BODACIOUS is a pristine Mason 43 with exquisite classic lines. Her world-class build quality, joinery, and finishes are comparable to a Hinckley or a Morris. She is one of the prettiest boats in the area and a real head-turner in every anchorage. The owner has invested considerably in maintenance and improvements, caring for this boat with an attention to detail that shows. This is your opportunity to own a safe and comfortable world cruiser that is ready for whatever adventures you have in store--whether daysails or crossing oceans. And she sails as beautifully as she looks. BODACIOUS is a must see. Please make a reservation for a private showing. Read on for more details.
Updates Include:
2023
Repower/refit in April 2023 @ $65k, including:
2019
2018
2015
Accommodations
Step down into the interior and find the Galley to port, the Nav Station to starboard and a large cabin aft. Move forward through the Main Salon, the Head is to port and the V Berth is forward. Reverse cycle heat and air conditioning along with five Caframo fans provide comfort aboard in any weather. Teak throughout gives the interior a warm and cozy feeling.
Main Salon
The Main Salon features two cushioned settees to port and starboard. On centerline is a fiddled teak drop-leaf dining table that seats four. Each settee has two lockers with louvered doors separated by a fiddled open locker above the backrest cushion, as well as three additional storage lockers with pull-out panels behind the backrest cushion. A new Weems and Plath clock and barometer on the port settee bulkhead adds to the cozy decor and provides the time and weather information at a glance. One full-length hanging locker, with a removable wooden rod and selective dome lighting, is situated to starboard, at the forward end of the cabin, facing the head. Immediately adjacent, a Shipmate Kerosene/Diesel heater is located on the starboard settee bulkhead.
Both settees pull out to create sleeping berths and are equipped with lee cloths that secure to the overhead teak grab rails. Ventilation is provided by three opening ports port and starboard and one deck hatch.
The various compartments in the teak and holly cabin sole provide access to the engine and various mechanical components, and are secured by removable positive-locking floorboards.
Forward V-Berth Cabin
The forward cabin features a spacious v-berth with 2 ceiling-hung teak lockers and a fiddled shelf to port, and 2 opposing lockers and a fiddled shelf to starboard: all with removable shelving and louvered doors. Moving aft, there is a cabinet to starboard consists of a louvered door above a fiddled countertop with a drawer and another locker with louvered door below.
A full-length hanging locker, with a removable wooden rod and selective dome lighting is located to starboard at the cabin entrance. A large storage compartment is located below the plywood paneling supporting the cushioned berths; access to the anchor rode storage locker is through a pair of louvered doors. Illumination is provided by a deck prism, one overhead dome light with selective red or white light, and two swivel reading lights. One hatch and two ports provide ventilation.
Head
The head, located to port, has laminate bulkheads with teak trim. A two-door multishelf cabinet is located outboard of an electric marine toilet. A compact stainless steel sink in a fiddled laminate countertop is located below a mirrored teak-trimmed cabinet with adjustable shelving. A hand-held shower head with chrome flex tubing attaches to the starboard bulkhead when in use, and drains to a teak-grated sump. The sink is plumbed for pressure hot and cold water, and foot-pumped cold water. Illumination is provided by one dome light with selective red or white light. Opening port.
Nav Station
The aft-facing nav station is located to starboard, at the foot of the companionway ladder, and opposite the galley. A vertical see-through panel protects the desk surface from water splash. A hanging locker for foul-weather gear, with a removable wooden rod, is situated between the companionway ladder and the splash panel. The hinged nav station desktop opens for storage. The aft bulkhead of the nav station incorporates a variety of flush-mounted instruments and gauges. The vessel's electrical panel, a bookshelf, and an electronics locker with a louvered door are situated outboard. The nav station also contains one 12V DC receptacle. Radios and GPS are mounted above the desk. The hinged nav station seat also serves as the top of a storage locker. Illumination is provided by a deck prism and one overhead dome light with selective red or white light.
Aft Cabin
The aft cabin provides a double berth to port and a single berth to starboard. There is seating in between each berth and storage above the seat. There are also shelved units above each berth to provide extra storage.
Galley
The U-shaped galley is located to port at the foot of the companionway ladder. A double stainless sink in a fiddled laminate countertop, plumbed for pressure hot and-cold water is positioned below a storage locker with louvered door overhead and above a storage locker with louvered door below. To the right, a removable, flush-mounted section of the countertop lifts to access a removable waste container. A single storage locker with louvered door sits outboard of the waste bin. A gimbaled three burner Shipmate CNG Stove and Oven is located outboard below a storage locker with two, sliding louvered doors. Three storage lockers with louvered doors are situated above the periphery of the top-loading Seafrost refrigeration, situated aft of the stove. Two drawers suitable for utensil storage are located below the fiddled laminate countertop. A deck prism, one overhead and two over-the-counter dome lights with red or white light provide illumination.
Electrical
Electronics
Sails & Rigging
Hull and Deck
Tankage
Fuel: 2 Tanks, 160 gallons total, 1 new stainless steel tank, one original black iron
Fresh water: 2 Tanks, 205 gallons total
Holding: 1, 20 gallon
Additional Features
Pedigree
According to MarineSource, The Mason 43 is a true classic and a proven offshore passage maker. This is the design chosen by George Day, former editor of Cruising World and founder of the touchstone publication Blue Water Sailing for his own family?s circumnavigation back in the 90s.
A very sea-kindly motion combined with great accommodations and classic good looks guarantee that this design is a worthy long term investment. The Tashing yard built these boats with the finest materials and top quality craftsmanship to stand the test of time.
BODACIOUS has under gone continual upgrades, she is 2023 BetaMarine powered and has an impressive specifications. No teak decks to worry about and a most fastidious owner who has made sure things are just so. A superb opportunity to buy a traditional looking sailing vessel that has been kept in the most desirable of ways and one that will sail til your heart?s content.
The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.