NO Reserve 4OFT LOCALLY FAMOUS WORLD CRUISER - Full Blue-Water Cruising Package

Description

YES, THAT'S SNOW ON THE DECKS AND THE GRIN ON MY FACE WITH A NORTHWEST WIND BLOWING 25 AND GUSTING 40. PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THIS BOAT, UNLESS YOU ARE OUT TO DO SOME SUN-TANNING!! IF SO THEN JUST WAIT FOUR MONTHS OR HEAD FURTHER SOUTH!!!
Most Recent Survey Estimated Market Value at $62,500.00 with a Replacement Value of $211,000.00.
This world Cruiser already has installed all major important systems for world cruising including. Remember that the cost of these items for a vessel that doesn't have them also includes the installation labor, unless you are going to do that work yourself.
Hydraulic Steering System with Autopilot ($6000
Integrated Chart Plotter with Radar, Dual screens (one large oversized monitor at the chart table and smaller one on the mizzen mast) $7500
Wind Generator $3500
Solar Panels and Charge Controllers and Inverter $4500
Oversized Three Speed Winches $2000
Recently Sewn Bimini, and Full Cockpit Enclosure $7500
Eight Nearly Brand New Custom Sewn Sails (Spinnaker, Main Sail, Genoa, Cutter Stay Sail, Mizzen Main, Mizzen Staysail, Mule) $12,000
This boat is well known around the the harbor of Annapolis Maryland, and the legend extends even beyond Annapolis given that Annapolis is considered by many to be the world capital of sailing. Photos of it hang in the art galleries of the downtown waterfront district. It's timeless beauty comes from being built using cold-moulded technology which combines the low maintenance and strength components of fiberglass construction with the timeless beauty of thin plank cherry and mahogany. It required slightly more maintenance than traditional fiberglass but not nearly as much as traditional wood boat construction. The strength is considered greater than all but the strongest "arctic" fiberglass hulls and the extra displacement weight over fiberglass makes for a very comfortable sea motion. In the water, most people guess it to be a full keel vessel due to the classic styling and timeless look, but actually it is a very modern hull style with a deep racer cruiser hull shape enabling you to make very good passage times and actually compete in cruising races without embarrassing results. Of course it wont beat a Beneteau on uncorrected time, but it is a heck of a lot less bouncy to cruise on.
To compliment this classic varnished wood look the rig is reminiscent of the era of tall ships with two extra sails that were well known in the 1800s but seldom used in the modern age, the mizzen staysail (hung between the two masts like a midships jib) and the mule (hung between the masts in the opening above the main sail). This vessel is the only one of its kind in the world. It was built by hand following meticulous and time consuming proceedures by a gentleman in Tarpon Springs, Florida and the final great labor of love of his life. He spent a full ten years on the construction process, from 1984 to 1994. By the time he completed it and launched it he was too old to use it for long voyages himself. Ownership transferred in the late 1990s and it was sailed throughout the Caribbean and New England. In 2005 it was purchased by the owner before me, a licensed Coast Guard Officer and Merchant Marine Captain. He also sailed it throughout the Caribbean, Florida and Bahamas and east coast of Central America. There is a video you can find of those adventures on Youtube. It it kind of an older video before modern GoPro cameras and not a professional production but still cool to watch. To find it go to Youtube and put into the search field "Yankee Lady Sailing." It should pull up as the first or second link "2006 Yankee Lady Sailing adventure" by kcfistick
The boat does need a few little TLC projects like any new or used boat, but all the important stuff is there and it works fine. The most serious projects are that an elbow on the exhause manifold had a hairline crack and I dis-assembed it to figure out which part to order to replace it. I have found the replacement part online from the Volvo Penta store and you can order it and install it with four bolts. It also needs a new house battery bank. The batteries are getting old and not taking a charge real well. The starter battery is brand new but it still needs to be installed in place of the old one. The diesel is a Yanmar Diesel and it starts right up and sounds great, but needs the new exhaust manifold elbow installed before you can use it without keeping a garden hose to the water inlet. Also there is some sort of small short in the shore power connection which sometimes will trip a breaker on the shore power part of the panel. This is only an issue for being plugged in at the dock and hopefully a good electrician can find the short and fix it in quick order. The main 12 Volt and 120 Volt boat systems work fine, which are the ones you need for active cruising on the hook. The solar panels and wind generator create a lot of electricity for use while cruising to run the autopilot and instruments. The boat has minor blemishes in deck and pilothouse wood work. There are new gaskets for the bronze ports but I haven't had time to install them yet. You can sometimes get a tiny drip in a couple of the side ports during a big rain. Also I think one of the three isolated bilge pumps needs replacing because it makes a kind of whining sound unlike the other two which work perfectly.
We are only selling the boat because we need money quickly to complete a house that we are building in Colorado. Payment is due in full within 24 hours. Your bid is a legally binding contract to purchase this fine vessel at fire sale Ebay auction prices. We know we could get more money for her if we sold her more slowly on the regular yacht market. Previous owner had her listed for $70K with a broker a couple years ago. He is a friend and we bought it for a better deal than that when he moved to Florida to work as Captain on a big 100 foot plus yacht. Now we just need to free up some quick cash, so our loss is your opportunity. You are welcome to come and inspect her in person this week while the listing is up. I am flying out to give tours on Wednesday March 22nd, so if you want to meet then and see the boat that would be the best day. I will also post more photos Wednesday night or Thursday morning after I get on site with my camera. The photos in the listing are from the trip that the previous owner and I took in January of this year when we sailed her over through snow squalls from the Navy Yard over to Rock Hall where she now rests on the hard. Believe it or not, the nice sunny pictures with the spinnaker up were taken only about an hour before the ones with the snow and whitecaps.
Feel free to call me if you have questions:
William
970 319-4361