IMAGINE is a 44.2m (145ft) blue water performance cruising yacht with an aluminium hull and superstructure constructed to Lloyd's classification by legendary New Zealand shipyard Alloy Yachts and delivered in 2010. Her signature sleek looks and engineering are by Dubois Naval Architects, her interiors are by the celebrated studio of Misa Poggi and she was most recently refitted in 2020.
IMAGINE was conceived as a world cruiser by her adventurous owner
She is the second IMAGINE commissioned by an experienced owner and the previous yacht to bear the name cruised the world for 17 years. All the learning and experience gained during that time has been designed into this yacht making all her systems easier to use and maintain.
The only consideration in the design, construction and fit-out of this yacht was the best of the best
Like the owner's choice of designer and builder, she was also fitted out and continually upgraded without compromise. Her carbon fibre mast and furling boom are by Southern Spars and she has Future Fibres' ECsix carbon fibre rigging, reducing weight aloft and pitching moment. Her hydraulic foresail furling gear is by Reckmann, her captive winches are custom-made by Alloy Yachts' in-house team and Furuno and B&G supplied her navigational electronics.
The forward guest cockpit and aft sun lounge are both line-free for safety
She has been designed to keep the guest deck areas line-free and family friendly. There is a guest cockpit forward of the twin helm stations for open-air dining, sun lounging aft of the main traveller, two large winches to handle sheets for off-wind sails and pushpit seating.
She has both a swim platform and a boarding ladder
The central section of the transom folds down to create a bathing platform with steps leading down to the water. She also has a dive compressor and six sets of dive gear for exploring underwater.
The tender stows in the foredeck jacuzzi and she has a crow's nest that rises halfway up the mast
Wide sidedecks lead forward to an open foredeck, creating a versatile guest space at anchor, the 6.3m (20.7ft) tender stows in the jacuzzi just forward of the mast when under sail and a crow's nest that runs up the forward side of the 61.9m (203ft) mast above the third spreader to deliver incredible views of the yacht's anchorage.
Wraparound views through the coachroof windows
Inside there is U-shaped seating to port, an inside helm station and navigation to starboard in the raised saloon and wraparound glass delivers panoramic views.
The lower saloon has dining to port and a lounge to starboard
Steps forward lead down to a formal dining area to port and a lounge area to starboard, with sea level views through large hullports either side and natural light from the coachroof windows above.
The port side of the full-beam owner's suite
She welcomes up to eight guests. From the raised saloon, steps lead aft to three of her four guest cabins. Furthest aft is the full-beam owner's suite with a vanity table to port and seating to starboard, both with hullports, an en suite aft, walk-in wardrobe and study. There is also a double suite and a twin suite and a fourth bunk cabin forward of the lower deck saloon.
As you would expect of a Dubois-designed yacht, she sails beautifully
Her 3DL wardrobe is by North Sails and she has 1,011sqm (10,882sqft) of sail upwind and 1,902sqm (20,473sqft) downwind to give her sparkling all-round performance. A daggerboard gives her a draft of 6.3m (20.7ft) under sail to deliver her upwind performance and that lifts to reduce her draft to 4.2m (14.1ft) for access to shallower ports and lagoons.
Under power her single 873hp Caterpillar diesel engine gives her a top speed of 16 knots and a range of 4,000nm at her cruising speed of 10 knots.
She has a range under power of 4,000nm
We are delighted to bring this exceptional sailing yacht to the sales market with a recently reduced asking price of EUR 19,450,000 with EU VAT paid. She represents the owner's absolutely uncompromising approach to quality in design, construction and fit-out. Please contact a Burgess broker for more details or to arrange inspection in Nice, South of France.