The Valiant 42 is Bob Perry’s own answer to the first definitive performance cruiser, the Valiant 40. The 42, created when Valiant moved to Texas, gave Perry the chance to update the 40’s design and for builder Rich Worstell to update its construction. The result was a stiffer, more powerful and better performing cruiser that retained and improved upon the remarkable look and reputation of the Valiant 40. Surf Ride is a Valiant 42 with a turn of speed, having won her class in the Baja Haha.
The 42’s tale is only half Surf Ride’s story. Surf Ride was ordered new by her experienced owner, who spared no expense outfitting her for serious voyaging. And while she has many offshore miles under her keel, her maintenance — both mechanical and cosmetic — has been superlative.
The owner has set Surf Ride up as an exceptional offshore vessel, from the self-steering gear to the extended hard dodger top to her rebuilt Westerbeke, Surf Ride is more than ready for her next passage.
- Westerbeke diesel rebuilt 2020
- Watermaker
- 5 kW genset
- Wind generator
- Monitor windvane
- Achilles dinghy and outboard
| Name of vessel | Surf Ride |
| Model | Valiant 42 |
| Year | 1997 |
| Builder | Valiant Yachts |
| Designer | Bob Perry |
| Price | $215,000 USD |
| Location | Seattle |
| Length (feet) | 42 |
| Beam (feet) | 12.75 |
| Draft (feet) | 6 |
| Displacement (pounds) | 24600 |
| Ballast (pounds) | 9500 |
| Engine model | Westerbeke 42B |
| Engine horsepower | 42 |
| Engine hours | 20 |
| Fuel tank capacity (gallons) | 115 |
| Water tank capacity (gallons) | 120 |
| Holding tank capacity (gallons) |
Interior Accommodations
There were several interior options for Valiant 42s. This one is the center entry queen layout with a centerline main hatch, one head and a V-berth forward. The 42’s voluminous hull jprovides plenty of room for comfortable cruising. As you come down the companionway, a double quarter berth, which can be closed off from the rest of the cabin, is located to port. The head with a separate shower stall is to starboard. Moving forward, the galley is to port and the navigation table to starboard. Bob Perry is a fine cook himself, and the spacious galley to port reflects this. The navigation station is complete and features a separate laptop loaded with Open CPN and worldwide charts.
A centerline dropleaf table can seat 6, with an L-shaped settee to port and settee to starboard. Abundant, accessible storage is located outboard. There are solid handholds throughout.
The forward cabin has two seats, making stepping up to the V-berth easy. Cabinetry port and starboard provide ample storage for clothing and personal gear.
Overall, the upholstery and joinery is in excellent condition. Surf Ride was ordered new with a varnished interior, and the finish remains in excellent condition. The 6’5” headroom and high cabin sides give the boat a traditional feel without the traditional compactness. Well defined areas for sleeping, cooking and dining will make this a comfortable cruiser both at sea and at anchor.
Cruisair SMX II air conditioning
Manual galley foot pump (fresh water, filtered)
Charcoal water filter
Dickinson Mediterranean 3-burner stove/oven (~2016)
Samsung microwave
Seafrost BG 1000 refrigeration with temperature gauges
Sureflo Aquaking 2.0 gpm freshwater pump
(6) 18” x 4“ Manship SS opening ports
(6) 12” x 4” Manship SS opening ports
(8) Hella cabin fans
Port side slide out extension to make doubleberth
Chelsea clock and barometer
Covers and screens for hatches and ports
Jabsco macerator pump
Toppers mattress covers
Fitted sheets fore and aft
Deck and Hull
The Valiant look defines a genre of cruiser. Bob Perry’s canoe stern harkens to the double enders of the North Sea, while the tall cabin house provides a distinctive look and lots of room below decks.
Cockpit protected by custom solid extra long solid top dodger – strong enough to stand on
Medium Blue from rubrail 10” up to deck edge, light blue below
Thin red over medium blue boot stripes
Teak rubrail capped with stainless steel
Black antifoul 2” to submersion (Trinidad SR October 2020)
2” high raised bulwark capped with aluminum toerail w/ rectangular holes on 9” centers
29” high lifelines, SS stanchions, double uncoated wire lifelines
SS Bow pulpit
Boarding gates with Johnson snap shackles
Factory option side boarding ladder
Solid stern rail from boarding gates around stern
Handholds when exiting cockpit
SS rod bobstay holding down turnbuckles
SS bowsprit with anchor rollers
Monitor windvane – control lines to forward end of cockpit
(2) 12” mooring cleats bow with (2) chocks in bulwark
(2) 12” mooring cleats midships with SS open cocks on bulwark
(2) 12” cleats on cockpit coaming on stern
Stainless-steel pole and stern quarter for wind generator, loud hailer speaker, stern floodlight, outboard hoist, flagstaff, GPS antenna.
LED sidelights & stern lights
Light gray Awlgrip Griptex deck and white waterways drain through overboard and aft each side to below waterline drain to prevent hull side streaking.
Lighthouse Series 1501 windlass – horizontal with line gypsy, up/down foot switches
5/16” anchor chain
45 # CQR anchor
225’chain
300’ rode
2nd bow roller
Saltwater deck wash
18´high coachroof, SS grab rails port and starboard
Lewmar Ocean Series Hatches with snap-on covers mounted on raised foundations, new ~2016:
- 20: x 20” bow 20” x 24” x 18”
- 20’ x 20” just forward of mast
- (2) 10” x 10” starboard cabintop between cockpit and mast
- 18” x 12” and 14” x 8” starboard between cockpit and mast
- (2) 8” stainless cowl vents atop big Dorade boxes protected by stainless steel guards on both sides of mast. Located further aft than other V-42s to facilitate on-deck dinghy storage
Fortress FX 23 mount port ¼ railing rode locker on port ¼ roller and oval hawse hole
30’ chain, 300’ rode for aft anchor
Lee’s stainless-steel rod holder
Aft 9” high coamings – wide enough to step/sit on forward
Seats are 20” wide with 11” tall backs 7’6” long enough to sleep
18” wide bridgedeck to companionway
Drainage gutter outboard of seats for dry seating
Cockpit sole overlaid w/ teak rubber
(4) 1.5” drains
(3) Padeyes for safety harnesses
Coaming cuddies under primary winches
Westerbeke Engine control panel in coaming Recess to starboard of helm 8” with temp, volts & oil pressure
Manual shutdown cable
Grab railings on top – aft and sides
Removeable front and side panels
Bimini on welded stainless-steel frame, designed to facilitate visibility over dodger and to be easy folded back, along with supports
Whale H/C cockpit shower
Edson standing pedestal with dual lever engine controls
32” Elkhide covered wheel.
Binnacle guard and table
(2) winch handle holders
Ritchie Powerdamp 4.5” diameter compass
Nav Pod with chartplotter
(2) White plastic drink holders
Jacklines – tubular nylon webbing
Manual Whale bilge pump
Propane locker in port helm seat – large aluminum bottle
Under starboard helm set 15” deep overboard draining insert, ideal for O/B gas or other flammables
Insert comes out to access autopilot, rudder post etc.
Anchor snubber 5/8” gold double braid w/ 5/16 stainless steel hook
4:1 block/tackle Handbilly O/B lift
25” x 15” Opening top cockpit locker outboard of helm
(4) folding Wichard D-ring padeyes on forward coachroof for lashing down dinghy
Fiberglass main hatch slider & smoked acrylic 18” x 23” insert
(2) Varnished teak washboards – lockable from inside
(6) steps down the companionway. Treads capped with etched stainless plates
Stainless-steel holding tank
Secondary anchor light on stern arch
LED lights on dodger and blue LED lights in Dorade vents
Electronics and Navigation
Raymarine ST60 speed depth, wind with repeaters at nav station
Furuno GPS/Plotter GP 7000
Furuno 1942 radar
Alpha 3000 autopilot, model UQDUHS – 18 (2003)
Spare autopilot fully installed
Dell Latitude E5530 computer with Open CPN and worldwide charts
ICOM M802 single sideband transceiver
ICOM M604A VHF Transceiver
ICOM AT-140 Antenna tuner
ICOM HM162B/SW remote microphone
ICOM IC-M73 portable VHF transceiver
Pioneer DEH – 1300MP stereo
Electrical
Victron Phoenix 12V/50 HZ Battery charger (2015)
(4) Lifeline Group 31 T AGM house batteries
(1) Group 31T starting battery
AirX Marine 400-watt turbine
Westerbeke 42B 42HP 3008 hours (Rebuilt 2020)ZF V-drive transmission model 15MIV 2.72:1Hella fan in engine roomRacor 500 NA primary filter with clear bowl and vacuum gaugePSS shaft seal (2020)
3-blade Flexofold propeller
Fuel transfer pump – to/from any tank and can be used for jerry cans
Westerbeke 5 kW genset – 2690 hours
Seaward S600 6-gallon water heater
Village Marine STW 600 Stowaway watermaker, makes 17 gph
Shurflo shower sump pump
Double spreader keel stepped mast, painted white LPU both mast and boomContinuous rod rigging with fore and aft lower shrouds(2) Spinnaker halyards – main halyard at mastAntal mainsail track for mainsail luffHarken outhaul track
Dutchman flaking system with Spectra lines
Spectra topping lift pennant 4:1 removeable
Block and tackle for boom vang
Masthead Windex
Foredeck floodlight
(6) Antal rope clutches on mast
(2) Lewmar 40ST winches on mast
(6) plastic cleats on mast
Forespar carbon whisker pole and Harken track stored on mast w/ leathered outboard end 4:1 inboard end control
Winch handle holder under boom
(2) Antal Grip 12 stoppers on boom for reeflines
Lewmar 16ST for reefing on boom
Pole topping lift
Harken Mk IV furler on headstay – run aft through Schaefer stanchion blocks to cockpit and electric winch
Harken Mk IV on inner forestay for staysail
Schaefer 4’ long T track with pin adjustable cars on cabintop four staysail
Schaeffer 10’ long T track for yankee on side decks (recessed)
Mainsail preventer system – mid-boom 2:1 led to cockpit, port and starboard
Navtec self-contained hydraulic backstay adjustor
5:1 Mainsheet tackle to Lewmar 44ST
4:1 Traveler – Lewmar
Plaited jib & staysail sheets
Spectra runner pennants
(2) Lewmar 45 ST staysail sheet winches
Lewmar 40ST 12V Electric winch on port coaming
(2) Lewmar 58ST primary winches
Mainsail – 3 reefs
Yankee
Staysail
.8 oz cruising spinnaker, 1800 sq. ft.
Miscellaneous and Safety
MOM 8A on Port quarter
ACR Mini B2 Class B EPIRB
Winslow 40 Liferaft SLO Needs servicing
(2) ACR Firefly water activated strobe lights
(2) Lirakis harnesses with (2) tethers each
Fireboy Xintex Sentinal carbon monoxide alarm
Jordan series drogue -300’ long. 129 cones, 25 lb. of chain
Primary and secondary electric bilge pumps on separate breakers
Achilles roll up dinghy fits into starboard locker, also has custom lifting harness for storing out of water. Always lifted from water.
Yamaha F2.5 4 stroke 2.5HP outboard
Folding dinghy anchor w/ line and rode
Fold down wheels for dinghy transom
(6) Black double braid dock lines
Stainless steel swim ladder that mounts at boarding gates
Gold anodized aluminum 4” long gaff
Bosun’s chair
ATN Topclimber
Shurflo 1800 and Rule 200 Bilge pumps
Scuba tank
Fishing gear to fit boat in conjunction with windvane, including gold reel, and hand line
Spare Hella fans
The Valiant 42 is the evolutionary successor to the Valiant 40, sharing the look and styling of its legendary predecessor. Over the years, the Valiant line of bluewater passage-makers has always reflected a commitment to product evolution and refinement. Valiant began the major shift in the direction of the Valiant 42 with the introduction of the “Series 90” Vacanti keel. Not only does this keel deliver state-of-the-art performance, it also results in a lower center of gravity and provides for a shoal-draft capability, heretofore unavailable without resorting to centerboards and tricky bulb-type protuberances. Significantly, the Valiant 42 deck features a cockpit that is completely wrapped with an offshore coaming for both comfort and safety. Seating areas are fully guttered and an expanded, recessed propane storage system is included as well. The frontal portion of the cabin trunk is contoured in its transition to the foredeck. The deck design provides for maximum flexibility, while the below-deck volume is increased. There are no predetermined locations for the hatches, portlights and companionway. There are enough variations within the three basic interior arrangements of the Valiant 42 to offer an almost unlimited choice to the customer. The Valiant 42CE or Center Entry, provides for a more open interior and yet allows for a true three-cabin layout. The head is located aft, and the two, separate, double staterooms greatly enhance below-deck livability. The Valiant 42 features a double spreader rig which is matched with a short bowsprit to maximize sailing efficiency.
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.
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