GIVE’R is a high quality, robust, comfortable and fast aluminum monohull sailing yacht designed by Simonis Voogd Yacht Design. She was built in 2012 by Jacobs Bros, a highly regarded boatbuilder in Cape Town, South Africa, specializing in custom aluminum yachts. GIVE’R holds a Category A – Ocean Lloyd’s Building Certificate.

GIVE’R features a powerful cutter rig, twin rudders, and a hydraulic lifting keel to provide excellent sailing performance with access to shallow waters. In addition to her head turning good looks, GIVE’R is a safe and spacious blue water cruiser, fully equipped for extended voyages, with all the luxuries of a modern cruising sailboat. Her hard dodger offers excellent shelter and visibility; her dinghy garage offers convenience and storage typically found on larger yachts. She is a pleasure to sail, motors well under power and is easily managed by a couple or shorthanded crew.

GIVE’R was built for an experienced Dutch couple who completed a multiyear circumnavigation. Her current owners are experienced circumnavigators, who purchased GIVE’R in 2023. They completed an extensive refit and equipment upgrade with the purpose of high latitude sailing and rounding of Cape Horn. They have meticulously maintained GIVE’R with a philosophy required for safe sailing in remote regions; proactive and preventative care, focused on reliable functioning of all vessel systems, coupled with extensive spares inventory. GIVE’R was born to roam the world’s oceans and is ready for her next adventures.

GIVE’R (meaning: Canadian slang for “give it all you’ve got”) is registered in Canada, official registration number 847083. Currently located in Panama, en route to Eastern Caribbean or possibly East Coast USA.

GIVE’R has a bare aluminum hull which is durable and requires minimal maintenance. In 2023 her teak deck and exterior coatings were professionally removed using media blasting. This was followed by installation of new non-slip decking and red vinyl accent stripes.

GIVE’R has a robust Southern Spars rig with a conventional slab reefing mainsail, headsail furler, and fixed staysail furler. All rigging was professionally removed and inspected in 2023; at this time all standing rigging and running rigging was replaced along with select deck hardware. Routine rig/hardware maintenance and inspection; extensive spares.

GIVE’R has an extensive sail inventory designed for safe and efficient passage from very light wind to storm force conditions over a wide range of wind angles. Redundancy of sails and extensive sail repair kit.

GIVE’R propulsion systems are reliable and in an excellent state of maintenance. The engine and generator are located under the cockpit with excellent access from the interior of the vessel.

GIVE’R is equipped with 24V DC (most systems), 12V DC (navigation: lights & VHF), and 220V AC electrical systems. There are six batteries, four for ship’s systems, one for engine starting and one for 12V. The 220V AC system is supplied by a 5kW inverter, 4kW diesel generator or from the shore, via an isolation transformer. The breaker/switches are located in panels at the nav station.

GIVE’R has dual steering wheels with twin rudders offering efficient steering and redundancy. Because each helm station and independent steering cable drives its own rudder, a breakage in one system leaves the second fully functional. A connecting link ensures both rudders stay perfectly synchronized. This design also offers better cockpit space, improved visibility, and superior handling when heeled. GIVE’R lifting keel offers the ultimate benefits of sailing performance with access to shallow water cruising grounds. The keel lifts to the height of the rudders and, according to her designer, she can be beached (not tried by owners).

GIVE’R navigation and communication equipment combines traditional instruments with modern technology to ensure safe voyages. These systems work together to provide accurate positioning, collision avoidance, weather information, long and short-range communications, and distress signaling at sea.

GIVE’R main saloon is located mid-ship with large settee on the port side and nav station on starboard. She features three cabins and two heads. Her interior is finished in satin varnished light oak with teak and holly floorboards and gray overhead panels. There is an exceptional amount of easy to access storage throughout the vessel and ample head room. She is very comfortable while sailing offshore and living aboard in port.

Spacious owner’s cabin forward

Starboard quarter cabin

Aft port side cabin

The galley is located admiships on the starboard side of the keel box. It is well-designed for safe and efficient storage, preparation and cooking of food at dock or underway.

GIVE’R has two heads. The forward head has a separate shower stall and washing machine. Her systems ensure plentiful fresh water supply, warm water when needed, and easy management of grey water and black water. Her recently upgraded bilge system keeps unwanted water out.

GIVE’R has abundant portlights and hatches, and a large Lexan integrated companionway door, which provide natural light and excellent ventilation in the tropics. The shelter provided by the hard dodger allows for the companion way and select hatches and portlights be open, even in the heaviest of downpours. Her various heating and cooling systems ensure comfort in all climates.

GIVE’R ground tackle has been recently upgraded with oversized gear suitable for high latitude exploration and extreme conditions.

In addition, GIVE’R has an extensive inventory of spare parts for various systems and equipment on board, assembled for prolonged cruising in remote areas.

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.