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Highlights & Features
Fast, exciting, and capable, this standout cruiser/racer is ready to win on the course or cruise in comfort. Loaded with sail inventory, upgraded systems, and a sharp teak interior, she’s a rare, versatile performer that won’t last—act fast.
About This Yacht
Island Flyer is a rare opportunity to own a well-equipped Wauquiez Centurion 40S—an elegant French-built performance cruiser designed by Berret/Racoupeau to deliver excellent sailing performance without sacrificing comfort or offshore capability.
Purchased new from a U.S. dealer in Annapolis by her current owner, Island Flyer has benefited from knowledgeable, long-term ownership and has been equipped for both competitive sailing and comfortable cruising. Her quality construction, responsive hull, and beautifully finished teak interior set her apart from more production-oriented cruiser/racers.
For the performance-minded sailor, Island Flyer offers an extensive sail inventory, including cruising and racing sails, upgraded Quantum Kevlar/Carbon sails, multiple headsails, reacher and runner, carbon-fiber spinnaker pole, hydraulic backstay adjuster, and Harken winches. Her performance is proven, including a 1st-place finish at 2025 Charleston Race Week.
Below deck, her warm teak interior features two private cabins, a spacious salon, a dedicated navigation station, a functional galley, reverse-cycle air conditioning, and a head with a separate shower. A fold-down swim platform, electric windlass, generous cockpit storage, and a 2021 dodger, bimini, connector, and side curtains add to her cruising versatility.
Electronics were substantially updated in 2019 with Raymarine Axiom chartplotters at the helm and nav station, autopilot, i70 instruments, HD radar, and AIS. Auxiliary power is provided by a 55 HP Yanmar diesel, with a 2017 saildrive and three-blade Max-Prop.
For a sailor looking for something more distinctive than a typical production cruiser, Island Flyer offers an exceptional combination of pedigree, performance, equipment, and cruising comfort.
DH Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by S&J Yachts. 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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Interior
The Wauquiez 40S features a comfortable and attractive two-cabin, one-head layout with a spacious salon, dedicated navigation station, a head with a separate shower, and a functional galley.
- Air Conditioning: Cruisair 16 BTU reverse cycle air conditioning
- Teak interior joinery
Salon:
- U-shape seating with an attractive folding table to starboard
- Settee to port with storage below and behind
- (2) Lee clothes for sea berths
- Teak cabinetry and shelving outboard
- A large deck hatch and four opening ports for natural light and ventilation
- Large chart table to port with a seat, and storage
Owner’s Cabin (Forward):
- Large V-berth (6'8" x 5'1")
- Three opening deck hatches
- Hanging locker and storage
- Seat and vanity with a mirror
Aft Cabin:
- Double berth
- Deck hatch and opening port
- Hanging locker and cabinetry
Galley:
- Gimbaled 2-burner stove with oven
- Double stainless-steel sinks
- 12V Refrigerator and freezer
- Storage cabinets and solid surface counters
Head:
- Vanity sink with a mirror and storage
- Electric flush marine toilet
- Separate shower
- Deck hatch and opening port
Deck and Cockpit
- Teak cockpit with one deep lazarette, one shallow lazarette, a propane locker, a small locker, a dedicated life raft storage area aft, and a line storage compartment near the companionway.
- Dodger, bimini, connector, and side curtains (2021)
- Fold-down stern/swim platform with a ladder
- Leather-covered wheel
- Lewmar deck hatches and opening ports
- Stainless steel open bow pulpit
- Chain locker
- Electric anchor windlass with separate chain and rode gypsies
- Stainless steel bow fitting with double rollers
- Fortress anchor with chain and rode
- Backup plow anchor
- Cockpit shower
- Dorade vents for ventilation
- Lifesling
- Viking 6-person life raft (certification expired 09/2024)
- EPIRB (battery expired)
Sail Inventory
Cruising Sails:
- Cruising mainsail
- Cruising 130% genoa
Racing Sails:
- Racing mainsail
- Racing headsails: 100% | 133% 150%
- Reacher with light wind and heavy wind sheets
- Runner with light wind and heavy wind sheets
- 14’ Forespar carbon fiber spinnaker pole
Upgraded Sails (Quantum Kevlar Carbon):
- Mainsail
- 100% | 130% | 150%
Rigging
- Keel-stepped double spreader mast
- Forespar carbon fiber spinnaker pole
- Navtec hydraulic backstay adjuster
- Boomvang
- Furling headsail system
- Spinnaker halyard
- (2) Harken 53.2 STA primary winches
- (2) Harken 40.2 secondary winches
- (2) Harken 40.2 cabin top winches
- Winch handles
- (10) Line clutches
- Main traveller
Electronics
- ELECTRONICS REPLACED IN 2019
- Raymarine Axiom 9 chartplotter at the nav station
- Raymarine Axiom 9 chartplotter at the helm
- Raymarine Autopilot with a remote
- Raymarine i70 (wind, depth, and speed)
- Raymarine i70 multifunction display
- Raymarine HD color 4KW radar mounted on a radar mast at the stern
- Standard Horizon Quest-X GH1500S VHF at the nav with remote at the helm
- Tacktick Race Master mounted on the mast
- AIS transceiver
- Compass at the helm
- Fusion MS-RA7ONSX Radio with two salon speakers and two cockpit speakers
Mechanical
- Engine: Yanmar 55 HP diesel (4JH4E) with 2,294 hours
- Saildriive (2017)
- 60 AMP alternator
- 3-blade Max-Prop (2017)
- Spare prop
Electrical and Plumbing
- House Battery: FullRiver DC260-12 (260 Amp Hours)
- Engine start battery
- 12V DC and 120V AC electric panel
- 30-Amp shore power system with a 30-amp cord
- Inverter – Xantrax 1800
- Transom shower
- Electric and manual bilge pumps
- Water heater
- Electric flush toilet
Disclaimer
The company provides the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information or the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct their agents or surveyors to verify any details they wish validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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