1988 Bowman Yachts 40

Specifications

Equipment & Extras

Model

40

Berths

5

Engine

Beta

Beam (m)

3.84

Designer

Chuck Paine

WC/Heads

2

Draft (m)

1.5

Engine HP

50

Engine Hours

280

Manufacturer

Bowman Yachts

Hull Material

GRP

Displacement (kg)

8620

Fuel Capacity (l)

318

Water Capacity (l)

545

• Part 1 registered Chuck Paine design
• Built by Rival Bowman Yachts
• Grp hull moulded in white
• Grp deck moulded in off white
• No teak decks from build
• Scheel fin keel
• Skeg hung rudder
• Cutter rig
• Yacht legs with hull protector sleeves
• Lewmar V4 vertical windlass – plug in hand controls via deck plug – 2010
• Bow thruster control can also operate windlass
• Double stainless bow roller
• 55 kg Rocna anchor
• 100m of 3/8 galvanised chain
• 45lb and 35lb CQR anchors
• 35lb Danforth kedge anchor with chain and warp
• Chain and snubber
• Various mooring strops, lines and chains
• Stainless push pit, pull pit and stachions – opening gates port and starboard
• Granny bars
• Dedicated yankee and staysail tracks
• Mainsheet track forward of sprayhood
• Covers for all hatches, dinghy and liferaft
• Mainsail cover Adrift Covers 2025
• Sprayhood with new windows and zips serviced 2025
• Cockpit enclosure with stainless frame, clear windows
• Stainless steel gantry for wind generator, radar and antennas
• Bimini and cover serviced 2025
• Deck and cockpit awning
• Full set of cockpit cushions
• Stainless boarding ladder
• Smaller lightweight stainless ladder for when alongside
• 12 v search light
• Teak folding cockpit table with cup holder attachment
• Deck wash pump 12v with hose
• Artigiani AB inflatable dinghy with oars
• Mariner 2.5 hp 4 stroke outboard
• Various warps and fenders for mooring
• Passarelle and fender board
• Kemp anodised aluminium 2 spreader mast – keel stepped
• Standing rigging – renewed November 2025
• Cutter rig with running back stays
• Additional forestay with hank on sail
• Insulated backstay with tensioner
• Seafurl furler on yankee
• Furlex furler on stay sail
• Kemp spinnaker pole – mast mounted
• Selden extending bearing out pole – deck mounted
• Solid kicker
• Dutchman boom brake preventer line
• Mainsail – fully battened with lazy jacks 3 reefs – maintained by North Sails – 2002
• DB sails Yankee – roller reefed with uv strip – maintained by North Sails – 1999 – UK Sails
• Staysail – roller reefed with uv strip – maintained by North Sails – Hood
• Yankee – hank on 80% – SW sails
• Storm jib – hank on in orange – SW sails
• Asymetric cruising chute with sock – UK sails
• 2 x Harken Barossa ST5 primary winches
• 2 x Lewmar ST30 under sprayhood
• 1 x Lewmar ST16 headsail furling winch
• 1 x Lewmar ST16 – mast base
• 2 x Lewmar ST30 – mast base
• 1 x Lewmar ST43 – mast base
• Beta 50 installed in 2016 – 280 hours – professionally maintained by Beta agent
• Upgraded 120 a/h alternator
• Shaft drive to 3 blade Bruntons Autoprop with Spurs rope cutter
• Original 2 blade prop as spare
• Beta mechanical gear box with 2:1 ratio
• Cobra rack and pinion steering with emergency tiller
• Sleipner SE80/185 Sidepower bow thruster – 2009
• Honda EX650 portable generator
• Blakes seacocks
• Fuel: 1 x 318 litre stainless tank with cut off valve and sight tube
• Water: 3 x stainless tanks with a total capacity of 545 litres
• Holding: 1 x 68 litre stainless tank
• Pressurised fresh water system with accumulator tank plus Whale hand pump
• Hot water via engine or mains powered calorifier
• Garmin 4800 chart plotter – Garmin radar and AIS
• Rigel Poseidon compass
• 5 x Garmin GM120 mulitifunction wind/speed/depth/log displays
• Scanstrutt USB charging on pedestal
• Autohelm ST6000 autopilot with Raymarine P70s headunit
• Hydrovane self steering with 2 x vanes and spare cover
• Navigation lights
• Garmin GPS 4800 chart plotter – fully integrated with Garmin radar and AIS Class B transponder
• Furuno GPS linked to Yeoman plotter
• VHF ICOM ICM601 DSC – external speaker and dual command microphone
• ICOM M800 SSB
• ICOM M11 handheld VHF
• Target Navtex pro
• NASA weatherman
• Breton plotter
• Back up Lowrance plug in GPS
• Hand held Garmin GPS unit
• Hand bearing compasses
• Wifibat portable enhancing aerial for connection to hub
• PC/laptop connection via Digital Yacht Smartertrack
• EPIRB – GME 493G – full service by Sartech 2022
• 2 x 120 a/h service batteries (Sonneschein gel) – 2021
• 1 x 120 a/h engine battery (Sonneschein gel) – 2021
• 1 x bow thruster battery (Optima blue top) – 2018
• Shore power
• 120 a/h beta alternator with double v belt
• Superwind 350 wind generator with shunt regulator
• Duritc battery charge regulator
• Victron centaur battery charger with monitor
• Safeshore galvanic isolator
• RS Handy mains inverter
• 3 stage battery switching
• 8 berths over 2 cabins and saloon
• Eberspacher Airtronic heater – 2021
• Teak joinery throughout
• Upholstery in dralon – teal blue
• Taylors 041 gas cooker with 2 burners, oven and grill
• Frigomatic fridge with additional cooling via hull plate
• Russel Hobbs 600w microwave
• Double stainless steel sink with pressurised and manual water
• Storage drawers and fiddled storage
• Full sized forward facing, lifting chart table
• Drawers and under seating storage
• Ships bell, barometer and clock
• U shaped seating to port
• Bench seating to starboard
• Book shelving
• Large fold out saloon table with bottle storage in teak
• Pipecots to port and starboard
• Lee cloths to port and starboard
• Storage behind seat backs
• Double berth with step up
• Vanity unit, hanging locker, cupboard and berth
• Access to holding tank, bow thruster and chain locker/windlass
• Ensuite heads to port
• Blakes Lavac sea toilet with holding tank
• Hand sink and shower
• Locker storage
• Blakes Lavac sea toilet
• Storage and wet locker aft
• Double berth
• Vanity unit, hanging locker and drawers
• Fiddled storage for washboards
• Access to fuel tank sight glass
• Cabins

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