Huge Interior. Fully Restored Sister-ships sell for $35k to $65,000. As spacious inside as many 38 foot boats. Tons of Stowage. 6.3 Headroom. Check out sister-ships for sail on other websites online. A very well regarded and sought after open ocean cruiser with the perfect keel and hull styel for island hopping in shallow waters in the South Pacific or Mediterranean or Caribbean where you may be hundreds of miles from nearest assistance and want a durable vessel that can survive storms and groundings. A Serious Yacht for serious sailors. The perfect size and type for a couple or small family to cruise the world or for a family up to 5 to do coastal cruising. Sleeps 5.  Nearly new Sea-Ward HilleRange gimbaled galley stove.My wife and I are serious blue water ocean sailors with thousands of miles and many years experience offshore and doing coastal cruising. It is our passion to help other people discover the sailing lifestyle, and especially the more serious cruising lifestyle. We already have our keeper boat and don't need another one, but every once in a while we discover through our friends and connections at boatyards a boat that is a really rare and serious vessel that isn't getting the love and attention and exercise that it deserves, and we will try to help find a new home for it. This is one of those rare boats. If you want to call me and discuss your cruising or sailing plans and dreams and whether or not this boat might actually work to suit your needs I will be happy to speak with you and give you my honest opinion about the feasibility of your plans and whether this vessel might or might not work for you. Feel free to call and chat. William 970 319-4361ATTENTION: THIS IS A SERIOUS AUCTION FOR A SERIOUS BOAT.  YOUR BID IS A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THIS SAILBOAT THE SAME AS A CONTRACT TO PURCHASE REAL ESTATE OR A NEW CAR. BY PLACING YOUR BID YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THE AUCTION AND THE PAYMENT TERMS. PLEASE CONSIDER ALL OF THIS PRIOR TO MAKING A BID. PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE AUCTION TEXT PRIOR TO BIDDING AND MAKE SURE YOU THAT YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PURCHASE AS POSSIBLE. I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BOAT AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO AND SEE IT IN PERSON PRIOR TO BIDDING IF YOU LIKE. CALL ME WILLIAM AT 970 319-4361. PAYMENT IS DUE IN FULL WITHIN 24 HOURS. SEE PAYMENT TERMS. I WILL OVERNIGHT THE CERTIFICATE OF DOCUMENTATION (US COAST GUARD TITLE) WITH A TRACKING NUMBER AS SOON AS PAYMENT IS RECEIVED. PLEASE ONLY BID WHAT YOU HAVE ON HAND TO SPEND AND DISCUSS THE PURCHASE WITH YOUR BOAT PARTNERS AND/OR SPOUSE PRIOR TO BIDDING. ALSO PLEASE INVESTIGATE BOAT STORAGE OR TRANSPORTATION COSTS PRIOR TO BIDDING IF YOU PLAN TO MOVE THE VESSEL BY LAND OR KEEP IT AT THE BOATYARD OR IN A SLIP.  MOVING A BIG SAILBOAT WITH A BOAT MOVER CAN BE VERY EXPENSIVE. OFTEN $4 OR SO PER MILE. MOVING IT YOURSELF, EITHER BY LAND OR WATER IS MUCH CHEAPER BUT PLEASE THINK THROUGH YOUR PLANS BEFORE PLACING A BID. I AM HAPPY TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE OPTIONS IN THAT REGARD IF YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A CALL AT 970 319 4361.Condition of the boat is not pristine and fully restored but all the important systems are intact and a few weekends of work could save you tens of thousands of dollars. These are very hard to find vessels and do not come up for sale on the used market very often and almost never as a no reserve auction. Very nice Cockpit cushions. Swim ladder and boat pole and winch handle, ok but not great. Fire extinguisher needs replacing. Probably will need new batteries prior to cruising. Nice Refrigerator ice box with actual refrigerator condenser. Head has good standing head room to install a stand up shower for serious cruising, but I didn't see one installed currently. Bottom paint has a few flaking spots and needs another coat of bottom paint.The biggest project is a carpentry project that would take a few days. Fortunately it is cosmetic rather than structural so you could go ahead and sail it and then do this later, but what needs doing is to replace the gaskets on the ports (windows) and use newspaper and tape to trace out new templates for the 1/4 inch plywood around the windows and cut and install the new plywood for the upper cabin walls around the windows where drips deteriorated the plywood. See photos for details of this. You can see the old wood deteriorated around the windows in the pictures.  Minor stains on the cushions need cushion covers to be removed and washed, possibly with a bit of bleach. General cleaning needed and certain areas of interior could benefit from sanding and new varnish and paint. One broken mooring cleat on stern and needs new main winch cleats and a new rope for the mainsheet. Otherwise everything seems to be in fairly decent condition. Expect to buy new instruments. The ones that are there are untested and look fairly old. Expect to need a VHF, GPS and Depth Sounder (about $800 to $2000 total) for all new instruments depending on which model you buy. Yanmar Diesel is reportedly winterized and runs well but I have not conducted any tests because I did not want to un-winterize it prior to launch. You are welcome to come and check out the vessel in person and I encourage it as that is the only way to know for certain that it meets your expectations. Vessel is scheduled for launch on June 15 at a private yacht club in Beverly MA, just north of Boston. All launch fees are pre-paid. If you intent to move it by trailer they can help you un-step the mast and load the vessel but your arrangements need to be made before June 15. If vessel is kept at the Yacht Club beyond June 15 storage charges will apply.Auction closes Monday just a bit after 2pm Eastern Time. This is a NO RESERVE auction and boat will sell to the highest bidder regardless of the closing price. If you want to win this one make sure to get your best bid in early or set the alarm on your phone and tune it for the final few minutes of the auction. Again payment is due in full within 24 hours. Please respect this. We need the money to take care of urgent bills and can not offer financing or trades. I hope this terrific small ship goes to a great home. Again, call me if you want to discuss your sailing plans. I love to chat cruising. Good luck bidding! William 970 319-4361