Feeling 44 (2007) with a hydraulic/electric lifting keel built by Alliaura Marine, France from the design boards of Alan Mortain /Yiannis Mavrikios. A beautiful high quality ‘blisteringly fast’ cruising yacht.
GRP hull deck & structure. Full teak decks and cockpit. Lifting Keel (2'3/8'5 - 0.7m/2.6m) Wheel steering (folding) to twin rudders. Coppercoat antifoul to hull. Cast Iron base plate to allow the yacht to take the ground and dry out safely. The fin keel offers you extended cruising into areas that other fin keel yachts of this size just cannot reach.
Powered by 55hp Volvo D2-55, shaft drive to 3 bladed folding prop. Bowthruster, Lewmar V3 electric windlass (with remote) to 25kg Rocna anchor + 70m chain & 50m warp. Adverc charging system, 4 AGM Batteries (domestic 2 x 240a/h), Small semi-flexible solar panel forward of the sprayhood, swivelling rigid semi flexi solar panel between backstays arch. Duogen – wind & water generator. Mastervolt control system.
Sloop rigged with adjustable back stays Mainsail & Genoa new in 2021 by Crusader Sails. Gennaker, storm jib (never used). Mainsail with boom stackpack, Walder boom-brake. 6 x Harken winches incl 2 x 48 electric winches.
Accom for 6 in 3 double cabins. Beautiful solid cherry wood interior. High gloss varnish finish throughout. Cream bolon ceiling. Fully equipped galley with; gimballed gas hob/oven, fridge with freezer comp, 2 s/s sink
Double master cabin forward with ensuite heads. Two double cabins aft. Unique central Navigation station in saloon. More that spacious saloon with huge central table (keel box & hydraulics centre in table housing). Over 500 Ltrs fresh water in 2 tanks,(with water filter) Holding tank. Eberspacher Heating, Tool locker packed with probably everything ever needed.
Comprehensive Raymarine Nav equipment including at Central saloon position E120 plotter, fixed VHF, 2 portable VHF's,DSM/Fishfinder. Cockpit: E80 plotter, Tri data, Autopilot, VHF, bowthruster controls, compass with 4 additional instruments above the companionway. Safety gear incl: AB 9AL, a rib with an aluminium hull and Hypalon tubes new in 2021, Epirb, 6 life jackets (2024) 6 life tags.
Supplied new by Williams & Smithells Ltd in 2007 to the one and only owner, an engineer and perfectionist. This Feeling 44 was and is the highest speced 44 that was ever supplied. She lacks absolutely nothing for long term liveaboard cruising. A very rare opportunity to own an absolutely beautiful lifting keel cruising yacht, packed with useful equipment and sails like a dream!
VAT paid £175,000
Construction Built by Alliaura Marine, France 2007 Designed by Alan Mortain / Yiannis Mavrikios GRP Hull, Deck & Structure Full Teak decks & cockpit
Lifting Keel (Hydraulic) Cast iron base plate Folding steering wheel Twin rudders
Hull - Coppercoat antifouling (last applied 2020) It is three times more expensive than standard antifouling, but lasts for at least 10 years, not one, so it turns out to be better and cheaper.
Machinery Engine compartment Volvo D2 55hp diesel engine, with 3,000 engine hours. Serviced by the owner every year. Shaft drive Volvo gearbox Folding propeller, 3 blades Consumption: 4-6 litres of diesel per hour, depending on engine revs Automatic fire extinguisher
Bowthruster – Sleopner, tunnel version with port & stbd props. Eberspacher heating
Electrics Adverc…what’s that? The alternator on the engine charges the batteries, but, as on all yachts, it is a standard alternator, as used in cars/lorries/trucks, which charges batteries to 80% capacity. This is not a problem on land-based vehicles, since the battery is only used to start the engine. But on a yacht, the ‘domestic’ batteries are in constant use, and to only get to 80% charge means that, under engine power (as opposed to shore power) means you lose 20% of your battery capacity, which is huge. What the Adverc does is to ‘fool’ or ‘brainwash’ the alternator by pretending that the batteries are only charged to 60% or so; the alternator therefore keeps charging the batteries up to 100%. This is wonderful when on engine power.
4 batteries, all AGMs (Absorbed Glass Matrix): Engine starter motor battery Bowthruster battery Two huge 240Amp/hour ‘domestic’ batteries
Small semi-flexible solar panel forward of the sprayhood. (700mm x 500mm) 260w/day Swivelling rigid semi flexi solar panel between backstays arch. (1500mm x 680mm) 760 w/day Duogen – wind & water generator
Switch panel Alpine hi-fi with two interior speakers and two waterproof speakers in the cockpit
Mastervolt MICC = Mass Inverter Charger Control – used to monitor the charging state of the batteries and to switch the inverter on and off – the inverter turns 12 Volt DC power into 240 Volt AC power, used when not on shore power to charge laptops, the vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, electric toothbrushes etc.
Remote control handset – Used to control direction into the wind to make sure the mainsail is going up inside the stack pack lines and is not getting tangled; this is essential if there are only two people on board – one controlling the electric winch to raise the mainsail, the other using the remote control to adjust direction into the wind.
Tanks Fuel: 1 tank 200 ltrs Water: 2 tanks (300 ltrs/ 220 ltrs) Holding: 1 tank Water filter which purifies drinking water, so there is no need to buy bottled water.
Rig & Sail Mainsail by Crusader Sails, new in 2021. 5 full-length battens, a leech line which goes up the leech and down the luff to the boom, so it can be adjusted from the boom at any wind angle. Cunningham hole. Three reefing lines, all led back to the cockpit. Boom with stackpack for the mainsail On the boom, a Walder boom-brake, which is used to control the mainsail and boom during a gybe. Instead of the boom crashing across, the Walder boom-brake slows the travel of the boom during a gybe – the boom travels slowly from one side to the other with a gentle whoosh!
Genoa – maximum size, by Crusader Sails, new in 2021. Foam luff insert, which means that it does not get baggy when partially furled for higher winds. Furling with the furling line led back to the cockpit.
Gennaker for downwind sailing. (18 yrs old) I do not use the mainsail, since it would chafe on the spreaders with the boom far out (launch the gennaker to windward, then bring out the genoa on the spinnaker pole)
Bowsprit for the gennaker, which is on its own furling drum. The downhaul is led back to the cockpit.
Inner forestay, used for hanking on the storm jib, small and made of very strong cloth, but I have never used it!
Mast – at the top; VHF and FM antennae, wind instruments and Sea Me active radar reflector, which amplifies received radar signals and beams them back, making the vessel appear much bigger than she is. Tri-lens passive radar reflector above the spreaders. Raymarine radome. Loud hailer/foghorn on the spreaders. On the mast is a spinnaker pole. 6 retractable steps on the mast – useful for attaching the bonnet to the stackpack.
Standing rigging – all original (note: the advertised price has taken into account the cost for standing rigging to be replaced, should this be raise in survey it is not to be re-negotiated on)
Adjustable backstays to bend the mast to improve upwind performance 10 clutches/jammers to control, from port to starboard: Gennaker halyard Storm jib halyard, used for raising the dinghy as a windscoop, and for raising and lowering it into the sea Reef line 2 Mainsail outhaul Mainsail sheet Port traveller adjuster Starboard traveller adjuster Vang control line Reef line 3 Topping lift Reef line 1 Mainsail halyard
Two 2-speed Harken 40 winches Two 2-speed Harken 48 electric winches, as the primary winches, used to raise the mainsail with the main halyard and then to control the genoa sheets Two Harken 44 ‘spinnaker’ winches, to control the gennaker sheets
Accommodation Accom for 6 in 2 double aft cabins with double master cabin forward. (see layout attached) Two heads / showers + single large holding tank. Solid cherry wood joinered interior, beautifully shaped and varnished. Special unique central nav station. Galley to stbd
Head linings covered in cream Bolon material. All the hatches have folding blinds and mosquito nets.
Master cabin Double bed and storage underneath, plus bowthruster battery 3 reading lights Vanity table and mirror Wardrobe and shelving, with almost all the charts for the Med, sailing books and yacht maintenance books Shelving along both sides, for books, charts, fishing rod…
Forward heads Toilet, sink, shower and mirrored cabinets. Electric shaver socket.
Main saloon Gigantic double-folding table, which can seat 10 people! Two bookcases
Central navigation station Most nav gear by Raymarine Storage underneath and under the navigation seat.
The nav station has: E120 chartplotter Graphic screen which can display anything; usually used to display magnetic wind direction VHF radio and speaker. DSM = Digital Sounder Module, or Fishfinder; it is also useful to detect what the seabed is. Sea Me active radar detector switch Life Tag switch; Suli has 6 Life Tags; these are small devices which you wear like a watch – if someone falls in the sea, an alarm goes off and automatically switches the chartplotters into MOB (man overboard) mode, so the location of the victim is kept on the screens. Two Raymarine portable VHF radios EPIRB Tool locker with every tool you will ever need
Galley: Fridge with freezer compartment Gimballed gas hob and oven Gas kettle, electric kettle and induction hob Saucepan storage compartment Cupboards and shelving for food, crockery etc 3 drawers for cutlery, cooking utensils etc Glasses for beer, wine and water, both glass and plastic
The main heads Toilet, shower and basin and mirrored cabinets with shelving. The toilet is plumbed to a holding tank for sewage, with a valve for it under the basin. Electric shaver socket.
Two identical aft double cabins Linen, mattress protectors, fitted sheets, pillows and duvets for all three cabins Towels, tea towels etc
Ebersbacher ‘central heating’ in all cabins – not used for years, being in the Med! 6 scatter cushions for the main saloon and 5 for the cockpit
Deck Equipment Sprayhood, new in 2019. Zipped opening panel at the front to let air through in light winds for ventilation and improved visibility. Bimini - Above the bimini, between the two backstays, a large Solara solar panel which swivels – partly to catch the early or late sun, and partly to clean it.
Windlass – Lewmar V3, new in 2025. Linked to a remote control used in the cockpit for stern-on mooring. Anchor – 25kg Rocna anchor – the best make of anchor. Anchor locker – with 70m of chain and 50m of warp, 2 snubbers and a hook to untangle the anchor chain of another yacht when we have crossed anchor chains – Storage for oil and anti-freeze for the engine.
Three cockpit lockers – one as the gas bottle locker In the lockers: Numerous ropes for different roles Mooring warps Mooring warps with stainless steel springs, to dampen the surge on the yacht in rough seas Folding ladder Two Mezzo D10 folding bikes Sea brake Bow fender Hydrobubble stern anchor, with chain and warp Small gas bottles for the gas barbecue Various boat hooks Buckets Shore power cable and extension Cable converters Two water hoses Two sets of masks, snorkels and fins Dinghy pump Flares Electric jet washer 6 cylindrical fenders and one balloon stern fender
Binnacle with: Folding steering wheel Engine controls Navpod for the instruments, all Raymarine Drinks and bottle holders
Fabulous huge cockpit with huge folding teak table, which can seat 8 people Blue foam seating cushions
Swing-back step to go ashore and to step down to the sugar scoop stern to go swimming or to get in/out of the dinghy Reel for anchoring then tying on ashore to a rock or a tree. Passerelle – folding and aluminium Swim steps Swim shower Magma gas barbecue Fishing rod holder Ensign
Navigation Navpod for the instruments, all Raymarine: E80 chartplotter Tri-data, for depth, water speed and distance/log Autopilot controls Bowthruster controls Switch for raising and lowering the hydraulic/electric lifting keel VHF radio and speaker Compass
4 instruments above the companionway: Depth Water speed Wind direction and strength Autopilot controls
Tender AB 9AL, a rib with an aluminium hull and Hypalon tubes new in 2021 Stored on deck, upside down. Davit for lowering and raising the outboard onto the dinghy Outboard – Suzuki 4-stroke 6hp, new in 2025; it has done 2 hours, so is not even run in yet!
Safety Viking 6 person liferaft EPIRB 6 lifejackets, all new in 2024 Harnesses Kim man overboard rescue sling Horseshoe rescue buoy Danbuoy Flares Manual & Electric bilge pumps
The condition or level of safety equipment on board is not to be negotiated on following survey. It is likely to be listed by most surveyors but is not structural or an integral working part of the vessel and is not to be used to further negotiate the price down after survey. We strongly suggest that for your own personal safety that when purchasing a yacht you provide new safety equipment rather than relying on second hand gear.
Should you become the new owner of this yacht then the responsibility to re-register or update official bodies for items such as EPIRB, VHF, MMSI or AIS becomes yours.
Comments I bought Suli new in 2007. I am an engineer and a perfectionist, so I chose the absolutely best specification, and added many new pieces of equipment. Suli is probably the best-equipped Feeling 44 in the world. Suli is perfectly set up for Mediterranean sailing. The Feeling 44 is incredibly fast – I regularly sail her at 9-10 knots, and the maximum I have achieved is 14 knots!
I sailed Suli from the manufacturer’s location in Les Sables d’Olonne in France, back to the UK for two years, then all the way round the Atlantic coast of France, Spain and Portugal then into the Med and all the way to Greece. I have sailed her every year from mid-May to the end of June and from September to mid-October. I have loved Suli and looked after her and maintained her with my perfectionism.
The lifting keel means that Suli’s draught is 2.6m with it down, 0.7m with it up. I regularly use the keel up if I want to go to shallow anchorages or get away from noisy yachts!
Unlike most modern yachts, the woodwork is not plywood or melamine or any other such ghastly stuff which doesn’t last - it is solid cherry wood, beautifully shaped and varnished - the woodwork is fabulous.
Title Documents and Tax Listed below are the documents/or copies of what we have seen on listing this yacht.
British Registered - Part 1 - Current Copy - Brexit location evidence in Leros 31st Dec 2020 Copy - Bill of Sale to current owners 2007 Copy - VAT invoice (UK) on first supply 2007 Copy - Alliaura Marine Builders Certificate 2007 Copy – Declaration of Conformity 2007 Photos of HIN #, Photo Ce Plate in cockpit, Engine plate
Copy Evidence of TEPAI cruising tax paid 2025 Copy evidence yacht has not left the EU (Log) – Note the written Log is personal to the owner and will not be supplied with the vessel, sections if required can be copied.
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