$319,000 USD

Owner says it is time to let her go.

Circumnavigation, quality, performance, forgiving, short handing; there are all terms people mention when they talk about the Hylas 46. There is no other yacht that combines her attributes in a vessel under 50' in length. Designed by the best, German Frer's, and built by the best, Queen Long Marine, the Hylas 46 was in production from 1995 to 2020

Lady Helen is lightly used on the Chesapeake Bay but capable of crossing oceans and making memories!

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

Accommodations

Lady Helen has a large guest cabin forward with a full head in the bow and pullman style double berth to port. The main salon features a circular dining table to port with a large settee to starboard which can serve as a sleeping berth underway. The navigation station is at the rear of the main salon to port. A large galley runs down the starboard side with large refrigerator and freezing compartments, a gimbaled three burn Force 10 stove with oven, and loads of counter top and storage space. From the galley you enter the master stateroom with its center island queen berth, and ample storage. A master head with separate shower stall is on the port side.

The interior features many top quality features including:

• Louvered cabinet doors for excellent ventilation
• Chromed cabinet and drawer latches with positive locking
• Teak and holly sole throughout
• Wahlee stone countertops in galley and both heads
• Ultrasuede main saloon seating, nav station seat, and owner's stateroom
• Overhead lighting all chromed halogen fixtures with dimmer switches
• Footlights
• Warm LED reading lights in master cabin
• Automatic lights in hanging lockers and aft stateroom lockers
• Teak mast cover with integral locker
• Cedar-lined hanging lockers
• Scandvik head sink faucets, showers, shower mixers, toothbrush holders and cup holders
• 16,000 BTU Cruiseaire air conditioning in saloon and forward cabin
• 14,000 BTU Cruiseaire air conditioning in owner's stateroom

Main Salon

• Solid teak dinette to port with removable leaf for smaller table
• Full length starboard settee pulls out an additional 9" for a wide sea berth
• All tankage in saloon under the sole leaving ample storage under dinette and settee
• Slide-out seat with storage for added seating at dinette; slides in while underway
• Maximum headroom 6'7".
• 4 ample storage lockers with louvered doors
• Glass-fronted crystal cabinet with acrylic crystal holders
• Bookshelves port and starboard
• 4 individual reading lamps at 4 corners of saloon

Aft Cabin & Owner's Head

• Queen size aft berth set centerline
• Starboard side settee
• Port and starboard hanging lockers (shelves installed)
• Full length deep hanging locker centerline
• Portside vanity with fold up mirror and drawer with three separate cabinets
• Filing cabinet underneath vanity
• Bookshelves port and starboard above berth headboard
• 2 drawers and 1 cabinet underneath berth
• Full length mirror in aft stateroom
• Ruritan fresh-water toilet in aft head (2018)
• 27 gallon dedicated holding tank with dual "Y" valve system for direct overboard or deck pumpout
• Holding tank level indicator and macerator pump for offshore pump out
• Shower with molded fiberglass floor, in-floor sump and switch for electric pump
• 4 mirrored cabinets in aft head
• Large and deep cabinet above head

Forward Cabin & Head

• Full double pullman berth with 6'6" length
• 3 rows of drawers under berth
• Stainless steel flush-mounted work surface under berth
• 2 large 3-shelf cabinets to starboard with louvered doors
• 3 drawers to starboard below mirror-faced cabinet above
• Full length mirror in forward cabin
• Ample storage with 2 large lockers, 3 large drawers, bookshelves, other cabinets
• Ruritan fresh-water toilet in forward head (2018)
• 27 gallon dedicated holding tank with dual "Y" valve system for direct overboard or deck pumpout
• Holding tank level indicator and macerator pump for offshore pump out
• Shower with molded fiberglass floor, in-floor sump and switch for electric pump
• 4 mirrored cabinets in forward head
• Very large forward cabinet with hooks for line storage
• 2 large cabinets to port in forward head

Galley

• "Alleyway" style galley for safety on either tack offshore
• Force 10 3-burner stove with oven and broiler
• 2 10-pound propane tanks
• Xintex S-2A Propane monitor with 2 sensors
• Pot lockers under stove
• 4 louver-front cabinets and 2 drawers for general storage
• 1 large louver-front "pantry" cabinet
• 1 large louver-front cabinet to port
• 1 louver-front cabinet above sink
• Slide-out trash container with positive locking door, 13 gal capacity
• Slide-out chopping block
• Veco refrigerator and freezer controls
• Separate reefer and freezer compartments, 11cu ft total
• Drains and electric pumps on both reefer and freezer boxes
• Swing-down cover for stove burners provides additional counter space
• Microwave mounted above Force 10 stove
• Large stainless steel galley sink, set centerline
• Pressure fresh water with redundant pumps and pressure tank
• 133 gallon stainless fresh water tank
• 11 gallon hot water heater, heated from engine or 120VAC
• Dinnerware and assorted cookware

Nav Station & Electronics

Upholstered swivel seat at nav station, adjustable height; chart storage in table-top; laptop station with hinged storage compartment; and double-door cabinet above laptop station.

• Electrical panels, 12-volt and 120-volt distribution
• All new Raymarine electronics installed in 2023 including:
  • Axion 9 Chartplotter at steering pedestal with C-Map NT+ cartridges
  • Raymarine ST6000+ autopilot with instrument at helm and at nav station; remote control plugs in at helm; hydraulic ram at steering quadrant
  • Raymarine ST50 Speed, Depth, Wind and MaxiView mounted above companionway in cockpit
  • Raymarine Axion 9 Display at nav station
  • Raymarine Radar
  • All Raymarine instruments networked on SeaTalk
• Icom VHF

Electrical

• 3 Lifeline 8D and 1 Lifeline 4D AGM batteries in house bank, 900AH (2023)
• 1 Lifeline 4D AGM battery main engine and generator start battery (2023)
• Tie-switch allows use of house bank batteries in parallel with engine generator start battery
• All batteries in fiberglass battery boxes, strapped
• Balmar 95-210 210Amp alternator with Balmar MC612 3-stage regulator
• Yanmar 80Amp alternator dedicated to start battery
• Xantrax smart charger sourced from 120VAC system
• 110VAC/50Amp shore power connector with 50A and 30A plugs
• All through-hulls, valves, mast, standing rigging, pushpit, pulpit, stanchions, tanks, and engine electrically bonded for electrolysis and lighting protection
• 120VAC outlets with GFI breakers in forward and aft heads
• 120VAC outlets in forward and aft stateroom, galley, nav station, and saloon
• 12VDC outlets in aft stateroom, at nav station, 2 in cockpit

Engine & Mechanical

• Yanmar 75HP, model 4JH3-TE supercharged diesel engine with dual Racor fuel filters, approximately (2,021 hours).
• Cockpit instruments include tachometer, oil pressure, coolant temperature, and hour meter plus starter switch
• Electric fuel pump and fuel valving allowing fuel source and destination to/from any of 4 diesel fuel tanks and through the Racor filters and back to fuel tanks
• Northern Lights generator in separate lead-lined sound enclosure (approximately 201 hours)
• Generator control panel at nav station
• Well-insulated engine compartment provides quiet engine operation
• Ample main engine access via cabinet doors on 3 sides
• Generator accessible on 2 sides via large double-doors
• Firebuoy automatic engine compartment fire extinguisher with manual override at nav station and in cockpit
• Auto Prop
• Sidepower bow thruster w/joystick on steering pedestal in cockpit (motor rebuilt 2022)

Hull & Deck

• Solid hand-laid fiberglass layup with no core using vinylester resins and Isophthalic gel coat
• Twaron fiber (similar to Kevlar) throughout hull
• Semi-skegged rudder
• Watertight stern sections across aft lazarettes and stern locker
• Watertight bow section forward of forward cabin with independent overboard drainage
• Lead keel attached with cast-in 1 1/2-inch stainless steel keel bolts
• 3" copper grounding strap run fore to aft both port and starboard
• All bronze through-hulls and valves, bonded and grounded
• Fold-down aft swim ladder
• 2 fresh coats of bottom paint (Spring 2024)
• Teak rub rail with stainless insert
• Teak caprail
• Solid GRP fiberglass in all areas of deck for deck fittings and high stress area
• Molded-in non-skid deck in AWLGrip gray
• Varnished teak handrails on foredeck coach roof and aft coach roof
• Stainless steel companionway handrails
• Forward lazarette just behind anchor locker, dual hatches with dual Bailey latches
• Large aft lazarettes, port and starboard with dual Bailey latches for watertight seal
• Stern garage with dedicated Jabsco bilge pump with manual override in cockpit, dual Bailey latches
• Hot and cold fresh water shower mounted on stern swim step
• 1 pair stainless cleats forward, 2 pair mid-ships, 1 pair aft; all 12"
• Stainless steel chafe guards set in cap rail at all cleat locations
• Stainless steel pulpit
• Kato SS dinghy lifting davits, blocks, and lines
• 30"-high SS stanchions with double vinyl-covered SS lifelines with port and starboard boarding gates, teak and SS boarding ladder
• 2 fold-down teak and stainless seats at stern
• 4 stainless steel cowl vents with teak dorade boxes, screened
• Forward cowl vents have SS guards with halyard holders
• 4 opening ports in aft cabin
• Oceanair hatch in aft cabin
• 1 opening port in aft head
• 3 opening ports in galley
• 1 opening port at nav station
• 1 opening port in saloon
• 2 hatches with integral screens in saloon
• 1 opening port in forward cabin
• Separate screens for all opening ports
• Oceanair hatch in forward cabin
• Mainship hatches and ports (except for 2 Oceanair hatches)
• Sunbrella dodger and bimini, color blue
• Dedicated propane locker with 2 10-lb aluminum propane bottles, Bailey latch
• Edson outboard engine mounting plate on pushpit
• 22-foot Sunbrella tropical sun cover, spans from mast to backstays, linen color
• Sunbrella covers for side windows and hatches
• Full winter cover

Ground Tackle

• Solid stainless stem head fitting with split bow roller with stowage for 2 anchors
• Solid Stainless striker plate for bow protection
• 75# primary anchor with 300' 3/8" galvanized chain
• Maxwell 2200 windlass, nearby foot switches duplicated at helm
• Anchor rode locker behind windlass; split for 2 rodes
• Salt-water wash down hose in chain locker
• Fresh-water spigot and valve in chain locker

Cockpit

• Leather-wrapped stainless steel wheel at helm
• Whitlock cable steering with brake
• Whitlock pedestal with offset instrument box and grab-rail
• Single-lever engine control
• 5" Richie compass with stainless steel cover and switch-controlled illumination
• New Raymarine Axion9 Chart plotter & Radar (2023)
• Teak, single-piece, louvered, and screened drop board with spare
• 2 cockpit backrest seats
• Waterproof cockpit cushions

Rigging, Spars & Sail Inventory

Sail Inventory:

• New Genoa (2021)
• Fully battened Mainsail
• Storm Jib

Rigging:

• Selden aluminum mast with manual in-boom furling, double spreaders
• Selden Rod-Kicker vang with 4:1 purchase
• Selden downwind pole mounted forward on mast
• Mast, boom, and rod-kicker powder-coated in white epoxy
• All standing rigging is s/s 1x19 w/Norseman fittings
• Complete set of heavy weather standing rigging (not yet installed)
• Mainsail halyard, 2 jib halyards, 1 staysail halyard, 1 spinnaker halyard, outhaul (2008), topping lift
• 5/8" jib sheets
• 2 Lewmar 54 2-speed primary winches
• 2 Lewmar 48 2-speed secondary winches
• Lewmar 44 2-speed winch for mainsheet in cockpit
• 2 Lewmar 44 winches on mast for halyards
• 3 snatch blocks for spinnaker and running backs
• 4 deck rope clutches in cockpit
• Traveler jam cleats
• Six double braid dock lines 25' long x 5/8" dia (2 new 2008)
• Two double braid dock lines 60' long x 5/8" dia
• Windex and wind-speed at masthead
• Anchor light
• Steaming light
• Spreader lights
• Electric Winch Handle

Safety Features & Equipment

• Overhead lee-cloth padeyes in forward and aft cabins
• Waterproof collision compartments fore and aft
• All cabinet hardware positive locking
• All cabin sole sections positive locking
• Nearly every hose double-clamped (exception is water maker)
• Solid teak handrails throughout
• Redundant bilge pumps with float switches
• High-water bilge alarm
• Whale gusher manual bilge pump
• Bottom of rudder above bottom of keel for grounding safety
• Current Coast-Guard approved flare kit
• Four (4) life jackets