42' PEARSON 424

USCG Documented #646686

For sale is a classic offshore cruising sailboat: a Pearson 424, built by Pearson Yachts in Portsmouth, NH.

This is a heavy-displacement, center-cockpit cruiser designed for serious passagemaking not a light coastal day sailor.

Selling due to recent death.

Specifications
Year: 1981

LOA: 42 4

LWL: 34 8

Beam: 13 3

Draft: 5 7

Displacement: Approx. 23,500 lbs

Hull: Solid fiberglass

Location: Private dock Deerfield Beach, FL

USCG Documented: Yes (#646686)

The moderate 13'3" beam reflects classic offshore design:

🔧 Major Structural & Mechanical Work
2018 (Boat on hard OctDec):

New shaft

New strut

PYI feathering propeller

All blisters repaired barrier coat

9 thru-hulls replaced (18 total; 1 replaced in 2024)

V-drive replaced

Heat exchanger removed & serviced

20192020

Transmission rebuilt

Fuel tanks replaced (plastic)

Engine water pump replaced

2024

Bottom sanded & painted

Cutlass bearing inspected (excellent condition)

Garmin GPS installed

2025

Standing rigging serviced, inspected & upgraded (Nance & Underwood)

Mast inspected

Running rigging replaced

New anemometer (wind/speed/depth)

Full folder of receipts included.

⚙ Engine & Propulsion
Westerbeke 58

Injectors recently serviced

Freeze plug replaced

100A alternator

Transmission rebuilt

V-drive replaced (2018)

Shaft replaced (2018)

Plastic fuel tanks (2019)

No hour meter

Dual diesel fuel tanks

⛵ Sails & Deck Gear
NEW Ullman mainsail (May 2022)

Jib (excellent condition, 2021)

Stack pack & lazy jacks (2022)

Roller furling

Lorfrans windlass

CPT autopilot (excellent working condition)

🧭 Electronics
Garmin GPS (2024)

New anemometer (wind, speed, depth)

VHF with DSC (AIS compatible)

CPT autopilot

(No radar / No AIS / No SSB)

🛏 Interior Layout (Sleeps 56)
Aft cabin

V-berth

Salon berths

2 heads (1 manual, 1 electric)

3 freshwater tanks approx. 220 gallons total

New holding tank

Automatic bilge pump

Headliner and teak in fair condition.