2022 Ferretti 550 ''The Flex"

This is the cleanest and best equipped 550 Ferretti you will find anywhere. The list below shows items added in addition to all upgrades and options from the Ferretti shipyard . Those that have been on this Ferretti will tell you that it is the cleanest and best equipped 550 Ferretti you will find anywhere.

Upgrades in Addition to Shipyard Options

• Bow thruster upgraded from from 8 to 20 hp
• Stern thruster upgraded from 12 to 20 hp
• Added 2 custom helm stations in cockpit on port and starboard
• Upgraded Direct TV installation for master/VIP/Port cabin
• Customized to add rudder/compass and engine monitor displays
• Custom modification of engine room ladder and easier access grab bar
• Freezer replaced with a beverage fridge to aft deck, ice maker moved to galley
• Custom addition of port side stainless steel staircase support rail
• Wi-fi access Pepwave addition and cellular data sim card
• Addition of upgraded stainless steel life ring holder on flybridge
• Addition of upgraded stainless steel burgee flag staff
• Addition of upgraded stainless steel flybridge hatch catch to stop hatch from shaking underway
• V-Kool tint applied to forward and all side windows
• Replaced master mattress with a handcraft mattress
• Custom sheets/mattress pads throughout
• Added Ferretti cushions and covers for aft deck crew hatch
• Secure blind cords throughout with catches
• Propspeed addition to swim platform non moving mechanisms
• Updated anchor to stainless steel
• Added Marquipt ladder with custom removable mounts
• Custom storage shelving built under foyer staircase
• Custom awlgrip painted on hardtop and aft of flybridge seating
• Added two custom stainless steel handrails and mounts to secure telescoping ladder for hard top access
• Modified galley sink cover into two pieces for flexibility in extra counter space with proper securing snaps
• Upgrade hot water heater tank size to 45 liters
• Upgraded custom varnished teak aft deck with DCOTA Dendon chairs
• Added 25ft off shore power cord
• Curtains
• Lower deck carpet
• Armchair in master cabin
• Salon port side cabinet top same as galley countertop
• Exterior upholstery
• Cabin upholstery
• Hydraulic swim platform with tender lift

Recent Services

• Fire suppression system annual service
• Seakeeper 6 stabilizer annual maintenance
• Monthly hull cleaning and zinc/prop/hull, etc
• Onan 21.5 kw generator general maintenance
• Engine annual service at 244/245 hours
• ZF gear boxes / Transmission annual service

Standard Equipment

MAIN DECK:

• Access to aft platform through a GPR step and a stainless steel gate
• Access to the engine room through a hatch via a stainless and teak ladder
• Access to the flybridge through stainless steel and teak steps, custom stainless steel handrails
• Access to the storage area through stainless steel and teak steps
• Acoustic alarm
• Aft sliding glass door with stainless steel frame
• Aft storage with cover
• Boat hook
• Bow hawse in stainless steel
• Bow living area (2 sofas)
• Bow pulpit with side rails and side gates
• Bow thruster (20 Hp), high efficiency
• Stainless Steel Bruce style anchor (20kg, 75mt chain, 8mm diameter)
• Cockpit cabinet
• Cockpit lighting
• Cockpit sofa
• Cockpit table in natural teak
• Cylindrical fenders (6) and spherical fenders (2)
• Electric anchor windlass (1500W) with controls at bow, main helm position and flybridge helm position
• Fender covers with Ferretti Yachts logo
• GRP deck flooring wit non-slip surface
• Hand-held shower with hot/cold fresh water on the aft platform
• Hatch to forepeak
• Mooring line holder in the forepeak
• Mooring lines (mt 12,4)
• Mooring stations (2) with storage for mooring lines
• Slide perimetrical curtain for canopies (cockpit)
• Protective shades for front and side windows in black mesh
• Pull handles in the engine room (engine and generator shut down, activation of fire extinguishing system)
• Sea water fire fighting hose and chain washdown at bow
• Stainless steel bathing ladder
• Stainless steel deck hardware
• Stainless steel mooring cleat: at stern (2), at midship (1 for each side) and at bow (2)
• Stern and bow fairleads
• Storage in the port side support
• Storage in the stern bench
• Sun lounge pad at bow with sunbathing cushions
• Fridge in cockpit
• Teak cockpit flooring

Salon:

• Aft tempered glass sliding door with stainless steel frames
• Blind on aft sliding door
• Cabinets with shelves
• Dining area at starboard slide (sofa and extensible, lacquered dining table top)
• Wood floor
• Hi-Fi system Home Cinema (2+1)
• Roman blind on side windows
• Sofa at port side with front part convertible in pilot bench and up and down electric movement
• TV LED 24'' or equivalent

Galley:

• Cabinets with shelves and drawers
• Ceramic cooktop
• China tableware, glasses and stainless steel cutlery for 6
• Curtain on aft window
• Extractor fan 230V over cooktop
• Fridge 150lt + ice maker
• Microwave oven with grill
• Overhead kitchen cabinets
• Quartz / resin work counter top
• Sink

Main Helm Position:

• Automatic pilot control unit
• Barometer, clock and hygro-thermometer
• Cigarette lighter outlet (12V)
• Electro-Hydraulic steering
• Electronic controls for engine clutch and throttle
• Zenta Joy stick
• Fitted carpet
• Magnetic compass
• Main electrical panel
• Man helm position equipped with full instrumentation
• Multifunction navigation instrument
• Multifunction touch display for navigation systems (GPS, Chartplotter, engines and yacht data) (2)
• Side window with tilt opening
• Steps covered with fitted carpet leading to lower deck
• Synoptic switchboard with alarms
• VHF
• Windscreen wipers (2) with timer
• Primer coat under antifouling

MAIN DECK:

• Access to the cockpit by hatch (through stainless steel and teak steps, stainless steel handrail)
• Cover for helm position and sofa 
• Deflector
• Diurnal navigation shapes mast
• Fully fitted cabinet with storage and sink
• GPR support (radar, antennas, signals)
• Life jackets (8)
• Life-buoy with floating lifeline and luminous buoy
• Liferaft for (4)
• Lighting on the flybridge
• Navigation lights
• Portable spotlight 1/2 mile range, (12V)
• Railing
• Sofa with storage space underneath and front part convertible in pilot bench
• Stainless steel signal / flag mast
• Sun lounge pad with sunbathing cushions
• Table
• TV Antenna
• Warning horn with compressor
• Watertight loudspeakers (2)

Flybridge Helm Position:

• Electro-Hydraulic steering
• Electronic controls for engine clutch and throttle
• Instrument dashboard
• Multifunction touch display for navigation systems (GPS, Chartplotter, engines and yacht data) repeater, Zenta Joy stick
• Second steering position equipped with instruments and alarm
• Socket (12V)
• VHF repeater
• Watertight mini Hi-Fi
• Compass rudder indicator and auto pilot added

LOWER DECK:

Lobby:

• Carpet
• Steps covered in wood to the main deck area
• Storage under stairs
• Wardrobe with shelves

Master Cabin:

• Dinette with 2 bench seats next to master window
• Bedside cabinets (2) with drawers
• Cabinet with shelves
• Queen bed with mattress, pillows and bedspread
• Dressing table with mirror, shelf and ottoman with outlet
• Fitted carpet
• Hull windows (2) with openable stainless steel portholes with roll-up black out blind
• Mini Hi-Fi
• Natural ventilation under the bed
• Reading lights (2)
• Roman blind (single)
• Upholstered headboard
• Wardrobe (2, one with clothes rail, mirror and safe)

 Master Bathroom:

• Electric ceramic WC (fresh water) with integrated bidet
• Fabric Venetian blinds
• Hull window with side openable stainless steel porthole
• Locker with shelves
• Mirror
• Separated shower with tempered glass door
• Washbasin with lacquered countertop
• WC control panel
• Wooden floor

VIP Cabin at Bow:

• Queen bed with mattress, pillows and bedspread
• Drawers underneath bed
• Dressing table with mirror, shelf and ottoman
• Escape hatch
• Fitted carpet
• Hull windows (2) with stainless steel openable portholes
• Mirror
• Natural ventilation under bed
• Reading lights (2)
• Roman blind (single)
• Shelves
• Upholstered headboard
• Wardrobes (3) with one mirror inside

Guest Cabin:

• Beds (2)
• Cabinet with storage compartment
• Drawers underneath bed
• Fitted carpet
• Hull window with side openable
• Stainless steel portholes (2)
• Mirror
• Natural ventilation under beds
• Reading lights (2)
• Roman blind (single)
• Shelves
• Wardrobe

Guest Bathroom:

• Electric ceramic WC
• Hull window with side openable
• Stainless steel porthole
• Locker
• Mirror
• Shower with plexiglass sliding partition
• Washbasin with lacquered countertop
• WC control panel
• Wooden floor

AFT:

Aft Storage:

• Access to the main deck area through teak steps
• Electric sockets

Crew Cabin:

• Access to the main deck area through stainless steel ladder
• Bed
• Manual WC
• Mirror
• Stainless steel openable portholes (2)
• Wardrobe
• Washbasin with hot/cold fresh water and pull-out shower

TECHNICAL AREA:

Engine Room:

• Access to the cockpit through a hatch and custom stainless steel ladder 
• Air intakes (2)
• Change over valves (2) for emergency water pumping from the bilge
• Electric bilge pump
• Electric ventilation fan
• Fire extinguishing system wit automatic/manual control
• Fresh water tap
• Fuel tanks 660 gallons
• Fuel tanks level indicators
• Racor diesel engine filters
• Racor fuel prefilter to generators
• Water filter for generator cooling system
• Water filters (2) for engine cooling system
• Water heater changed from 30 to 45 liters
• Watertight forward bulkhead

PROPULSION AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT:

Propulsion and Control:

• Bow thruster 20 Hp, high efficiency 
• Hydraulic steering
• Shaft line transmission
• Stuffing box with dripless shaft seal, low maintenance
• Underwater silenced exhausts

Stabilization Systems:

• Interceptors
• Seakeeper 6 gyro

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT:

Communication:

• VHF (main helm position)
• VHF repeater (flybridge helm position)

Navigation:

• Autopilot control unit (main helm position)
• Multifunction touch display for navigation systems(GPS, Chartplotter engines and yacht data) (2)

SYSTEMS:

Fire Extinguishing System:

• FM200 Fire Extinguishing system for engine room with automatic/manual control
• Portable fire extinguishers
• Pull handles in the engine rooms (engine and generator shut down, activation of fire extinguishing system)
• Smoke detector system

Electrical System:

• Automatic battery disconnecting switch for bow thruster
• Automatic battery charger (24vV) for auxiliary service batteries, reduced engine battery charge
• Battery charger for generator
• Battery disconnecting switches in engine room with remote control in cockpit
• Battery parallel
• Breaker box
• Carling Switch 50A for 240V shore supply
• Double Electric outlets (120V) in each plate
• Galvanic protection with anodes
• Generator starting battery 12V (low water loss)
• Ground connection for sea water intake and railings
• Ground fault interrupters 120V - 6mA
• Group of 24V auxiliary service low water loss batteries
• LED 24V lighting system (except engine room)
• Manual battery disconnecting switch for generator
• Measuring instruments Voltmeter
• Preparation for TV and decoder in all cabins: cable 120V + F connector + TV antenna cables
• Shore power ground fault interrupter
• Shore power plug 50A 120/240V
• Additional shore power cord

Bilge System:

• Auxiliary electric suction pump for engine room and accommodation space
• Electric suction pumps (2) (engine room, accommodation space)
• Emergency bilge suction pipe (engine room) through engine cooling pump

Sanitary and Water Systems:

• Automatic grey water discharge system
• Black water system with tank 60 gallons with sensor flush and deck pumping out connection
• Electric WC system with fresh water
• Fresh water autoclave pump
• Fresh water tank 180
• Grey water 3 way valve in galley
• Grey water system with tank
• Independent sea water intake for sea water system with filter
• Independent sea water intake for water maker with filter
• Preparation for water maker
• Sea water autoclave pump
• Gianneschi water heater (changed to 45 liters)

Air Conditioning System:

• Tropical air conditioning system in cabins (bathroom included)

Factory Options

• (6) Seakeeper gyro stabilizer
• Raritan ice maker connected to water tank
• Micro convection oven
• Simrad broadband radar
• Simrad display upgrade in main helm position and in flybridge position
• Custom flooring for main deck
• Electric TV raising device for 37''- 42''
• TV 40'' in salon
• TV 32'' in master cabin
• TV 22'' in guest cabin 
• TV 32'' VIP cabin
• Simrad autopilot with OP12 control keyboard
• Antenna TV SAT HD7 Triamericas centered
• MAN EAPP certificates
• Mooring winch (2)
• Concealed electrohydraulic gangway
• Underwater lights (2)
• Mini Hi-Fi Fusion AV750 CD/DVD
• Navionics XL9 Cartography area series ''Gold''
• Cushion to transform the salon table into bed
• Table in salon with manual up/down system
• 4 control stations
• 2 upper and lower helm with Zenta joystick
• 2 wing stations in cockpit port and starboard
• Washer-dryer in access area
• Decor package
• Canvas package
• MAN 800 hp engines ET3 compliant
• Stern thruster 20 HP (double propeller)
• Non opening hard top
• Cooking plate: electric type on fly
• Antenna VHF in gray color
• Horn in gray color
• Dome color gray
• Radar ranome painted in gray color
• Lighting in spoiler stairs
• Ambient lights
• Leather coated wheel in pilot house
• Centralized reverso system: oil, inverter and generator change
• Teak on spoiler
• Teak on steps to sidewalk
• Table for bow dinette with handling system
• Smoke separator for generator
• Crew cabin with WC and basin
• Fridge 42 lt. - flybridge
• Shore fresh water intake
• Covers for locker mooring winch rope

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