1998 Jeanneau 40DS

A drastic change in plans (we’re moving to Europe) means that we are selling our new-to-us liveaboard dream boat. We bought her in October 2023, had her in the yard for 2 months where we had: - the bottom stripped, sealed with 5 coats of Interlux 2000e followed by 5 coats of Trinidad HD; - seacocks replaced with bronze Grocos; - a new water strainer for the Yanmar installed; - a new exhaust hose installed; - the rudder pulled, repaired some chipped glass and had a new rudder bearing custom made and installed; - all hatches replaced with new Goiot hatches imported from France; - a new dashboard built with new Garmin electronics; - 600 ah of LiFePo4 installed for the house, plus a 1000W inverter; - Starlink installed on a custom mast; - 230W hard-panel solar installed on dinghy davit arch, plus 800W of flexible solar on Bimini and Dodger; - a new manual toilet and shower head installed in the v-berth head; - shower pumps rebuilt;

• original curtains replaced with custom-made drapes;
• salon sole sanded to bare wood and revarnished.

Projects we were going to address before heading to the Caribbean this fall:

• rewire the mast and install new Garmin gWind Transducer and new masthead tricolor light;

• replace sanitary hose in salon head (we only use that head to shower);

• remove Force10 gas stove and replace with gimbaled induction hob (currently using single burner induction hob);

• service built-in watermaker (we are currently using a portable watermaker).

We have been cruising The Bahamas for 3 months, and plan continuing to do so until we head back to Florida in May to sell our boat and move to Europe. It took us over a year to find this boat and waited nearly 2 months for the previous owner to bring her up from the USVIs to Florida (work prevented us going to get her). Since we know this is a boat that rarely comes on the market we want to give the same opportunity to her next owner: wait for us to bring her back to Florida or come to The Bahamas and continue cruising her here (or take her south!)

Equipment: If the offer is acceptable, we’ll include the majority of cruising equipment we have on the boat, including: SeawaterPro portable water maker (12gph) Yamaha generator Dometic 12v fridge/freezer EcoFlow solar generator 400W solar panels Bluetti solar generator 200W solar panels 4 x 100W SunPower flexible panels 9ft AB RIB plus 9.8hp Tohatsu 4-stroke