Nauticat Ketch - Available now

Big price drop Owner wants her sold

This 1983 cutter-rigged ketch (4 sails: main with 3 reef points and lazy jacks, roller-furling 100% jib, self-tending staysail, and mizzen with 2 reef points and lazy jacks) is a well-maintained yacht ready for either serious cruising or living aboard.

She has a full keel with cut away forefoot and manuevers easily and with precision in close quarters. Her length overall is about 50' with the swim platform in the down position, beam is 12.2 ft, draft is 6 ft., and height of the main mast over the waterline is 57.5 ft. Her gross tonnage is 15. Newly-upholstered cushions, drapes, carpet, and polyurethaned interior make her look almost new!

The V-berth sleeps two and has its own hanging locker. There is a forward head just aft of the V-berth and across from the galley. The galley has Corian countertops, a 2-burner propane stove with oven, a microwave, and fridge/freezer. The U-shaped setee with a collapsible table converts to an almost king-sized berth. It seats 6 comfortably and 8 cozily. An additional freezer is located underneath it. A single setee provides for one more sleeping berth. There is enough storage on Sojourner for long journeys. The customized Vetus water bladder enclosed in a polyethylene shell holds approximately 200 gallons of water.

The aft cabin has a queen-sized walk around bed. There'll be no crawling over one another to get to the head in the middle of the night on this yacht! There is a hanging locker and lots of storage lockers for clothes, etc. A separate shower across from the head is a convenient feature of Sojourner's aft cabin.

The enclosed pilothouse and forced air furnace make cruising in cold, wet weather truly a delight. The pilothouse has a huge nav station allowing you to navigate "old school" with full size charts and store them.  This helm feels very ship-like and has very good visibility including a very large glass overhead sunroof.  Also in the wheelhouse is an L-shaped setee with drop-leaf table, and single setee with an additional fold-down table which can be used for chart plotter/computer navigation. There are locking sliding doors both port and starboard to access the pilothouse. The engine, generator, batteries (a 12v starting battery and 2 - 6v banks of house batteries) and furnace can easily be accessed below the insulated pilothouse flooring. Likewise, if there is any necessary removal of the engine and generator, this can be done through the large pilothouse hatch. Two fuel tanks hold approximately 240 gallons of diesel and are equipped with site gauges and sump drain valves.

Equipment includes VHF radio, hailer, EPIRB, Autohelm ST7000 (2 stations), Garmin 128 GPS, Icom IC-M710 SSB radio (compatible for Sailmail), Furuno radar, Sealand RO desalinator, Heart inverter, a feathering Max prop, dripless shaft seal, and lots of spare parts. The 135hp Ford Lehman diesel engine has just over 4,000 hours on it and the Onan 6.5kw generator 504 hours. Ground tackle includes a windlass, a 30kg Bruce anchor with 300 ft of chain, and a Fortress 21# anchor with 50 ft of chain and 250 ft of rope. In addition, there is a 6 person self-inflating PLASTIMO offshore life raft (with auto arch) mounted on the foredeck.

A new Webasto HL60 furnace was installed in October, 2008, to keep you warm and toasty in colder, inclement weather. If it's protection from the sun you need, she also has a full awning for the warmer climates.

This safe and powerful vessel has a customized swim platform and davits to carry a polyethylene Bullfrog dinghy which is powered by a 15hp Yamaha motor. Her exterior teak handrails and pilothouse trim are beautifully varnished.

Her teak decks were just resseamed and are in fine condition.  This vessel does not have a cored deck!

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

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