The Sceptre 41 is a well built, performance oriented cruising boat that was well ahead of her time with a raised salon and interior helm station. Along with the raised salon, she has many other desirable features such as a deep comfortable cockpit with step-thru transom, wide side decks, and an ocean-going performance underbody. Her interior features a dedicated interior helm station, a U-shaped galley, a raised dinette for great visibility and a stall shower.
It’s not surprising that the Sceptre 41 was chosen by Ferenc Mate for his widely read book, “World’s Best Sailboats”.
Utopias is loaded with gear and ready to go back out cruising
Yanmar 4JH57 common rail with 265 hours
Updated B&G instruments and plotter
Leisure Furl in-boom mainsail system
Spectra watermaker
Monitor windvane
| Name of vessel | Utopias |
| Model | Sceptre 41 |
| Year | 1985 |
| Builder | |
| Designer | Hein Driehuyzen |
| Price | $180,000 USD |
| Location | San Pedro, California |
| Length (feet) | 41 |
| Beam (feet) | 12.8 |
| Draft (feet) | 6.1 |
| Displacement (pounds) | 21,500 |
| Ballast (pounds) | 8,700 |
| Engine model | Yanmar 4JH57 |
| Engine horsepower | 57 |
| Engine hours | 265 |
| Fuel tank capacity (gallons) | 75 |
| Water tank capacity (gallons) | 190 |
| Holding tank capacity (gallons) | 15 |
Starting forward is a master stateroom with a vee berth. There are reading lights and an overhead light. Shelves run along the hull sides, below the deck. Below the bunk, there are six drawers. A very large hanging locker is adjacent the doorway to port. There is a small dressing seat is to starboard across from the hanging locker. Two opening ports in the hull sides and one large opening overhead hatch provide natural light and ventilation. Ensuite access is provided to the head/shower.A passageway leads to the raised salon area. To starboard is the head and separate shower. The shower is forward with a teak grating on the seat, shower curtain, overhead light and an outboard locker. There is ample headroom throughout the head. The head is trimmed with teak and has a china basin, mirror, storage cabinets, teak towel bars and a teak grating on the sole. To port, in the passageway there is a settee that makes into 2 bunks utilizing the seat back as a pipe berth. This also doubles a a great storage area. Just aft of the mast to starboard is a custom set of shelves to hold all of your cruising books.The salon area is up one step. To starboard, a “U” shaped settee is raised and affords excellent outside visibility while seated. Storage drawer, lockers and cabinets are outboard and under the settee. To port is a dedicated helm station with full engine controls and a teak destroyer style wheel. The electrical panel is outboard of the helm. A navigation station is aft of the helm with a swiveling armchair, chart table and chart drawer and storage cabinets. Aft of the dinette to starboard is a hanging wet locker with drain to the bilge.To port of the companionway is the large galley. To starboard is an enclosed aft stateroom. This space has two reading lights, overhead light, hanging locker and double berth and an opening port in the hull side for ventilation. There are four steps up the companionway to the cockpit.
NMEA 2000 backbone installed – 2014B&G Triton display, displaying wind/speed/depth at inside helm(2) B&G Triton displays at outside helmB&G Zeus Touch T8 at outside helmB&G Broadband 4G radar at outside helmB&G Go Free repeater for use with a laptop and /or a padB&G ZG100 GPS receiver
B&G Class “B” AIS system
SImrad autopilot AP16, at outside helm
B&G wired autopliot remote in companionway
ICOM M506 VHF at inside helm
Remote command mic in cockpit
IC-700 SSB radio at inside helm with AT-139 tuner
Pactor II modem at inside helm
ACR global fix EPIRB
110V AC / 12V DCXantrex lite battery monitor (2021)Xantrex Freedom charger/inverter (new 2008)6 Lifeline AGM group 31 house batteries (2016)1 Lifeline AGM group 31 starting battery (2016)ElectroGuard system(2) Solar Panels 90 watts mounted on dodger (2016)
Victron Solar controller
Lunasea Tricolor mast head light (2016)
Weems & Plath ships clock and barometer
Pioneer AM/FM/CD/Sirius (requires subscription) bluetooth radio
12v TV/DVD player that stows underway
Powered TV antenna
Keel stepped aluminum mast with single spreadersStainless steel rod rigging with a split backstayHydraulic backstay adjustmentLeisure Furl in-boom mainsail systemRemovable inner forestay, currently stowedForespar aluminum whisker pole (2017)Forespar vang
Lewmar mainsheet with traveller (rebuilt in 2006)
Harken roller furler (2005)
All lines lead aft thru rope clutches in board genoa tracks with adjustable cars
Running rigging replaced (2016)
Hood full roach main with battens
Hood 105% jib
Staysail
Ullman asymmetric spinnaker on a Harken top-down furler
Hand laid cored FRP hull with cored decks, fin keel with lead ballast and skeg hung rudder, hull color is oyster white. Stainless steel bow and stern pulpits, step thru transom with teak swim platform with stainless steel swim ladder, stainless steel stanchions with double lifelines, six 10″ mooring cleats.Maxwell 2200 electric vertical windlassSpade Anchor w/300’ chainFortress anchor2 danforth anchorsDeep chain locker with 250′ 5/16″ chain rode
Custom anchor locker cover
(2) 90 watt solar panels on top of the bimini
Seldon stow away sprit pole for flying the asymmetrical
Stainless Steel life-lines (2016)
Deck non-skid repainted (2018)
Aluminum toerail with cutouts
Heavy duty dodger with glass windscreen
Bimini with mesh side and back curtains
White shade cloth with netting for at anchor
Teak folding cockpit table
Monitor Windvane that swings to the side with LED stern light (2016)
Pelagic autopilot deployed off the Monitor windvane (2016)
MRUD Emergency rudder that works with the Monitor windvane (2016)
(2) Lewmar ST 62 primary winches
(2) Lewmar ST 52 secondary winches
Winchrite electric winch handle
Harken EST40 cabintop winch on starboard
Harken ST43 cabintop winch on starboard
Harken ST40 cabintop winch on port
Harken ST43 cabintop winch on port
Yanmar 4JH57 engine install currently has approx 265 hr (2017)PSS dripless shaft sealThree blade MaxpropFloscan system (2008)Dual Racor filtersBuilt in oil change pumpJabsco fuel transfer pump
TankTender system
Calibrated dip sticks for fuel tank
Cable steering
Spectra Ventura 150 watermaker
Raritan manual PHII pump toilet
Electric and manual holding tank pumps
All waste hoses replaced (2018)
Viking 4 person ocean life raft not currently certified (2016)ACR global fix EPIRB (2016)LifeslingWest Marine inflatable dinghy with rigid folding floor (2014)3.5 hp Nissan outboard(2) Scanmar stainless steel folding boarding ladders, 1 short and one longerFlopper stopper
Outboard motor lift (not currently installed)
Twin deep stainless steel sinkshot/cold pressure waterIsotherm 13 gal hot water heater (2020)Seaward Princess 3 burner propane stove with oven (2014)Large double compartment refrigeration and freezer with Grunert coldplateNew Grunert motor (2018)