Alpa 42 CC

Alpa 42, Built 1978 launched 1980, Centre cockpit cruiser designed by renowned Sparkman and Stephens, built by Alpa Ship yard with roots in the chemical industry providing assured quality when it comes to the Polyester resin used during construction. Chianti has benefited from a number of major upgrades in 2019 with her underwater fully hull stripped back to gelcoat and 5 coats of International Primacon, 2 coats of hard racing applied.




Rig fully replaced in 2019. Set of lazy jacks, a full winter cover in 3 sections. The crafts Rudder was  dropped, dried and refitted, gland repacked. New steering cable etc. 12v bluwave aircon fitted to feed aft cabin and saloon.  A New Beta 75 installed 2016 (hrs 650), commissioned 2017, Borg Warner velvet drive gearbox factory refurbished 2016, new fuel tank. A Pro Combi Q c1900Watt Sinwave Charger/Inverter 2019, cockpit locker and cockpit side deck teak replaced with “tecdec” 2019. Major electrical refit in 2015, Sleeps 5 in 3 cabins plus 2 in saloon.




€69,950 UK/EU VAT Paid. Original invoice held. Craft was in Greece before Brexit in 2019.

Construction

White GRP hull with blue pinstripe

White GRP deck with balsa core

White GRP Superstructure

Centre cockpit

Encapsulated long fin keel (lead)

Skeg hung rudder (rebuilt 2019)

Length Overall 42 ft / 12.80 m (11.90 on registration)

Beam 11 ft / 3.35 m

Max Draft 6 ft / 1.83 m

Ballast 9,920.8 lb

Displacement 26,455.47 lb

Machinery

New Beta 75 installed 2016 (hrs 650 May 2026)

Borg Warner velvet drive gearbox factory refurbished 2016

120 amp/h Alternator with electronic charging device

Engine driven bilge pump (pumps from main sump or engine bilge)

Refurbished final drive bearings and stern gland 2016

3 Bladed prop. new in 2019/20

Engine serviced yearly with new anodes yearly to heat exchanger.

Large amount of engine spares inc, oil & fuel filters etc.

Bluewave 12v air con fitted 2024 feeds aft cabin and saloon. (Professionally installed 2025)

Electrics

12v DC and 220v A on board voltage

4 x 12v 120A AGM domestic batteries (2025)

12v 128A AGM Rolls engine battery (2018)

Emergency parallel connection via Victron Cyrix 230Amp

Combiner button at helm position

Pro Combi Q 1600Watt Charger/Inverter 2015

2 x Siemens rigid solar panels and controllers

Mains sockets throughout (European style)

Major electrical refit in 2015 by Chris Rothwell Marine electrics at same time as new engine installation in 2016.

Tankage

Fuel: Custom built 300ltrs fuel tank 2016

Water: 600ltrs GRP water tank under saloon bilge

Holding: Gravity Holding tank c45lt to each heads fitted 2020

Accommodation

Sleeps 5 in 3 cabins plus 2 in saloon

Aft master en-suite cabin with double berth with aft heads with shower.

Starboard side passageway cabin with single berth

Forward cabin with double V berth

Forward heads with showers

Good full headroom throughout

Light teak interior joinery

Cream headlining

Domestic

Webesto Diesel hob, 2020

Deep stainless steel sink with electric pump out

Sizable Waeco fridge

Calorifier 2019

Cutlery and crockery

Assorted cooking utensils, pots and pans

Clock, barometer and thermometer mounted in saloon.

Deck

Lewmar electric windlass with twin bow rollers (2019)

Lewmar wireless remote control (replaced 2023)

30kg Rocknor anchor with over 60m chain

c25kg CQR anchor

c22kg Danforth anchor

spare chain and warps

portable folding alloy Pasarell with handrail.

Perspex permanent windscreen

Sprayhood (Ocean Canvas) 2016

Nav lights and deck lights on main and mizzen

Two dorade vent cowls fitted 2015

New S/S steel pulpit fitted 2016 with all new guard wires

Stainless steel with hardwood timber planking Transom Aft boarding platform with swim telescopic boarding ladder.

Various large quantity of spares as viewed in lockers!

Cockpit over boom tent new 2024

Navigation

Standard Horizon CP300i Chart Plotter (interfaced with Nasa AIS).

Repeater for Standard Horizon GX3000E DSC VHF in cockpit (not installed)

Standard Horizon GX3000E DSC VHF

Navman Tracker 5600 Chart plotter

ICOM IC707 HF Transceiver linked to ICOM Ariel tuner in aft cabin

Clipper Navtex

Auto helm (not working)

Cobra waterproof hand held VHF

Tenders

Inflatable dinghy (2023) with small 12v electric outboard with std lead acid battery. (2025)

Rig & Sails

Ketch Rig fully rerigged in 2020 before road transit to France in May 2020.

ISOMAT Aluminium spars stripped and repainted in 2020

Stainless steel standing rigging 2020.

Main mast standing rigging fully replaced 2020

Mizzen mast standing rigging fully replaced 2020

Profurl roller reefing replaced 2019

All running rigging replaced in current ownership 2020. Wire main sail uphaul 2025

Spinnaker pole

Winches

Lewmar Eco 50 genoa winches new in 2019

Barient 33 main mast winch

Barient 21 main mast winch (wire) new wire in 2025

Lewmar 16 2 speed boom winch

Barient 21 mizzen winch

Barient 10 mizzen winch

Sails

White slab reefing premium Dacron Westaway main 2015 minimal usage

White slab reefing premium Dacron Westaway mizzen 2015 minimal usage

White roller furling Crusader genoa 2005- refurbished 2019 plus new UV strip ( 5 weeks a year use since 2019)