Grand Soleil 46 Flying

Boat Details

An extremely pretty Grand Soleil 46 offered for sale ashore at Hamble Point Marina with MS&P. 'Flying' is a fast passage making yacht equipped for extended independent cruising. Designed by Botin and Carkeek in Italy, the Grand Soleil 46 has a balanced hull design and powerful but easily managed rig. She is offered for sale by owners who have successfully completed Mediterranean and trans Atlantic circuits with friends and family.

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Dimensions

Hull, Deck & Keel

• GRP hull and deck moulding in white


• Teak laid side decks and cockpit


• Drop down swim platform with teak laid deck


• Cast iron with lead bulb keel.


• Balanced fin rudder with cables and quadrant

Deck Equipment

• Stainless steel Pulpit and split pushpit


• Flush solimar hatches


• Dedicated gas locker


• Dedicated life raft locker


• Large Lazarette locker


• Twin steering wheels on pedestals (re-trimmed 2025)


• Quick electric windlass with warping drum, controller and helm switch (motor replaced in 2025)


• Rocna anchor with 75 metres of chain (new 2023) and 100m of warp/rode


• 2 x Harken 60 primary winches


• 2 x Harken 50 secondary winches/spinnaker winches


• 2 x Harken 50 control line winches (Halyard winch - Elec)


• German main sheet system with dedicated winches


• Harken mainsheet track


• All lines led aft under deck panels


• Harken Jib tracks


• Jammers


• Hatches


• Lockers

Interior & Accommodation

• Aft heads to starboard - Manual jabsco marine WC


• Wash basin with mixer tap and pull out shower head


• Forward heads to port - Manual Jabsco marine WC


• Wash basin with mixer tap.


• Separate shower stall with thermostatically controlled shower

Navigation Equipment

• Plastimo steering compass


• B&G Vulcan chart plotter in cockpit table (ipad repeats below)


• Garmin blu GPS device at chart table (to give iPad GPS link)


• B&G Forward facing sonar (displayed through Vulcan plotter)


• Navtex at chart table (device to feed info to iPad)


• Barometer at chart table


• Icom Radio/VHF at chart table


• Garmin 12 inch 5012 plotter to display radar (in cockpit)


• Garmin GM10 x 4 multi displays at each pedestal displaying speed, depth, wind.


• Garmin Radar on mast bracket (displayed through Garmin 5012)


• Raymarine autopilot (New 2023) in cockpit

Machinery & Propulsion

• Volvo D2 - 75hp 4 cylinder inboard diesel engine (last serviced April 2025 and serviced at least annually prior to then)


• 3810 hours


• Approx cruising speed 8 knots at 1700 rpm


• Volvo Saildrive shaft, Gaiter and 3 blade fixed prop (New 2025)


• Spare Gori prop (requires service)


• Max power retractable bow thruster (new battery in 2020)


• Schenker 60 lph watermaker - serviced 2025


• Climma reverse cycle Air Con to saloon and forecabin


• Various spares relating to the above.

Rig & Sails

• Sparcraft keel stepped, twin spreader anodised aluminium mast


• Spinnaker track and car on fwd face of mast


• Aluminium Boom with reef lines led aft to cockpit


• Lazy jacks


• Stainless steel standing rigging ( Replaced in 2020)


• Harken genoa furler with drum under the deck


• Mechanical backstay adjuster


• Rod kicker/Vang

• Mainsail - Fully battened North 3Di NorDac 23,800 Dpi 3 reefs. ( The 3rd being a deep reef for extremis)


• Furling Jib - 100% 3Di NorDac 23,800 Dpi (2017)


• Asymmetric with snuffer (2017)


• Code 0 on furler (2017)

Electrical Systems

• 12v DC domestic system with 220v/110 AC ring main from shore power


• 230v ring main with RCD protection


• Hubbel sockets and shore power lead


• 4 x AC DELCO 95 ah Domestic batteries (2025)


• 1 x AC DELCO 90 ah Engine battery (2020)


• Bow thruster battery under fwd bunk


• Quick SBC 77FR 12v/60 amp charger


• 2 x inverter (1,800 watt and 80 watt)


• Solar panels (3 x 170w flexible on bimini + 2 x 60 w rigid on deck)


• Victron wireless charging sync on ipad + reader at chart table


• Standard Volvo alternator


• Solenoid to gas system

Audio Visual

• Sony CD/stereo with iphone/ipod docking and saloon speakers

Plumbing & Tankage

• 3 Water tanks comprising 450 litre in 2 polypropylene tanks plus an additional 100 litre tank


• 1 x 160 litre stainless steel fuel tank


• 1 x 150 litre holding tank in forward heads


• Both Hot & Cold water, hot via calorifier engine/shore power


• Cockpit shower


• Schenker Water maker providing approx 60 litres per hour (serviced July 2025)

Canvas work

• Stack pack mainsail cover (2020)


• Sprayhood (2020)


• Bimini/Cockpit Tent (2020)


• Wheel pedestal covers (2020)


• Engine control covers (2020)


• Sun screen covers to aft and around cockpit (2020 and 2025)


• Full winter cover


• Cushions (2022)

Safety Equipment

• 2 x electric bilge pump


• 1 x manual bilge pump


• LED Navigation lights apart from tri-data


• EPIRB


• 2022 Seago 8 man Life raft (Serviced until Dec 2027)


• Assorted flares


• Jackstays at both deck and coach roof level (new 2025)


• Harness points


• Life sling


• Fire blanket


• 4 x fire extinguishers ( 1 x Auto and 3 x manual )


• Boarding ladder

Additional Equipment

• Davits


• Winch handles


• Fenders


• Warps

OWNERS NOTES

On retirement we purchased 'Flying' to undertake our planned Mediterranean and Atlantic circuits. Having extensive cruising experience in slower boats we both desired a quick, safe, stylish cruiser for fast passage making and independent sailing. It also needed to be easily handled by just a husband and wife crew and rugged enough to take whatever we may encounter.