NOW SOLD – 1987 Nautor Swan 53

Grabau International is delighted to confirm its successful sale of the 1987 Nautor Swan 53 ‘KRISTAL II’.

rivately owned and Spanish-flagged since 2002, KRISTAL II (ex. KRISTEL V) is a beautifully presented and extensively upgraded/refitted example or the German Frers designed Nautor Swan 53. Built between 1986 and 1994, KRISTAL is hull No.4 of 50 delivered and is fitted out with the owner’s stateroom aft, push-button Reckman hydraulic rig and a factory-supplied Scheel keel (2.40m).

Continually refitted and upgraded throughout her recent life, KRISTAL has benefitted from a comprehensive 2016-2024 refit costing in excess of Euro 200,000.

Her specifications highlights include: –
• Scheel 2.40m lead keel
• Teak decks replaced 2016 and further serviced 2022
• Topsides and superstructure repainted 2016
• Stainless steel and teak bathing platform added
• Primary sails replaced 2017 (vertical battened mainsail)
• Gennaker and Cruising Chute
• B&G navigation suite including twin plotters, radar, AIS and twin autopilots – 2020
• SSB radio
• Volvo D3-150 diesel engine with 3-bladed MaxProp fitted 2020
• Reckman rig with hydraulic inmast furling and genoa furler
• New Andersen Electric primary winches 2022
• Master double cabin aft with mirrored twin guest cabins forward
• HR watermaker
• Northern Lights 7.5kva generator
• Trojan service batteries
• Mastervolt inverter
• Airrrr air-conditioning system with 20,000 BTU output
• Electric heads
• Fridges and freezer
• Tender and outboard

REFIT HISTORY
2024
• Engine service November 2024
• New standing Rod rigging
• Mast painted
• Boom painted
2022
• Teak (first) sanding
• New caulkings
• New electric wiches
2020
• New engine
• New gearbox
• New alternators
• New shaft seal
• New electronics
• New tender
• New outboard
• New batteries
2018
• New Stainless steel and teak bathing platform
• New Electric anchor windlass
2017
• New mainsail
• New genoa
2016
• New teak deck
• New hull and deck paint

We wish her new owners fair winds and following seas.

For those that missed out, Grabau International has a number of other similar yachts available for sale including:

Starkel Star 60 – full details here

Starkel 54 – full details here

Baltic Yachts 50 – full details here

Baltic Yachts 50 – full details here

X-Yachts X-482 – full details here

Nautor Swan 44 – full details here

Do you have a yacht like this to sell? Grabau International is always looking for new high-quality cruising yacht listings in the UK and internationally. For further information about our tailored brokerage services, please look here