The Fast 42 is an excellent cruiser/racer, offering impressive performance and ample creature comforts below deck. It is well-equipped for easy shorthanded sailing, meticulously prepared, and ready to sail away. DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTION - BRING OFFERS.
Viewing is available by appointment through the Suffolk Office.
Accommodation
The accommodation provides eight berths across four cabins, including the saloon.
Features include:
- Double berth in the forward cabin.
- Separate heads compartment to starboard with marine toilet, shower, and washbasin.
- Hanging locker opposite the heads.
- In the saloon, two settee berths.
- Fixed table with drop leaves and a large refrigerator.
- Chart table to starboard with galley opposite.
- Two-burner gimballed gas cooker with oven.
- Stainless steel sink with pressurized hot and cold water.
- 150 litres freshwater capacity.
- Two aft cabins with double berths.
- Curtains.
- Webasto diesel-fired hot air central heating.
Spars & Sails
This yacht features a fractionally rigged sloop with:
- Anodised aluminium mast and boom by G-Wind.
- Stainless steel rod rigging.
- Backstay adjuster.
- Spectra and polyester running rigging.
- Slab reefing mainsail with lazyjacks.
- Harken headsail furling system.
- Two Harken self-tailing sheet winches.
- Two Harken self-tailing halyard winches (one electric).
- Two Harken self-tailing control line winches.
- Spinnaker pole.
All sails by North Sails, 2008:
- Mainsail - Pentex
- Mainsail - Norlam
- Furling genoa - Pentex
- No 3 genoa - Pentex
- No 4 genoa - Dacron
- Storm jib - Nordac
- Trysail - Dacron
- Spinnaker
- Asymmetric
Mechanical Systems
Located abaft the companionway is a Volvo D1-20B three-cylinder 29hp diesel engine. Features include:
- Electric start.
- Freshwater cooled via heat exchanger.
- Saildrive to three-bladed folding propeller.
- Single lever control.
- 175 litres fuel capacity, providing approximately 400 miles range at 6.5 knots cruising speed.
- Maximum speed under power: 7 knots.
Electrical Systems
- Alternator charging to 3 x 12 volt batteries.
- 240 volt shorepower.
- Battery charger.
- Immersion heater.
Deck Equipment
- Bruce anchor with chain and warp.
- Self-draining anchor stowage locker.
- Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, stanchions, and guardwires.
- Sail cover.
- Sprayhood.
- Stainless steel boarding ladder.
- Transom shower.
- Cockpit cushions.
- Wheel covers.
- Various fenders and warps.
Navigation Equipment
- Two steering compasses.
- Tacktick instrumentation with chart table and mast displays.
- Tacktick remote control.
- The Tacktick system provides depth, boatspeed, windspeed, GPS, and comprehensive racing information.
- Icom VHF radio.
- Raymarine 6000 autopilot.
- Garmin 4008 chart plotter.
- Comar Class B AIS transponder.
- ICOM M802 SSB transceiver (unused by present owner).
- Vartec computerized systems control with Seapro software race plotter.
- Masthead and deck level navigation lights.
Safety Equipment
- Two fire extinguishers.
- Jackstays.
- Radar reflector.
- Foghorn.
- First aid kit.
- Two horseshoe lifebuoys with lights.
- Danbuoy.
- Three manual bilge pumps.
- Electric bilge pump.
Keel/Hull
- Fin keel with bulb.
- Spade rudder.
- Wheel steering.
- Aft cockpit.
Construction
Built by Fast Yachts, Durban, South Africa in 2008 to a design by Simonis Voogd. Features include:
- White painted GRP hull.
- Alloy toe rails.
- White painted GRP superstructure with painted non-slip deck.
- Fin keel.
- Spade rudder.
- Wheel steering.
- Aft self-draining cockpit.
- Self-draining anchor locker.
- Gas bottle stowage locker.
