William Garden Porpoise Ketch

Overview

A beautifully presented traditional ketch, owned and maintained by a master craftsman and ready for her next adventure. William Garden Porpoise Ketch is a rare opportunity to own a truly beautiful, well found and cared for timber classic ketch in very sound condition, single owner for 44 years. Exceptional intimate teak interior with old school craftsmanship. She has just arrived in New Zealand after a cruise through the Pacific. Quality bronze hardware and fittings, spars and rigging in excellent condition. New halyards and wiring in mast. New Willis sails; mizzen, main, staysail, working jib, also older Genoa in good condition.

Low hours (1000) Ford Leahman 80 hp diesel engine with rebuilt Paragon transmission, easy access for maintenance, teak decks over marine ply, new deck seams in excellent condition. Lovely passage maker, live aboard with spacious interior layout.

Features

• Hull Timber hardwood, carvel narrow strake planking, Yakal backbone and Monel fastened
• 80 hp Ford Lehman, 271 2E diesel engine
• 1000 hours estimated engine hours
• Paragon P34L hydraulic transmission (rebuilt 2023)
• 140 amp alternator with smart charger (rebuilt 2023)
• New heat exchangers, new cutlass bearing and shaft seal
• Lots of manuals and spare parts
• Harken roller furler
• New Willis sails; mizzen, main, staysail, working jib
• Older Genoa in good condition
• Marconi rig, Oregon timber masts
• 316 stainless rigging with Norsemann fittings
• New mast wiring
• 3 winches main mast, 1 on mizzen, 2 primary sheet winches, 3 smaller deck winches
• 2- 225 amp hr 8D AGM batteries (2023)
• 110v/12 v electrical system
• 75 watt solar panels
• Chartplotter
• Depth sounder (1000 watts)
• Wind instruments
• VHF
• B&G radar
• AIS
• Iridium Go with data hub (all new 2023)
• Lovely teak interior with Dickenson diesel heater, deck prisms, ample storage, 4 skylight hatches, 2m headroom
• Quarter berths aft of main salon and galley area
• Master suite, head and forepeak forward
• Cabins: two generous quarter berths, cabin with double and 2 single berths, small forward berth
• Berths: 7
• Gimballed LPG 3 burner stove and oven
• Fresh and salt water foot pumps, pressure water
• Norcold 12v mini fridge
• Small freezer in refrigerator, 2 large ice boxes
• Hot water system 110v electric/engine heat exchanger
• Tiled shower in head
• Manual marine skipper toilet, lectrasan (present but not connected)
• Sail covers and dodger, average condition
• 2-60 lb CQR anchors, 3/8 BBB chain and rope and chain rodes
• Plath 6A windlass
• 4 Life vests
• EPIRB
• Life ring
• Teak boarding ladder
• Bilge Pumps 2 electric, 1 manual
• Fire Protection 3 fire extinguishers (2023)