2000 Willard Flybridge Sedan Trawler

General Description, Helms, Decks

Willard 40 Flybridge Sedan recreational trawler. 

Refit 2008-2010, Zimmerman Marine, Cardinal, VA.

Thorough inspection 2011, Burr Brothers Boatyard, Marion, MA.

Refit 2016-2018, CenterPointe Yacht Services, Sturgeon Bay, MI.

2024 Bottom Paint and engine maintenance, Zimmerman Marine, Oriental, NC

2025 Bottom Paint, Safe Harbor Cowesett, RI

Dual helm, diesel-powered, long-range blue-water cruiser.

Ready for extended living aboard.

Range up to 1800 miles. 

Normal cruising speed to 7-1/2 knots (8 to 9 mph) on full displacement hull.

Naiad active stabilization [1] ^[1]

Controls and hydraulics by Naiad, 2010.

Two external fins, each six square feet, hydraulically powered and electronically controlled.

     Naiad stabilization system serviced May 2024

Bow thruster with high-efficiency six-bladed prop, 2011. [2]

High-efficiency Schilling-style rudder

with fishtail trailing edge for improved course-keeping and vessel control.

Well-protected three-blade bronze propellor, fully tuned and balanced 2017. [3]

Main Deck:

Salon with windows all around:

Sedan style (lower helm, galley, and salon occupy a single, large space).

Five opening windows with screens and door to cockpit.

Lexan polycarbonate extreme storm covers nine salon windows, which are available.

Heat and air conditioning outlets, with air handlers and filters.

The settee, teak dining table, two chairs, and extensive storage. 

A separate desk is converted to an additional dining table for two in the salon or cockpit.

Overhead salon lights, white or red, high or low intensity. High efficiency, 12 volts.

Overhead teak handrail.

Teak trim. Teak and maple sole.

Honeycomb day and night window shades and windshield covers.

Aircraft-type Halon fire extinguishers. [4]

Salon outlets for TV antenna (with selector for air/cable) and phone. 

[Not used since 2007 and dedicated TV/FM antenna removed.]

Owner manuals for equipment.

Removable screen for salon door.

Ship’s bronze bell.

USCG-mandated safety equipment.

Assorted small parts and supplies in bins.

Lower helm with full engine and navigation instrumentation.

Stainless steel wheel. Hydraulic steering. [5A]

Rotary-dial autopilot controls at lower and upper helms, 2018. [5B]

Magnetic compass; under-keel depth sounder; separate forward-looking sounder (not used). [5C]

Battery Monitoring: Xantrex Freedom 458 Remote Control Panel; volt and amp gauges.

120-volt AC electrical panel; rear access. Volt and amp gauges.

12-volt DC electrical breaker panel; rear access. Volt and amp gauges. 

Custom 36” helm seat; back folds for extra countertop and clear view when not underway. Laminate countertops, teak trim. [6]

Combination chart table with white/red chart light; provides additional countertop space for the galley.

12-volt outlets and USB charging ports, 2018.

Opening center windshield.

Port and starboard Afi windshield wipers with heavy-duty motors.

Hand-held spotlight

^[1] Bracketed numbers identify further description in separate document, Current Equipment - Details.

Navigation, Electronics

Updated navigation equipment and related antennas: [7]

NMEA 2000 communications backbone for connectivity with display units 2018. 

New Digital/full-color radar

12” Raymarine Axiom Multi-Function Display with GPS, Chartplotter, and radar display;

Wi-Fi repeater for remote display and control, 2018. 

2015 Garmin GPS chart plotter with independent display and separate internal antenna for redundancy.

AIS transceiver (can send own boat location as well as receiving others);

displays on chart-plotter. 2018

Digital VHF radio with Digital Selective Calling (DSI), Marine Mobile Service Identity, and push-button distress call with automatic location information, 2018. Antenna at the masthead.

Handheld VHF radio on charger

Rotary-dial autopilot controls at lower and upper helms, 2018. [5A]

The original depth finder has its own display and is also integrated into the chart plotter. 

Separate original forward-looking depth sonar.

Full galley up with raised, wrap-around screening counter.

U-shape fore and aft for efficiency and security underway.

New three-burner Dickinson electric-start propane stove with oven, 2017. [8]

Remote solenoid shuts off the propane at the source. [9]

Excluded but available: Electric toaster and other certain other appliances.

Dual refrigerator/freezers. [10]

Hot and cold pressurized water; double stainless-steel sink; Corian countertop

Galley, Salon

Full galley up with raised, wrap-around screening counter.

U-shape fore and aft for efficiency and security underway.

New three-burner Dickinson electric-start propane stove with oven, 2017. [8]

Remote solenoid shuts off the propane at the source. [9]

Excluded but available: Electric toaster and other certain other appliances.

Dual refrigerator/freezers. [10]

Hot and cold pressurized water; double stainless-steel sink; Corian countertop.

The salon opens onto a Covered Aft Deck or Cockpit with:

Cushioned built-in seating; storage and emergency steering access under.

Bulkhead door for easy dock access.

Stainless steel, folding boarding ladder for swimmers.

Hatch to lazarette. Storage under built-in stern seats.

Manual tiller in lazarette for emergency steering (never used).

Access to port and starboard side decks.

Comfortable sloping stairs to Flying Bridge and boat deck, to starboard.

Swim ladder, folding, stainless steel, by Mystic Steel, mounted on the port side.

Teak jackstaff with the American flag and yachting ensign.

Large bronze ship’s bell mounts to port; bell stowed under settee in salon.

USCG safety equipment (life jackets, bell, horn, electronic flare. 

(Also some out-of-date pyrotechnic flares).

Lazarette with custom shelf.

Dock Lines: 6 dress braid dock lines. Assorted 3-strand nylon dock and other lines.

Hoses: 75’ potable water hose;

    10’ sea-water wash-down hose with bronze fittings and bow mounting.

Large Edson manual dewatering pump and hose.

Large fire extinguisher.

Emergency steering tiller.

Automatic bilge pump in well.

Assorted fenders.

Rudder assembly and hydraulic steering terminus.

Upper Deck, Foredeck Rigging

Foredeck:

66 lb. Bruce storm anchor on high-performance Mantus stainless swivel with 300 feet 3/8” galvanized chain and Mantus snubber. Additional nylon rode. [12]

Spare 44 l b. CQR plow anchor on 200 ft nylon rode with 15 ft chain.

Heavy-duty electric windlass with dual chain lockers under the deck. [13]

The seawater washdown outlet and hose, with a dedicated pump, were replaced in 2012. [14]

Forestay and main anchor mount 2013.

Lower Deck, Forward:

The main cabin has heat and air conditioning outlets, an air handler, and a filter.

Upgraded lighting.

Island bed with drawers and bulk storage under folding stool.

Generous hanging lockers. Chain-locker access.

Opening, screened, bronze ports; skylight hatch; all with covers.

Carbon monoxide detector, beveled mirror.

Guest cabin with heat and air conditioning.

Two oversize berths in “L” configuration.

Opening, screened, bronze ports, with covers.

Hanging storage, drawers, and folding table.

Overhead air intake/vent; upgraded lighting.

Marine head with hot and cold pressurized water.

Sealand VacuFlush (electric) marine toilet, new 2012, pump replaced 2015, new base and valve assembly 2019: new seals 2022

accumulator tank, pump, level-sensing, and indicator gauge; discharge switch; discharge pump on the waste tank under the forward cabin sole, with selector valves.

Separate shower compartment with opening port and overhead air ventilation. [15]

Vanity and storage; access behind electric panels and lower-helm instrument panel.

Multiple framed and beveled-edge mirrors.

Upper Deck - Flying Bridge and Boat Deck:

Doubles as party space.

Access by covered stairs from the cockpit (sloping or stows vertically), folding stairs to the foredeck.

Upper helm with instrumentation and compass.

Additional ICOM M45 VHF radio with speaker and separate 9’6” Galaxy antenna. 

Dail-in autopilot controls, 2018. [5A]

12-volt outlets and USB charging ports, 2018.

Todd swivel helm-seat, adjustable, with cover.

The new double passenger seat faces either forward or aft, with cover and storage under 2017.

Air horn and compressor (in compartment under instruments). 

Running lights and antennas (Wi-Fi and VHF).

The well-ventilated, easy-access propane locker was modified in 2017 with a reserve tank and remotely controlled shut-off.

Ample stowage under flybridge cowling; full cowling cover.

Fold-down steps to foredeck built into the cowling. 

Folding Bimini 2011; can be extended aft for additional shade, 2014. 

The painted fold-down aluminum mast and boom (by LeFiel in LA), with deck, anchor, and navigation lights; a VHF antenna; and new radar and GPS antennas. Radar reflector. 

Stainless steel shrouds and forestay.

Main halyard and two flag halyards. Steadying/riding sail (never used).

Manual winch on boom for dinghy hoist.

Tender:   2022year - Takacat 300LX 9’-10” length, 5’-1” Beam, 809 lb. capacity

                 2021Torqeedo 503 Electric outboard

Dinghy chocks on the bridge deck for inflatable 10’4” dinghy. 

Removable teak chock inserts for hard-bottom dinghy.

Stainless steel dinghy-fuel rack with cover.

Separate onboard mount for outboard motor,

Engine Room

Engine Room, Machinery, and Utility Spaces:

Roomy and well-organized, with sound and heat insulation, access hatch, and removable six-foot overhead service hatch.

An automatic fire suppression system is in the engine room. FyreWatch Model FW425 FE241

Separate, large extinguisher in lazarette.

Overhead sound/heat insulation. Separate enclosure for generator & its diesel engine. [15A]

Naval-rated 6-cylinder Cummins marine diesel engine. [16]

Rated for up to 3,000 hours per year and 6 hours of continuous wide-open operation. 

4,230 main engine hours in March 2024

Fuel burn 2.2 gallons per hour at 1800 rpm (7.4 kts) and some generator usage. 

Separate start battery, maintenance free.

Walbro fuel priming pump for the main engine.

Twin-Disc Marine transmission. [17]

2" Aquamet-22 propellor shaft installed 2009; [18]

Bronze stuffing box; serviced & repacked by Zimmerman Marine, Oriental, NC 2024[19]

3-blade bronze propellor, 24 x 20, with line cutter; finely tuned and balanced 2017. [20]

The high-output alternator on the main engine. [21]

Balmar Model (2022yr) 9504-210-IG 210-amp with smart regulation to charge house batteries underway, with temperature sensors and charging for engine-start battery. 

House-batteries – three 8D-AGM 12V 260AH, total 780 Ah house bank

in fiberglass battery boxes. New 2021 [22]

Start Batteries - Separate, maintenance-free starting battery for the main engine and generator engine. [23]

8-kilowatt Northern Lights electric generator. [24]

Marine diesel powered, with a separate, maintenance-free start battery.

Centex ABS water-lift muffler on the generator diesel engine.

1775 operating hours in March 2024.

Shore Power: Two 30-amp SmartPlug (2022) 120-volt dockside inlets located starboard amidships for house supply (aft inlet) and air conditioning units (forward inlet).

Two 30-amp power cord sets (1 x 50’ and 2 x 25’).

Splitter for 50-amp shore connection.

Dockside telephone and inputs (not used).

External inlets for dockside telephone and cable television. Not used

Galvanic Isolation Transformer to prevent stray electrical currents from causing runaway galvanic corrosion when connected to AC shore power, 2008. [25]

Inverter/Charger to supply 120-volt power underway or at anchor, and for charging house batteries from a generator or shore power, 2010. [26]

Two 300-gal. Aluminum diesel-fuel tanks forward of the engine, with sight gauges.  [27]

Dual Racor primary fuel filters (changeable underway), plus

secondary fuel filters on the main engine and generator engine. [28]

Fuel cleaning/filtering system for each fuel tank with filters, continuous-duty fuel pumps, vacuum gauges, and a timer wired to the “fuel pump” circuit breaker on 12V panel. 

It uses cheap toilet paper filter elements to absorb water and catch sludge.  [29] 

300-gallon stainless steel potable water tank in the forward compartment;

One of three automatic bilge pumps. Sight glass under the forward cabin. [30]

75-gallon fiberglass waste-water tank under forward compartment;

creates a double hull in the forward section for added resistance to collision.

Pump, piping and seacock are used for overboard discharge options (seldom used).

Hot water heater, stainless steel, powered by engine cooling, or from 120-volt electric. [31]

Engine-room ventilation system, two electric blowers, and/or natural. [32]

Bilge Pumps: [33]

Three 1,500 gph automatic pumps, each in a separate well and hull compartment. Located under forward steps, in engine room, and in lazarette, with new spare, 2010, in lazarette. Hoses replaced 2018. Light indicators and manual/automatic switches on lower helm console.

Edson 1.5” manual lever-action high-capacity dewatering pump and hoses stored in lazarette.

High-water alarm float switch in engine room bilge; alarm on face of lower-helm console.

Dual CruisAir air conditioning compressor units [34]

with a continuous-duty sea-water cooling pump.

One of three separate automatic bilge pumps in sump well

(others in a separate bow and stern compartments). 

New discharge hoses 2018.

Spare (unused) bilge pump in lazarette. 

Four bronze seacocks with strainers.

Seawater intakes for the main engine, generator, stabilizer-hydraulics, and

two air-conditioning compressor units, respectively.

Electric shutoffs for anchor windless, house battery bank and two start batteries.

Hoses and clamps are in excellent condition (due to periodic replacement).

4” collector pipes port and starboard for bilge, galley, head and deck-drains, discharging near stern above waterline.

Manual oil-change system and ample storage for lubricating oil, tools, spares,

and other supplies.

Mechanical Disclaimer

Engine and generator hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.

Disclaimer

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.

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