TAKITEZ 378050 Overall Length: 44ft 6in 13.56m Waterline: 41ft 0in 12.4m Beam: 12ft 3in 3.73m Draught: 4ft 9in 1.44m Displacement: 14500kg Ballast: 3500kg Designer and builder: W.R. Durbin, Widnes GB 1978 Due to the recent death of her admired designer and builder TAKITEZ, a remarkable 'blue water' ketch, is for sale. Sails: Mainsail with cover and slab reefing, Genoa, No 2 Genoa, mizzen sail with cover. Rig: Anodised aluminium deck-stepped masts, aluminium booms with galvanised steel rigging, pulpit, guard rails and lifelines. Engine: Ford D-series 60 kW [80hp] four cylinder diesel engine located under two hatches in the cockpit sole with closed circuit fresh water cooling. The engine, fited with an oil cooler, drives pumps to salt and pressurised fresh water systems. Installed in 1980s, the Ford engine delivers 8 knots maximum and 6 knots cruising speed through an unusual hydraulic drive system to a shaft-driven three-bladed screw. Consumption is 1.5 gallons per hour. The engine drives 12 volt alternator with 2 engine and 3 domestic batteries. Hull: Long keel steel hull with bilge keels, built in 50lb steel plate in 1978, painted white with grey-painted decks. Deck gear: Wheel steering from pedestal in cockpit, 20kg Bruce anchor with closed and short link anchor chain and six-inch manual anchor winch, engine controls on transom. Two 4.5² single speed, non-self-tailing winches are mounted on the port and starboard coamings. A Sestrel magnetic compass is fitted to the wheel pedestal. Two halyard winches on each mast. Pulpit, pushpit and side guards with davits for dinghy. The radar head and the gimballed compass for the autopilot are fitted to mizzen mast. Navigation, steaming and anchor lights with mooring warps, fenders and inflatable dinghy with Mercury petrol outboard motor. Boarding ladder. Navigation equipment: Sestrel magnetic compass, NASA Clipper depth sounder, log, Furuno GPS32 and Garmin GPS 128 positioning, Furuno 1621 radar, classic Sailor RT144c VHF radio and aerial, Sailor RB175 HF radio, Knotmaster towed log. Access to the navigation area is by a short companionway stair with engine control gauges on the starboard side. There is a bank of switches to control the electrical systems. The Furuno 1621 radar LCD display is installed on the top of the console. An dial-type autopilot is fitted into the centre of the panel and controlled from the gimballed compass fitted to the mizzen mast. There is storage area on the starboard side together with battery storage and the main electrical controls and battery switches. There is a quarter berth on the port side extending under the chart table. Accommodation: The very spacious saloon offers a dining table with seats on three sides to seat five people. The saloon is well lit by large hull windows. One window is cracked. The galley is installed on the starboard side. Two pipe cots are fitted on the starboard side. The seating area on the port side can be used as a berth. The galley includes a four burner stove and oven, microwave, electric kettle, a sink with cold water tap and storage both above and below worktop height. A large hatch and large windows give light to the area. A freshwater tank is under the cabin sole. The heads, separated by sliding doors, includes a Baby Blake sea lavatory, washbasin and electric shaver socket. The forward cabin includes the main shore power incoming switch unit, two cot berths, access to the chain locker and large storage lockers at the rear of the cabin. A large escape hatch makes the cabin light and airy in port. The ship's wheel is stored in the forward cabin for security purposes. Ryton 38 MkII sailplan TAKITEZ, based on Robert Tucker's Ryton 38, was designed and buit by Ron Durbin, a professional structural steel engineer, for his own use. She has been well-known for many years as a reliable all-weather cruiser in the Irish Sea. She received only minimal care in the last couple of years, during Ron's final illness and is now offered for sale at her berth in the Albert Dock, Liverpool. She acquired her unusual name, pronounced "Takiteezee", after Ron suffered an eye injury during her construction. A south Asian doctor tried to dissuade him from discharging himself from hospital, repeatedly urging, "Tak It Easy, Mr Durbin". GBP 18,500 Brokerage Sale Coburg Yacht Brokers, Douglas Boatyard, Becconsall Lane, Hesketh Bank, Preston, Lancashire. PR4 6RR Tel: 01254 705225 TeleFax: +44 1254 776582 International: +44 1254 705225 Internet address: http//www.coburgbrokers.com e-mail address: ros@poptel.org 1078992 England     VAT Reg: GB 147 2903 64 Please note: in this case we are acting as brokers only. The vendor is not selling in the course of a business. Whilst every care has been taken in their preparation, the correctness of these particulars is not guaranteed. Particulars do not constitute a term of any contract. A prospective buyer is strongly advised to check the particulars and, where appropriate, at his own expense employ a qualified marine surveyor to undertake a survey and, if necessary, to undertake an engine test. Offered for sale subject to being unsold.