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Hans Christian 48

Hans Christian 48 is a 47 ′ 10 ″ / 14.6 m monohull sailboat designed by Scott Sprague and built by Shing Fa Boatbuilding Co., Ltd., Pantawee Marine Co., Ltd., and Hans Christian Yachts starting in 1985.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

Later a similar yacht was available as the TRADITIONAL 48 from Pantawee Marine Co., Ltd. in Thailand. Also available as a staysail ketch.

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1985 Hans Christian Yachts 48T With Custom Pilothouse

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$25,000 PRICE DROP! "I Yam What I Yam" is Hull # 5 of only 30 Hans Christian 48T's that were built. PROVISION AND GO! She is a true seagoing vessel, capable of taking you and your family around the world, around the Caribbean, or simply up and down the East Coast.

Why would you choose this boat? Read testimonials from the owners below! Sandra says: "She feels like she is at harmony with the sea..." And from Larry: "She is beautiful, we are almost always the prettiest boat in the anchorage." 

Her interior represents the finest craftsmanship that boats of this era had, with beautiful teak joinery, fine marble, and luxurious leather, while her exterior is as rugged as they come. She has a custom hard dodger/pilothouse, which was approved by the Hans Christian builders.

Only 30 of these boats were built and they don't come on the market often, so don't miss the chance to take a closer look at this beauty. She was the last one built at the Taiwan factory, so her craftsmanship is superior and hardwoods and stainless steel of are of the highest quality. Her current owners have cruised her extensively, sparing no expense on redundant systems and anything and everything they have needed to make her comfortable and seaworthy. She is a gem!!! Breathtaking! More photos and video coming soon!

This list of features barely scratches the surface of what is onboard this amazing boat!

• Well over $200,000 spent on refits since current owners purchased her in 2008
• Brand new bottom paint 6/17
• Hull stripped and barrier coat applied in 2014
• 6 sealed house batteries new in 2011
• Starter battery new 2017
• Fire alarm system
• Marble salon table AND marble countertops in the galley
• 2 CruiseAir reverse cycle air conditioning units, new in 2010, oversized and perfect for warm climates!
• D iesel heater, perfect for cool climates!
• Red courtesy lights all through interior
• Lights and glass windows in cabinets
• All lights upgraded to LED
• 3-Way light with strobe on mast head
• Lightening brush and 2 grounding rods
• Hull-stepped mast with extra strong brass compression post combined with new standing rigging makes this rig nearly invincible
• 2 spreaders--some of these boats only had 1!
• Engine upgraded from original Yanmar that was standard on this boat to a naturally aspirated Perkins 4.236 (only 3,001 hours total, new gage in 2012 reads 500, top end rebuilt, injector rebuilt in 2014, meticulously cared for and low hours for this model...she has many many more hours to go!)
• Fuel transfer and polishing system (a much needed piece of equipment when purchasing diesel worldwide!)
• Cutlass bearing and Racor filters brand new 2017
• Northern Lights 5KW Genset
• New seacocks for engine and generator 2017
• ProSine inverter
• Isolation transformer for 110 OR 220 shore power--you can cruise EVERYWHERE
• 3-blade folding Max prop (just re-swung, re-packed, and polished 2017)
• Excellent engine and generator access from all angles
• Superior copper grounding system with over 200 feet of copper (see photo!!!) 65# Bruce anchor with 300 feet of newly galvanized chain
• Anchor locker split into two sections for extra ground tackle
• Storage everywhere
• Ample port lights and deck prisms to provide natural lighting
• Huge aft cabin with fold-out desk area and private head
• CUSTOM mattress for aft master cabin
• Washer and dryer
• Forward cabin has separate head to offer a good level of privacy and comfort
• Nav station large enough to serve multiple purposes. It's a communications hub, a work station, etc.
• Dickenson Mediterranean propane stove, new 2011
• NovaKool refrigerator and freezer
• Double sink and large food preparation area--a sailing chef's dream galley!!!
• Elegant teak staircase from companionway to salon
• Teak side decks have been maintained to a very high standard--teak is bare and has been regularly cleaned and care for. All teak is incredibly thick on this boat.
• EasyWeigh electric anchor windlass
• Electric winch cockpit starboard
• Elevated helm position for excellent visibility
• Cockpit table with fold-out leaves
• True battery charger 40 amp by Xantrex
• Air Marine 400W turbine wind generator
• Solar panels mounted to arch
• Chartplotter at helm
• Icom 802 SSB radio and Pactor modem connected to PC at chart table
• Autohelm ST60 for all instruments (including a speed log in the aft cabin so that the person off watch can be clued in as to what's happening up top!)
• Autohelm ST70 Autopilot
• Stereo system with cockpit speakers
• 2 ships computers (including one 12V) at chart table used for weather and navigation and anything else--both wired to flat-screen swing-mounted monitor
• All standing rigging replaced in 2008
• New insulated backstay in 2015
• Mast steps all the way to top
• Custom made running rigging - July 2011 by Brian Toss 
• Mainsail fully battened, 2 reef points, new 2011
• Yankee cut head sail 125% new 2011
• Working jib on inner forestay
• Harken furlers on both headsail and staysail BOTH new 2011
• Drifter new 2011
• Rigid boom vang
• 6 man Viking life raft
• Safety package, life sling MOB recovery system.
• Hard cockpit enclosure 'wheel house'
• Fishing rod holders
• Dinghy - 10.6 AB 2007 aluminum ribbed hull with 25HP, 2 stroke Yamaha outboard
• Spare parts for your spare parts!
• VHF M604  
• All sails were new 2009 Port Townsen, custom made and reinforced with leather by Carol Hasse
• Inner stay new 2011
• Drifter like new hardly used
• Halyard  winches Barient (not electric)
• Electric winch Harken 2 speed power ratio 40 Operation from starboard in Cockpit
• Running back stays new 2018 Amsteel
• Tri sail and Storm sail with new mast tracks 2008
• AIS  Simrad transceiver
• Auto pilot Raytheon RT 7000
• Smart plug power cord new 2017
• Forward head new tile shower    

 Sandra Jane: "Voyaging on this ship offshore has exceeded my expectations. We've travelled down the Pacific coast, starting out with 5 crew pulling into Ports along the way, Mexico where we did laps around the Disney cruise ship with full sails out arriving in Cabo San Lucas. Photo opp!!!

Then on to El Salvador and  Costa Rica before taking her through the Panama Canal to the Atlantic side. What a hoot!!

With much learned we could now sail her ourselves. 

It all started with a dream and a desire to go where the butter melts. We had fabulous crew that were thrilled to help get us started, and soon I realized we had a great boat which attracted the savviest of sailors. Lucky us!! As we felt comfortable and started to realize how she always got us to our next destination safely and effortlessly, I knew very little about sailing or even going offshore. I am so grateful that she has made me feel safe and comfortable.  She feels solid as she chops through the water like a real ship, with 15 - 25 knots of wind on her beam she moves gracefully at 6-8 knots , if you need another knot put out the staysail.  

The hard dodger has been an added feature which added protection from the elements, I haven't had to use my foul weather gear in 8 years. As the way finder and the helmsman it also provides a good place to mount the IPad so it's close at hand to the chart plotter.  

Night sailing is now become a comfortable and majestic time for a passage. She is easy to move around in while underway and there seems to be a handle or a grab hold in just the right spots both on deck and down below.  

She feels like she is at harmony with the sea,  almost like a peaceful mantra from Neptune.

The generous use of teak thru out has a natural charm which keeps you cool when its hot and warm when it cools down. Also as the swabby ( another pink job) I can honestly say the maintenance is minimal.  With a little help from the salt water the decks and sideboards stay a light honey color and the more salt we get, the better the teak seems to like it. 

She's defiantly not like camping on the water, she is a home where ever the anchor drops."

Larry: "Sandra and I were not finesse sailors, in fact, neither of us had any offshore experience so we needed a boat that was both safe and easy to sail short handed.

In the HC we found not only a safe well-built boat solid as a tank, but one that would allow us to make mistakes without dire consequences. Looking back now after about 25,000 offshore miles we can smile but when we first started WOW.   This boat was safe, and of course, she is beautiful, we are almost always the prettiest boat in the anchorage. Even inexperienced sailors can see the beauty in her.    And then there is the size, at 48 feet she offered lots of space to live and we were going to live full time eventually and we wanted the room. The hard dodger provided both safety and a way to stay out of the nasty elements.   So in a few words, we fell in love with her, the size, the safety the beauty, it brings a tear to my eye to have to sell her but that is another story."  

Melanie (broker) : I fell in love with this boat the first time I saw her. I was raised cruising and am a lifetime liveaboard sailor...I spent 34 of my life living on boats. I saw her out of the water while Sandra and Larry were doing a bottom job in 2017, and I thought, " what a beautiful and solid hull ..." I'm a sucker for a full keel! This is a boat I would feel comfortable circumnavigating aboard with my young daughter. And Sandra and Larry have thought of everything and are fastidious boat owners...the moment something breaks, they fix it. Everything on this boat is both functional and beautiful. Come see her!"

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Luxury everywhere you turn!

Upon entering from the companionway, descending upon solid teak stairs (no flimsy ladders on this boat!), you are immediately drawn into the warmth and spaciousness of this ship. The galley to port is a chef's dream, with marble countertops, refrigerator and freezer, double stainless sinks, a propane stove and oven, fresh water filtration system, and tons of storage. It's shaped as a deep U, so there's room to hang on and plenty of support when cooking at sea.

The nav station is truly set up as an all-purpose communications, safety, and navigation station. A 110 computer and a 12V computer both link to a flat screen monitor, and of course all of the navigation instruments are duplicated and run on repeaters from here as well. The space is amazing--you can lay out your paper charts, run your laptop, and keep on eye on your desktop ALL while you talk long-range on the SSB radio. It's an office to be proud of!

As if the nav station wasn't a big enough office, the large aft cabin is fitted with a custom desk that folds down into a work station, so two people can work at the same time in different parts of the boat. The design-work that went into all of this is brilliant (there's even a leaf that folds up on the desk to allow easy entry into the head!). The large double bed has been custom-fitted with a new mattress made specifically for the marine environment. Walking through the head, you come to a small washer and dryer--quite a luxury on a cruising sailboat!

Forward of the galley, there is a spacious u-shaped dinette with leather seating and a marble tabletop. The compression post for the mast is brass--just another example of how every detail of this boat was finished with beauty in mind. There is seating for 8 between the dinette and the settee on the starboard side.

The double bed up forward is offset and provides comfort for guests or additional crew as well as its own private head with a full stall shower.

The enclosed hard dodger/pilothouse is a room of its own, which encloses fully in cool weather or can be left open in warm weather. With it's comfortable seating leafed table, it could be an outdoor dining room or whatever you wanted it to be!

That's the thing with this boat. She is whatever you want her to be, and much, much more! "I Yam what I Yam" is whatever you make her.

PS. If you don't want to buy this boat for yourself, please consider buying her for me!

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The rigs differ from ketch, sloop and cutters, but they all get as much sail area as possible, utilizing the bowsprit. For example, the 33-foot Hans Christian has a relatively small footprint on deck but sports the rig and sail area of what you might see on a 40-foot yacht, to compensate for the heavy displacement. Forty-one-year-old Remedy had never had the bowsprit removed and inspected—hence the termites, along with wood rot at the base, where water pooled easily.  There also was the issue of the samson posts (the physical stopping point for the aft end of the bowsprit) having separated from their lateral support underneath the deck. And we noted a classic case of stainless-steel crevice ­corrosion that had claimed all of the bowsprit hardware, which had hairline cracks, pitting and bent tangs.  A total rebuild was necessary, and there was a lot to consider about the way to go about it, given how much materials and technology have improved since Remedy splashed decades ago. We could stick with wood and re-create what was there, or make something like a fiberglass bowsprit. Using the old bowsprit as a mold, we could build something that was impervious to rot, and that was stronger and lighter than its wood counterpart. Or we could build one out of aluminum. It wouldn’t sport the exact same design, but it could be better in many ways.  Our friends decided to stick with traditional wood, which led to new considerations. Since materials like old-growth wood are simply not available these days, we couldn’t carve a new bowsprit out of a single piece of timber like the original. Instead, we would have to utilize techniques such as laminating. Having just finished our bulwark aboard Avocet , we knew that we liked cumaru wood (sometimes called Brazilian teak) for its strength, but finding a piece that was a minimum of 8½ feet wide by 14 feet long, and kiln-dried, turned out to be more difficult than we anticipated.  Remedy ’s owners found a lead on sapele, a type of mahogany with higher tensile strength than teak and better gluing adhesion. It lacks the oils that teak has for fighting off rot and bugs, but given the general lack of wood on the West Coast, we decided that sapele was our best option.  With the wood ordered, Chris set out to translate measurements from the old bowsprit to paper so that he could dimensionally see how Hans Christian had done it, and where he could improve the design.  Hans Christian had made the original bowsprit quickly and efficiently, leaving details such as perfectly straight lines, 90-degree cuts and appropriate spacing as an afterthought. Chris added notes where material needed to be added and taken away to create an upgraded version. He then laid out his tools and got busy turning the 5-by-5-foot boards into a bowsprit.  This was a messy project. Not only were we dealing with a large amount of dripping resin, but there was also a fair bit of dust and shavings that wouldn’t be appropriate to manage dockside. Fortunately, our friends at Ventura Harbor Boatyard allowed us to set up shop there. Chris created a workspace encapsulated with a tarp to control the dust and temperature. Inside, we used box fans for air circulation.  From the initial concept, we knew that the hardest part of building the new bowsprit was going to be cutting an 8½-by-8½-foot cube with a taper. So, instead of trying to cut an entire solid piece of timber, Chris instead cut 10 planks into the shape of the bowsprit, with the intention of gluing them together. When he cut the boards, he purposely left about a ¼-inch of extra material on all sides to act as a buffer while gluing everything together, and to allow for enough material to be planed away during the shaping process.  Once the boards were cut into their desired shape, it was time to glue them together.  This process of laminating wood with many layers introduces an incredible amount of tensile strength, if you can keep the layers well-bonded for the life of the beam. There have been horror stories about laminated beams on ships coming apart, but if the job is done properly, the result will be stronger than it could be with a single piece of timber.  After speaking with a few experts about lamination materials, Chris used Smith’s Oak and Teak Epoxy Glue, which turned out to be by far the stickiest, strongest and goopiest epoxy we have ever seen. Chris did a quick run with the orbital sander to raise the grain of the wood, and then a wipe-down with acetone, before he and one of the boat’s owners began applying the glue with a 4-inch filler spreader.  This was among the most stressful parts of the entire project—and not just because we needed it to work. At that time, there was a nationwide epoxy shortage, so we were trying to conserve epoxy at the same time that we were liberally applying it. And we were racing to make sure all the boards were clamped before the epoxy “kicked off” (entered the initial cure phase).  When the last clamp was placed, the old bowsprit was placed on top of the laminated boards for more downward pressure. With the epoxy curing, we draped a tarp over the whole ensemble and plugged in three space heaters to increase the ambient temperature to 95 or 100 degrees Fahrenheit, to assist in the curing process. To be safe, we checked on the heaters continually, and we removed them from our workspace the following day. Two days later, we removed the clamps to get a good look at what was now one cohesive piece of wood. We were pleased with the results (whew!). It was now time to shape the laminated wood into a proper bowsprit.  The first tool Chris grabbed was his trusty grinder with a 5-inch sanding-pad attachment, to get rid of all the epoxy that had squeezed out between the boards. This step left a flat surface that was suitable for a hand planer.  Chris struck a centerline and started marking the sides of the bowsprit where the final dimensions would be. The least amount of material he had to remove was about a ¼-inch, and the most was about 4 inches around where the bottom edge of the bowsprit tapered from the middle section up to the very front. This exercise confirmed that his initial cuts in the individual planks were correct, leaving enough material to shape.  After lamination, the bowsprit weighed more than 300 pounds—yikes, indeed—but that figure decreased with every inch of material that Chris shaved away. The final weight was around 270 pounds. This is why a lighter material such as fiberglass, carbon or aluminum would be great to consider. Once the bowsprit was between ⅛ and ¼ inch of the original spec, we relocated our project to the dock, where the final shaping would make a minimal mess.  To say that we were ­nervous at this point was an ­understatement. Chris worried that the monster he had crafted might not gracefully replace the previous bowsprit, and his worrying made me anxious. There was only one way to put our nerves to bed, and that was to lift the bowsprit and see if it fit.  At first, it didn’t—but that was OK. We had anticipated an improper fit, which is why Chris had left enough material to continue taking it away, finely tuning the bowsprit’s shape to the boat itself. Using his wood planer and contractor square, he shaved another ¼ inch off the sides. He repeated the process about three times, with the fourth time being the golden ticket. The bowsprit slid with no resistance into place, with a very rewarding thunk into the samson post notches.  The bowsprit was at that point dry-fitted to Remedy ,but the work was far from over. Chris had intentionally left the mating surface (where the samson posts and bowsprit made contact) proud so that he could strike a final line on the bowsprit once it was in place. This step in the process ensured that the bowsprit would be fully supported by the samson post while ­avoiding point-loading. After this step was ­complete, it was time to install the hardware, which you might think would have been easier than everything else we had done so far. Nope.  By far, the most intimidating part of this project was drilling for the fasteners. Chris had thought about using a mobile drill press, but the holes he had to re-create in the bowsprit needed to accommodate the original hardware (like the pulpit), and those holes were not all uniform in where they went in and came out of the sprit.  For example: The two ½-inch bolts that go through the staysail chainplate went into the wood at about a 60-degree angle. So we took the process old-school and laid the hardware down on the bowsprit exactly where we wanted it. We then marked both sides of the hole, and used a handheld ½-inch drill to cut the holes in both sides until they connected in the middle. This technique ended up working pretty well—but there was a level of guesswork involved that, while it did not affect the quality of the finished product, just felt wrong to us after so much attention to detail in the project thus far.  Once all the holes had been drilled, Chris oversized them slightly and inlaid G10 (prefabricated epoxy-based fiberglass laminate) tubes for the bolts to go inside. Adding this upgrade to the original design meant the hardware didn’t need to be bedded because the G10 was epoxied in place. This upgrade to the design also meant the bolts couldn’t oval the wood over time, a problem that would lead to water ingress and put our friends right back where they had started.  After the tubes had been installed and bedded with thickened epoxy, the entire bowsprit was saturated in Smith’s Clear Penetrating Epoxy Sealer, and then finished with nine coats of Awlgrip’s Awlwood Clear Gloss. If we do say so ourselves, it looked quite lovely. In the end—with all new hardware, a beautifully varnished bowsprit, and a bluewater cruising boat that was ready for adventure—our friends set a course south for Mexico in October 2021.  When we last checked, Remedy had covered more than 1,000 nautical miles, with the bowsprit we created proudly leading the way. Marissa and Chris Neely are currently refitting their Cheoy Lee 41, Avocet, prepping to cast off their lines and go cruising. 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