Bowman 40

Construction

• Part 1 registered
• Chuck Paine design
• Built by Rival Bowman Yachts
• Grp hull moulded in white 
• Grp deck moulded in off white
• No teak decks from build
• Scheel fin keel
• Skeg hung rudder
• Cutter rig
• Yacht legs with hull protector sleeves

Rigging and Sails

Rigging

• Kemp anodised aluminium 2 spreader mast - keel stepped
• Standing rigging - renewed November 2025
• Cutter rig with running back stays
• Additional forestay with hank on sail
• Insulated backstay with tensioner
• Seafurl furler on yankee
• Furlex furler on stay sail
• Kemp spinnaker pole - mast mounted
• Selden extending bearing out pole - deck mounted
• Solid kicker
• Dutchman boom brake preventer line

Sails

• Mainsail - fully battened with lazy jacks 3 reefs - maintained by North Sails - 2002 DB sails
• Yankee - roller reefed with uv strip - maintained by North Sails - 1999 - UK Sails
• Staysail - roller reefed with uv strip - maintained by North Sails - Hood
• Yankee - hank on 80% - SW sails
• Storm jib - hank on in orange - SW sails
• Asymetric cruising chute with sock - UK sails

Winches

• 2 x Harken Barossa ST5 primary winches
• 2 x Lewmar ST30 under sprayhood
• 1 x Lewmar ST16 headsail furling winch
• 1 x Lewmar ST16 - mast base
• 2 x Lewmar ST30 - mast base
• 1 x Lewmar ST43 - mast base

On Deck

• Lewmar V4 vertical windlass - plug in hand controls via deck plug - 2010
• Bow thruster control can also operate windlass
• Double stainless bow roller
• 55 kg Rocna anchor 100m of 3/8 galvanised chain
• 45lb and 35lb CQR anchors 
• 35lb Danforth kedge anchor with chain and warp
• Chain and snubber
• Various mooring strops, lines and chains
• Stainless push pit, pull pit and stachions - opening gates port and starboard
• Granny bars
• Dedicated yankee and staysail tracks
• Mainsheet track forward of sprayhood
• Covers for all hatches, dinghy and liferaft
• Mainsail cover Adrift Covers 2025
• Sprayhood with new windows and zips serviced 2025
• Cockpit enclosure with stainless frame, clear windows
• Stainless steel gantry for wind generator, radar and antennas
• Bimini and cover serviced 2025
• Deck and cockpit awning
• Full set of cockpit cushions
• Stainless boarding ladder
• Smaller lightweight stainless ladder for when alongside
• Mast step folding ladder
• 12 v search light
• Teak folding cockpit table with cup holder attachment
• Deck wash pump 12v with hose
• Artigiani AB inflatable dinghy with oars
• Mariner 2.5 hp 4 stroke outboard 
• Various warps and fenders for mooring
• Passarelle and fender board

Engineering

• Beta 50 installed in 2016 - 280 hours - professionally maintained by Beta agent
• Upgraded 120 a/h alternator
• Shaft drive to 3 blade Bruntons Autoprop with Spurs rope cutter
• Original 2 blade prop as spare
• Beta mechanical gear box with 2:1 ratio
• Cobra rack and pinion steering with emergency tiller
• Sleipner SE80/185 Sidepower bow thruster - 2009
• Honda EX650 portable generator
• Blakes seacocks

Tankage & Water

• Fuel: 1 x 318 litre stainless tank with cut off valve and sight tube
• Water: 3 x stainless tanks with a total capacity of 545 litres
• Holding: 1 x 68 litre stainless tank 
• Pressurised fresh water system with accumulator tank plus Whale hand pump 
• Hot water via engine or mains powered calorifier

Electrical systems

• 2 x 120 a/h service batteries (Sonneschein gel) - 2021
• 1 x 120 a/h engine battery (Sonneschein gel) - 2021
• 1 x bow thruster battery (Optima blue top) - 2018
• Charging via:
• Shore power 
• 120 a/h beta alternator with double v belt
• Superwind 350 wind generator with shunt regulator
• Duritc battery charge regulator
• Victron centaur battery charger with monitor
• Safeshore galvanic isolator
• RS Handy mains inverter
• 3 stage battery switching

Navigation

Cockpit

• Garmin 4800 chart plotter - Garmin radar and AIS
• Rigel Poseidon compass
• 5 x Garmin GM120 mulitifunction wind/speed/depth/log displays
• Scanstrutt USB charging on pedestal
• Autohelm ST6000 autopilot with Raymarine P70s headunit
• Hydrovane self steering with 2 x vanes and spare cover
• Navigation lights

Chart Table

• Garmin GPS 4800 chart plotter - fully integrated with Garmin radar and AIS
• Class B transponder 
• Furuno GPS linked to Yeoman plotter
• VHF ICOM ICM601 DSC - external speaker and dual command microphone
• ICOM M800 SSB
• ICOM M11 handheld VHF
• Target Navtex pro
• NASA weatherman
• Breton plotter
• Back up Lowrance plug in GPS 
• Hand held Garmin GPS unit
• Hand bearing compasses
• Wifibat portable enhancing aerial for connection to hub
• PC/laptop connection via Digital Yacht Smartertrack
• EPIRB - GME 493G - full service by Sartech 2022

Interior

8 berths over 2 cabins and saloon
Eberspacher Airtronic heater - 2021
Teak joinery throughout
Upholstery in dralon - teal blue
Galley

• Taylors 041 gas cooker with 2 burners, oven and grill
• Frigomatic fridge with additional cooling via hull plate
• Russel Hobbs 600w microwave
• Double stainless steel sink with pressurised and manual water
• Storage drawers and fiddled storage 

Chart Table

• Full sized forward facing, lifting chart table
• Drawers and under seating storage
• Ships bell, barometer and clock

Saloon 

• U shaped seating to port
• Bench seating to starboard
• Book shelving
• Large fold out saloon table with bottle storage in teak
• Pipecots to port and starboard
• Lee cloths to port and starboard
• Storage behind seat backs

Master Cabin

• Double berth with step up
• Vanity unit, hanging locker, cupboard and berth
• Access to holding tank, bow thruster and chain locker/windlass

Forward Heads

• Ensuite heads to port
• Blakes Lavac sea toilet with holding tank
• Hand sink and shower
• Locker storage

Aft Heads

• Blakes Lavac sea toilet
• Hand sink and shower
• Storage and wet locker aft

Aft Cabin

• Double berth
• Vanity unit, hanging locker and drawers
• Fiddled storage for washboards
• Access to fuel tank sight glass

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.