New Listing – 2011 Black Pepper Code 0

Hull No.3 of the iconic Black Pepper Code 0 daysailer line. Ultralight carbon construction, easily-managed carbon rig, powerful diesel engine and with the benefit of a recent refit.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

The yacht that started it all. The Black Pepper Code 0 was the dream of Michel Douville de Franssu, the CEO of Black Pepper. An early enthusiast of vintage style, he took up the elegant lines of the old metric class yachts, combining the classic with the modern. Consequently, was born the unique, timeless profile of the Black Pepper ‘Code’ line, which combine classic & contemporary materials and know-how, with high performance.

ALOHA is Hull No.3 of the Code 0 line. Launched in 2011, she has been recently been to subject to a comprehensive refit and upgrade programme, leaving her 100% ready for her next custodian to enjoy.

ALOHA boasts many specification highlights including:-
• Carbon epoxy foam sandwich construction
• White topsides
• Teak laid side decks, cockpit and coachroof
• Swing keel with lead ballast
• Twin carbon fibre rudder blades with tiller steering and autopilot
• Newly-installed Lombardini 20hp fresh-water cooled diesel engine with shaft drive and folding propeller
• Selden carbon fibre mast and boom
• Retractable carbon fibre bowsprit
• Andersen self-tailing winch package
• Comprehensive sail wardrobe with racing and cruising mainsails, self-tacking jibs, gennaker, asymmetrics and Code sails
• Raymarine sailing instruments with multi-displays in cockpit and at mast
• Engine and service batteries with battery charger and shorepower
• Sink and cockpit shower with pressurised fresh water supply
• Manual marine heads
• Stereo system
• Double v-berth forward with further pilot berth below decks
• Boatyard moveable cradle

RECENT REFIT HISTORY:

2024
• New Lombardini Kohler 702M 20hp engine with fully refitted machinery space
• New prop shaft and bushings
• New folding propeller
• New fuel tank with fuel lines and filter
• New engine and service batteries
• New fresh water tank and pipework
• New self-tacking jib

2023
• New Facnor carbon sub-deck jib furler
• New seacocks
• New marine WC with pipework
• Keel sanded and re-epoxied
• New movable boatyard cradle

2022
• New Victron battery charger

2021
• New hydraulic automation system for swing keel

PRESS REVIEW:

This is a yacht that appeals effortlessly to the vanity of sailors everywhere. No one wilfully chooses to have an ugly yacht – you want to own something that people coo at admiringly when you arrive in port. The Code 0 is an expression of this vainglorious human desire.

Despite this emphasis on style, this is a practical weekender: she features modest accommodation, a set up that is easy to handle short-handed, a diesel inboard and the option of a lifting keel. She’s 33ft long, with a modest 8ft 8in beam so wetted surface area is kept low. The beam is carried well aft however and the stern terminates with an odd combination of aft raked transom that is then raked forward at deck level. It sounds odd, but it works. There’s a soft turn to the bilge with a modest amount of rocker making for a relatively narrow, shallow hull. Freeboard is low and the hull is constructed out of post baked carbon epoxy foam sandwich which sounds delicious.

This construction method keeps the weight down to an incredibly light 1,850kg. She’s got twin rudders and there is an option for a swing keel that gives her a draught of 0.7m with it raised as compared with 2.2m with it lowered.

So she’s a thoroughly modern little yacht and undoubtedly sporty. Yet step aboard and she fairly oozes class. There’s nothing brash or boy racer here, she’s beautifully finished in teak and rich mahogany with the deck line only broken slightly by the low dog house which with its narrow slit windows which are both stylish yet retro.

Although the Code 0 is a 33ft yacht, much of that length is taken up by the aft deck, with the tiller and mainsheet located well forward. This means there is a large sunbathing space aft when at anchor and also allows for two lazarette lockers with decent amounts of storage. The mainsheet is also located back here, tucked out of harm’s way aft of the rudder stock yet within easy reach of the helm. Aside from the jib sheets, all other sail controls are led underneath the coach roof to a single winch on its own dedicated pedestal with the clutches recessed into the deck head which is a neat arrangement. In the centre of the cockpit is a cowl for the inboard diesel that also doubles as a sort of small drinks table. It all adds up to an uncluttered space and an easily handled yacht – with the self-tacker a real help.

Head down below and the Code 0 is very much a semi-custom yacht and you can fit out the interior with all manner of creature comforts, but you have to bear in mind that this is an extremely lightweight vessel and that every ounce of weight you add will affect her speed. Ultimately, this is a smart daysailer that you can weekend on if you’re up for a bit of glamping. It is never going to have anything other than sitting headroom. That said, she does have a reasonably proportioned vee berth forward and a pilot berth aft and there is ample storage potential.

The Code 0 sails beautifully: fast, agile, responsive and as involved as sailing a dinghy. She enjoys being sailed over on her ear but her twin rudders ensure that she has more than enough grip. You do feel nice and secure in the cockpit and the benefit of the low freeboard is that you are also closer to the action and that is exhilarating. Hard on the wind, with apparent wind angles in the high 30s, we were hitting speeds of over six knots and as soon as we eased the sheets, we rapidly hit seven plus. Off the wind, the feather light displacement mean this is a yacht that is eager to plane early.

Verdict

Closer inspection reveals this yacht to be an accomplished performer with all sorts of practical touches: an easily handled rig, inboard engine and the option of a lifting keel. These are features that make for a really versatile and truly fun weekender.

Extracts from Sailing Today / Yachts & Yachting 2017

ABOUT BLACK PEPPER YACHTS:

Black Pepper Yachts, based in Nantes near the Atlantic coast, has built its reputation on its “Codes”, high-performance sailing boats from 27′ to 72′ with such an elegant and vintage neo-retro design.

This reputation was further enhanced with the construction of prestigious “One Off” racing prototypes designed for racing the Vendée Globe , a solo and without assistance all around the world race: Bureau Vallée (ex l’Occitane en Provence); Initiatives-Cœur and OceansLab Innovations.

With over 100 yachts launched since 2007, the Black Pepper sits at the cutting edge of innovation and new technologies

2011 Black Pepper Code 0 ‘ALOHA’ for sale – Asking Euro 138,000 EU VAT paid – full details here

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