Garcia Exploration 45
2019 Garcia Exploration 45 - Wings of Desire
Wings of Desire is a 2019 Garcia Exploration 45 with only 11 weeks of use due to Covid travel restrictions. She is hull No. 24 of the Jimmy Cornell-conceived, Olivier Racoupeau-designed, Garcia-built expedition aluminum saili...
price
$875,000 USD
Length
48.0 Feet
year
2019
type
sail
location
Cherbourg, France
Wings of Desire is a 2019 Garcia Exploration 45 with only 11 weeks of use due to Covid travel restrictions. She is hull No. 24 of the Jimmy Cornell-conceived, Olivier Racoupeau-designed, Garcia-built expedition aluminum sailing yacht. Pete Goss, owner of Hull No. 17, aptly referred to these boats as “Land Rovers of the Sea.” Wings of Desire was launched in December 2019 for a week of testing and handover training in the waters off Cherbourg, France. She was returned to storage at the Allures/Garcia shipyard until the US-based owner returned to France and began cruising in July of 2021. He sailed south to the Med where Wings of Desire was stored in Spain for the winter. Wings was cruised briefly in August of 2022 and then delivered back to Cherbourg by Swiftsure Yachts France agent, Kevin Bray.
The owner’s plans have changed since purchase, preventing the full-time cruising envisioned when he ordered this blue water cruiser. Available now, with only 542 engine hours and 11 weeks of total use, Wings is fully found and outfitted, lightly used, and ready for immediate cruising to the world’s most remote destinations. Tools, spares, safety gear, galleyware, and linens are all included. Priced suitably below replacement value without the three-year wait for a new boat, Wings of Desire, will appeal to the cruiser recognizing that there are no guarantees of health and fortune in the years to come. GO NOW INTREPID SAILOR!
Wings of Desire was specified with a focus on reliability, ease of maintenance, and four-season cruising comfort. After seeing so many painted aluminum boats requiring touch up and repaint after only a few years, Wings' owner wisely opted to have all above waterline aluminum left bare. This required the Garcia craftsmen in Conde sur Noireau to use their best welders taking extra time to finish the welds as they were unable to conceal their work below fairing compound and paint. Glorious, bare-naked aluminum in all its oxidized glory is the best material for cruising sailboats whose owners prefer to sail and explore versus work on their boats. Yes, the look may be “industrial”, but this is an “exploration” boat after all. Seasoned cruisers and local villagers will respect the “purposeful look” in remote locations versus a “yachty” yacht.
Wings of Desire has new zincs, bottom paint, and remains ready for immediate commissioning in Cherbourg, France. Asking Price is $875,000 USD Ex-EU VAT
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Comfort layout with two staterooms, two heads, stall shower, and technical/work room
- European Oak interior with blue Sofic leather upholstery and extra storage cabinets above forward stateroom berth
- MarineDeck cork/rubber on side decks, foredeck, cockpit, and swim step
- Welded aluminum toe rail with perforations for drainage and strop, fender and line attachment
- Upgraded Hydranet main, jib, and staysail
- Electrical system with 1000 ah of Victron Supercycle AGM batteries, Watt & Sea hydrogenator, dual 115 amp alternators, and 1125 watts of arch-mounted solar panels
- Deluxe B&G electronics package with multiple chartplotters, Iridium Go, and AIS MOB beacons
- FRib 275 inflatable folding RIB with 9 hp Tohatsu 2 stroke outboard & Suzuki four stroke outboard
- Upsized Lewmar ST50 secondary and ST50 electric primary winches
- Bulletproof Echotec 12V 260DL watermaker – never used
- Dual/redundant autopilots with Jeffa drives
- Webasto hydronic diesel heating system with triple energy hot water heater
- Electronic throttle/shift at port helm and inside pilothouse
- Upgraded GN Espace stove/oven and Gastronom sink
- Soba clothes washing machine
- Two electric heads with fresh or saltwater flush
- Conventional DC switch panel: This was the last Garcia Exploration 45 built before the shipyard began using a Scheiber network switching system.
- Bow thruster, Flexofold propellor, and optional electric capstan on bow for line handling
- Silvertex-upholstered cockpit cushions, Sunbrella bimini, and canvas watchstanding enclosure for hard dodger
- Viking raft, (6) Spinlock deck vests, (5) MOB AIS beacons, EPIRB, and ditch bag
- NEMA interface to monitor Volvo engine on B&G electronics
CONSTRUCTION:
- Hull, deck and coachroof structure in marine aluminum alloy.
- 5083 H111 for structure and plates, 6060 T6 for extruded profiles
- Fully insulated with Neoprene foam in way of living areas
Specifications
| Name Of Vessel | Wings of Desire |
| Model | Garcia Exploration 45 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Builder | Garcia Yachting |
| Location | Cherbourg, France |
| Engine model | Volvo D2-75 |
| Engine Horsepower | 75 |
| Designer | Olivier Racoupeau |
| Water Capacity | 132 |
| Fuel Capacity | 238 |
| Displacement | 32214 |
| Draft | 3.74 |
| Beam | 14.6 |
| Type | sail |
| Length | 48.0 |
| Ballast | 10009 |
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