The Valiant 50 is a proven bluewater cruising sailboat with numerous circumnavigations to her credit. The hand laid solid fiberglass hull with high density structural foam stringers is massively strong, which is further enhanced by the fact that all bulkheads and furniture is bonded directly to the hull, has earned the reputation of being “over-built.”
Volvamus was the first Valiant 50 to be built at the Texas factory and is still owned by her original owner. However, there is a time a place for everything and the owner is now needing to spend more time on land based activities. The owner did a significant amount of work on the boat over the years and mainly sailed it seasonally in New England waters. As such, there are remarkably few hours on the engine (only 305 hours).
Volvamus is not a new boat, however she is a very well built boat with a well earned reputation as a boat that can “go anywhere and do anything.” If you are looking for boat that is safe and comfortable, while also sailing well in a wide variety of conditions, the Valiant 50 may be the boat you have been looking for.
Vessel Name: Volvamus
Builder: VALIANT YACHTS
Model: 50
Model Year: 1995
Year Built: 1995
Category: Cruising Sailboat
Country: United States
MLS #: 405415
Heads: 2
Staterooms: 2
Length: 50 (15.24m)
Draft: 6' 3" (1.9m)
Beam: 13' 10" (4.22m)
Cruise Speed: 7 Knots
Water Capacity: 207 Gal
Holding Tank: 60 Gal
Manufacturer: Westerbeke
Fuel Type: Diesel
Resin: Isophthalic resin used throughout the entire lay up of hull, deck, and all other fiberglass components. The resin is hand-batched and catalyzed in one gallon increments. The catalyst/resin mixture is dyed to achieve the proper wet-out technique.
Hull: One piece, solid fiberglass, hand laminated of alternate layers of mat and woven roving.
Deck: Hand laminated, balsa cored fiberglass for strength weight ratio with high-density structural foam in high-stress areas.
Rub Rail: Molded in structural with sacrificial teak and stainless strake.
Rudder: Fiberglass hand-laminated exterior structural parts, solid stainless steel rudder shaft welded to an internal steel core, encased in resin and foam.
Skeg: Fiberglass hand-laminated exterior structural parts with internal steel weldment encased in resin and foam. Skeg is glassed to hull and through-bolted with 10 stainless steel bolts with a one-piece stainless steel backing plate bedded with 3M 5200.
Keel: External mounted lead ballast, bedded with 3M 5200 sealant. Through-bolted with 18 – 3/4 inch stainless steel J-bolts incorporating stainless steel backing plates.
Deck to Hull: Mechanically joined with through-bolts and bedded with 3M 5200 sealant.
Floor Timbers/Engine Beds: Fiberglass laminated over high-density structural foam, sealed and finished with isophthalic gelcoat.
Bulkheads: Bonded with fiberglass to hull and deck with tie plates to floor stuctures.
Furniture: All horizontal and vertical flats fiberglass bonded to hull and deck.
Chainplates: Stainless steel with backing plates through-bolted to solid fiberglass structural knees.
Hull Insulation: 1/2 inch closed cell foam interior insulation from the waterline to the sheer to prevent condensation and provide thermal and acoustic insulation.
Engine Room Insulation: One inch Sound Stop lined foam throughout to provide thermal and acoustic insulation.
Top Sides: Finished with Imron polyurethane white hull with contrasting whale and double boot for superior finish, mar resistance and color retention.
Underbody: Barrier coating first applied below the waterline, followed by marine anti-fouling bottom paint.
Trim: Sea rails and fiddles on all horizontal surfaces, laminated trim pieces on all arch door frames and cap bulkheads.
Hull Sideliner: Horizontal ash ceiling battens screwed and plugged with Satin Urethane finish.
Cabin Sole: Planked and plugged 1/2 inch solid teak with inlaid basswood strips on top of 3/4 inch marine grade plywood sub-floor. Sole lift-outs have mechanical locking devices.
Cabin Sole Finish: Sanded and sealed with three coats of Satin Urethane finish.
Cabin Sides: Handrails on cabin trunk sides, with Formica side liner.
Lockers: Isolated from bilge with vents for maximum air circulation.
Twist Latches: Flush-mounted on all opening locker doors and drawers.
Drawers: Solid cherry face with cedar bottoms and dovetail side connections, mounted on epoxy-coated drawer slides.
Dining Table: Walk around drop-leaf table with cherry wood top and center storage. Formica leaves with fiddles. Table is through-bolted to floor timbers.
Settees: Opposing settees port and starboard. Storage lockers behind settee backs and a cabinet above the port and starboard settee.
Pantry Locker: Four locking sliding track shelves.
Overhead Liner: 1/8 inch Formica with removable panels for easy access to underside of deck.
Chain Locker: Interior access with divider and drains to bilge.
Sinks: Oval stainless steel in head. Deep stainless steel in galley.
Mirror: Bulkhead mounted with trim in heads and aft stateroom.
Nav Station: Large chart table with spacious electronics area.
Wet Locker: Vented with drain.
Teak Grate: At companionway steps with drain to bilge.
Trash Compartment: In galley
Stove: Stainless steel, gimbaled 4-burner Regal stove and oven with LPG safety control panel.
Flash Guard: Stainless steel mounted above stove.
Stove Crash Bar: Sturdy rings for offshore galley strap.
Microwave: Samsung
Refrigeration: SeaFrost BG-1000 with 4 inch closed cell foam insulation and vapor barrier with sliding shelves and divider.
Aromatic Cedar Liners in hanging lockers and bottom of drawers.
Engine Room: Large lighted working area with easy engine access.
Engine: Fresh water cooled Westerbeke 63HP diesel with V-drive and reduction gear.
Engine Instruments: Deluxe panel recessed in cockpit with tachometer, hour meter and gauges.
Engine Controls: Single lever top-mount shifter and throttle at pedestal.
Engine Mounts: Flexible shock-absorbing, bolted to aluminum engine rails that arethrough bolted to high-density glassed-in engine beds.
Propeller: Bronze 3 blade Max Prop.
Propeller Shaft: Nautilloy 1-1/2 inch stainless steel.
Strut & Gudgeon: Valiant Custom silicone bronze casting.
Fuel Filter/Water Separator
Fuel Gauge
Strainer: 1-1/2 inch bronze seawater strainer for engine intake.
Engine Exhaust: Aqua lift with Valiant Custom anti-siphon system.
Fuel Tanks: Marine alloy with clean-outs, deck fills and vents. Tanks are removable.
Seacocks: Bronze/stainless ball valves on all through hulls below waterline, with easy access for operating.
Oil Change Pump: In engine room for Westerbeke engine.
Remote Oil Filter: In engine room for Westerbeke engine.
Interior Lights: Chart table light (high/low red or white), reading lights in bunk areas, reading lights in main salon aft port and starboard, dome lights in head, shower and bunk areas. High/low dome light main salon port and starboard, lighting above sink and icebox countertop, engine room light, locker lights with door switches, companionway entrance light with switch, courtesy lights under main salon and galley toe recesses.
Navigation Lights: To COLREGS – bow and stern lights on pulpits. Anchor light and combination steaming and foredeck light on mast.
Tri-Color Strobe Light: At masthead.
Batteries: Two bank system, four Lifeline AGM batteries on house bank (750 total amp hour), one Lifeline AGM battery on starter bank in fiberglass battery bases with offshore hold-down system for each bank.
Battery Monitor: Victron BMV-602
Battery Charger: Victron Centaur 60 Amp
Inverter: Victron Phoenix 3000 watt
Alternator: 100 amp
Generator: Westerbeke 8 KW – 903 hours
Outlets: 110 volt, conveniently located throughout interior port and starboard with GFI outlet protection.
Air Conditioning: Two Cruisair FX16 (16,000 BTU) reverse cycle units
Heating: Espar D5 forced air diesel heater
Lightning Ground and electrical bonding system.
Wiring: Tinned copper and meets ABYC specifications.
Instruments: B&G Hydra 3000 System
GPS/radar: Furuno 1834
VHF: Icom IC-M504
SSB: Icom IC-M802 with AT-140 antenna tuner
Stereo: Fusion MS-CD600G with speakers and subwoofer in salon, and cockpit speakers under hard dodger
Water Manifold: Located under galley sink for easy access.
Pressure Water: Hot and cold system with 12 volt pump and large accumulator tank.
Water Heater: 110 volt and engine heated.
Foot Pump: Fresh water in galley
Shower: In head with electric sump pump
Head: Manually operated with Y-valve for selection to holding tank or overboard offshore discharge. Holding tank has deck fitting for pump out and manual pump out for overboard offshore discharge. Holding tank is marine alloy and removable.
Cockpit Shower: Hot and cold pressure water with faucet and shower wand in cockpit coaming box.
Bilge Pumps: Manual pump located in cockpit and electric 12 volt pump with automatic bilge float switch.
Faucets: Galley hot/cold swivel spout. Vanity hot/cold faucet, shower hot/cold controls and shower wand.
Deck Washdown: Deck fitting for hose forward on deck in bulwarks with 12 volt pressure switch pump and through-hull located forward in interior below furniture.
Hatches: Six Lewmar Ocean Series offshore with custom hatch bosses.
Port Lights: Hood stainless steel opening ports with screens.
Mooring Cleats: Six 12 inch stainless steel.
Genoa Turning Blocks: Two double sheave.
Primary Winches: Two Lewmar 66CST Ocean Series.
Staysail Winches: Two Lewmar 44CST Ocean Series.
Halyard Winch: One Lewmar 44CST Ocean Series.
Main Sheet Winch: Lewmar 48CST Ocean Series.
Outhaul Winch on boom: Lewmar 16CST Ocean Series.
Grab Rails: Four custom stainless steel.
Genoa Track: Recessed with twin lead blocks.
Staysail Track: Twin lead blocks.
Toe Rail: Aluminum through-bolted to deck/hull flange with Valiant Custom stainless mid-deck chocks, bedded in 3M 5200 sealant.
Steering: Edson pedestal radial drive with stainless steel destoyer wheel.
Compass: SP5 Ritchie.
Emergency Tiller: Valiant Custom heavy duty welded aluminum alloy.
Bowsprit: Valiant Custom stainless steel with double bow roller.
Bow Rail: Valiant Custom stainless steel with double rail.
Stern Rail: Valiant Custom stainless steel wrap-around double rail from boarding gate to boarding gate with gate opening in upper middle section of stern.
Lifelines: 31 inch stanchions and gates port and starboard for double lifelines bulwark mounted.
Traveler System: Valiant Custom bridge with offshore hardware for mid-boom sheeting.
Mast Collar: Valiant Custom with block attachment provisions and stainless steel deck to hull tie rod.
Coaming Boxes: Glassed-in fiberglass box in cockpit port and starboard with drains.
Lazarettes: Large lockers port and starboard in cockpit.
Swim Ladder: Side mounting with teak treads, sockets installed at boarding gates port and starboard for easy installation.
Dorades: Two fiberglass dorade boxes and chrome cowls with stainless guards.
Windlass: Lighthouse 1501 Electric windlass with up and down foot switches, stainless steel Wildcat and chrome plate bronze Gypsy for 5/16 HT G4 chain.
Propane Storage: Lockers port and starboard aft in cockpit with drainage overboard with one 20 pound horizontal aluminum tank (space for optional 20 pound tank).
Cockpit: Proven offshore design, fully guttered for sufficient drainage with wrap-around coamings, bridgedeck, and cribboards.
Scuppers: Deck and cockpit to separate through-hulls.
Companionway Hatch: Valiant Custom fiberglass slider with 1/2 inch Lexan and hatch garage.
Deck Hardware: All through bolted with backing plates.
Deck Plates: Port and starboard water fills, waste pump out and diesel fills.
Boom: Valiant Custom fabricated aluminum, with white polyurethane finish, internal outhaul, internal topping lift, bails for main sheet blocks, swivel goose neck fitting.
Standard Rigging: -22 rod for headstay and backstay, -17 rod uppers, intermediate uppers, forward and aft lowers, 5/16 inch 1×19 wire for forestay. Fittings are Navtec marine turnbuckles.
Adjustable Backstay: Navtec IA7-22 hydralic backstay
Mast and Boom Tangs: Deck pad eyes are installed for preventer and runners
Spar Fly Windex 15.
Running Rigging: 7/16 Ultra-Tech main halyard (blue), 7/16 Ultra-Tech spare main halyard (green), 7/16 Ultra-Tech jib halyard (blue), 3/8 Ultra-Tech staysail halyard (red), 7/16 Ultra Tech pole toping lift (red), 7/16 Ultra-Tech spinnaker halyard (black), 3/8 XLS traveler control lines, 7/16 XLS with vinyl cable for boom topping lift.
Sheets: Genoa 5/8 Intrepid, staysail 1/2 Intrepid, main 1/2 XLS.
Secondary Anchor: Fortress FX37
Windlass: Lighthouse 1500
