Baltic 48

A beautifully maintained and extensively refitted example of the celebrated Baltic 48 performance cruiser, designed and built in Finland to the highest standards of craftsmanship and seaworthiness.

Overview

Aldabra is an outstanding example of the Baltic 48DP, a model renowned for her balance between high-performance sailing and comfortable long-distance cruising.
Lovingly restored between 2024 and 2025, she remains faithful to the original specification while incorporating carefully chosen upgrades that enhance both reliability and sailing pleasure.
Now in excellent turn-key condition, she is fully equipped and ready to go anywhere.

Sailing performance is exceptional, particularly to windward.
All cruising sails are handled easily from the aft cockpit with four self-tailing Lewmar winches, while in race mode, the forward cockpit with 3-speed Lewmar 65s comes into play.
All winches were serviced within the last year.
The large leather-covered wheel offers light, precise steering, and the twin cockpit arrangement allows perfect versatility for both cruising and performance sailing.

Four spacious cockpit lockers accommodate an outboard engine, jerry cans, fenders, removable cockpit table, spare anchor, water toys, lines, and two gas bottles for the galley stove.
The teak deck, recaulked in 2024, remains in beautiful condition.

Accommodation

Below deck, Aldabra offers sleeping accommodation for up to eight guests.
The owner’s stateroom aft features a centreline double berth, abundant storage, a vanity table, and a private head with shower.
Forward of the mast are two guest cabins, each with direct access to the forward head, plus two additional passage bunks to starboard.
All berths have lee cloths and individual reading lights.
New upholstery and curtains (2024) complement the warm teak interior, and original lighting fixtures have been converted to LED.

The saloon features an octagonal seating area with an adjustable table to port and a well-equipped navigation station to starboard.
The galley, to starboard of the companionway, includes a 3-burner stainless-steel cooker with oven, extractor hood, large DC refrigerator, and double sink with pressurised hot and cold water.
A 25-litre Nautic Boiler (2024) provides both engine and electric heating for domestic water.

Construction

• Epoxy fibreglass hull and deck with balsa core

• Original gelcoat finish

• Lead keel

• Built by Baltic Yachts, Finland

Rig and Sails

• Aluminium triple-spreader mast and boom

• Reckmann headsail furler

• Navtec rod rigging (new 2024)

• Navtec hydraulic vang, outhaul and backstay serviced 2024/25

• Custom Dyneema runners (2025)

• Removable inner forestay for staysail

• Adjustable babystay on track

• Main (2024) – Contender CDX laminate, radial cut, slab reefing, lazy jacks

• Genoa (2024) – Contender CDX laminate, radial cut, roller furling

• Staysail in Dacron (on removable forestay)

• Spinnaker in sock

• Two lightly used Kevlar racing headsails

Deck Equipment

• Teak laid decks, recaulked 2024

• 12 Lewmar self-tailing winches, including 3-speed primaries

• Long adjustable genoa tracks with dedicated staysail tracks

• Lewmar deck hatches and Goiot opening ports

• Full boat cover (2024), Sunbrella bimini and dodger (2024) with forward shade panel

• Cockpit cushions and removable table

• 33 kg Rocna primary anchor with 70 m of 10 mm chain

• Lofrans Project X3 electric windlass (below deck installation)

• Fortress FX-23 aluminium kedge anchor

Navigation and Electronics

• Raymarine Axiom 7 chartplotter at helm (custom pod)

• Raymarine E125 HybridTouch chartplotter at navigation station

• 3 × Raymarine i70 multifunction displays in cockpit

• Solid-state masthead anemometer

• Speed / depth / temperature transducer

• Autohelm 6000 autopilot

• Sailor RT-2047 VHF

• Sunto magnetic compass

Electrical and Systems

• 4 × 110 Ah Victron AGM house batteries + independent start battery

• Victron 60 A / 24 V charger, isolator, and BMV700 monitor (2024)

• 2 × 100 W solar panels with controller (2024)

• 1500 W inverter (2024)

• Jabsco freshwater pump and accumulator (2024)

• Nautic Boiler 25 L (2024) – electric / engine heating

• Victron equipment professionally installed 2024

Machinery

• Volvo Penta MD30, 65 hp, freshwater-cooled

• Detailed inspection in 2024

• New exhaust manifold and elbow

• Direct-drive gearbox

• 2-blade feathering MaxProp

Tender

• SEATEC Pro Adventure 270 RIB (2020)

• 8 hp Yamaha outboard

Condition

Aldabra presents in exceptional condition, both structurally and cosmetically.
Her rig, sails, and systems were all renewed or serviced between 2024 – 2025.
She is a turn-key Baltic—ready for immediate blue-water or performance cruising.