1996 Island Packet 40' _{(12.19 m)} 40

Interior

The interior of the Island Packet 40 is both attractive and functional, showcasing quality teak joinery and a teak and holly cabin sole. It features two private cabins, two heads, a comfortable salon, a convenient navigation station, and a secure galley. Natural light and ventilation are abundant, provided by thirteen stainless steel opening ports, seven deck hatches, and four deck dorades.

Features:

• Air Conditioning: Three Marineaire 6000 BTU reverse cycle units (2022).
• Interior upholstery (2018).
• Teak and Holly cabin sole refinished (2022).
• The aft head countertop was replaced in 2022.
• Lewmar hatch screens.
• Peek-A-Boo port blinds.

The forward cabin is located aft of the chain locker. It includes a large vanity with a stainless-steel sink, a teak shower seat, a curtain-enclosed shower, a head, storage cabinets, hot and cold water, a mirror, two opening ports, and an overhead hatch.

The forward cabin has three opening ports, deck vents, and a single hatch. It features a large double berth on the starboard side, complemented by teak shelves on the headboard and outboard. Storage is generous, thanks to the spacious cedar-lined hanging locker and drawers.

The salon was designed with comfort and safety in mind, equipped with four opening ports, four deck vents, two opening hatches, and overhead handrails. There is a single settee to port and an L-shaped settee to starboard, which pulls out to become a double berth. A drop-leaf table folds down from the forward bulkhead, revealing a storage/wine rack. Cabinets and bookshelves are positioned outboard of both settees, with large storage areas behind and beneath each settee.

The navigation station is located on the starboard side, between the salon and galley. It includes a hinged table with storage underneath, chart storage below the settee, and houses the master AC-DC electric panel and electronics equipment.

The wrap-around galley is located on the starboard side of the companionway.

• Countertop (2019).
• Front-loading Grunert 110V insulated refrigerator.
• Top-loading Grunert 120V cold plate insulated freezer.
• The refrigerator and freezer compressors were replaced in 2023.
• Force10 stove and oven (2020).
• Double sink.
• Faucet (2022)
• Six-gallon electric water heater (2020).
• GE Microwave.
• Stainless steel guardrail with harness hooks and teak sea rails on all edges for safety when underway.
• Storage: pot & pan locker, dish rack, cutlery drawers, storage drawer, teak paper towel holder, soap rack, and trash bin.

Opposite the nav station, on the port side, is the aft head, featuring a curtain-enclosed shower, a teak seat, a toilet, a vanity, a mirror, a sink, storage cabinets, hot-and-cold water, two opening ports, and a hatch. Access to the head is available through a door located in the salon near the companionway and from the aft cabin.

The aft cabin offers a large double berth with a shelf above the headboard, a seat, a cedar-lined hanging locker, drawers, and storage beneath the berth. There are two opening ports and a hatch.

Sails and Rigging

The IP 40 features a cruising-friendly cutter rig that is flexible and easy to manage, with a Dutchman system on the main, Harken furling on the head sails, and a self-tending boom on the staysail.

• Standing Rigging: The wire standing rigging was replaced by Turbulence Ltd. in Grenada (8/2020).
• Chainplates: Replaced in 2022.
• Running Rigging (2019 and newer).
• Mainsail (2018) - inspected and washed in 2022.
• Genoa (2018) - inspected and washed in 2022.
• Staysail (2018) - inspected and washed in 2022.
• Harken furlers for the headsails.
• Keel stepped aluminum mast (approx. 53' 8" air-draft).
• Lewmar #44 self-tailing winch (starboard)
• Lewmar #44 ELECTRIC winch (port)
• Lewmar #48 self-tailing two-speed winch
• Lewmar #8 winch
• Mainsheet traveller. 
• Genoa tracks. 

Electronics and Navigation

• Raymarine Axiom Pro multifunction display with radar and AIS at the nav (2017).
• Raymarine radar (2018).
• Raymarine i70 at the nav (2016).
• Raymarine p70 Autopilot control at the nav.
• (2) Raymarine i50 multifunction displays.
• Raymarine i60 wind instrument.
• Raymarine EV400 Auto Pilot (2016).
• ACU400 autopilot control unit - type 2 ram (2022).
• SSB: Icom IC-M710 HF transceiver (disconnected).
• VHF: Icom IC-M330 DSC VHF radio. 
• Richie 6" compass at helm.

Hull, Deck, and Cockpit

Construction - 100% hand-laid fiberglass construction throughout with ISO - NPG type gelcoat for maximum durability. All structural elements and reinforcements are designed to ABS standards. The hull is molded in one piece utilizing a proprietary pressure-fed application system with extra-strong triaxial glass, unified with an engineered molded interior grid structure. The deck laminate is cored with Polycore and attached to an integrally molded hull flange with bolts, lock nuts, and urethane adhesive sealant. All deck hardware is through-bolted with aluminum back plates. The deck features an integrally molded tan slip-resistant coarse diamond pattern and is ivory white to reduce glare. The cockpit is spacious and secure, featuring contoured cockpit seats that are nearly 8 feet long.

• Spacious cockpit with seating to port, starboard, and aft. 
• The fiberglass helm pedestal has a hinged cockpit table. 
• Sprayhood, bimini, side sun shades, and a sun shade that covers the coach roof (2022).
• Cockpit Cushions and two foldable seats.
• Stainless steel pushpit with seats and cushions. 
• Stainless steel arch with dinghy davit arms, solar panel mounts, a gimbaled mount for the Raymarine radar, and a mount for the D400 wind generator. 
• Outboard: Nissan 15 HP (2023).
• Dinghy: 2019 10 2" Sirocco Marine aluminum RIB with chaps and an anchor.
• Secure bow pulpit with double anchor rollers and stainless rails.
• Windlass: Lewmar V1-6 Vertical Windlass (2008)
• Primary Anchor: Manta 65 lbs. with 180' of 3/8" chain and 150' of 5/8" triple braid rode. 
• Secondary Anchor: Delta 45 lbs. 
• Propane locker set into the starboard side deck.
• Fold down stainless steel and wood transom platform with a swim ladder.
• Folding boarding ladder on the port side. 
• Two stern seats.
• Cockpit shower.
• Six mooring cleats. 
• The bottom was media blasted, epoxy-coated, and painted in 2020. 
• The bottom was painted in November 2023.
• Hull washed and waxed (June 2025).

Disclosure: The keel of the vessel struck a rock in July of 2022, resulting in damage to the keel and cracking in the forward bilge. The damage was repaired, and a post-repair survey was conducted in April 2023. The survey report is available upon request.

Mechanical and Electrical

• Engine: Yanmar 53 HP engine with 235 hours (2024). Engine serviced June 2025.
• Cutlass bearing (2024)
• Fixed propeller (2024)
• Engine fluids, filters, and impeller replaced (June 2025)
• Generator: Westerbeke 7.6 BTD (3,196 hours).
• Outboard: Nissan 15 HP (2023).
• 110-volt AC and 12-volt DC panel with breakers. 
• Shore Power: One Marinco 125V 30A inlet and one Hubbell 125V 30A inlet. 
• Victron Energy BMV-712 battery monitor.
• Batteries: Six 100 Ah Lifeline Lithium batteries (2023).
• Solar: Two 100-watt and two 400-watt solar panels (2023).
• Two Victron Energy Blue Solar MPPT controllers. 
• Inverter: Victron Energy Mulitplus 12/3000/120 inverter/charger (2023).
• An external regulator to charge the house battery bank with the engine alternator.
• DC to DC charger. 

Plumbing

• Rainman 30 GPH watermaker (year?).
• Water Tanks: Dual plastic water tanks by Duraweld (2022).
• Holding tank (2022).
• Macerator pump.
• Shurflo Aqua King II freshwater pump.
• Water Heater: Kuuma 6-gallon water heater (2020).
• Galley faucet (2022).
• Jabsco manual toilet in the aft head.
• An electric toilet is in the forward head.
• Manual bilge pump. 
• Electric bilge pump.
• Two aluminum propane tanks in a vented propane locker set into the starboard side deck. 

Safety Equipment and Spare Parts

• Sea Safe 6-person Liferaft (Inspected and recertified in 2022).
• ACR Globalfix EPIRB (Expires 08/2028).
• PFDs: Three inflatable life vests and several standard ones.
• Horseshoe lifebuoy.
• Lifesling.
• Flares.
• Five fire extinguishers.
• First aid kit.
• Smoke detector. 
• CO2 detector. 
• Propane monitor. 

Disclaimer

The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information, nor the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct their agents or surveyors to investigate such details as the buyer desires to be validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.

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