THE MANDARIN 52 base price includes delivery to the U.S. east or west coast, custom's duty paid, commissioning and full warranty is $625,000. Any sales tax or VAT will be the buyer's responsibility.

The wholesale factory delivery price, with limited warranty, is U.S.$525,000. There is absolutely no tax here on these boats. When, perhaps at the end of your cruise, you permanently import a vessel into a country than there may be custom's duties and possibly sales tax or VAT due.

My company, Seahorse Marine, has been building passagemakers at our factory in Zhuhai, China, for 21 years. We mainly sell our vessels directly to the end user providing a fine product at great savings. Build time is around 12 months for the Mandarin 52, depending on suppliers, current orders and weather.

The Mandarin 52 foot motorsailer (50' + a 2' swim/dive/boarding platform) is my favorite passagemaker. I seem to be building more power-only trawler yachts lately. But, personally I have never figured out why people want to rely on mechanical devices in the middle of the ocean while throwing away a wind equaling their boat speed, which they paid for - and than worrying about fuel??

The Mandarin is a full keel no nonsense motorsailer, 52' LOA with a 56' mast. Furling on all sails is standard and Harken winches makes sail handling a breeze.

The forward arrangements can be the traditional "V" berth or side double bunk cabin and a second double bunk cabin to port or a single queen size cabin. A head with separate shower is located to starboard.

Aft of the very large main saloon, 10 by 15 feet, are the galley to port and the large workshop to starboard. A spiral staircase leads to the pilothouse with its own dinette and to the cockpit.

The aft cabin has a head with a full size tub, Jacuzzi optional, or large shower. The standard layout has a centered queen size bed and eight feet of hanging locker space. An optional den/office arrangement has the bed to starboard, a large centered desk with a panorama view through the transom and a small sofa to port.

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I would love to build a Mandarin 52 motorsailer for you and I'm sure it would more than meet your expectations. Contact me if you have any questions or comments.

Bill Kimley

The MANDARIN 52 MOTORSAILER shall be specified by construction drawings approved by Seahorse Marine which shall consist of no less than general arrangements and construction details including the lay-up schedule together with the standard equipment listed above.

CONSTRUCTION: Clear gelcoat to be used below the water line and the first mat layer is installed resin rich using vinylester resin for blister control. Bottom sealed with double epoxy seal. Deck and topside lay-up includes outside laminates. 3/4" balsa core for stiffness and temperature insulation and mat with double roving inside laminate.
Overlapping and interlaced double lapping at stem and keel and UDR reinforcements at chainplates and stringer caps for extra strength. Bottom solid lay-up varies from 5/8" to 1 1/4".
Quality bottom paint applied.
Hard roller used for proper resin/glass ratio and to minimize air encapsulation.
Hull to deck joint bedded in epoxy, bolted and double bonded inside and out with UDR. Interior construction to allow easy access to hull to deck joint.
Four large FRP hull stringers. UDR reinforced and built high enough to act as saddles for sole plates. All interior furniture heavily glass taped to hull for additional reinforcement.
All plywood to be WBP grade or higher.
Exterior teak brightwork limited to cockpit edge.
Caprail has stainless trim.
Heavy duty hull rub rail with polished stainless cap.
Vessel painted with LPU to purchaser's colors.

ENGINE:Cummins 220 HP 6 cylinder diesel with marine transmission. Complete engine instrumentation including high temperature, low oil pressure, and cooling water flow alarm.
Special soft engine mounts with engine mounting separate from the vessel's main stringers to insure vibration isolation.
Two inch stainless shaft connected to a thrust bearing and than to the engine through a splined universal joint drive shaft.
Sea chest with strainer and stainless ball type sea-cocks on all inlets.
Primary and secondary fuel filters.
Drip pan under engine with oil trap overflow.
Bronze underwater gear except for stainless shaft.
Four bladed propeller properly balanced and sized to selected engine.
Custom designed water cooled muffler with relieved underwater exhaust.
Quiet, large capacity engine room blower with noise isolated vents.
FRP fuel tanks well baffled and braced. Stainless steel ball valves at each end of fuel lines. Large cruise tanks double vented with 2", not 1 1/2", deck fills for easy filling.
FRP fuel tanks enclosed in 18mm plywood saddles.
Thick side and baffle construction is double lined with 1 1/2oz mat using isophalic resin. 250 gallon cruise tanks, P&S, 100 gallon operations tank in keel.
Special acoustical insulation surrounding engine room.
FlowScan fuel use meter, LPH or GPH included, with totalizer.

ELECTRICAL: Separate heavy duty engine, gen-set and house batteries connected by vapor proof master switches. Standard house batteries are four 200 AH AGM deep cycle type, 800 AH total.
Heart battery to shore power inverter, 2000 watts with three s

WATER SYSTEM: Two water tanks, approximately 350 gallons total, with ball-cock shut off valves and vents designed to prevent salt water contamination.
Water tanks coated with epoxy certified for potable water use. A 50' hose fed by raw water pump is located in a cockpit locker and a second hose is at bow for anchor wash. Fresh water system uses copper tubing, not plastic. Fresh and raw water pumps can easily be interchanged in case of failure.
Activated carbon water filter at galley.
Stainless ball type sea-cocks on all thruhulls below the waterline.
Double all stainless clamps on all hoses below the waterline.
Hot water heater with electric and engine heat exchanger for domestic water supply.
High quality bath and galley fixtures. Shore water attachment with regulator installed.

BILGE PUMP: Three bilge pumps total, warning light and audio overrun alarm on all electric pumps, including fresh and raw water.
Two automatic electric bilge pumps, minimum 3000 gallons per hour each.
Large Titan diaphragm manual bilge pump installed.
Bilge water led to small sump fwd aft which epoxy coated to protect hull laminate.
Second electric bilge pump as high water backup.

INTERIOR: Workshop and storage cabin which can be modified during construction for an additional sleeping cabin.
Interior is teak finish with multi-coat satin glass varnish finish.
Teak cabinets, doors, wardrobes, handrails, drawers, etc. throughout.
All doors are louvered for ventilation.
All sole plates lock down.
Teak and holly floors in accommodation areas.

HULL LIGHTING AND VENTILATION: Eleven opening hull ports with insect screens. Eight opening deck hatches.
Eight non opening windows in hull plus pilothouse windows.
Three deck prisms.
Optional dual marine air-conditioning installed, 16000 BTU's each with heat option. Natural and forced ventilation in hull for comfort when conditions dictate a closed boat.

DECK: Solid stainless pulpits and tubing hand rail (not wire) fully grounded to provide Faraday cage for lighting protection. 34" high for safety.
Stainless steel heavy duty cleats and chocks, not chrome bronze.
Handrails and cast deck gear 316 stainless.
Boarding gates port, starboard with fold down boarding ladders. Bow pulpit is walk through type with step/seat.
Heavy duty double anchor chute with bronze rollers.
Muir electric anchor windlass with 45LB anchor and 275' ACCO 5/16" hi-test (G4) chain rode.
Deck and dash switches for up and down operation.
Stern platform designed as an "open cockpit" with rails, steps to back deck and storage boxes which can be used for seats when underway. The aft gate folds down to become a boarding ladder. A great place for fun and fishing. A dinghy outboard can be easily stored in one of the aft platform storage boxes.
Five foot draft, full length keel. The Mandarin 52 is one of the world's only blue water cruising yachts which will also navigate most of the European and U.S. canal systems.
A deep sided and safe cockpit, fully scuppered with a sun and rain shade at pilothouse door.
Ten deck and stern platform storage boxes with scuppered secure covers. Two dedicated to line and sheet storage, very important on a motorsailer. One cockpit locker dedicated to life raft storage with room for grab bag, plus insulated drinks box in cockpit.
A 50' raw water hose is easily available in its on cockpit locker. This hose will reach anywhere in the vessel.
Shower fixture installed at transom, hot and cold water.
Strong Lewmar hatches in deck and pilothouse. Each cabin has an escape hatch.
Stainless steel ports in hull with strong tempered glass. Eleven total.
Teak cockpit seats using an epoxy bedding system.
Molded in non-skid pattern on deck.
Three deck prisms.

PILOTHOUSE: Pilothouse is fully scuppered with storm board companion way hatch to main saloon for extra safety.
Engine controls and steering in pilothouse.
Marine circuit breakers for all boat operations and for electronics installed in the pilothouse.
Safety monitor panel to give visual and audio indication of the status of all the systems in the vessel. Basically allows the person on watch to know everything that is happening in the boat with instant fault warnings.
Audio warnings for high bilge water, engine raw water flow, high engine room temperature, water leaks at the intake trunk area (covers engine room intakes, all water filters, fresh and raw water pumps, engine exhaust and water heater).
Visual indication of any electric pump running: audio pump overrun alarm if any pump runs over one minute (can be adjusted up to three minutes).
Audio alarms can only be de