1989 Henze Simpson 1201, EUR 119,000

Full details, pictures, inventory and story at https://zoe-catamaran.punkrats.com
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UPDATE: We lowered the price because we want to sail back to the Tuamotus and don't like to leave Zoë alone in Tahiti with a broker. 119,000 EUR is what we paid for her. After inflation and about 100,000 EUR in upgrades and work, her real value is more than double. If you want a very good boat, please don't hesitate to contact me.

For almost nine years Zoë has been home to our family of six, and she carried us 20,000 nautical miles from Greece to French Polynesia, the finest cruising ground we have ever found. Our four children are growing fast and we have found a bigger boat, so it is time to pass her on.

She was built professionally in 1989 by the renowned Henze boatyard in Germany, in wood and epoxy: 3 cm cedar strip-planked hulls and a plywood deck. Light, strong, genuinely fast, and easy to sail even single-handed.

Highlights:
• 42 x 21 ft, shallow 3.3 ft draft
• Rebuilt to true bluewater standard in 2024-26.
• Mainsail and Genoa in heavy Hydranet, very good condition
• Gennaker and 2 Spinnakers
• Fully self-sufficient: 2000 W solar, 800 Ah LiFePO4, 3000 W Victron inverter, 70 L/h watermaker
• 2 x 54 hp diesels on saildrives with self-pitching Autoprops
• 3 double cabins + a single, electric head, washing machine, keel-cooled freezer, induction galley
• Garmin instruments, radar, autopilot, AIS, VHF

Zoë is stronger, faster and far better built than a production catamaran of the same size, and far longer-lived: a 2020 production boat will not still be crossing oceans in 37 years. We keep her in the very best shape and everything aboard works.

She lies in Tahiti, freshly antifouled and mostly renovated. As you can see on the pictures, the cabins still need some paint. But we cannot spend more time on that as we have to get our new boat ready to sail.

More details at https://zoe-catamaran.punkrats.com