Is EU VAT paid on the yacht?

VAT status is being confirmed with the owner — please ask when you enquire and we will give you a clear answer.

Where is the yacht lying?

Her current location is confirmed on enquiry.

Is a survey available?

Ask when you enquire; any available survey documentation will be shared with a serious buyer.

Can the yacht be delivered?

Delivery can be discussed. She is a capable passage-maker under her own sail.

Can I view the yacht?

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How much maintenance does a steel hull need?

A well-coated steel hull is maintained on a predictable cycle and, kept up, lasts for decades. What you see is what you have — there is no hidden core to fail.

Van de Stadt Design · Steel round-bilge · 2006

Van de Stadt “Madeira” 44

A 13.50 m steel round-bilge bluewater sloop, built under Germanischer Lloyd survey.

Asking from €200,000 · negotiable

Send an enquiry See the specifications

Not another production 44

A round-bilge steel hull built to Germanischer Lloyd survey is a different proposition from a moulded GRP cruiser turned out to a price.

The weight sits where it should: 4.6 tonnes of ballast under a heavy-displacement hull that carries its way through a seaway and looks after the people aboard.

She was built once, properly, by a yard working to a classification society — and a steel hull hides nothing behind a gelcoat.

Bow quarter view of the round-bilge steel hull on its cradle, showing the hull form and bow pulpit.

Key figures

13.50 m Length overall (LOA)
4.20 m Beam
1.95 m Draft
14.30 t Displacement
4.60 t Ballast
6 Berths

Metric. Full imperial values on the specifications page.

Design & rig

The Madeira 44 is drawn as a proper passage-maker: a fractional rig that a couple can handle, over a hull with the displacement to keep going when the wind gets up.

7/8 fractional rig with a large full-batten mainsail and a high-aspect jib — quick to trim, quick to reef.
A wider shroud base gives the mast better support and a calmer rig under load on a long passage.
Sail handling is sized for short-handed sailing: you do not need a full crew to get the best from her.

The Madeira 44 sailing at dusk, crew at the helm under the bimini.

General arrangement

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01 Owner's cabin

Forward cabin with a double berth, private heads and shower, and 2.04 m of headroom.

Headroom 2.04 m · Berths 2
02 Forward heads

Private heads and shower for the owner's cabin.
03 Saloon

Large, well-lit main cabin with 1.97 m headroom, generous windows and convertible berths.

Headroom 1.97 m · Berths 2
04 Galley

Sea-going galley: two-burner propane–butane cooker with oven, 65 l refrigerator, double sink and extractor.
05 Chart table

A dedicated navigation station within reach of the companionway.
06 Wet area

Set by the companionway so heads, chart table and galley are all reachable in foul-weather gear.
07 Engine space

Insulated compartment housing the 100 HP Yanmar diesel and the generator.
08 Starboard deep locker

A deep locker sized for a generator, dive compressor or heater.
09 Aft cabin

A second double cabin aft, with 2.04 m of headroom.

Headroom 2.04 m · Berths 2
10 Transom platform

Folding swim platform in the transom, with stowage for the life-raft.

Below decks

Owner's cabin forward with a private heads and shower; a large, well-lit saloon; generous windows, hatches and ventilation throughout. The interior is joined in solid mahogany.

The wet area sits by the companionway, so the heads, chart table and galley are all within reach in foul-weather gear — the layout of a boat meant to be used offshore, not just admired at the dock.

The main saloon looking forward, with solid mahogany joinery, blue settees and a drop-leaf table.

Systems & navigation

A full offshore inventory, from a 100 HP Yanmar to a complete Simrad electronics suite.

Interior

Interior in solid mahogany

Propulsion & manoeuvring

Main engine: Yanmar · 100 HP
Generator: Vetus · 4 kW
Bow thruster: Vetus · 80 kgf

Climate & water

Heater: Webasto Air Top · 3.5 kW
Calorifier: 55 l
Hydrophore: 12.5 l/min
Natural cork insulation
Hot & cold pressurised water

Electrical

Electrical system: 12 / 24 / 230 V
Inverter: Studer Compact 2324

Galley

Refrigerator: 65 l
Microwave: 20 l · 220 V
Extractor fan: 220 V
Propane–butane two-burner cooker with oven
Double sink

Navigation & deck

Steering: Simrad · hydraulic
Autopilot: Simrad · dual-station
Radar / chartplotter: Simrad CR 40 · 4 kW
Instruments: Simrad SDT 2
VHF: Simrad RD68 · ATIS
Deck hardware: Lewmar
Hatches & portlights: Lewmar
Teak cockpit

Construction & certification

The hull is round-bilge steel, built under the supervision of Germanischer Lloyd and insulated with natural cork.

She carries CE and EURO 1 certification. Kept up, a steel hull of this kind gives decades of service — and unlike a cored GRP deck, what you see is what you have.