2330 Shelter Island Drive
San Diego, CA, US, 92106
Tel:619-224-2349
1985 Valiant Esprit 37
37' Valiant Esprit 37 '85 "Joy Of Life"
JOY OF LIFE is, with no doubt, the best prepared and maintained Valiant Esprit 37 in existence. She is one of the very few vessels that I would say “Just add food, water and fuel and head out on the adventure of your dreams.” The installations are well thought out and she has an inventory of parts that is much too extensive to list.
A must see for anybody thinking of heading either north or south.
Specifications
Engine 1 Specifications
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V berth forward followed by a large hanging locker and drawers to stbd and an enclosed head with separate shower to port.
Next aft is the salon which features an L-shaped settee/berth to port, a large drop leaf centerline dinette and a settee berth to stbd.
The U-shaped galley is to port of the companionway and the forward facing chart table and quarter berth are starboard.
She is extremely well-appointed throughout with excellent storage.
Seafrost BD3 12V refrigerator and freezer
Hillerange 3-burner propane stove and oven
Black and Decker toaster oven
Water filtering system at pump
Pressure and manual fresh and sea water systems
(3) foot pumps – (2) fresh and (1) salt
6-gal water heater
Double stainless steel sink
Safety harness for stove
Accumulator on water system
Kerosene lamp
Swoffer distance log
Coastal Navigator DDS-99 depth sounder
W-H P-35 autopilot
Ritchie Globemaster binnacle compass
Ritchie B-81 compass in cabin
Magellan GPS 315
Icom MR-40 radar
Uniden Solara DSC VHF radio
West Marine VHF 580
Standard HX260S hand-held VHF
Digital clock
(2) Oregon Scientific BA116 barometers – (1) recording
TV, DVD, CD, cabin speakers, AM/FM radio
Multiple DC outlets
12V DC and 110V AC
(4) Interstate GC2-XHD-UTL lead/acid house batteries in series/parallel with temp monitor – 464ah
(1) Interstate 31MHD CCA950 lead/acid starting battery
Blue Seas System distribution panels and accessories
Blue Seas System battery parallel switch
Heart Interface Link 20 2-bank battery monitor
Statpower True Charge 40+ battery charger
Heart Interface – Pathmaker 100/2-12/24V combiner
(2) BP Solar 60W amorphous crystal solar panels with Trace Engineering controller C12 charge/load/lighting – Version 1.7
Air Breeze (Marine) wind generator with (2) sets spare blades
75’ shore power cord
45-lb CQR with all-chain rode – 308’ 5/16” HT
Fortress FX-23 with chain/rope rode – 300’ 5/16” HT and ¾” nylon
Fortress FX-37 storm anchor with chain/rope rode – 5/16” HT and ¾” nylon
Fortress FX-16 stern anchor with chain/rope rode
10-lb Danforth with chain/rope rode
Maxwell Liberty model RC 1700 ser. #G1825 electric windlass for all rope, all chain or rope/chain combo rodes
Sunshade for cockpit
Dodger by Artful Dodger, Pt. Townsend, WA
Anchor and steaming lights
Deck light
Running lights
Search light
Tricolor light
Bow pulpit and rails
Lifelines and stanchions
Boarding gates
Docklines and (5) fenders
Swim ladder
Outboard mount
Radar reflector
Windex
Running backstays
Rigged spare main and jib halyards
All-purpose spare rope halyard (not rigged)
Highfield lever on inner stay
LOA: 39’ 6”
Last bottom paint: March 2014
Added lay-up in area from mainsheet traveler to aft of primary winches
Portlights replacing large windows
Drilled hull plugs are available for viewing
Hydraulic boom vang
Rod standing rigging
Hydraulic backstay adjuster
Aluminum keel-stepped mast
Black anodized boom
Mainsheet traveler
Mast-mounted whisker pole
Schaefer 2100 furler on headsail
Winches:
(2) Lewmar 48 ST 2-speed primaries
(1) Lewmar 43 ST 2-speed for mainsheet and reef lines
(2) Lewmar 40 2-speed for staysail sheets and main halyard
(1) Lewmar 40 2-speed for jib halyard
(1) mast-mounted Lewmar 34 ST one-speed
2-point jiffy-reef main with (2) reef hooks
125% roller jib on Schaefer 2100 furler
Cruising spinnaker with sleeve and snuffer
Staysail
Storm staysail
Storm trysail
Riding sail (back-stay rigged)
Separate track on mast for trysail (can be kept rigged, separate halyard for same)
Running backstays
Mast-mounted self-tailing winch and dual Schaefer rope clutches
Shroud-mounted radar reflector
Engine alarm
Fuel filters
Raw water sea strainer
Transmission ratio: A 2.13 fwd B 2.22 rev
Stove and engine fuel shut-off valves
Cockpit engine controls
Thermal and acoustic engine area insulation
Automatic halon engine fire extinguishing
(2) manual and (1) electric bilge pumps
Manual wheel steering
Manual head with overboard discharge
15-gal Jabsco rubber bladder holding tank
Pur Power Survivor 40E watermaker – capacity 1.5 gph (pickle good for another year)
Dual-belt 165 amp alternator with Balmar control MaxCharge MC-612 regulator
Fresh oil and filter change 5/18
(2) life jackets
(5) fire extinguishers (including halon)
Winslow 4-person life raft
Bell, horn and whistle
Jack lines
Emergency tiller
EPIRB
LifeSling
Masthead strobe
Vessel was built for naval architect employee of Valiant Yachts and was modified to increase strength in area of cabin top from traveler to primary winches (port lights instead of windows and additional lay-ups – see drill plugs).
All seller’s personal effects on board are excluded from the sale of this vessel.
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.