ANTARES

Main Descripition

"Antares" is an American built, (and owned), high quality yacht offered by her original owner. She has been professionally maintained since new and has never chartered.  Boasting all of the upgrades one would expect in a top tier level luxury yacht including, but not limited to; Full Exterior Alexseal polyurethane paint,  Volvo IPS Dynamic Positioning, Joystick, Vector Zero Speed Stabilizers, twin 23 KW generators, Garmin Glass Cockpit Electronic displays, Bow Thruster, cockpit- lower helm-flybridge joystick controls, factory Hardtop and much more. Engine upgrade to IPS1350.

This is a proper cruising yacht with interior and cockpit stairwells to the flybridge, a workable side door for access to the walk-around side decks, and a lower helm with 360 degree visibility. The salon deck boasts an open floorplan with unobstructed sightlines from the rear door all the way to the lower helm. This is a galley up, 4 state-room yacht with separate crew quarters aft.

All maintenance is current with 1,000 hour mechanical service, bottom paint, stabilizers, and batteries all fresh this year. Shows beautifully. A critical personal inspection is welcomed.

Vessel Walkthrough and Accommodations

Upon entering the yacht from the aft deck, the salon/galley deck has an unbroken view from the cockpit to the pilothouse windows. The galley is amidships, with an island and is fitted with high end appliances (including a wine chiller),  For dining, the 70e has an afterdeck settee with a table, a dinette next to the lower helm, and an alfresco settee on the bridge. The mid-ship master stateroom features a centerline king berth with the optional Chaise Lounge to starboard. There’s a cedar-lined walk-in closet, and the ensuite head has stone counters, twin glass sinks and an OA “crystal shower” stall with a seat and custom door.

The VIP is forward, also an ensuite, while two staterooms are off the central companionway near a hidden washer/dryer. One stateroom, with twin berths, has direct access to the day head and shower, while the other has bunks for kids. It’s a great layout for a family or two couples with children, and the crew cabin aft would work equally well for a deckhand or a teenager.

This 70E model has the  tender-down option with a hydraulic teak stern platform that can carry a larger tender (which launches by lowering the platform). 

Flybridge access is via two stairwells: one from the cockpit and one from the pilothouse, providing all-weather protection. On this deck you will find a dinette and a console opposite with an Electri-Chef barbecue plus a bar, fridge and ice maker, all shaded beneath a cantilevered fiberglass hardtop. As this is the tender-down model, a wraparound seating-sunning-dining installation is aft.

The foredeck is another entertainment area with a table, couch and sun-pads. There are removable sun shades for this and aft flybridge sunning areas.

Access to systems and maintenance points is excellent in the engine room. The fuel tank is behind the forward engine bulkhead, (thus no wing tanks outboard of the engines), and the twin IPS1350 Volvo Penta pod-drives are in-line 6 cylinder engines (rather than V-10 or 12 cylinders usually found), thus outboard access to the engines is quite good. There are twin (upgraded) 23kW Kohler gensets for redundancy. Engine room access is through the crew quarters door on the transom. 

Build Sheet

Exterior / Interior Decor Options

   - Interior color scheme - Titanium

   - Light stone package

   - Crew Quarters with dedicated bunk and wet head and electric toilet

   - Wood floor in Salon

   - Custom Granite and Stainless insert floor in front of Master Stateroom

   - Sliding starboard guest berths, convert from two singles to single queen

   - Wine Cooler under F/B stairwell

   - Water purifier for Galley sink and ice-makers

Mechanical / Electrical Options

• Equipped with Yacht Controller Wireless 

   - Hydraulic “Zero Speed” Stabilizer plus 2nd Kohler 23KW Generator

   - Volvo IPS Dynamic Positioning w/ Joystick

- Fresh air and bilge package

   - Gulfcoast fuel polishing system

   -  FB air conditioning 24,000 BTU 

   - Electric Bow Thruster with variable speed

   - Sonos audio/ video system

   - Onboard intranet, driven by commercial-grade 4G SIMcard capable Wi-Fi router

   - Upgrade (4x) monitors from 17" to 24"

Exterior Options

   - Teak decking includes: main deck (aft deck to midship first step), steps from aft deck to flybridge

   - Flybridge rear seating w/ custom hi-low table convertible to sunpad

   - Flybridge: manual awning w/custom SS poles and marine-grade mesh fabric. Includes built-in storage for poles

   - Bow: manual awning w/custom SS poles and marine-grade mesh fabric. Includes built-in storage for poles

   - Aft deck custom fiberglass cabinetry with sink and refrigerator/ice maker

   - High Output LED Underwater lights (Three at stern, two on each side at Master)

   - Aft Deck: Custom Flip down from 32" LED TV

   - Flybridge: Custom Flip down from 32" LED TV

   - Custom Port fiberglass storage cabinet on FB deck with refrigerator and dedicated ice-maker

   - S/S transom gates from aft deck to swim step

   - Custom exterior protection canvas and windshield mesh cover 

   - ACR searchlight 300K and recessed rear flood lights on radar arch and aft cockpit

   - 2 Bar stools and 24" Electri-Chef electric BBQ 

Deck / Pilothouse

   - Chain locker in bow with hinged access

   - Removable swimming ladder

    - Port and starboard boarding gates

   - Ventilation hatch fwd. trunk top

   - Two control stations: FB & PH, with complete engine instrumentation

   - Electronic engine controls at PH and FB

   - Volvo IPS Dynamic Positioning w/ Joystick - UPGRADE

   - Includes 3rd station joystick     

Bow Thruster

   - Electric Bow Thruster with variable speed - UPGRADE

Windlass / Mooring

   - Electric windlass, RC12

   - Vertical electrical rope winches at aft deck

   -300' Chain 

   - Chain counter

Generator

   - (2x) Kohler 23KW generator - UPGRADE

   - Generator set resiliently mounted and installed with sound shield & vibration dampener (Unique OA feature)

   - Generator exhausts with fuel/ water and gas/ water separator 

Other

   - Volvo Penta Interceptor Electronic Vessel Control w/automatic TRIM ASSIST for fully automatic ride control

   - Stainless steel rails on sides of engines

   - Fire extinguisher system with engine-shutdown feature

   - Manually controlled adjustable Delta-T® fans for engine exhaust located on superstructure instead of hull side.

   - Hydraulic "Zero Speed" Stabilizer - UPGRADE

   - Intake/ exhaust fans with de-mister to eliminate moisture from the intake airflow to keep dry in machinery spaces.

   - Pantograph windshield wipers & washers w/ intermittent function

   - Kahlenberg™ heavy duty air horn

   - Two Stidd™ mechanical helm seats on F/B

   - One Stidd™ mechanical helm seat in Pilothouse

   - Pantograph door on port and electric salon door

   - Teak decked custom fiberglass swim platform with remote operated 1500 lbs. capacity 316L Stainless Steel hydraulic lift 

Fresh Water System

   - Stainless Steel water tank

   - Fresh water wash down, at bow & stern

   - Dockside water connection

   - One 28-gallon high efficiency water heater with high density fiberglass insulation

Bilge / Discharge

   - Automatic bilge pump - with manual and automatic switches including high water alarms

   - Lighted bilge (Unique OA Feature)

   - Common drainage system for bar sink, shower, bilge & exterior deck

   - Fresh Air & Bilge Package - UPGRADE

      - OA fresh air system with HEPA filtered fresh air drawn from outside and vented to lower staterooms for constant fresh, clean air. Makes for a clean and healthy environment that reduces free radicals and increase oxygen levels ( from OA 100' feature).

      - OA proprietary "dry bilge ventilation system" with dedicated bilge exhaust to outside. This provides instant airflow to keep the bilges dry and mildew free. Any moisture from consideration is evacuated outside the yacht to keep a clean and healthy cruising environment

Fuel System

   - Aluminum fuel tank with sight gauges and tested to International Standards 33CFR 510(a) w/ high and low fuel level alarm system

   - Filler for fuel tanks on both sides. (Unlike others where fueling is only possible on 1 side. This unique OA feature allows for concurrent and faster fueling & negates need to move boat to complete fueling)

   - Gulfcoast fuel polishing system  

Navigation Package (OA Standard Feature)

   - Garmin 8600 Series Black Box with 24 screens (Two screens - lower station, Two screens - upper station)

   - Garmin GRID remote input device at Stidd® Helm (FB and PH)

   - Garmin 12KW Open Array Radar

   - Garmin Autopilot GHP Reactor

   - Card Reader

   - Garmin VHF at Helm (FB and PH)

   - Garmin AIS with NMEA GPS

   - Garmin Sonar Module with Transducer

   - Garmin Marine Camera (2x engine room, 1x aft deck)

   - KVH TracVision HD7 with DIRECTV® receivers

   - Ritchie Compass 5"

AC / DC System

  - AC distribution panels with remotely operated hydraulic- magnetic circuit breakers

   - DC distribution panels with electronically programmable

   - Circuit breakers

   - AGM Batteries with -15C to 40C operating temp and low 3% per month self-discharge rates

   - Battery paralleling system switch between service and engine

   - Service battery switches

Battery Chargers   

      - 60 AMP charger to inverter/charger ( 3000W/70 AMP) - UPGRADE

      - Blue Power full function programmable controller

   - 30 AMP for engine

   - 30 AMP for bow thruster w/option BONDING SYSTEM:

Bonding system

   - The vessel's bonding and grounding systems shall include copper straps secured to the hull and running the full length of the vessel parallel to centerline. Engines, generators, metallic through hulls, strainers, and pump bodies connected to the bonding strap

   - Engine battery isolation switches with paralleling

   - Generator battery isolation switches with paralleling

   - GFI (120V) AC outlets in potential “wet” areas. In addition, entire boat is dual protected via ELCI Octoplex breakers.(OA is unique in the industry to provide dual protection GFCI & ELCI)

   - Shore power receptacle at transom w/90’ cable master with Iso-Boost 100A transformer (OA is unique in making this a standard vs. optional to clean & boost questionable shore power to better protect sensitive equipment onboard.)

   - Octoplex NMEA 2000 Network electrical control system. Based on aerospace technology for remote activation, control and status reporting of AC and DC breakers. Monitors power sources (AC and DC) for voltage, frequency and amperage abnormalities and provide visual and audio alerts. Includes enhanced circuit breaker functionality with no-load indication and usage information with touch screen monitor that is user reconfigurable. Brown-out configurable control through auto load shedding is included where designated equipment (e.g. navigation and other essential systems) remains powered-on while automatically switching other systems off. Octoplex NMEA 2000 Vessel system monitors main access doors, tank level, bilge level and battery current, voltage and temp. (Unique OA standard feature, not an optional up-charge like competitors)

Air Conditioning

   - Dometic® systems throughout, rated for “Extreme Tropical Climates” (with reverse cycle for operation down to 40°F water temp)

   - Refrigerant type is accepted worldwide under the Montreal Protocols

   - Where possible A/C exits from custom made ceiling panels hidden from view. Shortens A/C ducting thus improving efficiency and speed of cooling by over 20%. Also reduces dB reading by over 7 dB (Design cues from OA120)

Lighting

   - 24V LED lights (Specially tuned color temperature for Ocean Alexander)

Other

   - Labeled Vimar™ switches and outlets   -

   - Oversized Bow storage area under sunpad 

Accomodations / Interiors, Audio / Video 

Salon

   - Evan K Marshall custom design salon furniture and sofa. Sofa includes concealed drawers for intelligence use of space and increase storage

   - Removable ceiling panels

   - Wood paneling and cabinetry

   - Enlarged windows in salon with custom engineered solution allowing for industry leading window expanse. Incorporate (where possible) aircon outlet from ceiling, provides unobstructed view to outside.

   - 50" LED TV with DVD, Satellite receiver, amplifier system w/sub-woofer and Sonos music streaming system - UPGRADE  

Master Stateroon

   - King-sized berth with upholstered headboard

   - Two nightstands

   - Chaise lounge on port side with vanity

   - Private head with stall shower

   - Safe in master stateroom

   - Cedar-lined, full-height hanging locker w/ auto lighting

   - Enlarged windows with custom engineered solution incorporating composite beams and “sandwiched glass” construction technique from classed vessels. Allows of 38% greater visibility and incoming light

   - 32" LED TV with DVD, Satellite receiver, amplifier system w/sub-woofer and Sonos music streaming system - UPGRADE

   - Custom granite stainless insert floor in front of Master Stateroom - UPGRADE

Heads

   - HansGrohe™ faucets for sink and shower

   - Fiberglass stall shower w/ one-piece glass door. Industry leading seamless one-piece shower stall design provides long term protection against moisture, water intrusion behind the shower panels that can cause foul odors and water damage.

   - Planus™ toilet system throughout

   - Cambria floor in heads in lieu of Amtico - UPGRADE

 Galley

   - Wood panel and cabinetry with positive-latch doors Provides containment of stored objects while underway

   - Storage cabinets with fully dovetailed solid wood drawer construction

   - Franke® Sink with Franke® Pull out faucet

   - Fisher Paykel® Refrigerator

   - 30" Jenn-Air® Microwave

   - 30” Jenn-Air® electric induction cook top

   - Whirlpool® garbage disposal

   - 30” Jenn-Air® electric convection oven

   - Bosch® dishwasher

   - 15” Jenn-Air® Trash compactor

   - 24" Jenn-Air® wine cooler - UPGRADE

   - Seagull water purifier ( ADEX design award winner w/filtration to 0.1 microns & EPA certification) for Galley sink and ice-makers - UPGRADE

Interior Decor

   - Interior Color Scheme: Titanium

   - Stone Package: Dark

   - Evan Marshall designed interior pilot station and display pods with matching wood and designer fabrics. Ergonomically designed and laid out to enhance pilot experience/performance

   - Stained wood paneling and cabinetry

   - European door handle

   - Stainless steel hardware

   - Satin varnish for interiors

   - Positive latch drawers & cupboards

   - Fabric covered walls

   - Oversized hanging lockers

   - European washer/ dryer

   - Air extraction in each head

  - UPGRADE: Sliding Starboard guest berths, convert from two singles to single queen with additional hidden nightstand - UPGRADE

   - Crew quarters with dedicated bunk and walk in wet head and electric toilet - UPGRADE

   - 6 zone Sonos system allowing streaming music and stereo sound for zones with TV. Includes this areas: Salon, Master, Flybridge, Galley, Aft Cockpit, and Bow seating area - UPGRADE

   - Onboard Intranet, driven by commercial-grade 4G SIM-card capable Wi-Fi router - UPGRADE

   - APPLE TV in Salon, MSR, VIP, Port and Starboard guest staterooms - UPGRADE

   - VIP 28" LED TV with Satellite receiver - UPGRADE

   - Starboard stateroom 28" LED TV with Satellite receiver - UPGRADE

   - Port stateroom: 19" LED TV with Satellite receiver - UPGRADE

Exterior

   - Hardtop with dedicated custom S/S ladder

   - Electric Stainless sliding salon door with safety light curtain that senses obstruction. 

   - Teak tables at Aft deck/FB/Bow seating areas

   - Boarding gates on Port & Stbd sides

- Flip Open Hatch for Aft deck to FB

   - Teak decking on swimstep and swimstep deck steps

   - Flybridge Wet bar with sink and refrigerator/ice- maker

   - FB Air-conditioning 24,000 BTU - UPGRADE

   - Teak decking package - UPGRADE

      - Main deck (aft deck to midship first step)

      - Steps from aft deck to Flybridge

   - Flybridge rear seating w/custom high-low table convertible to sunpad - UPGRADE

   - Flybridge - manual awning w/custom SS poles and marine-grade mesh fabric. Includes built- in storage for poles - UPGRADE

   - Bow - manual awning w/custom SS poles and marine-grade mesh fabric. Includes built-in storage for poles - UPGRADE

   - Aft deck custom fiberglass cabinetry with sink and refrigerator/ ice-maker - UPGRADE

   - High output underwater lights (Three at stern, two on each side at Master) - UPGRADE

   - Aft deck - custom flip down from ceiling 32" LED TV - UPGRADE

   - Flybridge deck - custom flip down from ceiling 32" LED TV - UPGRADE

   - Custom Port storage cabinet on Flybridge deck with refrigerator and dedicated ice-maker - UPGRADE

   - ACR searchlight 300K and recessed rear flood lights on radar arch and aft cockpit - UPGRADE

   - Custom exterior protection canvas and windshield mesh cover and mesh screens added to all opening port lights throughout the vessel - UPGRADE

   - Two bar stools and 24" Electri-Chef BBQ on Flybridge deck - UPGRADE

   - S/S transom gates from aft deck to swim step - UPGRADE

Construction

As with all Ocean Alexanders, construction is strong for bluewater cruising. The builder uses full infusion with vinylester resins and marine-grade structural foam in hulls and stringers, a reinforced collision bulkhead, and exterior Alexseal polyurethane finishes. Insulation barriers, dampening materials and acoustic isolation dampen noise and vibration.

Fiberglass with infusion lamination manufacturing technology

Painted exterior surface with professional grade Alexseal polyurethane paint and epoxy based primers. Highest gloss and color retention compared with gelcoat or other paint brands. Guarantee color match by Alexseal. No fading, yellowing and minimum maintenance with no annual compounded necessary on exterior paint. For first 3 years just use soap and water (Unique OA standard feature, not an optional up-charge like competitors).

2” elliptical 316L Stainless steel handrails & stanchions, main deck. 1-1/2” on FB. Elliptical conforms better to human grip than traditional round rails. Provides greater “grip strength” for safety and comfort (Unique OA feature)

All exterior hardware is S/S 316.

Ocean Alexander employs various techniques to reduce sound and vibration. Focusing on providing a quiet and comfortable yachting environment through various proprietary techniques of controlling sound and noise transmission. Some of these techniques include multiple insulation barriers including reflective materials, absorptive materials, dampening materials, air pockets and flexible isolation mounts. Ultimately resulting in vibration/sounds levels that are industry leading and at times 1/2 to 1/10 of ISO-6954 sound levels (Unique OA feature)

Weather-tight bulkheads with further sound and temperature insulation

Marine grade aluminum beam. Provides greater rigidity, reduces movements and “abrasive” sounds while underway. Also allows for one of the largest uninterrupted glass/window spans in the industry. (Unique OA feature)