40 Ft Endeavuor Sloop 1983 (Chester, MD)

40 Ft Endeavuor Sloop 1983

John Books and Rob Valdes always had Gulfstar in their sights as a market sector and identity for Endeavour understandable given their background working at Gulfstar. Following the success for the Endeavour 32 and Endeavour 37 the design challenge presented to Bob Johnson was to make a 40 LOA mid-cockpit cruiser that had the aesthetic appeal of an aft cockpit design . . . not an easy task with a 40 sailboat. When the Endeavour 40 was first introduced in 1981 it was targeted at two different markets the private owner and the charter industry so two slightly different models were created 1) An Owners model that came with a slightly taller mast an inner forestay and extra winches and 2) a Charter model which had a shorter mast and did not have the extra track inner forestay or the additional winches. Models included a sloop a cutter and a ketch. Bob completed the design work on the Endeavour 40 in 1979 and tooling was about 50% complete when Bob left Endeavour that same year. Pleased with the result in every regard it proved to be a very popular boat with production ending in 1985 with 185 hulls. It was so popular that the Endeavour 40 was used on the Miami Vice TV series as the character Don Johnson s live aboard home. The Endeavour 42 was an evolution of the Endeavour 40 (designed by Johan Valentijn of Americas Cup fame) with the most notable visual change being a continuous sheer line vs. a step up aft on the E40.The interior of the Endeavour 40 is built up of wood. First a framework of floor timbers is constructed and placed in the bilge and heavily bonded in place with woven roving. A plywood sole is glued and screwed on top of these floor timbers and bonded to the hull all around its periphery with woven roving. All timbers and plywood are saturated with polyester resin before assembly to seal all exposed wood. All bulkheads are bonded to the hull with two layers of woven roving on both sides. The interior is finished with varnished teak with soft white overheads. The cabin sole is teak parquet flooring bonded in place with a waterproof adhesive. The interior layout is typical with a V-berth forward the head (to starboard) and lockers (to port) which divide it from the main salon area which has a fold-up dining table with port and starboard settees. Aft and to starboard is a nav station with the electrical panel and to port is the galley with Adler-Barbour refrigeration a gimbaled 3-burner gas stove with oven. The engine area is insulated and has great access. The private owner s stateroom aft has a queen size berth hanging lockers chest of drawers and a private head with shower. There are 14 opening ports (Beckson) and 4 large Atkins-Hoyle deck hatches (strong drop forged aluminum with 3 4 Lexan) one each over the v-berth and aft cabin and 2 over the salon area.