Custom Motoryacht with stabilising sails

RAMONA is a vintage motoryacht with stabilising sails, with a ketch rig for pleasant downwind sailing. She was built in 1964 in Holland, with a design dating back to the end of World War II. 
Made entirely of naval steel, she has two original Rolls Royce engines, 180 Hp, six in-line cylinders and two banks.
In 2024 a final accurate refit made her perfect in every detail and enhanced the elegance of her lines and interior. 

CONSTRUCTION 
Steel hull and superstructure, teak deck 6mm over 30 mm top quality marine plywood. Mahogany and teak interiors.

Restoration 2024
The work carried out includes a complete overhaul of the engines with replacement of the fresh water pumps, cleaning of the heat exchangers, overhaul of the injectors, replacement of the inverter oil heat exchangers, restoration of the hydraulic systems and overhaul of the anchor winches, replacement of the bow thruster, overhaul of the generator, installation of charging distributors of new alternators and battery pack, installation of new diesel filtering systems, installation of a new dishwasher and restoration of the air conditioning and heating systems, latest generation epirb, fairing with jotun cycles, galvanising, hull and topsides total painting, 10 coats of clear varnish on all woods, masts total refurbishment and painting.

ACCOMMODATION
Owner’s cabin with personal shower cabin and separate toilet cabin both with air vent. 
2 Guest cabins with 3 wardrobe 3 + 3 drawers each; guest bathroom in hallway.
Saloon with foldable table and circular seating for 8 pax. 
Galley 2 taps (freshwater and sea wate) 4 hotplates cooker, oven, professional kitchen extractor with 24V/220V LED lighting, microwave.
2 Quick boilers 80L/boiler, dishwasher, ice maker, 2 fridges and 1 freezer.
10 drawers, 4 counters, 5 storage counters beneath the saloon sofa.
3 Crew berths with toilet & shower accessible from crew cabin.
Toilet system Tecma Electric flush with salt or freshwater with option to either flush in tanks, or directly at sea.
Aft deck with foldable oval teak table for 6 & 2 benches with cushions 
Deck saloon with cushioned seat port-side, and 2 pax cushioned bench starboard side.
A/C with regulator cold/warm - 24V air fans for each berth and USB plus 24V and plugs for 220 in every cabin.
Radio outlet with mp3 and sound system diffused in every area of the boat, with radio/aux dials in every cabin.
Retractable 50” LED Smart TV, and one small smart TV in crew cabin.
Washing machine/dryer combo.

Historical research still to be further investigated attributes the design and construction to B. Klaassen at the Allemansgeest yard in Voorschoten, where for decades the ‘Rolls Royce’ series of Dutch motor yachts was built: the Super Van Craft, very elegant motor yachts whose models ranged from 11 to 22 m, many units of which were exported to France, Germany and the United States between the 1960s and 1980s. 

Walking along the Korte Vliet canal from Leiden towards Voorschoten, you eventually end up on a cobbled path with an old metal arch bridge. The path ends a little further along the Hofweg towards the Allemansgeest restaurant. Standing on the arched bridge, you can see a small harbour, the buildings and boathouse of a former shipyard: a past glory in serious decline. 
Today it is hard to imagine that in the past hundreds of classic yachts were built at this spot in Voorschoten by the Klaassen yard. In the early years, the yard was called Allemansgeest. The founder of the yard, B. Klaassen, praised his product in a sales brochure from the late 1950s: "So far you have only known our cruisers from a few photos and drawings, which unfortunately did not do them justice, but the reality is more convincing, especially the beautiful lines, finish and space. May I invite you to visit our company in person?"
Unfortunately it is no longer possible to visit the Voorschoten shipyard, it went bankrupt in 2003. 
RAMONA was born here to a design by B. Klaassen. She is not a series-produced Super Van Craft but a one-off, probably designed before 1950 but built in 1964 with characteristics of an elegant long-distance cruiser rather than a summer holiday motor yacht.
In the 1970s, at that time under the name of Holiday, after events not entirely known she found herself seized and abandoned in a Genoa shipyard and bought at court auction by an Italian entrepreneur who restored her original name and a proper restoration. 
Since the early 2000s RAMONA has been in the hands of the family of the current owner, who in 2017 entrusted her captain De Belvis with the direction of the second thorough restoration in Fiumicino, which was completed in July 2019. In 2024 a final very accurate refit made her perfect in every detail and extraordinarily elegant. 

ENGINES
2 Rolls Royce 6 cylinder 4-stroke Diesel Hp 180 Hp kW: 223,80/engine. Installed 1964 (refit to 0 hours 2017, 300 engine hours after refit.
Maximum speed 10 kn at 1600rpm. Cruising speed 7 kn at 1100rpm. Cruising speed consumption (L/h): 18L/engine (36L/h in total). 
Propeller 1 x axis 3-blade bronze.
Engines room LED lighting, with fresh water pump tap and tube; Marco 24V auxiliary pumps  for manual aspiration.
CO2 flooding system for entire engine room compartment revised in 2023.

Bilge pumps
6 electric and automatic bilge bumps (Rules) 2000L/h with floating and sound indicator alarm both in cockpit and crew cabin at bow.
2 additional 2500L/h Gianneschi pumps with bronze impellers and 6 aspiration systems.

Generator Fisher Panda 17kW installed new in 2021 regularly revised every year; running hours 450.

Batteries 15 Nautic Gel newly installed in 2023
Start battery 2 x 24V, one per engine.
Service batteries 11 24V
Generator batteries 2 X 12V, of which one is an emergency battery with its own separate batterycharger.
Battery charger:1 x 120amp (QUICK) newly purchased in 2023 for engine/services – 1 auxiliary battery charger for engine and services (Victron). A third battery charger dedicated solely for generator’s batteries.
Shorepower 220V – 32/64amp.
Thermostat and aspiring fan for battery locker/storage.

Wheel steering (hydraulic) - Separate throttle command centre, quick steering joystick, and bowthruster joystick at stern of boat - 2 Quick steering joysticks (cockpit and stern).

Tanks
Fuel 4000 lt
Freshwater 4000 lt
Blackwater 2 X 35 lt
Greywater 35 lt

Navigation
Compass Magnetic Urania installed in 2022 with deviation table
Depth sounder Raymarine Axiom Pro Combo 2019 9” with screen duplicate in crew cabin.
Log, Windset: Ibid, VHF, Autopilot, AIS Marinetraffic Transmitter, Rudder angle indicator,
Radar Quantum Raymarine, GPS, Plotter.

EPIRB revised in 2023.
Cameras 2 external (one pointing bow, and one pointing stern), 1 in pump room, and 4 in engine room; all monitored with dedicated screen in cockpit.
Searchlight manual projector 9000 Lumins
TV Antenna.

Retractable royal gangway on starboard side, with small platform.
Deck shower hot/cold.
Anchor 2 x 80 Kg Hall anchors; chain: 100m on portside, 70m on starboard; 2 hydraulic windlass.
2 high-pressure salt-water hose connections each with dedicated pumps, and manual handle switches at bow and stern of vessel.
Life raft 12 pax (revised in 2022)

Fire extinguishers 1 kg dust in every area of the vessel (10 tot), additionally 2 foam fire extinguishers. Entire firefighting system renewed in 2023.
Nautisat security satellite system connected to insurance for SOS or mechanic fault which includes towing of vessel.
Remote control system Sentinel for geolocation, bilge pump activation, and on-board intrusions with alert notification on smarthphone app (yearly subscription).
Entire on-board safety equipment renewed in 2023.
Custom-made saddle for liferaft with both manual quick release system and hydrostatic hook newly refit in 2023.