The Fast 42 makes a fantastic cruiser/racer with sparkling performance and plenty of creature comforts below. Well set up for easy shorthanded sailing, this yacht is well prepared, well presented and ready to sail away. DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTION - BRING OFFERS.
Viewing by appointment through the Suffolk Office.
Accommodation
The accommodation offers eight berths in four cabins including the saloon.
The Fast 42 makes a fantastic cruiser/racer with sparkling performance and plenty of creature comforts below. Well set up for easy shorthanded sailing, this yacht is well prepared, well presented and ready to sail away. DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTION - BRING OFFERS.
Viewing by appointment through the Suffolk Office 01473 659 681.
Accommodation
The accommodation offers eight berths in four cabins including the saloon. Double berth in forward cabin. Separate heads compartment to starboard with marine toilet,shower and washbasin. Hanging locker opposite. In saloon, two settee berths. Fixed table with drop leaves and large refrigerator. Chart table to starboard with galley opposite. Two burner gimballed gas cooker with oven. Stainless steel sink with pressurised hot and cold water. 150 litres freshwater capacity. Two aft cabins with double berths. Curtains. Webasto diesel fired hot air central heating.
Spars & Sails
Fractionally rigged sloop. Anodised aluminium mast and boom by G-Wind. Stainless steel rod rigging. Backstay adjuster. Spectra and polyster running rigging. Slab reefing mainsail with lazyjacks. Harken headsail furling system. Two Harken self tailing sheet winches. Two Harken self tailing halyard winches (one electric). Two Harken self tailing cotrol line winches. Spinnaker pole.
All sails by North Sails, 2008:
- Mainsail - Pentex
- Mainsail - Norlam
- Furling genoa - Pentex
- No 3 genoa - Pentex
- No 4 genoa - Dacron
- Storm jib - Nordac
- Trysail - Dacron
- Spinnaker
- Asymmetric
Mechanical Systems
Located abaft the companionway, Volvo D1-20B three cylinder 29hp diesel engine. Electric start. Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger. Saildrive to three bladed folding propeller. Single lever control. 175 litres fuel capacity giving approximately 400 miles range at 6.5 knots cruising speed. Maximum speed under power 7 knots.
Electrical Systems
- Alternator charging to 3 x 12 volt batteries
- 240 volt shorepower
- Battery charger
- Immersion heater
Deck Equipment
- Bruce anchor with chain and warp
- Self draining anchor stowage locker
- Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions and guardwires
- Sail cover
- Sprayhood
- Stainless steel boarding ladder
- Transom shower
- Cockpit cushions
- Wheel covers
- Various fenders and warps
Navigation Equipment
- Two steering compasses
- Tacktick instrumentation with chart table and mast displays
- Tacktick remote control
- The Tacktick system gives depth, boatspeed, windpspeed, GPS and comprehensive racing information
- Icom VHF radio
- Raymarine 6000 autopilot
- Garmin 4008 chart plotter
- Comar Class B AIS transponder
- ICOM M802 SSB transceiver (unused by presnt owner)
- Vartec computerised systems control with Seapro software race plotter
- Masthead and deck level navigation lights
Safety Equipment
- Two fire extinguishers
- Jackstays
- Radar reflector
- Foghorn
- First aid kit
- Two horseshoe lifebuoys with lights
- Danbuoy
- Three manual bilge pumps
- Electric bilge pump
Keel/Hull
- Fin keel with bulb
- Spade rudder
- Wheel steering
- Aft cockpit
Construction
Built by Fast Yachts, Durban South Africa in 2008 to a design by Simonis Voogd. White painted GRP hull. Alloy toe rails. White painted GRP superstructure with painted non-slip to deck. Fin keel. Spade rudder. Wheel steering. Aft self draining cockpit. Self draining anchor locker. Gas bottle stowage locker.
