Custom Mayflower 48 Ketch (1982) for sale in Jolly Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda

£46,950 GBP
Listed price $59,000 USDGet a foreign exchange quote

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The Custom Mayflower 48 Ketch, named Charis, is a well-appointed cruising vessel located in Jolly Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda. Built in 1982 with high-quality teak and designed by George Stadel Jnr, Charis is easily managed by one or two people, making it ideal for long-distance offshore passages. Equipped for comfortable autonomous living, it includes a range of appliances such as a 4-burner cooker, microwave, and a water maker, alongside essential electronics like a Garmin chartplotter and radar system. The ketch rig is manoeuvrable from the cockpit, aided by a power winch, and the vessel features amenities like a spray dodger, Bimini top, and an ensuite aft cabin with a bathtub. The teak deck is in excellent condition, indicating good maintenance. The vessel is powered by an 85 HP Perkins diesel engine, providing reliability and economical cruising. Charis comes with crucial safety equipment, including a Viking 6-person liferaft, and is ready for immediate cruising. The standing rigging was updated in 2017, complemented by Doyle Dacron sails in good condition. The current owner has sailed her extensively between Maryland and the Caribbean, underscoring her robust construction and dependable performance.

General information
Make/model
Custom Mayflower 48 Ketch
Category
Used sail boat for sale
Price
£46,950 GBP | Listed price $59,000 USDGet a foreign exchange quote
Name of boat
Charis
Year
1982
Length overall
14.63 metres
Location
Jolly Harbour, Antigua and Barbuda

About this Custom Mayflower 48 Ketch

English

CHARIS

If you are looking for a really sturdy well constructed cruising boat easily handled by one or two persons and equipped with everything you will need to  live comfortably autonomously and make long distance offshore passages safely .Charis is a great choice.

Designed by George Stadel Jnr and Built in Taiwan using high quality teak  and superb craftsmanship .

The ketch rig is easily handled from the cockpit and has a power winch to handle halyards and other control lines.

The cockpit is protected from the sun and the weather by a spray dodger and Bimini top. 

Furling headsail allows for ease of handling.

The teak deck is in very good condition and shown no signs of leaking and lots of life left in it.

There are no soft spots on the deck so no worries there.

The interior is loaded with great teak work and has stood the test of time well.

She sports a lovely ensuite aft cabin with a bathtub in the head.

She comes fully equipped including cooking utensils, crockery cutlery etc 

In fact eveything you will requie to just move aboard and go cruising in comfort and safety .

Fridge , freezer, water maker , diesel generator, auto pilot, microwave oven, toaster, Cooker 4 burner with oven.

Electric heads 

The wind and solar power handles all the power requurements

without having to use the generator. 

She comes fully equipped with electronics and safety equipment including VHF, SSB, AIS , EPIRB, Viking 6 person liferaft ( needs servicing )

RIB dinghy and outboard on davits .

The Doyle dacron sails are in great condition.

The 85 HP Perkins diesel engine starts first try and these commercial type diesels will run forever once serviced regularly , no big set of electronics on her to go wrong or cause her to not work .

The 3 blade prop pushes her along at hull speed when required and only revs to 1800 and cruises at 1200 RPM.so is very economical and unstressed at that low RPM.

The standing and running rigging and all in good condition.

The present owner is only the third one, the second woner sailed her round the world , and this owner has owned her for 16 years and sailed her offshore between MD and the Caribbean several times with no issues at all.

He say she sails beautifully and is gteat in ,light airs as well.


Additional Info

Interior COMFORTS and amenities

12v Fridge and freezer4 burned SS 4 burner and range propane with propane shut off and tank in locker

Microwave oven

Toaster

Village marine 30 GPH watermaker

Pressure water with heater

Electric heads


Electronics

Robertson Autopilot with direct driveGarmin Chartplotter and GPS

Garmin RADAR

SPEED DEPTH and LOG 

SSB radio

VHF Radio main and portable

Stereo, TV, 

AIS receiver

EPIRB

Deck lights 

Search light 

ELECTRICAL

Batteries3 x 12v AGM 8 D House batteries

1 engine 12v battery 

1 Windlass battery new in 2022

Westerbeke Diesel 7.3 KW generator


2 x 100W solar panels

Wind generator

Battery charger

Shore power cord 110v

Battery monitor

two alternators 60 Amp and 180 Amp


MECHANICAL Equupment

200 GPH 12v bilge pumpsteering cable with wheel

USCG safety pack , flares etc

4 Extinguishers

Emergency tiller

Bilge blowers

VIKING 6 person liferaft needs servicing

CHAIN new in 2020

Rode 100ft 

3 anchors

LEWMAR windlass new 2020



MISCELLANEOIS

DodgerFULL Bimini top and sides

cockpit awning 

cockpit cushions

cockpit table

Fenders and docklines 

SAILS and RIGGING

Aluminium mainmast and Mizzen mastRoller furling foresail

Mainsheet traveller

Whister pole

Boom vang

Standing rigging 2017

Winches 3 on mast

electric winch for main halyard roller furling , and staysail 4 

Mainsail Doyle dacron

4 battens, 2 reefs

Dacron staysail hanks

MIzzen Dacron 2 reefs dacron

Dacron storm jib 

drifter 



Disclaimer

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.

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Propulsion
Fuel
Diesel
Accommodation
Number of cabins
3

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.

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