Vessel Name: Aries
Builder: OWENS
Model: Cutter 40
Model Year: 1968
Year Built: 1968
Category: Cruising or Racing Sailboat
Country: United States
MLS #: 270294
Heads: 1
Length: 40 (12.19m)
Draft: 6' (1.83m)
Beam: 11' 6" (3.48m)
Water Capacity: 35 Gal
Holding Tank: 15 Gal
Manufacturer: Gray Marine
Engine Type: Inboard
Fuel Type: Gas
Horsepower: 31
SPECS:
LOA: 40’
LWL: 28’
DRAFT: 6’
BEAM: 11’5”
WEIGHT: 17,000#
Full keel with lead ballast
ENGINE: Grey Marine GAS inboard 31 HP Raw water cooled, 2 blade Bronze prop.
FUEL: 35 Gal.
WATER: 35 Gal.
WASTE: 15 Gal.
CONSTRUCTION:
White hull, Gold cove stripe and Red boot stripe, white bottom
Solid fiberglass hull
End grain Balsa wood coring sandwiched on fiberglass decks, painted with molded non-skid
DECK STEPPED Aluminum mast
Inside winter storage for the last 20+ years
6 jack stands
20H Danforth Anchor
13S Danforth Anchor with 15 Ft chain
Dock lines, Boat Hook, 4 Fenders of adequate size
SAILS
Ullman Dacron Mainsail 2009 with Dutchman Flaking System
170% Ullman 2006 Tecnora Genoa
155% Ullman 2008 Carbon Genoa
.6 AP spinnaker
#1 Boston 1969
#2 Boston 1969
#3 Boston jib 1969
#3 Boston Club footed Jib Boston
RIGGING:
Mainsail Tides Luff system
Dutchman on mainsail
Spinnaker Pole
2 Spinnaker sheets, Spectra
2 Spinnaker Guys, Spectra
2 Foreguys
Jib Sheets
Extra old sheet & guy
4 Snatch Blocks Small
4 Snatch blocks Large
7 Winch Handles
Boom Vang
Club Foot Jib w/Harken track
Mid boom Harken traveler
Hydraulic back stay Adjuster
2- Barlow # 28 jib sheet winches
2- Barlow # 24 spinnaker sheet winches
Barlow # 17 Club foot jib winch
Lewmar #30 STA main sheet winch
Barlow #24 Jib halyard winch on mast
Barlow #17 Spinnaker halyard winch on mast
Harken #16 STA Main halyard winch on mast
Spinnaker halyard
2 Jib Halyards
Main Halyard
Boom Topping lift
Staysail halyard
Pole toping lift
Edson Pedestal w/wheel at forward end of the large cockpit
ELECTRONICS:
SR Mariner Speed
SR Mariner Depth
Uniden Oceanus VHF
GPS Standard Horizon Chart CP300
Hot Water heater
Constellation Compass @ helm
2-#27 house battery
1-#24 starting battery
Newer 12v and 110v Panels
110v Shore power w/cord
Boat has been rewired with marine grade wiring
ADDITIONAL:
Kidde Smoke and CO2 alarm
Pressure & foot pump water
New Propane stove, not hooked up
2 SS Dorade vents
Cabin hatch with vent
Screens for hatches
Wood handrails for inside and out available
Boarding ladder
US Flag staff with flag
2 Horseshoe buoys
Man overboard pole
Life Jackets with bag
Cockpit cushions
Spares and extras
BORSAW 40 “Aries”
A brief history: In January 1946, the sailing yachtsmen of the world were amazed to learn that the Owens Yacht Company, a builder of cruising and fishing powerboats and a supplier to the Navy of thousands of landing craft and rescue boats was offering a racing, cruising sailboat to the world, a 40’ cutter of their design. They claimed that she was sea-kindly, fast, and comfortable. Most boats of this type were designed by a handful of men located in NY or Boston, and from contract to launching took about two years. Owens were built in Baltimore, Md. One of the most famous Owens cutters was Ash Brown’s Carousel in San Diego. Some of the boats sailed in various races including the 1946-47 St. Pete to Havana race, Annapolis-Oxford, Polar Island, Chicago-Mackinac Island, Grosse Pointe regatta, Put in Bay (1st & 2nd), Swiftsure Lightship 1947, and the Chesapeake Fall series 1947. The design built in wood was a huge success. One of the wooden boats was used for a mold and built in Buffalo. A Norwegian craftsman was brought in to do the interior work on 6 of these boats called a Borsaw 40. The letters coming from the last names of the original 6 buyers. They were built in fiberglass and afterward the mold was sold to the Allied boat company who modified the transom, rudder and developed the renowned Allied 39. Of course, Hinckley’s famous version was the Hinckley 41, Finn Mac Camhaill, and won many races with a shorter keel, spade rudder and called it a Hinckley Competition 41.
Locally, the Borsaw 40 has won numerous races, regattas and turns heads in every port. While an older boat that will require cosmetic maintenance, the bones are as solid as the day it was laid up! If you’re an aficionado of the classic lines of sharp bows and long overhanging sterns and a powerful rig that performs in light and heavy airs, you will love this boat! Aries has won silver locally for years and is well known in the WNY area. Present owner will do an orientation to any buyer of the ship and her systems.
Complete with a binder of all equipment and manuals from the building of the boat to today, complete with all correspondence. Set of slides of the building of the boat.
