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Recently surveyed, Ready to go. 10 Ft. beam 2.6 draft 40 hours on rebuilt 351 single screw. Recently hauled out, serviced and painted bottom, hull, and topside. New shaft, new cutlass bearing, new 15X15 bronze prop. diver just cleaned bottom / new zincs. All new seating and upholstery, carpet, canvas, Interior was completely Decorated by by local artist including stranded tiger bamboo flooring, custom drapes and designer drape hangers to name a few. All new stainless fittings on handrails. New holding tank, new head, new bilge pumps. Hot water tank, s/s sink, propane 3 burner stove / oven. Cold box. New loran, gps, sonar, fish finder, Bose speakers, alpine stereo w/ ipod docking station new honda portable generator. Hundreds of hours of meticulous labor and Over 30K invested, asking 29K O.B.O.
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Call with serious offer 707-775-4342

Tags: Carver

Summer Song’s hull is Honduras mahogany.  The planks are lap-straked above the waterline and double diagonal below the waterline.  Her hull is easily driven; a single diesel moves her along at 9 knots at 1450 rpm.  At this speed she uses about 12 litres an hour.  Few boats this size can equal her economy.  If you are out running a storm, she will do about 15 knots.

She has two cabins sleeping four and two heads, one with a shower.  A Sealand holding tank system is installed.  

POWER TRAIN
The engine is a Detroit Diesel 6-71 that has been completely rebuilt.  The engine has 1000 hours since the rebuild.
Transmission - A new Twin Disc marine gearbox was fitted in 2006.  It has had less than 300 hours of use. 
The V-drive has had new oil seals, the propeller shaft has new cutlass bearings and the stuffing box has been repacked. 
The drive shafts are new and balanced. 

ANCHOR
Summer Song has a Lofrans 1500-watt windlass with foot controls on the deck and controls at both steering stations.  She has 300 feet of 3/8 high-test chain and a 45 pound anchor. 

BATTERIES 
She has new (2007) starting batteries (2 8Ds) and house batteries (4-golf cart). The batteries are managed by a Heart interface system with a 2500-watt inverter.  The windlass has two separate golf-cart batteries. 

She comes with a Livingstone 8-foot dinghy and almost new 2 HP Honda outboard (less than 100 hours)..  She also has a portable generator (used once).

Summer Song is a wonderful boat but we simply do not have the time to use her.  

Offers from $85,000.
Location:  Vancouver, British Columbia

John Evans
Phone: 604 220-6067
E-mail: mpi@shaw.ca

Tags: cruiser, Garden, Vancouver

BULLFROG, 30 feet on deck, 36 feet overall, gaff rigged cutter. Double ender. Designed by William Garden. Built in Seattle by Lester and Frank boatyard in 1947.

Oak frames, yellow cedar planked, iron fastened. Fir deck. Refastened in 1986, and a new Perkins diesel installed that year.

Needs intermediate level woodwork, paint and standing rigging. Sound vessel, health issues force sale. Boat is in Alameda.

$10,000. Call Robert at (510) 337-9807

Tags: Alameda, cutter, gaff, Garden

I am looking for a wooden sailboat that’s 35ft+, but a smaller boat would be just fine too. I’m not picky, since I don’t have a lot of money (I’m a student).

I want to start taking classes at Arques, to help restore old wooden boats, and eventually I want to be a long-term liveaboard and to cruise up and down the coast. That’s my big dream anyway.

So if you have a free or inexpensive boat (I’m trustworthy & would need to make payments), please let me know. I’ll take good care of it, restore what needs to be fixed, and make sure to sail it as often as possible. I love wooden boats!

Tags: bay area, donate, donation, free, inexpensive, project, restore

Vintage 1945 32′ wooden yawl sailboat Sirius designed by Ralph Winslow, and built by the City Island Boat works, New York City.  She has been out of commission for 3 years in wet storage at the K.K.M.I. boat yard in Richmond.  They have just about completed a Spring overhaul with over $20,000 spent on the yacht.  She can be seen at the yard.  All of her systems are up and running.  Her diesel engine is about 5 years old, and her 4 lower sails are new or almost new.

Sirius is a fine sailing yacht; not one that just blows around. I can no longer use her; knee problems…mine, not hers.

Asking $30,000.

Contact R. C. Keefe  415 202 0156 , rckeefe@sbcglobal.net

Sirius yawl

Tags: Richmond, sailboat, Winslow, yawl

Specifications

• Mahogany on Oak frames
• 29,5′ overall
• 9′ Beam
• 4′8″ Draft
• Glass over Ply decks
• Universal Atomic four engine

Designed by Ian Macgregor in 1937 built by Pacspar boatworks in SanPedro in 1947, Morningstar was nearly completely rebuilt by Berkeley Marine Center in the late 90’s including all new transom, rebuilt stem, new decks, all new house, several new planks, completely refastened, all new standing rigging, new stainless steel gas tank, and countless other small details. The former owner ran out of funds to complete the project and  she was stored at Berkeley Marine Center for the next five or six years. In December of last year I took over the project, first swelling her back up and recaulking her, next came assembly of the rig and overhauling the Atomic four and reinstalling it.  New sails were ordered from Pineapple Sails and Morninstar went for her first sail in many years in April of this year. I raced her in the annual Master Mariners Regatta in May and took second in her division.

I am currently reinstalling some of her interior and expect to have everything complete by early August. This is not a project boat however ther will be some things for her new caretaker to finish, she needs cushions and cabinet work in the main cabin completed, other than those items she is like new and shows well.  Morningstar took honorable mention (second place) at the Woodenboat show at he Corinthian Yacht Club this year.

Asking price is $25,000, completion of cabinet work in main cabin can be negotiated if the new owner desires.

You can contact me at 510-910-6289 or at schoonerman@alamedanet.net

Tags: Macgregor, sloop

Panda Bear in 2006

I am reposting this for wider distribution. Respond to Mike Hicks, mike@fulcrumse.com

Long story short: Anne moved to Massachusetts and co-owned Panda. Co-owner Gary Sargent did not pay the berthing fees. Panda is about to go for auction at Berkeley Marina.

Tags: Bear, Bear Boat, Bearboat, Berkeley

36′ Sea Dawn Gaff Rigged Ketch For Sale - San Diego, California

Sea Dawn is 36-feet in length and 11 feet in width and is of the husky seagoing type intended for service on deep waters but just as suitable for sailing on Long Island Sound, the Great Lakes or any similar bodies of water. The ketch rig was used for obvious reasons. For short-handed cruising there has never been a better rig. In a short squall the mainsail can be let go with a rush and there will still be canvas enough to keep way on the boat. Below decks Sea Dawn is laid out to suit the desires of the average yachtsman. There are berths for four and a good toilet and galley. The latter is equipped with a sink, large freezer and one of the old-reliable Shipmate ranges.

LOA: 36′ 0” (plus bowsprit - 42′)

LWL: 29′ 0”

Beam: 11′ 10”

Draft:: 3′ 6” (centerboard up / 7′ down)

Sail Area: Approx. 672 sq ft

Displacement: 17,200 lbs.

Power: Yanmar 30 H.P. Marine Diesel (NEW - 300 hours)

Designed by: S.S. Crocker, Jr. 1928

Built by: Completed in 1946 by: Al Lawson, Shipwright with Madden & Lewis in Sausalito, Ca. for his personal use. Construction materials fur plank on white oak.

Other Info.: A partial listing of repairs:

New..

Rudder

Centerboard trunk refastened

Replaced the centerboard cable bracket

New Sails (rarely used)

New port fuel tank and lines

New freezer (DC)

Dingy Davots

Equipment List: Combi Autohelm 3000 - Wheel Steering; 2 Thermax Solar Panels; Bronze Anchor Windlass; Danforth Constellation Compass; Si-Tex FL-3 Depth/Fish Finder; PowerSurvivor Watermaker (1.4 gallons/hr.); Wilcox Crittenden-Winner Head

For more information & photos see:

http://www.najez.travelland.biz/

Phone: 001 (619) 235-8928 (Vicky)

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THE 36-FOOTER SEA DAWN

by Daniel S. Crocker, Jr.

The auxiliary ketch Sea Dawn, was designed by the well-known Boston designer, S. S. Crocker, Jr. who has specialized for many years in the design of yachts of the cruising type.

Sea Dawn is 36-feet in length and 11 feet in width and is of the husky seagoing type intended for service on deep waters but just as suitable for sailing on Long Island Sound, the Great Lakes or any similar bodies of water. We have heard a great deal about the seaworthiness of centerboard boats and we have received so many letters in this regard that we have no excuses to make for the use of the board in Sea Dawn. She is not an extreme shallow draft craft for there is a fairly deep keel with a good deal of drag which should be sufficient to permit her to go to windward in shoal water with a fair amount of success. In deeper waters the board can be sent down to provide the maximum lateral plane area.

The ketch rig was used for obvious reasons. For short-handed cruising there has never been a better rig. In a short squall the mainsail can be let go with a rush and there will still be canvas enough to keep way on the boat. The average yawl has so small a mizzen that she will do nothing but bob up and down in the sea if the mainsail is taken off. The total area of canvas is low but quite sufficient for a cruising boat where comfort is the watchword and the crew is not pleased with the idea of jumping about every few minutes shifting sails. If there is any one item which can utterly spoil a good hull it is over-canvasing. Sea Dawn is fitted with a gaff-headed rig. Without a doubt many readers will think that they prefer the jibheaded, or Marconi, rig. Those who insist upon making this change are referred to the designer who no doubt will be quite willing to design a new sail plan, at his regular fee for such work. From the standpoint of THE RUDDER staff we urgently advise you to stick to the gaff rig. If Sea Dawn was intended for afternoon racing we would suggest a marconi rig but for ordinary cruising there has never been a better rig than the one shown.

Below decks Sea Dawn is laid out to suit the desires of the average yachtsman. There are berths for four and a good toilet and galley. The latter is equipped with a sink, ice-box and one of the old-reliable Shipmate ranges. We believe that many owners of this fine boat will feel that four is a crowd, and not company, in a boat of this size. A suggestion for such folks would be to make the saloon berths a little longer and to add a great deal to the locker space.

The auxiliary ketch Sea Dawn designed by S. S. Crocker, Jr. for The Rudder

Arrangement plans of the auxiliary centerboard ketch Sea Dawn designed by S. S. Crocker, Jr.

Tags: 36, ketch, sailboat, San Diego, Sea Dawn, SS Crocker

Built in San Diego by the famous Kettenburg family, Kachina, one of the last PCC’s ever built, was designed as a world class ocean racer. The construction is strictly Philippine mahogany over oak, and with new varnish on the mast and most of the topside, she is regaining her original beauty.

Dimensions: LOA: 46′4, Draft: 6′, Beam: 9′6, Ballast: 7000 Lead, Displacement: 18000, Engine: 25HP Diesel Kubota engine with 450 hours.

Accommodations:

6′5 Headroom with enclosed manual head with sink and storage, stereo system.

Galley equipment:

2- burner Kenyon propane stove with oven, pressure fresh water system, ice box,

Sails and Rigging:

Keel-stepped spruce spar, wire standing rigging, 1 Lewmar winch, 5 original bronze winches, 1 spinnaker in NEW condition, 5 jibs: ranging from 60-170.

Deck:

Fiberglass deck: white, 3 anchors (CQR and Danforth), Stanchions, lifelines, bow pulpit w/rails, fenders and dock lines, Life jackets, inflatable dinghy, Coast Guard safety package.

Electronics:

VHF Radio, Handheld VHF Radio (optional), handheld/mountable Garmin GPS (optional), compass,

Additional:

(3) Automatic and manual bilge pumps, Fresh water cooling system and fuel filters, Tiller steering, 3 fire extinguishers, jib boom, etc.

Recent survey available from March, 2008. Upgrades and renovations since survey:

New main and jib boom cover in dark blue to match upholstery, wire lifelines, unstepped mast to varnish, reseam, and replaced main and topping lift sheaves. Installed new wire - rope main halyard, and installed new wind vane.  New engine belt, fuel filter - fully inspected. Hauled boat to touch up bottom paint, replaced cutlass bearing, propeller stuffing box, leaking fasteners, recaulked and painted exposed planks. Varnished entire topside. Many small interior upgrades.

Additional work to be done before in perfect wooden boat magazine shape: touch up white corners for fiberglass, varnish under forward hatch, remove tape from under rails and possible repaint. Below water the hull is slightly paint sick and could probably use a new job next time it is hauled. Topside of haul is in better shape, but could also use some touching up. Aside from this and a little boat soap for the topside, the boat is in excellent condition.

Have been sailing her nearly every day in San Francisco. She is very sea worthy, and much quicker than anybody expects - with the lowest PHRF in the San Francisco Master Mariners group for ocean racers. She has treated me very well and I am disappointed to sell her, but as the financial market collapses, I must adapt. She is currently docked at Pier 39, and has a slip which can very easily be transferred. Please feel free to call with any questions, interest:

Joshua Berglund: 714.292.7572, josh@vandelayventures.com

Asking $40,000 OBO

Tags: Kettenburg, PCC, San Francisco

Looking for small retired wood boat, with cabin below, to use as play structure for my two little boys.

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Tags: cabin, play, retired boat