Accomodation

Cabins: 3 double cabins, master ensuite forward
Berths: 6 in cabins + saloon table converts to double + port settee
Headroom: 1.98m
Heads: 2
Showers: Hot and cold in both heads, cold on swim platform
Toilets: Jabsco manual, new pumps 2017
Portlights/hatches: All acrylic panes/seals replaced 2013-2015.

Navigation equipment

Instruments: B&G Triton x2, depth, speed, temperature, wind speed (2015)
Autopilot: Raymarine 400 course computer with ST6001+ head. L&S hydraulic ram.
Radar: Raymarine R80
Stereo: Pioneer media player with Bluetooth (2014)
Speakers: Pioneer in saloon, JBL in cockpit (2013)
Others: Plastimo compass x2. Brass clock & barometer.
Navigation lights: LEDs throughout

Electrical systems

Alternator: Main – Balmar 100a with serpentine belt and Balmar smart regulator
Batteries, house: Trojan T1275 x4 (600 ah total) – 2022
Battery, start: Flooded truck battery – 2021
Batteries, bow thruster: Maintenance free, 100ah x2 – 2021
Inverter/Charger: Victron 1600w/70a inverter/charger
Battery monitor: Xantrex LinkPro
Interior lighting: White/red LED lighting throughout. Many additional light fixtures added in saloon and galley.
Fans: Caframo high-efficiency fans throughout.
Water heater: 40L Quick.

Rig and sails

Rig: Keel stepped twin swept-back spreader masthead mast with in-mast furling main
Make/material: Z-Diffusion anodized aluminum mast and boom
Standing rigging: Stainless steel, 1×19 wire (backstays new 2012, forestay new 2017). Rigid boom vang. Alloy shroud rollers
Running rigging: Dyneema halyards and most other lines Apr 2014. Main handling new dyneema Nov 2016. 8 spinlock line jammers, deck organizers.
Mainsail: Quantum, Dacron w vertical battens. June 2013
Genoa: 140% Elvstrom, Dacron. 2003, regularly serviced. Facnor furler.
Cruising spinnaker: Island Planet, with dousing sock. Jan 2015. New condition.

About the Oceanis 473

“With the Bénéteau shipyard,we decided, with Océanis Clipper 473, to create a cruising boat specially for long trip, easy to use everywhere. The hull of Océanis 473 has the same qualities as those of Océanis 411: stability of shape, stability of progress, balance when heeling. Two drafts are proposed: 1m70 and 2m10. 2,10m give qualities of progress better to all the points of sail. The sail workings return in the cockpit. It makes the operation and the control of the boat very easy. Space, light, ventilation, with many portholes. The skirt, the great cockpit, the very clear foredeck allow a pleasant life on the deck. Twin steering station : good visibility for the helmsman. Inside, except the great saloon, it is possible to choice between 2 , 3 or 4 cabins, according to the style of navigation and of crew. The great saloon with the cap gives beautiful views of the outside. A removable table makes he cockpit convivial.”

Groupe Finot

” I saw this boat at the Annapolis boat show. I couldn’t walk by without thinking what a great looking boat it was. The hull form is French all the way. The ends have been truncated and the stern is about as wide as you would dare go on a conventional hull. The bow is quite full in plan view, but this is just an effort to push the forward accommodations as far into the bow as possible. The D/L of the 473 is 144. The three-cabin layout has mirror image double quarter berths that look huge.  There are two heads and the forward head has a shower stall. The nav station looks generous. The saloon has one of those center island seats that allow for six people to squeeze into the dinette for some real cozy dining. The forward stateroom is quite spacious with its own access to the forward head. Despite the compromise to the galley, the three-stateroom layout would be close to ideal for family cruising with two kids. A three-couple charter would also work. Given the size of those quarter doubles I would think two kids could easily share each berth. Ventilation is provided by 10 opening hatches, including the companionway. There are eight opening hull ports. The deck plan is distinguished by an immense cockpit, as you might expect when the stern is this wide. There are two wheels and plenty of room to walk between them. The primary sheet winches are located aft where the helmsman can easily reach them. There is a removable drop-leaf table in the forward part of the cockpit. There is a recessed windlass well in the foredeck.”

Richard H. Perry, Sailing Magazine January 2001

The Boater’s notes

Very spacious and easy to handle, this Oceanis Clipper is the ideal family cruising boat. Having belonged to a marine electrician for the last 8 years, it will come as no surprise that everything on board has been thought through and maintained for optimal comfort and performance. A must see for anyone looking for a medium to large cruising yacht in Hong Kong waters.