Trintella 42 Sailboat Review, Specs, and Listings

Design and Construction

The Trintella 42 is over-built for more serious sailing conditions, and that structural conservatism shows in the deck as much as the hull. The deck is built with fiberglass sandwich construction and adorned with a teak overlay that is embedded in rubber, while the cockpit is spacious and deep for comfort and protection, and offers additional shelter behind the partial fixed sprayhood OceanWaveSail.Com review of the Trintella 42. On deck, the yacht greets you with a beautiful teak deck and wide side decks for easy maneuvering, outfitted with stainless steel hardware, deck prisms, a bow pulpit, and stern rail, plus a motor mount and davit for hoisting an outboard motor. Safety is emphasized with features such as a mast safety pulpit, stanchions, double lifelines with boarding gates, and aluminum toe rail, and the exterior is kept minimal with varnished handrails and ample mooring cleats at bow, stern, and midships.

Rig and Handling

Steering is by wheel with push rod connections, and the cockpit also features Whitlock wheel steering with a binnacle compass and seating for six. The jib sheet winches are conveniently located on the combing for single-handed capabilities, and the large starboard cockpit locker provides ample storage. The cockpit is outfitted with a teak grate, two drains, and pad eyes for safety harnesses, while a large wheel with an Elk-hide cover, dodger, bimini, and connector panel make the working area both usable and sheltered. Under diesel power — the yacht is diesel-powered for efficient fuel consumption and longer voyages — she carries a cruising speed of approximately 7.5 knots and a maximum of approximately 8.5 knots.

Accommodations

Below, the interior is spacious and comfortable, with a warm and nautical character. The U-shaped galley sits forward to port with a double sink in the centre and refrigerator and freezer outboard, while the navigation station opposite to starboard faces outboard with space for an oceanographic chart. The salon is inventive: a u-shaped dinette to port and a curved sofa to starboard, with two tables that can be connected to form a large table for socializing with a large crew, and the table can be extended across the salon to seat eight or more. Three cabins provide fixed berths for six, and the two saloon settees add berths for two more. The aft head is stowed to starboard directly at the companionway, and a sea berth in the aft cabin to port sits in a cozy location; the master stateroom has a large Pullman bunk to port with drawers and storage, and the forward head and shower are Formica for simple maintenance.

Equipment and Offshore Readiness

She is equipped for offshore sailing, and the deck ventilation and light package supports extended passage life: two dorades, seven opening stainless steel ports with tempered glass and storm shutters, and three Goiot hatches. Companionway hatch boards, a manual bilge pump, an MOM switch, and a BBQ grill on the stern rail round out the practical inventory, while waterproof cockpit speakers and a stowable cockpit table extension speak to life at anchor as well as at sea.

Refits and Ownership

Owners have invested in keeping individual hulls current. One owner's program brought a new teak deck in 2005, a new Volvo Penta D2-55 engine in 2010, and a full bottom treatment including a new epoxy coating, Coppercoat, and fresh paint for hull and superstructure owner-reported upgrades to a Trintella 42. Such campaigns show the platform rewards systematic renewal rather than piecemeal repair.

The Verdict

The Trintella 42 is a roomy and very sturdy bluewater sailboat, built to a standard that outlasts her launch decade. She asks for an owner willing to maintain a heavily equipped offshore interior and deck, but repays that care with a secure, social, and seaworthy cruising home.

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