1997 BENETEAU 42S7
Bruce Farr designed performance cruiser, modern, quick and comfortable
French-built at Chantiers Beneteau to Lloyds Class A standards
Bright, spacious, full headroom interior, with lovely Phillippe Starck pearwood furnishings and lighting, full oval salon table
Three cabin, two head layout, opening ports and hatches, sleeps 8 easily, great for everything from family cruising to offshore racing, perfect for Chesapeake Bay sailing
Great galley layout with deep icebox, refrigeration, three-burner range with oven/broiler, twin propane tanks
Cabintop halyard cover, swing-out swim platform, stainless boarding ladder
Numerous custom upgrades, including Maxprop three-blade feathering propeller, Kato dinghy davits and engine hoist, custom Edson cockpit table
Two-owner boat, well-equipped, well-kept, only lightly sailed in recent years
PERFORMANCE/RACING/SHORT-HANDED SAILING
Bruce Farr design, 5’11 winged keel, fractional keel-stepped rig
Full-control cockpit traveller at helm with 4:1 fine adjuster
Six oversized Lewmar self-tailing winches in cockpit
All halyards and sail control lines run to cockpit
Full aluminum toerail; jackline padeyes
RIGGING
All new halyards, pole topping lift and car controls, New England Ropes Viper Dyneema main and genoa halyards
Other running rigging new or refurbished
New Navtec factory-overhauled backstay adjuster
ELECTRONICS
Current networked electronics suite including:
Raymarine e7 chartplotter in custom Navpod at helm
Raymarine e95 chartplotter plus dedicated displays at navigation stand
Raymarine ST60/ST60+ depth/wind suite including dedicated cockpit readouts for autopilot, wind, depth, and VMG (recent Raymarine factory overhaul of masthead sensor)
Raymarine Smartpilot with linear drive rudder control
Raymarine Sirius XM weather service receiver
Raymarine Sirius XM satellite radio interface to stereo with cabin and cockpit speakers, wireless remote control
ICOM VHF radio with cockpit repeater mic/speaker
Antenna backstay, groundplane and cabling ready for SSB
HULL/TOPSIDES
Interlux epoxy barrier coat over hull and foils
Interlux Shark White ablative antifouling
Renovated teak cockpit seating
SAILS
UK Sails fully-battened extended head main on Harken battcars and bearing slides
Twin-slot Profurl headsail foil at deck level, with below deck roller furler, foam luff 135, other UK headsails
Recent UK sails Code 0 gennaker with snuffer, plus .75 and 1.5oz radial head spinnakers
Custom staysail on removable inner stay with tensioner, staysail tracks and cars
Additional legacy sails available
ENGINE/ELECTRICAL
51hp Yanmar 4JH2E, recent professional commissioning, heat exchanger overhauled, Racor fuel filter/separator serviced
Balmar 100A alternator, Balmar voltage regulator
New 400AH (2x4D) AGM batteries in custom battery box
New battery shock absorbing matts
Xantrex battery monitoring system with 200A shunt, starting battery maintainer
Xantrex 30A battery charger
Updated 3-speed Caframo Bora low amperage fans
Updated LED salon and cabin lighting
GROUND TACKLE
Lewmar below-deck electric windlass with remote control
35-pound CQR anchor with 30 feet of chain and 200 foot rode on custom bow roller to below deck compartment
TENDER SETUP
Kato stainless steel tender davits, with three and four part hoists (davits fold together or remove from deck plates for racing)
Kato stainless steel outboard engine hoist (swings back or removes from deck plate for racing)
Edson outboard engine mount on stern rail
TANKAGE
160 gal fresh water; 40 gal diesel
Holding tank monitoring system
EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE AS IS
Boom tent
2 Mainstream Streak 9’2″ molded kayaks (fit to stow inside shrouds underway)
4 Taylor-made folding padded back seats
Cruisair carry-on air conditioner
Extension stepladder