- Beam: 12' 10''
- Hull Material: Fiberglass
- Max Draft: 6' 11''
- Displacement: 17,000 lb
- Fuel Tank: 2 x 35|gallon
- Fresh Water: 2 x 40|gallon
- Holding: 1 x |
- Cabins: 3
- Heads: 1
ARDENT is a rare offering and a fantastic value for anyone looking for a cruiser/racer. 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 very nice 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 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 owners were preparing for a 5 year adventure.
The previous 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 adventure 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, (the former name), 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 - San Francisco is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by McMichael Yacht Brokers LTD..
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.
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 - new 2017
Seafron 12 volt refrigeration - new 2024
GE Microwave Oven 700 watts
Custom mahogany on doors and vberth
and teak cabinetry throughout - new 2025
Custom cabinet in v-berth for additional storage new 2025
Teak Dining Table in salon
Custom maple workbench table - new 2025
New headliner - 2025
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 MS2812 Inverter/charger
Kenwood Stereo KDG-MP235
3 KiloVault 2400 HLX+ Lithium Ion Batteries - new 2025 (240 ah)
Engine start battery - MTX-94R H7
Mastervold 110/240volt transformer for shore power
Solar Panels-2@360W Duo G10, 1@Kyocera -starter battery
Wind generator- D400 Eclectic Energy
B&G NAIS-500 Class B AIS
ACR Global Fix V6 Epirb
New custom electrical panel - 2025
Deck and Rigging
Hall Spars Carbon Mast
Lazy Jack system for Mainsail
Topping lift
Retractable Carbon Spinaker pole
2 reefing lines set up (2025)
New Sailtec Back stay-17" Long Integral adjuster - new 2025
Most running rigging is new or in good shape
Solent double headsail rig - new 2025
Running Backstays with chocks
Sails and Rigging
Sails
• Mainsail Doyle 2010 recut in 2025
• Precision Furling Staysail 90 %LP Fibercon Pro Hydbrid 8.65 (Contender) - new 2025
• North Furling Genoa NPL Tour Xi Grey Norlam Xi109 CRG - new 2025
• Spinnakers 2 excellent shape (Asym .75oz Asym 1.5oz), 1 good (Asym .75oz)
Engine
Yanmar 3JH2-TE 47 hp - 2600 hours
Martec 2 blade folding propeller
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 for additional tank (cleaned out thouroghly 2024)
• Delta 45 lb anchor
• Fortress anchor with 200’ of chain/rope
• Yamaha 2 stroke 8 hp dinghy outboard
• North Atlantic 9’ 8” Alum Rib ALV300H with hypalon tubes - new 2025
• 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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