{"id":9131,"date":"2025-01-31T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/how-to-buy-sailboat.com\/blog\/?p=9131"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:52:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T09:52:21","slug":"hout-bay-40-gaff-schooner-with-a-perkins-engine-for-72-000-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/how-to-buy-sailboat.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/31\/hout-bay-40-gaff-schooner-with-a-perkins-engine-for-72-000-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Hout Bay 40 gaff schooner with a Perkins engine for 72 000 euros!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friends, today we have a boat of our subscriber \u2014 the Hout Bay 40 gaff schooner with a Perkins engine for 72 000 euros!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location: Turkey<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Length: 12.09 meters
Width: 4.00 meters
Draft: 1.75 meters
Sleeping places: 7
Toilet (head): 2
Kitchen (galley): yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must say right away that you need to be a big fan of such sailing rigging to become the owner of a gaff boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boat was built and launched in 2015 and in fact it\u2019s a new boat with modern materials and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three cabins \u2014 two in the stern, one in the bow. Two toilets \u2014 one is electric, the other is manual. There are also showers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A galley with everything you need for cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The interior looks like new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deck and cockpit are covered with teak. The wood is in excellent condition. In general, such a boat will obviously attract attention and enthusiastic glances. Especially if you will be sailing under full sail armaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A large set of fresh sails: mainsail, staysail, foresail, trisail, topsail, cleaver and fischerman. I\u2019m sure that many of you, like me, have never worked with some of these sails. The whole set is in excellent shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The boat is equipped with a powerful Perkins 404-D22 diesel engine. There is a bow thruster with a separate battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hydraulic steering control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a lot of modern equipment on the boat: chartplotter, radar, echo sounder with the fish finder, AIS and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a good dinghy with a motor and a life raft for 6 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who do I think this boat is suitable for? I think you have to be a big romantic to buy yourself such a boat for traveling. I see good commercial potential in this boat. Considering that the boat is already in one of the most touristic regions of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n