Mason - Mason 43- Nelson Yacht Sales Inc/1982 Mason 43 Cutter

BUILDER: Ta Shing DESIGNER: Al Mason
LOA: 43'10-1/2"; LWL: 31'09";
BEAM: 12'3-1/2"; DRAFT: 6'03";
DISPL: 27,400#; BALLAST: 9,400#;
RIG: Aft Cockpit Cutter; SAIL AREA: 899 sq ft;
AUX DIESEL: 50 hp 4 cyl Perkins 4-108
FUEL: appx. 130 gal; WATER: appx. 200gal.

INTRODUCTION: The Ta Shing built Mason 43 is a true offshore cruiser. She offers classic lines in a luxurious tri-cabin, aft cockpit, cutter rig design. CANTO offers a lasting value in today's market.

ACCOMMODATIONS: Sleeps six to nine. Double berth in forward cabin. U shaped settee to port in main salon converts to double berth. Plus single settee berth and pilot berth to starboard. Aft cabin sleeps three in double berth to port and single berth to starboard;

FORWARD CABIN: Double berth offset to port; Drawers and top loading storage beneath berth; Small settee to starboard; Hanging locker and bureau to starboard; Full length bookshelves port and starboard; Swivel reading lights; Louvered door access to chain locker forward; Three opening ports; Overhead hatch w/ screen; White headliner and cabin sides. Large hanging locker in passageway opposite entrance to head.

HEAD: Located to port immediately aft of forward cabin; Wilcox Crittenden "Skipper" Manual marine toilet (Rebuilt Feb '06) with discharge into holding tank - Approx 25 gal; Pump out for holding tank; Single s/s sink w/ hot and cold pressure water; Soap dispenser; Marble counter top; Large teak framed mirror; Large louvered storage locker; Separate shower stall w/ hot and cold pressure water, teak grate and separate sump; Opening port;

MAIN SALON: Large u-shaped settee to port - converts to double berth. Dinette to port; Storage behind and beneath; Shelving and cabinetry above; Straight single berth settee to starboard; Pilot berth above and outboard of starboard settee. Three drawer bureau forward of starboard settee; White Formica headliner and cabin sides; Overhead hatch w/ screen; Hanging wet locker next to nav station;

GALLEY: U-shaped - Located to port at foot of companionway - immediately aft of port settee; U-shaped; Twin stainless steel sinks w/ hot and cold pressure water - with hand and foot valves. Manual backup hand pump; Shipmate propane 3 burner stove with oven and broiler; Top-loading ice box with Adler Barbour holding plate refrigeration; Secure louvered storage cabinets outboard and overhead; Glass rack; Dry storage bin; Drawer storage; Trash bin; Opening port; Prism skylight;

NAVIGATION STATION: Located to starboard at foot of companionway - faces aft, partially enclosed; AC/DC electrical panel; Instrument array panel; Lift top chart table w/ storage; Shelving and storage beneath seat; Prism skylight;

AFT CABIN: Located athwartships - passageway located port of companionway; Double berth to port; Single berth to starboard; Pull out sink - not plumbed; Two opening ports; Overhead hatch with screen; Bookshelves and storage cabinets;

GENERAL INTERIOR NOTES: Rich varnished teak joinery throughout - in unusually good condition; Varnished teak and spruce cabin sole; Total of 14 bronze opening ports; Total of three large teak and plexi hatches; Varnished teak staving on vertical surfaces; 12v fans throughout; Weems & Plath clock and barometer;

ON DECK: Twin stainless steel and rubber bow anchor rollers - custom arrangement so both anchors can be securely pinned; Twin foredeck cleats with open bulwark fairleads. Two deck hawse pipes; Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits with double lifelines - replaced '03; Twin mid-ship cleats; Twin stainless steel mast pulpits; Varnished teak handrails on cabin top - tan covers; Five chrome cowl vents with varnished teak box dorades & deck box; Three teak and plexi deck hatches with matching Sunbrella (Toast) covers; Complete deck awnings forward and aft of the mast;

GROUND TACKLE: 65# CQR primary anchor with 350 ft 3/8' chain; 66# Bruce secondary w/chain & nylon rode; 35# Danforth; 25# Danforth; Simpson Lawrence vertical electric windlass with up and down power, capstan and gypsy; Spare windlass motor; Spare set of new brushes;

IN THE COCKPIT: Pedestal with wheel steering; Stainless steel pedestal guard; High backed cockpit combing with varnished teak cap rail; Three hinged lockers; Teak cockpit grate. Hot and cold cockpit shower; New in 2004 -Full sized Sunbrella (Toast) dodger with connector and cockpit bimini with stainless steel frame - - including matching covers for sails, handrails, dorades, winches etc; Varnished teak folding cockpit table and drink holder on pedestal; Propane Bar-B-Q grill; Fish rod holder; Closed cell cockpit cushions - excellent condition, re-covered in '05; Double louvered door to companionway;

SAILS: Doyle StackPak Mainsail with three reefs and lazy jacks - good condition; Tan sail cover; RF 120% Yankee with sun cover; RF Hood staysail; Hood storm trisail - excellent; RF Hood storm jib - excellent; RF Hood genoa - spare; Hood spinnaker - excellent;
Storm staysail;

SPARS AND RIGGING: Cutter rig; Keel stepped, painted aluminum Forespar mast and boom; Adjustable traveler on cabin top; Double spreaders; 1x19 stainless steel standing rigging w/ Norseman terminals - installed 1999; Stainless steel chain plates - New in 2002; Storm trisail track on mast; Spinnaker pole track; Lazy jacks; Insulated backstay; Outboard stainless steel genoa tracks; Harken roller furling for headsails and staysail; Aluminum spinnaker pole;

WINCHES: Lewmar 48ST 2-speed primaties; Lewmar 44ST secondaries in cockpit; Lewmar 42 ST mainsheet winch; Mast mounted reefing winch; Matching tan covers for all winches;

AUXILLIARY DIESEL: Perkins 50 hp, 4 cyl, (4.108) FWC; Seriously inspected and professionally refurbished in February 2005 (Replaced oil seals, gaskets, injection elbow, cleaned heat exchanger, new hoses, rebuilt starter & alternator, replaced damper plate); Borg Warner Velvet Drive reduction gear (1.91:1); 1-1/4" stainless steel shaft; Racor primary fuel filter; Secondary engine mounted fuel filter; Waterlift exhaust system; Oil pressure, Water temp, voltage and ampere meters. Remote fuel water contamination alarm; Oil change system; Assorted spare parts; Cutlass bearing replaced February '05; Valve for winterizing;

AC/DC ELCTRICAL SYSTEM: 125V 30 amp AC shore power and 12v DC systems; Deluxe AC/DC breaker panel with individual and master breakers; 30 amp shore power connector; 50 ft shore power cord; 30 amp battery charger-converter; Total of 6 batteries: Four 6V gell cell house batteries (360AH) and two 6V engine start batteries (180AH); Battery selector switch; Weems & Plath voltmeter; Balmar 100 amp amp engine alternator with external regulator; Four Winds wind generator mounted on stern pole; Two Siemens 80W solar panels (2001);

COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: Pedestal mounted compass; Horizon Intrepid VHF with cockpit RAM microphone; DSC VHF integrated with GPS for "Mayday" distress call; Kenwood TS-450S SSB/Ham transceiver with Pactor-I Modem; Kantronics KAM-XL tuner; Robertson AP200-SAIL 12v hydraulic autopilot; Monitor windvane steering; Magellan Nav-5200 GPS Plotter; Data Marine A180 log counter; Data Marine S100KL knot meter and log; Data Marine LX-360 wind speed and direction; Raytheon RL70 RADAR (2001) - Integrated with GPS; Silva handheld compass; Jensen AM/FM cassette stereo;

SAFETY & SURVIVAL: Zodiac 6 person offshore cannister life raft mounted on cabin top; Assorted USCG required basic safety gear; Assorted fire extinguishers positioned through vessel; Assorted life jackets; Horseshoe Ring; Emergency tiller; Mast mounted Firdell RADAR detector; Horseshow ring; Bell, Horn, Plugs; Flares; High water bilge alarm; Deck jack lines; RLB-32 Class 1 Cospas-Sarsat EPIRB; Spotlight; Lightning ground plate - installed 2001;

TANKAGE AND PLUMBING: Hot and cold pressure water service to galley, head and shower; Aft cabin sink - currently disconnected from system; 110v Atwood 10 gal hot water heater with engine heat exchange system; Approx 200 gal of water in five stainless steel water tanks with distribution manifold; Manual bilge pump; Two electric bilge pumps with float switch and high water alarm; 130 gal of diesel fuel in two tanks located beneath aft bunks; Approx 25 gal holding tank w/ macerator evacuation pump plus deck plate for pump-out; Seawater wash down pump on foredeck; Bronze sea valves below the waterline; Hot and cold cockpit shower;

CONSTRUCTION: Hull is solid hand-laid molded fiberglass built to Lloyds 100A1 specifications with 10 full length longitudinal stringers; Off-white gelcoat exterior finish; Deck is hand laid molded fiberglass sandwich with resin coated balsa core; Teak plank overlay on deck - good condition; Deck mechanically fastened to hull using full length stainless steel flat bars on both deck and hull flanges, chemically bonded and heavily layered with fiberglass; Varnished teak toe rail; Cabin top is molded fiberglass sandwich with nonskid: Molded full keel underbody with cutaway forefoot and encapsulated internal ballast; Rudder is mounted on keel. Propeller is protected in aperture between keel and rudder; Wheel steering mounted on cockpit pedestal with cable and quadrant; Keel stepped mast;

MISCELLANEOUS: Trinidad Pro bottom paint - March '05; Extensive spare parts inventory; Assorted dock lines and fenders; Two 20# propane tanks in vented cockpit locker; Windscoop; Full winter storage cover;

DISCLAIMER: This company offers details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of the information or the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents or surveyors to investigate any details buyer requires validated. Vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price changes or removal from market without notice;