2008 Symbol 59 Classic Pilothouse

• Ninkasi III is hauled for maintenance in preparation to be sold.The exterior walkaround video is fresh June 26,'25. Best buy in stout pilothouse yacht.  Propspeed and zinks are shown in the fresh photos
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• Ninkasi III 2008 Symbol 59 Classic Pilothouse
• 2008 builders were flush with cash building high quality boats
• Engine room and lazarette are free of corrosion, very clean
• QSM 11's 715hp, 2730 hours
• 17KW and 16KW generators with 2500 & 1550 hours respectively
• Wesmar stabilizers
• Delta T engine room demisters
• 15' air draft with hinged arch and canvas down
• Bow/stern thrusters
• Underwater exhaust
• Underwater lights
• Watermaker
• Novurania 400DL RIB with Garmin, VHF, tabs 50hp Yamaha

All The Details are HERE

Ninkasi III reflects caring ownership from her steering gear to her windlass. Her original owners had gone well beyond normal maintenance, and made many upgrades to systems and cosmetic improvements - the yacht shows like a much newer little ship. Now offered by her second owners who purchased her in April 2023. 

Ninkasi III is just finishing up her yard cycle, bottom paint, zincs, full hull & topsides wax.

She is also very fuel efficient and one of few Classic models to come on the market, and surely the best one ever offered.

With more live-a-board room to share quality time adventures with family and friends, escape to a lifestyle of cruising. Enjoy the relaxation, outdoors, and fun of boating on your home

away from home!

OVERVIEW

As you approach this elegant low-profile Jack W. Sarin N.A. designed 59 Symbol Classic Pilothouse, you will understand why Jack's excellent reputation is worldwide. The distinctive exterior styling of the 59 Classic features traditional lines, a wrap-around Portuguese bridge, wide covered side decks, 14' wide flybridge, and large salon windows - all designed with practicality in mind. She has an easily driven modified "V" hull designed for economical cruising and a deep keep to protect props and provide directional stability. The underwater exhaust system ensures that the boat is relatively quiet and free from trailing exhaust fumes. 

As you enter the teak sole cockpit, you will notice the spacious cockpit and salon areas have been balanced to provide the maximum space for both. Large teak-covered cockpit includes built-in fixed seating with storage under, storage cabinet/seat, custom teak table and space for additional chairs. Palm Beach awning over aft seating can be folded to add sun to the area. A spacious lazarette area below includes a large storage area and a safe and convenient engine room entrance via a watertight aluminum door with a viewing port. 

Large low windows in the salon are positioned to provide maximum light inside the boat, with good sight lines for both sitting and standing. The extended salon features a large entertaining area, which includes a long L-shaped sofa to starboard, with extra cabinet/drawer storage forward and to port. The forward storage cabinet includes a flat-screen TV on a lift. The salon also has a home theater surround sounds system and large drawers and storage cabinets. 

A few steps up from the large salon is the pilothouse, designed for serious navigation with a commanding view, a large C-shaped dining area, a well-equipped galley, a comfortable top-quality helm seat and weathertight doors port and starboard for quick access to the side decks. Decks are protected by a Portuguese bridge with storage lockers, high bulwarks with handrails and a forward seating area. The pilothouse has great visibility and is the center of activity when cruising or at rest. There is excellent storage for charts, cruising guides, and binoculars, as well as AC/DC outlets for charging.

The galley is U-shaped, with a C-shaped dining area with teak custom folding and sliding table top. Large storage cabinets above both countertops, under dinette, under sink and stove top with four deep drawers outboard of the dishwasher. Large undercounter drawers for AC/DC refrigerator/freezer to increase counter space. 

From the pilothouse, there is a stairway to the spacious staterooms/heads, side-by-side Bosch washer and dryer and plenty of storage. Companionway stairs lift to access commissary storage an automatic light and shelves.The master stateroom is located amidships, featuring a centered king-size berth with drawers and storage under. Stainless steel opening ports provide cross ventilation and natural light. The room also features sliding Shoji screens for privacy, night tables, book storage and drawers and storage console cabinet to port. VIP stateroom forward has a centerline queen berth with a hydraulic lift to access storage, large drawers under the berth, two handing lockers and a storage area. There is a separate door for the stateroom into the forward head. Guest stateroom to port features separate berths, reading lights and a hanging locker.

A convenient stairway from the pilothouse takes you up to an extended beam flybridge, featuring two settees, two helm seats, a custom teak grate dining table, sun lounge and boat deck. An outdoor galley features a Cuisinart propane BBQ grill, combo refrigerator/icemaker, sink and storage. The helm area is raised for an excellent sightline. The boat deck area has over 13' of space, for dinghy, crane, and sunpad, with lockable storage under. There is a U-Line ice maker/refrigerator for drinks, a sink, and storage, all enclosed in an easy-to-clean fiberglass cabinet.

STANDARD DECK AND HULL CONSTRUCTION

• Symbol Yachts' major hull structure lamination with the flexural and tensile strength meetings the ABS "Guide for Building and Classing Motor Pleasure Yachts, 2000" requirement
• Solid hand-lamination at bottom - no coring
• Closed cell high-density PVC foam as structural reinforced core material above waterline for a quiet hull, insulation and temperature control and strength
• Vinylester resin and thin tissue mat hand-laid into first few layers of bottom to prevent osmosis
• Full-length longitudinal engine stringers and athwartship stringers glassed into hull for added strength
• Fiberglass "I" beams used to support interior decks
• Hull and deck are laminated together
• Rub rails include stainless steel capping
• Lower bow hull chine is rounded to quiet wave action, provides initial stability and knocks down spray. The upper spray knocker/flat is used to knock down and shed water from running up the hull - dryer deck
• Underwater exhaust system
• Stainless steel rudders
• Fiberglass fuel tanks - no welds to leak or rust, less maintenance and improved resale. Tank drawings approved by U.S.D.D.C.
• Composite structural watertight bulkheads and cabin sole - less weight and stronger
• 316 stainless deck fittings and railings
• Tinted tempered safety window glass, frameless windows for less maintenance and no leaks
• Quick connect plumbing hose and fittings for fresh, green and gray water systems - no metal
• Removable ceiling panels at salon and cabins for easier maintenance
• U.S.-made high-quality fiberglass engine exhaust pipe and muffler
• New exhaust blankets (February 2023)
• U.S.-made odor-safe hose throughout sanitation system
• Odor-stop vent filter for each holding tank
• U.S.-made linear polyethylene holding tanks
• Tin-coated electrical wire
• AC/DC separate wiring chases
• U/V protecting isophthalic gel coat by Cook U.S.
• Pocket tunnel for propellers improving performance by reducing shaft angle to 10 degrees and reducing draft
• Custom LED back-lit illuminating breaker panel for quick identification with protecting doors
• Deck handrails always in reach on top of high bulwarks
• Two-tone molded diamond patterned decks coated with Awlgrip Symbol Beige to reduce glare, plus grip-tex for added safety
• Wide covered side decks and Portuguese bridge provide a safe walkway around main decks
• Boarding gates port and starboard at the pilothouse deck level to ensure easy/safe boarding for higher fixed docks, main deck boarding doors port and starboard, cockpit boarding door from swim platform, all opening inward
• Wide pulpit with room for second anchor
• Two chain locker hatches with rope pipes
• Salt and fresh water anchor wash-downs
• Bow and stern stainless steel flagstaffs
• Central drainage manifold port and starboard tubes that exit at transom W.L.
• Cockpit hatch, six main deck and four flybridge flush drains all empty into the central drainage manifold
• Flush mounted drains to help to eliminate water streaks
• Large scuppers (freeing ports) 1" above flush deck drains - two in cockpit, four on side decks, two on pilothouse deck, two on forward deck and one under three boarding doors on the main deck

ENGINE ROOM

ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS

• Twin Cummins QSM-11 715hp Quantum Series diesel engines 
• High-pressure electronics fuel injection
• Quiet, fuel-efficient, virtually smoke-free engines
• 17kw Onan/Cummins generator (approximately 2,400 hours) and 16kw Northern Lights generator (approximately 1,475 hours)
• Leese-Neville MDA 392 24v/80 amp alternators
• 3,000 watt inverter
• Engine alarm system at both helms
• Nibral 4-blade 37 x 29 propellers and ZF 2 3/4" propeller shafts
• Glendinning US electronic engine controls at both stations and a hand-held remote with inlets on forward, aft and flybridge decks
• Glendinning control back-up processor for lower station

ENGINE ROOM

• Wesmar stablizers
• Fireboy System alarm panel with auto and manual discharge
• Groco 24v engine oil change pump with manifold
• Two (2) Delta T 120v AC bilge venting blowers (in lazarette and forward bilge)
• PYI dripless shaft seals
• Polished stainless engine mounts
• Watertight engine room door with port
• Stainless safety handrails inboard of engines
• FRP engine drip pans
• Bilge areas finished with smooth white paint for easy cleaning
• Fiberglass mufflers for main engines and generators
• Color-coded fuel, water and hydraulic lines
• Treadmasker decking between engines
• Four (4) bilge pumps (2 in engine room, 1 forward and 1 aft bilge)
• Groco bonded bronze sea water strainers
• Groco bonded safety seacocks
• Fresh water wash down with ball valve
• Combination fuel polishing system with magnetic field to destroy microorganisms and transfer pump to balance tanks

ELECTRICAL

• 24v DC panel and 12v DC sub panel
• 250/125v AC shore power
• Charles voltage-boosting isolation transformer
• Symbol custom LED back-lit electrical panel
• LED electrical fixtures
• 12v and 120v power outlets at helms
• Engine room: 24v DC and 120v DC light fixtures and flourescent 110v fixtures
• Two (2) battery chargers - one for engine start bank and one for house bank
• 15 Lifeline U.S. heavy-duty AGM batteries, 7 cranking and 8 deep cycle house
• Copper bonding system connected to two B-5 zincs at transom
• Copper bonding of all underwater fittings and strainers
• Lazarette: Xantrex inverter/charger with bypass switch, charging house batteries
• Lazarette: Glendinning U.S. 80' cable master (transom)
• Glendinning cable master wireless remote control
• GFI outlets in galley, heads, lazarette, engine room, deck and flybridge
• S/S outlets for cockpit, flybridge, engine room and lazarette
• Flybridge: arch lights under and boat deck light fixtures
• Flybridge: radar arch with lights and speakers on the underside
• Flybridge panel: bilge warning lights and water alarms
• Deck: overhead halogen light fixtures
• Exterior: forward spotlight with dual controls
• Salon: Cantalupi wall lamps
• Galley: LED overhead lighting and GFI outlets on separate breakers
• Staterooms: Cantalupi reading lamps and under berth indirect rope lighting
• Heads: Cantalupi ceiling lights and GFI AC outlets
• Showers: Cantalupi vapor-proof ceiling lights
• All cabins: overhead LED light fixtures and Vimar/Imtra outlets, switches and cover plates; indirect valance rope mood lighting
• All cabins: A/C with reverse heat 79,000 BTU's - five zones with individual controls
• Pilothouse: overhead panel with LED indicator on lights
• Color-coded and numbered wiring system
• Wiring diagrams posted in the electrical junction room
• Main feed line breakers per ABYC near power inlets
• Separate Ac and DV wiring raceway channels
• Marine grade tinned copper wiring throughout installation
• Circuit breakers with "ON" LED lights
• 24v lights in storage compartments
• Spare conduits to run wiring
• Newmar converter 24v to 12v DC to supply 12v panel
• LED foot lighting in blue - interior and decks

PLUMBING

FUEL TANKS

• Fiberglass fuel tanks are forward and athwartship to isolate the master stateroom from engine room noise and improve trim
• Multiple Ball type shit off valves at all fuel tank supplies
• Color-coded copper lines for fuel system
• Stainless steel fuel manifold system (supply and return)
• Fuel sight gauges on tanks and 24v gauge display in pilothouse
• Cross over line with ball valves - fill fuel tanks port or starboard
• Dual Racor fuel filters 75/1000 MAX (10 micron) with vacuum gauges plus engine mounted filter (10 micron)
• Recessed fuel deck fills port and starboard
• Convenient fuel vent next to fuel fills
• Vent lines are fuel certified

WATER TANKS

• 375 gallons of water in 3 non-corrosive polyethylene, heavy wall density, one-piece seamless construction tanks by Ronco Plastics of CA
• Fresh water wash downs in engine room, anchor locker and aft
• 30-gallon Torri water heater
• Gauge level panel 24v in pilothouse
• Headhunter MACH5 primary fresh water pump
• ITT Flo-Jet 24v fresh water pump for redundancy
• Whale 20mm fresh water main lines and fittings, upgraded to increase flow, and 15mm for branch lines
• Groco fresh water accumulator tank

PLUMBING FIXTURES

• Galley: Grohe faucet with spray and a deep Scandvik stainless steel single compartment sink
• Insinkerator garbage disposal
• Showers: Grohe temperature shower control valve and adjustable rod mounting shower head
• Vanities: Grohe single-lever faucet and one-piece cultured marble vanity top and backsplash
• Anchor locker: stainless steel 3/4" male hole barb (1 fresh water, 1 salt water)
• Swim platform: stainless steel 3/4" fresh water male hose bard, Whale hot/cold shower, ITT Flo-Jet shore water connector at stern
• Flybridge sink: hot and cold faucet

TOILET SYSTEM

• Tecma Quiet Flush Series electric heads with Y-valves for sewage discharge
• Two (2 )50-gallon/each Sealand polyethylene holding tanks 
• Sealand 24v separate holding tank pump for redundancy
• Holding tanks fitted with on-deck pump out (2)
• Sealand tank level indicators at pilothouse
• Sealand odor filters for vent lines
• Odor-safe sanitation hose

RUDDER, STEERING AND NAVIGATION

RUDDER

• Rudder blades #304 stainless steel Areo-Foil section
• Rudder stock 3" stainless steel
• Tides USA rudder stuffing box - dripless rudder gland
• Top fittings for rudder are stainless steel and bronze

STEERING

• Hynautic/Teleflex hydraulic steering system
• Copper hydraulic lines
• 30" steering wheel
• Emergency tiller #304 stainless steel attaching to top of rudder post and stowed in the lazarette
• Bypass valve for emergency tiller operation

NAVIGATION

• Kahlenberg dual trumpet air horns with a 24v air compressor
• Ritchie compass at each helm
• Aqua Signal Series 41 navigation lights
• Rudder angle indicator VDO
• Exalto/Imtra dual speed self-parking wipers with a built-in wiper wash system

SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

• SidePower 24v 15hp bow and 13hp stern thrusters
• Wesmar stabilizers with second control on flybridge
• Wesmar kelp cutters mounted forward of active fin
• Mulr HR 3500 windlass controls on deck and at both helm stations - rope/chain gypsy
• 80# Aritex stainless steel plow-type anchor
• 150' 7/16" chain, 100' 3/4" rode
• Marinco shore tel/TV inlet
• Tempered glass windows, with tinted glass on side windows
• ManShip 316 stainless steel opening ports with trim rings, screens and high-strength tempered glass
• Manual bilge pump
• Spurs shaft rope cutters
• Deck hardware is 316 stainless
• Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

SYMBOL NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEMS

• Soft engine mounts 
• Underwater exhaust with bypass
• Soundown USA engine room insulation
• Generator underwater exhaust
• Foam-cored hull topsides
• Deck drain system to eliminate noisy water discharge from hull sides
• Soundown USA under-carpet pad at salon and pilothouse
• Marine Air AC compressors in engine room

UPGRADES INSTALLED

• Bennet HD trim tabs with dual controls - dual cylinders
• Nutone central vacuum system
• Wireless thruster control
• Ozone bilge buster to eliminate bilge odors
• Five extra stainless steel ports
• Stainless forward stateroom hatch with screen
• Stainless pilothouse hatch with screen

COCKPIT AND LAZARETTE

• Large cockpit for entertaining with hand-fit teak cockpit sole
• Swim ladder under platform
• Glendinning 50amp cable master in recessed cabinet and Glendinning wireless remote control
• Built-in settee with storage underneath
• Custom teak table
• Seat with storage under to port
• Custom teak table and space for additional chairs
• 2nd zone stereo speaker with volume control
• Palm Beach awning to cover the cockpit settee and table
• 6" fold-down cleats
• Shower, city water inlet and fresh water faucet in recessed cabinet
• Hatch with gas shocks and stainless steel ladder to lazarette
• Large lazarette storage area with engine room access
• Freezer

SALON

• Light honey tone teak wood interior
• Carpeted flooring
• Flush cabinet doors and drawers
• Push/pull locking hardware
• Removable vinyl ceiling panels
• Foam composite salon sole and bulkheads
• Tinted tempered safety glass
• Storage under L-shaped settee cushions
• Polished stainless steel sliding glass door to cockpit
• Burl wood countertops
• Large custom teak hi-lo table with burl wood top
• Overhead teak handrail
• Soundown pad under salon carpet
• Sound equipment storage with teak louvered doors for ventilation
• Custom entertainment cabinet with a new (2020) flat-screen TV
• Premium home theater surround sound system
• Custom teak storage cabinet with wine cooler
• Custom glassware cabinet
• Large drawers and storage cabinets
• Umbrella storage
• Phantom screen for sliding salon door

GALLEY

• U-shaped galley with large storage cabinets above both countertops
• Granite galley countertops and backsplash
• Vitrifrigo 3 refrigerator/1 freezer under-counter drawers
• Kenyon 3-burner ceramic cooktop with exhaust vent above
• GE Profile microwave/convection oven
• GE stainless steel dishwasher
• Insinkerator garbage disposal
• Added custom storage cabinet below galley window

RAISED PILOTHOUSE

• Light honey tone teak and holly varnished sole
• Dining for 4 on custom teak table
• Pompanette helm chair
• Port and starboard doors with stainless steel frames
• Phantom screens for port and starboard doors
• Forward windshield 10mm tempered safety glass
• Windshield defroster - 24v blower with 3 teak vents
• Windshield black mesh cover to reduce sunlight
• Overhead instrument console
• Ship indicator panel for pilothouse and flybridge
• Stairways to flybridge and accommodation level
• Glendinning remote hand-held controls to ease docking (outlets fore, aft and flybridge)
• Bow and stern thruster wireless control
• Exalto wipers with separate controls
• Dinette and burl wood tabletop
• Extra drawers under dinette
• Custom chart storage tubes

FULL BEAM MASTER STATEROOM

• Full beam master stateroom with a centerline king berth with drawers and storage under
• Innerspring mattress
• Dressing mirror
• Two (2) cedar-lined hanging lockers
• Drawers and storage cabinets with shelves
• Carpeted flooring
• Shoji sliding screens
• Make-up/vanity desk and swing stool

MASTER HEAD

• Extra-large stall shower with tempered glass door
• A/C and heat vent
• Exhaust fan in shower
• Opening ports
• Teak and holly sole
• good locker storage above and below the sink
• Medicine cabinet
• Linen closet
• Sliding teak panel door
• Stainless steel mirror ceiling
• Shower/vanity sump

VIP AND GUEST STATEROOMS

• VIP stateroom forward with a centerline queen berth and 4 ports
• Guest stateroom port with separate berths and 2 opening ports
• Stainless steel hatch with screen and shade in forward stateroom
• Storage under forward berth 
• Cedar-lined hanging lockers with auto lights
• Drawers under each berth
• Extra storage lockers in each stateroom
• Dressing mirrors

GUEST HEAD

• Fiberglass seamless stall shower 
• Bi-fold shower door with tempered glass
• Opening port in shower
• A/C and heat vent
• Teak and holly sole
• Medicine cabinet with storage
• Storage above and below the sink
• Teak panel sliding door
• Stainless steel mirror ceiling
• Shower/vanity sump

FLYBRIDGE AND DECK

• Novurania 400DL RIB, with Garmin MFD. trim tabs, bilge pump, VHF, Yamaha F50LA L 1045954
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• Expansive 14' wide body flybridge
• Large fiberglass electronics console with cover
• Engine controls and gauges
• Stabilizer control
• Two (2) new (2018) Pompanette chairs with stainless pedestals and foot rests
• Two (2) Sunbrella settees with a custom teak-grate dining table
• Covers for helm seats and settees
• Extra storage lockers port and starboard
• Cuisinart stainless steel propane BBQ grill (an electrical connection is available for an electric grill)
• U-Line combo ice maker/refrigerator, sink and storage
• Fiberglass radar arch with stainless steel hinges
• 1,000lb Brower 3-way hydraulic davit
• Lounge with lockable fishing gear storage
• Bimini top

NAVIGATION ELECTRONICS

• Furuno NavNet TZtouch2 chart plotter/fish finder, 12" touch screen displays (2 at each helm) (New 2020)
• Furuno NavNet ultra high-def digital radar
• Furuno 4' open scanner radar antenna 6kw
• AP28 Simrad autopilot - controls at both helms
• Furuno GPS/WAAS receiver antenna
• Icom VHF M-604 radios for each helm
• Separate auto/hailer signaling speaker for each VHF for redundancy
• Separate VHF antennas
• Airmar Ultrasonic Weather Station interfaced with Furuno
• Furuno Sirius Satellite Weather receiver interfaced to the Furuno displays

ENTERTAINMENT EQUIPMENT

• Pioneer AV receiver in salon
• Sirius Satellite radio
• AV received with 2nd zone - cockpit, flybridge and stateroom speakers
• BluRay player in salon
• Surround sound system in salon
• Yamaha subwoofer in salon
• Niles speaker with volume control (aft deck and stateroom passageway)
• Outdoor speakers with volume control on the flybridge
• New Smart TV in salon (2020)
• 19" LED TV in pilothouse
• 19" LCD TV in master stateroom
• 15" LCD TV in VIP and guest staterooms
• Sirius antenna on arch
• 6-station phone intercom system

ADDITIONAL UPGRADES

• All house batteries were replaced (2022)
• Replaced all interior upholstery and carpet (2022)
• New Bimini tops and full enclosure panels (2021)
• Repainted blue stripe around bridge (2021)
• Repainted pilothouse doors (2021)
• Removed and resealed pilothouse windows (2021)
• New electronics - Furuno TZ touch 2 (2020)
• GOST security system - cameras on flybridge, aft deck, pilothouse and two in the engine room (2020)
• New ICOM VHF marine radios installed for both upper and lower helms (2020)
• Smart TV in the salon (2020)
• Replaced all air conditioning units, except port guest stateroom (2019-2020)
• Replaced all exterior upholstery with new Sunbrella fabric (2019)
• Installed ElectroSea CL-430 chlorinating cell with unit control (2018)
• Installed two (2) new Pompanette flybridge chairs with stainless pedestals and foot rests (2018)
• Installed new Cummins Smart Craft gauges (2017)
• Installed new 16kw Northern Lights generator (2017)
• Installed AIS (2015)
• Installed new 1,000 GPD water maker (2015)
• KVH TracVision TV5 satellite system (2014)
• Ocean LED multi-color underwater lights (2013)

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