1975 Westsail Staysail Ketch

Overview

"Tavake" is a seasoned William Crealock cruising vessel. The staysail ketch rig offers plenty of options for comfort inmost sea conditions. She is set up with plenty of battery and wind power plus wind vane steering and auto pilot for longoff shore runs. She has comfortable anchorage and sea berths. A galley to starboard with Seafrost fridge/freezer,propane stove/oven, sink and plenty of stowage, there is a raised dinette to port allowing visibility all around from below.The passageway aft from the galley has a nav station and storage, engine room midships with doors on both sides. The aft cabin has two singles or a double bunk, three bunks in the salon with a propane stove/heater. Forward to port is a sink and to starboard is a head and shower. A work/stowage takes up the V birth forward.

Accommodations

Entering the main cabin is a raised settee to port with great visibility all around, Galley to Starboard with Seafrostfridge/freezer and propane stove/oven, generous counter space and storage. The sink is on center next tocompanionway. Going aft is a nav station to port, engine room on center. Entering the aft cabin are two singles with adouble option and a second door to the engine room. From the Galley going forward to port is a propane heat stove andsettee, to starboard is a settee with fold up bunk above. There is a sink to port going forward from main salon andhead/shower to starboard. The forward cabin is currently a work/stowage area.

Information & Features

1975 Perkins 4236 Hour Meter shows aproximately 7000 hours with top end rebuilt 2020

Replaced 2020; Fresh water pump, raw water pump, new bowman heat exchanger/coolant tank, new exhaust elbow, new oil cooler, new fuel pump and all filters, rebuilt injection pump, new injectors, and new alternator

Transmission replaced 2012

Fuel Type: Diesel

Drive Type: Direct Drive

Power: 85 hp

Propeller Type: 3 Blade

Propeller Material: Bronze

Dimensions

LOA: 42 ft 9 in

LWL: 33 ft 3 in

Beam: 13 ft

Min Draft: 5 ft 8 in

Max Draft: 5 ft 8 in

Weights

Ballast: 12,000 lb

Displacement: 31,500 lb

Sail Areas

Total: 948 sqft

Mainsail: 440 sqft

Headsail: 507 sqft

Speed Cruising Speed: 7.74 kn

Tanks

Fuel: 3 x 200 gal

Fresh Water: 3 x 110 gal

Holding: 1 x 10 gal

Accommodations

Guest Cabins: 2

Guest Heads: 1

Flag Of Registry: United States

Covers/Canvas

Bimini Top

Cockpit Cover

Genoa Cover

Hard Top

Mainsail Cover

Electrical Equipment

Inverter

Shore Power Inlet

Electronics

AIS

Autopilot

Compass

Depthsounder

Flat Screen TV

GPS

Log-Speedometer

Navigation Center

Plotter

Radar

Radar Detector

TV Set

VHF

Wind Speed and Direction

Inside Equipment

Battery Charger

Deep Freezer

Electric Bilge Pump

Heating

Hot Water

Manual Bilge Pump

Marine Head

Oven

Refrigerator

Sea Water Pump

Outside Equipment/Extras

Cockpit Cushions

Cockpit Table

Radar Reflector

Solar Panel

Swimming Ladder

Tender

Wind Generator

Rigging

Steering Wheel

Sails

Fully Battened Mainsail

Furling Genoa

Tankage

Three fiberglass fuel tanks replaced 1999 approx 180 gal. These are connected to Dual Racor 500 filters

Three water ( 2 - 55 gal 1 - 100 gal) SS tanks under the salon sole, one center line and two wing tanks.

Three SS water tanks under the salon sole, one center line and two wing tanks. 

Original Copper Pickup tubing in water tanks replaced with PEX tubing 2020

Parr pressure pump in the engine room 

Salt water deck wash down on fore and aft decks.

Electrionics

Electronics New/Replaced in 2019. 

Simrad NSS9 Eco 3 Chartplotter

Simrad Transducer

Simrad 4G Radar

Vesper AIS

Electrical

4 (New 2025) 12V/100 amp Deep Cycle Lead Acid golf cart batteries

8 solar panels on hard top over cockpit

Airexwind generator on mizzen mast, all providing ample power to the batteries

Sails, Rig, Hull & Deck

Staysail and mizzen sail New 2019

Main sail New 2020

Genoa/yankee is older and was recut in 2020. 

Standing rigging and chain plates were replaced during 2012 refit. 

Backstay, forestay and staysail stay replaced in 2019 

SS wire with staylok fittings. 

Most deck hardware and blocks replaced and rebedded 2020

All deck hatches replaced 2020

Hull and topsides professionally stripped, barrier coated and painted with two part Interlux Trinidad 2012. The topsides show some minor random blemishes

Owner Comments

The steering system is a large push pull cable. I had the boat inspected by the original builder when I bought it and he said that it is the best/most heavy duty system they installed.

The head was rebuilt. New valve train. Rebuilt injection pump. New injectors. New fuel pump. New raw water pump. New coolant pump. New bowman heat exchanger. New oil cooler. New exhaust elbow. Oil pressure is good and no exhaust leaks.

The fuel tanks are baffled. They have an access port. But it’s only 1.5”. For cleaning with a filter/hose/pump system. You can also clean your own fuel with an in line transfer pump.

There’s no anemometer. But there’s a wind indicator on top of the mast. 

Single Head 

It has a dripless shaft seal

Lofrans tigres windlass. 200’ 5/16 chain

Batteries are in the engine room in a fiberglass box.

Exclusions

Owners' personal possessions and tools do not convey.

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