C & L Explorer 45
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Puerto Vallarta Yachts Sales & Service in Mexico
Mexico
| Make | C & L |
|---|---|
| Model | Explorer 45 |
| Year | 1978 |
| Condition | Used |
| Price | US$73,000 |
| Type | Sail |
| Class | Cutter |
| Length | 45 ft |
| Fuel Type | Diesel |
| Hull Material | Fiberglass |
| Location | La Paz, Mexico |
| LOA | 45 ft |
|---|---|
| Length at Water Line | 34 ft |
| Beam | 13 ft |
| Max Draft | 6 ft 8 in |
| Keel Type | enums.keel-type.kt-full |
| Displacement | 30000 lb |
| Ballast | 10430 lb |
| Total Sail Area | 920 ft² |
| Engine Type | Inboard |
|---|---|
| Engine Make | Perkins |
| Engine Model | 4-MI08 |
| Fuel Type | Diesel |
| Power | 35 hp |
| Propeller Type | 3 Blade |
| Propeller Material | Bronze |
| Maximum Speed | 6 kn @ 2000 RPM |
|---|---|
| Cruising Speed | 5 kn @ 1700 RPM |
| Range | 600 nmi |
| Designer | Stan Huntingford |
|---|---|
| Builder | C & L Marine (Taiwan) |
| Fuel Tanks | 175 gal |
| Fresh Water Tanks | 198 gal |
| Holding Tanks | 15 gal |
| Hull Shape | Monohull |
Description
Meet Destiny, a beautifully maintained 1978 C&L Explorer 45 cutter located in La Paz, Baja California Sur, recognized for her classic Stan Huntingford design, exceptional build quality, and warm, handcrafted teak interior. Often mistaken for a wooden yacht thanks to her distinctive plank-lined fiberglass hull, Destiny blends traditional charm with the strength and durability of hand-laid fiberglass construction.
Professionally cared for by her third owner since 2004 and cruising the Sea of Cortez since 2005, she offers a remarkably solid, insulated, and quiet interior featuring hand-rubbed teak joinery, arched spruce overhead, and a glowing teak-and-holly sole. Her full-keel design with cutaway forefoot ensures a stable, forgiving ride and delightful performance in 5–20 knots, ideal for bluewater passagemaking or extended cruising.
With a spacious cockpit, two private cabins, two heads, a fully equipped galley, generous tankage, updated navigation electronics, solar power, recent bottom paint (2023), and a comprehensive sail inventory, Destiny is a rare opportunity to own a true offshore-capable cruising classic in turnkey condition.
Priced attractively and already located in one of the best cruising grounds in the world, she's ready for her next adventure. Listed exclusively with La Paz Yachts, the trusted experts in yacht ownership in Mexico, ready to help you make your cruising dreams a reality!
EQUIPMENT LIST
WALKTHROUGH
Spacious cockpit, with teak coaming. Seats nine. Hinged fiberglass seat hatches each side with strip plank lined sail lockers under and teak deck overlay. Contains worm gear steering and engine instruments and controls. All standard sails are easily handled from the Cockpit, which is complemented with a deck laid out with safety, simplicity and ease of handling in mind. Sliding companionway access hatch to starboard from cockpit, large opening hatch forward on cabin top. Seven 6" round bronze opening ports and tan rectangular bronze opening ports. Two molded dorade boxes for the heads, mushroom type vent for the engine room.
Entry from the cockpit with "U" shaped galley to port. Stainless steel deep sink, stove area. ice box, generous drawer, locker and counter top (Formica) space. Pressure hot and cold water. Navigator's station is to starboard with full-size chart table and drawer. Lockers under and book/electronics shelves on either side. Forward is a 6' 6" settee berth to starboard and the dinette to port.
Two V-Berths with large hanging locker and drawers. Private entry to head. Queen double berth to starboard with full hanging locker to port with additional locker and drawer space between. Private entry to aft-head.
Two enclosed heads. One in aft cabin, one for use from salon or forward cabin. Each has shower, mirrors, drawers and cabinet storage. Formica cabinet tops are standard, as is hot and cold pres-sure water. Manual heads with anti-siphon on outlet.
Teak and holly cabin sole with hatch access to bilge areas. 4" soft loam cushions throughout. Cabin headliner is spruce stripping laid lore and aft and painted to a glossy white finish.
GALLEY
- Adler-Barbour refrigeration/freezer
- Force 10 propane 3-burner stove and oven
- Single SS sink
- Pressure water system
- Gimballed cannister burner
ELECTRONICS AND NAVIGATION
- Furuno radar, 24-mile range
- Uniden UM385 VHF
- Raymarine ST6001 autopilot and rudder angle
- Raymarine ST60 depth sounder, sind speed and direction, knot/meter log
- Kenyon through-hull
- Satellite antenna
ELECTRICAL
- 4 AGM batteries,260 total amp hours
- Battery panel swithc and monit
- 12V DV and 110V AC electrical systems
- Portawatts 300 inverter
- Xantrax True Charger Multi-Stage battery charger
- Smart System regulator
- 2 Sun Power solar panels, 100 W each
- 2 Dockside electrical cable
- Delco-Remy alternator and spare, 94 amp
- Steering alternator to battery charger
- Gensun GV10 solar charge controller, 10.5 amp/140 W
- LED interior lighting
MECHANICAL
- 1 manual bilge pump and 2 auto electric
- Raw water sea strainer
- Racor dual fuel filter system
- Overboard head
- Electric holding tank
- Wood stove heater
- SS full shaft
- Schooner wheel steering
- Worm gear hydraulic
- Borg-Warner transmission. Engine alarm
- Windvane
DECK AND HULL
- Hand molded fiberglass hull. Teak and FG deck. Non-skid pattern on main deck and cabin top.
- 2023 bottom paint
- 60 # CQR anchor with galvanized grade 43 Acco HT ISO 5/16 chain (new) and 150' nylon line
- 45 # CQR anchor with approx. 150' line
- Fortress FX23 anchor
- Lewmar Concept amchor windlass
- Bow rollers
- Deck and spreader lights
- Upper and lower SS lifelines
- Bow pulpit
- Manual dinghy davits
- Aft deck curtains, bimini top, dodger, cockpit awning
SAILS AND RIGGING
- Cruise equipped Sobstad Dacron sails, about 20 yrs. old
- Main, Jib, #1 Genoa, Staysail, Storm, Genniker
- Genoa furling
- Aluminum keel stepped mast
- Wire SS rigging, about 10 yrs. old
- Spinnaker pole, track only
- Boom vang
- Winches: 2 Lewmar S/S 28's - cockpit
2 Lewmar S/S 22's - cockpit
Lewmar 40 - main
Lewmar S/S 22 - genoa
Lewmar S/S 16 - main reef
SAFETY
- 8 lifejackets
- Lifesling
- CO2 manual fire extinguishers
- 2 Liferings
- Global-Fix ACG EPIRB MOB pole
- Jacklines
- Ditch bag
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
Presented For Sale By:
Puerto Vallarta Yachts Sales & Service in Mexico
Mexico
Presented For Sale By:
Puerto Vallarta Yachts Sales & Service in Mexico
Mexico
