43 J Boats 1993 Boat for Sale

Ardent

ASKING PRICE: $139,995 Watch Price

Portsmouth, RI

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Last updated Sep 26, 2025

Ardent Boat | 43' J Boats 1993

ARDENT is a rare offering and a fantastic value for anyone looking for a cruiser/racer, she is ready to depart to your dream destinations.
She is a fast blue water passage maker.
ARDENT has had a complete refit for blue water cruising with Solent double head sail rig and a lovely interior modified and beautifully refurbished by her current owner, a furniture maker by trade and solo sailor by preference. A few of Ardents custom features include a forward anchor windlass and locker, cabinets in the forward berth,cockpit table for comfortable dining or a custom workbench can take its place.New refrigerator and freezer powered by the sun or wind.
All mechanical and electrical systems updated (2024-2025) or rebuilt. Resewn main sail and new head sails (2025), 3 spinnakers in excellent condition. Absolutely everything was was gone over and replaced with new components or brought up to good working order in (2024-2025)

A brand new hypolon dingy with 8 hp yamaha 2 stroke and a customized davit system. The current owner were preparing for a 5 year adventure.
The previus owners of Ardent used her originally for a mixture of East Coast cruising and local racing including three Annapolis to Bermuda races and an Annapolis to Newport race. With the owners’ interest in further offshore adventures in 2008,the boat was completely refitted for long-term ocean cruising with safety and cruising comfort in mind. Following the refit,the owners then sailed her double-handed across the Atlantic to the Mediterranean where they spent several years cruising the Mediterranean from west to east, visiting Spain, Italy, Malta, Greece, Turkey and Croatia. Shazam was then shipped back to the Chesapeake Bay in late 2017. You can access their blog site for more of their adventures. Sailblogs.com SHAZAM.

Denison Yachting is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by BLM Yacht Sales / Fall River.

Denison Yacht Sales offers the details of this yacht in good faith but can’t guarantee the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of this boat for sale. This yacht for sale is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal from that yacht market without notice. She is offered as a convenience by this yacht broker to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a specific yacht for sale.

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Ardent HIGHLIGHTS

Yacht Details: 43' J Boats 1993
Location: Portsmouth, RI
Engines: Yanmar
Last Updated: Sep 26, 2025
Asking Price: $139,995
Max Draft: 7' 0''

Ardent additional information

Specifications

Beam: 12' 0''
Hull Material: Fiberglass
Max Draft: 7' 0''
Displacement: 15,000 lb
Fuel Tank: 2 x 50|gallon
Fresh Water: 2 x 100|gallon
Holding: 1 x |

Accomodations

Number of single berths: 2
Number of double berths:2
Number of cabins: 3
Number of heads: 1

Interior

Teak bulkhead refinished (2024)
Light striped grey/brown upholstery New 2017
Force 10, 3 burner propane stove with oven and broiler
Seafron 12 volt refrigeration new 2024
GE Microwave Oven 700 watts
Crotched and ribbony mahogany on doors and vberth
and teak cabinetry throughout
Custom cabinet in v-berth for additional storage
Teak Dining Table in salon

Electronics

Electronics and Navigation Equipment (All new 2025)
B&G Zeus3S-12 Halo20+ Radar Bundle
Chart plotter mounted on custom swing arm in companionway.
B&G Wind
B&G Depth
B&G Speed
Simrad NAC-3 Core Pack
B&G Triton2 Autopilot controller and triton 2 Display pack
M604 VHF Icom radio with additional microphone at helm station
SSB Icom 802
Magnum Energy Inverter/charger
Kenwood Stereo KDG-MP235
Small Inverter
Mastervold 110/240volt transformer for shore power
Solar Panels-3@360W Duo G10, 1@Kyocera -starter battery
Wind generator- D400 Eclectic Energy
B&G NAIS-500 Class B AIS
Epirb

Deck And Rigging

Lazy Jack system for Mainsail
Topping lift
Spinaker pole
2 reefing lines set up (2025)
New Sailtec Back stay-17 Long Integral adjuster (2025)
Running back stays with chocks
Most lines are new or in good shape
Solent double headsail rig

Sails And Rigging

Sails
• Mainsail Doyle 2010 recut in 2025
• Staysail Furling 90 %LP Fibercon Pro Hydbrid 8.65 (Contender)
• Furling Genoa NPL Tour Xi Grey Norlam Xi109 CRG
• Spinnakers 2 excellent shape, 1 good, 1 saved for practice
Asymmetrical and Symmetrical

Canvas

Canvas
• Mainsail cover
• Dodger with side curtains new 2017
• Cockpit cushions new 2017

Other Gear

Other Gear
• Spectra Cape Horn Extreme 330 Watermaker
• Fuel Polishing system (cleaned out thouroghly 2024)
• Delta 45 lb anchor
• Fortress anchor with 200’ of chain/rope
• Yamaha 2 stroke 8 hp dinghy outboard
• New 2024 North Atlantic 9’ 8” Alum Rib ALV300H with hypalon tubes
• Espar diesel heater
• Nicro vents in main saloon and head
• Cockpit table refinished in 2024
• Additional cabinets built in forward cabin, refinished in 2025
• Custom cabinet in forward cabin (2024)
• Storage cabinets across from head refinished (2025)
• Carbon fiber Passerelle
• Liferaft 4 man
• All plastic through holes replaces with bronze (2017)
• Non drip stuffing box
• Transmission rebuild Oct 2017
• Bottom painted with Pettit Trinidad Pro (2024) touched up (2025)
• Custom anchor locker with remote windlass
• Many spare parts on refrigerator, wind sensor, watermaker, wind generator, too many to name.
• Dock lines, bumpers, pdf’s,
• Battery Monitor BMV-712-Bluetooth

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