S/V Knot Bad — a 2008 Voyage 500 located in Jolly Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda, for sale by broker. Responses to inquiries may come from a broker who is representing the owner as a fiduciary.
Most notably, she is powered by new Yanmar 4JH57 engines with saildrives, commissioned in December 2025 and showing only 75 hours.
Combined with upgraded electrical systems, modern charging, solar, safety equipment, and sail-handling improvements, this is a turn-key offshore cruiser ready to depart without the usual refit headaches.
Features
- New Yanmar 4JH57 engines with SD60 saildrives (December 2025, 75 hours)
- Victron electrical refit 2024: Multiplus 12/3000, Cerbo GX, GX Touch 50, SmartShunt, new AGM house batteries (8 x 6V 220 Ah)
- 720 W solar (4 panels) with individual Victron controllers
- Northern Lights 6 kW generator (2024)
- Parasailor spinnaker 2024 (Oxley Levante 17.50)
- SeaRO watermaker 800 GPD
Specifications
| Name | S/V Knot Bad |
| Make | Voyage |
| Model | 500 |
| Year | 2008 |
| Type | Multihull Sailboat |
| Builder | Voyage Yachts |
| Designer | Simonis Voogd |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| Cabins | 5 |
| Heads | 5 |
| Galley | Up |
Dimensions
| Loa | 50ft / 15.24m |
| Lwl | 47ft / 14.33m |
| Beam | 27ft 2in / 8.28m |
| Headroom | 1.9 m |
| Draft | 4ft 5in / 1.35m |
| Mast Height | 68 ft |
Performance
| Engines | 2 x 57HP Yanmar 4JH57 2025 |
| Engine Hours | 75 / 75 |
| Generator | Northern Lights 6 kW |
| Displacement | 22660 lb |
| Sails | Endurance full-batten mainsail (6 battens, 2 reefs); Endurance genoa with UV cover; Parasailor 2024 Oxley Levante 17.50 spinnaker |
Layout Diagram
Inventory
Key Recent Upgrades
- New Yanmar 4JH57 engines with SD60 saildrives (December 2025, 75 hours)
- Parasailor 2024, Oxley Levante 17.50
- Northern Lights 6 kW generator 2024
- Victron electrical refit: Multiplus 12/3000, Cerbo GX, GX Touch 50, Victron SmartShunt, new AGM batteries
- Blue Sea ML automatic charging relays 2024
- 720 W solar with Victron controllers (four panels: 3 x 200 W, 1 x 120 W)
- Liferaft and updated offshore safety gear
- Bottom paint and antifouling December 2025
- Dyneema genoa halyard
- New trampoline and cockpit cushions
- New interior upholstery
- Secondary Anderson winch upgraded to electric
- Dedicated dinghy halyard added
- Primary anchor chain upgraded to 200 ft stainless steel
- Lumitec blue underwater lights on inboard and outboard hull sides
Forward and Aft Cabins
- Cabin and reading lights
- En suite heads with electric toilet, shower, basin, vanity cabinet with mirror
- Stainless steel towel rail
- Hanging lockers and storage cupboards
- Laundry locker with upholstered cover
- Moulded GRP modules
- Queen size berth with split mattresses
- Cabin fans
Double Guest Cabin (Forward of Mast)
- Double berth
- Two lights
- Two fans
- Storage locker
Main Saloon
- Faux teak and holly hard wearing vinyl flooring throughout
- Upholstered settee
- Alcantara ceiling liner
- Bar with seating for three
- Coffee table raised to dining height (original lower leg available)
- Corian type work surfaces
- Moulded GRP modules
- Standing headroom approx 1.9 m throughout
- Storage within seating modules
- Saloon fans
Galley
- Alcantara ceiling liner
- Two stainless steel sinks
- Two top opening freezers, 12 V air cooled (Adler Barbour)
- Four burner propane hob with propane oven
- Corian type work surfaces with stainless rails and fiddles
- Front opening refrigerator, 12 V air cooled (Adler Barbour)
- Large recessed drip tray
- Pressurized hot and cold water
- Stainless steel waste chute with cover
- U Line ice maker removed and replaced with efficient countertop unit
- Microwave oven
Hull and Deck
- Antifouling over epoxy based osmosis barrier
- Closed cell PVC foam core, vacuum bonded for stiffness, strength, and minimal weight
- Forward water tight compartments with horizontal bulkheads
- Hand laid up GRP construction using multilayers of quadraxial glass roving, isophthalic and orthophthalic polyester resin
- Low aspect reinforced keels, marine ply, and balsa core on critical structure bulkheads for added strength and stiffness
- Reinforced fitting areas for cleats and chain plates
- Skeg supported rudders
Deck Fittings
- Bow pulpits with teak bow seats
- Double guard wires with gates
- Grab rails on coach roof
- Pushpits on stern with brackets for life ring buoys and overboard lights
- Stanchions and stanchion bases
- Swim ladders port and starboard
- Water stays and crossbeam attachment points for bowsprit
Deck Equipment
- LEWMAR electric windlass
- 2 primary electric powered winches on coach roof
- 2 secondary winches in cockpit
- 8 aluminum mooring cleats
- Teak walkway between trampolines, tracks, cars, jammers, and blocks
- Webbing trampolines
Hatches and Windows
- 6 GRP locker lids in cockpit
- 8 reflective laminated safety glass windows
- 11 LEWMAR port lights
- 15 LEWMAR hatches
- 5 anodized aluminum framed sliding doors with safety glass and fixed opening positions
- Ventilation and escape hatch with teak grid
- Port lights in aft coaming
Cockpit and Aft Deck
- 6 storage lockers
- Cockpit deck level walk through to dive platform
- Dinghy stowage supports and BBQ mounting point on aft crossbeam
- Dive equipment and dive tank lockers for 8 cylinders
- Double helmsman seat
- GRP cockpit table
- Hard top Bimini and spray dodger
- Sheet pouches x 2 and utility pouch x 1
- Steering console including instrument console with new 12 inch multifunction display
- Stainless steel steering wheel
- Teak dive platform and aft deck
- Teak grating at the saloon sliding door
- Traveler arch
- Cockpit cushions
- Rear Bimini sun shade
Electronics and Navigation
- Compass
- Icom IC M304 VHF radio
- Raymarine i60 Tridata and Wind
- Raymarine p70 autopilot with Whitlock rotary drive
- Raymarine C125 chart plotter with AIS and digital radar
- Instrument console with new 12 inch multifunction display
Electrical Power and Plumbing
- Two new 125 A alternators with smart multi stage regulators
- Two engine start batteries, 12 V 65 Ah
- Battery isolator switches
- Circuit breaker panel
- Ceiling, cockpit, deck, lazarette, and engine compartment lighting
- Interior AC outlets: four in saloon, one in each cabin
- Blue Sea ML automatic charging relays 2024
- Victron inverter and AGM batteries 2024: Victron Multiplus 12/3000, Cerbo GX, GX Touch 50 display, Victron SmartShunt
- Masthead and lower navigation lights
- House battery banks: 8 x 6 V 220 Ah deep cycle AGM (Vision EVGC 220A AM)
- Shore power cable, one 50 A
- Four solar panels (3 x 200 W and 1 x 120 W) with individual Victron controllers (total 720 W)
- Air conditioning, 30,000 BTU total with four individual units
- Dimmers, courtesy lights, boom light
- 12 V outlets
- Fusion MS AV755 multimedia stereo with interior and exterior speakers
- 22 inch flat panel TV
- Sea R O watermaker, 800 GPD
- Electric toilet
- Northern Lights generator, 6 kW
Engine and Mechanical
- 2 x Inboard Yanmar 4JH57 2025, 57 HP diesel (75 engine hours on each)
- SD60 saildrives
- 3 blade bronze propellers
- Sail drive propulsion system
Rigging
- 7/8 fractional rig
- Anchor chain lead internally through compression post
- Anodized aluminum mast, boom, cross beam, and double compression post
- Attachment point for bowsprit
- Color coded sheets and control lines
- Double purchase main halyard
- Dedicated dinghy halyard and flag halyards
- Port and starboard mast support: triple spreaders, intermediate and cap shrouds, forestay, and inner forestay
- Reefing lines x 2 and luff pendants x 2
- Telescopic boom derrick for hauling a dinghy onto the dive platform
Sails
- Endurance mainsail, 2 ply construction with Dimension OC materials, 2 reefs, 6 full battens, Velcro tie in batten pockets, ring and lug headboard, overhead leechline, reefblock leech low friction ring, drawstring bag 420D
- Endurance genoa constructed of Dimension OC 348g with UV cover, luff tape, and drawstring bag 420D
- Parasailor 2024 (Oxley Levante 17.50) spinnaker with spinnaker halyard and color coded running rigging
Dinghy
- 2023 Dinghy Rigid bottom inflatable 12'
- 2017 Outboard 15 HP
Exterior Photos
Interior Photos
Cabin Photos
Other Photos
