Princess 45

Description

1986 Princess 45 with twin 440 hp Yanmar 6LY2A-STP diesel engines, classic Princess lines, 2 cabin layout with lower saloon / galley and upgraded s/s windows / sliding doors in deck saloon. The owner of this renowned flybridge motor yacht was the owner of Boatworks + for 37 years until 2023, one of the leading marine businesses in the Channel Islands. He has owned the boat from new and has spared no expense on a regular programme of maintenance, servicing and upgrades, with the most noticeable being the installation of new 440 hp diesel engines in 2013 (345 hours). Complete cruising inventory includes bow / stern thrusters, generator, cabin heating, radar / chartplotter, fishfinder, autopilot, DSC VHF radio, tender with outboard motor, s/s davits, liferaft and useful rear view camera. Hull last antifouled, anodes replaced, through hull fittings serviced / replaced and engines serviced in February 2026. Now offered for sale in Guernsey due to the owner’s retirement from boating.

TANKS
• Diesel (approximate): 352 Gal (1600 Lt)
• Fresh water (approximate): 88 Gal (400 Lt)

MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
• • 2 x 440 hp Yanmar 6LY2A-STP diesel engines (2013) gives 29 knots maximum speed (20 knots cruising)
• Dual station Yanmar instrumentation (345 hours) and Morse single lever controls
• Dual station hydraulic steering with rudder angle indicators and emergency tiller
• Rope cutters
• Spare propellers (2)
• Stern glands repacked in 2026
• Side-Power bow and stern thrusters (dual station)
• Bennett trim tabs (dual station)
• 12 / 24 volt DC and 240 volt AC electrical systems with distribution panel, Kisae battery charger and cabin sockets
• 5 kW Mase IS 5.0 generator in sound proof box
• Rear view camera with lower helm station monitor
• Pressurised hot and cold fresh water system (calorifier / immersion) with tank gauge and cockpit bathing shower
• Jabsco marine toilets (2)
• Lofrans electric anchor windlass with cover
• Electric pot hauler / stern anchor capstan
• Eberspacher warm air cabin heating
• Windscreen demisters
• Emergency bilge pump driven by starboard engine
• Automatic electric bilge pumps (3) including new engine compartment heavy duty pump in 2026
• Windscreen wipers / washers (3)
• Loud hailer
• Horn
• Engine compartment light
• Overhead cockpit lights
• Pioneer stereo radio / CD player with deck saloon and flybridge speakers
• Automatic fire extinguishing systems in engine and generator compartments

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT
• Furuno NAVnet colour LCD radar / chartplotter
• Furuno LCD colour LCD fishfinder
• Furuno GPS / WAAS Navigator
• Furuno NAVpilot autopilot (dual station)
• Autohelm speed (dual station)
• Autohelm depthsounder (dual station)
• Autohelm Navdata (flybridge)
• Garmin GMI 10 speed
• Icom IC-M505 DSC VHF radio with flybridge speaker
• Plastimo compasses (2)
• Clock, barometer and tide clock
• Navigation lights

ACCOMMODATION
• Comfortable accommodation for up to 7 persons in 4 cabins including lower and deck saloons
• Forward master cabin with central double berth and en suite toilet / shower compartment
• Guest toilet / shower compartment to starboard
• 2 berth guest cabin aft of starboard toilet / shower compartment
• Lower saloon opposite with ‘L’ shaped seating and folding table
• Galley to rear of lower saloon with twin s/s sinks, Optimus 8012 4 ring electric / gas hob (gas not connected), extractor fan, Sharp microwave oven and fridge
• Steps up to spacious deck saloon with upgraded s/s windows, raised double helm seat to starboard and drinks fridge below
• Settee berth aft of helm with ‘L’ shaped dinette arrangement (occasional single berth) opposite
• Access hatch to engine compartment with s/s ladder
• S/s sliding doors to self-draining cockpit with aft ‘U’ shaped seating and good access to side decks (life bait well and insulated fish store under seats)
• Ladder up to flybridge with double helm seat and central console forward
• ‘L’ shaped aft seating with fishing rod storage locker under
• Transom mounted s/s boarding platform and ladder with folding extension for bathing
• Good stowage throughout boat including hanging wardrobes in both cabins, numerous lockers and cockpit lazarette

EQUIPMENT
• Zodiac Cadet 285 inflatable tender with cover and oars
• 2.5 hp Yamaha 4-stroke outboard motor stored on bracket in lazarette
• Simpson Lawence s/s tender davits
• Ocean Safety Ocean Regatta 6 man valise liferaft (service due)
• Auto inflating lifejackets (10)
• Lifesling Overboard Rescue System
• Grab bag including flare pack
• Manual bilge pump
• Manual fire extinguisher
• Fire blanket
• S/s wrap-around pulpit and handrails
• Rubber ‘D’ fendering
• Flybridge seat and console covers (2026)
• Windscreen cover (2026)
• Cockpit cushions
• Princess bedding
• S/s Delta anchor with galvanised chain
• Fisherman’s kedge / stern anchor with chain and warp
• Warps and fenders
• S/s fender racks (3)
• Pontoon warps and fenders
• Pontoon boarding steps
• Folding s/s boarding steps on either side of hull
• Fishing rod rack in deck saloon
• Cockpit fishing rod holders (4)
• Boathook
• S/s ensign staff

DISCLAIMER
The Owner is not selling in the course of a business. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. The particulars are intended only as a guide and they do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective Purchaser is strongly advised to check the particulars and where appropriate at his own expense to employ a qualified Marine Surveyor to carry out a survey and/or to have an engine trial conducted which if conducted by us shall not imply any liability for such engine on our part.