1975 Westsail 40

General Information

In 1992, KAREN FAYE competed in the Norfolk (VA) – Bermuda - Tortola (BVI) Caribbean 1500. Her current owners purchased her in Tortola, BVI, sailed her to the U.S. in 1999 and on to Oriental, NC in 2000. She was delivered to Lake Lanier, GA in 2010.

• Extensive refit. With 1700 hours on 1988 Yanmar 3HM35, engine was rebuilt at Mack Boring facility in Wilmington, NC. Engine room rebuilt, repainted and rewired; new engine rails and accessories; new breaker panels; entire vessel rewired; icebox converted to refrigerator/freezer; new Raritan toilet, running rigging, lifelines and anchor rodes; new roller furling; ports rebedded; new top quality deck hardware (stainless bowsprit, boomkin, and mainsheet traveler) installed for safe bluewater passage making. (Less than 300 additional hours on engine since overhaul.)
• 2010: Osmotic blister repair and bottom paint.
• V-berth and cabin upgrade. V-berth was lowered; central heat/air installed; new paneling in v-berth and main salon; hot/cold pressure water; new countertops; new bulkhead lighting; new sanitation hoses and holding tank.
• KAREN FAYE would benefit cosmetically from an additional coat of varnish on her interior paneling, a bit of paint in the galley cabinets, and nonskid on the cabin roof. However, her owners have not skimped on overall expenses for 21 years. She is NOT a “project boat.”
• Boatyard professionals performed all work since 1999.

Accommodations

• The chain locker with rodes for two anchors is located in the forepeak.
• In 2014, the V-berth was lowered by approximately 16 inches, and new teak battens were installed on the walls to make the area more spacious. The storage area beneath remains generous. The V-berth measures 8’ wide at its widest x 6’2” deep; the new V-berth cushion (installed 11/14) features 6” foam bonded to 2” memory foam.
• Moving aft, the enclosed head features a cabinet and sink to port with hanging locker and six-drawer wardrobe to starboard.
• The main salon features settees facing port and starboard. The starboard settee slides out to provide a generous single berth while a drop-leaf dining table lowers from the bulkhead to the port. Lockers and bookshelves are located outboard of and beneath both settees.
• The galley features a gimbaled three-burner Force 10 propane Gourmet Galley Range and large thermostatically controlled oven, installed in 2000. A cast aluminum propane tank is mounted on the cap rail astern to port, and a panel-mounted gas regulator is located at the navigation station. A stainless sink, with pressure hot and cold water, manual foot pump and canister filtration, is located to left of range with storage under counter and in cabinets outboard of range. New laminated countertops were installed in 2014.
• The navigation station, communications equipment, breaker panels, and a wet locker are located opposite the galley. Cabin headroom is 6’2” throughout.
• Cabin sole and joinery are of solid teak; overhead is cypress and naugahyde; cabin walls are teak and cypress. Due to the boat’s 11’ beam carried well forward and aft and displacement hull, there is plentiful storage everywhere. Not even a cubic inch of space is wasted.

Electrical

• Dynarod bonding kit installed prior to 1999 to ground the boat’s electrical system, electronics & standing rigging w/copper straps leading to a grounding plate affixed to starboard hull below waterline.
• Perko battery selector switch.
• Blue Sea Systems DC breaker Panel w/dual voltmeters, New 30-amp AC Main Power Distribution Panel installed & vessel re-wired with GFCI receptacles in 2003.
• New stern light, combination deck/steaming light, tricolor masthead nav Light and separate lower navigation lights (mounted on spreaders) installed 2014.
• TrueCharge2 Series, 20-amp battery charger, remote panel and #1 battery temperature sensor installed 2015.
• Number 1 AGM Starting Battery located in engine room starboard side.
• Number 2 AGM House Battery located beneath companionway ladder.
• Interior lighting updated in V-berth & main cabin with (4) Alpenflow bulkhead mounted dimmable LED lights.

Plumbing

• Two 38-gallon, 22-gauge s/s fresh water tanks are located beneath cabin sole.
• Whale Gusher Mk III manual bilge pump in engine room, port side.
• Whale Tiptoe pump in galley, 8/02.
• Rule submersible electric bilge pump with automatic float switch was installed, 8/02.
• Pressure cold water system was installed in galley and head w/ March 893 centrifugal pump, 11/14.
• Raritan PHE-II 12-volt electric toilet, Jabsco self-priming macerator pump and Y-valve were installed in head, 4/03. (Note: Macerator pump was disconnected and Y-valve was removed before KAREN FAYE was recommissioned on Lake Lanier in 2010.)
• 6-gallon pressure hot water system was Installed in the galley and head, and the existing holding tank and hoses were replaced with new hoses and a fiberglass 6-gallon tank, 11/14 – 4/15.

Electronics

• Raytheon Autohelm ST30 Bidata speed/depth instrumentation.
• Platismo Contest 100 magnetic compass.
• Autohelm ST2000 Tiller Pilot.
• Icom IC-M600 HF Marine Transceiver & AT120 HF automatic antenna tuner.
• Icom M59 UHF transceiver.
• Micrologic Explorer Loran C Receiver Installed by previous owner, 1988.

Refrigeration/HVAC

• 2003: Original Icebox was converted to refrigerator/freezer w/12vdc Adler/Barbour Super Cold Machine, featuring dual air and water-cooled condensing units, installed under port settee.
• 2014: Central a/c and heat added w/Webasto 110vac 12,000 btu reverse-cycle heat pump Model FCF12,000.
• HVAC components located in starboard engine compartment and beneath nav table to starboard.
• HVAC flex ducting behind starboard settee is easily removed to provide even more storage.

Mast and Rigging

• Cutter rig with single spreader, heavy-wall aluminum mast.
• 43’ bridge clearance.
• 9/32” standing rigging and running backstays.
• Norse turnbuckles & Sta-Lok terminals.
• Mast winches: Barlow #15, Barient 10P & Barient 10.
• Primary winches are Barlow #22.
• Boom gallows (aft) secures boom during reefing & when not under sail.
• Original Wooden Bowsprit & Boomkin replaced with tubular stainless steel & teak bowsprit, bow pulpit, boomkin, stern pulpit, boarding ladder, Garhauer mainsheet traveler & blocks with mid-boom sheeting, purchased from World Cruiser Yachts 12/2000 to 6/2002.
• Installed Harken Mk-III roller furling (1/2002) & Lewmar #16ST two-Speed, self-tailing mainsheet winch (7/2003).
• New vinyl-covered stainless lifelines & cockpit gates (2002).
• Staysail boom replaced with tracks on cabin roof to facilitate crew movement on foredeck (12/2004).
• Running rigging replaced by Inland Waterway Provision Company in Oriental, NC (2002).
• New laminated tiller still in box and ready for new owner (2020).

Sails

• New Ullman 400 sq. ft. furling Super Yankee cross cut sail with sunshield & foam luff flattener, 2003.
• Like-new 351 sq. ft. mainsail purchased from Kern’s Sails in Costa Mesa, CA (10/2003) & installed (06/2005) with (3) new reefing lines, cheek blocks & cleats.
• 7 Additional sails included w/owners’ purchase of boat in 1999, ages unknown. Spare Hood mainsail in fair-good condition; tanbark staysail, storm jib & storm trysail all in excellent condition; Jib & Yankee w/furling tape in good condition; drifter w/Wire Luff in fair condition.

Ground Tackle

• Manual bronze anchor windlass w/dual capstans & lines lead to 2 anchor rollers on bowsprit.
• Two new anchor rodes stowed in anchor locker, each w/30’ of 3/8” BBB chain spliced to 150’ of 5/8” 3-strand nylon line (2002).
• Anchors: 15kg (33#) Bruce-type claw anchor, 25# CQR, Danforth style (24” fluke), 40# Admiralty anchor, slip-ring Danforth style (12” fluke), 25# CQR, 24” Danforth style.

Extras

• LIFESLING Rescue System.
• (2) Safety Harnesses.
• (3) Type III Non-inflatable PFD’s.
• (4) Sospenders inflatable PFD’s with harnesses.
• Force 10 Propane Cabin Heater (Not Installed).
• Origo single-burner alcohol stove.
• Bosun’s chair.
• 7’ fiberglass rowing dinghy.
• Teak boards for companionway hatch.
• Screens for all ports.
• Lots of spare parts.

Mechanical Disclaimer

Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

Disclaimer

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.