O41111

Amber 40

Lying

Dorset

Builder

MB Yachts, Shillingstone, Dorset

Year

2003

Price

LOA

39' 0"

Sail area

approx 970 sq ft main and yankee

Brief details

LWL

30' 3"

Rig

Cutter

The Amber 40 is a Rob Humphreys designed performance cruiser, built to a very high standard in strip-planked wood/epoxy. This yacht has cruised the Mediterranean and completed two transatlantic circuits, yet remains in very good condition, as befits her very high original quality build and specification.

Beam

12' 10"

Cabins

3 plus saloon

Draught

6' 0"

Berths

6

Displacement

21,600 lbs

Engine

Yanmar 3JH diesel

Ballast

9,040 lbs

BHP

37

Keel type

Epoxy-sheathed cast iron fin keel and full length skeg hung rudder

The WEST epoxy Douglas Fir strip-planked hull is externally sheathed with 2 layers of 600g/sqm biaxial cloth and one layer of 300g/sqm twill to minimise print through. The hull is also sheathed with GRP internally, the internal laminate being at least 3,000g/sqm at the base tapering upwards at 100mm increments. The main bulkheads are 18mm marine ply filleted and bonded to hull with 2 layers of 600g/sqm glass cloth. The deck and superstructure is laminated ¾” ply sheathed with 600g/sqm woven glass cloth. All external surfaces are filled with epoxy and sprayed with 2 pack polyurethane.

Forward, there is a double berth forecabin and a two-berth Pullman-style passage cabin to starboard, with a small heads compartment to port

Below - accommodation plan - not to scale

She is masthead cutter rigged, but can be sailed as a sloop, with the staysail reserved as a heavy weather sail

Photographs

January 2011

The side leaves of the cockpit table are removed and stowed below,
and the Hydrovane self-steering vanes are removed and the mechanism covered.

Equipment List:

Engine details

Yanmar 3JH diesel, 37 bhp freshwater cooled, shaft drive

Fuel tank capacity

227 litres in alloy tank

Propeller

19" fixed three bladed

Batteries

100 AH engine start and 110AH services battery

Battery charging

80 amp engine alternator with Smart Diode, and solar panel on deck. 30 amp shorepower battery charger

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Selden alloy spars with S/S standing rigging

Mainsail

Hyde mainsail, slab reefing

Genoa

Hyde roller genoa

Genoa furling

Profurl

Staysail

Hyde

Primary winches

2 x Lewmar 48ST self-tailing

Secondary winches

2 x Lewmar 40

Halliard/reefing winches

2 x Lewmar 40ST self-tailing on coachroof, and Lewmar 16 on mast

Bower anchor

40 Kg Delta with 180 ft 3/8" chain

Anchor windlass

Lofrans electric windlass

Kedge anchor

Fortress FX20 with 20 metres chain and warp

Steering

Whitlock Cobra 5R wheel steering

Autopilot

Autohelm 2000

Steering compass

Silva on binnacle

Warps & fenders

4 warps and 6 fenders

Miscellaneous

Bimini, cockpit table

Chartplotter

Garmin GPSmap 182C colour

GPS

Raymarine

Log/speed

Raymarine ST60

Depth sounder

Raymarine ST60

VHF radio

Silva S15 with DSC

SSB radio

Icom IC-M802 SSB transmitter/receiver with DSC

Navtex

NASA Target Navtex Pro +

Jackstays

Bilge pump

Whale manual and auto electric pumps

Fire extinguishers

4

Interior

Cabin layout

Forecabin/forward heads/pullman cabin/saloon/aft heads/aft cabin

Berths

6

Water tank capacity

454 litres in alloy tanks

Hot water

From engine calorifier

Cooker

Plastimo Neptune 2-burner, grill and oven

Refrigeration

large fridge compartment under chart table

Heads

2 x Jabsco marine WCs, shower and holding tank in aft heads

These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available.

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