Alubat Ovni 490 Buyer's Guide
The Alubat Ovni 490 is the 2025 addition to the aluminium Ovni line, a 50-foot raised-deck-saloon sloop from Mortain & Mavrikios and CBA that keeps the brand’s retracting keel and all-weather pilothouse. On the German used market — the typical region for these boats — early hulls are few given the launch timing, but the design’s standard equipment and known construction details tell a brokerage buyer what to look for.
Layouts on the Used Market
A used Alubat Ovni 490 will most often show the three-cabin plan: a forward owner’s cabin with a side double and large forepeak, plus two aft quarter cabins each with a big double berth. Four cabins can be realised, so some boats will have a convertible central bunk or workshop space instead of the full owner forward layout. The raised deck saloon sits high with near-full windows, and the table drops to make a lounge or sun pad. A fixed doghouse in the cockpit and a sealed pilothouse with chart table and electronics form the inside steering station.
Equipment and Common Upgrades
Most boats will carry the commonly fitted expedition kit: heating, solar, inverter, bow thruster, freezer, hot water, washing machine, radar, AIS, autopilot, chartplotter and life raft. For a buyer, the power and energy cluster — solar, inverter, heating — matters most on a voyaging aluminium yacht with deep house loads. Navigation and safety gear such as radar, AIS and autopilot are standard expectations and should be verified against the electronics in the pilothouse. Comfort items including hot water, freezer and washing machine signal a boat equipped for liveaboard use rather than bare coastal sailing.
What to Inspect
The 490 is built from seawater-resistant aluminium plate — 10 mm floor, 8 mm hull above water, 6 mm deck — with internal lead ballast cast low and an aluminium canting keel milled from solid and twin rudder blades to matched profiles. Check the keel trunk and retract mechanism, raised by cockpit winch without hydraulics, for wear or alignment. The twin Yanmar 4JH57 diesels are installed about three metres apart; confirm both shaft drives and the option of Bellmarine electric swaps. Tanks for water and fuel sit centrally under the saloon floorboards, so inspect for corrosion at the aluminium box interfaces.
Availability and Buyer's Takeaway
These yachts are typically found in Germany. A short checklist for viewing: confirm keel-up draft of 1 m and keel-down of 3.10 m operate smoothly; verify the pilothouse watertight door seals; count the six Antal 62 winches and Z-Spars rig; check the 700 l water and 2 x 500 l fuel tanks under the floor; and confirm the standard Antal-led line routing and Dacron sail set are intact.
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