1956 Classic Robert "Bobby" Rich / Bass Harbor Boat Company

Blue Jacket is one of several boats included in the personal fleet of a long standing and prominent summer resident of Mount Desert Island. All the boats in this ownership have been looked over by a dedicated fleet manager and worked on by only the best of artisans and craftsman available in and around Mount Desert Island, an area known for it’s “deep bench” of talent in the yacht services trades.

Designed and built at the shop of famed MDI boat builder Robert “Bobby” Rich in 1956, Blue Jacket has been the under current ownership since the early 1990’s and during this time has seen much in the way of proactive care and maintenance along with more major upgrade projects such as doubling of frames, replacement of floors, complete rebuilding from the deck up and most recently repowering.

Contact our broker John Maxwell by phone (207-359-2193) or email (brokerage@brooklinboatyard.com) to talk about Blue Jacket or to schedule a day to come and see her in person.

Principle Dimensions and Information

Designer: Robert “Bobby” Rich

Builder: Bass Harbor Boat Company / Robert “Bobby” Rich

LOA: 40’ 0”

Beam: 12’ 4”

Draft: 3’ 7”

Weight: 18,000 lbs.

Propulsion: Twin Engines / MerCruiser 350 MPI Horizon, V-8, Fuel Injected, 300 HP 

Engine Year: 2007 / Installed 2008

Engine Hours: Port Engine 608 Hours / Starboard Engine 611 Hours

Cruising Speed: 15 Knots

Max Speed: 22 Knots

Fuel Capacity: 270 Gallons

Freshwater Capacity: 140 Gallons

Blackwater Capacity: 12 Gallons

Interior Accommodations and Equipment

The interior of Blue Jacket is finished in the Herreshoff style with White laminate bulkheads, overheads and joinery fronts accented by varnished Mahogany trim and drawer / locker fronts and further accented by dark blue with red piping cushions for settees and berths. Interior spaces are well ventilated and illuminated both naturally by way of opening ports and overhead hatches along with artificial ventilation and lighting by way of well-placed fans, reading lights and overhead lights. Cabin soles thru-out the interior are vanished Teak and Holly.

Interior layout aft to fore.

Step down two-step companionway ladder from cockpit to interior spaces

Galley to port with U-shaped counter, storage in drawers, lockers and racks, stainless steel sink basin with hot and cold pressure water, Force 10 propane 2-burner stove and well-insulated, under-counter, front-loading refrigerator.

Enclosed head area to starboard with vanity, polished stainless steel sink basin with not and cold pressure water, and Mahogany framed mirror / medicine cabinet

Immediately forward of the head area and to starboard in the main saloon is a solid fuel (wood / coal) cabin heater with Charlie Noble chimney leading out thru the house top.

Main saloon features convertible settee’s port and starboard that allow for comfortable seating or can be converted to upper and lower (bunk bed) berths with a varnished Mahogany drop leak table on center line.

Furthest forward is the crew’s cabin with sleeping accommodations for two persons in a V-berth configuration, sperate crews marine toilet and porcelain sink basin with hot and cold pressure water.

Furthest forward in the crew’s quarters is access to the ground tackle chain locker.

Hull Construction

Traditional plank-on-frame hull construction

White Cedar planking with bronze screw fastening (refastened 2004)

Red Oak frames, floors, stem, backbone, sheer clamps, keelson, keel, dead wood, stern post, etc.

Purple Heart shaft logs 

Mahogany transom

All frames doubled (early 2000’s)

Many floors doubled (early 2000’s)

Topsides painted Dark Blue with single White boot stripe

Bottom coated with Red anti-fouling paint

Spray rails from bow to max beam port and starboard

Raised rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards at aft quarters

Raised rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards on topsides port and starboard

Rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards full length at sheer port and starboard

Deck, Cockpit and House Construction

Complete rebuild from deck up 1996

Raised deck forward with curved break in sheer running down to level of cockpit and transom aft.

Low dog house / couch roof forward followed by raised pilot house / shelter and open cockpit aft.

Fir shelves, deck beams, carlins and other structural deck, house and cockpit sole members.

Decks and cockpit sole are marine plywood with teak deck overlay and teak toe rails

Dog house sides , pilot house sides, windshield and structural members are solid varnished Mahogany.

Dog house and pilot house tops are marine plywood with FRP overlay and painted (Light Gray) finis

Deck Hardware (bow to stern)

All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze

Stem Iron furthest forward on center line

Bow chocks port and starboard

Burgee staff socket on centerline

Samson post on center line for bow lines

Aluminum Fortress anchor with coated chain and rode stored in chocks at port bow

Ground tackle deck pipe by anchor stored on deck at port bow

Ideal electric windlass on centerline with foot witch immediately aft of windlass

Docking cleats port and starboard at aft end of raised forward deck

Docking cleats port and starboard on side decks outboard of cockpit

Cockpit boarding ladder safety rails starboard on side decks outboard of cockpit

Swim / boarding ladder sockets to port on side decks outboard of cockpit

Fuel, Water and Waste deck fills on starboard side

Samson posts port and starboard at aft quarters for stern lines

Ensign staff socket on center line at aft deck

Stainless steel exhaust ports in transom

Stainless steel scupper openings in transom

Stainless steel plank end covers port and starboard outboard of transom

Dog House and Coach Roof Hardware

All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze

Varnished Mahogany cabin sides and eye brow

Life ring brackets port and starboard

Opening ports (with screens) in cabin sides port and starboard (3ea / side)

Varnished Mahogany and smoked Lexan opening hatches on center line of coach roof (2ea)

Varnished Mahogany hand rails port and starboard on coach roof

Charlie Nobel chimney exhaust on coach roof to starboard of centerline furthest aft

Varnished Mahogany flag mast on coach roof at center line furthest aft

Pilot House and Top Hardware

All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze

Varnished Mahogany cabin sides, windshield frames and house top supports

Engine room cowl vents port and starboard at pilot house / shelter sides

Life ring brackets port and starboard

Navigational lighting port and starboard on pilot house sides

Fixed windows port and starboard on pilot house sides

3-Bay windshield facing forward

Port and Center line wind shield bays are fixed windows

Starboard windshield bay (helm station) is an opening window

Varnished Mahogany hand rails port and starboard outboard on pilot house top

Varnished Mahogany radar platform and antenna mast on center line of pilot house top

Bow stern navigational lighting on antenna mast.

VHF antenna on centerline of pilot house furthest aft

Search light to starboard on pilot hose top

Ship’s horns to port on pilot house top

Interior Pilot House and Cockpit Hardware and Features (aft to forward)

All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze

Varnished Mahogany cockpit and pilot house / shelter furniture, interior hull sheathing and bulkheads

Coach roof extends aft of windshield to act as pilot house dash board

Bare Teak soles in aft cockpit and (slightly raised) pilot house

Farthest aft is full beam hinged stern seat

Varnished Mahogany boarding ladder with safety rails to starboard

Varnished Teak and Bronze boat hook stored under port side deck

Fresh (starboard) and Salt (port) water washdown spigots

Cockpit speakers port and starboard

Folding helmsman and passenger seating port and starboard

Helm station to starboard with engine controls, gauges and electronics all within easy reach

Passenger seating to port

Pilot house sole raises on gas shocks to allow full access to engine area.

Tongue and groove forward bulkhead with companionway door on centerline

Propulsion and Fuel Systems and Equipment

Engines: Twin Engines / MerCruiser 350 MPI Horizon, V-8, Fuel Injected, 300 HP 

Engine Year: 2007 / Installed 2008

Key ignitions and engine shut-downs at helm

Kobelt throttle and transmission control levers

Stainless steel (1 ½”) prop shaft

Bronze prop struts

Prop shaft line cutters

Bronze 3-blade propellor, fixed-blade

Engine Hours: Port Engine 608 Hours / Starboard Engine 611 Hours

Faria engine hour gauges

Faria engine status gauges for Tachometer, oil pressure, engine temperature and voltage

Cruising Speed: 15 Knots

Max Speed: 22 Knots

Aluminum fuel tanks

Racor fuel filters

Fuel Capacity: 270 Gallons

Faria fuel gauges

Electrical Systems and Equipment

12-Volt DC ship’s system

Separate house and engine battery banks

Batteries stored in secured and covered battery boxes

Rotary style battery selector switch

Separate rotary style engine battery selector switches

DC Panel for control of ship’s electrical circuits

Electronics and Navigational Equipment

Ritchie Helm Compass

Furuno Radar

Furuno Chart Plotter

Icom VHF radio

Chelsea ship’s clock

Chelesa Barometer

Jensen Blue Tooth stereo with interior and exterior speakers

Plumbing and Sanitation Systems and Equipment

Freshwater Capacity: 140 Gallons in stainless steel tanks (2ea)

Stainless steel freshwater tanks (2ea)

Hot and cold pressure water system

Engine supplied hot water

Polished stainless steel sink basins in galley and head enclosure

Porcelain sink basin in crew’s quarters

Manually operated marine toilets in head enclosure and crew’s quarters

Toilets plumbed for discharge overboard or to holding tank for shore-side pump-out.

Blackwater Tank Capacity: 12 Gallons in single stainless steel tank

Fresh and salt water washdown bibs in cockpit

Ground Tackle

Fortress anchor with appropriate coated chain and rode

Ideal electric windlass with foot switch control

Polished stainless steel deck pipe to anchor locker

Safety Equipment

PFD’s

Flares, horns and ship’s bell

First aid kit

Fire extinguishers

Fire Boy engine fire suppression system

Fixed and movable stainless steel boarding rails

Additional Equipment

Dock lines and Fenders

Varnished Teak and bronze boat hook

Varnished Hinckley-style folding boarding ladder

Interior cushions

Interior port curtains

Exterior cushions

Pilot house side windows and aft drop curtains

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