1973 Bristol 40

The Bristol 40 Sloop MELADY has had three owners, with the present owner owning her for 24 years. During the first ownership the vessel was out of the water for 10 years. Additionally, this vessel has been configured for easy single-handing operation.

A Classic style Sloop, with long overhangs, lovely sheerline, keel-stepped mast.

A downwind preventer system is installed to facilitate mainsail safety when sailing downwind.

A dual tether safety system, extending from the port and starboard sides of the cockpit forward to the mast and then further forward to the bow is incorporated to enable safe deck operations in rough seas.

Electronic systems are redundant for helm and below deck operations of communications, navigation, and radar.

The boat is equipped with three anchors to facilitate close quarter anchoring (no windlass, but bow roller).

A Fairclough 3 piece winter cover, replaced from original, was purchased on 7/02/2021. The boat has been winter covered since purchased with the mast indoors.

MELADY was last in the water in 2024; Sellers sadly are aging out of sailing. Thank you for your interest.

Hull Deck:

• White hull, green boottop, green bottom.
• Hull has been painted white, rolled and tipped application.
• Non skid fiberglass decks.
• Full keel with attached rudder, and prop protected in an aperture.
• Tan Dodger, wheel cover and main sailcover (4-5 years old).
• Double lifelines and S/S stanchions.
• Pedestal wheel steering with binnacle compass.
• Teak cockpit grate.
• 6,000 lbs of encapsulated lead ballast.

Tankage:

Fuel: 30 gallons in aluminum tank aft of engine.

Water: 130 gallons in 2 fiberglass tanks; one under main cabin sole and one under vee berth

Holding: 25 gallons in poly tank under port settee with y-valve and 12V pump.

Engine and Mechanical:

• Engine is a Perkins 4-107 (Serial# 107U388) 40 hp diesel, FWC.
• Only 50 hours since total rebuild of engine in 2018 (approximately).
• Borg Warner Velvet Drive AS2-710 Transmission.
• New S/S shaft and dripless shaft seal.
• The engine compartment is equipped with an automatic fire suppression system with indications and audio warning.
• The engine air inlet is taken from the battery compartment to prevent fire suppression gasses from being reduced by engine operation.
• The exhaust system is a lift system with cooling water supplied through a vacuum break, thus preventing water from below the water line from entering the engine.
• The engine compartment is equipped with a multilayer high tech environmental bag, which is supported by the engine mounts, to prevent lubricant spills from entering the bilge and thus be pumped overboard. This covers present environmental regulations that were not in existence when the boat was manufactured.

Electrical:

• 12V DC & 110V AC electrical system.
• Two Group 31's for house and 1 Group 24 for engine start in starboard sail locker.
• The DC electrical panel is aft of the Nav Station, and is original Bristol equipment. Above the panel are dc battery charge control centers for the port and starboard battery banks.
• The fire and propane leak warning indicators are located directly above the main switching panel.
• All control master switches and master control fuses are located in the starboard battery compartment.
• Starboard sail locker has dual battery chargers and electronics junction boxes.
• Port sail locker has second battery bank, hot water tank, and A/C circuit breaker panel.

ELECTRONICS:

• Nav Station is located at the starboard side of the cabin with ice box.
• A chart table is located on top of the ice box; the chart tabletop is removable for ice box access.
• Raymarine Axion 9 Radar-GPS RVX MFD, Standard Horizon CP-300 GPS chart plotter.
• Sitex autopilot.
• Raymarine A78 chart plotter with Sonar (sonar is forward facing and side sonar).
• Furuno 1623 Radar (back up Radar).
• Standard Horizon 150, and color155 chart plotters; GX 2100 VHF & AIS, and GX2360S VHF in nav.
• GX2150 VHF #2 and EPIRB are located overhead at the companionway entrance ( for cockpit access).
• Master compass at helm, secondary compass on port bulkhead.
• Starboard bulkhead has wind, speed, and depth instruments, and engine instruments.

Accommodations:

• For 4-6.
• Chain locker forward followed by vee berth with a filler piece, lockers under, and a hanging locker aft; also a 110V heater.
• Next aft to port is an enclosed head with hand-held shower, sink and manual W.C. with y-valve to overboard discharge or holding tank.
• Main salon has U-shaped dinette table to port, lockers outboard and a single berth to starboard.
• The main salon is equipped with 110V heat under the port seat.
• The cabin sole is varnished teak.
• The galley is aft to port with sink, hot and cold pressure water, gimballed LPG stove and oven, and a large icebox to starboard with Nav station above.

Galley: (to port)

• Gimballed Tasco Marine Model H 555 LPG stove, with three burners, oven and broiler.
• Fresh water pump and sink, with discharge seacock (no pressure water).
• The hot water is supplied by a 12 gallon shore power / engine heated tank.
• The Norcold refrigeration unit is located under an access panel to the right of the sink and is not operable-sold AS IS.
• Icebox is located under Nav table.

Sails & Rigging:

• Older but serviceable sails include main with reef points and lazy jacks; #80 and 100% jibs; 120% & 150% (never used).
• Owner uses 120% genoa the most.
• All jibs can be used on 2021 Harken roller furler.
• S/S standing rigging (may be original).
• Shroud rollers.
• Eight Lewmar winches on the mast and in the cockpit to facilitate easy sail handling.
• Lewmar 43 S.T. sheet winches; Lewmar 16 halyard winches.

Mast:

• The mast is keel stepped with wiring routed from the base of the mast to the required terminal boxes to facilitate equipment interface.
• The mast head mount has a Windex, a Raymarine electronic wind system forward. #3 antennas are mounted on a cross bar. The mount is reinforced using welded stainless steel.
• A Raymarine Quantum II Dopler Radar and a Furuno 1623 Radar are both mast mounted.
• A hailer is also mast mounted.
• Spreader LED lights are mounted to allow fore and aft deck lighting.
• 2021 Harken Mark IV roller furling system.

Equipment:

• A Kenwood KDC-C511 AM-FM stereo/ CD player installed in cabin starboard side; additional speakers are in forward cabin.
• 20 lb LPG tank.
• 35 lb CQR plow anchor with 50' chain and nylon rode.
• 20 lb Danforth anchor and 20 lb Plow anchor with nylon rodes.
• Lewmar Claw 20 kg storm anchor with 18' of 1/2" galvanized chain and 150' of 3/4" double rode.
• Aft cockpit has engine and transmission controls, external power connection, water access, emergency hailing signal, open air mounted propane tank, overboard rescue equipment.
• Hand bilge pump at Starboard side aft, offshore cell system, GPS #3 and #4, AIS GPS.
• Cockpit deck has a Bomar engine hatch to access the aft engine, transmission, shaft seal, and 30 gallon fuel tank. Fuel fill is port side aft.
• Emergency tiller.
• Fenders, docklines, life jackets, fire extinguishers, boat hook.
• Pumps: three automatic/manual bilge pumps; pumps are set at different levels and at different capacities to handle bilge discharge for varying requirements; a bilge alarm is also present; an additional shower sump pump is located below the cabin floor.
• Assorted spares.