THE ADVENT OF THE NEW HANS CHRISTIAN EUROPE. THIS ADDED A BETTER BALANCE OF VOLUME INCLUDING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, A TOTAL NEW MARKET FOR THESE YACHTS. .
"GOOD NIGHT MOON" has not seen a high degree of cruising water under her keel. But she has seen enough to say she is fully tried and all deficiencies have been overcome. The one problem with the 48T is the exceptional cut away in the fore foot sections of the vessel. Actually, when Scott Sprague designed this boat, the question came "should we follow the Perry long fin design with skeg hung rudder. After considerable thought, the feeling became that by cutting the forefoot away and leaving the full sections of the keel won the argument. These boat power into a tack with considerable force making them as quick of the lighter long fin peers. Yet, the prop is protected, the sections in the aft stations offer more support, or as we call them, high bustle areas which eliminate a great deal of the hobbyhorsing found in the more pointed double ended yachts. In reality, this is a true canoe or even a knuckle stern. As the bow raises, the reciprocal action is dampened by the bustle sections in the after sections.
The one downside of this is that when docking in fast tide flows, or excessive wind, the bow falls off quickly. The arrival of the bow thruster quickly overcame this problem and turned into a blessing for many of us who love the 48T. It is also a great steering device if you ever lost
