VESSEL	MAKE	YEAR	BERTHS	RATE	SECURITY	PORT	OTHER
Libertas	Valiant 40	1976	6	$3500/week	$1500	Islesboro, Seal Harbor

The Valiant 40 has perhaps influenced modern blue water cruiser design more than any other boat. Prior to the Valiant 40, cruising sailboats we synonymous with big heavy and slow. The genius that designer Bob Perry brought in the Valiant 40 was to put a what was then a modern IOR racing shape under the waterline and match it with a cruising hull above. He built this concept into a boat with the look of a Scandinavian double ender and in doing so help further the American love for traditional double enders that exists to this day.

Winning multiple single handed ocean races, it quickly gained a reputation of being a fast and serious ocean going passage-maker. The boat is a regular circumnavigator, some claiming perhaps no other cruising boat has logged as many open ocean miles, and in 1997 the Valiant 40 was inducted into the American Sailboat Hall of fame.

LIBERTAS is an ocean-going passagemaker with great amenities such as freezer, refrigerator, solar power, oven, heater, hot/cold pressure water, composting head and radar/gps overlay, and a Windlass.

• Accommodations: The forward V-berth makes into a private double bunk. Aft on the port side is a head with hand basin, vanity and mirror, shower and composting head; hanging lockers to starboard. Hot and cold pressure water. Main Salon aft of the V-Berth and head are settees on both port and starboard sides, outboard of the settees are cabinets and bookshelves. Center is a drop leaf table that seats 6 comfortably. Aft of the main salon on the port side is a U-shaped galley that consists of a 3 Burner propane stove with oven & broiler, cabinets and drawers, refrigeration/freezer, and double stainless steel sinks. Complete dishes, utensils, pots and pans (and lobster pot) for extended cruising. Aft of the galley is a private double berth. Opposite the galley on the starboard side is a nav station and electronics. Aft of the nav station on the starboard side are hanging lockers. Blankets, quilts, pillows, sheets Opening ports and Dorade vents screened. 900 amp-hour battery bank with solar, shore, and engine charging
  
  
• Electronics & Equipment: Raymarine RL80C Radar and Charplotter, Raymarine RL70 repeater at nav station, VHF radio with AIS and helm repeater, TackTick speed, depth, wind, Autohelm 6000 Autopilot, AM/FM/CD with USB/ipod attachment, Charts and complete plotting instruments
  
  

• Safety Equipment: 4 adult, 3 children PFD's. Lifesling. 406 EPRIB (manual), fire extinguishers and all coast-guard required safety items. Flash lights, first aid kits, bell, horn.
  
  
• Dinghy: Fiberglass peapod with double rowing stations.
  
  
• Engine: Westerbeke 40. Cruising speed 6.5 knots. Fuel consumption 1 gal/hr.
  
  
• Sail Plan: Cutter rig, full batten main with three reef points and lazy jacks, New 105% Yankee and staysail roller furling, Bosun’s chair and climbing gear, spur line cutter, and lobster-pot-friendly keel design.