Overview

The 46 Alden Saloon Express a spectacular example of a high quality builder combined with a wonderful design profile to create the ideal yacht for cruising or living aboard. This is a Proper Yacht and has been maintained to a very high standard both inside and out. The Bridge deck has the steering station on the Starboard side, galley is below, but it is open to the bridge area. Below forward has the galley on port and lower saloon settee/dinette on starboard. There is a full head with a stall shower and a forward master stateroom with full sized closets, cabinets and drawers, TV, and a desk. This beautiful custom yacht is well designed and carefully thought through by the original owner and/or Alden Yachts.

Descriptions

Accommodations

Entering the Saloon to port is a U-Shaped settee with a table, a forward facing companion bench seat and chart table. To Starboard, there is a small L-Shaped settee, a TV in an enclosed cabinet, a fully adjustable Stidd helm chair, and the bridge console.
Down the companionway steps, the galley is to port and a versatile lower saloon is opposite. The L shaped settee can be arranged to provide an additional double bunk. This area has cabinetry, book shelves, drawers, a  flat screen TV  and Hi/Lo custom table.
Forward to port is the head with a separate shower stall and all the way forward is the Owner's Cabin with a centerline queen bed, beautiful cabinetry, cedar lined closets, shelving, and drawers for storage. On Starboard facing aft is a built in desk with chair and a flat screen TV.

New Garmin Electronics Package Sept 2017

• Twin (2) Garmin 7212 Chart Plotter/Radar 12" Screens with Depth Sounder
• GMR Fantom 24 Dome Radar
• GMI 20 for Depth Display
• Bronze Thru-Hull Transducer
• Garmin VHF 300 Black Box Radio
• AIS 600 Automatic Identification System Transceiver w/
  Programming
• Garmin GHP 20  Auto-Pilot with Smart Pump

Deck and Hull

• Six opening ports with screens
• 2 Lewmar #40 deck hatches on hard top
• 2 #60 deck hatches on cabin house.
• Lewmar Ocean 1 Gypsy/Capstan windlass
• Chain to line Gypsy with in and out foot controls at bow and at helm station
• Polished S.S. Delta, 45 lbs
• Fortress folding anchor, FX-37
• Varnished teak aft saloon doors
• High gloss varnished teak handrails on forward deck cabin top
• Port and Starboard exterior stainless handrails over upper deck windows
• Stainless stanchions and double lifelines with port and Starboard Gates
• Folding swim ladder under swim platform
  Aft Cockpit bench seats with upholstered cushions and backrest includes propane tank storage
• Grill mounted in rod holder tied into galley propane system
• Synthetic teak cockpit sole
• Removable davits on transom for dinghy
• Stamoid covers for all bridge deck windows and for cockpit
• Textilene covers for windshield and two side windows

Galley

• Corian Counter Tops
• 3 Burner Propane Range Top
• Sharp Convection Microwave Oven
• Grunert Refrigerator and Freezer
• Stainless Steel Sink
• Mug and Spice Rack and Abundant Storage

Electrical

• 12Kw Northern Lights Genset
• 50A Shore Power with Glendinning Cable Master
• 40A Charles Marine Battery Charger
• AGM Batteries new in 2016

Engines and Mechanical

• Yanmar Twin 6CX-GTE 500 hp diesel engines
• Mathers Micro Commander controls with Engine synchronizers 
• Second Mathers control unit in cockpit
• Packless stuffing boxes
• Four blade, NiBral propellers
• Spurs line cutters
• Flowscan fuel monitoring system
• Racor fuel filters on main engines and generator
  
  Marineair 46,000 BTU reverse cycle heating and air conditioning system (3 zone)
• 500 gallon aluminum fuel tank
• Stainless steel 150 gallon water tank
• 48 gallon holding tank
• 20 gallon hot water heater
• Tank Tender fuel and water tank monitoring system
• Trim Tabs
• 3 Rule 2000 Bilge Pumps

Recent Work and Upgrades

• Replaced original teak cockpit sole with synthetic teak sole and corrected step drainage and hatch alignment issues.
• Replaced all shaft cutlass bearings and key components of the packless stuffing boxes on both shafts.
• Repacked both rudder stuffing boxes and fixed leaks in the engine exhaust tubing and deck drain conduit.
• Replaced both engine intake strainers.
• Completed annual bottom maintenance in June to include new zincs, renewed bottom paint and running gear anti-fouling protection.

Disclaimer
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.