1986 42' Beneteau First 42 sloop
- Additional information
- From the cockpit, you step down the companionway and find a stateroom with double size berth port aft, head starboard aft, nav station to starboard, benchseat and upper single size berth starboard forward, galley to port and benchseat and upper single size berth port forward. The salon table is in storage. Walk forward and find a head to port and stateroom with a double size berth forward. Auxiliary access is via removable companionway stairs and side hatches in the aft stateroom and aft head.
The headroom in the salon is 6'4", 5'9" in the forward stateroom, 6' in both heads and 6' in the aft stateroom. The forward stateroom berth is 6'6" long and the aft stateroom berth is 6'5" long.
The height above the waterline to the top of the mast is 63'.
Serenity offers a stateroom forward with a double size berth and an aft stateroom with a double size berth. The salon offers a single size berth above and outboard of each benchseat/single size berth. There is a head port forward and one starboard aft.
The salon offers a benchseat with storage on each side that also serve as single size berths, a single size berth above and outboard of each benchseat, teak & holly sole, auxiliary access, 3 overhead hatches, a shade on the center hatch, side windows with curtains and a folding wood table centerline.
The galley is to port in the salon.
Eno propane 3-burner cooktop and oven
Frigoboat cold-plate refrigeration
Ice box
Double stainless steel sinks
Filtered water faucet
Storage drawers and cabinets
Teak & holly sole
Dining space is available at the salon folding table.
The forward stateroom offers a double size berth to port, benchseat with storage to starboard, shelves, storage drawers and cabinets, hanging locker, overhead hatch with a shade, teak & holly sole, anchor chain locker access and an ensuite head with a Jabsco manual head.
he aft stateroom offers a double size berth, hanging locker, storage cabinet, shelf and 3 portlights. The head with a Jabsco manual head is starboard aft.
The nav station is to starboard in the salon and offers a desk and benchseat with storage, hanging locker, electrical panel, shelf, VDO water gauges, 12 vdc outlet and a VHF.
The cockpit offers teak covered seating, with sail storage under the starboard seating, lazarette access, teak deck and a Goiot helm pedestal with electronics as detailed in the electronics section in this presentation.
B&G Zeus3-9 multi-function display
B&G Triton display
Standard Horizon Ram3 VHF
Standard Horizon Matrix AIS+ GX2150 VHF
B&G hydra wind speed and direction displays
Simrad AP24 autopilot
Marco Polo magnetic compass
B&G Multi display in the aft stateroom
30 amp shore power cord
12 vdc outlet at the nav station
Perkins 4.108 50 HP auxiliary rebuilt in 2026 with approximately 30 hours since major overhaul
Auxiliary control at the cockpit helm
Faria gauges
Racor R12P fuel filter
Raritan 11 gallon water heater
VDO water gauges
Jabsco manual heads
Custom bow sprit
Danforth anchor
Stainless steel rails fore and aft
Double lifelines on stainless steel stanchions on each side
Non-skid decks
Transom gate and boarding gate on each side
Stainless steel & teak swim ladder
Hull bottom painted two years ago and touched up only each year since then
Evolution carbon fiber Mainsail (2019)
Evolution 150% #2 Genoa (2024)
Evolution #3 Jib (2018)
Evolution Spinnaker (2019)
Older #1 Jib
Older Spinnaker
Older UK Sailmakers Spinnaker
Harken roller furler
Harken traveler
Isomat aluminum double spreader mast and boom
Boom Vang
Spinnaker pole
Stainless steel wire standing rigging (Original with some updated parts)
Sailtec hydraulic backstay (New in 1997)
Spinlock rope clutches
2 X Lewmar 40 Spinnaker downhaul and lift winches
1 X Lewmar 40 Mainsail halyard winch
1 X Lewmar 40 Mainsail sheet winch
2 X Lewmar 2-speed 55 self-tailing Genoa winches
2 X Lewmar 2-speed 43 Spinnaker sheet winches
Lewmar 18 winch
2 X Lewmar 40 winches
New forestay in 2012
Fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
Manual bilge pump
Electric bilge pump
Lifesling overboard recovery system
Lifesling
ACR EPIRB
ACR SM-2 buoy light - Condition
- Excellent