1985 Slocum 43 Pilothouse

NOTE: THERE WAS A SURVEY DONE RECENTLY ON THE BOAT WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO SERIOUS BUYERS. THAT DISCLOSED ELEVATED MOISTURE IN PARTS OF THE HULL, PRIMARILY FROM THE STERN AND FORWARD. CONSEQUENTLY WE ARE LOWERING THE PRICE FROM $89,000 TO $20,000 ON AN AS-IS, WHERE-IS BASIS.   

The Slocum 43 is a sturdy, cutter rigged double-ender designed by naval architect Stan Huntingford of Vancouver, British Columbia. It evolved from his famous Passport 42 design. A handful of them were built in the Pilothouse configuration, as is our offering.

While many may not be familiar with Stan, you may recognize some of his works- Passport 42 & 51, Maple Leaf and Cooper Pilothouses, Chinook, True North, Rafikis and the Liberty 49, among many others. All solid boats with owners that love them. These are world-class offshore cruisers and not dock anchor boats- they cruise and can routinely be seen in all corners of the world.

Built to American Bureau of Shipping standards, the Slocum 43 Pilothouse was built at the Hai-O Yacht Building Yards in Taiwan by Cruising Yachts International under the supervision of Jan Stadman, who designed most of the interior. These are heavy displacement yachts that are superior to many of the better known cruising yachts of her size.

Below the water line the hull shows a fine entry with a long cutaway forefoot followed by an efficient and modern keel and a deep profile skeg-hung rudder just forward of a tapered stern section. This design combination readily separates the Slocum 43 from other traditional yachts and offers ease of handling with lively, safe performance.

Topsides, the tumble home stern, deep, safe secure cockpit, raised bulwarks with high lifelines, beefy standing rigging and sensible deck layout make for a true blue water cruiser.

The interior is one of the warmest, roomiest and most comfortable interiors available in a 43’ cruising yacht. Fine teak joinery as one comes to expect from Taiwan builders even to this day. Great storage throughout and a galley with plenty of refrigeration and counter space. These boats make a great live-aboard and a comfortable, sturdy passage maker.

Aft stateroom: On port and at the base of the companionway is the master stateroom.  There is a 6’7” x 54” berth with four drawers beneath it and top access to storage under the rest of the berth.  There are four other lockers in the space in various places as well as a small fiddled nightstand shelf for small items.  Light and ventilation are provided by one overhead light, 2 reading lights, a reading light on port, one overhead hatch, and a sliding glass window aft to the cockpit. Headroom in here is 6’10”.

Quarter berth: On starboard and across from the master stateroom is a quarter berth. The berth is 6’7” long and 35” wide at the shoulders. Along the hullside and above the berth are double-doored lockers, with a fiddled shelf in between them. On the forward end is a hanging locker with shelves in it.

Saloon: The pilothouse saloon layout provides a great view of the outside and allows a comfortable place to steer from in bad weather. There is a 7’ long L-shaped settee on port which can also serve as a berth, with storage beneath and behind the cushions. Above and behind it is a shelf; there are also fiddled bookshelves along the aft bulkhead. On starboard is the inside steering station, with a comfortable height-adjustable seat with arms. There are drawers and locker space outboard of that; electrical panels are also along the hull adjacent to the helm seat.

The windows surrounding the pilothouse, while providing great visibility, are also protected with storm shutters for offshore passages. Three overhead hatches (as well as the companionway and a Hella fan) provide ventilation to the area. There are four overhead lights for additional illumination if desired. Headroom is 6’3”.

Galley: U-shaped, the galley is down and to port. The aft end features a freezer and refrigerator; the freezer being top loading and the fridge is top and front loading. On the end is a louvered door locker beneath the counter. Moving along the hullside, there is a stove and oven, with a pots and pans locker beneath that. Moving around, the forward end of the galley has a large dry bin next to the stove, then a deep pair of double sinks. The sinks have a double doored locker beneath them. To the right of that is a stack of five drawers.

Above the counter along the hull is a shelf and microwave oven directly behind the stove, with sliding louvered doored shelving spaces to either side of that. Above the sink area are a couple more louvered door cabinets.

Across from the galley is the dinette. With opposing bench seats, it can comfortably seat four. The table is height adjustable and there is a fiddled shelf on the hullside above the table for condiments or whatever. Forward of that is a counter space with a doored locker above it and five drawers below it. Even further forward of that is a hanging locker which has been fitted out with shelves to optimize storage space. There are two reading lights and a table lamp for lighting and a Hella fan for ventilation. Headroom in the galley and dinette area is 6’3”. 

Head: Located on the port side forward of the galley, when you enter the space the head is to your left and the separate shower stall is to your right.  The sink and counter space are immediately in front of you along the hull.  There is storage above and beneath the sink.  Hand holds are plentiful with a fiddled counter space.  In addition, there are grab bars in the shower and head and a continuous hand hold along the house top.  There are three overhead lights, a Dorade vent, 2 opening ports and a Hella fan for ventilation. Headroom in here is 6’4”.

Forward stateroom: As you enter the forward stateroom immediately on starboard is a hanging locker with shelves, followed by a 6-drawer dresser with a large fiddled countertop.  Above that and along the hull are a stack of five drawers, two louvered double door lockers and a fiddled shelf in between the lockers.  Forward is double doored access to the chain locker.  On port are a pair of bunk beds 27”x70”.  There are two overhead hatches, two overhead lights, two reading lights, a Hella fan and one opening port. Headroom is 6’5”. 

• Teak hullside staving throughout
• Louvered cabinet doors for proper ventilation
• Teak and holly cabin sole
• Beautiful teak joinery

• Force 10 3-burner LPG stove with oven
• Dedicated double bottle LPG locker
• 10# aluminum LPG bottle
• Xintex LPG control
• Sharp microwave oven
• Double stainless steel sinks w/single lever control
• Pull-out sprayer faucet
• Salt water foot pump
• Fresh water foot pump
• Large FRP icebox with 4” polyurethane foam insulation
• Adler Barbour 12v. refrigeration with spill-over system
• Top loading freezer
• Top and front loading refrigerator
• Ice box pump-out

• Shower sump w/10 gal. FRP tank and Rule pump
• Molded FRP Interior
• Single Stainless Steel sink
• Single lever H/C water mixer
• Shower with integral seat
• HC pressure water and shower wand
• Groco manual head
• 6’4” head room
• Teak framed mirror
• Hella fan
• Teak grate on sole

• 150 gallons of fresh water in two removable stainless steel tanks with dipsticks, interconnect valve and inspection ports
• 10-gallon hot water heater
• PAR 36800 fresh water pump
• Accumulator tank
• ½” copper tubing fresh water supply lines
• PAR anchor wash down pump
• H/C pressure cockpit shower (needs repair)
• Rule 2000 electric bilge pump with float switch
• Rule 2000 emergency bilge pump with PAR hydro air high water switch
• Emergency engine crash pump from engine sea water intake through strainer
• Henderson manual bilge pump at helm
• Racor high water bilge alarm

• Internally ballasted 9000# lead keel flooded with resin and completely glassed over
• Bottom stripped and barrier coated with Interlux 2000 (’99)
• Micron CSC bottom paint (’17)
• Double pivoting stainless steel bow anchor roller
• Bruce 30Kg anchor w/200’ of 3/8” BBB chain
• 44# CQR anchor
• Fortress FX-17 anchor
• 200’ of ¾” nylon rode with 25’ of chain
• Nilsson electric windlass with foot switch (up only)
• Chain stopper
• Raised bulwark with teak cap rail
• Double 31” high 1 ¼” SS stanchions with double vinyl coated lifelines mounted on bulwarks
• Port & starboard boarding gates
• Ice box in aft cockpit seat
• Teak rub rail with stainless steel cap
• Stainless steel dorades with guards and cover plates (3)
• 1 3/4” stainless steel mast safety bars with teak rails
• Stainless steel belaying pins (6)
• Bomar Lexan hatches w/screens (6)
• 8” mooring cleats through-bolted with backing plates and chocks (6)
• Dodger with aft grab bar
• Teak decks rebunged ('17)

• Isomat double spreader keel stepped aluminum mast
• 1x19 stainless steel standing rigging (’03)
• Folding mast steps
• Topping lift
• Rigid boom vang
• Courtesy flag halyard
• Goiot double grooved Genoa roller furler
• Harken staysail furler
• Harken spinnaker pole track and car on mast
• Forespar carbon fiber spinnaker pole
• Harken low friction batt car system on main
• Harken mainsheet traveler
• Barient 2SP17ST halyard winch on mast
• Barient 2SP21ST on house
• Barient 2SP19ST on house
• Barient 2SP17ST on house
• Barient 2SP32ST primary winches
• Barient 2SP21ST secondary winches
• Spinlock line clutches (12)
• Newer radial cut 7 oz. laminate, fully battened, loose-footed main with elliptical leach and Spectra leach cord
• Main with three reef points & lazy jacks
• Mainsail cover ('17)
• 140% asymmetrical radial 1.4 oz. spinnaker, blue and white with ATN tacker and cruising chute sleeve (’01)
• 150% Genoa
• #2 Yankee
• Staysail
• ATN 10 oz. orange storm staysail ’01)

120 gallons of fuel in two black –iron fuel tanks. Tanks painted with two coats of anti-rust paint, complete with dipsticks, interconnect with stainless steel ball valves, inspection ports, labeled and grounded. Fuel supply and return lines in 5/16” copper tubing. 

• Yanmar 4JH-DTE 88HP S/N 36971 with 3856 hours
• Dual switchable Racor filters with heat shields
• Racor vacuum gauge
• Dual water sensor probes 
• KBW-2 parallel drive transmission w/2.17 gear reduction. S/N 5526
• R&D flexible shaft coupling
• Aquamet 22 stainless steel 1.5” tapered drive shaft
• PSS dripless shaft seal
• 18” 3-blade Max-Prop
• Vernalift muffler w/3” dia. Neoprene exhaust hose
• Dual lever Morse engine controls at outside steering station
• Morse controls at lower steering station
• Dual instrument panels in cockpit and lower steering stations
• King Air 16,000BTU reverse cycle heat/air conditioning
• Espar D8LC diesel forced air heating system

• Rudder and skeg of airfoil section with massive internal reinforcement, FRP construction with closed cell foam filling
• Cast stainless heel fitting with Teflon bearing
• Bronze stuffing box above waterline with cutlass bearing
• Upper rudder stock bracket through-bolted to cockpit deckhead
• Radial drive with 7x19 stainless steel wire
• Rudder stops cast-in on steering quadrant
• Yacht Specialties pedestal
• Ritchie Globemaster compass on pedestal
• 36” diameter teak rimmed stainless steel destroyer wheel

• Hubbell 30A shore power connections with cords
• 4kVA 240/220/120V AC isolation and step-down transformer
• Newmar 120V AC panel with volt and amp meters
• Newmar 12v DC panel with volt and amp meters
• Xantrex 40A 3-bank battery charger
• Link 20 two bank battery monitor
• Yanmar 44A alternator for charging starting battery
• Balmar 150A dual output alternator for charging house batteries
• Balmar Max Charge charge regulator
• Blue Seas Mega Fuse blocks (2)
• 8D house batteries (2)
• Group 31 starting battery
• Aqua Signal masthead strobe
• Copper bonding system

• ICOM IC-M802 SSB radio
• ICOM AT-140 auto tuner
• ICOM SP-24 external speaker
• Pactor IIe modem
• Backstay antenna with Norseman insulators
• Robertson Shipmate RS8300 dual station VHF radio w/DSC
• Autohelm ST6000 autopilot at helm
• Autohelm ST7000 autopilot at inside steering station
• Raymarine ST600 autopilot remote control
• Raymarine ST60+ depth
• Raymarine ST60+ speed
• Raymarine ST60+ wind
• Raymarine ST60+Graphic display at inside station
• Instruments integrated with Sea Talk
• Raytheon RX20XX radar
• Davis Perception II weather monitor
• Mast mounted TV antenna
• TV
• JVC stereo w/automatic CD cartridge changer
• Saloon and cockpit speakers

• Winslow Offshore 6-man 60SLO valise life raft w/survival equipment package S/N 60-00521 (‘01)
• Closed cell foam cockpit cushions
• Teak cockpit table and cup holder
• Force 10 LPG grill on stern rail mount
• Teak boarding ladder
• Stern SS boarding ladder
• Emergency tiller
• Jack lines
• Firdell “Blipper” mast mounted radar reflector
• Engine parts and service manuals

Owner’s personal effects and any items not specifically described in this listing

Potential purchasers should assume that any items on the vessel at the time of viewing, but not specifically listed on this specification sheet, are not included with the sale of the yacht. These specifications are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed. Specifications are provided for information purposes. Data was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds, consumptions, capacities and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided, and agrees to instruct his/her agents or his/her surveyor to confirm such details prior to purchase. This vessel is subject to sale, price and inventory changes or withdrawal from market without notice.