43' sailboat

Specifications

Basic information.

• Builder Mason
• Category Cruiser-Racer
• HIN/IMO MSN430380881
• Condition Used
• Fuel Type Diesel
• Hull Material Fiberglass
• LOA 43' 11"
• Beam 12' 3"
• Max Draft 6'
• Fuel Tank 110 GAL
• Fresh Water 250 GAL
• Holding Tank 30 GAL
• Number of Engines 1
• Make Yanmar
• Model 4JH57
• Power HP 57.00 HP

"FIREFLY" 1981 Mason 43'

FIREFLY is a completely upgraded and nicely equipped Mason 43. A full keel sailboat with lovely classic lines, cutter rigged and a refit that modernized her equipment and fittings.

Full Description

$80,000 worth of Recent Improvements That Should Not Be Overlooked!

Price reduced by 30k, now $115,000!

FIREFLY is a completely upgraded and nicely equipped Mason 43. A full keel sailboat with lovely classic lines, cutter rigged and a refit that modernized her equipment and fittings. FIREFLY features a long list of upgrades and equipment detailed in a special section of this listing but some of the major items are a recently replaced Yanmar diesel engine and transmission, 3 blade feathering prop, Maxwell windlass, bow thruster, new inverter, new wind generator, all LED lights (interior and navigation), Doyle 130% head sail, staysail, dodger, bimini and full enclosure, upgraded navigation electronics and much more!

Upgraded Equipment And Features

Firefly has had an extensive refit by her previous and current owners which has improved and enhance the boat beyond what can be described. This boat must be visited to truly understand the condition and upgrades.

• New Yanmar 4JH57 57HP Diesel Engine (2018)

• New Transmission (2018)

• 3 blade feathering prop (2018)

• Maxwell windlass with 60LB CQR & 300 3/8 chain

• Side Power 8 HP Bow Thruster

• All lights (interior, exterior navigation etc. LED's)

• No teak decks – all new fiberglass

• Custom Dodger, Bimini, and Full Enclosure

• Doyle 130% head sail, staysail, and main stack-pack

• Cockpit cushions

• Hull Awlgrip painted and clear coated

• Davits Installed

• 200 Watt Kyocera solar panel

• Rutland Wind generator (2020)

• Updated Batteries (2018-2019)

• 2 Replaced Stainless Steel Fuel Tanks - total 110 Gallons - (2015)

• Frigiboat refrigerator & separate freezer with keel cooler

• All interior cushions and foam replaced

• Updated wiring throughout and electrical panel

• Updated plumbing throughout, thru-holes, seacocks, hot water heater, fixtures

• Navigator custom cast iron/porcelain finish wood stove

• Replaced Lewmar hatches

• All Newfound Metals stainless steel ports

• Lewmar electric main halyard winch

• Garmin Chart Plotters (helm & navigation station)

• Raymarine sailing instruments

• Maxim 2000 Watt pure sine wave inverter

Accommodations

Firefly features beautiful woodwork throughout her interior. She has three distinctive cabin areas; the forward stateroom features a bi-fold doorway, a seating area upon entry, a double berth to port, great light and a number of drawers, cabinets and lockers for ample stowage and exceptional natural light and ventilation with opening hatches and ports. The private aft stateroom features a double berth to port and a single berth to starboard separated by a large hanging locker. There are additional lockers both port and starboard and an opening hatch provides both ventilation and natural light. The main cabin is beautifully appointed with a settee to starboard and a large dining U shaped settee surrounding the dining table.  This area is convertible to a double berth. The main salon also features stunning woodwork contrasted with the white bulkheads, ample stowage areas in cabinets, lockers and shelves and a beautiful new Navigator custom cast iron/porcelain finished wood fired stove for heat and warming up soup and tea on those chilly days and nights.

The head is located to port just forward the salon. It features a sculpted shaped vanity with a marble counter top and large mirror, lots of cabinets, natural ventilation and lighting, a manual head and a separate stall shower.

The entire interior of Firefly shows like new with features including:

• All LED lighting

• Upgraded lighting fixtures

• Replaced cushions and foam

• Updated wiring throughout

• Updated plumbing throughout

• Replaced Newfound Metals stainless steel ports

The galley on Firefly is U shaped wrap around design with plenty of counter space for meal preparation, double stainless steel sinks, hot and cold pressure water, a new Frigiboat stainless steel refrigerator, a separate freezer with a keel cooler, and a two burner ENO propane stove and oven.

• Frigiiboat refrigerator

• Separate freezer

• ENO two burner propane stove and oven

• 6 gallon Indel hot water heater

• Lots of cabinets and drawers

Mechanical And Electrical

• Three bladed feathering prop (2018)

• Two Stainless Steel fuel tanks totaling 110 gallons (2015)

• Manual bilge pump

• 6 AGM House batteries (2019)

• 1 Starter Battery and Switch (2018)

• 1 Thurster/Winlass Battery (2018)

• 12v and 110 power

• Magnum battery charger

• New inverter (2021)

• Upgraded wiring throughout

• Replaced electrical panel

• 200 watt Kyocera solar panel

• 8 h.p Side Power. bow thruster

• Maxwell 2200 windlass

• Lewmar electric winch

• Replaced interior and navigation lights

• Two electric bilge pumps (2021)

• Three cabin fans

Electronics

Firefly is nicely equipped with updated chart plotters and sailing instruments

• Garmin 4210 chartplotter at the Helm

• Garmin 541 chartplotter at the Nav station

• Garmin Autopilot (2017)

• Raymarine ST6000+ Wind, Speed, Depth instruments

• Garmin HD radar antennae mounted on the mast

• ICOM 800 SSB radio

• VHF radio with remote in the cockpit

• Sony CD/Ipod/AM/FM stereo

Sails, Rigging And Canvas

• North mainsail with 3 reef points

• Doyle 130% head sail

• Doyle stay sail

• Doyle main stack pack

• Harken roller furling

• Whisker pole

• Boom vang

• Barlow primary and secondary winches

• Custom dodger (Oyster color)

• Bimini (Oyster color)

• Full enclosue for cockpit

• Cockpit cushions (Blue)

• Winter cover (Island Nautical)

Additional Equipment And Features

• Fire extinguishers

• 60 lbs CQR anchor and 300' 3/8" chain

• 44 lbs Bruce anchor 100' chain 200' rode

• Smoke detector

• Hailer horn

• Emergency tiller

• Horseshoe Lifering

• Life jackets

• Radar reflector

• Docklines

• Boat hook

• Barometer

• Flag staff & ensign

• New davits

• Teak cockpit table

• Teak cupholders in cockpit

• Three custom teak backrests in cockpit

• Teak cockpit grate

• Granny bars at mast

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

Listing MLS by Yachtr.com

$80,000 worth of Recent Improvements That Should Not Be Overlooked! Price reduced by 30k, now $115,000!FIREFLY is a completely upgraded and nicely equipped Mason 43. A full keel sailboat with lovely classic lines, cutter rigged and a refit that modernized her equipment and fittings. FIREFLY features a long list of upgrades and equipment detailed in a special section of this listing but some of the major items are a recently replaced Yanmar diesel engine and transmission, 3 blade feathering prop, Maxwell windlass, bow thruster, new inverter, new wind generator, all LED lights (interior and navigation), Doyle 130% head sail, staysail, dodger, bimini and full enclosure, upgraded navigation electronics and much more!FIREFLY is available for inspection. Please call or email to schedule a viewing! Brewer Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Latitude Yacht Brokerage. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel

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Shannon Pilot 43

• By Steve Callahan
• Updated: December 2, 2001

January and New England are hardly the time and place to go for a casual spin on the water, but when better to test the efficacy of a pilothouse sailboat? In the middle of last year’s cold snowy winter, designer and builder Walt Schulz launched the prototype of his new Shannon Pilot 43. A blanket of white and a glaze of ice contrasted starkly with the cobalt blue of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay under the sun’s frosty light.

Using the shapely, well-proven Shannon 43 hull, Schulz has done a remarkably good job of blending in the lines of the pilothouse, a structure that all too often ends up looking like an add-on bunker aboard a vessel this size. By keeping most of the commodious cockpit virtually identical to that aboard the original sloop, the house does not encroach too far aft, so preserving the boat’s pleasing traditional lines.

Under way, the 71-horsepower Westerbeke (a 75-horsepower Yanmar is available alternatively, owner’s choice) spinning a three-blader provides responsive thrust, quick stopping power and positive reverse control. Fed by two 71-gallon stainless steel fuel tanks, the auxiliary is happy at a cruising speed of about seven knots for up to 500 miles. The longish fin with its cutaway forefoot and centerboard reduces draft to 4’10″ and allows tight turns of a boat length and a half or so. A large, heavily built skeg protects the prop and rudder.

Winds were too light and fluky to obtain definitive performance data, but notwithstanding that the boat reached speeds of better than 3.5 knots at 35 degrees apparent in just 10 knots of breeze. On a reach she logged 2.5 knots in just five knots of breeze, and 4.5 in eight to 10. Despite having to raise the boom to accommodate the pilothouse, Schulz has actually increased the sail area to 1,193 square feet (with main, jib and flying jib), in part by utilizing a large crane at the masthead that allows an enhanced-roach fully battened mainsail. A sculpted jib boom, moved fore and aft with on-deck tackle, adjusts the foot tension of the inner masthead jib — you bring the clew aft for upwind work, then slide it toward the bow downwind to move the center of effort forward and enhance the sail’s offwind shape. This headsail is supplemented by a high-cut flying jib or a 140 percent genoa flown from the bowsprit.

Schulz calls the unorthodox, half-sloop half-cutter arrangement a “scutter” rig. It is designed to keep the sail plan forward to counteract weather helm in heavy conditions, and the experience of Schulz, his delivery crews and more than a few of his very satisfied globe-girdling owners indicates that the rig works as advertised.

Of course, the real job of a pilothouse boat is the protection it offers the crew. Inside the deck house, large windows provide solarium warmth even without ancillary heat. You get a good view of the jibs looking forward and you can monitor the mainsail through a strategically placed hatch above the inside helm.

The pilothouse provides a wonderful lounging and dining area. It steps down to a U-shaped galley opposite a guest cabin with twin single berths and its own head. A master cabin with a large double berth and an adjacent head nests forward. Everything below is finished to Shannon’s trademark high standards, which include sturdy yet meticulously rendered cabinet work, solid hardwood trim, teak and holly soles, and even cedar-lined lockers.

The Shannon construction facility in Bristol, Rhode Island, is an impressive outfit in which modern, state-of-the-art materials and building techniques are engaged with knowledge and enthusiasm. These boats are built to go offshore and they have a history of success doing so. The 43 features a hand-laid composite hull consisting of Corecell linear PVC foam and a complicated schedule of biaxial laminates and Kevlar aramid that varies according to the stress requirements of different parts of the boat; premium vinylester resins and an anti-osmotic isophthalic gel coat complete the recipe. The hull-deck joint is bonded chemically and then thru-bolted on eight-inch centers, with biaxial laminates backing the internal hull flange. Solid lead ballast is encapsulated and sealed within the fiberglass keel element. Hefty floor timbers and reinforcing stringers with extra 45×45-degree-bias biaxial strengthening rigidify the underbody. Tabbed structural bulkheads tie the hull and deck together. Even elements of the cabin furniture are fully bonded to the hull sides for added strength.

The list of standard equipment is impressive, including hot and cold pressure water, 184-gallon freshwater tankage, four 120-amp-hour gel-cell batteries, 110-volt dockside power, Seafrost refrigeration, Navtec rod rigging, Datamarine instrumentation, a substantial complement of safety gear and so on. Attention to detail in the selection of standard items and in their installation promotes easy long-term maintenance while reducing its likely need.

In short, any serious cruiser looking for shelter from the sun, wind, rain, fog or cold will find an attractive, well built friend in the Pilot 43. The yard encourages clients to visit for on-site inspections throughout the building process, and opportunities for customizing virtually any aspect of the boat are a given.

Shannon Pilot 43 Specifications:

LOA: 48’0″ (14.6 m.) LOD: 43’10” (13.4 m.) LWL: 36’9″ (11.2 m.) Beam: 13’0″ (3.96 m.) Draft (cb’d up): 4’10” (1.5 m.) Draft: (cb’d dn): 8’7″ (2.6 m.) Draft (fixed): 6’6″ (1.98 m.) Ballast: 10,500 lbs. (4,763 kgs.) Disp: 29,000 lbs. (13,154 kgs.) Sail area: 1,193 sq.ft. (110.8 sq.m.) Mast above water: 63’0″ (19.2 m.) Ballast/Disp: .36 Disp/Length: 261 SA/Disp: 20.2 Fuel tankage: 100 gal. (378 ltr.) Water tankage: 200 gal. (757 ltr.) Auxiliary: 71-hp. Westerbeke W-71 Cabin headroom: 6’7″ (2.0 m.) Designer: Walt Schulz Base price: $554,000 sailaway

Shannon Yachts 19 Broad Common Rd. Bristol, RI 02809 Phone: (401) 253-2441

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