The Yacht
Grand Soleil 46.3
A modern Italian performance cruiser. Forty-three thousand nautical miles in her wake. Fully refit and again cruising and racing the Adriatic.
A thoroughbred
Quick, safe, and finished to the standard the sea demands.
FIU is a Grand Soleil 46.3, built in 2003 by Cantiere del Pardo — the reputable Italian yard responsible for some of the most respected performance cruisers afloat. EEC Category A certified: cleared for open ocean.
The classic Grand Soleil lines — shared with Nautor's Swan — are destined to stay beautiful. The teak deck, blue hull and long sheerline make her an eye-catcher in every harbour. The characteristics underneath — sea kindliness, internal volume, shorthand handling, racing capability — are why she earned her circumnavigation.
She is now fully refit and back in the Adriatic.
- Builder
- Cantiere del Pardo
- Year built
- 2003
- Model
- Grand Soleil 46.3
- Designer
- Botín & Carkeek
- Category
- EEC A · Ocean
- Racing standard
- Australian Cat 1 Offshore
- Home port
- Marina Punat, Krk
- Ocean miles
- 43,000 nm +
The fit-out
Loads of extras. None of it for show.
Everything on this boat earned its place over forty thousand ocean miles. Reliable, redundant, fixable.
Power & Energy
- Volvo Penta inboard diesel
- Wind generator + solar panels
- Oversized alternator
- Gel-battery bank
- Folding propeller
Navigation
- Raymarine ST60 series (wind, depth, speed)
- Raymarine ST6001 autopilot + matched corepack
- Hydraulic linear drive — Raymarine’s most powerful
- Radar + chart-plotter
- Raytec Navigator software (notebook + Seatalk)
Communications & Safety
- HF radio with e-mail modem
- EPIRB, life raft, harnesses, jacklines
- Extra chain and anchors
- Watertight cockpit, sea-going lockers
Sail Wardrobe
- Full-batten main
- Cruising and triradial racing sails (10 total)
- Two spinnakers + two spinnaker poles
- Oversized winches; two dedicated spinnaker winches
On the water
Adriatic to the Pacific and back.
In the press
FIU and her voyages have been covered across European sailing press — see the archived articles on the voyages page.
Sailing Magazine
EN
More Magazine — Croatia
HR
Yacht Revue — Austria
DE
ARC 2002 coverage
EN