1981 E40 For Sale
Date: March 16, 2006
From: Frank and Donna Boensch fdbassociates@earthlink.net
1981 Endeavour 40 Sloop
s/v Rainbow Chaser
We have owned this boat since 1991. It has taken us, in comfort and safety along the west coast of Florida to the Keys and Bahamas, up the Intercoastal Waterway to the Chesapeake Bay, Long Island Sound, Block Island and Newport. It currently is in Solomons, MD. The boat was refurbished in 1992 including new cushions and upholstery through out including sleeping areas, painted the inside of drawers and lockers, permanent installation of a full size microwave oven, heating and air conditioning system (dedicated shore power plug for heating/ac system), 2000 watt heart interface inverter/charger with remote (electrical panel) controller and TV/phone jack.
Accommodations & Cabin Layout
The cabin layout is standard for the E-40, V-berth with head, salon, galley to port, navigation station and passage way with owner’s stateroom and head aft. The salon table is custom made with two fold out leaves. It can be lowered to cocktail table height. Additionally it is movable to provide full use of the salon. As noted previously, all cushions and upholstery were replaced in 1991
- Custom table – movable and converts to cocktail level. Can seat 6.
- Custom sheets for V-berth.
Galley
- Two burner with oven propane Force 10 stove
- 10# aluminum propane tank with mandatory internal float
- Adler Barber refrigerator – new 2000
- Gusher fresh water foot pump
- Amanna Microwave oven built in
Electronics
- Autohelm 3000 autopilot
- Garmin 75 GPS (mount on binnacle and nav station. Can be wired to laptop)
- VHF Radio with speaker in cockpit
- Stereo – speakers in salon and cockpit
- Micrologic Loran
Electrical
- Heart Interface – 2000 watt charger/inverter
- Link 1000 controller/monitor
- Balmar 100 amp alternator - rebuilt 2003
- 3-31 gel house batteries
- 1-27 start battery
- Smart regulator – new 2003
- 5000 BTU Cruisair heating and a/c system located in engine room
- Wind Bugger wind generator
- 2 Solar panels
- 2 – 30 amp shore power cables and 50 amp splitter
Plumbing
- 175 gallon water system (100gal. + 75 gal tanks)
- 2 – 14 gallon holding tanks
- Jabsco water pressure pump
- Jabsco automatic bilge pump
- Jabsco shower sump pump/auxiliary bilge pump
- 8 gallon Raritan hot water tank
- All new seacocks – 2003
Engine and Mechanical
- Perkins 4-108 Approximately 2500 hours since 1992
- Hurst Transmission (new 2003)
- 16x16 3 blade prop (cruise @ 6 kts @ 2000 rpm 0.8 gph)
- 55 gallon bladder tank
Deck and Deck Hardware
- 2 – Lewmar 44 self tailing jib sheet winches
- 1 – Lewmar 24 two speed main sheet winch
- 2 Lewmar main and jib halyard winches
- 46# CQR with 75’ chain and 75’ rode
- Fortress FX37 with 20’ chain and 150’ rode
- Magna propane grill
- Kato Dinghy Davits (350# capacity
- Life lines replaced 1998
- Bimini with clear panel for visibility to top of mast
- Complete enclosure
- Spar Fly wind indicator
- Fixed SS stern boarding ladder
- Portable teak boarding ladder suitable of mid-ship boarding
- Non-skid painted in 1999
- Davis Radar reflector
- Pedestal cover
Sails
- Fully battened main with two reef points (Johnson Sails)
- Lazy Jacks
- 130% roller furling jib (Johnson Sails)
- Hood roller furling
Other Equipment/Items
- 8 foot Avon inflatable with lift points
- 5 HP Johnson outboard (new 2001)
- Hand held VHF Radio and Charger
- Slip at Solomons, MD
- Chart Books – West Coast of FL, Keys, Bahamas, East Coast of FL, Jacksonville to Norfolk ICW, Chesapeake Bay including Delaware Bay, Cape May to Newport
- Appropriate Cruising guides
It should be noted that we have all the instruction manuals for the equipment we have installed. In addition there is a Perkins 4-108 shop manual and an original Endeavour 40 owner’s manual.
Price $75,000
We can be contacted at (937) 435-2870.
PARTICULARS ARE BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT BUT NOT GUARENTEED. SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE, PRICE CHANGE OR WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE.
Frank Boensch fdbassociates@earthlink.net