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2003 Wesmac Flybridge

New Smyrna, Florida

$595,900

WESMAC 42

 Originally launched in 2003 as a cruiser, Ahi Ink went through refit at Wesmac in 2012 and consistent upgrades thru to 2024.  Fully equipped for offshore fishing, she’s a comfortable, quiet boat with a 20+ knot cruise, over 600 gallons of fuel and the Wesmac 42’s well deserved reputation for fuel economy and stability at sea.  Don’t miss this opportunity to acquire an outstanding offshore machine in time for the 2024 Blue-fin tuna and canyon fishing season – at a fraction of the cost of a new one!

Most Recent Upgrades:

Seakeeper 6

Simrad evo3s 16" 12" and 12kw radar 

Drop in insulated fish hold

Hamaguchi 35ft greenstick

Hydraulic system and bandit reel

Window coverings

Blue tooth remote for auto pilot

Builder/Designer:  Wesmac Custom Boats, Surry, ME

Construction: Solid fiberglass hull with vinylester resin used throughout all laminates. Duracore stringers and foam cored bulkheads.  Foam cored decks, house and fly bridge, and balsa cored house roof and trunk roof.  8’ stainless shoe protecting keel and skeg.  Stainless strike pads on heavy duty rub rails, quarter guards and stem, and heavy duty stainless corner guards at transom.

Disclaimer

Great Southern Yacht Company is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by South Shore Dry Dock Marine, Inc..

Basic Boat Info

Boat Name: AHI Ink
Make: Wesmac
Model: Flybridge
Year: 2003
Condition: Used
Category: Power
Construction: Fiberglass
Boat Hull ID: WES42042F202
Has Hull ID: Yes

Dimensions

Length: 42 ft / 12.80 m
Length Overall: 42 ft / 12.80 m
Beam: 14'6 ft / 4.42 m

Engines / Speed

Engines: 1
  • Make: Caterpillar
  • Model: 3406E
  • Drive Type: Direct
  • Fuel: Diesel
  • Engine Power: 800hp
  • Type: Inboard
  • Year: 2003
  • Engine Hours: 2550
  • Engine Location: Center

Other

Heads Count: 1
Drive Type: Direct
Boat Class: Downeast, Flybridge

Electronics

At the lower helm:

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  • Standard Horizon Matrix GX2200 VHF with GPS/AIS, DSC, loud hailer, auto fog signals and remote speaker (new 2017)

  • Standard Horizon Matrix GX2000 VHF with DSC (new 2017)

  • Two 14’ Galaxy 8dB VHF antennas mounted on fly bridge port and starboard

  • Simrad AP28 autopilot

  • Furuno GPS/WASS Navigator with external Furuno GPS antenna (not connected to Raymarine network and fully redundant)

  • Ritchie Globemaster compass with red night lighting

  • Jensen CD/Stereo/Sirius/XM radio with speakers in wheel house and cockpit

  • Aluminum radar mast (hinged for inside storage) with spreaders supporting  two 8’ VHF antennas and loud hailer

  • Sidepower bow thruster control

  • Wiper switches with variable intermittent setting

  • ZF Mathers electronic engine control

  • Cat engine display (new color display 2016)

  • Cat start, stop and slow vessel switch panel

  • Control for Kahlenberg dual trumpet air horn

  • Bus heater three speed switch

  • Air conditioning control panel

 

At upper helm:

  •  Simrad evo3s 16" 
  • Ray 55 VHF with DSC
  • 8’ Mariner 6dB VHF antenna mounted on mast

  • Simrad AP28 autopilot control

  • Bow thruster control

  • Cat start, stop and fault switch panel

  • ZF Mathers electronic engine control

  • Cat RPM display

  • Control for Kahlenberg dual trumpet air horn

  • Windlass control

 Under cockpit overhang:

  •  Simrad evo3s 12"
  • 8’ Digital 6dB VHF antenna mounted on mast

Electrical Systems
  • Blue Seas 12v DC electrical panel with battery volt meter and load meter

  • 50 amp shore power receptacle inside tuna door

  • Two 8D engine starting batteries (new 2016)

  • Two 8D house batteries (new 2016)

  • 50 amp smart battery charger

  • Blue Seas 110v AC electrical panel with shore power/genset switch

  • 50 amp shore power cable

  • Onan 5kw genset in sound box (1900 hours )

  • Group 24 genset start battery (new 2016)

  • Bonding system throughout

  • Navigation/anchor lights (new LED 2015-16), interior dome lights and courtesy lights in companionway and cockpit

Mechanical Equipment
  • Engine soft mounted on steel beds with 3” of Soundown insulation under cabin sole (new motor mounts 2017)

  • Alternator, starter and aftercooler (all new 2012 and aftercooler inspected/cleaned 2017)

  • ZF 350A gear with trolling valve

  • 2 ½” SS shaft

  • 32” x 35” five blade Nibral prop (reconditioned 2017)

  • Mathers single lever electronic controls

  • Racor 751000MAX2 dual primary fuel filter for engine

  • Racor 0500MA2 primary fuel filter for genset

  • Engine block heater

  • SS rudder on SS shaft (repacked 2015)

  • HydroSlave dual ram power steering with hydraulic reservoir (new engine driven hydraulic pump in 2017)

  • Hot and cold pressure water

  • Raritan 10 gallon hot water heater (engine heat and 110v)

  • Raritan Elegance electric marine head (new 2013 and new hoses 2016)

  • Whale shower sump pump (new 2016)

  • Hot and cold cockpit shower

  • Jabsco salt water cockpit wash down system (new 2012)

  • Three compartments each with Rule 2000 electric bilge pumps and high water alarms plus Rule 1100 in shaft alley with high water alarm

  • One Rule 4000 emergency bilge pump in engine room (new 2015)

  • 16,000 BTU Marine Air air conditioning system with reverse cycle heat and outlets in wheel house and lower cabin

  • 40,000 BTU Bus heater with outlets at helm forward window, wheel house and head

  • Heavy duty 12v windlass on anchor platform with 75’ of 3/8” chain, 225’ of 5/8” nylon rode and 45 lbs. CQR anchor (30 lbs. Fortress storm anchor on foredeck).

  • Sidepower bow thruster

  • Aft sliding door and sliding side windows and fixed forward windows all by Diamond Seaglaze

  • Reverso electric oil change system (new 2012) plumbed to engine, gear and genset

  • Cat engine spares inventory ($1,500 value), spare oil filters and fuel filters, and spare fluids for engine and genset

  • Engine and genset serviced annually by Windward Power Systems, Fairhaven, MA (Cat dealer)

 

Layout

Large cockpit with tuna door/boarding gate, enclosed port/starboard storage lockers and center hatch opening to huge under deck lazarette storage.   Ladder to fly bridge with molded seating and upper helm station.  Diamond Seaglaze sliding door to wheel house with large L shaped settee, hi-low table and navigator’s station with double Stidd seat to port; straight settee, lower helm station and single oversized Stidd helm seat to starboard; and storage areas port and starboard.  Area carpet in wheel house with Soundown underlayment.  Down below U shaped galley to port with double sink, two burner electric stove, GE microwave/convection oven, fridge and abundant drawers and cabinets.  Head with sink, vanity, Raritan Elegance electric toilet and separate shower to starboard.  Cabinet to electrical space behind toilette.  Large V berth forward with storage under and hanging lockers port and starboard. Access to chain/rope locker in forepeak.  Interior trimmed Herreshoff style in varnished mahogany with Soundown headliner in wheel house and forward cabin.  Wheel house and lower cabin sole of Lonseal teak and ebony with one large engine room center hatch and access hatches port and starboard. 

Dimensions

LOA: 42’

Beam: 14’ 6”

Draft: 4’ 11”

Displacement: 33,000 lbs. (approx.)

Tankage

Fuel: 616 gallons total in two tanks with crossover feed

Water: 100 gallons total in two tanks

Sewage: 30 gallons in one tank

Engines and Performance

 

Single Diesel: Cat 3406E 800hp

Hours: 2400 (April 2024)

Transmission: ZF350A

Cruising Speed: 20 knots at 1900 rpm (74% load) and 30 gph; and 22+ knots at 2000 rpm (80% load) and 34 gph

 

Top Speed: 27 knots at 2330 rpm (94% load) and 42 gph

 

 

 

 

Fishing Gear
  • LD Marine 19’ outriggers and 13’ center rigger

  • 12 LD Marine swivel base rod holders (4 x 13” deep and 8 x 9” deep)

  • 2 Lees HD 15 degree rod holders

  • 4 Tigress side mount rod holders inside trailing edge of house

  • 12 rod holders in overhead aluminum bar by Kentfab

  • 8 Tigress overhead rod hangers in wheel house (6 for Shimano 50s and 2 for 80s)

  • 40 gallon live well with Rule 1600 Tournament pump

  • Jabsco high pressure salt water cockpit wash down

  • Fresh water cockpit washdown

  • Tackle station with cutting board, sink and locking cabinet with drawers

  • Rigid 12v LED spreader lights in cockpit and on fly bridge railing illuminating cockpit (new 2015)

  • Lumitec SeablazeX green LED underwater lights (new 2016)

Safety Gear
  • Fire Boy automatic CO2 fire suppression system in engine room with indicator in companionway

  • Portable CO2 fire extinguisher in galley, portable dry chem fire extinguisher at lower helm, and two portable dry chem fire extinguishers in engine room

  • Revere Offshore Commander six person life raft in cradle on house roof with hydrostatic release (raft inspected 2015 and HRU new 2017)

  • ACR Globalfix 406 EPIRB (Cat 1) with GPS mounted at top of fly bridge ladder (HRU new 2016)

  • 6 Type I PFDs

  • Flotation ring with throwing line

  • 50+nm flare kit (new 2016)

  • Boarding ladder (mounts port or starboard)

  • High water alarms for forward bilge, engine room, shaft alley and lazarette

     

Upgrades/Recent Maintenance 2012-21
  • 2012 – Wesmac completed an extensive refit including interior upgrades, exterior maintenance, installation of fishing and offshore safety gear, mechanical improvements, and new Raymarine electronics.

  • 2012 – Billings Diesel completed a Cat Level 2 service with valve lash adjustment and new belts, new aftercooler, new starter and new alternator. Wesmac replaced cutlass bearings and had shaft remachined.

  • 2013 -- East Coast Fiberglass painted the hull in flag blue Awlgrip.

  • 2014 -- Kingman Yacht Center installed Lonseal teak and ebony flooring (with additional layer of Soundown vinyl acoustic insulation) in wheel house, galley, head and lower cabin area. It looks good and is tough and easy to clean.

  • 2014 -- MTNK soda blasted the bottom, primed it with two coats ofSea Hawk epoxy barrier coat/primer and finished with two coats of Sea Hawk multi season ablative antifouling paint.

  • 2016 – Widened port and starboard settees for more comfortable seating and added new settee cushions and custom mahogany hi-lo table.

  • 2016 – A1 Battery supplied new 8D engine start batteries, two new 8D house batteries and a group 24 genset start battery.

  • 2016 -- New LED navigations lights and anchor light and new Lumitec SeablazeX underwater LED lights. Fresh coat of Sea Hawk multi season ablative bottom paint.

  • 2017 -- Windward Power Systems (Cat dealer) replaced engine oil pan gasket and performed engine inspection. Scheduled maintenance included removing, inspecting/cleaning and reinstalling the aftercooler. Preventive maintenance included installing new engine mounts, new engine driven hydraulic steering pump, new oil pressure sensor, new alternator belt as well as replacing coolant fluid, raw water impeller, zincs, engine oil, genset oil, gear oil and all oil and fuel filters.  Cosmetic work included touch up painting engine and beds.

     

  • 2017 – Installed new Standard Horizon GS2000 Matrix VHFs in wheel house and interfaced AIS receiver with Raymarine displays.

  • 2017 – Prop reconditioned by H&H.

  • 2020 SeaKeeper Installed
  • 2020 Zipwake Trim System
  • 2020 DuraBrite lights
Builders Specs

Builder/Designer:  Wesmac Custom Boats, Surry, ME

Construction: Solid fiberglass hull with vinylester resin used throughout all laminates. Duracore stringers and foam cored bulkheads.  Foam cored decks, house and fly bridge, and balsa cored house roof and trunk roof.  8’ stainless shoe protecting keel and skeg.  Stainless strike pads on heavy duty rub rails, quarter guards and stem, and heavy duty stainless corner guards at transom.

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.

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