Plessis Tradition Marine SL 56

IMAQA 56 is an insulated aluminum sailing yacht with a retractable keel on G.PLessis plan and custom-built.

A vessel certified for 490kS in 2018.

Fully tested in high latitudes and Antarctica.
IMAQA has traveled to Antarctica, Patagonia, Polynesia, Alaska and has crossed the Northwest Passage in Greenland...
Fredoya, its sister ship, shares the same pedigree and photos and videos of the construction of the 3 sister ships are available on their website (https://fredoya.com/construction-aluminium/)

A long-range sailing yacht:
Fuel: 2200L
Water: 1000L

IMAQA is a center cockpit cutter, built with a raised bow, with a flush deck and a rear cockpit. It features an almost vertical bow, an inverted stern transom with integrated bathing platforms, a retractable keel, hard chines, and three rudders (the outer rudders are fixed by fins, and the central rudder is a freely moving blade).

Inventory:

Construction:
Welded aluminum on frames and stringers
Hull thickness:
- Bottom: 25mm
- First chine: 12mm
- Second chine: 8mm
- Third and fourth: 6mm
Deck: 5mm
Keel well: 25mm
The keel is made of 10mm steel filled with 7 tons of lead. It pivots on a system of axes based on 2 steel half-canes allowing easy removal.
Remontage is done using a hydraulic ram powered by a dual hydraulic system with a manual backup pump.
2 watertight bulkheads plus a crash box
Rig and sails (Dacron):
Mast Maréchal with 3 levels of spreaders
Mainsail divided, oversized: lower forestay 25MM...
2 Facnor furlers for genoa (new 90m²) and staysail (revised 27m²)
Gennaker (revised 120m²) on Facnor furler
Main sail (revised 85m²) full batten on Ronstan roller carriages. Walder boom brake
Andersen 42 to 62 ST winches

Engine:
Perkins Sabre M135, 6-cylinder naturally aspirated, hydraulic Z-drive PRM 750D
4500 hours.
Drive shaft with Python drive coupling
Steering system:
3 rudders, one behind the propeller
2 completely independent steering systems:
- Lewmar with Mamba drive gear transmission
- Lecomble and Schmitt hydraulic system inside the pilot house
Simrad AP35 autopilot 750W
Lewmar 8KW 24V bow thruster in tunnel
Electrical system:
Circuits 220V, 24V, 12V
8 Victron gel service batteries 110Ah 12V
2 Victron AGM engine batteries 110Ah 12V
Charged via alternator and photovoltaic panels

Tanks:
Water: 2 x 500L food-grade
Fuel: 2200L in 4 tanks; 3 under planks for 2000L plus a daily tank of 200L
Gray water: 250L

Kitchen:
Propane gas stove: 2 bottles of 13kg in cockpit locker
Gas oven and grill

Heating:
Oil stove
Central heating on engine heat exchanger and Eberspacher Hydronic 10

Safety:
EPIRB
Harnesses with AIS
New 6-person life raft
Mooring and anchoring equipment
Lofrans Gunideau X4 -24V
100m chain, 14mm
Delta anchors 50kg and 45kg plus Fortress large model

Cables:
4 x 50m polypropylene + 2 x 50m polyamide on reels under deck and 100m polyamide on stern reel, 4 braided 30mm moorings

Electronics:
Plastimo Olympic 135 navigation compass
Plastimo Iris 50 handheld compass
Navicom DSC/VHF transceiver
Plastimo SK-200 handheld VHF
Iridium 9505A satellite phone + Iridium Go
ICOM 718 SSB/HF transceiver
Pactor PTC2 Pro modem and data interface - HF gateway
Navman Tracker 5100 GPS receiver and video chart plotter, with a 3100S repeater at the cockpit helm
Etrex handheld GPS
Furuno NX 300-D Navtex receiver
Raymarine AIS transceiver
Advensea S400 digital depth sounder and alarm
Plastimo Echotest 2 handheld depth sounder
Furuno RDP-148 radar
Simrad J300X-40 autopilot, rudder angle indicator and control panel, with AP35 remote control
Tamaya NC77 digital navigation computer
Davis Windex wind indicator
Skywatch Explorer anemometer
Plastimo clock and barometer, La Crosse WS7059 barometer
Appropriate navigation lights for class
Horn, anchor bell
Acer desktop computer and peripherals, Miniforum computer

Other equipment:
Lewmar 24V twin propeller bow thruster 10

Your contact:
Gael
+33619335599