Contest 42 Ketch (1978) for sale in Dartmouth, United Kingdom

Remarks :

Contest 42 Ketch – CHRISTINA MAY has been in the same ownership for 23 years with two previous owners.  Contest yachts built by Conyplex in Holland are built to a very high standard.  Christina May is a cruising ketch, displacement hull with medium keel and skeg hung rudder, a centre cockpit with wheel steering.

The present owners have cruised extensively abroad and lived aboard while travelling. They have lived an eco-friendly life on board by applying the KISS principal, using little energy and carrying a small Honda generator.

Christina May is a great boat with a good reputation based on the River Dart.

Accommodation

 Sleeps 7 in 2 Cabins plus owners’ cabin with en-suite plus 2 occasional in saloon

• Cabin height 1.95 m
• Gimbling saloon table
• Chart table/Nav station
• Workshop with vice
• 2 x Heads with showers and hand basins, one en-suite
• Toilets - Raritan PH
• Galley with double sink and Seagull water filter tap
• Cooker – Smev 2 burner gas with oven 2002
• Fridge – top loading Isotherm 3251 with seacock heat exchanger 2002
• Webasto diesel heating A/T 5000 2005
• Wempe brass instruments – 2 x clocks in cabins, Chronometer//Barometer/Hygromenter/Thermometer 
• Radio with Bluetooth SD and USB input
• Speakers in saloon and owners cabin
• Curtains
• Vacuum cleaner
• Burglar protection appliance – allows a hatch to have burglar protection when left open

Sails:

• Main – Schoker approx. 25.5 sq m
• Genoa Bi radial – Den Boer approx. 52 sq m
• Mizzen – Schoker approx. 10 sq m
• Mizzen staysail – De Vries approx. 31 sq m
• Storm jib hanked – De Vries approx. 14 sq m
• Working jib hanked – De Vries approx. 27 sq m
• Cruising chute with squeezer
• Bullajong or Booster with squeezer approx. 60/120 sq m/Dutch Double jib – 2 jibs together on one luff tape used together as ghosting genoa or split as double light wind headsail

Winches:

• 2 x Sheet winches – Barlow 32 2-speed self-tailing
• 2 x Cruising chute – Enks 26 2-speed
• 1 Genoa reefing – Lewmar 30 self-tailing
• 2 x Main halyards – Lewmar 40 self-tailing
• 2 x Mizzen halyards – Lewmar 16 self-tailing 

Navigation Equipment:

• Sestral compass
• B&G Log - Harrier
• B&G Echo sounder - Hector
• B&G Wind - Hengist/Horta
• Depth sounder (forward looking) Echopilot FLS gold plus professional tranducer 2002
• Radio 1 - VHF Sailor
• Radio 2 - Standard Horizon GX”100E DSC VHF AIS receiver inc. auto fog horn & loud-hailer
• Wi-Fi link - NMEA-2-Wi-Fi 
• Autopilot – Autohelm ST7000 with wired remote control
• GPS – Garmin 152 at the chart table linked to autohelm
• Garmin 76 for AIS & DSC (no charts)
• Garmin 86C for GPS and chart at wheel (no current charts) 

Anchoring and Mooring Equipment:

• Bow anchor – 45lb CQR
• Second heavy anchor Spade 100 galvanised & stored in lazarette
• Anchor windlass – Lofrans Tigress electric 1200w windlass with rope gipsy and manual operation back up
• 70m of 10mm chain
• Danforth kedge anchor with Ankarolina on reel & chain
• Davits – removable and foldable stainless steel
• Boarding ladder – stainless steel transom mounted
• Bow step – stainless steel (removable & hangs from CQR for med mooring)

 Deck Equipment:

• Teak Deck
• Teak Cockpit
• Teak side decks
• Cockpit table
• Teak helmsman’s seat
• Teak cup/bottle holder at wheel
• 3 x Calypso gimbling cup holders under hard top
• 4 x fenders with socks
• 2 x ball fenders
• 1 large Avon inflatable fender
• 4 x mooring warps with compensators
• 2 x handling lines + 1 shorter for mid-cleat
• 2 x heavy mooring warps
• Vista clear view high speed rotating screen in hard-top window
• Anchor ball and motoring triangle
• 2 x Blue performance hatch covers 2024
• 4 x original hatch covers with venting and fly netting
• Cockpit cover
• Screen for back of Hard-top
• Wheel cover
• Full length cockpit cushions
• 2 x Deck lights on main spreaders and on mizzen
• Cockpit light
• Boat hook
• Winch handles x 2
• Nav lights 

 Safety Equipment:

• Liferaft – Viking 4-man RescYou. Last service 2016
• Mast ladder – webbing, hoists on luff groove on masts
• 1 Automatic fire extinguisher in engine compartment
• 2 x 2 kg powder fire extinguisher
• 1 x Co2 foam extinguisher
• Fire blanket in gally
• Nereus Gas safety alarms WG 300 LLCV boat gas control system/2 x LPG sensors/Carbon monoxide sensor & remotely operated gas valve
• Horseshoe buoy plus light
• Danbuoy
• Radar reflector – Firdel Blipper on mizzen
• 2 x Manual bilge pumps
• 2 x automatic bilge pumps in engine compartment (1 with oil separator)
• Winchard Gybe Easy boom brake
• Horn – electric on deck, loudhailer, communication with foredeck and auto fog horn via Standard Horizon plus manual backup
• Sea brake with line set
• Emergency VHF aerial
• Gas locker with space for 3 x 6 kg propane or 2 x propane & 2 x camping gas with isolation valve
• Shaft mounted rope cutter

Hull and construction

• White GRP hull deck and superstructure
• Teak deck & cockpit
• Wheel Steering & spade rudder
• Fin Keel
• Centre cockpit
• Seven berths in two cabins plus owners cabin with en-suite plus 2 occasional berths in saloon & second guest bathroom

 Engine:

• Vetus VH4.65 Diesel 65hp fitted by Darthaven in 2009
• 897.8 engine hours
• Beds refitted and new PRM 260C hydraulic gearbox
• Gearbox has ‘get you home’ facility in case of hydraulic failure
• Engine bay access on three sides plus removable lid
• Cooling system indirect
• Engine exhaust temperature gauge
• Aqualoy Stainless steel propshaft with PSS shaft seal
• Three bladed propeller re-pitched for new engine
• Sleipner Sidepower SP95 bowthruster fitted 2003 by Osmotec, Hamble
• Cruising speed 6 knots
• Maximum speed 8.5 k
• Fuel consumption approx. 3litres/hr
• Range 700 Nm approx

Electrical:

• 12v system
• 4 x House batteries 105 amp hr Varta deep cycle 2016
• 2 x Engine batteries 6v Optima Red Top 2005
• Bowthruster: Optima Blue Top 2003
• 240v Shorepower, lead, galvanic isolator 2002, internal mains sockets
• Diode battery splitter

Battery monitoring systems:

• Mastervolt Batman- house batteries volt, amps and amp/hrs
• Axon battery status indicator – bowthruster and engine voltage
• Mastervolt 40 amp automatic battery charger 1998
• Tank gauges: 4 for water and 1 for diesel
• 2 x Flexible solar panels
• Towed/wind generation: Ampair Aquair 100/12 volt towing and wind generator with air kit hoisted between mizzen and main and towed kit with two propellers and line.

 
Water system:

• Pressurised hot & cold water system 
• Shower pumps

 Tankage:

• Fuel capacity 425 litres in 1 x stainless steel tank
• Fresh water capacity 1000 litres in 4 x stainless steel tanks
• GRP Holding tank 150 litre capacity with macerator

  Rigging:

  • Ketch rigged
  • Spars – Bamar/Nemo Stoway furling 1990
  • Main, electrical with remote and manual backup
  • Mizzen manual
  • Powder coated Nemo masts and booms by Bamar 1990
  • Headsail furling – Reckmann with wire/rope furling line
  • Twin forestay – the second is for storm jib or hanked sails
  • Standing rigging replaced 2002 at Burnham Yacht Haven
  • Standing rigging professionally inspected 2017
  • Running rigging – mainly Marlow braid on three strand – various ages
  • Backstay adjuster – Wichard D16 mechanical 2013
  • Boom vang – mechanical
  • Spinnaker/whisker pole x 2 (1 adjustable)