'Spellbound', a Hardin Seawolf 40 Sailboat for Sale

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The Hardin Seawolf 40 is a strong vintage fiberglass bluewater cruiser with classic styling. Spellbound has been updated for passage-making and is well-equipped and enhanced with tons of new equipment and modern appointments. She's ready to go!

'Spellbound', a Hardin Seawolf 40 ketch sailboat for sale

'Spellbound', a Hardin Seawolf classic William Garden bluewater fiberglass ketch

Condition: Restored

Engine: Perkins 4-108

Engine hours (total): 342 (since rebuild)

Length: 42 feet (on waterline)

Gross tonnage: 24

Year manufactured: 1977

Estimate value: $89,000 ($117,000 invested in restoration and upgrades)

'Spellbound', a Hardin Seawolf ashore for refit

Her full keel - more stable and safer overall. The bowsprit was built new in 2016

She is an amazing well known classic bluewater cruiser. Designed by the famous marine architect William Garden and built by Bill Hardin in his Khaosung Taiwan shipyard in 1977.

I am the 4th owner, she was purchased by me in October 2018 and been under restoration over the past 30 months including spending 40 days in the shipyard in Ensenada Baja California, Mexico.

Classic wooden wheel on this Hardin Seawolf cruising sailboat

B&G NMEA navigational system with remote monitor

New Equipment & Upgrades Installed 2019-21

Rebuilt fuel injection pump
Freshly painted engine & bilge
Full wrap-around golf backstop safety netting
Rail board racks
Sunbrella sail boom covers
Sunbrella cushions exterior & interior
2019 Mercury 4 stroke 2.5 hp outboard (12hrs)
Fuel tanks professionally cleaned
3” stainless steel davits
Isotherm 5212 magna refrigeration system & rebuilt cabinets

Custom upholstery and old map table top on this Hardin Seawolf sailboat

Custom upholstery and old map table top, recently sealed.

Double braid halyard lines
Complete solar system: Blue Sky & Renology parts, two 220 watt hours Renology batteries & two 160 watt Renogy solar panels
Yellow top starter battery spring 2021
Two Rule 1500 gph bilge pump system
Whale submersible bilge pump
New bronze thru-hulls & valves
NMEA transponder
New LED spreader lights & spotlight
Complete electrical panel rewired
12 gauge wiring & 10 new a/c outlets

Extensive and beautiful teak wood interior.

Engine inspection & new water pump
Two vhf's - Simrad & Icom
Three antennas (vhf & wifi)
160 hours of new alexseal premium topcoat paint topside & interior
Bluewater Copper Pro SPX bottom paint
Masts refinished and varnished, 9 coats
67 hours Epiphanes varnish interior & topside
Marey hot water heater, hot showers!
Inflatable life vests, harnesses and sets of miscellaneous safety gear, headlamps, flares, medical kits etc

Spacious head with comfortable enclosed shower and on-demand hot water heater.

Back up pumps and parts worth $2,000
Extensive tools, sanders and equipment
72 cans and bottles of solvents, sprays, chemicals, resins
Gallons of paints varnishes and chemicals
Jonbouy life saver
600 feet of new lines
250 feet of 1-1/4" 12 strand dock lines
Restored original heavy duty block pulleys (10x better than modern)
New Ronstan line brakes
New 6”, 10” and 4” cleats
6" mooring chocks
New Perkins pre & primary fuel filters
New oil change & filter
New electrical outlet conversion for dc wall outlets in galley & berth
New door hinges
New wifi system
New chain winch breaker
Pure sine wave inverter, Xantrex 2000 high efficiency pure sine wave solar power inverter 12v/120v, 60hz power converter LED display 2020
L-Com HG2415U-PRO 2.4GHz 15dBi Omnidirectional Antenna N- wifi antenna
Ubiquiti Bullet-M2-HP Outdoor 802.11 B/G/N M2brentHP
ASUS RT-N12 N300 WiFi Router 2T2R MIMO Technology, 4K HD Video Streaming, VoIP, Up to 300 Mbps, Black
DC driven wifi system
DC powered and AC powered fans
Added new sail track grommets & cars to mainsail boom
Brightwork refinished every 6 months
New bilge system with two Rule pumps and alarm
Whale submersible pump back up
New ceiling light fixtures
New fishing rod holders
Rigging system redone with new line and brakes and cleats
New boom sailtrack cars and bits (2020)
New ampco 125/108 alternator
Ampco 5700 regulator
New water pump
Starter completely rebuilt
New Jabsco toilet pump (2020
New Jabsco macerator pump (2020

Hardin Seawolf 40 looking forward from cockpit

8 foot lapstrake dinghy custom painted to match the ship can be stored on deck, or on transom-mounted davits

Some Other Facts:

Galley & breakfast nook and table, salon with 2 bunks, berth with
Large master bunk slide-out and a small bunk forward
Four burner propane stovetop and oven with 2 large propane tank box on deck
Alexseal paint & Epiphanes varnish appointed throughout
$2000 in extra parts equipment solvents (70 containers) paints tools rigging 1,000 feet of bagged lines.
Every tool needed to fix and maintain the vessel
B&G Vulcan 7 NMEA navigation system, Simrad RS20 & Icom VHF radio IC-M422, Radar Raytheon R20XX, GPS Garmin 76Cx, Autohelm 3000
The engine is a Perkins 4-108 fully rebuilt in 2012 and only around 342 hours
Two 70 gallon freshwater tanks.
100 gallon diesel fuel tank cleaned in 2019 and maintained since with bio
Quiet flush electric head with bidet
60lb CQR anchor, 20lb CQR anchor 3 additional anchors, extra crated 180' chain, electric windless with new breaker
Garhauer blocks and brakes
New rigging lines
Fully battened mainsail, genoa, jib, mizzen, with second used set bagged
Standing rigging replaced in 2012, inspected in 2021, checked and adjusted in winter of 2021
Heavy duty Steering system rebuilt with stainless steel 2017