2005 Island Packet 445 for Sale – 46 ft – Lisbon, Portugal

Beautifully appointed one-owner, twin-stateroom, centre cockpit Island Packet 445 with a comprehensive blue water spec. Light usage and laid up in recent seasons, she is now ready for her next adventures.

FURTHER BROKER’S COMMENTS:

With just one owner private since new and originally supplied through the Dutch Island Packet dealership, FREEDOM OF GALWAY is hull no.6 of the Bob Johnson designed centre-cockpit IP445, delivered and launched in 2005. 

Having spent her first few seasons cruising around Baltic and Northern European waters, FREEDOM OF GALWAY headed south in 2009 towards Spanish and Portuguese waters where she has remained since. 

Specified and equipped for long distance passage-making, FREEDOM OF GALWAY has seen light usage and has been ashore, professionally decommissioned for the past four seasons. Freshly serviced and with service batteries installed, FREEDOM OF GALWAY is ready for her next adventures with only minimal further recommissioning required.

Her main specification highlights include:-

·    Twin stateroom interior layout finished in teak with owner’s cabin aft, VIP cabin forward and two heads with separate shower compartments

·    Moulded zero-maintenance non-slip decks

·    Integral GRP moulded full-length ‘Full Foil’ keel with encapsulated lead ballast and GRP rudder blade supported at base from aft end of keel

·    Yanmar 4JH3-TE 75hp diesel engine with shaft drive and 3-bladed MaxProp with rope cutter

·    Sleipner SidePower bowthruster

·    MasPower 8kw diesel generator

·    Echotec reverse-osmosis watermaker

·    Webasto 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system

·    Webasto diesel-fired hot-air cabin heating system

·    Vacuflush electric freshwater heads with holding tank

·    Force 10 stove with oven and grill

·    Microwave oven

·    Twin Frigoboat keel-cooled 12vDC/220vAC fridge/freezers

·    Raymarine instrument package with E120 chart plotters at helm and chart table, radar and autopilot with Mamba drive

·    Raymarine loud hailer/foghorn

·    In-mast furling cutter rig with Hoyt jib-boom for self-tacking staysail and Harken furlers

·    Harken deck gear

·    Lewmar electric winch package

·    Quantum mainsail, genoa and staysail

·    Furling Code Zero

·    Asymmetric spinnakers with snuffers

·    Muir 2,500w anchor windlass

·    Sprayhood and bimini

MANUFACTURER’S COMMENTS:

Our centre cockpit 445 is a beautifully spacious sailing vessel… perhaps the most spacious in her class. The deep centre cockpit provides more than just a comfortable place for your crew to congregate. It provides a safe working area from which you can perform all the necessary adjustments underway. Handholds and support rails are strategically placed to maximize your safety on deck. 

As beautiful as the 445 is to behold, it’s even more appealing below decks. The expansive main saloon boasts more than seven feet of headroom, a well-appointed combination of hand crafted teak furnishings, cabinetry and storage, a nav station that would excite any world cruiser, a gourmet galley fit for a master chef and two of the most spacious staterooms you’ll find anywhere. There are three places to take a nice hot shower… two private heads (one adjacent to each stateroom) and one on the stern platform.

CONSTRUCTION

RCD Status:

•    We understand the vessel is CE certified for category A (unlimited ocean voyages) is supplied.

Hull Deck & Superstructure Construction:

·    Solid hand laminated GRP hull construction utilizing triaxial laminates for superior strength and impact resistance

·    GRP sandwich deck and superstructure construction with Polycore polypropylene honeycomb core

·    PolyClad gelcoat system for gloss retention, crack resistance and protection against osmotic blistering

·    GRP sandwich deck and superstructure construction with Polycore polypropylene honeycomb core

·    Moulded non-skid side decks and cockpit

·    Off-white gelcoat colour

Keel & Rudder:

·    Integral GRP moulded full-length ‘Full Foil’ keel with encapsulated lead ballast

·    GRP rudder blade supported at base from aft end of keel

MACHINERY

Engine & gearbox:

·    Yanmar 4JH3-TE 4-cylinder turbo-charged diesel engine producing 75hp (56kw) @ 3,800rpm

·    Fresh water engine cooling via raw water intake and heat exchanger

·    Yanmar KM4A shaft drive gearbox with 2.63:1 ratio

·    Twin Racor fuel/water filters

Maintenance & Performance:

·    Engine hours: Approximately tbc as of Spring 2026

·    Date of last engine service: January 2026

Propulsion & Steering:

·    Stainless steel propeller shaft

·    MaxProp 3-bladed feather propeller

·    Rope cutter

·    Sleipner SidePower SP75 tunnel bowthruster 

·    Lewmar steering pedestal in GRP reinforced polyester with hide covered stainless steel wheel, compass and top-fitted single lever control for the engine and engine board

·    Geared direct drive steering system

·    Emergency steering 

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

Voltage systems:

•    12vDC domestic onboard power system and 12vDC start power circuit with 220vAC via generator or shore power system.

Battery Banks:

·    12vDC service batteries joined in parallel to supply 800Ah @12vDC - 2026

·    1x 12vDC engine start battery – 2026

·    1x 12vDC generator start battery – 2026

·    2x 12vDC bowthruster batteries – 2026

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Charging:

·    Charles Marine 5000 SP Series 12v/220v 100amp output battery charger

Alternators:

·    Balmar 12vDC 100Amp high-output engine-mounted alternator

Generator:

·    Mas Power MP8M 8kw 220vAC 50Hz diesel generator

·    Generator hours: approx. 388 as of Spring 2026

·    Date of last generator service: January 2026

Battery Monitor:

·    Mastervolt BTM-1 battery monitor at chart table

Shore Power:

·    2x 220vAC 50Hz 16Amp shore-power inputs (second unit for running air-conditioning while at the dock) with internal ring-main and 220vAC sockets

PLUMBING & GAS SYSTEMS

Fresh Water:

•    Fully pressurised hot and cold water system with 12vDC high pressure pump and water filter system

•    Engine-driven calorifier tank with 220vAC immersion heater element

•    Fresh water manual hand pump in galley. 

•    Hot & cold pressurised fresh water transom shower

Watermaker:

·    Echotec 900-BML-2 220vAC reverse-osmosis modular watermaker producing approx. 150 litres per hour

Grey Water:

•    Grey water draining directly overboard by gravity or pumps.

•    Shower sumps is electrically pumped overboard.

Black Water:

•    Black water discharges to sea or to holding tank via diverter valves.

Bilge Pumps:

·    12vDC electric bilge pump 

·    Whale Gusher manual bilge pump

·    Bilge alarm

Gas System:

·    Dual system gas locker holding 2 bottles camping gas and 2 bottles calor gas

·    Fixed gas pipes with remote controlled shutoff valve between cooker and gas bottle. 

·    Nereus WG200 gas control/alarm unit with sensors in main bilge and galley

·    Flexible gas hose replaced 2025

TANKAGE

Fuel:

·    Approx 606 litres fuel tank capacity in 1x aluminium tank.

Fresh Water:

•    Approx 984 litres fresh water tank capacity in 1x aluminium tank.

Holding Tank:

•    208 litres black water holding tank.

•    Tank discharges to sea or via deck extraction point.

Tank Level Monitoring:

•    Acu-Gage Ultra-8 digital tank monitoring system

NAVIGATION & COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

On Deck:

·    Raymarine E80 colour GPS radar chartplotter display

·    Raymarine closed-array radar scanner on mast

·    Raymarine ST60 speed and depth displays with transducers

·    Raymarine ST60+ wind display with masthead transducer

·    Raymarine ST7001 SmartPilot autopilot control head with Raymarine 400G course-computer and giro

·    Ritchie steering compass

At Chart Table:

·    Raymarine E120 colour GPS radar chartplotter display

·    Raymarine ST2 90 autopilot control head

Communications Equipment:

·    Raymarine Ray240E VHF with DSC and speaker at chart table

·    Cockpit external speaker and Ray 240E handset connection

·    RR Electronics DSC-Pacific dedicated DSC antenna system

·    Raymarine loud-hailer/foghorn at mast

DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT

Galley:

·    Force 10 Gourmet 3-burner stainless steel gimballed gas stove with oven and grill

·    Tappan 220vAC microwave oven

·    Frigoboat 12vDC/220vAC keel-cooler refrigeraton/freezer system with twin top-opening refrigerated cold boxes and independent temperature controls

·    Twin stainless steel sinks with hot & cold pressurised fresh water supply, flltered fresh water and manual fresh water supply. 

Heads:

•    Vacuflush 12vDC electric vacuum freshwater flush heads with tank monitors

•    Sinks and showers with hot & cold pressurised fresh water supplies

•    Bathroom showers with 12vDC pump out.

Heating, Air-Conditioning & Ventilation:

·    Webasto 220vAC reverse-cycle air-conditioning system with outlets and controls in main saloon, owner’s cabin and guest cabin

·    Webasto Air Top 3500 diesel-fired hot-air cain heating system with outlets throughout interior

Interior Lighting:

•    Overhead recessed lights 

•    Halogen reading lamps

•    Dimmer switches. 

Entertainment:

·    Alpine CD radio stereo system with speakers in saloon 

·    Fold-down 12vDC TV with DVD player

ACCOMMODATION

 

Summary of Accommodation:

·    Twin-stateroom interior layout with the useful addition of custom stowage in both the companionway aft and the forward cabin offering a dedicated compartments for dry locker, washing machine and water maker. Two ensuite bathrooms.

Accommodation Finish:

·    Interior joinery in handcrafted teak, hand polished and varnished to a satin finish 

·    Teak and holly soleboards

·    GRP soleboards adjacent to companionway with moulded non-slip finish

·    Corian countertops

·    Ultraleather saloon upholstery

·    Solid laminate headlinings with teak trims

·    Skyscreens and blinds

Description of Accommodation: 

Saloon:

•    Entering via the comfortably angled companionway steps, your attention will be drawn to full-length settees port and starboard. 

•    The saloon table can be stowed against the forward bulkhead or folded out for entertaining. 

•    A wine rack behind the table is hidden when the table is stowed. 

•    Large windows surround the saloon providing panoramic views. 

•    The port settee extends to the centreline to make a double berth, and a smaller, removable table is available with a lift-out post for mounting at either side of the saloon for occasional use. 

Chart Table Area:

•    Adjacent to the companionway is the deluxe navigation centre. 

•    The 445 features a high-backed swivel armchair, an inlaid chart table with storage tray, cabinetry space sufficient to mount a wide variety of electronic equipment and access to the electrical panels for shipboard AC and DC equipment. 

•    There’s also a wet locker within arm’s reach. 

Galley:

•    The gourmet galley includes opening ports on either side to keep it light and airy. 

•    The top-loading refrigerator and freezer compartments, with digitally controlled cooling units, provide generous cold storage. 

•    A pull-out refrigerated drawer is also included for quick access to popular beverages and food. 

•    Also featured in the galley are built-in dish racks, cutlery drawers, deep double sinks, a slide out trash bin, a microwave oven and abundant cabinet and locker storage. 

•    Other enhancements include solid acrylic counter surfaces with integral sea rails, a Force 10® gas stove and a water purifying system serving all interior cold water sink taps. 

Accommodation Cabins:

•    Two sizable staterooms make the 445 perfect for living aboard or world cruising. 

•    The owner’s stateroom aft includes a double island berth. 

•    Hanging storage with extra height is provided by the outboard hanging locker. 

•    Access to the aft lazarette storage area is available through the aft bulkhead. 

•    Forward is a guest stateroom with a large double island berth. 

•    All staterooms include numerous opening ports, large overhead hatches and deck vents, providing plenty of light and ventilation. 

•    Both berths are surrounded by an array of cabinets, lockers, drawers and shelves, and include a large panel that lifts on gas support struts to reveal a blanket storage area. 

Bathrooms:

•    Both heads feature vanities with solid acrylic countertops, separate shower stalls with folding acrylic doors and standard VacuFlush® heads.

DECK EQUIPMENT

Rig:

•    Sparcraft anodised aluminium keel-stepped mast with in-mast furling and two sets of spreaders 

•    Sparcraft anodised aluminium boom

•    Stainless steel standing rigging - 2005

•    Sparcraft solid boom vang with a 3-to-1 purchase system

•    Forespar ‘Hoyt’ boom for staysail with block & tackle bridle for self-tacking

•    Harkem MkIII 2.5 manual genoa furler

•    Harken MkIII 1.5 manual staysail furler

•    Harken mainsheet traveller

•    Harken deck gear

•    Fixed split backstay

Winches:

·    2x Lewmar 54EST 2-speed electric self-tailing primary winches in cockpit

·    1x Lewmar 44EST 2-speed electric halyard/control line winch at starboard companionway

·    1x Lewmar 44ST 2-speed manual halyard/control line winch at port companionway

·    2x Lewmar 15ST 1-speed manual secondary winches in cockpit

·    2x Lewmar 30ST 2-speed manual halyard winches on mast

·    1x Lewmar 8 1-speed manual halyard winch on mast

Sails:

·    Quantum Sails cruising laminate furling mainsail – 2006

·    Quantum Sails cruising laminate furling genoa – 2006

·    Quantum Sails cruising laminate furling staysail – 2006

·    Furling Code Zero – 2010

·    Asymmetric spinnaker with snuffer – 2008

·    Asymmetric spinnaker with snuffer – 2008

General:

•    Stainless steel pushpit, pulpit and twin guardwire stanchions

•    Side boarding gates

•    Teak raised bulwarks

•    Stainless steel mast pulpits

•    Stainless steel dorade vents with protective pulpits

•    Outboard bracket on pushpit

•    Folding aft bathing ladder

•    Bathing platform pressurised fresh water shower

•    Cockpit table

•    Jabsco deck wash-down pump

Anchoring & Mooring:

·    Muir Cheetah 12vDC 2500w reversing anchor windlass with mooring gypsy, foot controls on foredeck and remote control at helm pedestal

·    Stainless steel plough anchor with 30m of calibrated stainless steel chain

·    Twin bow rollers

·    Bow, stern and mid ship mooring cleats. 

·    Fore and aft mooring lines

·    Fenders

Covers, Cushions & Canvas:

·    Sprayhood with stainless steel frame

·    Bimini with stainless steel frame

·    Helm pedestal and wheel cover

·    Cockpit cushions

SAFETY EQUIPMENT:

General note on safety equipment: Any safety equipment such as liferafts, Epirbs, fire extinguishers and flares etc. are usually personal to the current owner(s) and if being left on-board as part of the sale of a used vessel may require routine servicing, replacement, or changing to meet a new owners specific needs.