Bruce Roberts Custom Built Voyager 542

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.

Accommodations

Summary of Accommodation:

• 8 persons MCA charter 3 x double 2 x Pullman
• Interior design by Design Unlimited (Mark Tucker)
• Interior construction Rookwood Joinery, Chichester
• Finish: Light American oak Sole: 2mm veneer holly/teak

Windows:

• Coach roof Gebo 10mm toughened
• Gebo portlights
• Gebo hatches  

Description of layout:

Two double ensuite cabins (mirrored port and stbd):

• Mirrored locker, drawers and wardrobes
• Split mattress with divisional lee cloths
• Fold down leather seat
• Portlights with blackout blinds
• Overhead hatch with Oceanair sky screen/blackout/mosquito screen
• Adjustable/directional dorade ventilation
• Adjustable stork LED reading lights
• Berth double sockets/USB adapters
• CO and smoke alarms, 1kg powder fire extinguisher
• Air conditioning and thermostat heating controls

 

Forward double portside cabin (shared heads):

• Locker, drawers and wardrobe
• Split mattress with divisional lee cloths
• Mirrored vanity unit with leather seat
• Portlights with blackout blinds
• Overhead hatch with Oceanair sky screen/blackout/mosquito screen
• Adjustable/directional dorade ventilation
• Adjustable stork LED reading lights
• Berth double sockets/USB adapters
• CO and smoke alarms, 1kg powder fire extinguisher
• Air conditioning and thermostat heating controls

Aft systems room (access through either aft cabin):

• Calorifier/pressurised water pump
• Hy-drive hydraulic feedback unit and autopilot pump
• Control junction boxes
• Drawers spares/technical manuals

 

Saloon:

• Raised saloon for panoramic dining views
• Wrap around leather seating in Ivory
• Saloon dining table for 6-8 people on adjustable pedestal
• All surround Oceanair Skysol blinds (retains heat in colder climates or blocks excessive heat in hot climates)
• Under-seating and side access storage

Saloon wet locker (portside):

• Vented wet locker with adjustable engine heat diversion baffle for easy drying of foul weather gear

Navigation internal helm:

• Helmsman swivel chair in black leather with armrests, mounted on a pedestal with forward/backward rise/fall movement for chart table or internal helm positions

Pullman (stbd with shared heads):

• Two full-length berths with lee cloths
• Under-berth locker and side locker/storage
• Top berth with portlight blackout blind
• Overhead hatch with Oceanair sky screen/blackout/mosquito screen
• Adjustable/directional dorade ventilation
• Adjustable stork LED reading lights
• Berth double sockets/USB adapters
• CO and smoke alarms, 1kg powder fire extinguisher
• Air conditioning and thermostat heating controls

All heads (3):

• Sanimarin 35 electric macerating (unit marinized for trouble free operation)
• Option for fresh water/sea water switching
• Overboard/holding tank diverter switching
• Enclosed shower cubicle with adjustable eco-air head
• Internal shower seat
• Corian surfaces in blue
• Fixed mirror
• Storage locker
• Heated towel rail
• Enclosed toilet roll holder
• Fixed toilet brush
• Fixed liquid soap holder

Dinette:

• Ivory leather seating area
• Adjustable table allowing dining or buffet style serving of food
• Area converts to comfortable sleeping area using adjustable table
• Drinks cabinet, storage locker and bookshelf (with hidden storage hole)
• Overhead hatch with Oceanair sky screen/blackout/mosquito screen
• Internally adjustable dorade ventilation
• Lina 24” Smart TV/DVD combi 
• Fusion stereo system
• Portlight blackout blind

Galley:

• Corian worksurfaces in Oatmeal
• Gimballed Force 10 4 burner gas cooker
• Microwave
• Double stainless steel sink with swan neck mixer tap with spray hose
• Quooker instant boiling water tap
• 80lt top loading freezer (water cooled)
• 80lt top loading fridge (air cooled)
• LED strip undercounter lighting white/red
• Tip-toe freshwater foot pump

Workshop:

• Stainless steel surface workbench with swivel vice
• Storage for all power tools/Wera tool bags to wall mounted cradles
• Crash watertight bulkhead door to anchor box

Engine room and engine controls:

• Overhead access to engine and generator bay through large hinged hatch within the saloon sole
• 45mm halyard maritex sound insulation throughout engine bay and sole
• Engine blower override for cool working environment
• Twin engine control panels
• Twin throttle/gearbox controls for each helm position

Deck Equipment and Rigging

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Rig:

• Bespoke high latitude commission rig through The Rig Shop (Southampton), main and mizzen masts
• Frederiksen tracks/Ronstan cars
• Mast steps
• Navtec hydraulic backstays/vang
• Seldon hydraulic furling for genoa and staysail
• Pole stowed on mast/uphaul/downhaul
• Backstay insulated for SSB aerial
• 2nd Spinnaker halyard
• Running check-stays

 

Winches: 

• Anderson winches, electronic mainsheet/main halyard

GROUND TACKLE.

Rocna  55 to 80 metres of 13mm galvanised chain and powered through Maxwell 3500 hydraulic windlass. 
Pendant connection control at bow or at helm position. 
Bruce 50kg to 80 metres of 13mm galvanised chain and powered through Maxwell 3500
hydraulic windlass.
Pendant connection control at bow or at helm position. 
Each chain set into Anchor box within Anchor locker. 
(gold plated pins for male/female connections on pendant connection) 

Sails: 

Mainsail:

• 5 F/L battens to Ronstan cars
• Spectra reinforced woven Dacron
• Rutgerson reef blocks
• Adjustable lazy jacks/acrylic canvas drop down pack-away

Mizzen:

• 4 F/L battens to Ronstan cars
• Spectra reinforced woven Dacron
• Rutgerson reef blocks / in boom jammers
• Adjustable lazy jacks/acrylic canvas drop down pack-away

Headsails:

• High clewed genoa spectra ripstop woven Dacron. UV acrylic protective panel on sails leech and foot Foam luff ribs.
• Staysail in spectra ripstop woven Dacron. UV acrylic protective panel on sails leech and foot. Foam luff ribs

Cruising chute:

• Full radial designed cruising chute
• Air x 900 1.5 oz coated ripstop nylon complete with snuffer

Storm sail:

• Sleeved hank on storm sail

General: 

• 3 wire stainless stanchions
• 2 x midships access gates
• Aft push-pit boarding gate
• Aft port/stbd inbuild teak seating
• Aft swim platform scoop and seating
• Aft coded drop-down ladder
• Aft clip in diver boarding ladder
• Aft hot/cold shower head

 Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

• 2 x Maxwell 3500 hydraulic windlasses
• 40kg Rocna anchor and 86mtr of 12mm chain
• 50kg Bruce anchor and 86mtr of 12mm chain
• Forward plug in pendant control (aero spec plug) optional helm switch control
• Chain retrieval/storage within enclosed fibreglass anchor box with access doors
• Self-launching twin rollers for each anchor
• Jet wash
• 2 x Fender boards
• 2 x Ice/boat hook barge poles

 

Aft Windlass:

• Maxwell Liberty winch to stern allowing mooring line retrieval through roller stern/side cleats
• Control through pendant or helm control
• 8 purpose mooring cleats; 2 x at bow, 4 x at midships, 2 x aft
• Mooring lines and 8 x socked fenders, 2 x socked ball fenders
• 2 x 100mtr of polypropylene float line on clip in reels to aft

 

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

• Fold down sprayhood with mid removable screen
• Full attachable sides (3)
• Bimini frame (removable) for cockpit/helm station
• Full set of cockpit cushions
• Storage covers for helm and winches
• Deck hatch covers

Tender & Outboard:

• Hydraulic davit for jib and drop down wire, control on plug in pendant control
• Avon 310 rigid inflatable
• Yamaha 15hp 2-stroke outboard

Mechanical Systems

Engine & Gearboxes: 

• Perkins Sabre M135 naturally aspirated, dry exhaust system
• Newase PRM 500 1. 94:1 ratio gearbox

Maintenance & Performance: 

• Engine hours approx. 1800 hours
• Engine serviced July 2025
• Cruising speed 7-7.5 knots 1700rpm
• Maximum speed 9-10 knots 2300rpm
• Fuel consumption at cruising 8-10 ltr/hr
• Range at cruising speed 1200nm

 Propulsion & Steering: 

• Max prop 24” 4 blade feathering propeller and Gator rope cutter
• Halyard Aqua drive coupling to trust plate. 50mm stainless steel shaft
• H160 hydraulic bow thruster control through engine drive PTO/hydraulic power pack
• Toggle control at external helm position
• Hy-drive hydraulic steering for internal external helm position. External helm position for switched feedback/non feedback
• Jefa covered leather stainless wheels

 Electrical Systems: 

 Voltage Systems: 

• AC sockets (Vimar Eikon/individual trips) throughout some integral USB sockets. Sockets subdivided as 3 separate ring-mains and trips on AC panel
• Separate 16 amp plug in/lazarette for running general tools/dive compressor
• Mastervolt AC/DC Mass Sine Wave Invertor 2500w
• Mastervolt Mass System switch 10kW interfaced for automatic AC switching between generator, invertor and shore power

 Battery Banks: 

• Voltage system SERVICE BATTERIES 24v for 810Ah. (replaced July 2024)
• 6 x AGM Gel Mastervolt 270Ah
• 2 x 3 sets in parallel and sets connected in series for 24v
• Service battery charging through Mastervolt mass 24/100 charging from Mastervolt 24/100 engine alternator and Mastervolt Whisper 10 Ultra 1500rpm charging through Alpha pro regulator)
• 2 x AGM Gel Mastervolt 70Ah. Engine battery bank
• 2 x linked in series for 24v
• 1 x AGM Gel Mastervolt 70Ah. Generator battery bank
• 1 x for 12v

 

Battery Chargers: 

• Charging through standard engine alternator
• Emergency isolation switch service/engine for emergency start on engine

 Generator: 

• Infrastructure laid for tow generator
• Mastervolt Whisper 10 Ultra 1500rpm. Last service July 2025

 Shore Power: 

• Shore-power connection through Mastervolt isolation transformer Mastervolt Mass GI 3.5 16 amp

Construction

SANTOSA has been constructed to a professional high build standard. Attention was given to marinising systems and for purpose engineering with no constraints on capital expenditure. Specification and the overall remit is for high latitude sailing in safety and comfort for guests and crew. The saloon and internal helm allow for 250-degree panoramic views. The yacht has exceeded all our expectations for seasons above the Arctic Circle and for the Atlantic Circuit for her motion and behavior in difficult seaways, this was born through guests and skipper’s comments. The keel and air draft allow for access to those remote anchorages, this certainly was the case within Norway’s archipelagos. Slab reefing and hydraulic furling allow for those times of short-handed sailing. The large counterbalance rudder and bow thruster gives good close quarter maneuvering.

Construction:

RCD Status: The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC or RCDII (2013/53/EU as appropriate (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean”

MCA CAT 0 Unrestricted.    CAT 2 for 2024-25 season

 Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction: 

• Shipbuilding mild steel plate 5mm/6mm to hull and keel plates
• Shipbuilding mild steel plate 4mm to coach-roof/cockpit
• Stainless steel 316 to toe-rail/sectional to coach-roof and cockpit
• Strengthened bar on bow and bow-thruster tunnel
• Templated/profiled synthetic teak decking 2G
• Air draft: 77’1” / 23.5m

Keel & Rudder:

• Counterbalance rudder 4mm plate on winged frame (Dinitrol filled)
• 12mm mild steel collision plate to forward keel
• Rudder shaft base on skeg to self-aligning bearing shaft top bearing within lazarette and above waterline
• Watertight compartments within keel sections stainless access plates. Area divisions for 5500kg of lead ingots. Compartments Dinitrol filled 

Paint and Insulation:

• Exterior coatings by Blue Fin Yachts Ltd
• Interior/exterior:
• Garnet Blasted to SA3 and 60-micron profile

Interior/exterior:

• Awlgrip hull guard extra. Awlgrip primer coatings. Awlgrip G-Line Oyster White/Flag Blue
• International 750 base/4 coats international 750 topcoat
• Keel compartments/anchor locker/lazarette/cockpit coaming:
• Blasting SA3
• One coat Zinga zinc corrosion coating
• One coat micaceous iron oxide
• Two coats international 750

Insulation:

• 50mm throughout class 1 spray foam insulation to sole level
• Two coats asbeto-cote encapsulating coating

Machinery

 Engine & Gearboxes: 

• Perkins Sabre M135 naturally aspirated, dry exhaust system
• Newase PRM 500 1. 94:1 ratio gearbox 

Maintenance & Performance: 

• Engine hours approx. 1800 hours
• Engine serviced July 2025
• Cruising speed 7-7.5 knots 1700rpm
• Maximum speed 9-10 knots 2300rpm
• Fuel consumption at cruising 8-10 ltr/hr
• Range at cruising speed 1200nm

 Propulsion & Steering: 

• Max prop 24” 4 blade feathering propeller and Gator rope cutter
• Halyard Aqua drive coupling to trust plate. 50mm stainless steel shaft
• H160 hydraulic bow thruster control through engine drive PTO/hydraulic power pack
• Toggle control at external helm position
• Hy-drive hydraulic steering for internal external helm position. External helm position for switched feedback/non feedback
• Jefa covered leather stainless wheels

Electrical Systems

Voltage Systems: 

• AC sockets (Vimar Eikon/individual trips) throughout some integral USB sockets. Sockets subdivided as 3 separate ring-mains and trips on AC panel
• Separate 16 amp plug in/lazarette for running general tools/dive compressor
• Mastervolt AC/DC Mass Sine Wave Invertor 2500w
• Mastervolt Mass System switch 10kW interfaced for automatic AC switching between generator, invertor and shore power

 Battery Banks: 

• Voltage system SERVICE BATTERIES 24v for 810Ah. (replaced July 2024)
• 6 x AGM Gel Mastervolt 270Ah
• 2 x 3 sets in parallel and sets connected in series for 24v
• Service battery charging through Mastervolt mass 24/100 charging from Mastervolt 24/100 engine alternator and Mastervolt Whisper 10 Ultra 1500rpm charging through Alpha pro regulator)
• 2 x AGM Gel Mastervolt 70Ah. Engine battery bank
• 2 x linked in series for 24v
• 1 x AGM Gel Mastervolt 70Ah. Generator battery bank
• 1 x for 12v

Battery Chargers: 

• Charging through standard engine alternator
• Emergency isolation switch service/engine for emergency start on engine

 Generator: 

• Infrastructure laid for tow generator
• Mastervolt Whisper 10 Ultra 1500rpm. Last service July 2025

Shore Power: 

• Shore-power connection through Mastervolt isolation transformer Mastervolt Mass GI 3.5 16 amp

Plumbing Systems

• tem through Jabsco CW430 Twin Max 4+8 (re-wired and marinised)
• Hot water throughout
• 1kW electric AC immersion heater on 55ltr calorifier
• Engine hot water circuit on separate calorifier coil

 Watermaker: 

• Cathelco Seafresh H204 AC Driven (generator dependent) for 60ltr/hr. Single pass membrane 

Bilge Pumps: 

• 4 x utility 3000 pumps within 4 bulkhead/compartment sumps for 50ltr on each pump. Working on rule air switches engine compartment bilge pump discharge through wavestream oil separator
• 1 x engine driven clutch pump for 195ltr min. Compartment flooding selection on pump through switches motorised valves on single manifold for aft/mid/eng/fwd
• 2 x rule auto bilge pumps for 800gph within anchor locker/lazarette
• 1 x Jabsco manual cockpit bilge pump

Tankage: 

Fuel: 

• Total capacity of 1590ltr in two insulated and isolated 4mm aluminium tanks. Each tank with 4 off inspection hatches. Tanks with interconnected balance line and non-return gravity check valves. Each tank with sight gauges at internal helm position
• Deck fill port and stbd
• Racor 500FG water separators for both engine and generator

Fresh water:

• Interconnected Tek-Tanks for a total of 600ltr, Henderson inspection hatches to each
• Sight gauges at internal helm position
• Deck fill port/stbd

Grey tanks:

• Aft stbd 119ltr
• Fwd port 114ltr
• Total 233ltr All with level sensors and alarm/manual float switch operation

Black water tanks:

• Aft port 115ltr
• Fwd stbd 114ltr
• Total 229ltr All with level sensors and alarm/manual float switch operation

Gas:

• Gas bottle locker to house 2 x 6kg propane bottle, regulator, manifold and solenoid
• Control through Nereus galley panel
• Gas supply and fittings for push-pit mounted portable marine BBQ (ENO Plancha)

 Deck pump out and rinse fittings

Navigation Systems

 Cockpit:

• Raymarine: Axiom 2 Pro S multifunction display
• P70 pilot
• i50 depth
• i50 speed/log
• i60 wind
• i60 wind
• Radar RD 418 HD

Chart Table:

• Raymarine: Axiom 2 Pro RMV multifunction display
• P70 pilot
• i50 depth
• i50 speed/log
• i60 wind
• Course computer Raymarine SPX S0L (Fluxgate) autopilot engagement to PC20 constant running pump

Communication Systems

• ICOM DSC/VHF IC-M603
• ICOM HM-162E cockpit remote
• ICOM IC-M801E MF/HF marine transceiver
• ICOM IC-M25 VHF handheld
• ICOM IC-M93D VHF handheld
• Iridium pilot / red box interface
• Iridium extreme handset
• Starlink

Domestic Equipment

Galley:

• Cooker Force 10, 4 burner gas LPG (propane/butane)
• Fridge 80ltr top loading CU84 air cooled ‘K’ thermocouple for digital temp display
• Freezer 80ltr top loading CU97 water cooled ‘K’ thermocouple for digital temp display
• Microwave 800 watts
• Quooker Instant boiling water tap
• Tip-toe Fresh water pump and sink tap
• Sink/Tap Double stainless steel sink with swan head mixer tap with pull out spray head
• Gas Nereus alarm and control/gas sensor 

Heating:

• Eberspacher diesel heater circuit on separate calorifier coil
• Eberspacher hydronic 10 diesel heater
• Hot water fan matric thermostatically controlled
• Aft/port double cabins 2kW each
• Saloon 3kW
• Dinette 3kW
• Fwd double cabin 2kW
• Fwd pullman 2kW
• Heated towel rails to 3 heads/on hot water circuit

Ventilation:

• Deck mounted painted stainless steel dorade box and cowl (directional)
• Adjustable internal control and closure within interior
• Adjustable direction ball vent to each internally
• For aft cabins, forward cabins and dinette and galley

Entertainment:

• Lina 24” Smart TV/DVD combi
• Fusion stereo with speakers to three zoned areas; dinette, saloon, cockpit
• Fusion wired cockpit Bluetooth control

Lighting: 

• Lopolight Tricolour/anchor light
• Steaming
• Fwd port/stbd
• Stern light

Deck Lighting (General):

• Wilderness LED deck light 4 x 10w Cree for 3200 lumens
• Fwd facing savage spotlight x 2, 5w mounted within forward dorade boxes
• Wilderness LED spotlight for clamp to pulpit 4 x 10w Cree for 3200 lumens
• Savage LED deck spreader lights x 4
• Savage nano courtesy step lights x 6, 1w
• Savage spot/spreader to aft scoop x 2
• Savage micro courtesy on aft scoop x 4, red/blue

Internal Lighting (General):

• Cantalupi LED 63mm warm white throughout, dinette/saloon dimmable
• Cantalupi LED stork reading lights within cabins
• Cantalupi LED reading lights saloon/dinette
• Cantalupi LED 63mm Red (night running) saloon/dinette
• Red/white strip lighting within galley
• Chart table stork light, touch LED red/white
• Anchor room/lazarette red/white LED bulkhead LED