Marimba 44 – Aluminum Yacht – Blue Water Cruiser for Ocean Cruising

The choice if you want to Circum Navigate safely, no matter if its in Patagonia, Northern Norway, Greenland or the warmer Caribbean or South Pacific, then this is the boat for you.

This beautiful aluminum Blue Water Cruiser Yacht “Gepetho” is a robust Ocean-going Marimba 44. This safe and stable boat is perfect for a family or a couple who dream about distant shores and adventures with a very comfortable and a convenient live-aboard life whether in a colder or warmer climate.

Strong Aluminum design, with an appealing Center Cockpit, Aft-Cabin design, that by first glance makes people think she is a Hallberg-Rassy, Najad or a Moody. The boat certainly been inspired by the same ideas for comfort and safe sailing, BUT with the extra safety features as watertight Bulkheads, oversized Rig and many other features. The engine is developed by MWM (later Deutz) robustly developed as agricultural machinery and marine engine. Many boats of the German Navy use this engine. Spare parts availability worldwide, since installed in various Renault and Fendt agricultural machinery. Very reliable and very easy to maintain. The robust underwater ship offers great stability and safety with its half-long keel. The 90 mm rudder shaft, in a long Teflon socket integrated in 10 mm Wall thickness in aluminum over the water line is an important safety especially that its also connected with a solid skeg protecting the rudder.

Marimba 44 was originally designed by New Zealand architect Alan Mummery, and was by first owner, build in Germany on Sandmeier boatyard, who specializes in aluminum construction in Germany. A total of 4 pcs. of the Marimba were built. Various ideas from experienced World sailors was integrated.

Gepetho was build in 1996 and only little used – only in summertime, and kept indoor during winter, by first owner before current owners bought her in 2012.

This safe and stable Aluminum yacht is ready for take-off and have been updated to take on any passage in the world and at the same time offers comfortable live-aboard life in a tasteful Teak interior. The constructor and previous owners have had a high focus on quality i every detail. The inside is tastefully classic and well planned. A master aft cabin with double bed and a front cabin for 2 guests. On the starboard side towards aft cabin is even an extra bed alongside. Two more guests may even sleep in salon. The one head is by the aft cabin. Used to be shower in the head, but require change of watertap for refit. Showers were by the current owners done outdoor aft on deck or in cockpit to avoid humidity inside boat. Kitchen is well equipped with space for storage and cooking. A top loaded refrigerator and a gas burner stove and oven.  The salon comfortably seats 6 persons in 2 sofas, one on each side of large foldable table.

The well protected center cockpit has fixed windows and large sprayhood, but also a complete cover available for protection both against weather and sun and with a lot of space for comfortable outdoor everyday boat life and safe cruising. Teak deck in great condition and very well maintained.

 

The current owners cruised waters in Northern Europe (Norway, Sweden, Germany) the first years of their cruising. After that and with some time between for work, they sailed south from Northern Europe to the Atlantic and crossed the Atlantic Ocean 2018/19 to the Caribbean where they enjoyed the islands before heading back to Europe. This cruising machine has proved its capabilities in all types of weather and sea, and from the cold north to the warm and sunny weather in South and in the Caribbean. The current owners travelling with their now grownup children are now moving into a significant larger sailboat and will continue travelling.

 

 

 

Updates last years by current owner include among others:

 

2024:  New Engine Start Battery

Updated Epirb – GME MT 403

2023:   Stern bowspid for Gennaker – Stainless Steel

            Logg/Lot – New Ultrasound-Transducer

            Engine full service by Klemens in Großenbrode

Bow Thruster service

Rigg-Check by Saillmaker Jan-Segel Großenbrode

Drifter-Sail (Code-0) ca. 80 qm mit ”furlex”/roller (6.530 €)

Serviced Liferaft Plastimo Ocean 6 Person

Rudder new seal package

Antifouling

2021:   New Sprayhood

New Cockpittent

New Sail Cover,

New Sailing Tent for protection while sailing  (ca. 8.500 €)

Pantry countertop in stone look renewed

Wetroom countertop in stone look renewed

Transformer Victron for perfect galvanic isolation renewed

Charger/Inverter New Victron Multiplus 3000 New

AIS - Garmin AIS 800 Transceiver with SOTDMA New

2020:   Gas/Propane installation renewed

ENO Gas stove New

Autopilot Pumpe Simrad New

All apolstery for beds and in Salon renewed

2019:   B&G Plotter Zeus 3 New units

Autopilot B&G NAC 3 New

B&G Triton New

B&G Sonic Hub

Compressor for refrideator New

Heating completely updated

2018:   Underwater hull paint system completely rebuilt - Antifouling Seajet

New Inverter/Charger Victron Multiplus 12/3000/120-16

Davits and Targaframe New

Windgenerator Silentwind New

2 Solarpanels on Targa

6 X 145 AH Gel Batteries – Service batteries

New Outboard Engine Suzuki DF 9.9 (not included)

New Mastervolt Alternator

Shaft-Generator new

Reckmann Furler maintained by manufacturer

2016:   Trade Sails 85 sqm new

Repainted Hull and Deck by Klemens-Werft

2 CARBON Spinnakerpoles Carbon

Stormfock 9 sqm

Trysail 11qm with separate mast track

Mainsail Jan-Segel 40 sqm New

Stern Anchor 16 kg “German Bügelanker”

 

Dinghy Highfield UL 310 Hypalon Aluminiumhull  and outboard engine not included

 

 

 

Equipment and facts:

Generally:

• Model year 1996

• Name: S/Y GEPETHO

• HIN or Production no: 1SSR942

• Length (LOA): 14,00 m

• Width/Beam: 4,05 m

• Draft: 1,95 m

• Displacement: 12,0 tons (empty)

• Ballast: 4,7 tons

• Mast height (Bridge Clarance) 18.5 m 

• Layout with two cabins (aft cabin and forward Cabin) and a total of 7 berths incl 2 in salon.

• One Head/Bathroom/Toilet

• Engine: MWM 226.4: 58 kW (79 Hp) – 1996 (start of operation)

• Engine Serial Number: 226.42.16202

• Engine Hours: 1937hours

• 3-blade Stainless Steel Fixed Blade Propeller

• Diesel tank 400 liter (Aluminium), (Daytank 80 liter + 320 Main tank)

• Water tanks total 500 liter :  2*250 Liter (Aluminium – under Salon)

• Anchor (“German Bügelanker”) 35 kg, with 100 m 10mm Chain

• Aft Anchor: 16 kg (“German Bügelanker”)

• Lewmar windlass in the bow

 

Navigation and Electronics

• B&G Vulcan 3 Plotter 9 Zoll

• B&G  Autopilot NAC-3,

• B&G Triton Multi instruments for wind, log, dept etc. Triton 2

• Garnmin AIS 800 SODMA Transciever

• B&G 4G Radar

• Acticense NMEA2K – USB Adapter for PC

• Garmin VHF 200i

• Handheld VHF

• Delta Compass in cockpit and B&G Precision 9

• Plotter wi-fi mirror to tablet in Cockpit

 

Rig:

• Sloop Two-spreader Keel stepped rig

• Selden Mast and Boom

• Reckman genoa furler

• Oversized 12mm and 10mm Standing rigging for extra safty

• Extra running backstays as optional support for the mast, when running downwind in big seas, and can be moved for normal sailing

• Running rigging mostly replaced as part of maintenance.

• 2 Carbon Spinnaker Poles with cover, mounted on mast

• Cutterstay

 

Sails and Canvas:

• Mainsail 40 sqm, 2016 (good condition)

• Passatsegel 86 sqm, 2016 (use 2018-2019 – like new)

• Genoa 63 sqm, 2014 (use from 2014 to 2018 – good condition)

• Yankee 45 ssqm, good/mid condition (first use 2018)

• Fock for Cutterstag 15 qm, good/mid condition (first use 2012)

•  Storm-Jib (like new)

• Trysail 2026 (like new)

• Code-0 Drifter on furlex/roller 80 sqm. 2023 (like new)

• Sprayhood (2021)

• New Cockpittent (2021)

• New Sail Cover?, (2021)

• New Sailtent, (2021)

 

Batteries and charging

• Shore power connection Current: 240V system panel with switches for sockets, battery charger etc

• Inverter/Charger Victron Multiplus 12/3000/120-16 (120 Ah charger/3000 Watt Inverter)

•  Windgenerator Silentwind with MPPT Controller (2018)

•  Solarpanels on Targa ( 2 x 110 WP) connected to MPPT controller w Wind Gen.

• Connection prepared for more solar panels

•  6 X 145 AH Gel Batteries – Service batteries (2018)

   2 of them in the bow to support directly windlass and Bow-Thruster

• 1 Starter battery (2024)

• Mastervolt Heavy Duty Alternator (modulating 75 A to 150 A) (2018)

• Shaft-Generator (2018)

• Transformer Victron (2021)

 

Water, heating and sanitation:

• Water heater prepared. No Waterheater now, but prepared installation.

• Baby Blake Toilet/heads with manual flush

• Holding Tank 80 liters with deck empty option and pump

• Freshwater pump (Whale Gusher Galley) only connected to Cockpit. Manual pumps inside boat, but prepared for connection to electric pump.

• Saltwater hand pump at galley

• Pressurised water taps at cockpit

• 2x freshwater tanks under Salon (2 x 250 litres Aluminium)

• Automatic bilge pump

• Bilge alarm

• Manual heavy duty bilge pump – one in cockpit and one in Pantry

• ENO Two burner gas cooker, with oven (2021)

• Refrigerator (top loaded)

• Waterbased heating system

Miscellaneous

• Hull Antifouled 2023

• Liferaft Plastimo Transocean plus 6 Person (2017 – serviced 2023)

• Misc Safety equipment , Several Fire extinguishers, Life lines, Spare parts etc.

Please contact Mads Poulsen at +351 936 529 144