Engine
Yanmar 4JH4 - 6HTNE
Total Power
110hp
Engine Hours
2200
Class
Sail Cruiser
Length
14.63m
Year
1999
Model
Tasman 48
Capacity
6 people
Nicolle Associates - Ipswich
Boat Details
Description
Van De Stadt designed Tasman 48 Blue-Water expedition yacht
Tax Paid in Australia
Two detailed walk-around videos available on request
A 1999 Van De Stadt designed Tasman 48 blue-water cruiser - Deck Saloon model - designed for sailing in icy waters.
After a substantial refit in 2023 this long-legged steel cruiser recently crossed oceans providing safety and comfort
This professionally-built Van De Stadt Tasman 48 Deck Saloon yacht was constructed to an extremely high standard in Australia and was built of rolled steel - and is so well built that some think she is made of GRP.
After purchase in 2023 an extensive refit was carried out to ensure safety for all on board:
- New Standing Rigging
- New Running Rigging
- Mast stepped and checked
- New generator and substantial re-wire
- Extensive safety and navigation equipment installed.
See 'Expedition Ready' for the further details on the refit works carried out.
When over-wintering in 24/25 in a heated shed at East River Marina, Nova Scotia, all the rigging was checked and all the cotter pins replaced before re-stepping the mast. The primary sails Main, Genoa and Spinnaker were reconditioned. In Spring 2025 a new Kohler generator was installed plus careful wetted area inspection and prop service plus new cutlass bearing, new anti-foul, etc, prior to re-launch.
The next custodian will benefit from the substantial investment in this proven yacht which is both powerful (70 feet of mast with a stepped height of 4 feet and a 150% Genoa) yet very manageable single-handed with all control lines back to the cockpit.
The four electric winches make light of choppy conditions achieving speeds of about 8 knots in Trade-wind sailing.
The twin wheels in the spacious cockpit help give control and confidence when manoeuvring or docking.
With three sleeping cabins and two bathrooms this Van De Stadt Tasman 48 Deck Saloon yacht, Nanook X, is fully equipped down below for long passages. Amidships, the well-equipped galley has a two burner electric cooktop (LPG is used at sea), two fridge-freezers, extensive bench top space and many storage lockers.
In the saloon the elevated C shaped settee to port provides excellent views even when seated. There is a steering control using one of the two autopilots located at the navigation station (to starboard in the saloon) being the command centre.
THIS VESSEL IS A PROVEN MOTHER SHIP/BASE FOR EXPLORERS
Recently returned from a very successful Expedition
The owner is an intrepid polar explorer who wanted a yacht to travel towards each Pole (both Artic and Antarctic) and also stay close to polar ice for a few days . He bought this yacht with its proven pedigree of sailing in icy waters and legendary performance by the renowned Dutch designers Van De Stadt and commissioned the refit in 2023. She is the mother ship to crew members who explore ashore on polar ice for a few days.
During 2023, 2024, and 2025, this yacht has taken every member of the Expedition into remote climate sensitive regions of the Planet and returned them all safely home afterwards:
Leg 1 - Southern Ocean
Leg 2 - Patagonian Ice Fields
Leg 3 - Antarctica
Leg 4 - Iceland
Leg 5 - Arctic
An extensive history file comes with this yacht.
NB. The two videos in this Listing have been very compressed from the owner's original - please ask for details.
Please contact the Broker for the two walk-around videos in original format that are too large for this site.
One is an above-deck walkaround and the other is a below-deck walkthrough the vessel).
Contact Information
More Details
Accommodation
Please see the Owner's 'walk-through' video available from the Broker but in essence moving from the bow to the stern with all cabins being white-painted and with wooden features to doorways, etc.
* Chain locker with watertight bulkhead with a built-in access hatch
* Sail locker
* Forward head (currently used for additional storage)
* Forward twin berth cabin
* Mid-ship heads with shower accessed by 'Jack and Jill' doors from either the cabin or the Saloon
* Mid-ship double berth cabin. A very comfortable place to sleep, says the owner in the video
* The saloon has, on the port side, an elevated floor section with a large wooden dining table and seating with extensive views even when seated.
* To starboard is the navigation centre and command centre for the vessel
* The galley is to starboard and is well-equipped with an electric hob (when in port) and a gas hob when at sea. Fully fitted with a twin sink, lots of working surfaces, a fridge/freezer, and another freezer.
* Down some steps is the stern cabin which has twin berths with heads and a hand basin. (This cabin has only one mattress at present as the space for the second mattress is currently used for storage).
Details of Expenditure prior to the Expeditions
The Owner is a renowned Polar Explorer who purchased the vessel in 2023 and authorised many replacements/upgrades in readiness for both Antarctic and Arctic sailing.
The total List of that expenditure is here with repetition in the relevant Descriptions that follow:
* Standing rigging
* Running rigging
* Hull fairing, paint and antifoul
* Hull and body vinyl wrap
* Installation of a Lithium battery bank of 450 AH and substantial rewiring of vessel
* Mast removal from its deck mount, complete check and repaint
* Hurricane Jib
* Chart plotter Brooke and Gatehouse (B&G) Zeus 3
* GPS compass B&G
* Radar B&G Halo 20
* Autopilot B&G - accompanied by the existing/older CourseMaster which is still operational and is good back-up/redundancy
* The Zodiac tender had new Upper Canvas and a new Mercury 15 HP 4 stroke
* Two domestic fridge-freezers
* Several domestic pumps and seals
* 240 volt powerful bilge pump
* Starlink
* Jordan Series Drogue (Very valuable in 21m high seas with wind at 70 knots in the Southern Ocean)
* anchor windlass and 100 m of chain for deep anchoring in Antarctica
* four 100 m Rode for anchoring with Steel and Dyneema Shoreline loops
* Genoa fuller drum
* Polar Rated (Insulated floor) 6 Person RECUEYOU life raft
* The Energy System refit included new Solar Panels and two Windgen Rutland 1200 Watt units
* Enerdrive/Victron Monitoring System.
Also:
The sail locker includes Staysail traditional Dacron which is older but in good condition
The canvas dodger, sail bag and bimini were checked and upgraded as necessary
2025
The following items were carried out/fitted:
* hull fairing, paint and antifoul
* new Kohler Generator 6 kv
* replacement Victron Lithium batteries 450 AH
* Re-conditioning of these sails: Genoa; Main (a Carbon Fibre Expedition Weave); Spinnaker
* Diesel Drip Heater.
Deck Equipment
* New Anchor Windlass 2023
* Two anchors plus 100 m Chain for deep anchoring off Antarctic
* On each side of cockpit - two electric winches and one manual winch
* Four 100 m Rode for anchoring with Steel and Dyneema Shoreline loops
* New Polar Rated (Insulated floor) 6 Person RECUEYOU life raft 2023
* The Zodiac tender had new Upper Canvas and a new Mercury 15 HP 4 stroke
* Jordan Series Drogue new in 2023
Electrical and Electronic
Energy System refit included - New Solar Panels, 2 x Rutland 1200 Watt wind generators, a sea hydro generator leg, and an Enerdrive/Victron Monitoring System.
240 volt powerful bilge pump
* Starlink
* Radar B&G Halo 20
* Autopilot B&G - accompanied by the existing/older CourseMaster which is still operational and is good back-up/redundancy
* Installation of a Lithium battery bank of 450 AH and complete rewiring of entire vessel
Chart plotter Brooke and Gatehouse (B&G) Zeus 3
* GPS compass B&G.
A new 6KW Kohler generator was fitted in April 2025.
Switchable between 50 Hz and 60 Hz.
The 240v items on board are powered either through the Enerdrive inverter from the 450 amphour battery bank or the shore supply:
* hot water
* reverse cycle air conditioners (2)
* bilge pump
* water maker pumps (2)
* built-in freezer
* 240v power outlets.
There are 12V and 24V DC circuits.
Rigging and Sails
2024/2025
Over-wintering in 24/25 in a heated shed at East River Marina, Nova Scotia, all the rigging was checked and all the cotter pins replaced before re-stepping the mast in the Spring. The primary sails Main, Genoa and Spinnaker were reconditioned and in Spring 2025 a new generator was installed.
In 2024
* New Standing rigging
* New Running rigging
In 2023
- The 74 foot mast was removed, checked, repainted and re-fitted
- New Hurricane Jib
- Sail Locker includes Staysail traditional Dacron which is older but in good condition
- New Canvas Dodger,s Sail Bag and Bimini
- Mast removal, complete check and repaint
- Genoa fuller drum
- Hydraulic backstays
- All lines are led back to the cockpit
- First and Second reefs can be done from the cockpit.
Disclaimer
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
- This vessel is for sale by an Australian citizen and the vessel is registered in Australia
- As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended
- This yacht is afloat in Tromso, Norway.
- © 2025 Nicolle Associates.
Propulsion
Engine Make:Yanmar
Engine Model:4JH4 - 6HTNE
Engine Year:2014
Total Power:110hp
Engine Hours:2200
Engine Type:Inboard
Drive Type:Direct Drive
Fuel Type:Diesel
Propeller Type:2 Blade
Measurements
Speed & Distance
Cruising Speed:7kn
Max Speed:8kn
Dimensions
Length Overall:14.71m
Min Draft:2.72m
Beam:4.27m
Cabin Headroom:1.78m
Miscellaneous
Seating Capacity:6
Windlass:Electric Windlass
Liferaft Capacity:6
Electrical Circuit:12V
Hull Material:Steel
Tanks
Fresh Water Tank:1 x 954.68 l
Fuel Tank:2 x 340.96 l
Holding Tank:1 x 386.42 l
Accommodations
Cabins:3
Heads:2