Completed by Custom Yachts, Southampton and by owner, on Tyler GRP mouldings
Year
launched 1985
Price
£62,000
LOA
43' 0"
Sail area
approx 1,000 sq ft
Brief details
LWL
36' 0"
Rig
Sloop
The Victory 41 is a development of the Victory 40/Trintella IV design by van de Stadt. All these have an excellent aft cabin under a raised poop deck, the main differences being that the Victory 41 has an internal walk-through to the aft cabin. This is the only Victory 41 to be sloop-rigged, and is very much a 100:100 motorsailer, having a big powerful rig on a traditional long-keeled sailing hull, plus a very powerful diesel. She is in her second ownership in 40 years, and is for sale now only because of major changes of plans by the present owner.
Beam
11' 6"
Cabins
2 plus saloon
Draught
5' 5"
Berths
6
Displacement
21,000 lbs
Engine
5.9 litre Ford Dorset diesel with Mermaid marinisation
Ballast
8,000 lbs
BHP
100
Keel type
Long keel with keel-hung rudder
The Victory 40 was designed by E. G. van de Stadt in 1969, and from 1970 the hulls were moulded by Tyler Boats in Tonbridge, Kent, who along with Halmatic were regarded as one of the best GRP moulders in the UK. The hull is solid GRP with chopped strand and woven rovings, and with clear gelcoat used in underwater areas. The hulls were always fitted with stringers, bulkheads and tanks before leaving Tylers.
The hulls were mostly fitted out by Aberdour Marine in Scotland as Victory 40s, and by Anne Wever in Holland who sold the completed boats as Trintella IVs. All these were normally ketch-rigged - in the 1970s it was thought that sloop rigs in boats that size were too difficult to handle by family crews. These boats were generally fitted either with fixed windscreens a la Hallberg-Rassy or with open-backed wheelhouses. Over 100 of these V40/Trintella boats were built, and many have made long passages.
After a fire at the Tyler factory destroyed the Victory 40 moulds, a new mould was made with some subtle changes, including under-deck access to the aft cabin, and three Victory 41s were built before Tylers decided to cease production in favour of more "modern" designs. This yacht is the last of these - and the hull was bought by the present owner to be fitted out to his own requirements. Van de Stadt Design approved the change to sloop rig, and in fact said that the original intention had always been for sloop rig!
Yachtsnet photographs April 2025 except where marked
The raised poop deck aft gives a spacious aft cabin with 6' 2" headroom,
a single and double berth and and an ensuite heads. The double berth has a
hinged leeboard and there are S/S radiators for heating.
Above = "walkthrough" to aft cabin. As this is under the cockpit sole headroom is low in this passageway.
There is a front-opening fridge outboard, also engine access panels. The engine can also be accessed by a
lifting panel in the cockpit sole, and a small viewing port under the companionay steps - photo below.
The engine is a 5.9 litre Ford Dorset diesel marinised with Ford Mermaid parts. It develops 100 bhp,
but this is rarely needed, the owner usually using 1,200 rpm which reportedly gives 8 knots
with
a fuel consumption of ¾ gallon per hour. It has shaft drive to a three-bladed feathering propeller.
The Ford Dorset 5.9 litre engine was a low-revving straight-six diesel originally used in Ford Cargo trucks,
but also used extensively in generators, tractors and combine harvesters.
They are near-indestructible,
and make an excellent marine engine when marinised. As so many are still in service
in agricultural machinery, spares are still readily available.
The yacht is currently ashore, and will not be launched this season, as the owner has moved abroad.
The drum at the base of the mast is stowage for additional anchor warp if required beyond the 150 ft chain on the main anchor, with a wooden seat above.
The teak decks are sound, as is the teak on the cockpit/wheelhouse seating, though this has been
coated
with
a woodskin type material which is flaking. The open-backed wheelhouse has 6' 2" headroom.
Photographs all
April 2025 except where marked
The wind generator on the substantail stern arch has now been tied off as a larger 400 watt solar panel supplies all needed electric power
Equipment List:
Engine details
5.9 litre six cylinder Ford Dorset diesel marinised with Mermaid parts, freshwater cooled, 100 bhp
Fuel tank capacity
100 gallons
Propeller
Three bladed feathering
Batteries
2 x 120AH services batteries and 120AH engine start battery
Battery charging/electrics
Engine alternator, 400 watt solar panel, and 300 watt Rutland wind generator
Small asymmetric which sets on wire stay, with furling gear
Primary winches
2 x Barlow 28
Secondary winches
2 x Barlow 26
Other winches
4 x Barlow 19 winches on mast, Lewmar 22 mainsheet winch, Vetus electric drum winch for genoa roller-reefing line
Bower anchor
45 lb CQR with 150 ft chain (new chain 2015)
Kedge anchors
25 lb and 35 lb CQRs, and 35 lb FOB
Anchor windlass
Vetus electric windlass up/down switched
Steering
Hydraulic wheel steering
Autopilot
Cetrek 701
Steering compass
Sestrel
Warps & fenders
4 warps and 4 fender
Navigation Equipment and instruments
Radar
Koden MD3604 CRT type
GPS
Garmin 152 and Garmin 128
Chartplotters
Raymarine RC631 10" colour plotter in wheelhouse, networked to Raymarine RL70C 7" colour plotter at chart table
Log/speed
NASA Clipper
Depth sounder
NASA Clipper
Hydrograph
NASA
Windspeed/direction
NASA Clipper
VHF radio
NASA SX35 with DSC, also Sailor R144B, and Simrad RT64 radios
SSB
SSB transceiver (unused by present owner)
Radio receiver
Sailor marine HF receiver, also radio/CD player
Navtex
NASA
Safety/emergency equipment
Lifebuoy
Horseshoe and danbuoy
Radar reflector
Mast mounted
Bilge pumps
Manual and electric pumps
Interior
Cabin layout
Forecabin, forward heads, saloon, aft heads and aft cabin
Cabin heating
Hot water radiators fed by diesel water heater
Berths
6
Water tank capacity
2 x 75 gallons
Cooker
Taylors 040 4-burner, grill and oven
Refrigerator
Engels front-opening fridge
Heads
2 x Lavac
Miscellaneous
Dinghy
Rigid dinghy
These particulars
are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject
to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available.
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