Westsail 42 ketch
PRICE $90,000
Custom finished by Bud Taplan at his boatyard Worldcruiser Yacht Co.
Major 4-year refit inside and out completed in 2018.
Contact:
Robert and Catherine Baldesari
baldesari@gmail.com
843-819-2964
Feel free to email us for more photos or information.
**Travel expenses to the Abacos, up to $2000, reimbursed if boat is purchased.
We have owned Seahorse since 2000 and are the 5th owners. She has had comparatively light use during her time with us, sailing offshore ten times from our home port in Charleston, SC to the Abacos, Bahamas where we’d spend a few months at a time, and from Charleston to Annapolis where we lived aboard for one year there. Boat has recently been relocated from Charleston to Man O War Cay in the Abacos where she will be moored year around. We currently spend six months a year living aboard and cruising the Abacos.
We’ve enjoyed cruising and taking care of her during our stewardship of Seahorse and it shows. The itemized systems list demonstrates the degree of time, energy, and expense we’ve given her over the last 18 years, but particularly in the past few years. There are relatively few 45 year-old sailboats that have been maintained to this level and are currently in turnkey cruising condition.
Layout:
Going down the main companionway from the cockpit, the U-shaped dinette is to port and galley is starboard. Dinette table is adjustable and sole is raised a step, otherwise the rest of the cabin sole is all the same level. Fridge access is from top-lifting hatch and side door; freezer has two top-lifting hatches.
Forward of the galley on the starboard side is the main cabin settee that converts to a double bed. Across from the settee is the navigation station and large chest of drawers.
Moving toward the bow is the forward head with a hanging locker and cabinets.
Forward are large port and starboard sail/storage lockers, and then two anchor chain lockers behind a bulkhead with two access doors.
Moving aft from the galley is the passageway to the master stateroom and second head. Double-door access to the engine room is on the right and “garage” storage on the left.
Master stateroom has a hanging locker and dresser on the left and door to the second head around the mizzen mast on the port side. Separate berths can be made into a king-sized bed with middle triangle insert. Aft head has a shower and two storage lockers, as well as a second access door to the engine room.
Specs:
Year 1975
Hull Number 62
LOA 42.92
LWL 33.33
Beam 13.00
Draft 5.67
12000 lbs
31500 lbs
Mechanical:
Perkins 4.236 85HP - 2100 hrs
Fuel tanks - total capacity 150 gals - center and port replaced 2015 - aluminum with coal tar coating
SeaFire Halon system - engine room plus 4 additional fire extinguishers
High water bilge pump with alarm
Cutlass bearing replaced - 2017
Ocean Air (now Ocean Breeze) 17 BTU electric central heat/air main cabin - 2011; separate built in 5K BTU AC unit aft in master stateroom
Rigging, Sails and Canvas:
Mack sails - full set 2018 with MackPacks - roller furling jib and staysail, battened main with 2 reef points, battened mizzen
Schaffer roller furling system for jib (model 2000)
Roller furling staysail
Roller furling lead lines and hardware for jib and staysail replaced - 2017
Custom full cockpit enclosure - Sunbrella/Strataglas/Screen - 2017
Sunbrella cockpit cushions (closed cell), hatch, handrail, caprail, and helm covers, plus full deck sun awning
Standing rigging - replaced 1999 (right before we purchased the boat)
Dutchman boom break
Cockpit winches - Barient - two SS 32’s (self-tailing) for jib sheets, two SS 28’s for staysail sheets, two chrome 10s for jib and staysail furling lines, two chrome 22s (one being used for topping lift)
Navigation:
Garmin echoMAP chartplotter 50 series - 2017
Furuno GPS GP-37 (back-up)
B&G Autopilot h1000 - 2010
Raymarine depth sounder ST40 - 2017
Furuno radar Model 1621 Mark-2
Icom M-45 cockpit VHF, antenna on mizzen
Icom M-502 with remote mic at nav station, antenna on main
Helle Marine LED nav lights - masthead tricolor/anchor, steaming, bow, stern - 2017
Electrical:
Onan 7.5K Generator - 2017 (650 hrs)
Balmar Max charge MC-614 voltage regulator
Kyocera KC-Series Solar panels - 2 - with Solar Boost 3024i charge controller, Blue Sky IPN-ProRemote charge controller and system monitor - 2010
Lifeline Group 31 AGM Batteries - 4 house, 1 starter - 105 amp each - 2017
Xantrex Link 20 Battery monitor
Truecharge 20A Battery charger, Xantrex 40A Battery charger spare
Two 30A shore power inputs and multiple shore power cables
Ground tackle:
Maxwell windlass H3500 with dual chain gypsies - 2017
65lb claw with 125ft 3/8” G4 chain and 200ft 3/4” line
45kg Barnacle with 100ft 3/8” G4 chain and 200ft 3/4” line
40lb Danforth spare
Water tanks - Total capacity 150 gals - center, port, and starboard replaced 2008 - GRP material
Raritan 6 gal 1700 Series electric/engine heat exchanger hot water heater - 2015
Wilcox Crittenten Skipper heads - 2 - last rebuild 2018
Raritan holding tank
Hull/decks:
Bottom - ferro-blasted, 2 coats epoxy sealer, 2 coats bottom paint - 2017 - no blisters found
Topsides - painted - 2014
Cabin tops and sides - painted - 2013
Handrails, fife rails, helm, cockpit ditty box, and main companionway hatch - stripped and re-varnished with 8-10 coats - 2017
Decks - teak removed 2013 - re-epoxied and re-painted - 2018
Caprail forward of cockpit removed and re-bedded - 2016
Fore and aft deck hatches re-built - 2017
Portlights (10) - glass and gaskets replaced - 2010
All deck hardware re-bedded - 2017
Salt water deck pump - 2018
Galley:
Hillerange 3-burner propane stove/oven
Corian sink/countertop and original maple block counter
Coldplate fridge/freezer
UV water filter to under-sink household filter
Force 10 Large Model propane grill
2-20lbs propane tanks in lazarette
Microwave and Toaster oven - 2018
Cabin:
Interior completely refinished with varnish and paint - 2017
Brushed velvet upholstery
Corian counter/sink in both heads
3/4” Armaflex industrial-grade insulation installed between cabin tops and interior overhead panels, along hull in cabinets, and engine room - 2017
Interior 12v light fixtures and/or bulbs replaced with LED - 2017
Helle Turbo cabin fans replaced - 4 - 2018
Marinco solar-powered deck-mounted ventilation fans 6 - 2017
Misc:
Fresh water pump - 2017
Shower sump pump - 2017
Stainless boarding ladder with teak steps
Numerous spare parts and multiple extra lines
Achilles 10’ air-keel inflatable dinghy with 2-stroke 8HP Yamaha
7/8/18 - updated per Roberts request - current location and # of extinguishers. DJB