Key Specifications
Weight & Displacement
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Highlights & Features
1982 41' Rival 41 Cutter. Norwegian flag/US Duty paid/imported. Lloyds Maltese Cross +100A1
About This Yacht
Firelight is a classic 1982 41' Rival 41AC designed by Peter Brett and built by Southern Boatbuilding in Southampton, UK. She is a one owner boat and she has done a circumnavigation via Panama and the Red Sea, sailed the entire USA east coast up and down several times and spent many years cruising in the Bahamas. She has proven to be seaworthy, reliable and comfortable and she has been admired wherever she goes. Firelight offers a Perkins 50 HP auxiliary with a newer gearbox, 400 watt inverter, 140 watt inverter, solar panels, wind generator, autopilot and wind vane self-steering, non-skid decks, 2018 Achilles aluminum hull RIB tender, 2 stateroom 2 head layout and a beautiful classic teak interior. She was built to Lloyds Maltese Cross +100A1 standards.
DH Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Curtis Stokes & Associates. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel
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41' Rival Vessel Walkthrough
From the bimini and dodger covered cockpit, you step down the aft companionway into the full-beam master stateroom and find a double size berth to port and a single size quarter berth to starboard. Walk forward through the companionway, which also coverts into the aft head and sink, into the salon to find the nav station and hanging locker starboard aft, another companionway to the deck forward of the dodger, galley port aft, wrap-around seating/storage/berth with a folding teak table port forward and a benchseat/storage/berth to starboard. Continue forward to find the guest head port forward and the guest stateroom all the way forward. Auxiliary access is located under the forward companionway and master stateroom and companionway panels.
The headroom in the salon is 6'3", 6'1" in the guest stateroom and head, 5'11" in the master stateroom and head. The master stateroom berths are 6'5" long and the guest stateroom berths are 6'10" long for the starboard berth and 5'8" long for the port berth. The salon berths are 6'7" long.
41' Rival Accommodations
Firelight offers a full-beam master stateroom aft with a double size berth to port and a single size quarter berth to starboard. There is a guest stateroom forward with a v-berth. There is a single size benchseat/berth with a lee cloth to starboard in the salon and a single size wrap-around seat/berth with lee cloth to port. There are also roll-out canvas pullman berths on each side above the salon seating. The port side roll-out berth was removed, but all parts are onboard to reinstall it. There is an enclosed head forward and the master stateroom companionway closes off with doors to become an aft head. Presently, there is no toilet in the aft head, just a sink and storage.
41' Rival Salon
The salon offers the classic Rival teak arch amidships, a wrap-around settee with storage and a folding teak table port forward, benchseat/storage starboard forward, storage cabinets, shelves, 6 fixed portlights and curtains, reading lights, overhead hatch, loose carpet over a teak sole, auxiliary access and a companionway aft to the deck forward of the cockpit dodger.
41' Rival Galley
The galley is port aft in the salon.
- Marine Stainless Fittings Ltd. stainless steel 2-burner propane cooktop and oven
- Isotherm 4200 cold-plate refrigeration (New water pump in 2026)
- Double stainless steel sinks
- Brita filtered fresh water faucet
- Fresh and salt water manual faucets
- Formica countertops
- Dry storage
- Cabinets
- Safety belt
- Vent
41' Rival Dining
Dining space is available at the salon folding teak table and the cockpit folding teak table.
41' Rival Nav Station
The nav station is starboard aft in the salon and offers a desk with storage large enough for full size charts, benchseat with storage, shelves, storage cabinets, wet hanging locker that drains into the bilge, safety belt, British Admiralty worldwide paper charts and electronics as detailed in the electronics section in this presentation.
41' Rival Master Stateroom
The full-beam master stateroom aft offers a double size berth to port, single size quarter berth to starboard, companionway aft to the cockpit, auxiliary access, reading lights, hanging locker, storage cabinets and drawers, storage under the berths, 2 fixed portlights, 2 opening portlights, benchseat, loose carpet over a teak sole, mirror and a head in the master stateroom companionway to the salon. There is no toilet presently, as it was removed for extra storage, but one could be reinstalled.
41' Rival Guest Stateroom
The guest stateroom is forward and offers a v-berth, reading lights, folding steps and a overhead hatch, 2 fixed portlights and one opening portlight with curtains, anchor chain locker access, storage under the berths, loose carpet over a teak sole and an enclosed head with Lavac Zenith manual head, sink and opening portlight port aft.
41' Rival Cockpit
The cockpit offers a benchseat with storage on each side, new teak slats for cockpit seats, teak deck, bimini, dodger, propane locker, fold-up table and electronics as detailed in the electronics section in this presentation.
41' Rival Audio/Visual Equipment
- Fusion MS-IP600 stereo
- Sirius/XM satellite radio
- Sony interior speakers
41' Rival Electronics
- SEA 2250 SSB
- Icom IC-M504 VHF
- Furuno GP 33 GPS
- Furuno F170 speed,depth, log, GPS, water temp display
- B&G wind speed/direction display
- Autopilot 5000 autopilot
- Lev-O-Gage inclinometer
- Sestrel magnetic compass
- Weems & Plath clock
- Wempe clock and barometer
41' Rival Electrical System
- Charles 20 amp battery charger
- Balmar 90-100 100 amp alternator
- Cruising Equipment Company battery monitor system
- Cobra 400 watt inverter
- Porta Watz 140 watt inverter
- 12 vdc outlet at the nav station
- 2 X BP 40 watt solar panels
- Air Marine wind generator
- 3 X Everstart 27DC batteries (2022)
- Interstate 24M-XHD battery (2024)
41' Rival Engine/Mechanical Equipment
- Perkins 4.108 50 HP auxiliary with approximately 10,870 hours (New impeller in 2026)
- ZF 10W gearbox
- Racor 500FG fuel filter
- Groco sea strainer
- Aries Wind vane steering system
- Jabsco Sensor Max 14 fresh water system pump
- Isotherm 6 gallon water heater
- Lavac Zenith manual head
- Maintenance records
- Ship's log
- New steering cable in 2026
- New Cutlass bearing in 2026
41' Rival Deck Equipment
- Lofrens Tigress anchor windlass with a foot control and a Quick wired remote control
- CQR 60 LB anchor
- CQR 45 LB anchor
- Danforth 25 LB anchor
- 250' 3/8" anchor chain
- Non-skid decks
- Teak toe rail
- Stainless steel rails fore and aft
- Double lifelines on stainless steel stanchions on each side
- 2 X Dorades
- 2 X deck hatches
- Boarding gate on each side
- Transom gate
- Outboard bracket
- Swim ladder
- Firelight was painted with Awlgrip in 2015
- Two coats of Seahawk AF33 Antifouling applied to sanded hull bottom in 2026
41' Rival Tender
- Achilles HB-270AL 8'10" aluminum hull RIB tender
- Yamaha 8 HP 2 stroke outboard
41' Rival Sails and Rigging
- Selden/Kemp single spreader aluminum mast and boom
- Lewmar traveler
- Mainsail cover
- Mainsail (2019) (4 battens and 3 reef points)
- Ghoster 160%
- Hank on Stormsail
- Roller furling Jib
- ProFurl roller furler
- Stainless steel wire standing rigging
- Lewmar 16 2 speed reefing winch
- Lewmar 30 2 speed mast winch
- Lewmar 30 2 speed cockpit winch
- 2 X Lewmar 40 mast winches
- 2 X Lewmar 44 self-tailing cockpit winches
- 2 X Lewmar 30 self-tailing cockpit winches
- All winches serviced in 2026
41' Rival Safety and Fire Protection
- Fire extinguishers (5 new in 2026 and 1 large extinguisher re-certified in 2026)
- Fire blanket
- 2 X Henderson manual bilge pumps
- Overboard recovery system
- Jim Buoy horseshoe life ring
- ACR GlobalFix Pro EPIRB
- New ACR ResQLink+ personal EPIRB
- New 25MM Red Meteor flares
- New propane regulator in 20026
41' Rival Exclusions
- Sellers' personal belongings
41' Rival Disclaimer
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.
Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
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