1983 Tartan 42

Designed by the legendary Sparkman & Stephens to be a comfortable performance crusier, the Tartan 42 is an evolution of the Tartan 41 (which was a potent ocean racing vessel--the design won both the Transpac and Bermuda races) that's equally at home ocean cruising or round-the-buoys club racing. And in the tradition of most S & S designs from the period, the 42 has fine lines with a lot of tumblehome, a swept back forefoot and a skeg-hung rudder.They also have wide, uncluttered decks, and an easily-handled sloop rig.

This particular never cruised example was originally commissioned in Texas and was trucked to CA about 20 years ago by her current owners. Note beautiful interior joinery, Garmin color chartplotter with radar overlay (2017) and new standing and running rigging in late 2020 (this was a $30,000 job in and of itself!), engine just serviced September 2021 and last bottom painted October 2019; also note this is the optional deep-draft keel (most 42s had the 4' 11 shoal draft Scheel keel, Wind Seeker is 6' 9 [fixed, this is NOT a centerboard]!).

Accommodations and Layout

Forward stateroom has big V berth with insert, built in seat and private access to head. Step aft and head is on port side with hanging locker across starboard.

Continue aft to salon with stright settee and pilot berth port, centerline double drop leaf table and stright settee over to port.

Far aft port side is C shaped galley, centerline companionway up to bridgedeck and big nav table starboard, aft of nav table is stateroom with outboard bdouble berth port side and single berth starboard.

Very nice joinery below including solid teak & holly sole, deck prisms and pilot berth are nice touches, Luna Sea LED light fixtures, 6'4 headroom.

Galley

Twin stainless steel sinks with hot/cold pressure water, gimballed three burner propane stove with oven, oversize two compartment ice box with Nova Kool conversion kit.

Wilcox-Crittenden manual pump toilet.

Electronics

Garmin 740S color chartplotter with radar overlay (2017), Raymarine ST 60 depth sounder, ST 60 knot meter/log and ST60 wind speed/direction indicator.

Icom IC-M604 VHF radio connected to Garmin 17x NMEA 0183 HVS antenna, Icom HM-162B remote mic, Icom MXA-56000 AIS receiver.

Electrical

110V AC / 12V DC. Thirty amp shorepower service, two 4D batteries in one bank, three Group 27s in second bank, all batteries are AGM Lifelines and brand new as of mid July 2021. Xantrex Type II 40 amp battery monitor.

Sails and Rigging

Aluminum double spreader keel stepped mast mast with new 1x19 stainless steel standing rigging in late 2020 (along with new running rigging and new wiring at the same time, refit done by South Beach Riggers), aluminum boom with Seldon rigid vang, Gaurhauer mainsheet and traveller, original main with two reef points, new cover by Sausalito CAnvas Work (July 2021), 95% Pineapple jib (about 15 years old, very lightly used) on rebuilt Harken roller furler.

Spinnaker pole with Fat Cat spinnaker.

Two Lewmar #48 self tailing winches, two Lewmar #40 self tailers, two Lewmar # 30 winches, one Lewmar # 16, one Lewmar #.

Deck and Hull

FRP balsa cored hull and decks, stainless steel thru-bolted stanchions, stainless steel bow and stern pulpits, nice heavy duty offshore dodger.

Lewmar Concept 1 e;ectric windlass with cockpit and handheld controllers and ample chain and line rode, #75 CQR anchor on stainless steel bow roller, #25 Danforth in bow locker.

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