NOW SOLD – 2002 Alubat Ovni 385

Grabau International is delighted to announce its successful sale of the 2002 Alubat Ovni 385 ‘IKIGAI’.

The Philippe Briand designed Alubat Ovni range of alloy built, lift keel cruisers have built an enviable reputation as durable, go anywhere blue water cruisers. Arguably the lifting keel allows them to explore waters out the reach of normal cruising yachts.

Built to a high specification for her first French owner, she was lightly cruised in the Mediterranean until her sale to her second Swedish owners in 2013 who moved her to Gothenburg and began a comprehensive program of refit and upgrade to prepare the boat for serious offshore adventures while enjoying the boat for cruises around the West Coast of Sweden and one trip to Scotland. Sold to her third and current Swedish owner in 2023 as a replacement for his previous Garcia Passoa 54 (sold to him and then for him by Grabau International), she was renamed IKIGAI and prepared for a planned cruise down to Madeira via Scotland, Ireland, France and Portugal. During this trip, IKIGAI returned home to her build yard in Les Sables-d’Olonne where the Alubat team inspected her hull internally and externally for any signs of notable corrosion (none were found)

IKIGAI now represents a great opportunity to buy a well presented and equipped version of this rugged blue water cruiser, ideally suited to single-handed sailing, and ready to launch and sail away this year. She boasts a complete and comprehensive inventory of which some highlights include:
• Two double cabin interior layout with large heads adjacent to companionway and walkthrough access to technical locker/storage space aft
• Insulated aluminium hull and deck.
• Unpainted topsides
• Tek-deck non-slip zero-maintenance deck finish
• Structural transom antenna gantry
• Aluminium doghouse structure with Lexan windows and sprayhood extension
• Bimini
• Centreboard with lead ballast
• Lifting single rudder
• Sloop rig with removable furling cutter stay and self-tacking track
• Fully-battened mainsail with low-friction battencar system, stackpack and lazyjacks
• Supplied complete replacement standing rigging package
• Wichard boom brake
• Mast-steps
• Harken self-tailing winch package
• Asymmetric spinnaker
• Volvo Penta D2-55, 55hp engine with shaft drive and MaxProp 3-blade feathering propeller
• Bowthruster
• Windpilot self-steering gear
• Solar panels
• Rutland wind generator
• Garmin and Raymarine instrument package with radar, plotter, AIS and autopilot
• Icom SSB radio
• Eberspacher diesel-fired hot air cabin heating system
• Refleks diesel stove in saloon
• Holding tank
• Rocna anchor
• Inflatable tender
• Dive compressor
• Extensive tools and spares package

We wish her new owners fair winds and following seas.

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

Alubat Cigale 18 – full details here

Rustler 42 – full details here

Malo 40 – full details here

Malo 36 Classic – full details here

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