1997 Block Island 40

Maintou features a traditional accommodation plan. The interior is finished with all vertical surfaces being off-white laminate or teak marine plywood, trimmed with solid teak.  The cabin sole is solid teak and is in excellent condition. The headliner was replaced by Hinckley in 2016.  Ash ceiling strips line the hull outboard of the berths, and all woodwork is finished in rubbed effect varnish. All of the lockers have louvered doors for ventilation, and passage doors are paneled teak The cabin cushions are light teal Ultrasuede, and the forward berth cushions were replaced in  2022.

Forward the owner's stateroom features traditional V-berths that are 6'8" long with 5" cushions. A filler cushion completes the berths to form a double.  Ash ceiling strips line the hull, and there is a bureau with two drawers, 2 lockers, a hanging locker, and additional storage under the berths.  There are two bulkhead-mounted lights and an overhead light.  Ventilation is provided by 2 opening ports and a large overhead hatch. There is a door from the stateroom to the head as well.

Aft, to port, is the spacious head area with access from the main salon. The head features a has a molded shower pan with teak grates, a vanity with stainless steel sink and showerhead/faucet, and a vanity with storage. Towel storage cabinet.  The head (rebuilt 3/2022) has both an overboard discharge and a 30-gallon holding tank. Ventilation is provided by a dorade vent and an opening port.

Directly across from the head is a hanging locker and a chest of drawers.

The main cabin layout consists of a U-shaped settee to port with a floor-mounted custom fold-out table. When unfolded, there is seating for eight on the starboard settee and the U-shaped port settee. All interior upholstery is teal Ultrasuede and is in beautiful condition and interior appointments such as rugs and pillows are included.

The settee can be used as a single berth. There is storage found behind the backrest, and there are lockers and a book rack above.  To starboard settee which slides out to form a single berth. Ventilation is provided by a large overhead Lewmar hatch, a dorade vent, and 8 opening ports for excellent ventilation. A new "Sound Down" headliner was installed at Hinckley (2016). Manitou has reverse-cycle air conditioning while at the dock and an Espar diesel heater. The Espar unit is currently nonfunctional yet fully ducted, wired, and plumbed to diesel. 

Aft of the main cabin, to the port of the companionway, is the U-shaped galley, designed for use while sailing offshore.  A large, insulated, 7.5 cu. ft. refrigerator with a Sea Frost refrigeration system with an engine-driven compressor and cold plate.  A gimbaled Force 10 Propane stove with an oven with cover to expand counter space is outboard in the galley A safety bar and harness hooks are installed for cooking underway. Aft is a double Stainless-Steel sink with a hot and cold pressure water faucet.  Above the counters and sink are large storage lockers, dish racks, and drawers. There is an additional storage locker under the sink. Ventilation is provided with a large outboard opening port and a cockpit port.

The navigation station is to the starboard of the companionway. The forward-facing navigation table features a lift-up top with storage below as well as several and several drawers. There is a seat with storage under it, followed by a hanging locker with a louvered teak door.  On the outboard side of the nav station are the VHF radio, Autohelm multi-display, 12v outlet, stereo, and battery monitors. Aft of the nav station is a large hanging locker with a teak louvered door.

Above the removable engine covers and companionway ladder are the 110V and 12V electrical panels and battery switches. The ladder and engine cover are easily removed to provide access to the Yanmar diesel and its components.

The Galley is located to port at the base of the companionway.

• Double stainless steel sinks.
• Force 10 gimbaled two-burner stainless steel propane stove with oven, stovetop cover and safety bar. 
• Two 10 lb. propane tanks in the lazarette with electric and manual shut-off solenoids.
• Sea Frost 110V/engine drive refrigerator/freezer in 7.5 cu.ft. insulated box with two hinged lids and vinyl coated wire racks.
• Generous counter space.
• Two utensil drawers.
• Three overhead  lights
• Ample Ventilation
• Trash basket.
• Ample food and dish storage

Manitou features a versatile yawl rig. 

• Main and mizzen masts are white painted aluminum, tapered and keel stepped with airfoil spreaders. (some corrosion noted in previous surveys on mast step)
• All internal wires in masts are secured, yet removable.
• NEW Stainless steel standing rigging in May 2023
• Running rigging replaced in  2017
• NEW Lifelines (2022)
• Lazy Jacks
• Boom vang

• Battened Main (Inspected May 2023)
• 110% furling working Jib 
• 140% Genoa (Inspected May 2023)
• 90% Never used Storm Jib 
• Mizzen Sail (Inspected May 2023)
• Mizzen Staysail (never used)
• Spinnaker (never used)
• Genoa tracks with low profile cars are mounted on the deck.
• Cockpit mounted Lewmar mainsheet traveler with Harken Hexaratchet System, 
• Lewmar winches
•       (2) - 48ST Primaries, self-tailing 2 speed 
•       (2) -30ST Halyard, self-tailing 2 speed 
•       (1) -16ST Centerboard, self-tailing 
•       (1) - 8C Main reefing
•       (1)- 6C  Mizzen halyard 
• All winches serviced annually
• (3) Winch handles

• HULL

  • The Hull is an overbuild of hand layup construction. Materials are ISO gel coat, vinyl ester, and general-purpose resin and a combination of 1 1/2 oz mat, 18 oz, and 24 oz bi-ax fiberglass with an AIREX core. Hand laid one-piece hull has a 6" hull/deck flange. Extra laminate in all areas of stress concentration. The centerboard trunk is laminated within the hull structure. Centerline, ballast, and sump areas are in excess of one-inch solid fiberglass. The entire interior of the hull is gel coated. Molded fiberglass rudder with solid density polyester compound. The rudder stock is 1 1/2 " stainless steel and fully webbed inside the rudder. Rudder attachment to the hull is by cast bronze rudder shoe, stuffing box at the hull, and a bearing at the cockpit sole. The centerboard is neutral buoyancy molded fiberglass. The Centerboard pin is 1 1/2" stainless steel (renewed in 2017). The centerboard pennant leads aft to the self-tailing winch on the cabin top at the cockpit.
• DECK
• The deck is hand laminated with 1 1/2 oz. mat, 18 oz. biaxial and 24 oz. directional fiberglass cored with 3/4" end grain balsa. The deck is bonded to the hull by 3M 5200 on the 6" hull flange and bolted every 6" by 1/4"x20 stainless bolts. The Stanchion bases and genoa tracks fasten through the deck and hull flange. The exterior teak is stripped to bare wood with 8 coats of Epifanes varnish. 2 additional coats in 2019, and 3 additional coats every year after.
• Midship chocks of stainless steel.
• Solid teak toe rail.
• Bow and Stern pulpits with custom teak bow and stern pulpit seats.
• Electric windlass with foot switches at the bow.
• Freshwater washdown pump in the anchor locker.
• CQR plow anchor with chain and rode
• Danforth Stern anchor with chain and rode anchor
• Large removable teak cockpit table seats 5 for dinner (use either large or small)
• Small teak removable cockpit table for drinks (use either large or small)
• Custom helm seat fits Mizzen can be used on either side for comfort
• Winslow liferaft in Valise (last serviced in 2015, needs recertification)
• Two large cockpit lazarettes 34' X 14" openings
• Two small cockpit lazarettes 15' X 11" openings
• (2) Stainless steel dorade vents on teak boxes with covers
• (3) Deck Prisms
• (4) Cockpit Scuppers
• (4) Deck Scuppers
• (2) Opening hatches.
• (11) Opening Lewmar Ports
• Port and starboard boarding gates
• Boarding ladder
• New Lifelines

• Raymarine I70 Knot, Depth, Wind Speed/ Wind Direction 
• Raymarine Hybrid Touch Radar/Chartplotter
• Autohelm ST6000, internal drive, autopilot.
• Raymarine Multi at the nav station.
• Raytheon Ray 201 VHF at the nav station.
  
• Raymarine 650 AIS
  
• Rebuilt Binnacle compass (2021)

• 12 volt and 110-volt Electrical panels
• (2) 30 amp Shore power inlets and cord.
• (2) 12V Lithium Ion House Batteries (October 2022)
• (1) 12V Lithium Engine Start Battery (October 2022)
• Link 10 Battery Monitor
• Solar panel
• LED navigation lights, steaming light on the mast, combination LED anchor-tricolor, and strobe at the masthead, foredeck light on the mainmast, floodlight on the Mizzen mast, and compass light.

• Yanmar 4JHE, 51 HP with approximately 1650 hours 
• New Exhaust Elbow (8/2022)
• Engine hour meter  replaced (10/2020)
• Programmable tachometer (2019)
• Fuel Gauge inoperative
• Three Blade Max-Prop with prop speed coating
• Racor fuel/water separator
• Cruisair 16K BTU Reverse Cycle Heat and Air Conditioning
  
• (6) Gallon stainless steel hot water heater
• Pressure hot and cold water to the head and galley by a 12v diaphragm pump (new 2019)
• Shower sump pump 
• Electric  and manual bilge pumps
• Non-corrosive Marelon seacocks, through-bolted and double-clamped below the waterline
• Espar Diesel Heater (inoperative)

• NEW  Dodger
• Cadet Mizzen awning
• Cap rail covers
• Teak cockpit coaming covers
• Winch covers
• Pedestal Cover
• Sail covers
• Companionway screening
• Closed Cell Foam Cockpit Cushions
• (8) Loose cockpit pillows covered in "Oyster" Sunbrella
• Summer awning canvas cover from the mainmast to stern with aluminum cross supports for use at anchor.
• Full Fairclough winter canvas cover with a stainless framework.

• Portable VHF
  
• Life Sling with bracket
• Fenders and dock lines
• USCG Safety Gear
• Man Overboard Pole.
• Horseshoe throwable
• (2) Boat Hooks
• Winslow Life Raft (not certified)
• Bottom Painted September 2021

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.

Owner's personal items excluded.  Exclusions include, however are not limited to, Seller's personal possessions, loose items, binoculars, handheld radio(s), charts, tools, fishing equipment, spare parts, clothing and foul weather gear, galley equipment, linens/bedding and any items not specifically listed on equipment list specifications sheet.

Please contact Bob Nahm (805) 666-9676 or Krista Harris (805) 815-2060 to arrange a viewing of this upgraded classic Block Island Yawl.