1995 McConaghy RP79, EUR 800,000

NICE (ex CAPRICORNO) is a masterpiece of design and technology, transformed from a stripped-down racer into a luxurious, go-anywhere performance cruiser through her restyling by Nauta Design. This 78’ sailing thoroughbred combines a series of wins in some of the world’s most competitive regattas with a history of worldwide cruising.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

NICE (ex CAPRICORNO) began life as MORNING GLORY, a pure racing yacht and one of the first built in pre-preg carbon fibre. In her first life she built an outstanding pedigree, winning the Sydney-Hobart and the Cape Town-Rio races among many other prestigious regattas.

With both mast and rigging in carbon fibre, NICE also carries a set of 2021-22 North 3Di sails, a new bulb and a new rudder blade.

NICE has continued to be victorious in regattas ever since, having set a record at the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers in 2006 of 11 days and 5 hours, a time that stood unbeaten for many years. More recently she has won the Mini Maxi class in Sardinia in consecutive years, as well as the 2022 IMA Mediterranean Maxi Inshore Challenge.

In 2004/05 her then owner converted the originally spartan racing interior into a comfortable cruising configuration, while retaining much of the original character through the extensive use of composite materials, giving the interior a modern, contemporary feel. A further major refit followed in 2013, when the interior was completely renewed by Indiana Yacht on behalf of Nauta Design, and the yacht has continued to be refitted in 2019/20 and again in 2025 at Ice Yachts.

A rare combination of pedigree, pace and comfort, NICE is one of very few yachts on the market today able to offer both a record of world-class racing success and a genuine, well-equipped cruising interior.

NICE boasts many specification highlights including:-
Pre-preg carbon fibre construction finished in Awlgrip Matterhorn white
4.09m torpedo keel with steel fin
Carbon fibre rudder
Carbon fibre bowsprit
Yanmar 160hp diesel engine with shaft drive at Gori 3-bladed propeller
Cariboni hydraulics for rig
Hall Spars high modulus carbon fibre mast
Southern Spars carbon fire boom
Future Fibres carbon standing rigging
Cariboni hydraulic jib furler
Replaced Harken deck hydraulic and electric winch package - 2025
Mastervolt battery chargers and inverter
Kohler 13kw generator
Idromar 180lph watermaker
Garmin GNX repeaters
Raymarine GPS chart plotters with Furuno radar
B&G Hercules autopilot
B&G VHF
Icom SSB
Thrane & Thrane satellite phone system
3-cabin plus crew interior layout with owner’s cabin forward finished in white-painted composite with cherry and maple wood trims
Frigomar 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system
Multiple fridges and freezers
Gas stove with electric oven
NICE benefits from a survey summary from Studio Navale, 12th April 2024, confirming safety equipment complete and in date; onboard documents in date; overall general condition rated OTTIMO (excellent). RINA classification valid to 2026.

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RECENT RACE RESULTS:

2024 BARCOLANA: 3RD place overcall.
2024 151 Miglia 3rd in Maxi.
2025 BARCOLANA: 1st in cruising category at Barcolana (4th overall).
2025 Maxi at Portofino Regate di Primavera 2nd place.
2025 2nd place at 151 Miglia.
2026 Regate di Portofino 3rd place.
2026 1st at the 151 Miglia in Maxi group.


SPECIFICATIONS
CONSTRUCTION

Hull, Deck and Superstructure Construction:
Pre-preg carbon fibre hull construction
Hull colour: AWLGRIP Matterhorn white
Composite deck construction with teak laid in the cockpit
Deck colour: Matterhorn white gloss and non-skid finish

Keel & Rudder:
Steel fin keel with 2% antimony lead bulb, CNC machined 2022
New rudder blade 2021-22

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:
Yanmar 4LHA-HTP 4-cylinder turbo-charged, intercooled 160hp (113kw) marine diesel - 2010
Shaft drive gearbox
Freshwater cooled engine.
Single lever engine control

Service & Maintenance:
Engine hours – approx. tbc.
Date of last engine service – May 2026

Propulsion & Steering:
3-bladed Gori folding propeller with overdrive – 2022
2-bladed Gori folding propeller – 2026
Stainless steel propeller shaft - 2022
Twin wheel steering with carbon wheels and custom carbon helm pedestals
Emergency tiller connection on the deck.

Autopilot:
B&G Hercules autopilot on Marsili CL0-78-B-Y/1-420/80° drive unit

Hydraulics:
Cariboni hydraulics with PTO on generator and electric pump, 80-litre reservoir – serviced yearly and fully functional

ELECTRIAL SYSTEMS

Voltage systems:
24vDC primary domestic system with 12vDC starting circuit and 220v AC via shorepower, generator or inverter.

Battery Banks:
4x 200Ah/24vDC Zenith batteries for services – 2024
2x Optima 120Ah engine and generator starting batteries

Charging / Inverter:
● 2x 24vDC/100Amp Mastervolt battery chargers
● 24vDC/2,500W Mastervolt inverter

Generator:
● 13kW Kohler generator, 60Amp, PTO connected – 2010

Alternators:
12vDC/24VDC engine mounted alternator

Other Electrical:
220vAC shore power system

PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS

Fresh Water:
The hot freshwater circuit is led into 2x well-insulated Frigomar hot water tanks, heated by engine or 230v AC immersion heater element
24vDC pressure pumps

Watermaker:
Idromar MC3-J watermaker – approx. 180 litres per hour output

Bilge Pumps:
2x Gianneschi centralised bilge pump systems
1,000 gallons/hour Jabsco submersible independent pumps in each bilge compartment

TANKAGE

Fuel:
Approx 1,150 litres fuel capacity in 2x 540 stainless steel tanks plus 150 litre day tank

Fresh Water:
Approx 1,200 litres fresh water capacity in 4x stainless steel tanks

Holding Tanks:
Approx 250 litres black water holding tank
Approx 300 litres grey water holding tank

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

Navigation Equipment:
Raymarine C70 GPS/chartplotter/radar, interfaced with B&G instruments
Furuno Navnet 1823-bb radar
7x Garmin GNX repeaters, 2x GMI multicolour displays
FaRo processor (speed, log, depth, wind, wind angle)
Airmar sounder sensor interfaced to FaRo
2x Sunto steering compasses, plus Precision 9 compass
PC interfaced with GPS at the chart table

Communications Equipment:
B&G V100 VHF radio with DSC, on-deck headset H60
Icom IC-M710 MF/HF SSB marine transceiver
Thrane & Thrane satellite telephone

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:
Alpes Inox stove with 4 gas burners, extractor hood and oven with electric grill
Microwave/grill oven
1x vertical fridge (60x60x70cm) + 1x horizontal fridge (45x45x45cm)
1x vertical freezer (60x60x50cm)
Refrigeration compressors: 1x24V + 1x220V (Frigomar)
Double twin stainless steel sinks

Heads:
3x Tecma 24vDC electric fresh water heads

HVAC:
39,000 BTU Frigomar 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning with 5 fan coils and independent thermostat, serving all cabins and the saloon

Entertainment:
DVD player
Car-stereo system in owner’s cabin, dinette and both aft cabins, with 4 speakers in the dinette and 2 in the cockpit beside the steering pedestals
Water-resistant speakers in the cockpit

ACCOMMODATION

Summary of Accommodation:
4 cabins in total: Owner’s cabin forward, two twin guest cabins and a pullman cabin aft of the saloon (3 guest cabins for up to 6), plus 1 crew cabin aft for up to 2 crew with a separate entrance
3 heads with shower

Accommodation Finish:
Composite furniture, white faired and painted, with cherry solid-wood fiddles
Composite floorboards veneered in cherry wood with maple white accent stripes, varnished transparent
Removable covers for settee seats in the saloon and owner’s cabin
Interiors completely renewed by Indiana Yacht on behalf of Nauta Design in 2013

Accommodation layout from Forward:

Owner’s cabin forward: king-size double berth to port with a sofa to starboard, hanging lockers both port and starboard; ensuite owner’s head forward with a separate stall shower
Saloon aft of the owner’s cabin: U-shaped dinette to port with table and 2 chairs seating up to 8 guests, a comfortable sofa to starboard, bookshelves both port and starboard, LCD screen and DVD player, chart table with communication, navigation and entertainment centre
Galley to port, aft of the saloon: 4-burner stove with oven and microwave, extraction, double twin stainless steel sinks inboard, refrigerators, freezers, hanging lockers and lockers under Corian countertops
To starboard, aft of the saloon and chart area: a pullman cabin with upper/lower berths and lockers, sharing a head and shower with one of the twin cabins aft
Two near-identical twin cabins aft, with separate twin berths and vanity tables; the port guest cabin has an ensuite head with shower via a deck hatch
On the centreline, a functional engine room houses the main machinery and systems
Crew area aft: 1 crew cabin with separate entrance

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:
2005 Hall Spars carbon H-Modulus mast (clear painted), keel-stepped, 3 spreaders
Single backstay and runners (cruising configuration) or twin backstay, checkstay and deflector (racing configuration)
Southern Spar carbon fibre boom (black painted 2026)
Mainsail track and batt-cars on mast by Harken
Future Fibers solid carbon standing rigging (2013)
Dyneema running rigging
Cariboni hydraulic jib furler
Mast removable for cruising
Cariboni vang cylinder and jib halyard; Cariboni hydraulic panel for baby stay, forestay, backstay, outhaul, vang and hydraulic winches
All deck equipment by Rostan/Winmar/Harken

Winches:
2x Harken 50.2 Self Tailing 2 speed racing winches
1x Harken 1111.3 Self Tailing three speed hydraulic winch
2x Harken 990.3 Self Tailing Three speed hydraulic winches
2x Harken 111.3 Top Cleating Racing hydraulic winch one left and one right
2x Harken 990.3 Self Tailing Three speed electric winches
2x Harken 65.3 Self Tailing Three speed winches

Sails (all by North Sails):
Cruising Spectra full-batten mainsail with 2 reefs, pin head
Spectra furling cruising jib
Spectra furling J4 staysail
Dacron storm jib
2022 square-top mainsail, 1 reef, carbon 3Di, bigger head
2x light jib, carbon 3Di (2020-22)
2x medium jib, carbon 3Di Helix (2020-22)
1x 2020 heavy jib, carbon 3Di
A1 gennaker (2021)
2x A1.5 gennaker (2020-22)
A2 gennaker (2021)
A4 gennaker (2021)
A0 gennaker, carbon 3Di Helix (2021)
Genoa staysail, furling (2022)
A4 North (2025)
J1 North (2025)
Millennium ARXE Ocean Full Carbon Main Sail – 2026
Millennium Windseeker – 2026

General:
Carbon fibre gangway, foldable, 2.20m max length – new 2021
Foldable cockpit table, seating up to 10 guests comfortably
Solimar folding mooring cleats
Lewmar low-profile hatches
Spinlock/Ubi Maior padeyes

Anchoring & Mooring:
Maxwell 4000 hydraulic windlass (2,000W) – inspected OK, April 2024
48kg CQR anchor with 90m of 14mm chain
Carbon telescopic anchor arm

Covers, Cushions & Canvas:
Sprayhood in Sunbrella fabric, transparent to forward and sides
Aft-exit sprayhood in Sunbrella
Sun awning for the cockpit

SAFETY EQUIPMENT:

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.

Lifesaving:
2x 10-person liferaft valises, stored in a dedicated on-deck compartment
Lifejackets
Heavy weather safety lines

Fire Control:
Centralised fire-extinguisher system in the engine room, with remote control in the cockpit
Halon fire extinguishers in: aft guest cabins, starboard guest cabin, owner’s cabin, saloon


VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Lying La Spezia, Italy

Available to view strictly by appointment

Office Hours Mon- Fri 0900 – 17.00
Saturday by prior appointment

For more information or to arrange a viewing please contact us.

Please Note: Due to the varying locations of our yachts, your travel time and the distances that may be involved, we recommend that you only make arrangements to view if you are actively considering purchase.

Lead Broker: Michele Antonini – Grabau International (Italia)
Tel: +39 333 74 89 281
Email: #######@grabauinternational.com