Bowman 45 for sale in Grenada! After a wonderful season sailing in the Caribbean, the current owners (sadly) need to return to work, and so are selling this beautiful vessel. The Bowman 45 is an outstanding long distance cruising yacht, designed by Chuck Paine and built to Lloyds standards, with thick hulls, a moderate keel and skeg protected rudder giving the crew a feeling of comfort and safety even in adverse conditions. A true offshore vessel, she has previously circumnavigated and recently crossed the Atlantic to the Caribbean. She tracks beautifully through any sea state, happily doing 5-6 knots in light airs, yet handling bigger blows with ease. She has made 9 knots!
The previous owners have continuously ensured all her elements are maintained to the highest standards. The interior is strongly built, comfortable and attractively light. She has been continually upgraded, including the following major upgrades in the last six months:
A bespoke stainless steel arch with dinghy lift and 800W of solar capacity
A complete Victron battery management system
A new Plastimo dinghy
A new high spec anchoring system (windlass, chain and anchor)
A new fridge and freezer system
A new starter engine and starter batteries
The original build and the upgrades make her the ideal vessel for cruising the Caribbean or for venturing even further beyond. Survey and rigging inspection from December 2023 available on request
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SPECIFICATIONS
Dimensions
Length Overall – 47ft
Max Draft – 5.75ft
Beam – 13ft
Length at Waterline – 36.5ft
Engine
Make – Yanmar
Engine Model – 4JH2TE
Engine Year – 1996
Total Power – 55hp
Engine Hours – 6350
Fuel Type – Diesel
Rope Cutter
3 Blade, Bronze Propeller
Tanks
Fresh Water Tank – 2 = 180 Gal (Stainless Steel)
Fuel Tank – 3 = 192 Gal (Stainless Steel)
Holding Tank – 30 Gal (Plastic)
Accommodations
Cabins – 2
Heads – 2
OTHER FEATURES
Hull and Deck
- White GRP hull – antifouling completely stripped and 3 new layers added in 2023
- Lead, scheel keel
- Skeg protected rudder
- Stainless steel arch/pushpit with dinghy lift, 810W solar panels and board rack – new 2024
- Bathing platform with offset boarding ladder
- Cockpit shower
- Teak laid cockpit and side decks
- Mooring cleats fore, aft and mid-ships
- Wheel steering
- Deep cockpit storage locker and lazarette storage lockers, with separate gas bottle locker
- Twin, hinged and ventilated, companionway access doors, and perspex companionway top hatch
- Dodger – new 2022
- Bimini (with clear attachable sides to create cockpit tent) – new 2022
- Shade cloths (various sizes) – new 2024
Rigging and sails
- Cutter rig
- Keel stepped mast
- Oversized stainless steel standing rig with 13 stays – 11 stays replaced 2021/2022
- Mast steps to first spreader
- 2 x banks of 6 Lewmar jamming clutches on coachroof at cockpit
- 2 x Lewmar ST58 primary genoa winches (electric/manual)
- 4 x Lewmar ST40 winches (manual) (2 on coachroof, 1 for genoa furling, 1 on mast)
- Hand held electric drive for deck winches
- Mainsail, fully battened, in white Tape-Drive material from UK Sails (2002, serviced 2023)
- Mainsail luff car system
- Mainsail control lines and reefing lines to cockpit (2 reefs set up in double line reefing at present, sail has 3 reefs available for rigging)
- Yankee, from Saturn Sails, mounted on Shaeffer roller reef system – new 2022
- Cutter sail, in white Dacron, mounted on Shaeffer roller reef system – 2017
- Gennaker sail
- Spinnaker pole with mast track system
- Bespoke stainless steel end brackets for main-sheet traveller
Ground tackle
- Lofrans X2 1500W electric windlass aluminium – new 2024
- Mantus M1 Galvanized Anchor 25kg – new 2024
- Anchor chain 76m, G43 10mm P30 – new 2024
- Spare anchors – Kobra anchor 16kg, Kedge anchor 35kgs
Tankage
- 3 x Fuel tanks. Stainless steel – 165 imperial gallons (727 litres) fuel in total
- 2 x Water tanks. Stainless steel (treated and cleaned in 2024) – 150 imperial gallons (680 litres) in total
- 1 x Holding tank, circa 25 imperial gallons (114L)
Engine
- Yanmar 4JHTE, 55hp, inboard diesel engine – approx 6,300 hours (serviced March 2024)
- Yanmar gearbox – new cone clutch 2023
- Shaft drive – with Aquadrive
- Three blade fixed propeller, bronze
- Spare three blade Gori folding propeller
- 24V alternator upgrade on engine
- Spare alternators (12V and 24V)
- Spare filters, impellers and belts
- New starter engine 2024 (original rebuilt and stored as spare)
Electrical
- Solar panels 2 x 405W – new 2024
- Victron SmartSolar MPPT 100/50 – new 2024
- Victron MultiPlus 1600 inverter/charger – new 2024
- Victron Battery Monitor BMV 712 – new 2024
- 4 x domestic batteries (AGM), providing 4 x 120Ah – new 2023
- 2 x starter batteries – new 2024
- 2 x batteries for bow thruster / electric winches – 2019
- 24V system for domestic systems, including lighting
- 12V system for navigation electronics
- 240V shore power system
- Internal lighting LED
- Panda Fisher 240v 5kVA diesel generator
- Hyundai 2kVA four stroke portable generator
Electronics and navigation
- Ships compass
- Raymarine E120 colour chart plotter (including Caribbean charts)
- Raymarine autopilot – new 2022
- Raymarine depth sounder – new 2024
- Autohelm wind instrument
- Standard Horizon VHF/DSC/AIS radio
- ICOM SSB radio (antenna not connected)
- ICOM AIS transceiver
- Mechanical tank monitor (3 fuel, 2 water)
- Control for bow thruster – new 2022
- Raymarine radar dome
- Iridium Go (internet) installed
Machinery
- Vetus bow thrusters – new 2014
- Plumbing in place for a water maker
- Webasto diesel powered warm air heating (4 outlets)
- Hot and cold pressurised water to galley and heads
- Water heated from engine calorifier
- 1 x electrical bilge pump (new float sensor 2024)
- 1 x manual bilge pump
Safety Equipment
- 6 person liferaft by Ocean Safety (service due 2025)
- EPIRB – new 2022
- 8 x lifejackets and harnesses
- 5 x fire extinguishers, and fire blanket
- Man overboard mat
- Sea anchor
Additional equipment
- Inflatable tender – Plastimo 2.7m, aluminium bottom – new April 2024
- Outboard motor – Honda 2.3 HP
- Lines, warps, fenders
- Significant amount of spares
- Extensive tool kits
- Extensive first aid kit
ACCOMMODATION
Overall
- Interior finished in maple with maple and oak striped sole boards
- Venting louvers to most locker doors throughout
- Six berths in two cabins plus saloon
- Soft furnishings in navy blue material
- Two heads compartments
- Fans throughout
Saloon
- Large central folding dining table with bottle storage under U shaped dinette seating to port side
- Linear dinette / casual seating to starboard side
- Storage cupboards and bookshelves under deckhead
- Storage under seating
- Port lights and deck hatch
- Cabin heating outlet
Galley
- U shaped galley with good size worktop area
- Gimballed gas cooker with two burners, hotplate, oven and grill
- Four gas canisters in gas locker
- Refrigerated cool box
- Dometic Coolfreeze portable fridge and freezer 75L – new 2024
- Additional galley lighting
- Storage cupboards over and under galley worktop
- Stainless steel sink unit with hot and cold mixer tap
- Freshwater filtered foot pump to sink
Navigation area
- Forward facing, half Admiralty size chart table with lifting top and chart stowage area under
- Range of navigation and communication equipment
- Ships electrical control panel
- Additional chart table lighting
- Stowage in chart table pedestal
- Navigators seat with stowage underneath
- 240v electrical outlet
Aft Cabin
- Spacious aft cabin with standing area at entrance
- Wardrobe cupboard
- Three drawer storage unit
- Vanity mirror
- Over berth storage cupboards and bookshelf
- Twin reading lights
- 2 x opening portlights
- Domestic cooling fan
- Access to generator for maintenance
- Under berth storage area
- Cabin heating outlet
Aft Heads
- Spacious main heads compartment
- Manual flush toilet with switchable connection to black water holding tank
- Molded sink unit with storage over and under
- Hot and cold water mixer tap
- Separate shower area with curtain
- Separate shower controls and shower head with hot and cold water
- Teak drainage floor grating
- Additional storage and wet locker cupboard
- Additional handrail
- 2 x opening port lights
- Opening deck hatch
- Cabin heating outlet
Forward cabin
- Double offset berth with infill cushion
- Storage area under berth
- Spacious cabin with good size standing area
- Direct access to forward en-suite heads compartment
- Double ventilated wardrobe cupboards
- Vanity storage unit with drawer, cupboard and mirror over
- Over berth storage cupboards and bookshelf to both port and starboard side
- Chart storage locker above wardrobe locker
- Twin reading lights
- Domestic cooling fan
- Opening portlight
- Opening deck hatch
- Cabin heating outlet
Forward heads
- Manual flush toilet with switchable connection to black water holding tank
- Molded sink unit with storage over and under
- Hot and cold water mixer shower/tap
- Additional storage cupboard
- Opening portlight
- Opening deck hatch
Additional Information
- Interior finished in maple with maple and oak striped sole boards.
- Venting louvers to most locker doors throughout.
- Soft furnishings in navy blue material.
- Lee cloths for all beds.
- Freshwater foot pump to sink, with carbon filter.
- All lights upgraded to LEDs.
- Aft heads with a large wet locker.
- Large storage in cockpit locker which is connected to lazarette and aft heads.
- Separate gas bottle locker.
- Most teak slats of the swimming platform replaced 2024.
- Mast steps to first spreader.
- 2 x banks of 6 Lewmar jamming clutches on coachroof at cockpit.
- Bespoke stainless steel end brackets for main-sheet traveller.
- All fresh water pumps were cleaned in 2024.
- Water tanks mechanically cleaned from inside and flushed and disinfected 2024.
- Fully fueled May 2024.
- Dinghy is currently stored under the boat in Clarkes Court.
- Generator serviced in Feb 2024
- Engine serviced in May 2024.
- All pipes have been fully flushed with fresh water in May 2024.
- Hull was stripped completely stripped of old layers and 3 new layers of anti foul applied Dec 2023.
- All winches and rigging professionally serviced and replaced aging parts 2024.
- Reefing changed to two double line reefs.
- New shade cloths purchased 2024.
- Boat has a full set of only relevant manuals.
Disclaimer
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
