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O41111	Amber 40			Lying	Dorset
Builder	MB Yachts, Shillingstone, Dorset			Year	2003
Builder	MB Yachts, Shillingstone, Dorset			Price reduced	£72,000
LOA	39' 0"	Sail area	approx 970 sq ft main and yankee	Brief details
LWL	30' 3"	Rig	Cutter	The Amber 40 is a Rob Humphreys designed performance cruiser, built to a very high standard in strip-planked wood/epoxy. This yacht has cruised the Mediterranean and completed two transatlantic circuits, yet remains in good condition, as befits her very high original quality build and specification.
Beam	12' 10"	Cabins	3 plus saloon
Draught	6' 0"	Berths	6
Displacement	21,600 lbs	Engine	Yanmar 3JH diesel
Ballast	9,040 lbs	BHP	37
Keel type	Epoxy-sheathed cast iron fin keel and full length skeg hung rudder

Amber 40s are built with custom layouts by MB Yachts. The hulls are WEST system wood epoxy Douglas Fir strip-plank, with glass sheathing externally and internally on the hull and topsides.

The design is intended as a fast cruiser capable of blue water cruising, with an elegant and attractive hull combined with good handling. This example has an extended coachroof - the sailplan at left from MB Yachts brochure shows the standard coachroof.

She is moderately high displacement by modern standards, with good load carrying capacity, and a fin and skeg underwater configuration to give good manoeuvrability and a well protected rudder.

Internally, the layout provides good seagoing accommodation, with a very traditional feel to the accommodation. The wood-epoxy hull provides good insulation, and the varnished strip-planks are an attractive part of the interior fit-out in fore and aft cabins. Cabin fit-out is in satin varnished teak and teak-faced marine ply, with teak floorboards and a burl walnut inlaid saloon table. The galley and heads worktops are in Avonite - a material similar to Corian.

The WEST epoxy Douglas Fir strip-planked hull is externally sheathed with 2 layers of 600g/sqm biaxial cloth and one layer of 300g/sqm twill to minimise print through. The hull is also sheathed with GRP internally, the internal laminate being at least 3,000g/sqm at the base tapering upwards at 100mm increments. The main bulkheads are 18mm marine ply filleted and bonded to hull with 2 layers of 600g/sqm glass cloth. The deck and superstructure is laminated ¾” ply sheathed with 600g/sqm woven glass cloth. All external surfaces are filled with epoxy and sprayed with 2 pack polyurethane.



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Forward, there is a double berth forecabin and a two-berth Pullman-style passage cabin to starboard, with a small heads compartment to port

Below - accommodation plan - not to scale

The larger heads compartment is aft of the galley to starboard. This heads has a holding tank

Photographs

January 2011

and
June 2012

The hull is built of epoxy-glued Douglas Fir strip-planks, varnished internally and finished in glass cloth externally and internally. Where strip-plank is visible in the forecabin and aft cabin, as seen at right, this is an additional layer added inside the internal laminate for decorative and insulation purposes. The photo below from the builders brochure shows a hull before glass-covering





She is masthead cutter rigged, but can be sailed as a sloop, with the staysail reserved as a heavy weather sail
Photographs from January 2011 and June 2012



The side leaves of the cockpit table are removed and stowed below, and the Hydrovane self-steering vanes are removed and the mechanism covered.

Equipment List:
Engine details		Yanmar 3JH diesel, 37 bhp freshwater cooled, shaft drive
Fuel tank capacity		227 litres in alloy tank
Propeller		19" fixed three bladed
Batteries		100 AH engine start and 110AH services battery
Battery charging		80 amp engine alternator with Smart Diode, and solar panel on deck. 30 amp shorepower battery charger
Sails and deck equipment
Rig details		Selden alloy spars with S/S standing rigging
Mainsail		Hyde mainsail, slab reefing
Genoa		Hyde roller genoa
Genoa furling		Profurl
Staysail		Hyde
Primary winches		2 x Lewmar 48ST self-tailing
Secondary winches		2 x Lewmar 40
Halliard/reefing winches		2 x Lewmar 40ST self-tailing on coachroof, and Lewmar 16 on mast
Bower anchor	*	checking details
Anchor windlass		Lofrans electric windlass
Kedge anchor		Fortress FX20 with 20 metres chain and warp
Steering		Whitlock Cobra 5R wheel steering
Autopilot		Autohelm 2000
Steering compass		Silva on binnacle
Warps & fenders		4 warps and 6 fenders
Miscellaneous		Bimini, cockpit table
Navigation Equipment and instruments
Chartplotter		Garmin GPSmap 182C colour
GPS		Raymarine
Log/speed		Raymarine ST60
Depth sounder		Raymarine ST60
VHF radio		Silva S15 with DSC
SSB radio		Icom IC-M802 SSB transmitter/receiver with DSC
Navtex		NASA Target Navtex Pro +
Safety/emergency equipment
Jackstays
Bilge pump		Whale manual and auto electric pumps
Fire extinguishers		4
Interior
Cabin layout		Forecabin/forward heads/pullman cabin/saloon/aft heads/aft cabin
Berths		6
Water tank capacity		454 litres in alloy tanks
Hot water		From engine calorifier
Cooker		Plastimo Neptune 2-burner, grill and oven
Refrigeration		large fridge compartment under chart table
Heads		2 x Jabsco marine WCs, shower and holding tank in aft heads
These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available. For further information or to arrange a viewing, please contact Yachtsnet on 01326-212234 or

The particulars detailed herein are intended to give a fair description of the vessel but their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. These particulars are not a part of any contract or offer, and are supplied on the understanding that all negotiations shall be conducted via Yachtsnet Ltd., who are acting as brokers for the vendor. The vendor is not selling in the course of business unless otherwise stated. The prospective purchaser is strongly recommended to check the particulars, and where appropriate, at his own expense, to employ qualified agents to carry out surveys, structural and/or mechanical & electrical checks or tests

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SOLD

O41111

Amber 40

Lying

Dorset

Builder

MB Yachts, Shillingstone, Dorset

Year

2003

Price reduced

£72,000

LOA

39' 0"

Sail area

approx 970 sq ft main and yankee

Brief details

LWL

30' 3"

Rig

Cutter

Beam

12' 10"

Cabins

3 plus saloon

Draught

6' 0"

Berths

6

Displacement

21,600 lbs

Engine

Yanmar 3JH diesel

Ballast

9,040 lbs

BHP

37

Keel type

Epoxy-sheathed cast iron fin keel and full length skeg hung rudder

Click here to open a new window with selected supersized photos

Forward, there is a double berth forecabin and a two-berth Pullman-style passage cabin to starboard, with a small heads compartment to port

Below - accommodation plan - not to scale

The larger heads compartment is aft of the galley to starboard. This heads has a holding tank

Photographs January 2011

and June 2012

She is masthead cutter rigged, but can be sailed as a sloop, with the staysail reserved as a heavy weather sail

Photographs

from

January 2011

and

June 2012

The side leaves of the cockpit table are removed and stowed below, and the Hydrovane self-steering vanes are removed and the mechanism covered.

Equipment List:

Engine details

Yanmar 3JH diesel, 37 bhp freshwater cooled, shaft drive

Fuel tank capacity

227 litres in alloy tank

Propeller

19" fixed three bladed

Batteries

100 AH engine start and 110AH services battery

Battery charging

80 amp engine alternator with Smart Diode, and solar panel on deck. 30 amp shorepower battery charger

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Selden alloy spars with S/S standing rigging

Mainsail

Hyde mainsail, slab reefing

Genoa

Hyde roller genoa

Genoa furling

Profurl

Staysail

Hyde

Primary winches

2 x Lewmar 48ST self-tailing

Secondary winches

2 x Lewmar 40

Halliard/reefing winches

2 x Lewmar 40ST self-tailing on coachroof, and Lewmar 16 on mast

Click here to open
a new window
with selected
supersized photos

Forward, there is a double berth forecabin and a two-berth Pullman-style passage cabin to starboard,
with a small heads compartment to port

Photographs

January 2011

and
June 2012

The side leaves of the cockpit table are removed and stowed below,
and the Hydrovane self-steering vanes are removed and the mechanism covered.