Free’d Spirit | 40′ Caliber 2002

The Caliber 40 LRC offers one of the most spacious and practical interiors available in a yacht of this size. Beautifully finished teak joinery creates a warm, inviting atmosphere throughout, with 6’5″ headroom and a generous beam that make the interior feel remarkably large for a 40-footer.

With two private staterooms, two private heads, and tremendous storage throughout, FREE’D SPIRIT is ideally suited for couples cruising with guests or extended liveaboard adventures. Unlike many vessels in her class, Caliber’s integral tankage is built below the cabin sole, freeing valuable interior volume for generous lockers, drawers, and storage compartments. Climate control is provided by a 16,500 BTU reverse-cycle marine air conditioning system with 18,000 BTU heating capacity, ensuring year-round comfort.

Interior Styling and Additional Features:

• Beautifully finished teak interior
• 6’5″ headroom
• Integral below-sole tankage frees interior storage volume
• 16,500 BTU reverse-cycle A/C with 18,000 BTU heat
• New teak and holly sole (2021)
• Refinished interior woodwork (2021)

MAIN SALOON

The beautifully finished teak interior creates a warm, inviting atmosphere in the main salon. With 6’5″ headroom and the vessel’s generous beam, the salon feels remarkably spacious. A bulkhead-mounted folding table creates an open living area when stowed and quickly converts into a large dining table for entertaining.

• Bulkhead-mounted folding dining table
• Port L-shaped settee converts to double berth
• Starboard settee with lee cloth for secure sea berth
• Storage above, below, and behind both settees
• Bookshelves with retention rails
• Aft head accessible from salon as day head

MASTER STATEROOM

The forward owner’s cabin features a comfortable offset queen-size Pullman berth with a custom mattress, abundant storage beneath the berth, bookshelves outboard, and a large cedar-lined hanging locker. Numerous drawers and cabinets provide excellent storage for extended cruising.

• Offset queen-size Pullman berth with custom mattress
• Abundant storage beneath the berth
• Outboard bookshelves
• Large cedar-lined hanging locker
• Numerous drawers and cabinets
• New AC ducting to forward stateroom (2022)

Master Head

The private ensuite head includes a separate walk-in shower with a Plexiglas shower door, spacious vanity, and generous storage above and below the sink, creating comfortable accommodations for long-term living aboard.

• Separate walk-in shower with Plexiglas door
• Spacious vanity
• Generous storage above and below the sink
• New toilet (2022)
• New galley and head faucets (2019)

VIP STATEROOM

The private aft cabin features a generous double berth that also serves as an excellent sea berth while underway. Guests enjoy their own cedar-lined hanging locker and additional storage beneath the berth.

• Generous double berth, doubles as a sea berth underway
• Cedar-lined hanging locker
• Additional storage beneath the berth
• Private access to the aft head

VIP Head

The aft head is accessible both from the salon as a convenient day head and privately from the guest stateroom, serving double duty without compromising privacy.

• Dual access – salon day head and private guest ensuite

The spacious L-shaped galley is designed for serious cruising and makes meal preparation easy whether at anchor or underway.

• Large double stainless-steel centerline sinks
• Hot and cold pressure water
• Manual freshwater foot pump
• Three-burner gimbaled propane stove with oven
• Two refillable propane tanks
• Frigoboat refrigeration system
• Separate Frigoboat freezer
• Microwave oven
• Extensive countertop workspace with fiddles
• Hide-away trash bin
• Safety bar in front of stove

NAVIGATION STATION

The dedicated navigation station is located to port, just aft of the companionway. The large chart table provides ample workspace with chart storage beneath the hinged lid and additional storage beneath the navigator’s seat.

• Large chart table
• Chart storage beneath hinged lid
• Additional storage beneath navigator’s seat

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

A capable Garmin electronics suite, updated in 2015, handles navigation, radar, and AIS for confident coastal and offshore passagemaking.

• Garmin GPSMAP 7612xsv chartplotter with BlueChart g2 and LakeVu mapping
• Garmin GMR 18 HD Radar
• Garmin AIS 600 Transceiver
• Icom IC-M502 VHF Radio

HULL

Caliber’s renowned construction includes a solid hand-laid fiberglass hull with no core below the waterline, using Isophthalic resin with an outer laminate of Vinyl ester resin and fiberglass matt as a defense against osmotic blistering. Interior reinforcement is provided by Caliber’s trademark Multi-Bulkhead Bonding System and Integral Strength Grid, with integral baffled tanks that serve as structural double bottoms and a watertight collision bulkhead, providing exceptional strength and safety offshore.

• Solid hand-laid fiberglass hull, no core below the waterline
• Isophthalic resin with Vinyl ester outer laminate (blister defense)
• Multi-Bulkhead Bonding System
• Integral Strength Grid
• Integral baffled tanks serve as structural double bottoms
• Watertight collision bulkhead

DECK

The deck is cored with plywood squares for strength and stiffness, finished with a two-tone molded non-skid surface.

• Plywood-cored deck
• Two-tone molded non-skid deck
• Maxwell 1200W electric windlass
• Rocna galvanized anchor with all-chain rode (2017)
• 45 lb Lewmar Delta anchor with swivel, chain leader, and 8-plait rode
• Double anchor rollers
• Stainless bow and stern pulpits
• Six mooring cleats with chocks
• 28-inch lifelines with boarding gates
• Twelve stainless opening ports with screens
• Seven overhead hatches with screens
• Low-maintenance aluminum handrails
• Stainless rub rail striker
• Dorade vents with guards
• Masthead tricolor and anchor light
• Combination steaming/deck light
• Spreader lights

COCKPIT

• Dodger with Lexan windows
• Bimini with full enclosure
• Cockpit cushions (new 2017)
• Teak cockpit table
• Cockpit icebox
• Freshwater cockpit shower
• Molded swim platform with boarding ladder
• Helm cover
• Pedestal-mounted magnetic compass
• Single-lever engine controls
• Emergency tiller

MAST AND RIGGING

• Selden keel-stepped double-spreader aluminum mast
• Convertible cutter rig
• Internal halyards led aft
• Adjustable internal outhaul
• Deck-mounted 4:1 traveler
• Rigid boom vang
• Twin backstays
• Full rigging inspection (2021)

SAILS AND WINCHES

• Self-tending staysail
• Staysail / storm sail
• Full-batten mainsail with StackPack
• 110% furling jib with UV cover
• 140% furling genoa – new (2016), with new furling lines and jib sheets
• Harken roller furling

ENGINE AND MECHANICAL

The engine and drive train pair a Yanmar diesel with a Kanzaki mechanical transmission – a combination that has proven exceptionally durable and trouble-free across decades of Caliber production. FREE’D SPIRIT’s engine has been comprehensively serviced and updated.

• Yanmar 4JH3E diesel, 56 HP, with Kanzaki transmission
• Dual Racor fuel filters with sight bowls
• Freshwater engine cooling
• Engine compartment blower
• Engine room lighting
• Three-blade propeller
• Easy-access sea strainer
• Fuel filter vacuum gauge (verify)
• NEW cutlass bearing, serviced stuffing box (2022)
• NEW rudder – original had delamination (2022)
• Complete engine servicing – heat exchanger flush/clean, transmission service, engine alignment (2022)
• Complete engine servicing – oil, belts, impellers (2024)
• Zincs replaced as needed (2022)

PLUMBING AND TANKAGE

Different from most production boats, Caliber’s fuel, water, and waste tanks are fiberglass and integral with the hull – a construction approach that resists the pitting and corrosion common to aluminum or stainless tanks and should last significantly longer. As with any integral tank, care should be taken when pumping out the holding tank, since excessive dockside vacuum can stress the tank if the vent is clogged.

• Integral fiberglass fuel, water, and holding tanks
• Two Rule 2000 GPH electric bilge pumps
• Manual bilge pump
• Automatic shower sump pump
• Torrid 6-gallon water heater (120V AC and engine heat exchanger)
• Holding tank with Y-valve
• Deck pump-out fitting
• Spectra Ventura 150 MPC watermaker – 6 gal/hr, automated controller (2017)
• Cleaning and restoration of tanks and mast boot (2015)

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• Upgraded 300 Ah 48-volt lithium battery bank
• Dedicated Group 31 engine start battery
• High-output 48V alternator
• Additional 48V 60-amp alternator
• Magnum ME2512 inverter/charger (2500W) with remote control panel
• Two 327-watt Sunpower Solar panels (654W total) mounted above the Bimini
• Victron solar charging monitor
• 120V AC / 30-amp shore power system with 50-foot cord
• 12V DC electrical system with 12V outlets
• Galvanic isolator
• Polarity indicator with GFCI protection
• House, engine, and emergency parallel battery switches
• Three new house batteries and new start battery (2021)

SAFETY EQUIPMENT

• ACR 406 MHz EPIRB
• ACR life raft – currently out of certification
• Handheld VHF radio
• Fire extinguishers
• Life jackets
• Handheld flares
• First aid kit
• Dock lines
• Fenders

TENDER

• ZAR Mini RIB 10 HDL, conveyed with vessel (unregistered)

BROKER’S COMMENTS

FREE’D SPIRIT represents an outstanding opportunity to own one of the most respected long-range cruising sailboats ever built. With extensive upgrades, exceptional cruising systems, and Caliber’s legendary build quality, she is fully prepared for her next adventure.

Caliber Yachts built a well-earned reputation as a family-owned, American builder producing a limited run of higher-quality bluewater cruisers from its Clearwater, Florida factory. Only about 130 examples of the 40 LRC were built, and their integral fiberglass tankage, Multi-Bulkhead Bonding System, and Integral Strength Grid remain hallmarks of the design. Worth noting for prospective owners: the smaller “day” head is often used more for storage than as a working second head in practice – a minor quirk common to the model rather than a shortcoming of this particular boat.

• Over $150,000 in documented upgrades since 2015
• Proven, rare bluewater cruiser – only about 130 40 LRCs built
• Turnkey and ready for her next owner

REVIEWS

• Practical Sailor (“Caliber 40 LRC Used Boat Review”): noted a limit of positive stability of 138 degrees, comfortably above the 120-degree threshold many consider a minimum for safe offshore sailing.
• SpinSheet (“The Caliber 40 LRC Used Boat Review,” Jack Hornor): called the 40 LRC moderate in nearly every way, striking a good balance between fin-keel performance and full-keel directional stability.