Amelie — Alden 50 Sloop

Amelie is a classic Niels Helleberg designed Alden 50 sloop that under the current ownership has seen a major / multi-year (2020 – 2025) refit by Brooklin Boat Yard with significant upgrades to equipment, design, sail plan and rig to greatly improve appearance, dependability and sailing performance.

Amelie Refit Work and On-Going Upgrades 2020 to 2025

• New Selden aluminum mast
• New Leisure-Furl boom
• New carbon fiber spinnaker / whisker pole
• Paint (AwlGrip) new mast, boom and spinnaker / whisker pole
• New Furlex powered / electric roller-furling headstay
• New Harken vang
• New Selden powered / electric cabin top / halyard winch
• New stainless steel rod standing rigging (shrouds and stays)
• New running rigging (halyards and sheets)
• New custom deck layout and rigging hardware
• New custom adjustable spinnaker / whisker pole track system on mast
• New North Sails Ocean 3Di boom-furling main sail
• New North Sails Ocean 3Di roller-furling 135% genoa
• New North Sails Ocean 3Di roller-furling 105% jib
• New cockpit dodger, side curtains and sun awning
• New Elk hide covers on hand rails and dodger grab rail
• Paint (AwlGrip) topsides, boot and cove stripes
• New name and hail
• New main cabin fixed port lights
• New waste system lines
• Strip and revarnish (8 coats) all exterior brightwork
• New bow thruster battery
• New lighting batteries
• New Balmar battery temperature sensor
• New Balmar alternator temperature sensor
• New Balmar regulator and wiring harness
• New Cole-Hersee battery selector switch
• Convert interior overhead and reading lights to LED
• New glass in all port lights and opening ports
• New companionway door screens
• New aft head faucet
• New wash down pump
• New electrical panel and reconfigure nav station for new electronics
• All new Raymarine electronics package
• New Raymarine Axiom S9 MFD displays in nav station and at helm
• New helm nav pod
• New Raymarine Quantum 2 Q24D doppler radar
• New Raymarine class B AIS 700
• New Raymarine i70 sailing instruments with 6 multi-function displays
• New Raymarine standard wind sensor / AWI wand
• New Raymarine EV-1 heading sensor
• New Raymarine ITC-5 Integrated transducer converter
• New Raymarine Speedo / water temperature sensor
• New Raymarine depth sounder transducer
• New Raymarine backbone and network
• New Navionics E-Chart: US and Canada east coasts
• New Navionics E-Chart: Mexico to Brazil (including Caribbean and Bermuda)
• New guest cabin mattresses
• New Balmar Alternator
• New House Batteries: Victron 12-Volt / 24 Amp Hour (3ea)
• New Bow Thruster - Windlass Batteries: Victron 12-Volt (2ea)
• New galvanized primary anchor chain (160 ft)
• New canvas toe rail covers
• New canvas boat cover

Hull and Deck Construction & Features

• Hull and deck are built to ABS standards.
• Hull construction is a vacuum-bagged laminate of Vinylester barrier resin and stitched unidirectional fiberglass with balsa coring.
• Deck and cabin are also a molded FRP and Vinylester resin, vacuum-bagged balsa core laminate with smooth and non-skid surfaces.
• External lead keel houses an airfoil shaped fiberglass centerboard that is positively buoyant and controlled hydraulically from the cockpit. Centerboard configuration offers a minimum draft of 5’-6” with board up, and a maximum draft of 10’-6” with board down.
• Raised rub rails with stainless steel guards port and starboard
• Deck and cabin finish is smooth areas White Gelcoat with non-skid areas of Light Tan
• Cockpit sole, cockpit seat tops are of laid teak.
• Hull paint is Awlcraft Donegal Green (2021)
• Double boot stripe paint in Awlcraft Snow White (2021)
• Cove stripe is Awlcraft Gold

Deck, Cockpit, Cabin Sides and Cabin Top Hardware, Equipment and Features (aft to fore)

Aft Deck

• Polished stainless steel stern rail with varnished Teak stern seats port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel stern chocks port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel stern cleats port and starboard
• Varnished Teak taff rail aft
• Varnished Teak toe rails port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel ensign staff socket mounted centerline of taff rail
• Stainless steel backstay tang
• Stainless steel and Lexan aft lazarette hatch
• Aft lazarette storage locker
• Stainless steel life raft cradle with Viking 8-man raft on center line just aft of cockpit
• Life Sling mounted to starboard stern rail
• Outboard motor lifting davit mounted stern rail starboard aft
• Outboard motor storage bracket mounted to stern rail starboard aft

Side Decks

• Varnished Teak toe rails port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel genoa tracks with adjustable cars mounted of port and starboard toe rails
• Polished stainless steel life line stanchions port and starboard
• Gate stanchions port and starboard
• Coated wire double (upper and lower) life lines with opening gates port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel scupper drains port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel spring line chocks and cleats port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel chainplates port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel jib tracks with adjustable cars mounted on decks inboard port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel deck fills for Fuel, Water and Waste port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel deck hardware / turning block pad eyes port and starboard.

Fore Deck

• Polished stainless steel and Lexan opening hatch for forward cabin
• Polished stainless steel and Lexan opening hatch for forward storage / anchor locker
• Forward storage / anchor locker with ladder and storage space for dock lines, fenders and ground tackle.
• Polished stainless steel inner forestay tang
• Anchor windlass on center line with foot control to starboard
• Chain stop on centerline
• Additional ground tackle chain pipes (2ea) to starboard
• Polished stainless steel bow cleats port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel stem iron with integral chocks, headstay fitting and double anchor roller
• Polished stainless steel bow pulpit with varnished Teak seat

Cockpit

• Raised FRP cockpit coaming with winch islands bare Teak steps port and starboard.
• Primary and secondary winches mounted on cockpit coaming port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel sheet cleats mounted on cockpit coamings port and starboard
• Bare Teak cockpit coaming tops, seat tops and cockpit sole
• Storage lockers for sails, propane and miscellaneous equipment
• Edson steering pedestal with engine controls and elk hide covered stainless steel Destroyer type wheel
• Custom varnished Teak cockpit table
• Varnished Teak companionway sliding hatch, doors and trim on center line forward
• Polished stainless steel opening ports outboard of companionway port and starboard.
• Sail control winches and sheet stoppers port and starboard of companionway
• Sailing instruments displays (5ea) mounted above sliding companionway hatch.

Cabin Sides

• New large fixed portlights port and starboard (2ea per side)
• Polished stainless steel opening ports port and starboard (3ea per side)
• New glass in all opening ports
• Varnished Teak cabin eye brow / trim

Cabin Top

• Canvas and Isinglass companionway dodger with stainless steel bows
• Harken adjustable main sheet traveler
• Varnished Teak dorade boxes with stainless steel cowls and guards port, starboard and forward (5ea)
• Varnished Teak handrails port and starboard
• Polished stainless steel and Lexan opening hatches (5ea)
• Sail control turning blocks port and starboard of mast partner
• Polished stainless steel mast partner
• Polished stainless steel staysail tracks with adjustable cars port and starboard cabin tops
• Polished stainless steel staysail sheet turning blocks

Interior Accommodations and Layout

Amelie sleeps four to six persons in two private staterooms and main salon settees. Her joiner work is all hand-crafted cherry with satin finish; the cabin sole is solid teak and holly with lockdown hardware and custom carpentry. Hull ceilings are ash, and hanging lockers are lined with aromatic cedar.

Master Stateroom

Starting forward, the master cabin features a spacious double berth with memory foam mattress to port, with a settee covered in Ultrasuede to starboard. There is a large hanging locker, a bureau and numerous storage lockers, as well as a full-length mirror.

Master Head

The owner’s head is to port with a manual toilet, vanity with sink and mirror, a separate shower stall with teak seat and teak shower grate.

Main Salon

The spacious main salon includes an L-shaped settee to port with a custom (2014) solid cherry dropleaf dining table on centerline. To starboard there is a custom twin “loveseat” settee in satin cherry (2014). All salon cushions are soft-white and new in 2014. There are numerous storage lockers outboard each side, including entertainment equipment locker.

Galley

• U-shaped galley opening aft to adjacent companionway
• Corian countertop with double sink on centerline and Grohe faucet
• Dish storage locker
• Dual Grunert engine-driven and 110-volt refrigeration system with front- and top-opening doors
• Forcelo 4-burner propane stove with oven and custom exhaust vent to a dorade
• Stainless hot water heater (20 gallon)
• Pressurized hot and cold fresh water
• GE Microwave oven
• Glassware, flatware, cooking utensils, pots and pans, storage containers and dishes

Navigation Station

Navigation station is aft of galley (to port) with navigational electronics, electrical panels, storage drawers and nav desk.

Guest Stateroom

Aft to starboard is the guest stateroom with large double berth with new (2024) berth mattresses. There is a bureau and numerous storage lockers.

Guest Head

Guest head is adjacent to guest stateroom with Tecma freshwater electric toilet (installed 2015), vanity with sink and mirror, hand-held shower, teak shower grate and a hanging / wet locker.

Climate Control Systems

• Espar forced hot air diesel system
• Marine Air air conditioning, (2) zones

Spars, Rigging & Winches

• Fractionally rigged sloop configuration
• New (2021) Selden aluminum mast
• New (2021) Leisure-Furl boom
• New (2021) Profurl powered / electric roller-furling headstay
• New (2021) stainless steel rod standing rigging (shrouds and stays)
• New (2021) running rigging (halyards and sheets)
• New (2021) custom deck layout and rigging hardware
• New (2021) Harken vang
• New (2021) Selden powered electric main halyard / boom furling winch (1ea)
• New (2021) Mast-mounted carbon fiber whisker pole
• Navtec hydraulic backstay with failsafe turnbuckle backstay adjuster
• Removable inner forestay with runners
• Insulated backstay for SSB
• Harken stainless steel blocks for spin
• Harken 4-part mainsheet traveler system
• Mast-mounted carbon fiber whisker pole
• Offshore boom preventer system
• Barient #36 ST 3-speed electric primary sheet winches (2ea)
• Barient #28 ST 2-speed secondary sheet winches (2ea)
• Barient #24 ST 2-speed main sheet winch (1ea)
• Barient #27 ST 2-speed halyard winches (2ea)
• Barient #24 ST 2-speed outhaul winch (1ea)

Sails & Canvas

• New (2021) North Sails, Ocean 3Di boom-furling main sail
• New (2021) North Sails, Ocean 3Di roller-furling genoa
• New (2023) North Sails, Ocean 3Di roller-furling jib
• Doyle asymmetrical spinnaker
• Scott storm trysail
• Scott forestaysail with deck bag staysail
• Tan dodger with elk hide covered grab rails
• Cockpit awning zips to dodger
• Canvas covers for six dorade boxes, handrails and table
• Full canvas boat cover.
• Cockpit cushions (2 sets)
• New (2016) hatch covers (4ea.)
• New (2024) toe rail covers
• New (2024) boat cover

Sail Control and Sail Trim Equipment

• New (2021) Leisure-Furl boom
• New (2021) Profurl roller furling headstay
• New (2021) Harken vang
• Stainless steel genoa tracks with adjustable cars and blocks outboard on toe rails port and starboard
• Stainless steel jib tracks with adjustable cars and blocks inboard on side decks port and starboard
• Stainless steel staysail tracks with adjustable cars and blocks on cabin top port and starboard

Electronics & Navigation Equipment

• New (2023) Raymarine Axiom S9 MFD displays in nav station and at helm
• New (2023) Raymarine helm nav pod
• New (2023) Raymarine Quantum 2 Q24D doppler radar
• New (2023) Raymarine class B AIS 700
• New (2023) Raymarine i70 sailing instruments with 6 multi-function displays
• New (2023) Raymarine standard wind sensor / AWI wand
• New (2023) Raymarine EV-1 heading sensor
• New (2023) Raymarine ITC-5 Integrated transducer converter
• New (2023) Raymarine Speedo / water temperature sensor
• New (2023) Raymarine depth sounder transducer
• New (2023) Raymarine backbone and network
• New (2021) Navionics E-Chart: US and Canada east coasts
• New (2021) Navionics E-Chart: Mexico to Brazil (including Caribbean and Bermuda)
• New (2023) Raymarine E-Chart – North Atlantic / Bermuda
• ICOM 802 SSB
• ICOM 604 VHF
• ICOM M-120 VHF at helm
• Autohelm ST 7000 autopilot and wireless remote
• Danforth helm compass
• Chelsea clock and barometer
• Satellite radio

Engine / Mechanical Equipment

• Westerbeke W-70 4-cylinder diesel
• 2,554.6 Engine hours (July 2026)
• New engine mounts (2015)
• New Universal V-Joint (2015)
• New engine room insulation (2011)
• Feathering 3-blade Max-prop with spurs line cutters
• Side-Power 24 volt bow thruster (new, 2011) with separate battery bank and wireless remote
• Audible engine cooling water alarms
• Fresh water cooling system
• Engine temperature alarm
• Fuel filter
• Secondary engine alarm panel at nav station
• Bilge pump
• Emergency bilge pump from engine intake thru hull
• Tank tender monitor system
• Fireboy automatic engine room fire extinguisher
• 40-gallon holding tank with overboard macerator pump
• Bilge blower

Electrical Equipment

• 110-Volt AC, 12-Volt DC and 24-Volt DC systems
• 8 kW Westerbeke generator with sound shield
• Generator Hours: 2,224.3 hours (July 2026)
• House Battery Bank Capacity: 720 Amp hours
• Balmar 100-amp alternator
• (2) 40-amp Pro Mariner battery chargers
• Xantrex 2000 watt inverter / charger (new, 2011)
• Battery condition gauge
• Battery parallel switch
• Voltage meter
• Combination AC/DC receptacles throughout
• 7” stainless steel overhead lights with dual red / white selectable switches
• (3) 30-amp shore power cables
• (2) 120V shore power inlets
• New Balmar Alternator
• New (2025) House Batteries: Victron 12-Volt / 24 Amp Hour (3ea)
• New (2025) Bow Thruster - Windlass Batteries: Victron 12-Volt (2ea)

Fresh Water, Salt Water and Sanitation Plumbing and Equipment

• Fresh Water Capacity: 170 Gallons
• Stainless Steel hot water heater capacity: 20 Gallons
• Pressure hot and cold fresh water supplied to sink basins in galley, master head and guest head.
• Pressure hot and cold fresh water supplied to showers in cockpit, master head and guest head.
• Pressure cold fresh water supplied to Tecma electric marine toilet
• Pressure salt water washdown system
• Manually operated marine toilet in owners head area
• Tecma freshwater electric marine toilet in guest head area (installed 2015).
• Toilets plumbed for discharge directly overboard or to holding tank
• Holding tank plumbed for overboard pump out in designated waters or dock side pump out
• Holding Tank Capacity: 40 Gallons
• New (2023) waste system lines, fittings and valves

Ground Tackle Systems and Equipment

• Stainless steel bow roller
• Maxwell 3500 windlass with foot switches and remote control
• Lewmar Delta Plow with 275’ of 10mm galvanized chain
• Fortress anchor (30 lb.) with appropriate chain and rode
• Dinghy anchor

Dewatering Equipment

• Henderson manual bilge pump (cockpit location)
• Edson manual bilge pump (interior location)
• Rule electric / automatic bilge pump with float switch
• Jabsco 4.5 GPM electric / automatic bilge pump with float switch
• Emergency high-capacity engine driven bilge pump

Safety Equipment

• Horseshoe life ring
• PFD’s: Type-I with whistles, strobes and dye markers (6 ea.)
• Life Sling
• EPIRB
• Flare kit
• Viking 8-man life raft (repacked and certified 2025)
• Spreader lights
• Spotlight with outlets in cockpit and foredeck
• Aquasignal 5-function masthead light with strobe navigation light
• Webbing jack lines

Ship’s Tender

• AB Inflatables, Model 10UL, 10’ RIB with aluminum hull
• Tohatsu MSF 9.8B outboard motor with fuel tank and fuel filter

Additional Equipment

• Outboard motor davit
• Outboard motor storage bracket
• Stainless steel boarding / swim ladder with Teak foot treads
• Dock lines 5/8” x 50’ (4ea)
• Teak ensign pole 60”
• Code flags

Exclusions

• The owner’s personal effects are excluded from the sale.