Hallberg-Rassy 43

Category: Cruiser, Sailboat | Fuel: Diesel | Status: Active | Price: USD 325,000

HALLBERG-RASSY 43 – NANCY LU | 2004 | FRERS-DESIGNED BLUEWATER CRUISER, READY IN GRENADA

Nancy Lu is a Germán Frers-designed Hallberg-Rassy 43, the kind of Swedish-built bluewater yacht that lets you step aboard in the Caribbean and keep sailing. She is lying in St. George’s, Grenada, in the southern Windward Islands, with the Grenadines and the rest of the island chain within easy reach. She has cruised from Virginia to Maine, the Bahamas and widely through the Caribbean, and she comes with a maintenance log going back to 2004, new standing rigging in 2019 and a full Raymarine upgrade in 2025/2026. Her factory hard dodger, bow thruster, electric in-mast furling, DC genset and watermaker make her easy to handle and comfortable to live aboard away from the marina. Skippern Yachts can help you through the whole purchase, from arranging the survey to the paperwork, working together with our local partner broker in Grenada.

Key facts

* Approximate conversion for guidance only. Rates: ECB euro reference rate of 22 October 2026 (EUR 1 = USD 1.1205) and Norges Bank exchange rate of 22 October 2026 (USD 1 = NOK 9.3601). The asking price is in US dollars; the EUR/NOK amounts will change with the exchange rate.

Key features

• Germán Frers design built by Hallberg-Rassy, with a strong offshore pedigree
• Factory hard dodger with chart tables underneath, plus a full cockpit enclosure and new bimini/sun screens
• Electric in-mast mainsail furling operated from the helm, Furlex headsail furler, removable cutter stay
• Standing rigging replaced in 2019 and inspected every year
• Raymarine upgrade 2025/2026: 12″ Axiom Pro 2S plotter, Quantum 2 radar, AIS700 transponder, Evolution autopilot
• 8 hp Side-Power bow thruster, DC genset, Spectra watermaker, 2 x 320 W solar panels
• New Spade 140 anchor and chain (2023), new Force 10 stove (2025)
• Maintenance log since 2004; bottom painted February 2026

Description

Accommodation

The interior is light mahogany with a satin varnish finish. The cabin sole is teak and holly with carpet runners, and the light overhead has mahogany battens. There are mahogany handholds throughout, flat-panel mahogany locker doors with vents, adjustable stainless reading lights over the berths and settees, LED overhead lights, LED mood lighting under the saloon valance and dual white/red lights over the galley and navigation area. Headroom is 6’5″ in the saloon and 6′ in the passage to the aft cabin.

Ventilation is good: four Dorade vents, twelve opening ports, four opening overhead hatches (with screens, except in the head) and eight fans, plus a vent in the forward head and a separate engine room blower. Upholstery is blue, and all berths have 5″ cushions with custom fitted sheets and lee cloths.

• Forward cabin: V-berth with infill and lee cloth, storage above and outboard, a large sail bin under the berth, a bureau with lockers, a large hanging locker and a dressing seat. Large anchor locker forward with deck access.
• Forward head (port): china sink, mirror, laminate surfaces, electric Jabsco toilet and separate shower stall with door and teak grating.
• Saloon: L-shaped dinette to port around a drop-leaf table with a spirits locker, and a straight settee to starboard. The starboard back cushion lifts up to form an upper berth, leaving a wide lower berth. Both settees have lee cloths for use as sea berths. Lockers above and outboard on both sides.
• Galley (starboard of the companionway): U-shaped, with Isotherm top-opening fridge and separate freezer, microwave, Force 10 two-burner gimballed stove with oven and grill, Corian worktops with mahogany fiddles, deep stainless double sink, manual fresh water foot pump, electric propane shut-off and plenty of drawers and lockers.
• Navigation station (port): large forward-facing chart table with instruments mounted above, four drawers and a cupboard below.
• Passage to the aft cabin: a true walk-through with wet locker and storage. Large sealed double doors give very good access to the engine room. Electrical panel and bookshelves above.
• Aft cabin: double berth to starboard, single berth to port and a dressing seat between them, with storage under the berths and lockers, drawers, bureau and hanging locker.
• Aft head (en suite, starboard): china sink, mirror, laminate surfaces, manual Jabsco toilet and separate shower stall with door and teak grating.

Hull & deck

White gelcoat hull with an off-white coachroof and blue sheer, boot and coaming stripes. The external lead keel is bolted to a sloped GRP keel stub, and the hull and deck are insulated with closed-cell foam. The decks and coachroof are teak with black seams, with a teak cap rail on raised bulwarks and teak handrails. A moulded rubrail with a stainless strip protects the hull on both sides.

The factory hard dodger has red/white overhead lights and an opening centre window, with varnished chart tables on each side underneath. The cockpit has a teak grating sole, two large drains and D-rings for tethers. Storage includes a large lazarette under the starboard cockpit seat (with dedicated washboard storage), a top-opening chain/fender locker forward, a large stern locker with two deck hatches and a propane locker on the starboard side deck. All lockers drain overboard. Stainless stanchions, pulpit and pushpit with double lifelines and gates to port, starboard and aft, granny bars at the mast, and an integrated swim step with stainless ladder. The bottom was painted with two coats of Seahawk Island 77 in February 2026.

Equipment

Engine & mechanical

• Volvo Penta D2 55 hp diesel, 4,675 hours (as listed)
• Gori three-blade two-speed folding propeller; Centaflex flexible shaft coupling; rope cutter on the shaft
• Twin Volvo primary fuel filters with crossover valve
• Built-in electric oil change pump
• Thermal and acoustic engine room insulation
• Emergency start switch linking house and start batteries
• 8 hp Side-Power bow thruster with foot controls at the helm
• Whitlock wheel steering with Cardan linked rod; leather-covered wheel; emergency tiller
• Webasto Airtop 5000 diesel heater with five outlets (see Notes)
• 40-litre insulated water heater (110 V and engine)
• Hot and cold pressure water with filter and accumulator; carbon filter for drinking water
• Spectra Newport 400 12 V watermaker (Clark pump rebuilt 2025; see Notes)
• Electric shower drain pumps for both showers; hot/cold stern shower
• Fresh/salt water deck wash pump (new solenoid 2026)
• Manual bilge pump, electric bilge pump (new 2026), high-capacity emergency bilge pump with high-water alarm
• Isotherm SP keel-cooled fridge and freezer with Danfoss 12 V compressors; electric drain pump for both boxes
• Force 10 two-burner stove with oven and grill (new 2025); microwave; electric propane shut-off; extra propane tank
• 8,000 BTU window-type air conditioner for shore power, with custom companionway insert
• Spare parts and tools

Electrical

• 4 x Lifeline AGM 210 Ah house batteries (2023) and 2 x Group 27 start batteries (2023)
• Balmar 100 A alternator with Balmar three-stage smart regulator; 60 A spare alternator
• Fischer Panda AGT 4 kW, 250 A DC genset, 1,600 hours (see Notes)
• 2 x 320 W SunPower solar panels on the davits with Morningstar TriStar MPPT 45 controller
• Samlex 12 V / 80 A battery charger; Echo charger for engine and genset start batteries
• Balmar SG200 battery monitor
• Mass Sine 2000 W 12 V–110 V inverter (see Notes)
• 115 V shore power with breaker; seven 110 V outlets; DC outlets at nav station, cockpit and electrical panel
• Navigation, anchor, foredeck, aft deck and steaming lights
• Honda EU2200 portable generator

Navigation & communication

• Raymarine 12″ Axiom Pro 2S chartplotter in the cockpit (2025)
• Raymarine Quantum 2 Doppler radar on the mast (2025)
• Raymarine AIS700 transponder (2025)
• Raymarine Evolution autopilot with ACU-400 and P70S control head (2026)
• Raymarine Raystar 150 secondary GPS receiver (2026)
• Lewmar electric drive unit in the engine room
• Raymarine RC320 chartplotter and ST60 multifunction display at the nav station
• Raymarine ST60 speed, depth, wind and close-hauled instruments
• USB interface between laptop and navigation electronics
• Icom IC-M802 SSB with AT-140 tuner, insulated backstay and ground plate; SCS Pactor II modem (Pactor III upgrade)
• Standard Horizon VHF with DSC/GPS/AIS and command mic at the helm; handheld VHF
• Masthead multi-band antenna (VHF/DSC/GSM/SSB/AM/FM/TV)
• Pioneer stereo with two speakers in the saloon and two in the cockpit
• Suunto lit steering compass; Weems & Plath clock and barometer; Speedtech recording barometer
• Aqua Signal automatic fog horn on the mast; Blipper 210 radar reflector; Windex

Sails & rigging

• Selden deck-stepped, double-spreader anodised mast and Selden boom
• Standing rigging replaced 2019, inspected annually
• Electric in-mast mainsail furling, operated from the helm
• Furlex headsail furling and reefing
• Elvstrøm vertical-battened furling mainsail (2019, new UV strip June 2026)
• Elvstrøm furling jib
• Hood Vectran genoa with UV cover and foam luff
• Halsey Lidgard storm jib and storm trysail
• Quantum asymmetric spinnaker with snuffer, sheets and blocks; removable stainless bowsprit for the tack
• Removable cutter stay with halyard, running backstays and lead cars
• Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster (serviced 2024)
• Mast-mounted spinnaker pole; Selden rigid gas vang (serviced 2026); boom preventer
• Halsey Lidgard steadying sail for use at anchor
• Winches: 2 x Lewmar 58 CST primaries, Lewmar 40 CSTE electric mainsheet/outhaul winch, Lewmar 40 CST mainsheet winch, 2 x Lewmar self-tailers on the mast; 5 handles
• 4:1 double-ended mainsheet with stoppers; genoa car adjusters led to the cockpit
• Spare jib and spinnaker halyards
• Masthead LED tricolour/anchor light with automatic switch; mast-mounted deck light

Deck & canvas

• Factory hard dodger with snap-on sun screens for the windows
• Bimini with stainless frame and full zip-on wraparound sun screens (2023)
• Full cockpit enclosure with aluminium frame and cover
• Foredeck and over-the-boom awnings; sun covers for three overhead hatches (2023)
• Full stem-to-stern storage cover (2023)
• Covers for all winches, wheel and pedestal
• Lewmar windlass with remote at the helm (new motor 2023)
• Spade 140 anchor with 200 ft of 5/16″ Acco G4 chain (2023)
• Fortress FX-37 folding aluminium anchor
• 125 ft of 5/8″ braided rope
• Double bow roller; stainless rub strips at the mooring cleats
• Steel security safe

Safety

• Seago MOB module (2024) and Lifesling
• Six auto-inflating lifejackets with built-in harnesses and tethers
• Jacklines; cockpit tether points
• Sirius Signal C-1002 electronic distress signal
• High-water bilge alarm; emergency tiller
• Lifting/recovery harness

Tender

• Zar 10′ aluminium-hull RIB with chaps
• Yamaha 15 hp two-stroke outboard
• Kato davits with solar panel mounts
• Dinghy towing harness

Inventory

• Full galley inventory: cookware, utensils, plates, bowls and glasses
• Snorkels and fins; diesel and petrol jerry cans

Notes

The following items are listed by the seller: the Fischer Panda DC genset runs but its exhaust needs repair; the Webasto diesel heater has not been used for around ten years and needs repair; the inverter works but its off switch is disabled; the watermaker is currently operated manually only. Draft and displacement are not stated in the source and should be confirmed. As with any yacht, buyers should verify specifications and condition through their own survey.

Contact

Interested in Nancy Lu, or want to arrange a viewing or survey in Grenada? Contact Jarle Karlsrud, Skippern Yachts – jarle@skippern.no – +47 950 41 135.