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To many sailors, the Starlight 39 is the perfect yacht. She has great looks, superb performance, a proven track record of oceanic sailing and comfortable accommodation. For anyone looking to undertake some serious offshore cruising in comfort, the Starlight 39 is hard to beat.
The accommodation is modern in layout,with ensuite heads for both the owner's and guest cabins. The Starlight 39 is truly a boat on which you can spend extended periods afloat in comfort.
This Starlight 39 is suitably equipped for voyaging, some of the highlights to her inventory include solar panel charging, SSB radio, AIS transponder, radar, heating, a 100A alternator for her fully rebuilt Yanmar engine and much more.
To arrange a viewing, or if you have any questions not answered in the details below, please call, email or WhatsApp Peter Keats.
Construction, Rig & Machinery
GRP Hull, deck and superstructure
Last antifouled in July 2024
Hull topsides cut and poliished in July 2024
Fin keel
Spade rudder with wheel steering
Teak laid cockpit floor and seating
"Sugar scoop" stern
Side and transom gates
Midship cleats
APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS:
Length Overall: 12.32m (40'5")
Length on Deck: 11.91m (39'1")
Length Waterline: 9.55m (31'4")
Beam: 3.81m (12'6")
Draft: 2.05m (6'9")
Displacement: 7,937kg (17,500lb)
Ballast: 3,312kg (7,300lb)
Rig
Masthead sloop
Selden mast and spars
Spinnaker pole
Selden gas rod kicker
Stainless steel standing rigging (Original)
Adjustable back stay
Removable and adjustable baby stay
Furlex genoa furler
Single line slab reefing with three reefs
Stackbag and lazyjacks
All lines led aft via Lewmar clutches
Lewmar mainsheet traveller
Genoa cars adjustable from the cockpit
Frederiksen ball bearing mainsail mast cars
WINCHES:
2 x Lewmar 50 self tailing primary winches
2 x Lewmar 44 self tailing spinnaker winches
2 x Lewmar 44 self tailing halyard winches
SAILS:
Fully battened Mainsail by Sanders Sails in 2018 (Serviced annually by Sanders)
Vektron Genoa by Sanders Sails in 2007 (Serviced annually by Sanders)
Heavy weather Jib by Sanders Sails in 2007
Spinnaker
Machinery
Yanmar 3JH3E 40hp diesel engine
1,496cc three cylinder motor with direct injection and fresh water cooling
Fully rebuilt by Yanmar agents in 2022 with less than 100 hours run since.
3008 hours run at July 2024
Maximum speed 6.5 knots approx
Cruising speed 5.5 knots approx
Single lever throttle/shift
Shaft drive to Gori three blade folding bronze propeller
Ambassador rope cutter
ELECTRICS:
1 x Engine start battery
3 x 100Ah Powerline AGM Leisure and Marine Batteries
Battery isolator switches
Batteries charged by:
1) 100A engine alternator,
2) Victron Centaur 40A 240v automatic shore power battery charger
3) Ampair wind turbine with SM3B 300w regulator
4) 2 x Solar panels with Steca PR 2020 20A charge controller
BEP Marine Matrix battery status monitor with LCD display
Shore power inlet with 13A outlets to all cabins
12v accessory outlet at the chart table
TANKAGE:
1 x 182 litre (40 gallon) fuel tank
1 x 263 litre (58 gallon) water tank
1 x Holding tank with overboard and deck suction discharge
WATER SYSTEM:
Manual sea water pump at the galley
Manual fresh water pump at the galley
Hot and cold pressurised water system
Water heated by engine calorifier and 240v shore power immersion heater
Accommodation & Inventory
Sleeps 8 in two cabins and the saloon
Mikuni diesel fired warm air heating with outlets to all cabins
Mahogany woodwork
Teak and holly style flooring
LED lighting throughout
LED red lights above the galley and chart table
FORWARD CABIN:
Large double berth with storage lockers and drawers below
Changing seat with storage below
Hanging locker
Electric fan
Overhead hatch to deck with retractable blind
Shelves
ENSUITE HEADS/SHOWER COMPARTMENT:
Jabsco sea toilet
Handbasin with hot and cold mixer/shower wand
Shower sump pump
High and low level storage lockers
Towel ring
Mirror
SALOON:
Starboard settee berth with storage below and behind the back rests, converts to a double berth.
Port settee berth with storage below and behind the back rests
Removable pipe cot may be installed above the port side settee/berth
Lee cloths
Large drop leaf saloon table with bottle storage
Storage lockers and shelves
Overhead hand rails
Retractable blinds for the hatches and portlights
Reading lights
Electric fan
NAVIGATION AREA:
Full size chart table with chart storage below
Storage shelves and drawers
Navigator's seat with storage below
Electrical distribution panel
Wet hanging locker
Opening port hatch with retractable blind
GALLEY:
2 x Stainless steel sinks with hot nd cold mixer, manual freshwater and manual sea water
Frigoboat keel cooled top loading refrigerator (requires repair)
Plastimo Neptune two burner gas cooker with oven and grill
High and low level storage lockers, shelves and cupboards
Opening port hatch with retractable blind
AFT CABIN:
Large double berth
Changing seat with storage below
Hanging locker
Opening port hatch with blind
Reading lights
Electric fan
Enquite access to the...
GUEST HEADS/SHOWER COMPARTMENT:
Jabsco sea toilet
Handbasin with hot and cold mixer/shower wand
Shower sump pump
High and low level storage lockers
Mirror
Towel ring
Opening port hatch with blind
COCKPIT:
Cockpit locker to port
Stern lockers (Lazarette)
Removable cockpit table
Access to bathing platform
Inventory
NAVIGATION AIDS:
Plastimo Offshore 135 compass
Raymarine ST7001 autopilot
Raymarine Axiom 12 Hybridtouch chartplotter/radar/AIS display at the helm (New 2022)
Raymarine Axiom 9 chartplotter/radar/AIS display at the chart table (New 2022)
Raymarine Quantum digital radar scanner (New 2022)
Raymarine ST60 Multi Display
Raymarine ST60 Multi Display (at the chart table)
Raymarine ST60 Wind
Raymarine ST60 CH Wind
Raymarine ST60 Depth
Raymarine ST60 Speed
Comar CSB200 Class B AIS transponder
Icom IC-M505 DSC VHF Radio with remote speaker
Raymarine Ray101e Handheld VHF with charging base
Icom IC-M801E DSC SSB long range radio
SCS PTC-IIusb Pactor controller modem (Allows emails etc to be sent via the SSB radio)
Furuno NX300 Navtex display
Vion Clock
Vion Barometer
Navigation lights
GROUND TACKLE
Rocna 30m anchor with 60 metres of marked chain and 100 metres of warp
Quick electric anchor windlass with capstan and gypsy
Electric anchor windlass controlled at the bow and the helm
SAFETY EQUIPMENT:
Arimar 6 man cannister liferaft with deck cradle (Next service due in July 2025)
BEP Marine gas detector
XM Oscar man overboard sling
Seago horshoe lifebuoy
Danbouy
EPIRB (Out of date)
Electric bilge pump
Manual bilge pump
Boarding ladder
GENERAL EQUIPMENT:
Sprayhood with handrail and pockets
All over deck cover
Sun covers for use when anchored or moored
Rope davits
Pushpit mounted outboard bracket
Fenders and warps
Boathook
Winch handles
JVC Stereo radio/CD player with saloon and cockpit speakers
Owner's Comments
In 2003 during a used boat show in Lymington, my wife and I were looking for a cruising boat to go to the Mediterranean and enjoy our retirement? We looked at several boats which we hoped fitted the bill, thinking that a standard European built cruiser would tick most of the boxes.We looked at a Starlight but dismissed it because of the price and I wasn’t familiar with the Stephen Jones designed Starlight. My wife who was not a sailor, piped up and said that the Starlight felt right. Consequently I did some research and we ended up purchasing Hexagon after winning a bidding war!
There has not been a minute when I regretted the purchase. We sailed her in the Channel for 3/4 years then took her to the Med. It was a steep learning curve - no tides, stern too mooring and catabatic winds. We ended up in Greece for 9+ years.
We lived aboard all summer and visited numerous islands in the Ionian and beyond. The full length bimini was essential for the summer sun, and the complete full-length cover protected her when she was ashore in the winter.
20 years have gone by and our extended cruising days are over. It is now time to tend the garden and look after one another.
I am missing Hexagon already!