YACHT OVERVIEW: The BELLE DE JOUR is a custom built, long range motor yacht from the renowned shipyard, Hakvoort in Holland. This exceptional design offers truly superb quality. The steel, full displacement hull and aluminum superstructure has excellent sea keeping ability. The interior of the yacht is of the finest joinery in maple and maple burl, with "book matched panels". Headroom throughout is approximately 7', including the engine room. BELLE DE JOUR has full walk around side-decks, teak cap rails atop the bulwarks, with an additional teak hand rail mounted on stainless stanchions surrounding the entire yacht. The flybridge is designed for entertaining, with comfortable seating and dining, along with a new in 2006 custom fully intergrated Hard Top.
A beautifully designed and executed extended swim platform was added in 2006 that has made BELLE even more of an ideal family yacht. This delightful Dutch motor yacht offers long range, superb seakeeping and quality rarely found on a yacht of this size!
MCA COMPLIANT 2007 - BVI SMALL VESSEL CERTIFICATION 2007
Accommodations BELLE DE JOUR, has a total of three staterooms plus crew. Large pilothouse, galley on main deck and beautifully finished salon. The entire interior features "book-matched" wood working of the highest quality.
PILOTHOUSE: Aft of the fore deck area, accessed from the side decks via port and starboard sliding doors, is the pilothouse. Furnished with matching Crowne stainless helm and companion chairs, the helm area provides excellent visibility both forward and to each side. Aft of the helm area is a leather upholstered, U-shaped settee, surrounding a maple and inlaid maple burl, pedestal mounted table. The yacht has ample storage for charts, navigation equipment, and the vessel's flags in the pilothouse. The combination of rich upholstery, impeccable woodwork and large surrounding windows is a pleasure to behold.
GALLEY: Next aft from the pilothouse, offset to port, is the U-shaped galley. Corian counter tops are inset with an integral Corian sink outboard to port, beneath an opening window. The dishwasher and refrigerator/freezer are positioned on the forward bulkhead, while the range top, oven, and microwave are aft. There are maple cabinets above and below the counter tops, while the appliances where possible(refrigerator/freezer, dishwasher), have matching wood fronts. Refrigerator and freezer replaced with original style equipment in 2006.
AEG refrigerator freezer new 2006 Miele Dishwasher Miele Electric 4 burner range with convection oven, upper & lower heating elements GE Spacemaker Microwave Oven GE garbage disposal Oster blender Hamilton Beach toaster Proctor Silex coffee maker Galley exhaust fan with overhead light
SALON: Aft of the galley is the main salon. The salon is furnished with an upholstered L-shaped sectional built-in forward to port. To starboard there is a small bar with refrigerator built-in. Aft of the bar is an entertainment console with TV, VCR, and stereo system. Additional storage cabinets and lockers are aft to port and starboard. Large windows to port and starboard as well as a beautiful double opening wood and glass bulkhead door aft. All upholstery, curtains, blinds, were renewed in 2006. New carpet runners 2007.
MASTER STATEROOM: The master stateroom is midship, with a centerline king sized berth with three drawers beneath. Nightstands are built-in on each side of the berth. There are built-in lockers and cabinets outboard to port and a small settee forward. The entertainment console is above the settee, with TV, VCR, and stereo/CD player. There are additional built-in lockers on the forward bulkhead, and a large hanging locker forward starboard. The master head is en-suite, outboard to starboard, separated from the stateroom by heavy glass, counterbalanced, double sliding doors. Adding to the elegance of this feature, there are silk curtains just inside the glass doors for privacy. The head itself is beautifully appointed with marble flooring, marble topped vanity with double, under mounted sinks, and a full sized tub with marble surround. There are two opening port lights outboard. From the master stateroom, behind the silk paneled aft bulkhead, is an escape hatch into the engine room.
VIP STATEROOM: The VIP stateroom is forward of the master, with a centerline queen berth and large drawer beneath. There are built-in bookshelves and lockers to port and starboard. A private entertainment center is built-in, aft to port with TV, VCR, & stereo/CD player. There are two opening port lights to each side of the berth, and an emergency escape hatch overhead. The VIP head is aft to port with marble flooring, marble topped vanity and a marble lined shower, also equipped with an opening port light.
AFT STATEROOM: The aft stateroom is separated from the master and VIP staterooms by the full width engine room. Both the engine room and the aft stateroom are accessed from the main salon down a separate stairway aft to starboard. At the base of the stairs is a wide companionway paneled in maple with a teak and holly sole, spanning from the engine room watertight bulkhead door aft to the watertight transom door. A full sized head with marble floor, countertop with under- mounted sink, and marble lined shower is to starboard. The stateroom is aft to port, with twin lower berths separated by a nightstand. There is a built-in desk with drawers along the aft bulkhead in this cabin, along with book shelves, cabinets, and a hanging locker. An additional hanging locker is positioned just outside the doorway to the stateroom. Opposite the aft stateroom is a vented closet which houses the vessel's Atlas shore power frequency converter.
CREW CABIN: The crew cabin is deck access V-berth crew cabin situated just aft of the watertight anchor compartment.
FLYBRIDGE: Opposite the galley area to starboard are the enclosed stairs to the flybridge. There is a second stairway from the open aft deck. Both are wide, easily navigated stairs unlike some of the ladder access bridges found on modern yachts. The flybridge helm station is centered forward, with a two person bench seat at the helm station. There is a large, dry storage compartment beneath the bench seat. Aft to starboard is a large aluminum fixed cabinet with a lift top that opens to reveal a stainless sink and a Gaggeneau electric grill. Below is a refrigerator and separate ice maker, as well as storage. Opposite to port is a built-in, L- shaped settee with storage beneath. A stainless pedestal mounted, varnished teak table was installed in 2006. All cushions were new in 2006. There are custom covers for all cushions. The flybridge helm and seating area has teak decking, while the aft boat deck is painted white with a non-skid finish. An all weather custom hardtop was added in 2006, with enclosures and low voltage lighting.
MAIN DECK: All the way forward on the main deck, the teak fore deck is well protected by raised bulwarks topped with stainless steel stanchions and a teak hand rail. This bulwark and rail section extends all the way aft along the side decks and across the transom, interrupted only by the stairway down to the swim platform from the aft deck. In addition, there are stainless steel handrails mounted on the superstructure inboard, full length along the port & starboard walkways. On the foredeck, the anchoring system consists of a hydraulic powered windlass (motor replaced 2007), with a stainless steel trough recessed into the fore deck and cut through the vessel's stem. There are two large nylon rollers at each end of the trough for easy deployment of the primary anchor. A raised bell frame centered over the anchor windlass is topped with a sealed beam deck light. Aft of the fore deck there is bow seating with new cushions in 2007, built into the forward end of the vessel's superstructure as well a sun pad recessed into the cabin trunk just behind the bow seat. Outboard of the sun pad there are watertight storage lockers to port and starboard.
Electrical System A true dual 50/60 hz yacht thanks to her large capacity Atlas transformer, she is at "home" anywhere in the world. It should be noted that with the exception of air conditioning, the yacht is fully capable of "quiet ship" operation for 24 hours.
A brief list of her electrical equipment includes: 2-30 KW Northern Lights generators, new in 2006 Victron 3000 watt Inverter 2-Victron 100 amp battery chargers 1080 amp hours House battery bank 24 VDC, in 2 volt Glasspak cells Delta T variable speed engine room ventilation with auto shut off. Chilled water Air Conditioning system, new compressors 2007 Waterpumps fresh and salt replaced 2006
Mechanical Equipment Twin MAN D2866LE 440 HP Main engines Central Koop Nautic Hydrulic system, pumps off both transmissions Koop Nautic stablizers rebuilt 2007 Hydrulic Bow Thruster, replaced new in 2007 Hydrulic windlass, rebuilt with new motor 2007 Hydrulic Marquipt 2000 lb crane (fully articulating), new controls 2007 2- Sea Chests one each for port and starboard operations Underwater exhaust Fuel transfer system with manual backup Fuel management system and cleaner 2007 Engine room camera system 2007
TANKS: Fuel and water tanks opened, cleaned, sealed and checked completely 2006. Fuel: 3,100 gallons in 4 tanks one of which is a 700 gallon central day tank. Water: 670 gallons in 2 tanks Grey: 250 gallons Black: 200 gallons Consumption: 12 knot cruise at 16 GPH 9.5 low cruise at 12 GPH 2,300 NM range at 9.5 knots
Remarks Custom built by one of Holland's finest shipyards, the superb engineering and attention to detail is evident thru-out. A stunning long range yacht that will carry your family and friends safely and comfortably anywhere!
Details such as priority for quiet, vibration free operation, with all floors and bulkheads isolated from the hull in a free-floating system make BELLE difficult to duplicate in this size range at any price.
When one adds the exceptional wood work, over all quality and the extensive efforts the owner has made to make her truly first class she is indeed a rare opportunity in a sea of production boats. Don't miss her!
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