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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

2001 Tiara 43 Open - Great Escape


Great Escape is a professionally maintained Tiara 43 rigged for serious fishing and comfortable cruising. The engine room is spotless and the exterior shines. The oak interior with teak and holly soles is welcoming and comfortable.


Great Escape is equipped with two Raymarine E-120's with two independent GPS receivers for redundancy. She has two VHF's, Simrad AP-25 autopilot and a 4KW radar scanner.


Great Escapes has twin 660 HP Cat 3196's with about 950 hours. They have been well maintained and have had all the Cat updates.

The Tiara 43 runs on a solid built "V" hull that provides a very comfortable ride and a steady platform for fishing. Her best feature is the comfort for family cruising and yet a great platform for serious fishing. Whether you fish or only cruise this is a great value. Her owner would be willing to take an acceptable 30’ +/- center console sport fisher on trade.

Please click here to access the complete listing.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 43'-0"
Beam 15'-2"
Draft 4'-0"
Displacement 29,500 lbs

Contact the central agent, Jack Zacks, for more information:
Email: jzacks@sparkmanstephens.com
Mobile: 305-588-6532

1997 Valiant 50 - Maestro


The Valiant 50 is a true blue water cruising boat. She is a larger cousin of the famous Valiant 47. The boats were designed for long passages by a small crew. This boat has been set up with a Leisure Furl boom. She is ready to take you anywhere at all. Please click here at access the complete listing.

Here is the general arrangement plan.


Principal Dimensions
LOA 50'-0"
LWL 40’-3”
Beam 13’-10”
Draft 6’-3”
Displacement 35,500 lbs
Ballast 11,000 lbs
Sail area 1,036 sq ft
Designer Robert Perry

Contact the central agent, Paul Buttrose, for more information:
Email: pbuttrose@sparkmanstephens.com
Mobile: 954-294-6962

Please click here to access an article about the boat from Blue Water Sailing magazine online.

Friday, March 2, 2012

1986 Nautor's Swan 61 - Tethys



Tethys is a three stateroom boat (+ 2 in crew) and perfect for Caribbean cruising and well beyond. She is a powerful true blue water sailing yacht designed by Germán Frers. Her profile is distinctive due to her well balanced overhangs and traditional transom.

This boat has been continually upgraded and will fly through survey. Please click here to access the complete listing.

Here are the plans.



Principal Dimensions
LOA 61'-0"
LWL 48'-0"
Beam 16'-4"
Draft 7'-2"
Displacement 62,000 lbs

Please contact the central agent, Rex Herbert as follows:
Mobile: +1-917-913-1886
Email: rherbert@sparkmanstephens.com

Rose Wilder - Owner Must Sell

ROSE WILDER (ex SANDPIPER)

LOA 50' LWL 34' 6" Beam 12' Draft 7' 6"
Designer: Sparkman & Stephens 1968 Builder: Sangermani

The owner called yesterday to tell me he is very interested in selling his boat in the very near future. He dropped the price $36,000 to $259,000 but I would encourage you to make an offer. She was built by one of the best yards in Italy and has been well maintained through the years. I think someone might just get a very good deal. Check her out on our company blog.

Harry Morgan
Phone 203-687-4535
Email Harry Morgan

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Patrician 55' Scheel Daysailer by Van Dam

LOA 55'-0" LWL 41'-0" Beam 13'-6" Draft 6'-6"
Designer: Henry A. Scheel Jr.
Builder: Van Dam Custom Boats - 1988


When I first saw PATRICIAN soon after she was built, I was so taken by her that I walked all the way around the edge of the harbor to take a closer look at her. She is an incredibly beautiful boat and the idea that someone would go to all the trouble to commission Henry A. Scheel to draw her and find Van Dam Custom Boats to build a boat that was only to be used for day sailing is astounding. Yet he did, and the result is a beautiful combination of a well thought out arrangement and very high quality woodworking. The cozy interior is as well crafted as the exterior and has everything one needs, head, galley, chart table and two comfortable bunks for naps or the occasional overnight.

Now for sale by her third owner, she has been afforded the ultimate in care and upgrading by each of her three owners. The only problem the second owner found was her upwind performance, so the third owner installed a slightly deeper keel and rudder designed by Sparkman & Stephens as Harry Scheel, who I had known growing up in Stonington, Connecticut, had passed away. She is lying in Palm Beach and has an asking price $565,000.

Please contact me to arrange an inspection or come see her at the Palm Beach Boat Show, March 22-25, 2012.
Harry Morgan
Phone: 203-687-4535
Email: Harry Morgan

Here is the sail plan.


Friday, February 24, 2012

Mustang and Morgan's Ghost - Club Swan 42s



With the 2012 racing season rapidly approaching, these two Club Swan 42s are excellent choices in this exciting fleet.


In 2005, the New York Yacht Club set out to create another NYYC one-design class. Since its launch, this class has been a huge success. With one-design and handicap racing taking place around the world. The boats are capable of offshore racing, round the buoys racing or family cruising. The Swan 42 Class is very active and strong. There is a very good fleet in the New England, USA area with upwards of 10-15 boats at major regattas. Every other year the NYYC hosts the Invitational Cup which brings yacht clubs from around the world to race in this exciting event in the Club Swan 42s.


The class is based on Owner-Drivers and the level of competition is extremely high, but with the boats being equal in performance, the victories go to those with the best crew work and tactics. While the boats are all equal, it never hurts when extra preparation goes into maximizing speed potential. Both Mustang and Morgan's Ghost have benefited from top level preparation. Both are lightly used and race ready. Mustang recently finished 3rd in the Invitational Cup, demonstrating just how fast she is.

For more information on either of these great Club Swan 42s, contact the central listing agent, Kevin Dailey

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Adventuress - 40' Rhodes Sloop 1955


Adventuress is one of only a handful of Rhodes 27's that were built at the venerable Abeking & Rasmussen yard in Lemwerder, Germany.


Her superstructure is built of teak. Her decks are teak as well.


She been professionally restored and meticulously maintained and is a fine example of this popular and well-found classic.


Adventuress is currently listed for $135,000. Click here to access the full listing. For more information, contact Jeff Grey at 774-454-7638 or by email to

Principal Dimensions
LOA 40'-0"
Beam 10'-0"
Draft 5' 10"
Displacement 20,000 lbs


Monday, February 20, 2012

Lucky Pierre - 27' Herreshoff S-Boat 1923


Lucky Pierre (sail number 66 above) has had numerous names in her lifetime: Erne, Obsession, Rover, Seven Bells and Resolute. She is a 1923 S-Boat designed by Nathaniel Herreshoff and built by George Lawley & Son of Massachusetts. The boat was rebuilt by the Mount Desert Yacht Yard in 1979. She is in good structural condition and a joy to sail.

The local class association in Narragansett Bay is very active with generally 20 boats racing. Click here to learn more about the Class Association. She is currently lying in Newport, Rhode Island.

Here are the sail and deck plans.


The asking price is $35,000 and includes an aluminum trailer. Her complete listing can be accessed by clicking here. If you would like further information, please contact the listing broker Harry Morgan or by calling Harry directly at: 516-551-6224 (mobile).

Principal Dimensions
LOA 27'-0"
LWL 20'-1"
Beam 7'-2"
Draft 4'-9"
Displacement 6,750 lbs
Ballast 3,350 lbs
Sail Area 431 sq ft

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Ginger - 50' Brooklin Daysailer 2007


Ginger is a unique, fast day sailing sloop from the boards of Stephens Waring Yacht Design. She was built to the highest standards by Brooklin Boatyard and launched in 2007. Her cold molded hull is built of Port Orford and western red cedar. The teak decks are overlaid onto Okume marine plywood. The rig, rigging and sails are all of state of the art materials.


In the tradition of the sleek and elegant meter classes, Ginger sails easily in all conditions, providing an exhilarating sailing experience for all aboard. Ginger is an eye-catching boat that will perform well on the race course or day sail in comfort.

Courtesy of Stephens Waring Yacht Design

Courtesy of Stephens Waring Yacht Design

Ginger is currently listed for $499,000. Click here to access the full listing. For more information, contact Jeff Grey at 774-454-7638 or by email to jgrey@sparkmanstephens.com.


Principal Dimensions
LOA 50'-0"
Beam 10'-0"
Draft 8'-0"
Displacement 9,600 lbs

Steal this boat! Speczacular - 58' Cayman 2005


Speczacular needs a new loving owner to care and cruise her. Her current owner is ready for a new boat.

The Cayman Yachts brand name was established in 1990, within the Mochi Craft Company, as the brainchild of Luigi Prosperi who was at that time Mochi Craft Chairman. In 1996, after having left the Mochi Craft Company, Prosperi formed the Cayman brand in La Spezia, Italy. He built his headquarters and a new shipyard with the support of his son, Paolo, a naval engineer, using the Cayman brand to kick-start the new company. Cayman is now well known in Europe. Luigi and Paolo continue to build Cayman Yachts from 42 feet to 75 feet.

With low hours Speczacular has had light use and great care. She has three staterooms all with en-suite heads with showers. Stepping into her finely finished matched grain pear wood cabin you can still smell the beautiful leather sofa like the day she was built. Hidden in the saloon is a full galley with fridge, cook top, microwave and double sink.


Her air-conditioned enclosed wheel house has an opening hard top, a large comfortable dinette and mini galley.


Here's a review from Yachting Magazine that tells the story. Please double click for zoom.


To see all the details and more pictures of Speczacular click here. Her owner is looking for offers. She is available for viewing in Miami. Call central listing agent Jack Zacks on his mobile at 305-588-6532 or email Jack at jzacks@sparkmanstephens.com for more information or to schedule a visit.

Principal Dimensions
LOA 58'-0"
Beam 15'-8"
Maximum Draft 4'-0"
Displacement 44,000 lbs
Bridge Clearance 14'- 4"