40' Cartwright Custom

1976 Custom Cartwright Sloop, ATHENA, cutter rig designed by Jerry Cartwright noted solo circumnavigator, reflects traditional blue-water priorities: rugged construction, reliable tracking, and practical offshore manageability. Athena has had the same owner for 42 years and was purchased in 1984 when she was only eight years old. Built in 1976, she is a purpose-built, fully insulated ferro-cement blue-water cutter designed for strength, seaworthiness, and shorthanded offshore handling. Her construction highlights fine marine plywood with Bynel-over-Bruynzeel, flush decks w/no deck crazing, stainless-steel under-deck frame with vertical supports, 35-day hull curing process reaching full strength at 40 years, & overbuilt hatches, portlights & scantlings for exceptional durability. Athenas offshore performance boasts a heavy-displacement, full-keel w/excellent tracking, stable motion, and a comfortable sea-kindly ride that reduces fatigue on long passages. Her cutter rig balances easily in typical 15 to 25-knot offshore conditions, making her well suited to single-handed sailing and windvane steering. Athenas open & spacious galley has a large island counter for food prep and entertainment. Beneath the island lives the beautiful Beta engine with full access on all sides. This classic coastal-blue water pocket cruiser is exceptionally clean and well maintained and because ATHENA is turn-key with zero major structural project debt, her value sits at a premium for an offshore sailing vessel. A unique and rare find. Clean documented title. Please email/call/text with questions or to schedule a viewing. A must see!

Boat Name: ATHENA
Manufacturer/builder: Billy Hamilton
Designer: Jerry Cartwright
Make/Model: Custom Cutter Rig
Year: 1976
HIN: 575359
LOA: 40
Beam: 113
Draft: 66
Displacement: 26,500
Ballast Weight/Type: 12,000lbs poured Lead
Hull Material: Ferro-cement, type 5 Portland Cement, 2-inch foam insulated
Keel Type: Full Keel w/cutaway forefoot
Rudder: Steel w/strap zincs
Zincs: 2 weld on bar zincs, 4 bolt-on hull zincs
Steering Type: Tiller plus spare ocean tiller
Engine Make/Model: 2014 Beta 38hp 4 cylinder
Fuel/Tanks: Diesel/Keel tank steel encased in foam 75gal
Engine Hours: 937hrs
Cruising speed: 3800 redline/2000rpm 6knots 2/3 gal per hr.
Bilge Pumps: 1large capacity electric, Whalegusher manual bilge pump w/rebuild kit
Electrical Systems: 12V DC/120V AC
Batteries: 2 x 8Ds 235 amp hours each, completely secured in fiberglass tubs
Sails: 2012 Taylor Sails 856 sqft working sail area
2 x Mainsails (7.1oz & 4oz USA fabric)
2 x 150 Genoas one custom made, one came w/boat
2 x working Jibs
1 x Staysail 7oz reinforced
1 x Storm Trysail never used/separate track
1 x Storm Jib (reinforced by Taylor Sails)
2 x Whisker Poles
1 x 180 Drifter 2oz
Rigging: 2012 replaced by Loos & Co.
3/8x1x19 Stainless Steel w/Norseman fittings
Mast: Aluminum
Mast gallows for boom
Double backstays
Running Backstays
Spreaders replaced
Amsteel Rigging Lines
Masthead LED tricolor light & strob
Heavy duty LED running lights
Interior lighting: LED
Windvane: MONITOR w/light & heavy air vanes
Hatches: Heavy teak w/dutch varnish, 15 coats
Galley: Shipmate galley stove, 3 burner w/oven, 4 gal kerosene tank
Norcold fridge w/freezer 2.9amps
Water: Pressurized/footpump fresh & saltwater options
Tanks: galvanized, 165 gallons total
Hot water: 11 gallons
Heating: Diesel & Electric
Dickenson Antarctic salon stove: diesel 3/3.78 gal tank, gravity coil feed, efficient & reliable
Head: 1 full head with tiles shower basin, manual & macerator toilet
Blackwater tank: 12 gal
Electronics: GPS/Chartplotter: Garmin
VHF Radio: integrated GPS and AIS Standard Horizon receiver (does not transmit)
Depth Sounder: New 2025 Digital Raymarine
Transducer: Yes
Radar: Furono Radar w/Questus mounting pole & gravity swing dome
Autopilot: Raymarine ST 2000 plus
Extras: Liferaft inspected every 3 years by Marine Safety in Seattle
Stern anchor in stern lazarette w/250 ft rode
Dodger with zip on canvas for extra weather protection
New topside paint 2024 AllGrip products (zinc chromate & epoxy basecoat) professionally applied.