The 42’ Altus is an Ed Monk Jr designed sport model built by Alexander Marine in their bluewater quality and tradition. “ROAM” started her life as a boat show glamor piece. Coming highly optioned from build with luxury interior, decor, and upgraded engine packages. The Altus is overbuilt and oversized; top-notch hardware, fit & finish, machinery and living spaces round out the feel of a much larger yacht. Like most OA designs, the Altus rides on a modified V hull and upgraded Yanmar 440HP diesel engines that are capable of a 15 kt cruise with a top-end of around 20 kt. Easily single-handled, with clear helm visibility fore & aft and bow & stern thrusters. Trademarked twin propeller tunnels provide a shoal draft of 3.5’. Her large cockpit is ideal for entertaining, and with an equally efficient flybridge, she is perfect for the cruising family, hospitable host, or condo the water buyer. 

CONSTRUCTION:

Modified-Vee, semi-keel, hard chine planing hull constructed of hand-laid solid FRP below the waterline. Twin propeller tunnels, Shoe-box style overlapping hull to deck joint. Plastic rub rail with a stainless steel striker strip covering the joint. The deck is fastened with stainless steel hardware and bonding compound. 1.5” stainless steel stanchions and bow rail. Molded FRP anchor pulpit. Cored hull sides, deck, and flybridge structure. Custom FRP hardtop with powder-coated aluminum supports. Closed FRP transom with boarding door, FRP bolted-on swim platform with five stainless steel supports. 

Color Layout:

Hull: White Gelcoat

Boot Stripe: 4” Black Tape

Bottom: Black Anti-fouling

HULL & DECK:

• S/S Cleating: (2) 14” bow, (2) 12” midship, (2) 12” aft cockpit via gunwale fairleads
• S/S transom fairleads
• Transom boarding door to swim platform w/step-starboard
• Starboard side aft cockpit boarding door
• Frameless glass tempered windows - tinted
• Phifertex mesh window blackout covers - windshield & side windows (2019)
• Sliding doors from cockpit to salon
• S/S grab rails on transom
• Maxwell VWC1200C vertical windlass w/ foot, flybridge helm & salon controls
• Ground tackle: #45 CQR w/ all galvanized chain rode
• Large FRP swim platform w/ S/S swim ladder
• Large aft deck storage opening hatch
• Aft deck swim shower
• (4) cockpit S/S hawse pipes
• Triple trumpet S/S horns
• TV & phone inlets
• Dockside water connection
• Docklines & fenders in navy covers

FLYBRIDGE:

• S/S (7) step ladder to the flybridge finished w/ solid teak treads
• Custom FRP flybridge top w/ white powder coated supports & flush LED lighting - hardtop has been raised 4” higher than factory standard
• Hynautic S/S flush-mounted steering wheel
• Twin Popanette helm seats w/ footrests
• Polycarbonate 3-sided flybridge enclosure - needs a refresh
• L-shaped settee to starboard upholstered in white ultra leather
• Storage lockers w/ teak grates beneath settees  
• Courtesy lighting
• FRP radar arch
• Sidepower bow & stern thruster joystick controls
• Yanmar engine panels 
• Remote ACR searchlight

NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT & ELECTRONICS:

• Raymarine C120 MFD Plotter & Radar
• Raymarine Radome on Scanstrut 
• Raymarine Tri-data 
• Raymarine ST6002 autopilot 
• Ritchie Powerdamp compass 
• Standard Horizon VHF 
• 8’ Shakespeare FRP antenna 
• Clarion CMD5 head unit w/ various speakers both interior & exterior
• Sirius XM remote

WALKTHROUGH & ACCOMMODATIONS:

Comfortable two-stateroom, two-head layout. From the cockpit, you enter the salon on the same level. Her interior is finished in Burmese teak with a Hi-gloss varnish option. Salon flooring has recently been updated to LVT which complements her interior aesthetic nicely. To port is a semi-symmetrical settee upholstered in caramel Ultra-leather, with a high/low coffee table, underneath twin ottomans to create additional seating. Adjacent to the starboard side is a cabinet piece that houses a TV accessible by an actuated lift. Roman-style shades on fixed windows aft provide solar privacy.  

Her galley is raised to port, by two steps. Aft U-shaped with curved cabinetry, teak and holly sole, and black granite countertops. Amenities include a cooktop, double stainless sinks, a full-size refrigerator with freezer, and ample storage above and below the countertop level. To starboard is a raised booth-style dinette area with seating for four. 

Moving forward down a three-step staircase the guest room is located amidship to the port side. Double bunks are down two steps from the lower deck level. Storage drawers are below bunks, a mirrored vanity on the aft bulkhead, and a hanging locker forward. Across to starboard is the larger of the two heads, with a separate stall shower. 

The master stateroom is forward located in the “V” of the bow. There is a centerline queen berth with storage drawers below, and a large cedar-lined hanging locker to starboard. On the port side is TV, and stereo controls. The master head features a privately accessed head with a toilet, vanity, and storage.

INTERIOR DETAILS:

• 42” Panasonic TV on lift (2013)
• Weems & Plath Tide/Time instruments
• GFCI’s throughout
• Norcold teak paneled refrigerator & freezer w/ exterior temperature control
• Galley prep area backsplash
• Black granite countertops in the galley & heads
• GE S/S microwave (2021)
• Kenyon (3)- burner electric cooktop 
• Double S/S sinks w/ high neck pull-out faucet 
• Hanging lockers fitted w/ positive locking mechanisms 
• Vaccuflush toilets in boat heads
• Corian sinks w/ Grohe faucet fixtures 
• Stall shower in FRP finish w/ plate glass door & seat
• Carpet in hallway & staterooms
• TVs w/ DVD players in both staterooms 

ELECTRICAL & PLUMBING SYSTEMS:

• 12V DC / 120V AC system
• Phase 3 PT24-20U battery charger 
• (2) 50 AMP shore power inlets, starboard side- bow & transom 
• 50 AMP shore power cord
• Xantrex 2KW inverter 
• Batteries: (4) 8D engine & house (2016), (1) 4D genset, (4) 6V bow & stern thruster (2022)
• Guest rotary battery switches
• Bonding system 
• Service battery switching
• Battery paralleling system
• Hart Systems Tank Watch 4 monitor panel 
• Torrid 20-gallon hot water heater
• Headhunter Mach 5 fresh water pump w/ plastic lines & snap fittings
• Flojet pressure system w/ wash down at the bow
• (2) Dometic Crusair AC/ Reverse cycle heating units - 16K BTU each
• (4) Rule 2000 GPH bilge pumps on a-matic float switches
• S/S through hulls for overboard discharge

MECHANICAL & ENGINE ROOM:

• (4) bladed 28” bronze propellers- new in (2012) / reconditioned & balanced in (2018)
• 2 ¼ S/S shafts
• Dripless shaft seals 
• Bronze rudders - 25” x 21”
• Dual Morse throttles - manual control
• Hynautic Hydraulic steering system
• Bennet hydraulic trim tabs - 21” x 12”
• (2) 250-gallon aluminum fuel tanks w/ sight gauges 
• Racor separators 
• Reverso oil exchange system
• Engine room vent blowers
• Engine isolation switching 
• Shut off valves 
• LED engine room lights (2021)
• In-line bronze sea strainers for engines & genset

MACHINERY:

• Twin Yanmar 440HP 6LY2A- STP 6-cylinder turbocharged & after cooled diesel engines
• The starboard engine was replaced NEW in 2021 by Niemic Marine in New Bedford MA and currently has under 100 hours of running time. Recent maintenance includes valves, coolers, and exhaust elbows on the portside motor. 
• Kohler EOZD 12KW genset in soundshield (800 hrs 10/23)
• ZF Marine ZF280-1A reduction gears, 2.476:1
• Side-Power thrusters SE80/185T, 7.5” bow thruster, external stern thruster (2018)

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