1983 Bristol 45.5 Center Cockpit

Lightly used on the northern Chesapeake

• Stunning navy blue hull -w/ rugged teak rubrails
• Shoal draft -w/ centerboard for increased sea-kindliness and upwind efficiency
• Exquisite varnished teak bright work
• Continually/Professionally maintained
• Low hours on Westerbeke diesel
• Northern Lights genset
• Two private staterooms; Two heads -w/shower
• AC/heat
• Electric head
• Rigged for short-handed sailing - with lines & controls accessible in cockpit.  
• Electric in-mast furling mainsail
• 130% furling genoa
• Two Lewmar #65 winches; Two secondary winches and mainsheet winch

• Ideal electric anchor windlass
• 30A and 50A shorepower
• 5 Diesel fuel tanks; 4 water tanks
• Bimini replaced 2024!

          **  Sleeps 6 comfortably **

• Varnished teak interior joinery throughout
• Two-zone reverse-cycle AC/heat

• AC and LED/DC lighting throughout
• Private owner’s stateroom and separate shower
• Upgraded upholstery
• Updated Nav station
• Two Freezers and one refrigeration
• Electric Stove and Microwave
• Two heads equipped with Lectrasan equipment (No holding tanks)
• Excellent storage throughout - in numerous drawers, lockers, and cabinets

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• Saloon: L-shape dinette with gloss-varnished double drop-leaf table to port.  Top-loading fridge/freezer aft.  Swivel chairs to starboard.  Bookshelves and glassed-door cabinets outboard, port and starboard.
• Aft-facing nav-station: aft to port
• Galley: Aft to starboard (see below)
  
• Guest stateroom: Foward - with V-berth and ensuite access to guest head (to port), Generous locker-space and cabinetry -w/ louvered doors.  teak ceilings along berth.
• Guest head: To port, forward of saloon - w/ electric head, vanity sink, shower, teak grate
• Owner's stateroom: Aft, accessed via private "walk-thru."   Athwartship double berth.  Numerous drawers (with gloss-varnished drawer-fronts) in bureau and at head of berth.  Lockers and cabinets with louvered doors.
• Owner's head: Private entrance from owner's stateroom - w/ vanity/sink, separate shower stall, teak grate.

• Princess 3-burner electric stove -w/oven
• Deep, double SS sinks
• Top and side-loading fridge/freezer
• Ample storage and counter-space.

Double spreader, sloop rig

• Furling mainsail -w/ Hood electric in-mast furling
• Furling genoa -w/ Profurl furler
• Whisker pole -w/ on-mast stowage
• Lewmar 2-speed, self-tailing winches: Two, #65 primary, two, #55 secondary, three #46 (furling/outhaul, mainsheet, mast/utllity), #40 and #24 (non-ST) on mast.

• Autohelm multi-display (depth, speed, log, wind)
• Datamarine link
• Shipmate RS-3500 GPS
• Raymarine 6000 autopilot
• Raytheon R20X radar
• Icom M424 VHF
• Autohelm wind, depth, knot/log displays over companionway

110V AC system 

• Northern Lights diesel 6kW genset  - 910 hours
• 50A shorepower
• Distribution panel
• Battery charger 
• 110V outlets
• Princess stove; water heater

12V DC system

• "House" bank
• Engine-start battery 
• Selector switch
• Distribution/breaker panel
• Inverter

• Dodger
• Bimini - ('24)
• 4 teak dorade boxes -w/chromed bronze cowls and SS guards
• Ideal electric anchor windlass 
• CQR anchor -w/ chain and rode
• Anchor roller
• Raw water washdown
• Custom cockpit cushions
• Signature Bristol gloss-varnished teak bulwarks -w/ built-in chocks
• Solid teak decking -- foredeck, sidedecks, aft-deck
• Custom cockpit cushions
• Teak cockpit grate 
• Folding cockpit table - at pedestal
• Two lazarettes on aft-deck -w/ Bomar hatches.

Potential purchasers should assume that any items on the vessel at the time of viewing, but not specifically listed on this specification sheet, are not included with the sale of the yacht. These specifications are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed. Specifications are provided for information purposes. Data was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Engine hours are approximate, may be reported verbally by the seller, and are recorded at the time and date of the original listing of this vessel. Owner's use during the time of this listing may affect the total engine hours upon a prospective buyer's inspection. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds, consumptions, capacities and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided, and agrees to instruct his/her agents or his/her surveyor to confirm such details prior to purchase. This vessel is subject to sale, price and inventory changes or withdrawal from market without notice.

• New bimini 
• Teak decking refurbished/refinished
• Hull waxed
• Genoa serviced
• Spring bottom paint
• Zinc anodes replaced
• Much more (list available..)