2014 Blue Jacket 40

2014 Blue Jacket 40
This aggressively priced Blue Jacket is one of the true deals on the sailboat market today. The result of a collaboration between Tim Jacket and Bob Johnson, the performance oriented go-anywhere Bluejacket 40 represents the best of both worlds – a quality built, well-engineered yacht with an emphasis on safety and performance.

She has been used only in the cool fresh water of Lake Michigan and could easily handle the oceans of the world. She’s well equipped, well priced and built with pride in the United States. She eagerly awaits your inspection, come be the lucky one to take her away.

Accommodations

• • 2 Cabin single head layout
  • Galley with cooktop and refrigeration
  • Full head w/shower
  • Hot and cold pressurized water system
  • Large forward cabin sleeps two adults
  • Aft cabin sleeps 2 adults
  • Main salon with bulkhead mounted swing down table
  • Ample closet and storage space

Deck Equipment

• Twin steering stations on custom Edson® pedestals with s/s leather-covered destroyer style wheels, twin binnacle mounted compasses, single engine control with premium Glendinning® control cables on stb side.
• Center console with engine panel gauges, remote bilge pump control, and flip-up FRP table
• Emergency tiller
• Six-foot long cockpit seats; coaming and line storage bins; four harness padeyes. Starboard seat with hatch and storage tray.  Helm seats with backrest pads and gasketed hatches over port storage and starboard LPG lockers. Twin scuppers and aft freeing slots for fast water drainage
• Sliding companionway hatch with seahood, interior latch
• Solid wood café-style companionway doors
• Centerline anchor roller integral with bow prod; roller feeds rode to capstan electric windlass with power up/down buttons on foredeck with remote control switch in cockpit
• Mooring cleats (4), springline cleats (2), bow chocks (2) chafe guards
• S/S cabin top handrails and full length protective bulwarks.
• Large anchor locker with overhead deck hatch, double rack of hooks for fenders, dock lines, etc.; sealed bulkhead aft
• Shoal Draft Keel
• Hull color Flag Blue with Graystone boots
• Cockpit Table
• Electric Windlass w/reversible controls at helm and foredeck
• Bottom paint
• Variprofile Feathering Prop
• Stainless Steel Anchor, Swivel, and Rode
• Lead/antimony alloy bulbed keel cast in NACA foil shape. Ten stainless steel J-bolts cast in place for attachment to hull w/urethane adhesive/sealant. Keel faired and finished with epoxy coating
• Laminated structural grid for reinforcement of keel and rig attachments
• Chainplates (316L) interlocked and bonded directly with hull and deck structure for secure “belt and suspenders” installation
• Hull/deck joint features inward hull flange and downturned deck flange for shoe-box” joint. Urethane adhesive and stainless steel bolts on six-inch centers for strong, leak-free attachment
• Molded fiberglass headliner for low maintenance; varnished hardwood accents; integral lighting; white gel finish w/warm gray textured surfaces
• Carbon fiber composite rudder post with resin transfer molded (RTM) blade; low friction Jefa® roller bearings at hull and deck
• Solent-style rig featuring fully battened main with Hoyt Boom® self-tending working jib and 150% masthead reacher, both on Harken® furling systems. Sparcraft® tapered double spreader spar, anodized.

Sails & Rigging

• Lazy jacks. Harken®    Battcar system.  Double set of reefing lines lead aft to cockpit.
• Solid rod boom vang/kicker with tackle tagline leading to cockpit stopper
• Carbon fiber Hoyt Boom® for working headsail; white urethane finish. Provides for self vanging, self tacking sail for improved performance. Double ended jib sheet leads aft to primary winches near helms
• Through foot blocks with integral lock-off cams
• Premium laminated tri-radial sails (mainsail, jib and 150% lightweight mast-head reacher)
• Double ended mainsheet system leads aft through foot blocks with integral lock-off cams to primary cockpit winches within comfortable reach of captain or crew
• Harken main sheet traveler system with tag lines leading aft to cockpit
• Harken furling systems on jib and reacher
• Harken genoa tracks for reacher with adjustable lead cars; sheets lead to primary winches near helm
• Starboard cabin top Harken UniPower® Radial 900 UPWC electric chrome radial winch for main halyard and mainsail handling functions
• Port cabin housetop Harken 40.2 STC chrome radial winch for mainsail handling functions
• Main- 2015 Dacron Quantum
• Reacher-2021 UK laminated 150% – used one season
• Jib- 2015 Dacron- Quantum 110%
• Spinnaker- 2021 Nylon UK Sail  Asymmetric – used once

Engine/Mechanical

• 40HP Yanmar (3JH4E) w/80 amp high output alternator
• Racor® fuel/water filter on swing out door
• Swaged and threaded fuel lines (no hose clamps)
• AGM Batteries: 2 x “house”, 1 x engine w/parallel switch
• ELTI ground fault shore power; GFCI outlets; galvanic isolator
• Pre-tinned, color coded and numbered 600V marine grade wire
• 30 amp temperature compensating battery charger
• 6 x Caframo fans
• Six gallon water heater

Electronics & Navigation

• Raymarine P70 autopilot control at stb helm- linear drive
• Icom MC504 VHF radio with remote mic
• Compasses at both helms
• Raymarine displays at port helm and over companionway
• Wind instruments

Electrical

• 12 Volt system with battery charger
• 110 Volt shorepower system
• Separate 12v and 120v panels

Additional Comments

This aggressively priced dealer Bluejacket is one of the true deals on the sailboat market today. The result of a collaboration between Tim Jacket and Bob Johnson, the performance oriented go-anywhere Bluejacket 40 represents the best of both worlds – a quality built, well-engineered yacht with an emphasis on safety and performance.

She has lived most of her life in our heated showroom. This sailboat is eager to take on the oceans of the world. She’s well equipped, well priced and built with pride in the United States. She awaits your inspection, come be the lucky one to take her away.

Propulsion

Specifications

• Dimensions
  • Length Overall: 40ft
  • Max Draft: 5.75ft
  • Beam: 12.33ft
• Tanks
  • Fresh Water Tank: 1x()
  • Fuel Tank: 1x()
  • Holding Tank: 1x()
• Accommodations
  • Cabins: 2
  • Heads: 1

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.