Sud Composites Switch 51 Grand Cruiser - “Following Tides ”

Sud Composites Switch 51 Grand Cruiser - “Following Tides ”

Following Tides is a Switch 51 I know very well, as she was ordered new from our company and I joined her on the delivery from Gibraltar to Annapolis, where she was our show boat in 2002 at the boat show. We sailed her into Bermuda right through the teeth of Hurricance Dean after the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm. Under double reefed mainsail and sailing on a small solent into 30 to 40 knot winds and large seas the boat performed like a star, consistently averaging 12 knots and never once giving us cause for concern.
The Switch 51 is a spacious, performance voyager that has excellent payload capacity, two very large aft master suites, and lovely owner version shower, head, etc. Following Tides has proven her mettle in a wide range of races, and took line honors in the Transcaribe de Passione. That said, she is not a "racing boat" but a very fast and able world voyager. She has been well maintained and consistently upgraded by her current owners, who have been living on her regularly for the past few years. She is turn-key right now for anyone who wants to hop on and go. To see her full specifications, please click on the full specs tab here, and feel free to call us to discuss her current upgrades, engine and gen hours,etc.

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LOA: 51'
TYPE: Sud Composites
MODEL: Switch 51 Grand Cruiser
YEAR: 2000
USD: $499,000
LYING: Bahamas
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Managing Broker
Phillip Berman
215-508-2704

Additional Specs, Equipment and Information


Boat Name
Following Tides

Specs
Builder: Sud Composites
Designer: Van Peteghem & Lauriot-Prevost

Dimensions
LOA: 51 ft 0 in
Beam: 25 ft 3 in
LWL: 47 ft 0 in
Bridge Clearance: 70 ft 0 in

Engines
Engine Brand: Yanmar
Engine Model: 4JH3E

 


Dimensions
Max Draft: 3' 8"/ 8' 8"
Displacement: 14 tons

 


Engines

Total Power: 2 x 56 HP
Cruising Speed: 8

 


Accommodations

  • 3-Cabin owners version
  • Sleeps 8
  • Maple silk interior finish
  • Blue ultra-suede fabric on salon couch
  • Two heads and showers - Vacuflush head with Tankwatch 4 monitoring system & electric pumps in each hull. Port hull has all-in-one head/shower; starboard hull has walk-in shower separate from head & sink
  • Maple silk cabinets throughout with linen closet, pantry and bookcases
  • Two hanging lockers
  • Nav Station
  • Interior lighting throughout
  • Spectra 15 gph water maker
  • Raritan 12-gallon hot water heater with heat exchanger
  • Caframo Ultimate cabin fans
  • Xintex S-2 propane sniffer and control system
  • Xintex CO Monitor
  • 2 x 20 lb. aluminum propane tanks

 


Electronics

  • Raymarine RN300 GPS and built-in on C140W chartplotter
  • Three GPS antennas
  • Raymarine ST60+ tri-data depth sounder
  • Raymarine ST60+ wind speed and direction
  • Raymarine ST6000+ Autopilot with ST 600R remote
  • Two VHF radios - ICOM IC-M502 and IC-M602
  • Thrane & Thrane Mini-M Satellite phone
  • ICOM IC-M802 SSB with Pactor 3 modem - 2005
  • Raymarine 24" digital radar - New 2010
  • Raymarine C-140W Chart plotter - New 2010
  • 2 x Plastimo Olympic 135 Compass - 1 at each helm
  • Pains Wessex Ocean Sentry transponder

 


Mechanical and Electrical

  • New 2007 Sharp Solar panels - 555 watts with Outback controller
  • Fischer-Panda 4kw diesel generator
  • 1728 Generator hours
  • 2 x 50' Marinco 30 amp shore power cord
  • Mastervolt Charger System
  • Mastervolt Inverter - New 2007
  • Mastervolt Battery monitor system
  • 2 x Yanmar SD-31 Saildriv

 


Galley

  • Coolmatic Refrigerator
  • Coolmatic Freezer
  • Stainless steel sink with mixing tap, separate triple filtered tap for pure drinking water, saltwater tap
  • Saltwater pump
  • Smeg 4-burner propane stove (1 high-speed)
  • Smeg propane oven
  • Corian counter tops

 


Sails and Rig

  • Dimension Hydra Net Mainsail - New 2010
  • Doyle 50m Jib - New 2007; Doyle 27m Jib - New 2007
  • Doyle Asymmetrical spinnaker - New 2007
  • Sail Technology screecher - New 2009
  • Profurl Genoa Furler
  • New 2010 Colligo CN5 Screecher furler
  • Sparcraft Mast (70' off of the water)
  • Sparcraft bowsprit - 5'

 


On Deck

  • Lewmar winches - 2 x 64, 3 x 50 (1 electric), 1 x 58
  • Nine total deck cleats
  • Two Bow pulpit seats
  • Apex A-10 Lite Dinghy - 2005 - with Johnson 15 hp engine
  • Seating for 12 in cockpit with teak table
  • Cockpit cushions
  • Attwood hot and cold deck shower at starboard stern
  • Custom bimini - full cockpit with side curtains, new 2007
  • Lewmar Traveler
  • 12 mm and 14 mm wire on standing rigging - New 2010
  • Running rigging - New 2007
  • Doyle Stack pack - New 2007
  • Fredriksen/Ronstan Batten car
  • Rocna 88 Primary anchor - New 2010 - with 100 meters of 10mm chain - New 2007
  • Delta 35 lb and Fortress FX37 secondary anchor with 20' of 3/8" chain w/100' nylon rode
  • Lofrans Tigress 1200 Windlass with dual controls (foredeck and port helm) - New 2008
  • Mesh trampoline - New 2005
  • Various bumpers
  • Dock lines
  • Davits
  • Goiot Opening hatches
  • OceanAir UV window covers
  • OceanAir UV hatch covers
  • Winch covers
  • Helm cover

 


Safety

  • Plastimo Trans-Ocean 8-person Life raft
  • Flares
  • Six Life Vests
  • MOM-9 MOB Gear
  • Ditch bag
  • Drogue
  • Medical Kit
  • ACR Epirb 406
  • 4 Electric bilge pumps
  • 2 Manual bilge pumps
  • Fixed arm emergency tiller
  • Bell
  • Lots of spares

 

Disclaimer: The Multihull 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.

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