1982 Slocum 43 ‚Right Choice‘
This is a great opportunity to buy a proven blue-water cruiser without breaking the bank. Right Choice underwent an extensive refit ahead of her recent circumnavigation and is now back in the UK awaiting her next adventurous owner. She benefits from a full suite of navigation equipment including GPS plotter at helm and chart table, radar, VHF & SSB radios and AIS, new engine in 2003, new mast and standing rigging in 2016, air conditioning, heating, wind generator, water maker etc etc.
Call Steve Gunn on +44 7707 149480 or email (e-mail in contact data) for further details or to arrange to view.

Fitted to this boat:
Glass fibre balsa sandwich hull varying from 30 to 50 millimetres.
Glass fibre coachroof.
Deck and cockpit teak flooring, refitted with Sikaflex bonding instead of screws.
Acrylic windows and hatches.
Forestay (roller furling) attaches full mast height.
Inner forestay permanent with roller furling.
Hydraulic back stay.
Keel stepped mast stayed to chain plates embedded in hull.
Integral keel 4 tonnes of cast iron.
4 x 110Ah domestic batteries
1 x engine start battery
BM-1 Battery monitor
Shore power transformer – 240V to 110V AC for boat outlets and equipment
Stirling Battery charger
Rutland wind generator
Solar panels with controller

Custom-made mast (new 2016)
Stainless steel wire standing rigging (new 2016)
Inner forestay with furler (new 2016)
Hydraulic backstay tensioner (new 2016)
Aluminium boom
Removeable bowsprit
Running rigging (new 2016)

Raymarine E7 chart plotter at helm
Raymarine Quantum 2 radar scanner (pole mounted in cockpit)
Monitor self steering gear
Raymarine autopilot
Raymarine speed/depth/wind displays in cockpit
Raymarine wind display at chart table
Garmin GPSMap 526 plotter at chart table
Navtex
MeteoMan Weather station
Standard Horizon GX2100 DSC VHF/AIS
I-Com IC-735 SSB long range radio
Iridium Go satellite communication system

Teak-laid side decks and cockpit
Cockpit cushions
Warps, fenders and fender step
2 x coachroof halyard winches
2 x Barlow mainsheet winches
Electric anchor windlass (new motor 2023), anchor and chain

Slab reefed mainsail (4 reefs)
130% furling Genoa
115% furling Genoa (new 2021)
Furling staysail (new 2016)
Storm sail
Storm trysail
Sprayhood (new 2023)
Bimini (new 2023)
Cockpit enclosure (new 2020)

Engine exhaust temperature monitor
Carbon monoxide monitor
Gas alarm
Fire extinguishers
Fire blanket
2 x Automatic electric bilge pump
Manual bilge pump

Yanmar 53hp diesel engine (new 2003)
Darglow 19″ feathering prop (new 2014)
Air conditioning unit
EcoSystems Splash 25 watermaker (25l/hr)

Master cabin port aft with double bed and storage
Quarterberth stbd aft
Guest cabin frwd with double bed and storage
Saloon seating to port with lowerable table
Sofa to stbd
Galley with sink, gas cooker, fridge and freezer
Heads with toilet to holding tank, sink and shower