KENNEX 445 (13.50 m) – 1992
Price: €185,000 22,08 MCFP
Nice catamaran, high-performing, convivial, and very well built (no osmosis declared since the origin of this type of boat)
General Characteristics:
- Year of construction: 1992
- Length: 13.50 m
- Overall length: 13.50 m
- Waterline length: 12.80 m
- Beam (max): 7.4 m
- Draft: 1.2 m
- Material: PVC foam sandwich, vacuum-infused, carbon reinforcement
- Light displacement: 7.6 tons
- Loaded displacement: max 12.6 tons
- Rig type: sloop
- Engine: 2 Yanmar 39 HP engines, year 2001
- Home port: JERSEY
- Papeetised in 2008 upon purchase
Accommodations
4 double cabins + 1 single berth in each forward hull, totaling 10 berths.
Construction and History
Sailing boat made of PVC foam sandwich, vacuum-infused, carbon reinforcement built in 1992 by the shipyard Aquitaine Multicoques, Mérignac according to the plans of the renowned multihull designers Marc Van Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prévost.
Complete refit upon purchase in 2008: electrical wiring, cabinetry, kitchen, exterior paint, exterior deck,
Additions:
- solar panel support frame,
- rigid bimini with rainwater collection system replacing the original bimini
4 successive owners, Navigation area: Pacific Ocean / French Polynesia since 2008
Reason for sale: current owners are elderly and can no longer enjoy the boat
Rigging
- Rigging partially redone about ten years ago
- Original mast and spreaders
- Cosmetic condition of the mast: Good condition
- Boom and topping lift: original and in good condition
- Condition of the gooseneck: good condition
- Mainsail: redone in 2024
- Genoa: recent
- Spinnaker: very good condition
- Gennaker: recent
Propulsion
- 2 Yanmar 39 HP engines, year 2001, very few hours
- Condition of the shafts: good condition
- Volvo joints 2008
- Propeller: recent Kiwi prop
- Fuel tank capacity: 2 x 200 Liters of diesel
Anchoring
- Rocna anchor
- Secondary anchor: same: N/C
- Other: CQR anchor
Comfort
- 2 freshwater tanks of 400 Liters each
- Sink: 2 basins
- Electric pumps for all sinks and washbasins
- Stove: Yes
- Refrigerator: Yes
- Shower(s): 4 interior (one in each of the 4 bathrooms) + 1 exterior on the aft platform
- Toilets, number, type: 1 electric toilet and 2 manual toilets
Electricity
- Service battery: 4 batteries of 110 Ah each
- Engine battery: 1 battery of 80 Ah for each of the 2 engines
- Windlass: Yes, electric
- Alternator(s): boosted alternators
- Solar panels: 1 panel of 500 A
- Battery charger
- Generator
- Inverters
- 4 fans: one in each double cabin
Electronics and Navigation Instruments
- VHF: 1 portable VHF, 1 fixed VHF
- GPS: Furuno
- Autopilot: Autohelm
- Wind vane: Yes
- Radar: Yes, but never used
- Iridium
- Multifunction displays
- 2 Compasses
- 1 Barometer
Dinghy
- Dinghy: New in 2023, length 3 meters
- Outboard motor: 15 HP Mercury, new in 2023
Safety
- Liferaft: end of service life
- Life jackets
- Personal locator beacon: to be reviewed
- Extinguishers – flares – harnesses – life jackets etc.: Yes, to be reviewed
- Bilge pumps? Yes, 4 exterior bilge pumps + 1 in each of the 4 interior showers
Miscellaneous
- Everything is in place and in good condition
- Fishing, diving equipment
- Last haul-out: FEBRUARY 2025
Strengths
Regular maintenance of all equipment, ready to be used
