Rival Bowman 40

Design and provenance

A classic ocean thoroughbred with beautiful and luxurious interior. Built to Lloyds +100A1 classification, this Bowman 40 offers the most reassuring blue water package.

The Bowman 40 is fast becoming a modern classic, her elegant lines, cutter rig and sheel keel all combine to create a comfortable, sea kindly sailing experience. The interior joinery is of high quality and finished in teak with handholds and bracing points throughout.

Condition and Readiness

This Bowman 40 has had one owner since new. She was molded and all structural fixtures installed by Rival Bowman, with interior fit out completed to an extremely high standard by the owners. Their attention to detail is evident through the design additions such as the larger than standard forward berth and shower room. Forty Love presents very nicely throughout and has clearly had very dedicated owners and her condition reflects this.

Location and Viewings

Forty Love is currently afloat in her marina berth in Lagos, Portugal. Lagos is often considered to be the gateway to the Mediterranean and with regular flights to Faro, it is quickly becoming a popular destination for those seeking a more favorable sailing climate. In addition to a thriving communuity, Lagos also offers a highly regarded boatyard with excellent servicing facilities making winter maintenance a straight forward task.

Forty Love is an EU VAT paid yacht, there is an option for her to be brought back to the UK for completion for her to redeem her UK VAT paid status, this is a rare opportunity for any potential purchaser to choose her home port.

Please call our Falmouth Office for further information.

CONSTRUCTION

Chuck Paine design

Bowman 40 by Rival Bowman

Built to Lloyds Certification - 100 A1+

Teak laid cockpit

Teak capping rail

Coppercoat anfifouling

Sheel keel

Full skeg hung rudder

ON DECK

60lbs CQR Anchor with 60m of 10mm galvanised chain with snubber

12 KG Danforth Bulldog

Lewmar stainless V3 windlass - 2019

Double stainless steel bow roller with pins

Stainless steel pull pit, push pit and stanchions

Stainless steel guard rails - 2019

Foredeck, aft and midship cleats

Panama fairleads

Granny bars

Lewmar deck hatches

Deck covers for hatches, sprayhood windows, windlass, winches and helm

Sprayhood with leathered hand rail

Bimini - with zip up cover + infill to sprayhood and sunshades

Harken winches - all 2 speed and self tailing

2 x 53s in cockpit

2 x 40s under sprayhood

2 x 32s at mast base

1 x 16 single speed self tailing in cockpit

Fitted cockpit cushions with storage bag

Teak cockpit table with storage bag

Stainless swim ladder and step with teak treads on transom

Removable stainless and teak boarding ladder midships

Bow step for bow to mooring

Deck wash with salt/fresh water feed

Warps and Fenders

Edson steering

Avon 4 person liferaft - next service due 03/2028

RIGGING

Cutter rig with fixed aft lowers - no running backstays

Deck stepped with 2 spreaders

Hood Stoway aluminium mast painted in white

Mast steps

Hood Stoway aluminium boom painted in white

In mast furling mainsail

Running rigging replaced in 2019

Kemp gas rod kicker

Spinnaker pole - mast stowed

Harken furlers on yankee (series 2) and staysail (series 1)

SAILS

Furling mainsail by Kemp - 2017

Furling Yankee by Kemp - 2017

Furling staysail by Kemp - 2017

Hood multipurpose furling gennaker - lightly used

Banks cruising chute with snuffer - lightly used

ENGINEERING 

Volvo MD22L - 50 HP

Hours: 2450

Professionally maintained using Volvo parts

Shaft drive to 3 bladed Maxprop Classic feathering propeller and rope cutter

Bow thruster - Vetus - R125/3 3kw

Tankage

Fuel - 300 litres stainless steel with access hatches

Fresh water - 560 litres

Holding tank

ELECTRICAL

3 x service batteries - Yuasa 115 a/h - 2022

1 x engine start battery - Tanya 95 a/h - 2022

Victron battery charger 30a - 2025

240 v and 12 v outlets

Alternator - Leece Neville 105a - 2026

Siemens solar panel with Victron MTTP smart solar charger/ regulator

Merlin smartgague battery monitor

Galvanic Isolator

Red night lighting

Mood lighting

NAVIGATION

Cockpit

Raymarine C70 chartplotter

Raymarine ST 6002 autopilot

Plastimo compass

3 x Raymarine ST60's for wind/speed/depth/log

Chart Table

Raymarine C120 chartplotter

Raymarine Radar

Raymarine S2G course computer

Raymarine autopilot remote head unit / smart controller

VHF- Icom IC M 421

Furuno GP 32 GPS

ICS Nav 6 Navtex

AIS receive

Glomex TV antenna

Clock and Barometer

INTERIOR

6 berths over 2 cabins and saloon + pipecot

Eberspacher diesel heating - outlets to saloon, nav area, both cabins and wet locker

Teak joinery throughout

Saloon and chart table upholstery in sage leather

Cabin upholstery in white and blue stripes

Hot water via calorifier and shore power immersion

Blinds for main hatches, curtains to port holes, mosquito covers to hatches and opening port holes

12v fans to cabins

Additional storage throughout - carpet lined

Galley

Force 10 3 burner gas hob with oven and grill

12/24V Isotherm fridge  with ice box 2551SP

Double stainless steel sink

Hot and cold pressurised water

Fresh water via manual hand pump

Sea water via manual foot pump

Chart table

Forward facing navigation station

Lifting chart table

Storage outboard and under seating

Saloon

U Shaped seating to port

2 armchairs to starboard

Extending teak saloon table with wine bottle storage

Cupboard storage outboard

Book shelving and cupboard between armchairs

Lee cloth to pipe berth

Forward Shower room

Ceramic sink

Extendable tap/shower head

Solid granite worktop

Forward Cabin

2 single V berths with infill

Seating to starboard

Storage to port

Hanging wardrobe + plentiful cupboards

Lee cloths

Aft Heads

Jabsco manual flush toilet with holding tank

Fresh water / salt water flush

Ceramic sink with hot and cold pressurised water

Solid granite worktop

Large separate hanging area for wet weather items with heating outlet

Aft Cabin

Double berth

Hanging storage and plentiful cupboards

Lee cloths

Teak flag box

Opening ports to cockpit for watch keeping