Ensign Yachts
Amel 54
The Amel 54 is a French-built cruising sailboat with blue-water capabilities. It continues to be a popular choice among cruising sailors due to its quality construction, comfortable accommodations, high level of safety features, and excellent sailing performance.

These vessels are designed to provide stability and safety for ocean passage making.

This vessel has undergone a major refit, with improvements that include a new Yanmar 110hp diesel engine, a new 11.5Kw Onan generator, a new freshwater pump, new Victron electrics, a solar system with LifePo4 batteries, new bow thruster solenoids, new refrigeration evaporators and coolers, and B&G 5000 instruments.

This vessel represents the recognisable high build quality of Amel with its robust elegance and sea-going capabilities.

A true blue water open ocean sailing ketch. This vessel has completed two round-the-world ARC trips and remains in excellent condition.

Make your enquiry today and one of our friendly crew will assist you with this fabulous yacht.
 
Contact
Contact   Ensign Yachts
Phone   1300 609 900
Website  https://ensignyachts.com.au
Email   enquiries@ensignyachts.com.au

Details
Reference   ESC 516
Price   POA
Vessel Name   Sunyata
Year   2008
Length   56' 5" - 17.20m
Beam   4.8m
Draft   2.10m
Displacement   17,500kg
Keel / Ballast   L-Shaped keel with wing shaped bulb / 5.3t
 
Designer   AMEL
Builder   Chantiers Amel France
Hull Material   Fibreglass/GRP Fibre reinforced plastic
Decks Material   Bonded Antislip Synthetic Teak
Engine   Yanmar / 4JH4-HTE - Brand new - zero hours
Engine Make   Yanmar
Horsepower   110
Fuel Type   Diesel
Fuel Consumption   3 ltr/hr at 1100 RPM
Max Speed   8 knots
Cruise Speed   6 to 7.3 knots
Thrusters   Bow
Genset   Onan 7.5 KVa
Fuel   900 litres
Water   900 ltrs
Dinghy   N//A
Outboard   N/A
Covers   Bimini
Accommodation   SALOON: Table 6-8 people port side and 2 armchairs on stbd HEADROOM: 2.25m
Cabins   2
Berths   9
Shower   2 separate full height
Toilet   2 Electric Jabsco fresh wate plus Holding Tank
Entertainment   Bose 5.1 and Bose speakers
Air Conditioning   Reversable 3 zone aft - saloon - forward
Galley   LAYOUT: U-Shaped with 4 burner gas stove on port side STORAGE: Various cupboards and drawers MICROWAVE: Panasonic multifunction Oven-Grill-Microwave
Refrigeration   1 front load
Freezer   2 dual fridge / freezer top load
Stove   Gas 4 burner with ENO oven
WaterMaker   Desalator Duo (not operational)
Hot Water System   50 ltr Isotemp
Ground Tackle   ANCHOR: Wasi Stainless plus spare Delta anchor CHAIN: Stainless 100m plus secondary stainless 20m + textile 50m
Safety Gear   DANBUOY: Yes with hydrostatic releaase
Bilge Pumps   1 manual and 1 centralised
Life Raft   1x for 6pax (new in 2022) with hydrostatic release
Flares   4 led red flares + all required flares + V sheet
Fire Protection   Fire extinguishers - 1x for engine room, 1x for saloon, 1x front cabin, 1 aft cabin
Electrics   LIGHTING: LED SHORE POWER: 220v 50Hz / 110 INVERTER: victron energy Quattro 24v 8000va 200amp BATTERIES: House - 8 victron energy LiFePO4 12.8v 330Ah. Engine start 1 AGM SOLAR PANELS: 6 x 100W WIND GENERATOR: N/A
Electronics   GPS: Furuno (2 for Navnet, 1 for AIS, 1 for Sertec, 1 for VHF and SSB) PLOTTER: Furuno Navnet 3 + 2 PC with TIMEZERO, CMAP and Maxsea charts, Navionics charts on B&G 2 x multifunction screens RADAR: Furuno with Overlay and ARPA AUTO PILOT: Furuno x 2 WIND INSTRUMENTS: B&G H5000 (B&G network with 8 displays and 1 CPU) RADIOS: VHF: ICOM IC-M505 with cockpit repeater plus SSB: ICOM IC-M801
Sail Inventory   Main - 39 m2, Mizzen - 20 m2, Genoa - 80 m2, Foresail - 21 m2, Ballooner - 73 m2, Genaker - 100 m2, Code 0 - 132 m2, Mizzen Ballooner - 73 m2 All sails new in 2022 with refurbished mainsail installed 2025
Mast / Rigging   RIG TYPE: Aluminium Mast - Ketch RIG AGE: 7 years (renewed in 2018) FURLER: 1 Reckmann genoa electric furler 1 Bamar foresail LAZY JACKS: N/A
Deck Gear   Winches - Lewmar 3 electric (genoa and main), 2 manual (foresail), 4 on main mast, 2 on mizzen mast, 2 FACNOR titanium-carbon furlers, 2 spinnaker halyards, 1 hook halyard, 2 AMEL poles for twin head sail set up, deck LEDs for night illumination, powerful mast lights on spreaders
Survey Details   February 2024 including rigging inspection