Franchini 75S

Custom Doug Peterson / Nauta Yachts-designed Franchini 75S launched in 2002. Versatile 4-cabin, 4-heads, plus crew with ensuite bathroom layout with aft galley. Refitted in 2018

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

Displaying extraordinary elegance, CLASS IV is the third of three custom Franchini 75S yachts built by the Franchini shipyard in Italy to designs by Doug Peterson, and with deck and interior styling by Nauta Yachts.

She has been meticulously maintained under single ownership throughout her life, benefiting from a comprehensive 2018 refit. Accommodation is arranged across 4 cabins for 8 guests, a master stateroom, three twin cabins, each with private en-suite access, plus dedicated crew cabin for 3, also with its own en-suite.

Regular annual maintenance has been carried out throughout the yacht's life, including servicing, winterisation, and periodic overhauls, with steady, ongoing upgrades carried out wherever required. The yacht has been looked after by a professional Captain, with the current one onboard since 2021.

CLASS IV boasts many specification highlights including:
• 4-cabin, 4-heads, plus 3-Crew Cabin with Ensuite head interior layout with double port amidship owner’s cabin
• Teak interior joinery
• Extended transom hull with large reverse transom and fold out bathing platform
• 4.00m draft performance keel with lead bulb
• Cockpit layout with aft helm cockpit and central guest cockpit
• ‘Blue Navy’ painted topsides
• Teak decks
• White-painted aluminium mast
• Aluminium canoe boom with lazy bag
• Removable PBO Inner forestay for staysail
• PBO Checkstays
• Harken hydraulic, electric and manual self-tailing winch package
• B&G navigation instruments
• Radar Antenna on spreader
• Radar 2026
• Sea Tel satellite TV antenna at transom
• Yanmar 250hp 6-cylinder Engine with MaxProp 3-bladed feathering propeller
• MaxPower Hydraulic R300 retractable bow thruster
• Coelmo 19 kW Diesel Generator - 2021
• Mastervolt battery charger and inverter package
• Heating & Cooling 220vAC reverse-cycle Air-conditioning system providing 39,000 BTU
• Fridge/freezers and Minibar
• Tecma fresh-water / sea water electric heads
• 220vAC Washer/Dryer
• Dishwasher, Microwave, Gas Hob and Oven
• Washing machine
• Watermaker 200l/h
• Stainless Steel and Teak Integrated Hydraulic passarelle
• Tender & outboard

CLASS IV has been sailed the Mediterranean, cruising the coasts of Italy and Greece. She is Italian flagged and validly licensed for charter through May 2029.

RECENT REFIT HIGHLIGHTS:

2026
• Radar (Raytheon Radar and Plotter) replaced
• Helm pedestals (2x) with 47" (120 cm) leather covered steering wheels — new leather covering
• Generator service
2025
• Last engine service (Winter 2025)
• Lofrans Jaguar Titan windlass serviced
• Anchor chain (100m x 12mm) replaced
• Liferaft (Eurovinyl 12-person, 2015) serviced
• Overhaul of Navtec backstay and staysail piston rams — full replacement of Navtec hoses for the vang, mainsail base, and staysail
• Complete workshop overhaul of the windlass
• Overhaul of the bow thruster’s hydraulic system, with electro valve replacement
• Replacement of the passerelle control
• Replacement of many Torlon ball bearings in the mainsail cars
• Repairs to Bimini/sprayhood and covers

2024
• Replacement of the engine control

2023
• 12x 2V GEL service batteries (second bank) installed
• Fresh/sea water pressure pump system revised
• Third water pump (Flojet) for daily use
• SONY stereo system with speakers (cockpit and below decks)
• Replacement of part of the saltwater fire-fighting system, pump overhaul, and replacement of exchange valves and piping
• Replacement of various seacocks and valves
• Partial repainting of interior surfaces where necessary
• Various extraordinary maintenance works on the boom, reefing sheaves, stoppers, etc.
• Various works on biminis, sprayhoods and covers
2022
• Watermaker — new pump
• Factory overhaul (Gianneschi) of pressurised water pumps, extractors, bilge pumps, fire-fighting and discharge pumps
• Replacement of a Mastervolt battery charger and system upgrade with installation of the integrated Mastervolt control system
• Overhaul of the Navtec backstay piston
• Overhaul of the transom/bathing platform pistons
• Various works and improvements to the electrical, hydraulic and air conditioning systems
• Repainting of part of the bilges
• Refit of the tender: steering system, electrical system, replacement of cables, bilge pump, and various other small items

2021
• Complete workshop overhaul of the engine and gearbox
• New Coelmo 19kW Generator installed
• New 12x 2V GEL service batteries (first bank) installed
• New Shaft Stern gland
• Complete overhaul of the sailing winches
• New rigging chainplates
• Refurbishment and upgrade of the engine room, complete repainting, new insulation, lining and various systems
• Replacement of the CV joint, stuffing box, propeller shaft and bushings
• Replacement and upgrade of the raw water intake seacock system
• Replacement of the watermaker pump unit and system upgrade
• Replacement of service batteries
• New remote manual fire-fighting system for engine room extinguishers, fuel shut-off valves, and ventilation dampers
2020
• New Engine start battery (12vDC)
• New Generator start battery (12vDC)
• New Radio dedicated battery (12vDC)
• New Schenker 24V Reverse Osmosis Watermaker (200 l/h) installed
2019
• New windlass engine

2018
• Comprehensive refit (referenced in broker's comments)
• Gas stove (stainless steel, 4-hob, oven/grill)

2016
• PBO rigging — radiographic inspection carried out
• New PBO checkstays

2015
• Sprayhood with stainless steel frame
• Mainsail cover
• Liferaft (Eurovinyl, 12-person)

2014
• 220vAC 6kg washer/dryer

2002 (original build/equipment, Franchini shipyard)
• MaxPower hydraulic R300 retractable bowthruster with PTO
• Hot water calorifier/immersion heater system
• MIELE microwave/grill, Frigomar fridge, Frigomar drawer freezer, Bosch dishwasher
• 5x Tecma electric heads
• Frigomar A/C system (40,000 BTU)
• White-painted carbon canoe boom
• PBO rigging installed
• Harken winches
• Cruising gennaker with snuffer
• Lewmar–Solimar flush deckhead hatches
• Pincraft hydraulic opening transom / passarelle
• Novamarine 4.20m tender, Yamaha 40hp outboard

MANUFACTURER’S BACKGROUND:

The first Shipyard Franchini was founded by shipwright Michele Franchini (also known as Guido) in 1947 in an old “Hangar” war surplus, on Riccione’s harbour. Initially, orders were mainly work and fishing boats that helped to make known “Guido” in the seafaring environment of the Adriatic coast as one of the most attentive and quick makers of wooden boats with particular sturdiness and elegance.

It was in the late 50’s that “Guido” invented the “beach cutter” a boat inspired by the racing drift type Flying Dutcham that thanks to their flat bottom could arrive up to the sandy beach in Riccione and upload the waiting tourists. Some of these boats are still in service along the beaches of Romagna.

In the early sixties thanks to the economic boom and the particular condition at the time of Riccione as fashionable resort destination of many “VIP”, “Guido” Franchini began to work on creating some interesting recreational boats and yachts including the “Black Hawk”, a schooner particularly appreciated both at sea and in the various events in which over the years has had the opportunity to participate.

Among the many distinguished clients in the mid-sixties, a certain Norberto Ferretti, who had asked him to turn an old wooden fishing boat in a pleasure motor-sailor. It was at this time that, to support the rebirth of the Yard, Massimo Franchini joined the company and the company was called Shipyard Franchini by Franchini Michele and Sons snc. The newly graduated architect brought its culture of young designer eager to practice his ability to understand of an increasingly large and demanding clientele.

Thus was born the “FORM 37”, later renamed “ADRIA 37”, the first of a generation of modern motorsailers, that while maintaining and emphasizing the qualities of roominess and comfort of the previous craft production, allowed a true sailing thanks to a hull without compromises with great balance and amazing performance: of this boat were produced over forty specimens. A respectable number considering the size of the market and the “handcrafted” structure of the company at that time.

The road was traced and, aware of the need to ensure and consolidate the reputation already acquired in the field of the cruise sailboats, Massimo Franchini, after having experimented with several other custom projects from 47 to 60 feet, some of which definitely more “forward “compared to the historical moment, he decided to focus on the design and to a young designer from Trieste, who was distinguished himself in the fields of race, Roberto Starkel, to draw a hull capable of supporting a new idea of motorsailer characterized by a real apartment for the owner and by a clear distinction between areas for guests and for those maneuvers, all concentrated in “only” 45 feet. It was called “ATLANTIS 45” to emphasize the research for a new world and a new way of navigate with a sailboat.