Blue Bossa, Bye Bye

Blue Bossa has sold. It is bitter sweet. On the one hand, she is a big boat with a big budget; on the other hand, she is a great sail boat, which allows some freedom from being hooked on combustion power. That's a big thing in todays crazy world.

She's been sold to a nice Canadian gentleman who lives on the east coast. After the paperwork was done, she was de-masted and mounted on a big truck and shipped off to Essex, CT.

Here's some low-res pics of it.

Bye Blue Bossa. You were a great companion for those years since 2010.

In the meantime, we've found a newish 32' Nordic Tug that we've made an offer and was accepted. It's smallish and easily maneuverable. Celina is going to learn and practice a lot of the maneuvering so we can share the fun of "skippering" her. 

We're going to call it "Compartimos". Here's a pic:

Once we own this boat, we'll start a new blog, with new adventures and places to see. We'll let you all know what the url will be.

In the meantime, I will look at how to create a picture book out of the blogspot of my cruising "walk-about" in Canada and Alaska. That would be kind of fun.

Blue Bossa for Sale

We have had some wonderful times on Blue Bossa since I purchased her in 2010. But, now that we're living in Friday Harbor, it's time to down-size and we gotta put her up for sale.

Below are pictures and specs for the boat.

Blue Bossa

42’ (12.8 m) Cabo Rico Northeast 400

 

LOA:                            42’ (12.8 m)

LWL:                           34’ (10.4 m)

Beam:                                     13’8” (            4.2 m)

Draft:                          Min 4’10” (1.5 m)

Clearance:                 52’ (15.8 m)

Hull Material:           Fiberglass

Hull Designer:          Mark Ellis

Displacement:          21,900 lbs (9934 kg)

Ballast Weight:         6800 lbs (3084.5 kg)

Fuel cap:                     150g (568 l)

Water cap:                 220g (833 l)

Holding tank:            55g (208 l)

Speed:                         7-8 knots

Engine:                       Yanmar

                                     100hp, 1850 hours

Location:                   Friday Harbor, WA

Year:                           Mfg 1999

Mfg                             Cabo Rico

Model:                        Northeast 400

Type:                          Motorsailor

Rig:                              Cutter

Staterooms:              1

Sleeps:                        4

Heads:                        1

Price:                          $229,000

Accommodations

Forward Master Stateroom cabin has a comfortable full queen island berth, which lifts on gas cylinders to provide an enormous storage space. There is a hanging locker to starboard and a locker opposite to port with shelves. On both sides of the berth are lockers and open shelf spaces. A 32ʼ Toshiba LCD television with built-in DVD player is starboard to the entry door. A private door to the head is on the port side, which can be accessed by a separate door from the main cabin.

The Head has shower compartment with flexible wand.  Spacious wood framed medicine cabinet with mirror. 55 gallon holding tank with macerator.  Includes an electric toilet with ‘Odorsafe’ hose to the holding tank and overboard (professionally installed 8/12 by Yacht Masters of Seattle).

In the pilothouse/main cabin, two people can sleep very comfortably on two, large, ultra-suede upholstered settees. Lift-up backrests reveal large sleeping berths with reading lights. Opening side windows with screens. Enormous storage is under the berths. A beautifully finished teak dining table is fitted between the settees and can be easily removed for more main cabin space. Great headroom throughout the main cabin and pilot house.

Forward to starboard of the pilothouse, the inside steering station has full engine instrumentation, a small chart table with under lid storage, a very comfortable seat and excellent visibility all around. When the going gets wet and unpleasant, the inside steering station is warm and dry. A storage locker is to the right of the helm seat. The pilothouse helm is hydraulic and easily disconnected from the cable-and-quadrant station in the cockpit aft.

The mid-ship “library” has a pullout settee for another berth for single adult or two children. There is storage under the berth. The library is complete with beautifully crafted bar shelving for liquor and bar glasses. Other storage including: shelves, three large drawers, mini-cabinets and laptop desk with under lid storage.  Fusion iPod/radio/aux stereo runs out to Bose stereo speakers in the main cabin and speakers in the cockpit. Great air circulation with five, low voltage Hella fans throughout the boat. Numerous overhead red/white lights overhead.

The galley is a sailboat cooks dream. Lots of workspace, huge storage for dry goods, pots & pans. Deep, well-insulated freezer/fridge, Force Ten three burner propane stove and oven (7/14). Propane gas sensor/alarm. Double stainless steel sinks with new sink-filler faucet, separate water spigot running through a water filter under the sink, and manual fresh-water foot pump. CORIAN counter tops, spice rack, shelving, many drawers and a pantry space and trash container under the steps.  Electric, 12 gallon, stainless steel water heater with engine loop heating. Spectra water maker for continuous water supply while cruising. Very fast and efficient heat from ESPAR diesel heater.

Cockpit

No step up or down from pilothouse. Double sliding doors open pilothouse and cockpit. The huge spacious self-draining cockpit has bench seats and three curved seats for cockpit steering. Teak floor grates. Bimini top with an easy-to-remove rain awning.  Hand-crafted varnished teak table with folding leaves, grab rails, built-in insulated cooler, stainless steel foot rails and under table storage. Bench seats lift to access enormous storage below for scuba gear, folding bikes, crab/prawn traps, lines, tools, life jackets, fenders, etc.  Two vented, self-draining lockers for dingy gas and 2-10lb propane tanks. Hot & cold shower head for cockpit shower/rinse. Emergency bilge pump. Emergency rudder post tiller. Hinged transom door leads to large, full-width swim platform. Swim ladder. Emergency flares, Lifesling, life jackets, winch handles, canvas helm and table cover. Transom outboard engine mount on transom stanchion.

Kato Marine davits with rigging (2010)

2010 10’ AB inflatable RIB w/ aluminum hull and 9.9 Honda 4 stroke outboard

Electronics

Simrad and B&G Electronics Network professionally installed August 2012 by Yachtmasters of Seattle.

Includes NSE12 and NSE8 MultiDisplay chartplotter/radar/AIS/fishfinder/depthsounder. All electronics tied in with 2012 Simrad autopilot and other displays.

·      Simrad NSE-12 – 12” multiface display at inside steering station

·      Simrad NSE-8 – 8” multiface display in cockpit

·      Simrad 4G radar kit

·      Simrad NAIS 300 class B AIS transceiver

·      B & G    T-21 multi display screens, 3 in the cockpit, 1 in the pilot house

·      B & G    Autopilot controller in cockpit

·      Simrad AP2802 autopilot

·      Simrad HLD-2000 linear drive

·      Simrad T41 autopilot control & display in pilothouse

·      Simrad wind, depth, and speed tranduscers

·      Simrad BAM1 Sounder module

·      Simrad GS15 GPS antennae

·      Fusion Stereo System – AM/FM, Aux, iPod

·      Salon and cockpit speakers

·      Bow thruster controls in pilot house and cockpit

·      ICOM M424 VHF radio

·      ACR EPIRB

Mechanical/Electrical.

·      100hp YANMAR – 4J2HUTE (1850 hrs)

·      Max 3-blade prop (installed 9/10)

·      PSS shaft seal (installed 8/12)

·      Original 3 blade prop

·      Rule 2000 bilge pump & control switch at pilothouse

·      Hydraulic steering in pilot house

·      Cable steering in cockpit and used with autopilot

·      Entire Sunbrella winter cover

·      Magnum 2kw inverter/charger (installed 1/14)

·      Magnum monitor (installed 1/14)

·      Engine and oil change system

·      Duel oversized Racor fuel filters with vacuum gauge      

·      Bow thruster (Vetus)

·      2 group 27 starter batteries (2005)

·      4 L-6 house bank batteries (2014)

·      Engine room blower

·      Wiper – starboard side

·      12volt watermaker

·      Espar heater and built in heating ducts to forward and main cabins

·      (2) Ritchie compasses

·      Complete original construction drawings for vessel. Engine manual as well as manuals for all appliances and systems

Deck, Hull and Rigging

·      Furling (Schaefer) mast with solid vang

·      Ullman main (2015)

·      Schaefer roller furling system for forward jib

·      Schaefer roller furling system (2014) for staysail

·      150% North Sail genoa (2010)

·      90% North Sail staysail (2014)

·      Spreader lights

·      OGM LED tricolor navlight on top of Mast (8/12)

·      Mast-mount Forespar Spinnaker/whisker pole with all vertical toggle car, vertical pole storage, DC-2 deck chock, track and rigging installed (Yacht Masters 9/10)

·      All standing rigging replaced  (Yacht Masters 8/12)

·      (2) Lewmar ST44 primary winches

·      Lewmar 30 Halyard winch

·      Arco ST44

·      (4) Lewmar clutches

·      Lewmar ST30 winch

·      SS bowsprit with dual anchor rollers

·      Bow pulpit on bowsprit

·      Spinnaker Halyard

·      Spare genoa halyard

·      Lewmar electric anchor windlass with chain stopper and separate controls in pilothouse

·      2nd anchor hawse pipe & split anchor locker

·      45 lb. Boss Anchor w/ 300’ of 5/16 HT chain

·      45 lb. Bruce Anchor w/ 250’ of anchor rode & chain

·      35 lb. Fortress stern anchor w/ 200’ of anchor rode & chain

·      S/S Dorade over head

·      S/S stanchions

·      Double lifelines (new 8/12) with gates

·      12” S/S forward mooring cleats

·      12” S/S mid mooring cleats

·      12” S/S aft mooring cleats

·      Teak rails

·      S/S handrails on cabin top

·      Pilothouse steps to cabin top

·      Deck/anchor pressure wash-down

·      44” Edson wheel in cockpit

·      Bimini top with awning (new 8/12)

Added Accessories

·      EPIRB

·      Brass clock & barometer

·      Rig tension guage

·      Jabsco oil changer

·      Jacklines

·      Canvas leeboards

·      Rugs

·      Pilot house outside window shades

·      Kayak racks

Remarks

Perfect for the Cruising couple, especially in the Northwest, and rarely available on the West Coast, BLUE BOSSA exemplifies the new generation of motorsailer. The pilothouse arrangement is super functional, comfortable, light and airy and built to the highest construction standards.  She is easy to sail in all weather with the help of in–mast furling, small roller furling staysail (for heavy weather) and forward furling genoa (for lighter weather), and large self-tailing winches.  The 13ʼ8” beam means a flat and comfortable ride. Her shallow 4ʼ10” draft and high lift keel allows her owners to access a myriad of hidden bays and coves. BLUE BOSSA cruises at 7 knots with the 100hp engine and burns less than 2 gallons per hour. Unbelievable storage space and fabulous cabinetry and joinery throughout, this Cabo Rico built award-winning Mark Ellis design is appreciated for her cruising comfort and yachtsman’s performance under power or sail.

Any questions, call 831-332-0496 or email siwash.hcw@gmail.com. For more info on how great this boat worked for me, check out the blogs I made from 2010.