LISA OF LATOUR

● Name: LISA OF LATOUR

● Rig : MARCONI YAWL

● Year: 1959

● Designer: GERMAN FRERS

● Builder: GUTIEREZ MIRAGE ARGENTINA

● Location: W ITALY

● LOA: 10.44

● LOD: 9,98

● LWL: 9,30

● BMax: 2,90

● Depth: 1,80

● Displacement:

● Engine: LOMBARDINI 20HP

● Equipments: Engine: Lombardini 20hp focs (installed new in 2010) , with Volvo System to prevent entry of water along

shaft. It allows a speed with calm sea of 5kn at 3400rpm. Tanks:  • water: 100lt stainless steel  tank under starboard berth

in the saloon  + extra 50lt under bow berth (with hand shower hose for indoor or pass-through to outdoor shower) • fuel:

steel tank 60lt under port bunk in the saloon ; very low consumption autonomy of 24 engine hours with a full tank, 20-30

% less with no extreme use of the engine.

  Electrical system  Recently "checked" all the cables and tightenings; • grounding just revised; • Jabsco bilge pump with

floater for automatic emptying directly connected to battery in case of leaks.  • log and depth at helm side in a mahogany

frame  • the entry panel above the companionway hosts  clock, wind indicator and music speaker; not in use; wind

indicator would need its specific transducer to function. You do not need it: rather feel the wind and let the boat go by

herself !    rigging and winches in excellent condition; ropes aged but in working conditions.   Sails: many (about 12). The

most used: • mainsail Hood aged but in working conditions • mizzen sail Hood aged but in working conditions • genoa :

o   [Hood: aged but intact except for two minor repairs with white tape o   [Elvstrom in excellent condition almost new •

jib  sails : 3 with cable head of different sizes for progressive sail surface reduction; old but still good beeing little used  •

medium weight spinnaker and storm mainsail almost never used • mizzen staysail • wooden spinnaker pole in excellent

state of the material, varnished   (subject to a check) there should exist (at shipyard Esaom in Elba Island) a jib-furl

originally installed, never used in the last 16 years; possibly with its genoa).    Other: • liferaft (within-12-miles model).  •

Solas tender (lodging 3, with biiiig attention 4 people), with 1hp electric motor and its battery. Very slow but reliable with

calm seas.    

● Costruction and Accomodations: Hull:• Frames: they would need to be checked for extreme seas navigation; they are in

good condition for normal use; two were “coupled” in 2005 to reinforce them; should the motor be removed in the future,

those underneath should be “coupled” for reinforcement as well;• excellent condition, perfectly healthy planking

mahogany hull, “classic light green” topsides color (two coats in May 2015), Starglass Stoppani white enamel on the out

of water part, in good condition to be refreshed in one to two years; " LISA of la Tour " writing astern;• bilges in general

good condition • seacocks and valves replaced in 2013 in good conditionAnchor: Danforth  with about 64mt chain enough

for excellent stability in strong winds moorings (+ additional old style anchor+60mt rope). Manual and electric windlass

(with control both fore deck and and from the helmsman position). Deck:  teack layer over original teack deck a bit used

up. Possible local leaks  (in forward cabin and partially in the square to starboard) in rough sea or heavy rain.New

caulking will solve the problem  Masts: silver spruce;needs new varnish job . Metal fittings in very good

shape  ACCOMODATIONS:Berths: 2 in the saloon, two separate in the fore cabin , one aft to starboard ,the

wider  Galley: stainlessteel gas kitchenette in very good conditions with 2 burners and gas oven, refrigerator with

mahogany door. Completely original and fully functional. Bathroom: all original in white porcelain:• small sink with brass

tap and lever pedal • Lavac WC with hand lever

● Description:

Sailing features • great reliability and excellent "seaworthiness" sailing also in very challenging sea  and wind conditions;•

extreme comfort of her yawl rig : in light  wind (10kn) and short sailing distances she sails very easily and fast just  with

genoa and  mizzen • in some particular situations (eg. upwind not too close  and jolie breeze 10-12kn), LISA properly

tuned can proceed without correction at the helm for several minutes (record one hour! );indicative sailing speed abeam:

5kn with 10-12 kn wind, 7kn with 15-18Kn wind. Speed record 9,2kn under spinnaker.• Her owner says : the pleasure of

the wood makes living  on LISA very special! It will conquer your heart, as it happened to   me, for  16 years, and I will

never forget it... Storage/Conservation: LISA has always been moored in a safe harbor. And always covered by a

sartorially designed awning/fabric cover that shelter her from sunrays, marine and rain water,  this allows to leave hatches

slightly open , so that the yacht is  always fresh and without moisture.  

● Asking Price: 42.000€

● History: THE VERY First design of German Frers!  signed when he was  16, LISA of la Tour, was built in a renewed

 shipyard in Buenos Aires. After a period in Latin America sailed for a few years in the Lake of Geneva in Switzerland

and then moved to the western Mediterranean Sea. She was used mainly for cruising ,but she took part also to  classical

regattas (Voile de St. Tropez, Cannes, Imperia, Palma de Mallorca), and she was  successful . Under the actual ownership

she sailed  all over the Tyrrhenian Sea.  

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