5 years ago I made my dream come true to live on a ship, a ship you can travel far away with and at the same time live comfortable.I wanted the freedom to be able to live on the sea and the freedom to be able to move/travel to where I wanted and all that I did get with the ship Stella Polaris!!
After having lived and really enjoyed the time 5 years aboard, it is now time to search for another ship together with my girlfriend, so therefore Stella Polaris is for sale.
Stella Polaris is built in the netherlands 1981 and was used as a fishing trawler in the North Sea until 2005, when the previous owners bought her, unmounted all fishing equipment, painted her and built a 25-30 square meter modernly equipped apartment in the former cooling room. The apartment has all ameninities like fully equipped kitchen in combination with a living room, bathroom/toilet with bathtub/shower and a bedroom with a doublebed.
In the stern resides the oroginal living space that the former fishing crew was living in when the ship was used as a fishing vessel, and holds a steering house, kitchen, 4+1 berths, shower, toilet, hallway. This separate living space is prepared for renting out via AirBnB for instance.
In the bow under the "hood" resides a big storage space and in addition a space below for even more storage alternatively if one wants to create another room in front of the bedroom.
Stella Polaris has a trade certificate A(50) which means she is allowed to travel anywhere as lonog as beeing up to 50 nm from a coastline. Most other pleasure ships above 24 meters have a "lower" certificate meaning they can not leave the archipelagos or can stay just ooutside the coastline in only small waves. Stella Polaris can handle more sea waves than probably the crew normally can handle, and there is a big fuel capacity which makes her a perfect explorer yacht.
Stella Polaris is very comfortable living on at the dock, but as stated above, she has a big potential for longer cruises as having a range of approx 4400 nautical miles at cruising speed.
The ships is well equipped regarding the navigation equipmen, in most cases in a higher class than more conventional user market nav equipment in smaller boats, see the equipment list.
The ships condition is good, hull thickness is very good.
Most of the pictures are from 2020 just before I moved in with my furniture and items, but nothing is really changed regarding stationary installed furniture or other things, so they are still representative.
GENERAL
Type: North Sea Cutter
Dimensions: 24.95 x 5.80 x 2.7 m.
Casco: steel
Structure: steel welded
Motor: Caterpillar 3412, 660 hp.
Construction year:1981
Designer: Eurocotter
Builder hull :Hylkema Hoogezand
Frame shape :round bilge
Keel shape: keel beam
Building material: steel welded
Scots :various watertight bulkheads
Displacement : GT 107, NT 32
Ballast : concrete
Finishing hull : Hoekman Urk
Deck : steel with epoxy coating
Wheelhouse : steel
Steering : hydraulic Auto / joystick / manual
Air draft : approx. 12 m.
Last hull survey : 2020 on land, 2023 via diver
Maintenance of interior and exterior : good
Shore connections 3 phase 400 V.
Sailing area: Trade certificate A(50)
INTERIOR
Layout stern: toilet, hall, kitchen/mess room, accommodation, shower, wheelhouse.
Layout foreship: living room /master bedroom / bathroom with bath / modern kitchen with all amenities
Cabins : 2
Berths and sleeping places: 7 (4 below aft, 1 in the wheelhouse and 2 in the double bed in the master bedrom)
Paneling / Interior material : div. sheet material, aft cabin teak
Headroom: 2 m.
Heating: Kabola CV.
Kitchen & Galley : kitchen island with stainless steel extractor, built-in microwave, oven, fridge freezer, dishwasher, wall cupboards
Galley in the stern with cupboards
Cooker & Stove : Gas (stern)/ halogen (foreship)
Refrigerators : 2
Freezers: 2
Water system :hydrophore pressurized
Warm water : electrical boiler approx. 90 ltr.
Showers : 2 pieces (with bathtub in foreship)
Toilet (s) : 2
Washbasins ; 2
Drinking water tank: 3000 ltr.
Waste water tank : prepared
Insulation : rock wool and tempex
Comments: Freezer / washer / dry machine in the storage foreship
ENGINES
Make :Caterpillar 3412
Year of construction :1995
Power Hp : 660 hp.
Cylinders : 12
Maximum speed :approx. 8-9 knots
Cruising speed : 7 knots
Fuel consumption main engine: approx 30 l / h (cruising speed)
Gearbox : Reintjes gearbox
Cooling : box cooling
Tachometer : present
Oil pressure gauge : present
Temperature gauge : present
Engine hours: 55140
Fuel: diesel
Fuel tanks : approx 18,000 ltr+ 2700 ltr.
Propeller: 4 blade bronze (2002)
ELECTRICAL
Voltage : 400/230/24/12 V.
Batteries : separate for starting (4 Optima) and domestic use (2 Victron Deep Cycle 240 Ah). Emergency battery for VHF radio and AIS (2 Victron AGM)
Dynamos/alternators: present (one on main engine and one hydraulic driven)
Shore power: 3-phase 400V with ground fault protection
Isolation transformer: present rated for approx 20kVA
Battery chargers: 2 new Victron 24V /25 A chargers+ spare Victron 24V / 50 Ah
Battery control/monitoring system: Victron Cerbo-GX
Battery display panel: Victron GX Touch 50
Current shunt: Victron 500A
Inverters: several
Voltmeter : present
Ampere meter : present
Generator: Volvo Penta D42A 45 KVA
Solar panels: 2x360 W (24V) with Victron regulator
Windmill: 24V 600 W with regulator
NAVIGATION
Compass : present
Satellite compas: Furuno SC-50
AIS: Furuno FA-150 (Class A)
Echosounder /fishfinder: Furuno FCV-627
Log & Speedometer : present via Furuno units
Radio/stereo: present
Navtex receiver: Debeg 2900
VHF: 4 radios (Debeg 6322 class A, Shipmate RS8000, Debeg 6410D1 with ATIS, Sailor 2048)
MF/HF radio: Sailor compact HF SSB RE2100
Plotter: PC based with screen
Radars. Furuno FR8050DA (X-band, 5kW monocrome) and Furuno FR2110 (X-band, 10 kW 20 inch color high resolution )
Autopilot : Robertson AP45
Rudder indicator : present
Navigation Lights / Position lamps: according to regulations
Floodlights: 1 movable, 2 fixed
Barometer : present
Clock :present
GPS: Furuno GP-32
DECK EQUIPMENT
Anchor (s) : clip anchor + reserve
Windlass: hydraulic with 80 meter chain
Cranes: load boom (hydraulic wire hoist and for sideways movement, manual for boom hoist), hydraulic crane on aft cockpit roof
SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND VARIOUS
Life raft : 12 pers
Lifebuoys: 4
Emergency flares: present
Bilge pump (s): present
Extractor fan in engine room: present
Fire extinguishers: 8 handheld + Gas system in engine room
Gas bottle locker (drained): present