• Year: 1982
• Length: 47 ft
• Price: $177,775
• Located in Hitchcock, TX US
• Hull Material: Fiberglass
• Engine/Fuel Type: diesel
• YW# 4246840

The Valiant 47 is the ideal long-range offshore performance cruising boat, offering all the comforts needed for living aboard and an excellent design for true blue water sailing. Designed by Bob Perry, the Valiant 47 later evolved into the Valiant 50 with the addition of a bowsprit and redesigned deck. This remarkable vessel gained fame when William Pinkney became the fourth person to sail solo around the world in 1990 aboard his Valiant 47 "Commitment." Many Valiant 47s have circumnavigated the globe, including a sister ship that completed two solo circumnavigations, one of them non-stop. The Valiant 47 is easy to single-hand, making it ideal for couples. With its fin keel and long forefoot, it tracks straight and is easily steered by autopilot or wind vane steering. The long forefoot also ensures smooth tacking through the wind. Designer Robert Perry praised the Valiant 47's sharp entry and preferred it over the 42 for this reason. Below deck, the accommodations are well-planned for voyaging, comfortably sleeping up to seven people, but perfectly suited for a couple living aboard.

Creature Comforts include:

• New cushions and interior upholstery throughout in 2011
• 19” flat screen TV and DVD player installed in 2011
• West marine 7000 series stereo/CD player and speakers installed in 2014
• Teak and holly cabin sole refinished in 2015
• Lots of ventilation
• Five 12v Fans
• Cockpit shower!
• Magma propane BBQ
• Bow Thruster!

Galley:

The wrap around galley space is secure in a seaway because the cook can brace against three sides with only the forward side open.

• Technautics 12 volt refrigeration and freezer
• Refrigeration compressor replaced 2014
• Propane stove - three-burner S.S. Dickinson gimbaled stove w/oven & broiler
• Hot and cold pressure water in galley and heads
• New 3M water filter system installed 2010
• Raritan 12 Gal. hot water heater & new hoses and performs to specification
• Large, double S.S. sinks on the centerline with mixing faucet
• Propane solenoid fuel shut off
• Ample cabinet and counter space…great actually
• Good dish storage
• Large drawers
• Slide out trash bin
• Lots of storage everywhere

Propane:

• Two 20gal aluminum propane tanks located in lazerettes with proper venting, solenoid and pressure gauge. Propane is used for cooking only. 

Plumbing:

• 180 Gallons water in three tanks located under settees in the salon for easy replacement
• Two enclosed heads complete with vanity, sink, standard marine toilets and separate showers stalls
• Jabsco standard manual marine toilets
• ElectroScan waste treatment system installed in forward head in 2010
• Shower sump pumps with 12v sump pump
• Twelve gallon hot water heater
• 12v pressure water pump

Navigation and Communication: Electronics

The navigation station is a proper offshore, forward facing navigation station, with comfortable seat and full size lift top desk. The large navigation table has storage under, generous navigation/electronics cabinet and room for the full complement of electronic navigation and communication equipment, as well as the well laid out, custom Valiant electrical panel.

• Garmin 4208 chart plotter installed at nav station 2010

Garmin 4210 chart plotter installed at helm in 2014

• Garmin wind, speed and depth instruments at nav station and helm installed in 2018
• Redundant B&G depth sounder with displays at nav and helm
• Icom 502 VHF with DSC and remote mic in the cockpit
• Icom 802 SSB radio and tuner (with Pactor modem, never installed)
• Bad Boy wifi booster new in 2010
• New AIS transponder interfaced with Garmin at the helm and nav station in 2019*
• New Alpha 3000 autopilot installed in 2010
• New ACR EPIRB stalled 2010
• Danforth Constellation 5” compass at the helm
• Ritchie compass 3” at the nav station
• Samsung 19” flat screen TV and DVD player new in 2011 wired into West Marine speaker system
• West Marine 7000 series stereo/CD player and speakers new in 2014

Mechanical Systems:

One of the great things about the Valiant 47 is that the engine is located low and on the centerline providing for a straight direct drive shaft. The 58 hp Westerbeke engine is completely accessible without crawling into an engine room. The generator is located in the starboard side aft “walk in garage”. With the incredible storage areas, there is great space for spares and tools. The inventory or original brochures, paperwork, scantlings, ships and equipment manuals is the best we have ever seen!

• Westerbeke 58hp diesel with 2300 hours
• HBW 250 transmission
• Sound insulated engine and generator space
• Cruising speed 7+ knots at 2000 rpm
• Max speed 8 knots at 2800 rpm
• New raw water engine cooling pump Dec 2018
• Dual Racor filter system with dual vacuum gauges
• Fuel burn approximately1GPM normal cruising speed
• Cruising range is about 800nm with tankage of 120 gallons in 2 tanks
• Tanks located in cockpit lockers for easy maintenance
• Tanks have inspection/cleanout ports
• Straight 1.5” SS prop shaft with traditional stuffing box for easy maintenance 2018; serviced November 2018
• New cutlass bearing 2011
• Three blade prop 16.5” with PropSpeed
• Cable steering system with binnacle wheel
• Alternator: 100 AMPS with Xantrex regulator
• Excellent maintenance and complete service and maintenance records for past 10 years
• Spare Parts:  filters, belts, bulbs, zincs and miscellaneous
• Some receipts available
• Emergency tiller: YES Starboard Locker
• Both engine and generator have hoses plumbed to bottom of sump for oil removal
• Oil suction removal system for engine and generator
• Generator has remote stop/stop control panel
• Vetus 12 volt bow thruster with control at the helm 2013
• Exhaust temperature alarm system
• Automatic engine room fire suppression system
• New engine mounts and transmission clutch installed and professional transmission/prop shaft alignment done in 2011

Electrical System:

• Comprehensive electrical charging system with engine charging, diesel generator, solar panels and wind generator
• Major electrical system refit, including galvanic isolators, new battery system master switches, second automatic bilge pump, high water alarm

12 Volt System:

• Batteries: Four new group 27 house batteries and 1 new group 27 starting battery installed November 2018
• Batteries are located in centerline battery storage area/electrical compartment properly secured in battery boxes.  
• Separate Group 31 AGM battery and ProNautic charger for bow thruster located under forward berth
• Engine driven 100 amp charging alternator to charge batteries
• Battery monitoring via Link 2000 and Magnum 3000 inverter/charger display panel
• DC electrical breaker panel
• Electronics, radar and sailing instruments (see under Electronics)
• Entertainment systems – flat screen TV and DVD player; West Marine stereo CD player and speaker system
• Navigation lights, red and green deck level
• Tricolor Light Allied Signal series 40 incandescent
• Anchor Light Allied Signal series 40 incandescent
• Stern Light – series 40
• Four 12 Volt outlets: one nav station, one forward cabin, one cockpit, and one at the mast
• Two USB charging ports in salon
• Cabin lights mostly LED with some incandescent, halogen, and fluorescent
• Five cabin fans
• Deck/anchor wash down pump
• Two electric bilge pumps with automatic switches: Jabsco 200 GPH primary and Rule 3000 GPH secondary
• High-water bilge alarm system
• Electrical spares include bulbs, connectors, wire

110 volt shore power system:

• Primary power is 50 amp 110 volt with two 50 amp 50’ shore power cables and 30 and 100 amp pigtails  
• AC breaker panel 
• Eight 110 volt outlets
• Hot water heater: 12 gallon
• Galvanic Isolator 2014
• Magnum 3000W inverter/charger installed 2014

Generator

• Fischer Panda 4KW generator installed 2014 with only 480 hours
• Generator Location in walk-in garage
• Primary usage of generator is Battery Charging when main engine, solar and wind are not available

Wind Power

• AirX wind generator with new “silent” blades and nose cone installed in 2018

Solar Power

• Four 80 watt Kyocera Solar Panels

Sails and Rigging:

The Valiant 47 is a true cutter rig Schaefer furlers for the jib and staysail, control lines are run to the cockpit. Rod rigging.

• Professional rigging inspections done annually. Report from November 2018 available
• Keel steeped mast is stepped on I Beam bolted to major stringers approximately a foot below sole
• Bridge clearance approximately 69’
• Double spreaders
• New Strongtrack system on mast installed 2018
• Standing Rigging is Navtec Rod rigging replaced in 2005
• Chainplates replaced in 2013
• Rigging Inspected 2018
• Running Rigging all in very good condition renewed as needed
• Total Sail Area Approximate 1000 sq ft with main and 95% Yankee high cut jib
• Schaefer 3100 roller furler for jib
• Schaefer 2100 roller furler for staysail - new 2010
• Jib car tracks inboard aft of shrouds
• Mainsheet arrangement –mid boom to traveler forward of cockpit with control lines in the cockpit
• NavTec adjustable hydraulic backstay and Navtec Vang. Controls in the cockpit.
• Downwind pole deck mounted
•  Sail halyards internal
• Aluminum spinnaker pole mast mounted
• Control lines led to the cockpit – main, staysail and spinnaker halyards, main sheet, fore sail and stay sail sheets, headsail furling lines
• Line stoppers in the cockpit: Main sheet, stay sail and spinnaker halyards plus three unused
• Line stopper for jib halyard on mast
• Jib and staysail reefing from cockpit

Sail Inventory

• Traditional mainsail with three reef points for slab reefing
• Mack sails stackpack, new 2013
• New Ullman staysail with Schaefer roller furling 2010
• New mainsail halyard installed 2010
• Cruising spinnaker

Winches:

• All Barient two speed self-tailing winches
• Turning blocks for jib sheets
• Primaries: Barient #36 ST primary sheet winches on the cockpit combing
• Mainsail: Sheet winch Barient 27 on the cabin house
• Two Barient 27 reefing winches on the mast
• Two Barient 23 staysail sheet winches on the cabin house port and starboard
• Mast winches, Two Barient 27 
• Barient 28 winch on the cabin house for staysail and spinnaker halyards
• Three winch handles

Design and Build:

The Valiant 47 is one of Bob Perry’s finest hull shapes. It is the same hull used on the Valiant 50 but without the bowsprit. He drew a lithe vessel with a sharp entry and flat and fast aft sections. The long cruising fin keel provides great stability and tracking. With a draft of 6’6”, she goes to weather and carries sail well. She is fast and powerful. Oasis was laid up at Uniflite in 1982 after the fire retardant resins were eliminated and has never had any blisters. 

Hull construction:

• Hand laid solid fiberglass with robust layup schedule
• Hull is insulated
• Modern long fin cruising keel 15’6” long for great trackingOversized keel bolts
• Valiant round stern for buoyancy and waterline length
• Bronze ball valve sea cocks inspected annually
• Solid marine plywood bulkheads bonded to hull sides
• Solid Lead Keel
• Hull deck joint glued with 3M 5200 and through bolted with backing plates on eight inch centers
• Teak cap rail
• Valiant rub rail

Deck Details:

• Clean unobstructed deck and cabin top
• Deck is Balsa cored fiberglass sandwich with nonskid
• Solid glass in areas where deck hardware is mounted
• Motor mount and lifting crane on stern rail
• Exterior bright work professionally refinished with Cetol in 2018
• Four teak dorade boxes with covers
• Double bow roller with for Mantus and Bruce anchors
• Stainless steel bow pulpit
• Stainless steel stanchions with boarding gates port and starboard
• Double life lines
• Six standard mooring cleats are all 8" bow, stern, and mid ships
• Six deck hatches with new Lexan installed 2013
• 13 opening portlights, with screens
• Large hatch forward makes it easy to launch the spinnaker
• Cockpit opening port
• Deck scuppers drain at the water line
• Boarding ladders (two)Vented propane locker holding two 20 lb tanks

Cockpit Details:

• Rigged for easy single-hand sailing
• Cockpit large enough to lay down
• Destroyer wheel on a pedestal
• Molded seating
• Binnacle wheel steering
• Deep cockpit lockers
• Dodger with aft and side grab rails
• Bimini for lots of shade
• Connector panel between dodger and bimini
• Companionway hatch boards
• Large cockpit drains
• Manual bilge pump in cockpit (as well as below decks)
• 5" Danforth compass at the helm
• Binnacle cover
• BBQ grill on the stern rail
• Teak cockpit table
• Cockpit cushions
• Excellent visibility from the helm

GROUND TACKLE:

• Double bow rollers
• Below deck chain locker 
• Keefe electric windlass with 3/8” chain and rode gypsies
• Anchor wash down system
• Anchor snubber bridle 5/8” line with Mantus chain hook
• Primary bow anchor: New 55lb Mantus anchor installed 2014 with estimated 300 feet of 3/8 chain
• Secondary anchor: Bruce 30kg
• Stern anchor: 25 lb CQR

Other and Safety Equipment

• Motor mount on the stern rail
• Lifting crane
• EPIRB
• Six Fire extinguishers
• Electric bilge pumps: Two
• High-water bilge alarm system
• Manual Whale Gusher pump in cockpit
• Manual bilge pump below decks
• PFDs – three self inflating
• Throwable Life Ring
• Fire extinguishers are current
• GFIC outlets
• Emergency Tiller
• Life sling block and tackle
• Flares
• Horn
• Bell
• Spotlight
• Nav lights, steaming light, stern light
• Trash disposal placard.
• Dock lines
• Fenders
• Boat hook
• Radar Reflector