Based on the evergreen Contessa 38 design, the Dawn Class 39 benefits from a drawn-out and timeless transom profile which makes her one of the most visually appealing cruising yachts in any marina. Coupled with her elegant dark blue topsides, she certainly has the ‘row away’ factor.

One of the very last Dawn Class 39’s out of the mould, she is therefore one of the youngest out there. With further updates made along the way (to get her ready for a very successful ARC adventure in 2010), she offers a sensible and balanced inventory for both coastal or longer distance cruising.

I bought TRUANT as she was in my opinion, one of best looking 40ft yachts in the UK. She turns heads wherever she goes.

Inshore she roars both on the wind and off, why she has an autopilot I can’t think as with the sheets set right, she sails herself. On the wind in heavy weather she loves power and her hull makes choppy water feel comfortable. Her hull lines ensure a dry cockpit at all times.

TRUANT is a beautiful inshore yacht and an absolute classic offshore. Trans-Atlantic she never veered downwind, whilst surfing, we simply let her get on with it – she reached 16 knots in the Channel but never wavered or slewed as she sped into the trough of the swell. 

With a large young family, all of whom love her as much as a pet, TRUANT has always looked after us as only such a classic performance yacht could. Thanks to her ample deck stowage, we are able to keep her elegant lines clean, and also ensure the deck spaces remain safe to work.

Having sailed all my life with extensive sea miles covered on C&N 35’s and Bowman 40’s, the Dawn Class 39 was always an obvious choice for me. She is lighter on her feet than the Bowman and more responsive to sail. She has more internal volume than the C&N35 and the build quality is an easy match for either.

Having spent more than half her value on upgrading TRUANT for the 2010 ARC, it is with great reluctance that I now offer her for sale, as I love her dearly, but unfortunately my wife now wants a ‘drawing room’ below decks, so TRUANT must find a new custodian for her ongoing adventures.

Overall Measured Length: 41' inc. 1’5” pulpit; beam 11’5”

RCD Status: The yacht is exempt from the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) as she was first placed into use with EU waters prior to 16^th June 1998

Hull:

·         GRP hull is hand laminated using isophthalic resins

·         Teak-capped bulwark

·         Hull painted with dark blue Awlgrip

·         Hull epoxy treated

Deck:

·         Deck structure moulded in GRP

·         Teak laid side decks.

·         Grey painted coachroof top

Keel & Rudder:

·         Lead ballast fin keel encapsulated with GRP

·         Rudder mounted on full length skeg.

Engine & Gearboxes:

·         Volvo MD2040B 40hp 3-cylinder naturally aspirated diesel engine

·         Fresh water engine cooling via raw water inlet and heat exchanger.

·         Volvo Saildrive gearbox

Maintenance & Performance:

·         Engine last serviced: 2011

·         Saildrive serviced April 2014

·         Saildrive outer gasket replaced 2010

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Propulsion & Steering:

·         2-bladed folding propeller

·         Rope cutter

·         Whitlock pedestal, wheel steering with Whitlock leather wheel cover

·         Emergency steering gear

Voltage Systems:

·         12vDC domestic system

·         220vAC ring main via shorepower or inverter

Battery Banks:

·         1x 74Ah 12vDC engine start battery

·         3x125Ah 12vDC service batteries joined in parallel and series to supply 375Ah @ 12v – 2010

·         Adverc battery management system

Battery Charger / Inverter:

·         First Charge Pro 15Amp automatic battery charger

·         Sterling Marine power management system

·         350w inverter - 2010

Additional Charging:

·         Connection for solar panels or towing generator

Alternators:

·         Engine-mounted alternator

Shore Power:

·         230v Shore power system with ring main throughout the yacht.

Fresh Water & Water Heating System:

·         Pressurised water system, hot and cold. 

·         12vDC freshwater pump

·         Manual fresh water pump in galley.

·         Engine-driven calorifier with 220v immersion heater in hot water storage tank.

Bilge Pumps:

·         Whale Gulper 220 electric bilge pump - 2010

·         Manual bilge pump.

Fuel:

·         Total capacity of 181 litres (40 gallons) in 1x stainless steel tank

Fresh water:

·         Total capacity of 339 litres (74.5 gallons) in 1x tank stainless steel tank

Grey/Blackwater holding tanks:

·         1 x Black water holding tank for forward heads with gravity or deck discharge.

In Cockpit:

·         Raymarine ST6002 autpilot

·         Raymarine ST60+ wind display

·         Raymarine ST60+ compass display

·         Raymarine ST60+ speed display

·         Raymarine ST60+ depth display

·         Steering compass.

At chart table:

·         Raytheon R40XX radar with closed-array scanner on mast

·         Garmin GPS128

·         Raymarine ST60+ multi-repeater

·         Clock & barometer

Communications Equipment:

·         Icom IC-M58 VHF

·         Simrad external VHF speaker in cockpit - 2010

·         Target SSB receiver

·         Emergency VHF antenna - 2010

Galley:

·         Taylors gimballed cooker with two burner, hot plate, grill and oven.

·         12v Frigomatic top opening fridge.

·         Twin stainless steel sinks with pressurised hot & cold water supply and manual fresh water supply via footpumps

Heads/Showers:

·         Jabsco manual marine WCs - 2010

·         Hot & cold pressurised showers

Heating & Ventilation:

·         Webasto Airtop 32 diesel-fired hot-air cabin heating

·         Lewmar alloy-framed deck hatches.

Entertainment:

·         Sony CD/ radio with speaker in saloon 

Summary of Accommodation:

·         Up to seven berths in two accommodation cabins plus saloon

·         Teak joinery

·         Sculpted fiddles and grabrails,

·         Cabin sole in teak

·         Cloth upholstery in saloon, berth surrounds and seat in owner's stateroom.

·         Lee cloths.

Forward cabin:

·         With V-berth, provided with an infill piece and cushion

·         Hanging locker.

Heads:

·         To port with manual toilet, wash basin and shower.

Saloon:

·         U-shaped settee to port converting into a seaberth with lee cloth.

·         Settee to starboard converting into a seaberth with lee cloth.

·         Bookshelves and lockers outboard to port

·         Seaberth outboard to starboard

Navigation area:

·         To starboard with forward facing chart table and seat. 12v socket.

Galley:

·         To port with cooker, twin stainless steel sinks, top opening refrigerator.

Aft cabin:

·         Double berth to port

·         Settee to starboard

·         Large hanging locker.

·         Plentiful locker space. 

Rig:

·         Kemp aluminium alloy anodised spars

·         Keel-stepped masthead rig with  2-sets of inline spreaders

·         1x19 stainless steel wire standing rigging

·         Furlex manual genoa furler

·         Twin backstay insulated for SSB receiver

·         Removable inner forestay with tensioner for staysail and storm jib

·         Rod vang

·         Lewmar genoa tracks

·         Spinlock clutches

·         Masthead spinnaker halyard

·         Fully-battened mainsail system with Frederiksen ball-bearing batten cars

·         Slab reefing with 3-reefs

·         Stackpack system with lazyjacks

·         Full spinnaker gear

·         Twin aluminium spinnaker poles stowed vertically on mast with adjustable tracks

Winches:

·         2x Harken 44 2-speed self-tailing primary winches

·         2x Harken 32 2-speed self-tailing mainsheet/control winches at companionway

·         1x Harken 32 halyard winch at mast

Sails:

·         Mainsail – fully-battened Dacron

·         2x Furling Dacron genoa

·         Staysail – Dacron

·         Storm Jib – Heavy duty Dacron

·         Cruising Chute – 2010

General:

·         Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit and stanchions

·         Side-boarding gates

·         Stainless steel dorades with protective dorade pulpits

·         Teak grabrails on coachroof top

·         Bathing ladder at stern

Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:

·         Twin bow roller

·         Simpson Lawrence electric anchor windlass

·         Lewmar Hi-Blade 45lb plough anchor with ??m galvanized chain.

·         Warps & fenders

Covers, Canvas & Cushions:

·         Spray hood with grab handle in blue acrylic canvas – 2013.

·         Bimini -

·         Pedestal cover in azure blue acrylic canvas.

·         Hatch covers

·         Cockpit side cushions

Tender & Outboard:

·         Inflatable tender with oars

·         Honda 2.3hp outboard engine – 2009

·         Teak outboard bracket on pushpit

Safety Equipment:

·         4-man canister liferaft (2010) mounted in stainless steel liferaft cradle on coachroof top (liferaft requires servicing)

·         Blipper-style radar reflector on mast

·         2 x horseshore lifebuoys

·         Danbuoy

·         Webbing jackstays -2010

Fire-fighting equipment:

·         Fire blanket at galley

·         Fire extinguishers in saloon, each cabin and in the engine compartment