1981 Herreshoff Cat Ketch 31

Sleeps five. Open interior with no bulkhead between forward cabin and main cabin. V berth forward with filler cushion that makes V berth into a queen.  Next aft are storage areas both port and starboard. U-shaped settee next aft which converts to form double berth. Settee opposite to starboard. Galley next aft to starboard, enclosed head opposite to starboard. Head features Raritan marine toilet which discharges through a Y-valve overboard or to a plastic holding tank, sink, and handheld shower. 

Galley features a Tasco stainless steel, two-burner, propane stove, deep polished stainless steel sink with hot and cold pressurized water, and ice box.

12 volt DC system with three new 12 volt AGM batteries, battery selector switch, and three breaker panels. Battery combiner. Battery charger. Solar panel and controller, wired to battery combiner to charge both batteries. 

Raymarine C90W radar/GPS/chartplotter, Datamarine ST40 apparent wind speed/direction, knotmeter/log, and depthsounder, Autohelm autopilot, Icom M-302 VHF radio transceiver, Danforth pedestal-mounted compass.

2021 Yanmar 2YM15 14 horsepower diesel and transmission with under 5 hours, 14” MaxProp feathering two-blade bronze propeller, Kobelt single lever engine controls, 2021 Kanzaki KM2P transmission, Vetus muffler, Yanmar fuel-water separator, dripless shaft seal, Groco raw water strainer, spares, impellers, belts. Raw water hoses re-routed in 2021 for greater efficiency.

Shoal draft fin keel with transom-hung rudder with attached skeg. Dark blue Awlgripped topsides with white boottop, and green bottom. Hull is cold-molded mahogany plywood veneers, sheathed with fiberglass. Floors are 3 1/8” x 5” solid mahogany. Transom is cold-molded mahogany over a mahogany frame. Laminated mahogany frames in way of the bulkheads. Cast lead fin keel bolted to hull bottom with stainless steel bolts. Yacht Specialties pedestal wheel steering with elkhide-covered wheel. Awlgripped white cabin top. Beige nonskid on decks and in cockpit. Eight New Found Metals stainless steel opening ports. Two overhead hatches. cockpit lockers, port and starboard. Double lifelines with gates, port and starboard. Stainless steel boarding ladder. Teak anchor platform with stainless steel double anc rollers. Lofrans manual anchor windlass. 

Cat ketch rig with unstayed wooden spars. Mainmast is varnished spruce, hollow box construction. Mizzen mast is original Honduras mahogany, hollow box construction. Wooden, laminated, curved, wishbone booms. All halyards are led aft. Spinlock rope clutches at cockpit. Recent outhaul system for main and mizzen. Sail inventory consists of 2008 Doyle main and mizzen with slab reefIng, both in excellent condition. Barient #10 self-tailing winch on cabin top, Lewmar self-tailing halyard winch. Lazy jacks for both sails.

35 lb. plow anchor with 50’ 3/8” chain, and 100’ nylon rode. Salt water anchor/deck wash down system. 12 gallon propane bottle in vented locker, water filters and spares, boat hook, four docklines, four fenders with fleece covers, two PFD’s, emergency tiller, manual bilge pump, four fire extinguishers, cockpit cushions, light gray Sunbrella sail covers, swim ladder, box for storing companionway drop boards, cockpit grate, flare kit, masthead tricolor light, Forespar vent with fan. 

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

For further information, please contact John L. Procter, CPYB:

Office:  781-749-1645

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