COMMENTS BY HER DESIGNER

Comment by the designer, Germán Frers: "The Hallberg-Rassy 53 is designed with the cruising connoisseur very much in mind. She follows closely the tradition and philosophy behind my earlier Hallberg-Rassy designs. The hull shape was developed following the significant lessons learned from the intense research program carried out by our design office for the America's Cup. 

Racing, they say, improves the breed. This is certainly the case with the 53 which, though not designed with competition in mind, benefits, particularly when sailing upwind from testing we carried out on keel and rudder shapes.

Her moderate displacement is in line with the yacht's strong construction and high level of equipment carried on board. Sail area too is generous, and coupled with the excellent stability gained from the 53's special bulb keel, performs well, even in light winds.

The overhangs are rather generous for her type and contribute to give the yacht an aspect of graceful elegance which will be maintained regardless of the passage of time."

Comments from the Seller:

Arielle has been under the care of a very knowledgeable and experienced couple since 2013.

They have travelled the east coast of the US from Maine to Florida Keys. They made several trips to Bermuda. They completed their longest passage from Hampton VA to Antigua in 2019. They have been cruising the Caribbean Islands, BVIs, USVI, and Bahamas since 2019. They are currently in Galveston, Texas. She is set up as a comfortable, safe, and purposeful long passage maker for a couple. 

ACCOMODATIONS

Tow Cabin plus office Layout

Finished in rich and highly desirable teak with satin varnish, she exudes the quality with which

she was built. Arielle was built by HR with the middle cabin as an office. This creates a large

private guest suite with head and stall shower when the salon door forward is closed when

having a guest couple aboard. With its curved settee, 6-person dining table, 2 signature HR

easy chairs, the main cabin provides ample room for relaxing and hospitality. The starboard

settee converts to a sea berth on passage with a built lee cloth. The walk through 2-person

The portside galley is bright, spacious and secure. The forward-facing navigation desk

and ship bookcases are to starboard next to the companionway.

Master Stateroom: 

The Aft Cabin with Centerline Berth and Ensuite head is bright and airy. There is a desk/Vanity to Starboard and a Love Seat to port. There are various hanging lockers and storage spaces throughout. 

Guest Stateroom:

Forward V berth with generous storage beneath, hanging locker and other storage lockers and

drawers. The forward head is to port from the office with a stall shower.

Office:

The custom office is the middle cabin and is between the main saloon and forward cabin. Built by HR for the first original owner with the same interior teak. The flat desk can easily be converted to a middle berth with the addition of a custom mattress and lee board if desired.

Galley:

The gally inhabits the walkway to the aft cabin allowing for great counter space and ample

storage with lockers above and below, in and outboard. With a double stainless sink, three

burner propane stove and oven, microwave, custom build deep two drawers stainless steel

Frigaboat refrigerator, SeaFrost cold plate freezer, teak spice rack, isotherm ice maker, trash

Compactor, everything a gourmet seafaring chef could possibly want or need is available. Even

enough room for a sous-chef to work alongside if desired.

Navigation Desk Area:

The nav desk sits next to the companionway to starboard and is large and extensively equipped

with instruments. A comfortable upholstered seat, drawers, desk storage, locker and two large

Bookcase storage makes for a perfect Captain's desk.

Cockpit:

The protective yet spacious cockpit is equipped with the HR signature hard dodger. The Bimini

provides shade for the entire open cockpit aft of the hard dodger. A winter enclosure can secure

the cockpit from any severe weather. Custom high quality foam seat cushions provide

comfortable seating. A foldaway teak table and sturdy cup holder, white and red touch lighting

in the hard dodger ceiling adds to the enhanced comfort of "the family room" area of the yacht.

Underway, sails are set, shortened or fully furled without leaving the protection of the cockpit.

Arielle is equipped with electrical winches, instruments, repeaters, hydraulic sail controls,

hydraulic backstay and vang control, and VHF radio all within reach of the safety of the cockpit.

Construction:

Hull and deck are E-glass and roving with Divinycell foam core, using polyester resin. Lead bolt

on keel. The bottom has an epoxy barrier coat. She has teak laid decks and a hard dodger. Stainless Steel double anchor roller on steam head. Stainless Steel engineered bow sprit.

Electronics & Navigation

• Raymarine E120 at nav station with worldwide electronic charts (2006)
• Raymarine E80 at helm station (2006)
• Raymarine 4' open array radar (2006)
• Raymarine depth, speed, wind, and multi in cockpit and multi in aft cabin (2020)
• Simrad AP48 at helm and companionway (2021)
• Raymarine EVO 200 with 24V Mamba drive AP at helm (2019)
• ICOM M710 SSB
• ICOM IC-M604 VHF with load hailer (2013)
• Skymate 1000 (subscription suspended)
• Iridium Go (subscription suspended)
• Starlink (2019, active)

ELECTRICAL

• 110V and 220V AC shore power service
• 12V & 24V DC
• Vectron 24V charger
• Vectron 5kW inverter
• Mastervolt 12V charger
• 600 Watt solar panel array (flexible panels integrated in cockpit awning)
• Victron smart shunt
• Victron color control system monitor
• Batteries: 4 12V 8D Lifeline 255 amp hours each. Installed 2019

2 Exide Led Acid 12v 125 amp hours each Installed 2015

2-12V 4D Lifeline AGM in forward cabin for bow thruster/windlass (2019)

Entertainment:

• Clarion blue tooth stereo and USB digital music
• Niles volume control on deck and aft cabin speakers
• Alpine amplifier
• Sony DVD player
• Samsung 32 LCD TV

Spars & Rigging:

• Selden double spreader aluminum hydraulic in mast furling
• Furlex hydraulic furling headstay
• Manuel Furlex furling inner stay
• Aluminum painted spinnaker pole mounted on mast
• Navtec hydraulic panel for backstay and vang adjustment
• Lewmar 24V Commander hydraulic system
• Lewmar 66 ST electric primary winches (2)
• Lewmar 48 ST electric winch
• Lewmar 48 ST manual winch
• Lewmar 48 ST winches (3) mast mounted
• Lewmar 8 winch mast mounted

Sails:

• Mainsail- Hood 2011. Serviced in 2019 by Quantum sails.
• Jib- UK Tape drive 110% laminate with taffeta 2016. Serviced in 2023 by Quantum sails.
• Staysail- Hydranet radial cut 2019. Serviced in 2023 by Quantum sails.
• Code zero with self-furling torsion rope 2016.
• Convert spinnaker to top-down furling and torsion rope 2016.
• Storm jib 2015.

DECK & HULL

• Lofrans 24V anchor windlass with deck and cockpit switch control
• Vulcan 55Kg anchor, 200 ft ½ inch chain and 300 ft 1 inch eight strand nylon spliced rode
• Fortress FX55 anchor
• Cockpit bimini
• Custom hatch covers
• (2) aluminum 10 lb propane cylinders
• Stainless steel infra-red grill with separate 10 lb fiberglass tank
• Custom Kato Marine Voyager stern davits
• Custom folding carbon fiber stern gangplank
• Highfield 11'-2" Aluminum RIB with Yamaha 25hp motor and European console (2022)
• Extensive ship spares for long range cruising
• Bottom: CopperCoat (2016)

Mechanical:

• Engine: Volvo TAMD41H-B / 146 hp - Estimated 4,400 hours 

Primary Fuel tank: 240 gal

Auxiliary Fuel tank: 60 gal (with electrical fuel transfer pump)

• Fresh Water tank: 300 gal
• MaxProp 4 blade whisper
• 1-3/4 in stainless steel propeller shaft
• Aquadrive universal joint between transmission and prop
• PSS dripless shaft seal
• Racor 500 double filters for diesel engine and single for generator
• Algae-x fuel conditioners for diesel and generator
• Sidepower 24V bowthruster
• Fireboy CO2 engine room fire suppression system
• Propane tank detector
• Carbon monoxide detectors (aft cabin and saloon)
• Anchor washdown (salt or fresh water)
• Seagull water filter for galley
• 20-gallon water heater with heating loops from engine and generator
• Vaccu-flush toilet with Purasan treatment unit for forward and aft heads
• Frigoboat deep 2-drawer custom refrigerator and Seafrost cold plate freezer. Water and

air-cooled compressors

• 30 gallon/hour 110V Water maker
• (3) MarineAir reverse cycle heat and cool air conditioners (forward cabin, salon, aft

cabin) 

• Duel Webasto forced air heating.

Safety:

• ACR Rapid Fix EPIRB
• Viking 6-man Life raft
• MOM8-A man overboard
• Mast mounted Firdell radar reflector
• Jordan Series drogue
• Sirius Signal SOS A-1001 electronic flare
• Rapid Ditch Bag
• Passage medical kit

Arielle HR53 #47 updated equipment list

• Install custom fit two-drawer Frigoboat water/air cooled fridge (2013)
• Install Skymate 1000 (2013), subscription can be activated any time
• Replaced all interior lighting with LED Imtra fixtures (2013)
• Series Jordan drogue 2013
• Custom carbon fiber stern gang-plank (2014)
• Install 6 man Viking life raft (2014)
• Install Vaccu-flush toilets for both heads. Install Purasan treatment unit for aft head
• (2014)
• Rebuild jib and main hydraulic furler units and replace all hydraulic hoses (2014)
• Install icom IC-M604 VHF with 2nd station in cockpit and speaker (2014)
• Install MetroMan pressure trend monitor (2014)
• Install Clarlon Bluetooth radio (2014)
• Tape drive laminate performance 110 jib (2014)
• Custom engineered bow sprit for code zero (2014)
• Air Conditioning unit in Salon (2014)
• Deka 4DLT lead acid batteries for engine start and 12V service (2015)
• Sea Frost air- & water-cooled cold plate freezer (2015)
• Full analysis (oil test and compression tests) of Diesel engine and Generator, exhaust elbow, 6 injectors, rebuild turbo, saltwater pump, rebuild old as spare, ultrasound cleaning of 4 heat exchangers on engine (2015)
• Custom companionway doors (2015)
• Storm jib (2015)
• Bimini (2015)
• Winter cockpit enclosure (2016)
• Install AirOnly dorad (2016)
• Install Gobius tank monitors on both holding tanks (2016)
• Larger capacity air conditioning Groco raw water strainer (2016)
• Generator Groco raw water strainer (2016)
• Soda blast bottom to barrier coat and apply CopperCoat (2016)
• Replace out haul line inside boom with dyneema core high tech line (2016)
• Code zero and convert spinnaker to top-down furling (2016)
• Install Purasan treatment unit forward head (2016)
• Install 4 blade MaxProp (2017)
• Install 600-Watt solar panels on bimini with duel Victron controllers (2017)
• Install Mamba drive with Raymarine EVO 200 as 2nd independent AP (2017)
• Install Splendide washer/dryer in forward head (2017)
• Modify bow for Vulcan 55Kg anchor and add 5-inch roller (2018)
• Install Iridium Go (2019), subscription can be activated any time
• Replace standing rigging (2019)
• Replace running back stays with dynemma (2019)
• Installed LED top mast running light/anchor/strobe (2019)
• Replaced AquaDrive CV21 (2019)
• Reinforce stern and install custom Kato Marine Voyager davits @ 1,000 lbs capacity
• each (2019)
• Install staysail manual furlex 404 unit and hydranet radial cut staysail (2019)
• Rebuild all 5 hatches by HatchMasters and reinstall (2019)
• Replace house bank with (4) Lifeline 8D AGM and (2) Lifeline 4D AGM in bow for
• thruster/windlass (2020)
• Install Raymarine depth, speed, wind, (2) multi instruments (2020)
• Rebuild Northern Lights generator backend unit (2020)
• Rebuild water maker with AMI elements (2020)
• Replace Northern Lights raw water pump and rebuild old as spare (2020)
• Install Vectron Quattro charger/inverter 24/120/5000 with electronic transfer switching
• and color control monitor and smart shunt (2020)
• Install transformer 100 Amp for 220 service (2020)
• Convert 12V diesel engine alternator to external regulation and add Balmar smart
• regulator (2020)
• Replace 20 gallon water heater and add generator coolant loop for duel loop heater
• (2020)
• Rebuild backstay hydraulic adjuster and cockpit pump unit (2020)
• Install outhaul car stopper on boom (2020)
• Flushed and replaced hydraulic AP oil (2020)
• World charts for Raymarine E series (2020)
• Upgrade to Simrad AP48 in cockpit (2021)
• Install Zena SR200 24v alternator (130 Amp) with Balmar smart regulator (2021)
• Install Isotherm Ice Maker Stainless Steel (2021)
• Replace (2) Webasto Evo 40 heaters (2022)
• Hatch sun covers (2022)
• Air Conditioning unit in aft cabin (2022)
• Hard dodger window sun screens (2023)
• Cockpit Bimini with integrated flexible solar panels (2024)
• Volvo engine sea water pump (2025)

Exclusions:

• Ship tools
• Personal cloths
• Art hanging in boat
• Turkish area sole carpets
• Personal computer and iPad
• Fishing gear
• Spearfishing gear
• Scuba gear
• Personal library books

The asking price accounts for the following systems that are inoperable or in need of attention:

• Teak Deck close to end of life. 

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