44' Bader Katamarane Germany Advantage 44 Design Shuttleworth

The Advantage 44 is a performance cruising catamaran designed by J Shuttleworth and built by Bader Catamarans in Germany. Fellow sailors call it the little gunboat. It is not suitable for people who want to buy a Lagoon or Fountain Pajot. Other than many other catamarans it can sail upwind and still offers a spacious interieur due to the hull design and the rigg layout. With its slim hulls, high mast and little weight (7t) it can sail fast even upwind due to its center daggerboard. The hull is made of Sandwhich with closed cell foam and the inner layer of the Sandwhich is about 5mm kevlar fiberglass combination. The resin used is vinylester. It is a owners version and sleeps 7 persons. 3 double cabins, 1 single in the saloon and a large bathroom.
The boat is in remarkebly good condition because it has been overhauled the past 2 years. 2022 the hull has been stripped of old antifouling and protected by several layers of epoxy primer and 5 layers of epoxy coppercoat. The deck has been spraypainted new with Awlgrip Antislip. A new interieur has been custom made in superlight Carbon / fiberglass sandwhich. A new fiberglass bimini roof has been made and new saloonwindows installed. The new trampoline is of dynema. The sails and sailcover are new and there is a AB Hypalon Dinghi (condition like new) with Aluminium hull and Dinghcover included. The deckhardware has been partly renewied. A new anchorwinch has been insalled and a large electric winsh is fitted on the aftbeam. New Trudesign Throughulls installed 2023.
The boat had 3 owners including me. The previous owner did barely sailed it but renewied the port engine which has only 700hrs on it. The catamaran never ran on charter. I equipped the boat 2022 with new solarpanels (800W) plus victron regulator and new house batteries (1000w) plus new starter batteries 2023. The boat is equipped with additional cruising equippement like a spare Dinghi, liferaft, chartplotter, AIS Sendera, Radar, Genaker and Spinaker. The engines are serviced 10 / 2023

General specifications
Model: Advantage 44
Manufacturer: Bader Katamarane Germany
Design category A
-Hull length: 44ft
-Maximum beam: 8,5 m
-Draught: 0,90 m
-Light displacement: 7000 kg

Registration and Tax Situation:
VAT paid, the boat is registered under Austrian flag since 2010, initially German flag, original sales contract and various other documentation exists

Rigging and sails:
-Mainsail fully battened North Norlam Cruisinglaminate (condition like new) with Fredrikson mastsliders
-Lazybag - new
-jib Dacron (good condition)
-Genua Dacron (useable)
-Spinaker light with sock (good condition)
-Genaker (Quantum sails) with sock (like new)

Water System:
-Water capacity (approximate) 400 L the tank is situated under the mast at the centerpoint of the boat
-Water-heater 30 L can run on shore power or starport engine
-Shower transom
-Hot and coldwater tabs with shower in the bathroom and kitchen and port sink.
-Saltwater tab Deckwash pump

Toilets:
-1 head 1 large shower / toilet on the owner stb side, 1 sink on the port side(fresh and saltwater), aftshower (fresh and saltwater)
-1 manual Lavac toilet with spare parts (renewed by the previous owner)


Electrical System:
-Engine battery 100Ah x 2 - year 2023
-Auxiliary battery 900Ah led acid batteries year 2022
-Multidisplay for actual power draw with 350A measuring shunt it is showing the actual output or input in Amps on the housebatteries and ensures a correct status electricity wise at all times

-Shore Power 220V
- 1 Fridge in the kitchen runs on 12V (renewied by previous owner)
- 1 Fridge / Freezer in the port hull.
- 2 * Solarpanels 800W
- New switchbord on charttable

Safety Equipement
All safety equipement is considered personal and what remains with the boat is an add on.
- 8 Persons life raft (last checked 2013, to be rechecked)
- 8 life wests
- First Aid Kit
-boat man stool

Electronic system:
- TV set Sharp Flatscreen year 2022
- Raymarine St 60 autopilot and wind instrument
- Raymarine i 50 Tridata (Speed, Depth, Temperature)
- Raymarine Radar
- AIS Sender and Receiver Matsutec
- Raymarine Chartplotter E80 with charts for the med
- Autopilot Smartpilot Raymarine SPX
- Hydraulik steering
- VHF Navico

Engines:
The engines are easily accessible and have been fitted 2023 with Volvo 3 blade folding props. Initially the boat was equipped with 2 fixed shaft engines Nanni Kubota 4150E. The previous owner replaced the port engine by a brandnew Volvo Penta D255 E with saildrive s130. This engine has only 700hrs! Both engines are serviced 10 / 2023 change of oil and filters, dieselfilters, impeller and seals, bearing waterpump, V Belt, Saildrive got new shaft seals and oil, fixed prop new shaft seal and gear oil. Both engines got new volvo 3 blade folding props.
The tank is fitted under the mast and has a capacity of 350 lliters. It has been cleaned after I bought the boat 2022. The port engine is equipped with a second 90A alternator to charge the auxillary batteries.
Port engine: Volvo D2 55 E saildrive S130 700hrs, Year 2012
Starbord engine: Kubota Nanni 4150e fixed shaft with new watercooled vetus shaft seal and new exhaust manifold. approx 2000hrs, year 2003