SILENT SOUND

Silent Sound is a 40 -foot cutter rig sailing boat. She has large fuel and water tanks, a powerful engine and sturdy rig. At 13.5 tonnes dry displacement, she is a heavy ocean sailing yacht.

She was designed by Fred Amor of Gabriola, British Columbia, and was one of 26 Amor 40s to be built in the 1970s. Silent Sound was built in Richmond, BC by Amor Marine in 1979.

Her previous owners, Ray Clements and Stella Holliday, owned her for more than 11 years, spending five years cruising the South Pacific with their two young sons and making numerous long Pacific Ocean passages on her.

Silent Sound’s Specifications (is now for sale)
Length: 40'
Beam: 12'6"
Draft: 5'6"
Displacement: 13.5 tonnes
Gross tonnage: 17 tons
Hull: Moulded fibreglass reinforced with Kevlar, 3/4 keel. Cored hull in some areas
Engine: Perkins 4:108
Sails: UK Halsey full batten main and 130% furling genoa. 1 spinnaker, 1 staysail. Trysail, UK Halsey storm jib
Fuel: 473L x 2 diesel
Water: 473L x 2
Heating: Dickinson diesel heater
Galley: Gimballed stainless steel 3-ring cooker/oven, refrigerator, LPG fired water heater
Safety: 4 Mustang Survival inflatable life jacket/harnesses, 4 Mustang Survival full immersion suits, EPIRB, flares, strobe light, Life Sling, etc
Liferaft: DBC 6 person life raft
First Aid: Full emergency medical supply including suture kit, I/V drugs, resuscitator, oxygen and other prescription/emergency drugs and anaesthetics
Navigation: Northstar M121 chartplotter with 12" screen at helm.
OceanTalk/Haiyang HP-430 chartplotter at nav station, Northstar radar, full paper charts, sextant
Communications: Kenwood HF/SSB radio with auto tuner, VHF DSC, Iridium Satellite phone for voice and data, BlueSky Network D2000 tracking/email
Accommodation: 1 double salon berth, 1 single salon berth, 1 aft pilot berth, 1 aft double berth cabin.
Extra equipment: Pike poles for ice floes, grappling hooks for anchoring to ice, spare propeller, spare rudder, spare shrouds, spare pumps, full sail repair kit