Island Packet 445
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XPresented For Sale By:
Triton Yacht Sales and Service, LLC.
United States
| Make | Island Packet |
|---|---|
| Model | 445 |
| Year | 2005 |
| Condition | Used |
| Price | US$379,000 |
| Type | Sail |
| Class | Cruiser (Sail) |
| Length | 45 ft |
| Fuel Type | Diesel |
| Hull Material | Fiberglass |
| Location | Oriental, North Carolina |
| LOA | 45 ft 9 in |
|---|---|
| Length at Water Line | 38 ft 1 in |
| Beam | 14 ft 4 in |
| Max Draft | 5 ft |
| Min. Draft | 5 ft |
| Keel Type | Other |
| Displacement | 32000 lb |
| Ballast | 12800 lb |
| Max Bridge Clearance | 63 ft |
| Engine Type | Inboard |
|---|---|
| Engine Make | Yanmar |
| Engine Model | 4JH3-TE |
| Fuel Type | Diesel |
| Power | 75 hp |
| Drive Type | Direct Drive |
| Engine usage (hours) | 727 |
| Designer | Bob Johnson |
|---|---|
| Guest Cabins | 2 |
| Guest Heads | 2 |
| Fuel Tanks | 1 x 160 gal |
| Fresh Water Tanks | 1 x 260 gal |
| Holding Tanks | 1 x 55 gal |
| Hull Shape | Monohull |
Description
This is a rare opportunity to own one of the most sought-after blue water cruisers of its generation. The 2005 Island Packet 445 Sail La Vie is in excellent condition, featuring exceptionally low engine hours (727 hours at listing) on its reliable Yanmar diesel. A quintessential blend of Bob Johnson design, renowned build quality, and effortless liveaboard comfort, this vessel is truly turn-key and ready for immediate passage-making. Key Features & Upgrades
- Engine & Mechanics: Yanmar 4JH3-TE 75hp turbo diesel with exceptionally low hours (~727 hrs), offering superior reliability.
- Condition: Pristine, well-maintained, and lightly used.
- Rigging/Sails: Easy-to-handle cutter rig with in-mast furling main, Harken roller furling genoa, and self-tacking Hoyt boom staysail.
- System Upgrades: Updated electronics, bow thruster, and upgraded Lithium ion batteries for off-the-grid capability.
- Comfort: Two-stateroom/two-head layout with luxurious teak joinery, 7ft headroom in the salon, and spacious island berths.
The Island Packet 445 is celebrated for its superior safety and comfort, featuring a full-length keel for unmatched stability and protection. The deep center cockpit provides a secure, ergonomic workspace with all sail controls led aft. This vessel represents the pinnacle of American cruising yachts, combining rugged offshore capability with luxury comfort. The Yachtworld app truncates many listing details. Go online to the website for complete information. The Other Details section of the listing is worthy of your time to read and educate yourself on all the systems and features. Contact us today for a private showing of Sail La Vie.
Accommodations
Sail La Vie sets the benchmark for a comfortable, secure, and luxurious world-cruising interior. Designed by Bob Johnson, she features a two-stateroom, two-head layout that maximizes liveability, with over 7 feet of headroom in the salon and 6'6" in the cabins, finished in high-quality satin-varnished teak joinery and teak & holly soles.Main Salon
Descending from the center cockpit, the salon is exceptionally bright, airy, and inviting, thanks to large panoramic windows with polished teak trim.
Gourmet Galley
Located to the starboard side of the companionway, the galley is designed for safe cooking while underway, featuring solid Corian countertops and stainless steel sea rails.
Navigation StationOpposite the galley to port, the Nav Station is a serious captain’s corner, offering a large, forward-facing nav desk with an inlaid chart table and generous storage for electronic upgrades.
Aft Master Stateroom
The aft master cabin is a true sanctuary, featuring a massive queen-size island berth with a premium pillow-top mattress.
Forward Guest Stateroom
Equally impressive, the forward guest stateroom features a large island berth with a mattress topper, cedar-lined lockers, and extensive storage. It is well-ventilated with overhead hatches.Heads
Both forward and aft heads are generously sized and feature:
Sail La Vie provides a rare combination of superior comfort for long-range passagemaking, making it the perfect home-away-from-home.
Gourmet Galley
- Refrigeration: Dedicated, top-loading, digitally controlled, and highly insulated Frigaboat refrigerator and Sea Frost freezer compartments, and an IsoTherm drink refrigerator.
- Cooking: Force 10 3-burner propane gimbaled stove/oven, with a Tappan microwave oven installed and a Trident Marine LPG control and detection system.
- Features: Deep double stainless steel sinks, built-in dish racks, a pull-out trash bin, Ecozy ice maker, Keurig coffeemaker and a Seagull water purifier. Galleyware conveys.
Electronics
- Raymarine Axiom Chartplotter (2023)
- Raymarine Radar (2023)
- Autopilot
- AIS Send and Receive
- Handheld VHF
- Wet Compass
- Two New Vizio Smart Flatscreen TVs in the Main Salon and Aft Stateroom
- DVD Player
- Stereo with Bluetooth/CD/AM/FM
- Bose Speakers
Electrical
- Two 30 Amp shore power inlets
- New power cords with 50 Amp splitter
- Mas Power 8 kW Generator, 706.8 hours
- Bow thruster
- Windlass with controls at the bow and helm station
- Lithium ion batteries with Victron charger and phone app to see the status
- Three zones (forward, main salon, and aft) reverse cycle heat and air conditioning
- Three electric winches
- Ample AC outlets throughout the interior
- All LED lighting
- Small inverter for TV use
Mechanical
- Yanmar 4JH3-TE 75hp turbo diesel with exceptionally low hours (~727 hrs)
- Elide Fire fireball in engine room for fire suppression
Deck and Hull
- Long keel
- Rocna Vulcan 25# anchor with 200 ft chain
- Second anchor with 30 ft chain and 170 ft nylon rode
- Cockpit cushions
- New Dodger with handles covered in leather handgrip
- Bimini
- Connector
- Cockpit glass side curtains for a complete enclosure
- Zarcor companionway doors with combination lock, includes screens, clear, and solid inserts
- Wooden companionway slats
- Blue light under the companionway with remote
- Cockpit table
- Port cockpit locker has a drain and can be used as a cooler
- New Fusion speakers in cockpit
- Lewmar folding wheel with leather grip/cover
- 1 electric starboard cabin top mainsail winch
- 2 electric Lewmar 54 winches for jib
- 1 manual winch port cabin top
- 2 Lewmar 16 winches to port and starboard of the aft cockpit area
Rigging and Sails
- Cutter rig
- In-mast furling Doyle mainsail
- Furling headsail with suncover replaced in 2023
- Staysail
- Sail handling lines run to the cockpit
Additional Features
- Professionally cleaned monthly
- Magma grill
- Brass bell
- Sentry Safe bolted to floor of aft stateroom closet
- CO monitors in every stateroom and the main salon
- Highfield dinghy and Torquedo motor sold separately
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:
Triton Yacht Sales and Service, LLC.
United States
Presented For Sale By:
Triton Yacht Sales and Service, LLC.
United States
