Olden Custom Ketch 51 1979 $110,000.00 CAD *

Description

TAFF O DYL - A TRULY UNIQUE OCEAN-GOING FAMILY OR COUPLE'S CRUISER
She safely and comfortably carried the builder's family for many years throughout the Caribbean and Great Lakes

** Owner Will Consider Trades - Power or Sail **

She is a centre-cockpit, pilothouse, heavy displacement hull with full keel. 
Taff O Dyl's cutter-ketch rig and 10 sails inventory afford numerous sail combinations for upwind, offwind and downwind sailing in light, medium and heavy conditions alike

Accomodations Layout
Two cabin layout with gigantic owner's stateroom aft, full beam,
Midships cabin to stbd with upper & lower single berths,
Port & stbd settee/single berths in salon fwd
Galley and head to stbd & port forward of aft stateroom with electrical room to port fwd of head
Pilothouse midships with nav area and cabinetry and engine compartment under sole and companionway to cockpit aft
Companionway down to forward cabin from pilothouse with centreline dining table and opposing settees
Chain locker and sail locker fwd of settees and table 

Construction
Hull - Corten steel, zinc coated inside & out, 1/8th" plate thickness deck to ballast box
Keel - Ballast box (keel) 1/4" plate thickness. Ballast material steel punchings set in asphalt
Chainplates - welded to hull in structural boxes keyed to frames
Bulkheads - Corten steel with 1/2" expanded polyurethane insulation throughout and wood cladding for additional sound insulation
Deck - Corten steel 18 gauge with zinc coating inside & out, with 1 1/2" expanded polyurethane foam and wood cladding - painted non-skid top surface
Rudder - Corten steel

Cabin Construction - Interior
Maple hardwood - custom
Custom Redwood/Cedar paneling 
Custom Red Oak trim
Cabin sole - Maple ply
Cockpit seats and sole - custom Teak
Cockpit canvas - Sunbrella sides and aft panel
Cockpit hardtop - wood top and forward sides, automotive windshield safety glass forward
Hull ports - Lexan

Interior headroom:  6'3" - 6'6"
Ventilation:
- air vents above forward pilothouse windows, with installable covers
- vents in port & stbd cockpit coamings feeding to mid-ships cabin, galley, head and solar system work & stowage space
- opening aft hatch

Sails 
Stevenson Sails of Nova Scotia - 1980
Mainsail - 426 sq ft - good condition
Mizzen - 165 sq ft - needs repair
Mizzen staysail - 452 sq ft - like new condition
Light genoa - 715 sq ft - good condition
Genoa - 715 sq ft - like new condition
Small jib - 282 sq ft - like new condition
Large jib - 445 sq ft - like new condition
Self-tacking staysail - 179 sq ft - good condition
Storm jib - 110 sq ft - like new condition
Trysail - 170 sq ft - like new condition
Sail covers: mainsail, mizzen, staysail

Spars & Rigging
Deck-stepped main mast and mizzen mast 
Built by Vic Carpenter of Sitka Spruce - box construction with solid structure at load points
Double spreader main mast and single spreader mizzen mast
3/8th" and 5/16th" 1 x 19 ss standing rigging
 -main mast & mizzen mast shrouds, backstay, forestay and inner forestay
2 winches on main mast
Sitka Spruce booms and staysail boom built by Vic Carpenter
6" diameter ss halyard sheaves in main mast truck - almost frictionless
Running rigging - 3-strand polyester rope - in excellent condition
Bridge clearance - 63'
 - Taff O Dyl has transited the Intracoastal waterway several times

Docking, Anchoring and Winter Storage
6 x fenders
5 x dock lines
3 x ss bow mooring bits
2 x ss midships mooring bits
2 x ss stern mooring bits
Anchor roller
Electric windlass
Anchors:
 3 x 55lb & 2x60lb
 CQR, Danforth, Bullwaga
200' chain
200' rope
Steel cradle
Winter cover with frame

Electrical
Starter battery, 12V
House bank 2 x 200W lithium - New  
Selector switch
Shore power connection - midships port side
Shore power cord
40A battery charger
AC & DC panels - 8 x 110V outlets
3500W inverter - New
3 x 350W solar array - New
 1 at dinghy davits & 2 on frame fwd of main mast

Water
400 gal in 6 tanks
Manifold system for water tanks control
10 gal hot water tank
H&C pressure water in galley and head
Manual marine toilet
40 gal ss holding tank to deck pumpout
 overboard discharge valve and plumbing in place but inoperable where not permitted by law

Engine, Drive and Steering
Engine:
August 2003 - New
Caterpillar 3054B diesel, 86 hp@2,400 rpm
 serial # CSH00240
Serviced 2019
Engine instruments panel in cockpit
2 x 100 gal fuel tanks

Drive:
August 2003 - New
Transmission ZF/ZFE
Shaft drive to 3-blade fixed prop

Steering: 
Hydraulic
Teak spoked steering wheel in cockpit

Safety Equipment
Double rail ss pulpit and sternrail
SS stanchions with double lifelines
Lifeline gate port & stbd
12V bilge pumps - 2 New in 2023
Manual bilge pump
Heaving line
Fire extinguishers
Boarding ladder
Watertight light
Horn
Radar reflector
Running lights:
 port & stbd & stern on deck
 port & stbd & stern trilight at masthead
 steaming light
 anchor light

Nav Instruments
Card compass
VHF - President
Depth - Raymarine - New 2024
Radar - Raytheon R-21


Galley
Large U-shape with ample stowage above & below counters
Propane stove
Refrigerator
Deep freezer
H&C pressure water 
Double ss sinks

Other
Davits 
Cockpit cushions
Cockpit table
4 x cabin fans
AM/FM/CD stereo with cabin speakers
Diesel heater - removed but available

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.