Blue Jacket
1956, Bobby Rich Power Cruiser, 40’











Blue Jacket
Blue Jacket is one of several boats included in the personal fleet of a long standing and prominent summer resident of Mount Desert Island. All the boats in this ownership have been looked over by a dedicated fleet manager and worked on by only the best of artisans and craftsman available in and around Mount Desert Island, an area known for it’s “deep bench” of talent in the yacht services trades.
Designed and built at the shop of famed MDI boat builder Robert “Bobby” Rich in 1956, Blue Jacket has been the under current ownership since the early 1990’s and during this time has seen much in the way of proactive care and maintenance along with more major upgrade projects such as doubling of frames, replacement of floors, complete rebuilding from the deck up and most recently re-powering.
Blue Jacket is a new listing for Brooklin Boat Yard. Complete listing information will be available soon.
Asking Price: $350,000
Location: Mount Desert Island, Maine
Hull Construction
Traditional plank-on-frame hull constriction
White Cedar planking with bronze screw fastening (refastened 2004)
Red Oak frames, floors, stem, backbone, sheer clamps, keelson, keel, dead wood, stern post, etc.
Purple Heart shaft logs
Mahogany transom
All frames doubled (early 2000’s)
Many floors doubled (early 2000’s)
Topsides painted Dark Blue with single White boot stripe
Bottom coated with Red anti-fouling paint
Spray rails from bow to max beam port and starboard
Raised rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards at aft quarters
Raised rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards on topsides port and starboard
Rub rails with polished stainless steel ½ oval guards full length at sheer port and starboard
Deck, Cockpit and House Construction
Complete rebuild from deck up 1996
Raised deck forward with curved break in sheer running down to level of cockpit and transom aft.
Low dog house / couch roof forward followed by raised pilot house / shelter and open cockpit aft.
Fir shelves, deck beams, carlins and other structural deck, house and cockpit sole members.
Decks and cockpit sole are marine plywood with teak deck overlay and teak toe rails
Dog house sides , pilot house sides, windshield and structural members are solid varnished Mahogany.
Dog house and pilot house tops are marine plywood with FRP overlay and painted (Light Gray) finish.
Deck Hardware (bow to stern)
All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
Stem Iron furthest forward on center line
Bow chocks port and starboard
Burgee staff socket on centerline
Samson post on center line for bow lines
Aluminum Fortress anchor with coated chain and rode stored in chocks at port bow
Ground tackle deck pipe by anchor stored on deck at port bow
Ideal electric windlass on centerline with foot witch immediately aft of windlass
Docking cleats port and starboard at aft end of raised forward deck
Docking cleats port and starboard on side decks outboard of cockpit
Cockpit boarding ladder safety rails starboard on side decks outboard of cockpit
Swim / boarding ladder sockets to port on side decks outboard of cockpit
Fuel, Water and Waste deck fills on starboard side
Samson posts port and starboard at aft quarters for stern lines
Ensign staff socket on center line at aft deck
Stainless steel exhaust ports in transom
Stainless steel scupper openings in transom
Stainless steel plank end covers port and starboard outboard of transom
Dog House and Coach Roof Hardware
All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
Varnished Mahogany cabin sides and eye brow
Life ring brackets port and starboard
Opening ports (with screens) in cabin sides port and starboard (3ea / side)
Varnished Mahogany and smoked Lexan opening hatches on center line of coach roof (2ea)
Varnished Mahogany hand rails port and starboard on coach roof
Charlie Nobel chimney exhaust on coach roof to starboard of centerline furthest aft
Varnished Mahogany flag mast on coach roof at center line furthest aft
Pilot House and Top Hardware
All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
Varnished Mahogany cabin sides, windshield frames and house top supports
Engine room cowl vents port and starboard at pilot house / shelter sides
Life ring brackets port and starboard
Navigational lighting port and starboard on pilot house sides
Fixed windows port and starboard on pilot house sides
3-Bay windshield facing forward
Port and Center line wind shield bays are fixed windows
Starboard windshield bay (helm station) is an opening window
Varnished Mahogany hand rails port and starboard outboard on pilot house top
Varnished Mahogany radar platform and antenna mast on center line of pilot house top
Bow stern navigational lighting on antenna mast.
VHF antenna on centerline of pilot house furthest aft
Search light to starboard on pilot hose top
Ship’s horns to port on pilot house top
Interior Pilot House and Cockpit Hardware and Features (aft to forward)
All exterior metal hardware either polished stainless steel or chrome bronze
Varnished Mahogany cockpit and pilot house / shelter furniture, interior hull sheathing and bulkheads
Coach roof extends aft of windshield to act as pilot house dash board
Bare Teal soles in aft cockpit and (slightly raised) pilot house
Farthest aft is full beam hinged stern seat
Varnished Mahogany boarding ladder with safety rails to starboard
Varnished Teak and Bronze boat hook stored under port side deck
Fresh (starboard) and Salt (port) water washdown spiggots
Cockpit speakers port and starboard
Folding helmsman and passenger seating port and starboard
Helm station to starboard with engine controls, gauges and electronics all within easy reach
Passenger seating to port
Pilot house sole raises on gas shocks to allow full access to engine area.
Tongue and groove forward bulkhead with companionway door on centerline
Propulsion and Fuel Systems and Equipment
Engines: Twin Engines / MerCruiser 350 MPI Horizon, V-8, Fuel Injected, 300 HP
Engine Year: 2007 / Installed 2008
Key ignitions and engine shut-downs at helm
Kobelt throttle and transmission control levers
Stainless steel (1 ½”) prop shaft
Bronze prop struts
Prop shaft line cutters
Bronze 3-blade propellor, fixed-blade
Engine Hours: Port Engine 608 Hours / Starboard Engine 611 Hours
Faria engine hour gauges
Faria engine status gauges for Tachometer, oil pressure, engine temperature and voltage
Cruising Speed: 15 Knots
Max Speed: 22 Knots
Aluminum fuel tanks
Racor fuel filters
Fuel Capacity: 270 Gallons
Faria fuel gauges
Electrical Systems and Equipment
12-Volt DC ship’s system
Separate house and engine battery banks
Batteries stored in secured and covered battery boxes
Rotary style battery selector switch
Separate rotary style engine battery selector switches
DC Panel for control of ship’s electrical circuits
Electronics and Navigational Equipment
Ritchie Helm Compass
Furuno Radar
Furuno Chart Plotter
Icom VHF radio
Chelsea ship’s clock
Chelesa Barometer
Jensen Blue Tooth stereo with interior and exterior speakers
Plumbing and Sanitation Systems and Equipment
Ground Tackle
Safety Equipment
Additional Equipment
Dock lines and Fenders