Freeward 42 Boat for Sale

• Manufacturer: Freeward
• Location: Dartmouth
• Year: 1999
• LOA: 40'11" (12.46m)
• Beam: 14' 8'' (4.48m)
• Berths: 6
• Draft: 1.4
• Keel: Semi Displacement
• ID no.: 17F9032963

• Cabins: 2
• Heating: yes
• Heads: 1
• Showers: 1
• Watertank Size: 727 Litres
• Engine Make: Deutz
• Horsepower: 286|horsepowerhp
• Drive Type: Direct
• Fuel Type: 0

Broker Remarks

For sale Freeward 42. NELL is a great boat that combines power, durability, and comfortable accommodations. This she is powered by two reliable and robust Deutz commercial 6-cylinder diesel engines, ensuring impressive performance and fuel efficiency.

One of the standout features of the Freeward 42 is its solid construction. Designed to withstand the rigors of both coastal cruising and open-water adventures, this boat is built to last, the hull is meticulously designed to handle a variety of sea conditions.

The interior is thoughtfully designed to offer spacious and inviting accommodations. Whether you're planning a weekend getaway or an extended voyage, you'll find that this NELL provides all the comforts. The living spaces are elegantly furnished, and the layout maximizes both privacy and socializing areas.

Whether you're an experienced boater or a newcomer to the world of motor boats, the Freeward 42's combination of powerful engines, solid construction, and comfortable living spaces make it an excellent choice for those seeking adventure.

Accommodation

Accommodation

General:

• Sleeps four in two double cabins comprising centreline double in fore cabin with further double to port in guest cabin, plus facility to sleep two more on occasional double in saloon – six berths in total
• The internal joinery is a mixture of American Cherry faced ply with solid Cherry where appropriate, all finished with satin varnish for durability
• Exposed hull linings are velour fabric on high density insulation foam
• Headlinings are grained vinyl with wooden battening
• Carpet throughout the vessel is high quality synthetic, easy clean/bleachable with bound edges – new 2018
• Eberspacher D5LC diesel fired heating with outlets in all cabins, heads and wheelhouse
• Lighting throughout the vessel mainly LED in high quality fittings with diffused lens, red night lighting in wheelhouse and companionways
• Courtesy deck lighting, non-isolated lighting circuit provides illumination when entering the boat to gain access to the main isolator switches,

 Master cabin:

• Centreline double with interior sprung mattress – replaced April 2019, drawers beneath with mirrored wardrobes port and starboard, mirrored dressing table with retractable seat and storage, further storage under berth, access to anchor locker forward, four opening portholes and glazed hatch above berth, ventilators

 Guest cabin:

• Double berth with sprung mattress to port, drawers below and further storage under berth and behind headboard, wardrobe with drawers below, further lockers and shelves, two opening portholes, ventilator

Heads/shower:

• High quality GRP module with stainless steel washbasin with mixer tap, Jabsco 3725 electric quiet flush WC, discharging overboard or to blackwater tank, pressurised shower with mixer tap, curtain, discharging overboard by pump or to blackwater tank, slatted teak grating on the compartment sole, extraction fan and ventilator, two opening portholes. All internal wood finishes in this compartment are high gloss exterior varnish and water resistant

 Galley:

• Seaward LPG stove with 3 burners, oven and grill (with flame failure), extractor fan, Panasonic microwave/grill, built in fridge with freezer compartment, double stainless steel sink unit with 3 way filter/mixer tap, low and high level storage, full height wet locker with louvered door by sliding door to starboard side deck, fire blanket
• Stairs down to sleeping accommodation, heads and watertight engine room access, up to wheelhouse

Saloon:

• Upholstered L shaped settee unit to aft and port with lockers under, around folding and collapsible table with ‘infill’ cushions to provide occasional double berth, shelf and cupboard, locker with three folding ‘directors’ chairs, full length unit on starboard side incorporating wine rack in locker, large sliding drinks locker with drawers above, further drawers and lockers, Denon radio/CD hi-fi system with deckhead speakers, TV point (mast head aerial)
• Large hatch in saloon sole accessing engine room via stainless steel ladder

Wheelhouse:

• Provides a commanding helm position with good visibility, full sized chart table with storage, window demisters, Hepworth double linear windscreen wipers and two arc wiper units incorporating speed controls and fresh water washers, two sprung pilot seats (KAB 300) and an upholstered double bench seat aft, 24v power sockets, 24v dual USB points either side of instrument panel, Pioneer CD/radio with deckhead speakers, clock and barometer

Mechanical and Rigging

Hull & construction, Engine and Systems

Designed by Wyatt & Freeman

Interior Design Edwin Meayers, London

Built by Neil Fernando Marine, Columbo and Blondecell, Lymington,

Built 1998 – launched 1999

LOA  12.6m

Beam  4.48m

Draft  1.4m

Displacement  15,000kg Gross Tonnage 19T

Hull & superstructure GRP

Engines 2 x Deutz DTA67 286hp

Hull profile semi-displacement

Accommodation: two double berth cabins with single heads/shower room, further double berth in saloon

EU RCD Compliant

CE-Classified Category B – Offshore

VAT Paid

Flag: Guernsey (Part 1 Register)

Construction

General:

• Hull heavy duty GRP moulding by Neil Fernando Marine LTD
• Deck & superstructure heavy duty GRP moulding assembly by Blondecell LTD
• Semi-displacement hull with extremely stable characteristics – even at the lowest of speeds
• Deep V bow sections ensure a clean entry reducing drag and throwing off spray for a soft ride in high seas

Hull construction:

• The moulding incorporates a combination of chopped strand mat and woven rovings laid up by hand using isophthalic polyester resins and powder bound mat
• The outer surface is protected by a double gel coat, finished in dark (Oxford) blue gel. Coppercoat finish to lower hull (sandblasted & sprayed at Mylor in 2013), but subsequently antifouled 2022, black Jotun Mare Nostrum
• The hull incorporates bilges keels/anti-roll baffles to port and starboard which enable the hull to take to the ground in an emergency
• Watertight hatch in forward bulkhead providing access to the fore peak. Further watertight door in mid bulkhead to provide access to the engine room
• International Woodskin finish to teak rubbing strake           

Deck, superstructure & cockpit:

• GRP construction with end grain balsa in superstructure sides and deck head for added insulation against heat and noise
• Teak decking to aft and lower side decks
• Tread master deck covering to foredeck and boat deck areas
• Cream gel coat superstructure with International Woodskin finish to exposed teak
• Two large bathing platforms made out of teak and stainless steel, joined by stainless fold down ladder with teak platform. Additional telescopic stainless steel bathing/escape ladder on port bathing platform
• Windows and doors by Seaglaze with toughened glass and aluminium frames
• Sliding door access from main deck level to starboard side deck.
• Door access to aft cockpit      

Machinery:

Engine & gearbox:

• 2 x 7.4l Deutz DTA67 6-cylinder diesels turbocharged & intercooled, rated at 201bhp @2300rpm continuous to 286bhp @ 2600rpm
• Engine hours: Port 1129, Starboard  1129 as at 6th September 2023
• Engine service to manufacturer specification (spare service items on board)
• Vetus LM220 flexible engine mounts to GRP/steel laminated engine bearers
• Fuel supplies filtered via high capacity Vetus WS 750 filter agglomerator units (Dahl 300 series)
• Raw water engine cooling via Vetus type 1320 units
• Hurth HSW A2.2:1 ratio reversing gearboxes with inbuilt 8 degree inclination
• Gearboxes connected to propeller shafts with Vetus Bulflex flexible couplings and spacers
• Morse KE4 electronic gear/throttle controls duplicated to port and starboard sides of the wheelhouse for ease of manoeuvring
• Engine room ventilation via two pressure fans to both port and starboard which feed cooling air to the front of the engines with large protected intake and exhaust vents in the bulwark sides on the side decks                                                                                  

Propulsion & steering gear:

• Vetus 130kg 24v DC bow thruster with joystick control
• Vetus hydraulic steering with varnished wooden wheel
• Twin nickel aluminium bronze spade rudders
• Hydro Marine electro-hydraulic trim tabs with controls at helm and position indicators
• 2 x 4-bladed 24x21” manganese bronze propellers

Electrical System:

Voltage System:

• 24v DC domestic system with 12v DC droppers in wheelhouse for some instruments.
• 240v AC ring-main system from generator or shore power

Generator:

• Vetus/Mitsubishi Model GLS6 6kva generator producing 240 volts @ 1,500rpm in an acoustic enclosure at aft end of engine room, double mounted on flexible mounts (Dahl 200 series primary filter)
• Water separators and underwater exhaust discharge for ultra-quiet running
• Generator hours: 888 as at 7th March 2023, 12v DC generator start
• Generator service to manufacturer specification(service items on board)

Inverter/chargers/converters:

• Mastervolt Mass 24/100 24vDC/220vAC/100Amp ‘intelligent’ battery charger, fully automatic system for continuous use - replaced 2015, with Victron argofet battery isolator, new 2021
• High efficiency Mastervolt Mass 24/2500 24vDC/220vAC/2,500Watt DC-AC inverter providing ‘on demand’ AC at various outlets on the boat
• 2 x Adverc alternator charger controllers for engine alternators
• IVO DC-DC converters for supplying DC from 24vDC system

Alternators:

• 2 x 24 volt engine mounted alternators

Shore power:

• Marinco 16A 50Hz 220vAC shore power connection

Batteries:

• All batteries are gel, stored in secure boxes
• Service batteries: 4 x 210Ah 12v batteries joined in series to supply 420Ah @ 24v – replaced 2015
• Dedicated port engine start: 2 x 220Ah 12v batteries joined in series to supply 220Ah @ 24v, 1500ccA – replaced 2021
• 2 further 220Ah 12v batteries joined in series to supply 220AH @ 24v, 1500ccA for for starboard engine start, windlass and bowthruster – replaced 2021
• Generator start: 1 x 85Ah, charges from generator, replaced 2023
• Mastervolt battery state monitor at DC panel - replaced 2015

General:

• Mastervolt IVET 3.5 isolation transformer via a 13kw ‘soft start’ unit providing intelligent switching and selection of all 240v AC inputs
• AC distribution uses dedicated modular panel incorporating circuit breakers, voltage and amperage meters & the genset controller
• DC distribution via Mastervolt panel with individual circuit breakers and bilge pump, inverter, battery management & charger controls

Plumbing:

Water distribution:

• 24v pressurised salt water deck wash outlet
• Hot and cold water via continuous pressure system to galley sink, heads sink and shower

Water heating:

• Hot water produced by engine driven calorifier connected to starboard engine, also via 240v immersion heater in 45 litre insulated hot water tank fitted with pressure reducing valves

Bilge pumps:

• 2 x 24v automatic electric bilge pumps with manual overrides located forward bilge and engine bilge
• Audio alarms and visual indicators for bilge pumps
• Whale manual bilge pump aft deck and port side deck

Tankage:

General:

• Tank Tender unit gives indication levels of tanks at helm position
• Stainless steel deck fillers/pump out for tanks
• Fuel: 2 x stainless steel diesel tanks, 880 litres giving 1760 total
• Water: 1 x stainless steel fresh water tank, 727 litres
• Blackwater: 1 x GRP waste tank, 675 litres, built in to forward bilge as an integral part of the hull structure with facility to pump overboard or ashore, plus salt water wash diverter from deck wash pump                                    Tanks accessed through companionway and forecabin soles 

Inventory

Inventory & Equipment

Navigation & Communication Equipment:

• All electronic navigation equipment is interfaced, NMEA 2000:
• Raymarine eS127 12” HybridTouch Multifunction Display
• Raymarine i70
• Raymarine 4kw HD radar
• Simrad A2004 autopilot, fitted 2020, with Simrad HS60 GPS compass. Autopilot pump new 2019
• iCom M505 DSC VHF radio linked to iCom AIS B MA 500TR
• Plastimo steering compass
• Clock and barometer                                                                                         

Deck Equipment:

• Stainless steel guardrail stanchions bolted to bulwark tops
• Stainless steel pulpit around stem head and rail assembly around aft deck
• Stainless steel ladder mounted on aft port cabin face for access to upper (boat) deck
• Stainless stanchions and life-lines fitted around upper (boat) deck
• Stainless steel ensign staff and socket on transom rail
• Dorade vent cowls to port and starboard ventilating fore and port cabins and heads, mushroom vents on superstructure top ventilating saloon
• Dedicated gas locker to port, accommodates 11/13kg gas bottle
• Salt water deck wash in locker to starboard
• Large deck mounted storage locker on coach roof
• Full width lazarette locker under aft deck, accessed through large central deck hatch                                                                                                 

Anchoring & Mooring Systems:

• Vetus Tiger 1000w electric reversing anchor windlass with gypsies for chain and rope, foot operated switches with safety covers
• 55lb CQR anchor mounted onto double roller stainless steel stem head fitting (also constructed to mount 25kg ROCNA anchor)
• 50m galvanised calibrated short link 10mm chain stored via pipe to rope bitter end in anchor locker below stem head, accessible from large watertight bulkhead door in fore cabin
• Stainless steel l post fitting central to aft of stem head rollers, extends to and is bonded into stem of hull
• Port and starboard 8” aluminium alloy fairleads with stainless steel anti-chafe plates, leading to samson post (fitted with belaying  pin) but also to 12” aluminium alloy mooring bollards on inner face of port and starboard foredeck bulwarks
• 2 further 12” aluminium alloy mooring bollards amidships, plus 2 additional stainless steel mooring bollards amidships
• 80mm stainless mooring posts at port and starboard quarters, each fitted with 25mm belaying pin
• Beaching legs with fore & aft strops, stored in lazarette locker

Boarding:

• Opening bulwark boarding gates with life-lines above to port, starboard and stern
• Central stainless steel boarding ladder folds down between bathing platforms
• Additional, accessible, stainless steel telescopic rescue/bathing ladder fitted to port side bathing platform

Tender facility:

• Teak mounting frames on aft superstructure top (boat deck) profiled to fit tender
• Selden aluminium alloy mast/boom assembly with blocks and falls to enable tender (with outboard) to be lifted outboard to port or starboard by hand via Lewmar 16 2-speed self-tailing winch (with handle)

Safety Equipment:

• In addition to GPS, radar, VHF and AIS a Firdell blipper radar reflector is fitted to the mast
• Horn
• Navigation lights
• Deck lights
• Life saving equipment:
• Seago 4 man valise life raft, 2012 (needs service)
• 2 x horseshoe lifebelt, one with light, situated on quick release racks inside transom either side of stern gate
• Throwing line/rescue sling
• Fire-fighting equipment:
• Automatic halo-replacement system in engine room
• Manual fuel shut off valves outside of engine room watertight door
• Dry powder extinguishers sited in wet locker and by aft saloon door
• Fire blanket in galley
• Gas solenoid cut off valve in external gas locker with internal switched indicators
• High capacity external sea water pump with hose connector for fire fighting in addition to deck wash
• Smoke and carbon monoxide detector alarms

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