Paul Luke Aluminum Sloop 40

1974 Paul Luke Aluminum Sloop 40 40' Aluminum Sloop Built by the renowned Paul Luke yard of aluminum in East Boothbay Maine and designed by Charles Street. Since 1991 the boat has been owned, maintained and captained by one of the most knowledgeable and experienced sailors on the east coast. She has a 25hp Westerbeke diesel engine with less than 400 hours.This incredibly strong and sturdy ship is ready for more offshore sailing. There is plenty of storage aboard with numerous drawers and cabinets. Forward, there is a large sail locker that can also be used as another bunk area. In the cabin, there is a beautiful chart table, two burner alcohol stove, manual sink and four bunks. Some features include... Parachute Gailrider Drogue Bruce anchor New taffrail generator. Feathering 3 blade propeller. Liferaft. SSB. Icom VHF Furano GPS PUR Watermaker Monitor wind vane Plath Venus high latitude compass Lavac head Solar Panel feathering 3 bladed "JProp" The large sail inventory is as follows... Mainsail 2 spinakers Working jib #2 Genoa #3 Genoa #1 light genoa #1 heavy genoa drifter storm jib storm trysail Advantages of aluminum boats... *Aluminum boats are immensely strong, much stronger than fiberglass, cold molded, strip planked or traditional wood hulls. Pound for pound aluminum is stronger than steel. *Marine grade aluminum is virtually maintenance-free (except for periodically replacing the bottom paint and zinc anodes). -Aluminum boats are so corrosion resistant that they only need antifouling p MarineClick: 241173

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