Saga 43 Shoal Draft

Pandora is very well equipped blue water sailing vessel ready for cruising with a full complement of instruments, communication and alternate power generating sources (solar, battery charger and high output alternator on main power plant).  This boat has everything needed to leave the dock and go cruising.

Popular layout with a Pullman main berth in master stateroom with memory foam on top of mattress, vanity and sink in forward head.  Two heads and three showers, one of the three showers is a cockpit shower.

43 feet long on deck, 12 foot beam, and 5’9” draft when loaded for cruising – additional factory ballast added by current owner. The 39 feet of waterline can approach an amazing 40’ when slightly heeled up underway and makes for a very fast 43' boat. The shallow draft option allows for cruising in the Bahamas, certain cruising areas in the U. S. and other parts of the world where deeper draft boats are often limited or cannot go.

The factory option radar arch by Klacko Marine (factory original) was added by current owner in 2011 and is an excellent platform for mounting solar panels, bimini, wind generator, radar, antennas and integrated dinghy davits.  The arch design flows smoothly into the sleek lines of the boat whether using the davits carrying the dinghy out of the water or folded into the lines of the arch when not in use.  The davits are barely visible unlike many davit systems when up and not in use. The ease of lifting a dingy out of the water using a single line to the power winch makes this davit system very useful and the common cruising chore of lifting and deploying the dinghy more easily accomplished in a moment.

• Radar arch with integrated SAGA original davit single line to power winch from Klacko Marine.  Added this feature but it was constructed by the same company that did all of the SAGA stainless construction.
• Keel shoe from Mars Metals added to shoal draft keel to improve performance done prior to taking delivery as it makes the boat considerably stiffer and perform better while only adding ¾” of draft. Raised the waterline accordingly to accommodate a fully loaded boat for cruising.
• 520 watts of solar, with “smart” regulator, with a 700ah gel house bank, for true “off the grid” electrical independence.  The panels are bolted directly to the bimini and are affixed to the side rails which make the entire structure quite rigid and secure.  
• Technautics refrigeration with large cold plate in separate deep freezer.  This is dedicated to the freezer which is kept at 10 degrees.  There is also a dedicated Nova-Cool unit for the refrigerator.  There are LED lights in both the freezer and refrigeration compartments.
• Expanded full width 8’ Harken jib traveler with Klacko custom hardware.  This makes the jib much more efficient.  To my knowledge, there are only two boats with this feature.
• Klacko stainless steel trim rings on fixed ports.  Without these custom rings, the fixed ports are prone to leaking.  It’s an important upgrade and there has never been a drop of water since their installation.
• Custom fiberglass holding tanks for added capacity made these out of fiberglass under the direction of a custom fiberglass company and larger than the original ones that SAGA installed.
• Mast and boom Awlgrip 2010.  The paint on the mast was a weak spot from SAGAs and any that have not had the mast repainted will need to.
• All standing rigging and lifelines replaced 2010.  This was done professionally in anticipation of more blue water sailing.  Not many owners replace standing rigging until they have a failure.
• Tides Marine custom rudder bearings and lip seal 2012. 
• Espar heater 2014.  There are outlets in the aft cabin, heads, forward stateroom and the main salon.  The thermostat is digital so you can set the temperature and the length of time you want it to run.  It’s brand new with very few hours of operation as it was only installed in August.
• Autoprop 3 blade self-pitching and feathering, September 2014.   This allows for about 15% better fuel economy than my Max Prop, and is amazingly smooth running.  With a clean bottom cruising speed, at less than one gallon per hour is 7.2kts at 2,000rpm and 8kts at 2,500rpm.
• Bottom taken down to bare gelcoat, two coats of Pettit epoxy barrier coat and two coats Pettit Trinidad antifouling, 2013.
• Custom aft cabin pantry.  Converted the aft hanging locker into a pantry and used varnished cherry throughout so that it would look just like the factory finishing elsewhere on the boat.
• Custom side panels and aft bug screen (2012)
• Isotherm high efficiency stainless steel 12 gal water heater.  Keeps water hot for 24 hours. (2011)
• All LED lighting including deck level and tricolor running lights.
• Red LED lights in aft head, galley and throughout main cabin.
• Cabin sole fully wooded and re-varnished (2009) 

  Over $50,000 in recent upgrades, not counting labor on many of the items installed to make PANDORA the best she can be.

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